Quote Originally Posted by DaveH View Post
I'm gonna take Transpac '77 as a WAG.
Interesting that PD VI was DSQ'd while "on-course" for the Whitbread, the keel not being grandfathered in with the rule change to ban depleted uranium.
I'm remembering it was '79 at the start of the Transpac. Tabarly and crew had sailed PEN DUICK VI from Europe only to be told they were personas non gratis by the Transpac RC.. They did cross the start line, thumbed their noses, and turned left for Panama.