FreeFire

FreeFire- A Mean Machine
wingssail-Fredrick Roswold

Sam Chan's Freefire, (He spells it Ffreeffire). The Hong Kong based sled has long been a fixture at Asian regattas.

Freefire started life a Pyewacket, owned by Roy Disney. A Nelson Merek design, Chan has modified it greatly: New bow, new stern, new, taller, rig. Now he has installed a gen set and airconditioning, and it is going to be his "cruising" boat. As a racer, Freefire is about to be retired. This is the last race. Captain Russ Parker is flying to LA next week to take delivery of Sam's new acquisition, Flash, a TP52.

In fact, maybe Sam has already changed his focus; he didn't sail this race, but he let the crew take Freefire anyhow.

Little did we know that it would win the "Cruising Class" in the Borocay Race.