Ichi Ban on top as TP52s go toe-to-toe in SailFest Newcastle
TP52 Gold Cup at SailFest Newcastle © Salty Dingo It was a rare sight indeed to see eight top-flight TP52s going toe-to-toe on a start line, but ultimately a familiar name topped the IRC leader board on Day 1 of the TP52 Gold Cup at Newcastle SailFest Regatta. Matt Allen's Ichi Ban claimed two of the three windward-leeward races contested off Newcastle's Merewether Beach as the harbour city turned on a fluky and fluctuating south-westerly breeze. Those results were contrasted, however, by a sixth placing in Race 2. "It was a mixed bag out there and I don't think any boat strung t...
Source: sail-world.com