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RBIR Day 4, 26/08
Friday, 27 August 2010
Today's developments at the top of Class 1 find 'Encore' being headed but 'Playing Around' and 'British Soldier' able to keep their rhumb line course direct to the next mark. This means that although 'Encore' is 22 miles ahead of 'Playing Around', if they cannot sail directly towards Muckle Flugga with the wind that they have, then the others will start to catch them quickly.
The crew blogs that have come from the yachts today have been extremely interesting and very moving, It is often difficult to imagine what life is like onboard a racing yacht in a race such as this. It is three times the distance of the Sydney-Hobart Race and also three times the distance of the Fastnet Race. It is the longest offshore race in the world that doesn’t cross an Ocean….Life onboard becomes a routine of sleeping, eating and sailing, and then it all repeats itself, again, and again, and again!
We are sad to hear of another retirement today which means that they are only 22 yachts still racing after 28 started.
The crew blogs that have come from the yachts today have been extremely interesting and very moving, It is often difficult to imagine what life is like onboard a racing yacht in a race such as this. It is three times the distance of the Sydney-Hobart Race and also three times the distance of the Fastnet Race. It is the longest offshore race in the world that doesn’t cross an Ocean….Life onboard becomes a routine of sleeping, eating and sailing, and then it all repeats itself, again, and again, and again!
We are sad to hear of another retirement today which means that they are only 22 yachts still racing after 28 started.
posted by Hyde Sails at
01:06
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