Tuesday, July 26, 2011
The Fastnet Campaign 2011 has seen our seven (yes, seven!) teams undergo two training weekends and compete in 3 offshore races. All 7 of our yachts are racing in Class IRC2 - a highly competitive fleet of about 50 yachts in most races. Through these events and the Sailing Logic socials, a friendly sense of rivalry has been developing and so far, consistently good results in each race has seen Visit Malta Puma take the lead of the Sailing Logic Seven! Well done team!
Each team is a mix of experience levels - some are hardened offshore racers with previous Fastnet experience, for others this is their first offshore experience. But the mix of conditions experienced so far has provided plenty of learning opportunities, especially about heavy weather sailing - as the first two races (Myth of Malham race to Eddystone Light and back and the Morgan Cup race to Cherbourg) saw winds speeds of over 30 knots!!
The latest race to St Malo started with windy conditions, but the wind then died leaving many of the yachts struggling to reach boat speeds of even 2 knots - making the last few miles to the finish incredibly slow and frustrating!
Using the RORC scoring system, currently Visit Malta Puma leads the 'Sailing Logic Seven' on 239.2 points - a good 60 points ahead of Quokka, their nearest rival. (All race results are published on the RORC website). There is one more offshore qualifying race at the end of July (the Channel Race, around marks in the Channel) before the big event starting from Cowes on August 14th! Don't forget if you would like to come and watch the race start we have organised some spectator RIBs - just email Kate to book your place.
As usual Allie will also be issuing a daily email blog to keep interested friends and families up to date on the progress of the yachts and crew - if you would like to receive or provide us with a list of recipients, please let Allie know.
Contacts details:
Katie: katie@sailinglogic.co.uk
Allie: allie@sailinglogic.co.uk
