A 1/2 Mile….
According to Anisley Randall of Bright Star their race vs. Esmeralda came down to 1/2 a mile. Bright Star trailed Esmeralda by just 15 minutes at the Manitous.
Esmeralda went a little farther into the shore. The seperation between boats was around 1/2 mile. Esmeralda got a bit of a N/NW breeze and they were off.
Bright Star still within sight, just a little more in the middle of the Manitou Passage ended up drifting much slower than Esmeralda for approximately 8 hours. By the finish the gap had grown to several hours from the previous few minutes.
That 1/2 mile distance will no doubt be the key measurement in many a…..”there we were just a 1/2 mile from X”….of course this measuremant is approximate and may grow with the telling or consmuption of race sponsors products.
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