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Round the Island -
Miami-Key Largo Race
Congratulations to Mike Kelly for winning the 1998 Round the Island Race
by 1.5 hours on his
The 1998 Round Island Race was postponed one week because of hurricane Georges and held on
Saturday October 3rd. 1998. The race is a 110 mile sprint around Santa Rosa Island on the
Florida Gulf Coast which started at 7:30 am with approximately 35 competitors, down from
75+ competitors in previous years because of the postponement.
| Finish |
Skipper |
Boat |
Finish Time |
| 1 |
Kelly / Purcel |
ARC-22 (Spinnaker) |
17:02:43 |
| 2 |
Curry / Bishop |
Nacra 6.0 NA |
18:32:51 |
| 3 |
Sawyer / Still |
Nacra 6.0 NA |
19:23:50 |
| 4 |
Smith / Faulk |
Hobie 20 (Spinnaker) |
19:25:38 |
| 5 |
Hast / Hast |
Nacra 5.8 |
20:07:32 |
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The Miami-Key Largo is a 42 Mile distance race hosted annually by the
Miami Yacht Club. The 1998 Miami-Key Largo race was held on Saturday April 28th. There
were 222 entries, of which 173 finished. 86 of the finishers were multihulls, 60 of which
were classified as beach cats. The wind was moderate, but not enough to challenge the 9
year old record of 1 hour 45 minutes set by Bill Roberts on his
RC-27 in 1989.
| Finish |
Skipper |
Boat |
Elapsed Time |
| 1 |
Eric Roberts |
RC-30 |
3:32:56 |
| 2 |
Robert Onsgard |
Nacra 6.0 (Worrell 1000) |
3:35:57 |
| 3 |
Gerard Loos |
Hobie Tiger (Worrell 1000) |
3:43:26 |
| 4 |
Beery |
Hobie 21 (Spinnaker) |
3:54:02 |
| 5 |
Louis Adiano |
Nacra 6.0 (Worrell 1000) |
3:59:35 |
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