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Sotto Vocce, ??? ??
last update: 2024
2002 Plan Judel / Vrolijk, built by Cookson, LOA 65.94 Beam 14.93 Draft 11.94

2002 September, Rolex Maxi Cup: 1er/??, Arien Van VEMDE
November "Seahorse",

2004 April-Summer "Seahorse",

October "Seahorse",

2005 New owner, Hap Fauth, and new name,
Bella Mente, USA ??

Optimized with carbon-fiber rigging plus new sails, mast, boom, keel bulb, and rudder.

2006 16 June, Bermuda Race: 6e/15 Div 12, rating 1.435, John "Hap" FAUTH

200? Donatied to the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point Waterfront. and new name,
Defiance, USA 52575

Defiance (renamed by the USMMA Sailing Foundation) was sponsored by a member of the Chicago Yacht Club and brought to the Great Lakes to compete in the 100th Anniversary - Chicago Yacht Club - Race to Mackinac.
Then in 2010, a new sponsor, also a CYC member, invited USMMA midshipmen as crew for the Bayview YC Port Huron to Mackinac and Chicago YC Race to Mackinac. Soon after those two races, Defiance was purchased by the sponsor, who is now the current owner, and is raced with an amateur crew on the Great Lakes out of Chicago, IL.

2008 20 June, Newport Bermuda Race: 11e/20 IRC, Riker / Rego

2010 July, Bayview Mackinac Race: 6e/7 IRC A, Dale SMIRL
New owner, a CYC member

2011 July, Cove Island Course, elapsed time 36h55': 6e/7 IRC A, Dale Smirl/Bob Warnecke
30 July, Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, elapsed time 31h01': 10e/16 Turbo, Coeff: 1.264

2012 28 July, Bayview Mackinac Race: 4e/10 Turbo / Mackinac Cup Division, Dale Smirl/Bob Warnecke

2014 18 July, Cove Island Course, elapsed time 34h06': 18e/35 Division 1, Dale SMIRL

2016 Picture from Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac race website,

2019 13 July, Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, elapsed time 41h59': 11e/15 Section 01, Dale SMIRL
August, Bayview Mackinac Race, elapsed time 33h04': 7e/8 Class A

2021 16 July, Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac, elapsed time 50H59': 8e/9 Section 01, ORC: 1.4667, Dale SMIRL

2024 12 July, Race to Mackinac, 289 NM, elapsed time 1d08h59': 89e/103 Overall, TCF 1.5119, Dale SMIRL