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Tucana wait on Charleston-Bermuda decision

Tucana, with her Charleston-based crew, were first across the St.George’s finish line on Saturday evening in the Charleston-Bermuda race, after making slow progress during the 777-mile crossing.Despite their elation about finishing first overall, Hank Hofford, Susan Ford and the rest of Tucana’s crew had to wait until yesterday to find out they were overall winners.For Stephen Colbert and his crewmates on board the The Spirit of Juno, the race came down to the wire before they were informed they had just fallen short.Colbert and company spent most of the last six days sailing neck and neck with Tucana.During the final 10 hours of action, the victory slipped from their grasp. It was a case of too little too late as the leader of Colbert Nation and his fellow crew couldn’t muster enough speed to catch Tucana.Tucana had crossed the line at 8.46:12 on Saturday.At the time, Spirit of Juno was roughly 25 miles behind her, well within striking distance.Unfortunately for Colbert and company, the winds moderated after sunset and the boat wasn’t able to maintain sufficient speed to arrive at the line in time.She finished at approximately 5a.m. yesterday.The crew on board spent their initial hours on Bermuda in St. Georges Harbour, awaiting daylight before they proceeded to motor to Hamilton Harbour and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club where.Meanwhile, the next boat to arrive under sail wass Noel Sterrett’s Solarus, sailing in the Doublehanded Division with Matt Henderson as crew.