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David Annan, crew on McGregor IV, has been dinghy sailing for the past 20 years, but was attracted to offshore racing as an endurance challenge.
“Peter Ward and the majority of the crew are from the Marconi Sailing Club in Essex and we are very much sailing under the club burgee. The team has been sailing together for a couple of seasons now, including a Fastnet campaign last year and Round Ireland this year, so we have been sailing as a team for quite a bit. The Cherbourg Race will be our last race of the season and we are delighted and surprised to be doing so well. However, we are all very committed and in general we have made some decent tactical decisions over the course of the year and we are very determined; we don’t give up and make sure we always finish the races we take part in. Looking at the competition in our class, we have boats that have been winning races for many years, like Winsome and Foggy Dew – it is great to be competing with them.”