6.00am February 21, 2025
The first rays of morning brightness find the BPI Boracay 200 fleet heading South towards the finish line off Boracay Beach. There has been breeze all the way to Dumali Point so far, so at least two forecasting models will have to rethink their computational logic.
Ahead of the fleet for Line Honors, and already passing the historic island of Sibale (a.k.a. Conception, Maestro de Campo), is Francis Ordoveza’s ‘Karakoa’ with Jun Villanueva’s ‘Belatrix’ in 2nd and James Villareal’s ‘Raw Honey’ in 3rd going bow-to-bow about 14 miles behind the leader.
The IRC class results show that ‘Karakoa’ maintains her lead but with a new challenger in the form of Albert Altura’s ‘Hurricane Hunter’ has taken 2nd place , with ‘Raw Honey’ still in 3rd place.
In the Cruising class ‘Allusive’ is still leading in 1st place as she approaches Dumali Point with ‘Despacito’ almost abeam of her, while ‘Neptunus III’s last reported position puts her still in the Verde Island Passage but, she has had problems with her tracker so she could in fact be leading everyone !
The open waters and beamy breezes of the Tablas Strait offer respite to the Ocean Multihull fleet and catamaran ‘Maelie’, currently the only real threat to ‘Karakoa’ for Line Honors, is already past Dumali Point while ‘Carino’, like ‘Neptunus III’, experiencing challenges with her tracker, so her exact position is unknown. With the morning light now filling the entire course visual confirmations will be possible.
Congratulations to PGYC members Francis Ordovesa’s ‘Karakoa, John Quirk’s ‘Allusive” with its PGYC SBP crew. and Rick McGonegal’s ‘Neptunus III’ for their winning performances to date.
For more information about the BPI Boracay 200 Race or the upcoming PGYC Easter Regatta 2025 to be held in the Verde Island Passage from April 18-20, 2025, please contact the Puerto Galera Yacht Club at clubhouse@pgyc.org or call 09175205874
