Making history: Yacht with strong P.E.I. connection likely to win as race around the world nears conclusion
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SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — P.E.I.’s adopted crusing hero Kirsten Neuschäfer is predicted to win the Golden Globe Race.
Organizers of the low-tech yacht race world wide estimate Neuschäfer will cross the end line at Les Sable D’Olonne, France, late Friday, April 28. Her solely different competitor, Abhilash Tomy, was about 100 miles behind her as of the afternoon of April 26 and he was anticipated to cross the road early Sunday, April 30.
The Golden Globe began with 16 opponents on Sept. 4, 2022. These numbers had been regularly whittled down by varied points and mishaps, together with a minimum of two boats that had been fully misplaced – their captains needed to be saved from the true prospects of watery deaths.
If the present development holds and Neuschäfer does win the race, she won’t solely be the primary lady to win the Golden Globe, however she may even go down within the historical past books as being the primary ever lady to win a globe-spanning solo yacht race.
Neuschäfer, a South African, spent a lot of 2021 in P.E.I. refitting her yacht, Minnehaha, for participation within the Golden Globe. She purchased it in Newfoundland and Labrador and sailed into Summerside’s harbour on a brutally chilly January day.
Her story rapidly garnered her supporters right here, particularly among the many native crusing group. A number of P.E.I. corporations sponsored her efforts or supported her indirectly. A gala dinner in her honour additionally raised greater than $10,000 to assist her trigger.
P.E.I. artist Lennie Gallant even just lately launched the only, “On the Minnehaha”, about Neuschäfer’s journey. It consists of backing vocals from plenty of Islanders who supported her whereas she was right here and past.
As a result of nature of the Golden Globe being a low-tech race, fashionable know-how is banned from use throughout the occasion, Neuschäfer could have no approach of figuring out what place she is in till she crosses the end line.
