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Hannah Awarded
On Saturday night Hannah was invited to attend
the annual Petit Bateau Prize Giving at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. Some
of the 400 members of Petit Bateau had braved the October weather for the final
race in the Solent Series held across the summer.
At the end of the prize giving after at
least 15 trophies had been awarded across the fleet, Hannah was presented with
the OSTAR trophy for the fastest under 35 footer (eligible to 15 entrants) in
the prestigious trans-Atlantic race. On the water Hannah finished over 24 hours
ahead of the next competitor and finished just under 6 days ahead of Frenchman,
Lionel Regnier who won the trophy 4 years previously.
This trophy represents Hannah’s
extraordinary achievement in this notoriously challenging race in not only
reaching Newport but in getting there is a remarkable time. This trophy just comes 2 weeks before
the official prize giving at the Royal Western Yacht Club, which unfortunately
Hannah will not be able to attend.
Hannah’s thanks go to Petit Bateau, and in particular
Jerry Freeman, fellow OSTAR competitor and founding member of Petit Bateau who
do so much for the sport of Single-handed racing.
Jerry had this to say about Hannah's achievement:
This year the trophy was won by Hannah White in a fantastic time of 20 days and no hours and 20 minutes, Pure Solo , a Figaro 2 , was 4th boat on the water after the three 40 footers
Hannah came within a whisker of beating Mary Falk's long standing class record of 19 days 22.hrs 57min which QII has held since 1996.
The figaro was on charter and this was Hannah's first race in the boat, so to make such a beautiful race was a great achievement.
It was my great pleasure to present the trophy to Hannah at the ISC on Saturday night after she had graciously presented the Solent Solo Series prizes at the PB supper.
See Hannah's blog for Photos