The following report on last weekend's Mykonos Offshore Regatta was sent to us by Viqui from the Royal Cape Yacht Club:

The highly popular "downwind dash" from Cape Town to Club Mykonos was thrown a curve ball by the notoriously unpredictable Cape weather, and only 4 of the 33 Royal Cape entries endured the light and fickle winds to finish the race. Picasso, the Sovereign 54, skippered by Hylton Hale and crewed by a young and very keen team, cheered themselves over the finish line just after 23h00 on Friday night to win Line Honours. Aurora, an Atlantic 49 skippered by Mel Hawtrey finished just before midnight with Hill Billy, the J27 skippered by Peter Hill sliding past the breakwater 40 seconds later. The cut off time had been extended from midnight to 02h00 to give everyone a chance to finish in time, but for the crew of Just Fun, skippered by Klaus Schade, it wasn't quite enough. Saturdays Bay Pursuit Race was started from the good ship Shanty just off the breakwater, and the fleet of 38 boats including the Holiday 23's from Saldanha Bay Yacht Club and the classic 102ft entry, Blue Leopard, made a spectacular sight for spectators on shore. The Port Elizabeth entry, Warrior, skippered by Rick Nankin stormed the 25 mile course and finished in great style ahead of the rest of the fleet. It was a truly great day of racing and the final results were as follows:

Line Honours - Distance Race:
1st Picasso Sovereign 54 Hylton Hale
2nd Aurora Atlantic 49 Mel Hawtrey
3rd Hill Billy J27 Peter Hill

Bay Race:
1st Warrior Simonis 60 Rick Nankin
2nd Spilhaus Swede 55 Teddy Kuttel
3rd Picasso Sovereign 54 Hylton Hale

IRC Class 1:
1st Picasso Sovereign 54 Hylton Hale
2nd Spilhaus Swede 55 Teddy Kuttel
3rd Picasso Sovereign 54 Hylton Hale

IRC Class 2:
1st Hill Billy J27 Peter Hill
2nd Freedom Farr 38 CP van der Merwe
3rd Pallucci Simonis 35 Syd Kaye

Class 3 Club Handicap:
1st After Dark J22 Lance Burger
2nd Chiquita Holiday 23 Patrick Nobel
3rd Silhouette Fireball Owen Kitchin

Class 2 Club Handicap:
1st Aurora Atlantic 49 Mel Hawtrey
2nd Madonna Farr 38 Dave Arnott
3rd Bateleur Stadt 34 Jakkie van Rijswyk/ Michael Moore

Class 1 Club Handicap:
1st Faraway Farr38 Chris Sutton
2nd Godahop South 35 Geoff Meek
3rd Hot Ice Mount Gay 30 P Roelofse"