‘Speed under Sail’ is the inscription on the beautiful Blue Bird Cup and in 2014 this could not have been more relevant with the two yachts match racing head-to-head finishing alongside each other after 45 minutes of intense competition.
The owner of Skylark challenged Christopher Spray, the owner of the famous 53ft S&S yawl Stormy Weather, to a race twice round a windward-leeward course set between the classic motor yachts Blue Bird and Talitha. In very light winds there were 5 lead changes during the two laps of the course, with Skylark finally taking control of the race in the final 100 meters and crossing the line only a few metres ahead of her near sistership Stormy.
Following the race both crews met aboard Talitha for presentation of the winner’s trophy, a silver art deco trophy originally presented to Sir Malcolm Campbell by the United Nations in Geneva for his land speed record achievements in 1937, the year Blue Bird was launched.
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