IOR Dinosaurs Battle Downwind

john everingham
Switchblade and Wings

These two old boats are IOR designs, the dinosaurs of sailboat racing, completely obsolete by todays standards. Switchblade, a Farr 43, is an IOR boat of similar vintage as Wings but they were in Racing class and we were in Cruising class. We started together however and raced together all week. They owe us time under IRC and we sailed well against them; beating them in corrected time on most days. Here we are ahead and sailing a lower course while they reach for speed behind us.