Round-The-Island Race Sets 2015 Launch Date
A date has been set for the 2015 iteration of the annual Seagull Round-The-Island Race, with the sailing event to launch from the Spanish Point Boat Club on June 13, 2015; a rain date has been set for June 20, 2015.
The 2014 race was recently held with boats starting and finishing at the Spanish Point Boat Club. Michael Bean in Slippery won the Gray Cup for fastest elapsed time [excl. classes G, H].
The first boat across the line with a prop spring and stock engine [A, B, E1A, E1B] was Ding Gull Berry.
Keith Bridges in Friendship had the first traditional wood dinghy to go around the island. Daniell Lightbourn and Pansy Olander won the Harrison/Williams Shield for first all female crew to cross the line.
