Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Sailing Logic are proud to welcome a new skipper into the family for our Round Ireland 2012 Campaign. James “Chippie” Gair has been a regular on the competitive racing scene since 2004. He is no newcomer to the Round Ireland race, having skippered ‘Incisor’, a Corby 45 in 2010. He achieved a 3rd place in class zero – an outstanding result for a crew consisting of members of a youth section of a sailing club, with little or no previous offshore racing experience!
After many years of successful racing himself on a range of racing yachts, including winning the Double-handed series overall in 2010, competing in several Sydney-Hobarts, many Caribbean races as well as inshore racing (winning Dartmouth in 2010) he has also proved himself a successful skipper. As well as many RORC wins with experienced crews, his clear communication and ability to motivate a team has seen him achieve great results with novice crews too – including 3rd overall in the RORC series on a team on the Beneteau 40.7 Below Zero, again a novice crew with little or no previous offshore racing experience.
Equally at home amongst professional or novice sailors and able to generate consistently fantastic racing results Sailing Logic are delighted to welcome James “Chippie” to our team and believe his breadth of experience will be a great credit to us and he is certainly capable of helping us retain the Round Ireland Race Trophy!
“Sailing Logic are the market leaders - always at the front of every fleet with a success rate matched by none. I am delighted to be skippering their Round Ireland Race Campaign 2012 and I believe I have the skills and experience necessary to ensure the best chance of winning this offshore event – whilst ensuring we all cross the finish line with big smiles on our faces!” comments James.
We have a couple of places remaining for the Round Ireland campaign which will include two training weekends, two qualifying races – The RORC Morgan Cup and RORC Cervantes Trophy race before the Round Ireland race starting in June. 700nm of competitive offshore racing to circumnavigate Ireland, this race is one of the offshore classics!
If you’d like to join us and Chippie for this bi-annual event – contact us now for more information.
