Coquina is a veterna of several Great Ocean Races. This article was written about the first one we raced in. Something not mentioned was that the boat was freshly launched and rigged after a paint job and the running lights were wired on the way to the start. This also accounts for the hurried stowage of supplies. This race was one of the roughest I have even been in. Note the "well equiped" nav station had a depthfinder and an RDF! Our competition included another C&C 35 and a C&C 33 3/4 ton special. They were both hours behind us :-)
Thanks to Sail Magazine for finding this in the archives! The orignal was lost many years ago. This was first published in March, 1980.