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Myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race
Posted 1 month, 9 days ago by Bang The Corner
Myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race
Saturday 24th May – Bank Holiday
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron.
Course: Start: RYS Cowes to the East, Eddystone Lighthouse (P), North Head and finish. Approximately 245 miles
Mike Greville’s Ker 39, Erivale III won the RORC Myth of Malham trophy from Yves Grosjean’s J/133, Jivaro, by just under 15 minutes on corrected time. Piet Vroon’s Lutra 56, Formidable 3 was in third place overall.
“We went through just about every sail in the locker.” Commented Erivale’s Skipper, Mike Greville. “We saw 20 knots at the start which gradually built during the day to 30 knots plus by the evening, the highest gust was 46 knots. Sunday morning conditions had eased to about 10 knots and we finished the race in only 5 knots of breeze. The most exhilarating sailing was from the south side of the Isle of Wight to Eddystone, Erivale was at full blast with the A5 up for about 3 hours, reaching at 14-18 knots of boat speed. The boat was totally under control until the guy fitting parted, we repaired the fitting and carried on and I think that carrying the A5 for as long as we did was the defining moment of the race.”
The lively conditions led to several boats retiring, including John Shepherd’s highly fancied, Ker 46, Fair Do’s VII who decided to retire as a precaution when they found water in the anchor locker. A Pan Pan was issued by the crew and the Coastguard was on hand but thankfully they did not require any assistance and all 12 crew made it safely to shore.
Piet Vroon’s Lutra 56 won Class Super Zero despite breaking a spinnaker halyard on the reach to Eddystone. “It was a tough race, especially the beat back to the finish.” Explained Vroon. “At one stage we had two reefs in the main and the no.4 up, every second wave we were just slamming into the seaway but the crew did a great job and we arrived at the finish in one piece, all credit to Erivale III, they sailed well to win the race.”
Formidable 3, now has a considerable advantage in the season’s overall points table for Class Super Zero.
In Class One, the Army Sailing Association’s A40RS, British Soldier won class by just over half an hour, on corrected time, from Tim Hayhoe’s, Prima 38, Mostly Harmless. Global Yacht Racing’s, Reflex 38, Panther was third. British Soldier’s victory pushes them to the top of the season’s points table for IRC One.
In Class Two, Noel Racine’s JPK 9.60, Foggy Dew, continued their impressive form with their third class win in a row and must be seen as early contenders for the overall RORC season’s points championship. Second place in class but winner of the Two-Handed division was Simon Curwen’s J/105, Voador who had a cracking start off the Yacht Squadron line. Third in Class Two and Second in the Two-Handed division was another J/105, Michael Boyd & Niall Dowling’s Slingshot. It is Boyd and Dowling’s first season with Slingshot and they showed great tenacity by continuing to race, even with a torn mainsail.
Class Three saw Paul March’s S&S one off, Clarionet, take first place by a slender margin on corrected time from Russell Walker’s, Baltic 37, Cosmic Dancer III. Earlier in the race, there was some concern for Paul March and his crew as their emergency distress beacon became active, however the RORC Race Office successfully contacted the crew and confirmed that there was no cause for alarm and the authorities were immediately notified. David Hunt’s X-332, X-To-Sea was third. Clarionet is currently top of the season’s points table for IRC Three.
RORC Season’s Points Championship 2008
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Season’s Points Championship consists of a testing series of races which attracts an international and varied fleet. For the serious offshore sailor, trying to win the Season’s Points Championship is the real challenge. The Season’s Points Championship this year includes the tactically challenging BMW Round Ireland Race and a new addition to the RORC sailing programme, The Cowes Madeira Race which offers an exciting opportunity of a race to Madeira and back, some 1500 miles away in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. For those with less time, the programme also includes a race to the charming port of La Rochelle.
For the full RORC racing programme go to:http://www.rorc.org
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Myth of Malham Round Eddystone race preview
Posted 1 month, 14 days ago by BYM Sailing News
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron at 245 nautical miles, the race around the Eddystone Lighthouse can take the smaller yachts about 48 hours. The race is a test of physical ... more »
RORC myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race
Posted 1 month, 15 days ago by Bang The Corner
Myth of Malham (Round Eddystone) Race
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Yacht Squadron
START: Saturday 24th May from the RYS Cowes, to the East. First warning Signal 0820
COURSE: Eddystone Lighthouse (P), North Head and finish. Approximately 245 miles
RORC POINTS FACTOR: 1.20
At 245 nautical miles, the race around the Eddystone Lighthouse can take the smaller yachts about 48 hours. The race is a test of physical and mental endurance for the fleet with every likelihood of two nights at sea. If last weekend’s racing is anything to go by, this will be a very tactical race. Getting a good start is always important in any yacht race and the fleet will have many options open to them as they make their way from the Squadron Line, East up the Solent.
Heading down the south side of the Isle of Wight, tacticians will be looking at sailing angles, to clear St.Catherine’s’ Point and head towards the south west of England. Each boat will need to work out the effects of tide and wind to decide which is the quickest path to the Eddystone Lighthouse, close to Plymouth. Rounding the lighthouse to port, the fleet will turn back towards the Solent. The course could result in an Olympic triangle with a windward and leeward leg and a reach to finish which would create a interesting race, at every point of sail to test the competitors.
From France; Philippe Delaporte’s J/122, Pen Azen has been in scintillating form this season and will be looking to better their second overall last year. Noel Racine’s JPK 9.60, Foggy Dew, was well placed overall last year and won class. From Britain, John Shepherd’s Ker 46, Fair Do’s VII could feature and the Army Sailing Association’s A40RS, British Soldier is in consistent form. Piet Vroon’s Breskens based, Lutra 56, Formidable 3 could also be one to watch. In the two handed division, Michael Boyd & Niall Dowling’s J/105, Slingshot will be looking to continue a solid start to their 2008 campaign.
Myth of Malham was built for John Illingworth in 1947, to exploit the RORC rule. Many consider Illingworth to be the founder of modern yacht racing and his use of sail plan measurement is, to some extent, echoed by bowsprits being fitted to TP52s today. Myth of Malham went on to compete in five Admiral’s Cups, a record that has been achieved by no other yacht.
RORC Season’s Points Championship 2008
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Season’s Points Championship consists of a testing series of races which attracts an international and varied fleet. For the serious offshore sailor, trying to win the Season’s Points Championship is the real challenge. The Season’s Points Championship this year includes the tactically challenging BMW Round Ireland Race and a new addition to the RORC sailing programme, The Cowes Madeira Race which offers an exciting opportunity of a race to Madeira and back, some 1500 miles away in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. For those with less time, the programme also includes a race to the charming port of La Rochelle.
For the full RORC racing programme go to:http://www.rorc.org
more »
Artemis Transat: Sebastien Josse leads downwind charge
Posted 1 month, 23 days ago by BYM Sailing News
Racing for over 24 hours, the fleet of thirteen Imoca monohulls in The Artemis Transat is powering along downwind, headed by today's leader S?bastien Josse. The first to pass Eddystone lighthouse yesterday and number one at gate 2 off ... more »
Artemis Transat: Loick Peyron Gitana Eighty first skipper at Eddystone lighthouse
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by BYM Sailing News
Given today by Mike Golding, winner of the 2004 edition, aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Argyll, the start of The Artemis Transat was followed by 1,000 spectator boats. Heading off towards Eddystone - first race gate of the ... more »
Safran and Marc Guillemot start up with the leaders
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Sail Search RSA
www.Sail-Search.com: They’re off! It was in very light conditions that the start of the transatlantic race, The Artemis Transat, took place on Sunday 11th May at 2 p.m. (BST) in Plymouth (3 p.m. CET). From the outset, Marc Guillemot and its Safran were up with the leaders. The 2800 mile adventure to Boston has begun… Marc Guillemot did warn us: «As soon as we get ready to line up for the start, all the stress leading up the race and all our worries disappear. We’re in it to race and when the gun is fired…we really go for it. We give it our all and try to get the maximum out of the boat. It’s as simple as that.» At exactly two o’clock (local time) or three (CET) on Sunday 11th May 2008, that is exactly what happened on board the thirteen IMOCA monohulls and the eleven Class’40 that are taking part, as they crossed the start line separated in two by a Royal Naval vessel, HMS Argyll. A clean start with no penalties in light conditions with a 5 to 8 knot sou’westerly wind under skies veiled simply by a heat haze and on a flat calm sea, which was only made choppy, because of the presence of hundreds of spectator boats that turned up to watch the event. According to Sylvain Mondon of Météo France, who studied the weather with Marc Guillemot right up to the final moments before the start, the wind should strengthen to become a fifteen-knot northerly, once they get out of Plymouth Sound and pass the Eddystone Lighthouse, the first mark located 11 miles from the start line. When the starting gun was fired, Marc Guillemot managed to place its Safran in the most windward position of the fleet. Under mainsail and small gennaker, the large monohull sailed by the yachtsman from La Trinité got off to the third best start, behind Sébastien Josse’s BT and Loïck Peyron’s Gitana Eighty, but ahead of Armel Le Cléach’s Brit Air, in fourth place. They were followed by Yann Eliès’s Generali, and then Michel Desjoyeaux’s Foncia, sixth, and Vincent Riou’s PRB, seventh. In spite of the inevitable low speeds (6 knots) due to these light conditions for the initial upwind sail over the first ten miles of the race, it was a wonderful sight seeing these large monohulls so closely grouped together. Thirty minutes into the race, Safran was still in third place, behind Sébastien Josse (BT) and Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia), but the gaps, down to a few tenths of a mile in terms of distance to the finish in Boston, some 5300 kilometres ahead, were of course, highly insignificant. However, Safran is now on its way and Marc Guillemot is up with the action. The race is on. After the first Omega Gate at the Eddystone, the single-handed yachtsmen will head for The Lizard, before making their way out into the Atlantic. They’re off for a fortnight of adventure and transatlantic racing! At 15h16 (BST) (an hour later for CET), the leading competitors had managed to step up the pace to ten knots and were passing the Omega Gate at the Eddystone Rocks. Marc Guillemot’s Safran was very well placed, as it checked in in second place, less than three minutes behind Loïck Peyron’s Gitana Eighty, which was leading the fleet. more »
Safran and Marc Guillemot start up with the leaders
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Sail Search Blog
www.Sail-Search.com: They’re off! It was in very light conditions that the start of the transatlantic race, The Artemis Transat, took place on Sunday 11th May at 2 p.m. (BST) in Plymouth (3 p.m. CET). From the outset, Marc Guillemot and its Safran were up with the leaders. The 2800 mile adventure to Boston has begun… Marc Guillemot did warn us: «As soon as we get ready to line up for the start, all the stress leading up the race and all our worries disappear. We’re in it to race and when the gun is fired…we really go for it. We give it our all and try to get the maximum out of the boat. It’s as simple as that.» At exactly two o’clock (local time) or three (CET) on Sunday 11th May 2008, that is exactly what happened on board the thirteen IMOCA monohulls and the eleven Class’40 that are taking part, as they crossed the start line separated in two by a Royal Naval vessel, HMS Argyll. A clean start with no penalties in light conditions with a 5 to 8 knot sou’westerly wind under skies veiled simply by a heat haze and on a flat calm sea, which was only made choppy, because of the presence of hundreds of spectator boats that turned up to watch the event. According to Sylvain Mondon of Météo France, who studied the weather with Marc Guillemot right up to the final moments before the start, the wind should strengthen to become a fifteen-knot northerly, once they get out of Plymouth Sound and pass the Eddystone Lighthouse, the first mark located 11 miles from the start line. When the starting gun was fired, Marc Guillemot managed to place its Safran in the most windward position of the fleet. Under mainsail and small gennaker, the large monohull sailed by the yachtsman from La Trinité got off to the third best start, behind Sébastien Josse’s BT and Loïck Peyron’s Gitana Eighty, but ahead of Armel Le Cléach’s Brit Air, in fourth place. They were followed by Yann Eliès’s Generali, and then Michel Desjoyeaux’s Foncia, sixth, and Vincent Riou’s PRB, seventh. In spite of the inevitable low speeds (6 knots) due to these light conditions for the initial upwind sail over the first ten miles of the race, it was a wonderful sight seeing these large monohulls so closely grouped together. Thirty minutes into the race, Safran was still in third place, behind Sébastien Josse (BT) and Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia), but the gaps, down to a few tenths of a mile in terms of distance to the finish in Boston, some 5300 kilometres ahead, were of course, highly insignificant. However, Safran is now on its way and Marc Guillemot is up with the action. The race is on. After the first Omega Gate at the Eddystone, the single-handed yachtsmen will head for The Lizard, before making their way out into the Atlantic. They’re off for a fortnight of adventure and transatlantic racing! At 15h16 (BST) (an hour later for CET), the leading competitors had managed to step up the pace to ten knots and were passing the Omega Gate at the Eddystone Rocks. Marc Guillemot’s Safran was very well placed, as it checked in in second place, less than three minutes behind Loïck Peyron’s Gitana Eighty, which was leading the fleet. more »
A forecast summary for the first 48 hours of The Artemis Transat.
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The current spell of Mediterranean-type weather in SW England looks set to continue for start day tomorrow. The wind is likely to be south-easterly for the start form 12-17 knots which will provide the fleet with an opportunity to use spinnakers immediately and make a very fast passage to the turning mark and Omega Race Gate at Eddystone Lighthouse, 10 miles from the startline and towards the Champagne Mumm. more »
A forecast summary for the first 48 hours of The Artemis Transat.
Posted 1 month, 25 days ago by Yachte.com.au
The current spell of Mediterranean-type weather in SW England looks set to continue for start day tomorrow. The wind is likely to be south-easterly for the start form 12-17 knots which will provide the fleet with an opportunity to use spinnakers immediately and make a very fast passage to the turning mark and Omega Race Gate at Eddystone Lighthouse, 10 miles from the startline and towards the Champagne Mumm. more »
NEWS : What not to miss in Plymouth for the start
Posted 1 month, 26 days ago by Artemis Transat
The pre-start activity in Sutton Harbour The pre-start activity in Sutton Harbour and Plymouth Sound Location of the startline Start sequence of flags, flares, sirens and cannon on board HMS Argyll Race course gates and prizes at Eddystone Lighthouse and Lizard Point more »
