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    RISE OF BLACK SHEEP

    Apr 09, 2020 5 minutes

    Last year’s RORC’s offshore season saw stunning racing for more than 600 yachts across 14 events, totalling some 6,000 miles. The final result for the overall IRC winner – for which there is no discard – came down to a match in the 600-mile Middle Sea Race, against another Sun Fast 3600, Bellino, sailed doublehanded by Rob Cragie and Deb Fish.

    The Black Sheep story, however, is not about a single year’s campaign, nor is it centred on an owner who gathered a team after buying a boat. Black Sheep’s five-strong core crew first came together on the same watch during the 2013/14 Clipper Round the World Race. After that they chartered a First 40.7 for a Rolex Fastnet Race campaign in 2015. Next they decided on an ambitious three-year campaign with the aim of winning the RORC series overall.

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