VINCE BRUN & MARCELO FERREIRA

At the 1988 North American’s at Ithaca

In the third race closing in on the final leeward mark Vince and Marcelo in # 7209 get hit by a 35-40 knot puff with a shift. Bear Hovey and Neil Foley in # 6474 got their intermediate taken out by Vince’s boom but managed to finish the race with a second place. The impact of the roll broke Vince’s mast.

In the photo below Marcelo has reached up to grab onto the leading edge of the keel. Bear was already out of the picture, and John A. MacCausland, a.k.a. “Little Mac” with Alan Romefelt up front are about to pass the carnage. (Photos: 1989 Log.)