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Bart Weduwer completes the Aegean 600

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Yacht Club de Monaco member Bart Weduwer has just completed the 5th Aegean 600 aboard Encounter, competing in the IRC 2 category, one of 59 entrants all classes combined.
After a downwind start under spinnaker in front of the Ancient Temple of Poseidon, the fleet headed for Milos, the first of 23 islands in the Aegean Sea they passed on this 605 nautical mile race. Changeable conditions with the wind dying out the first night made progress to Santorini more complicated. The passages past Kassos, Karpathos and then Rhodes alternated between treacherous light winds and long fast legs under spinnaker.
Encounter crossed the finished line in 8th position in the overall IRC ranking after 4 days 19 hours and 17 minutes of racing, and came 2nd in the IRC 2 class.
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