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Marblehead to Halifax Race Update

by Vicki Staveacre 7 Jul 04:10 BST July 6, 2025
Temptation and Boudicca start the Marblehead to Halifax Race 2025 © Bruce Durkee

Perfect weather conditions coupled with the picturesque backdrop of Marblehead Harbor made for a spectacular start to the 40thedition of the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race on Sunday, July 6.

A total of 45 yachts in seven divisions set sail near Halfway Rock and heading west into the shore then turning south just off Marblehead Neck and heading north from Tinkers Rock on course to Halifax over a total of 363 nautical miles. "If the wind and weather continue to cooperate we can anticipate some pretty impressive finish times" said Kate Ferris Richardson, Vice Commodore of the Boston Yacht Club and co-chair of the MHOR.

In the 2023 race line honors were taken by Space Monkey skippered by David Greenstein with the fastest elapsed time of one day 23 hours 18 minutes and 29 seconds. The current record for the race is 28 hours, 28 minutes and 50 seconds set in 2017 by the Mills 68 yacht Prospector.

With just 100 nautical miles left Scowling Dragon, a Class 40 skippered by Michael Hennessy out of Mystic CT has powered into the lead, with a close battle for second place between Boudicca, a King Marine Rachel Pugh 66 skippered by Rich Moody and the other 66 footer in the race Temptation/Oakcliff a JV 66 from Oakcliff Sailing Club out of Oyster Bay New York.

You can watch the race progress via the tracking link on the Marblehead to Halifax website.

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