SUMURUN ON THE RACECOURSE
Today Sumurun is truly a legend in her own time, regularly taking top honors in American, Caribbean, transatlantic, and European events. She was the outright winner of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta in 1989. In 1997, she competed in the Rolex Transatlantic Challenge and was first in her division to cross the finish line - and first overall on corrected time. That same year, she won the Vintage Class in both the Vele d’Epoca in Imperia and the Regattes Royales in Cannes.
“… she has the powerful sweetly curvedmidship section which helps to give powerwithout, and room within…” - The Yachtsman, May 19, 1914.
She returned to the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta in 2002 to complete an unprecedented clean sweep of the races on her way to another outright overall victory. She has also won the Atlantic Cup at the Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 2005, she returned to the Antigua Classic Regatta and narrowly missed repeating her feat of 2002, gaining instead a comprehensive win in the Vintage Class. The following spring saw Sumurun competing in the second Rolex Transatlantic Challenge, speeding across the ocean to a victory in the Classic Division.