PASAB
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PASAB yacht race is hosted by Penzance Sailing Club
and has been run annually since 1978. The race starts in Penzance
, Cornwall
, UK and takes competitors to the Isles of Scilly
.
Plans for the first race were put together by Richard Wood, Brian Saunders and Colin Harrison in the late 1970s with the first race taking place in August 1978. Mike Manzi, a local jeweller, volunteered to make the Manzi trophy which, to this day, is presented to the overall winner.
The first two editions of PASAB took place as a single race. Starting on a Friday evening, the race took competitors from Penzance to Lowlee and Mountamopus cardinal marks before passing south of Wolf Rock Lighthouse. From here the yachts passed around the Isles of Scilly, south of Wolf Rock and to a finish in Penzance. After two years as a two leg race (1980-1981) with a stop-over in the Isles of Scilly the race has been, and is still today, split into 3 legs: Leg 1 - Penzance to St Mary's, Leg 2 - Around the Islands, Leg 3 - St Mary's to Penzance.
Penzance Sailing Club
Penzance Sailing Club runs both dinghy and yacht sailing from its base in Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The club's clubhouse is located on the Albert Pier within Penzance harbour....
and has been run annually since 1978. The race starts in Penzance
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, UK and takes competitors to the Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
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Plans for the first race were put together by Richard Wood, Brian Saunders and Colin Harrison in the late 1970s with the first race taking place in August 1978. Mike Manzi, a local jeweller, volunteered to make the Manzi trophy which, to this day, is presented to the overall winner.
The first two editions of PASAB took place as a single race. Starting on a Friday evening, the race took competitors from Penzance to Lowlee and Mountamopus cardinal marks before passing south of Wolf Rock Lighthouse. From here the yachts passed around the Isles of Scilly, south of Wolf Rock and to a finish in Penzance. After two years as a two leg race (1980-1981) with a stop-over in the Isles of Scilly the race has been, and is still today, split into 3 legs: Leg 1 - Penzance to St Mary's, Leg 2 - Around the Islands, Leg 3 - St Mary's to Penzance.