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The latest from the Round Britain and Ireland Race
Wednesday, 25 August 2010
The latest from the Round Britain and Ireland Race, in which the Hyde Sails-clad 'Playing Around Logic' is still battling away, while numerous boats have been forced to retire.
Day two 24/08/10
An eventful start to the Round Britain and Ireland Race continued through the night. At one point in the early hours, 'Visit Malta Puma' were 2nd overall in the race and 'Playing Around Logic' was biting their heels in 3rd place overall.
The weather continued to act as forecasted, with conditions at the moment 25 knots westerly which means that the yachts are now reaching, and will either have their Jip tops up or gennakers. 'Playing Around Logic' called in during the morning to say that all was very well onboard and everyone really enjoying the very close racing, They had Incisor of Wight off their starboard side and could see at least four other yachts around them, including Puma. At 8.20am they had sailed 170 miles from the start which means they have averaged 9.5 knots over the course to date, which is very good. Mate Graeme has the speed record for surfing downwind at 15.3 knots, and were rolling along at 11 knots of boat speed. They unfortunately are not going to be able to repair the torn A Sail from the start yesterday, but Skipper Peter is confident that it will not affect their overall performance!
Day three 25/08/10
'Playing Around Logic' has lost a little ground overnight but it still heading exactly on the race rhumb-line to the next mark. They are currently adjacent to Sunderland/Newcastle area and will be in Scottish waters very shortly. All is well onboard although there has been a few bouts of seasickness amongst the team due to the stiff breeze and short, choppy seas over Dogger Bank. They found a stowaway yesterday, an electric kettle, not the most useful piece of equipment on a yacht with no domestic power! Yesterday's weather was very challenging for all the yachts with consistent 35 knots of breeze with squalls recorded at 50 knots – not particularly pleasant for anyone.
News from the fleet is that 'Tonnerre de Breskens 3' has taken over the overall lead from TP/52 'John Merricks', and the leading yachts (the two Volvo 70s) are just 100 miles from Muckle Flugga, the northern-most part of the course.
Day two 24/08/10
An eventful start to the Round Britain and Ireland Race continued through the night. At one point in the early hours, 'Visit Malta Puma' were 2nd overall in the race and 'Playing Around Logic' was biting their heels in 3rd place overall.
The weather continued to act as forecasted, with conditions at the moment 25 knots westerly which means that the yachts are now reaching, and will either have their Jip tops up or gennakers. 'Playing Around Logic' called in during the morning to say that all was very well onboard and everyone really enjoying the very close racing, They had Incisor of Wight off their starboard side and could see at least four other yachts around them, including Puma. At 8.20am they had sailed 170 miles from the start which means they have averaged 9.5 knots over the course to date, which is very good. Mate Graeme has the speed record for surfing downwind at 15.3 knots, and were rolling along at 11 knots of boat speed. They unfortunately are not going to be able to repair the torn A Sail from the start yesterday, but Skipper Peter is confident that it will not affect their overall performance!
Day three 25/08/10
'Playing Around Logic' has lost a little ground overnight but it still heading exactly on the race rhumb-line to the next mark. They are currently adjacent to Sunderland/Newcastle area and will be in Scottish waters very shortly. All is well onboard although there has been a few bouts of seasickness amongst the team due to the stiff breeze and short, choppy seas over Dogger Bank. They found a stowaway yesterday, an electric kettle, not the most useful piece of equipment on a yacht with no domestic power! Yesterday's weather was very challenging for all the yachts with consistent 35 knots of breeze with squalls recorded at 50 knots – not particularly pleasant for anyone.
News from the fleet is that 'Tonnerre de Breskens 3' has taken over the overall lead from TP/52 'John Merricks', and the leading yachts (the two Volvo 70s) are just 100 miles from Muckle Flugga, the northern-most part of the course.
posted by Hyde Sails at
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