Around Britain Ireland Race

[mr_ryano]

Tracking here. Leopard has retired, Telefonica Blue hauling the mail at 20 kts and leading Groupama

 

[DRIFTW00D]

ICAP Leopard retires

Newsflash 17:52 23/08/10

ICAP Leopard has contacted the RORC Race Office to announce that they are retiring from the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

The crew are safe and well and are making a course for Southampton. At the present moment in time, the reason for their retirement is unknown.

"Sadly we have had to retire off Beachy Head! So heading back to Southampton eta tomorrow early. Regards Mike/Leopard"

 

[Swanno]

Anyone know of the details about damage to Groupama at the start?

 

[Two Tone]

Coming to work this morning Leopard was tied up in her normal berth in Ocean Village - Rig was still in the boat so no idea what went wrong!

 

[concept]

Goose-neck fitting was the cause of retirement for leopard. Groupama had a late start due to having to do some hull repairs after tonnere crashed into them on their mooring bouy I believe.

 

[fdcampello]

Impressive performance of the Class 40 Concise 2, sixth overall, ahead of bigger boats and more than 30 miles ahead of the other Class 40 (Phesheya-Racing).

 

[racing ron]

Impressive performance of the Class 40 Concise 2, sixth overall, ahead of bigger boats and more than 30 miles ahead of the other Class 40 (Phesheya-Racing).

There are some very good sailors on Concise and it's a nice brand spanking new Akilaria 2. Don't know the Phesheya guys but kind of expected Concise to be well in front, Pheysheya's the old Atao (second TJV 2007) and then Clarkey's 40 for a couple of years.

Awesome for Concise to be up there on the overall - there on about the only point of sail where they stand any kind of chance under IRC (downwind fast) - think it may look a little different when they have to start going uphill...

Still stunned by the dismasted 40 hitting 26.4 knots in the Solent when they lost their rig 5 minutes after the start - imagine that was a hell of a bang - 40's aren't known for losing their rigs.....

 

[Potter]

Impressive performance of the Class 40 Concise 2, sixth overall, ahead of bigger boats and more than 30 miles ahead of the other Class 40 (Phesheya-Racing).

There are some very good sailors on Concise and it's a nice brand spanking new Akilaria 2. Don't know the Phesheya guys but kind of expected Concise to be well in front, Pheysheya's the old Atao (second TJV 2007) and then Clarkey's 40 for a couple of years.

Awesome for Concise to be up there on the overall - there on about the only point of sail where they stand any kind of chance under IRC (downwind fast) - think it may look a little different when they have to start going uphill...

Still stunned by the dismasted 40 hitting 26.4 knots in the Solent when they lost their rig 5 minutes after the start - imagine that was a hell of a bang - 40's aren't known for losing their rigs.....

DOck talk is that they were not doing 26 knots, but more to the point the rig came down because they did not get the runner on in time after a gybe (indirectly from the riggers mouth).

The current forecast is just about the only way to do this race! It looks like the 70's will take Dee's record...

 

[racing ron]

Impressive performance of the Class 40 Concise 2, sixth overall, ahead of bigger boats and more than 30 miles ahead of the other Class 40 (Phesheya-Racing).

There are some very good sailors on Concise and it's a nice brand spanking new Akilaria 2. Don't know the Phesheya guys but kind of expected Concise to be well in front, Pheysheya's the old Atao (second TJV 2007) and then Clarkey's 40 for a couple of years.

Awesome for Concise to be up there on the overall - there on about the only point of sail where they stand any kind of chance under IRC (downwind fast) - think it may look a little different when they have to start going uphill...

Still stunned by the dismasted 40 hitting 26.4 knots in the Solent when they lost their rig 5 minutes after the start - imagine that was a hell of a bang - 40's aren't known for losing their rigs.....

DOck talk is that they were not doing 26 knots, but more to the point the rig came down because they did not get the runner on in time after a gybe (indirectly from the riggers mouth).

The current forecast is just about the only way to do this race! It looks like the 70's will take Dee's record...

Dude, how are you? How's the wife?

Sorry about the record - still it's still a long way to go!

I was pretty amazed about the speed claims - in around 15,000 miles on our 40 we saw 26.5 knots twice and that was in the middle of the Atlantic surfing decent sized seas is gusts mid to high 40's and completely out of control!

Did they have full main up do you know?

 

[LeoV]

Leggat on the SA boat did some mega cat stuff, was it Playstation ???? And seen on minis as crew in France one year.

 

[mr_ryano]

What happened to Fair Do? Looks to be heading south

 

[oioi]

from the rorc website

Newsflash 17:25 24/08/10

Fair Do's VII (GBR4601L) and Relentless on Incisor (GBR8248) have retired from the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Both retirements are due to equipment failure and there are no reports of any injuries to crew on board either yacht.

Fair Do's VII has developed a steering problem and Relentless on Incisor a problem with their communication system.

 

[Timfwd]

Fair Do's out, Incisor out, Visit Malta Puma heading south so doesn't look good for them either.

Gutted ICAP are out - I was looking forward to seeing how they lined up against the VO70s. Amazing video of ICAP really shifting on the RORC website...

http://sevenstar.rorc.org/

 

[Icedtea]

Is concise the boat Peter goss is sailing in the route du rhum? As a total hijack what do you think his chances are?

 

[Mash]

According to the event website, Groupama took the lead during the night..... I guess it's really on between the two volvos.

Pos Yacht ClassTCC Date (GMT) Lat Long COG SOG AVG DTF Elapsed

1 Groupama70 VO70 25 Aug 08:00:00 59° 58.4519 N 000° 27.1791 W 351° 13.00 15.06 1147.05 43:00:00

2 Telefonica Azul VO70 25 Aug 08:01:00 59° 55.9904 N 000° 02.9435 E 354° 14.00 14.88 1154.44 43:01:00

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[Kalumder]

Start of the race

 

[Rail Meat]

Is concise the boat Peter goss is sailing in the route du rhum? As a total hijack what do you think his chances are?

I think Goss is sailing Concise, but am not certain about that.

The Route du Rhum will be a tough test for him. He has been out of this part of the game for a while and the Class 40 has some very, very tough competitors. The boats themselves are all pretty damn close in potential with certain sesigned favored for certain conditions, and other designes favored in other conditions. As a result the races are won on sails, boat preparation (e.g. avoiding breakage), navigation choices, head sail changes (making the right changes at the right time), sail trim, and the quality of your auto pilot. Sleep management also plays a huge role in how well you do on 3 out of 6 of those items. The question on Goss is if he will be sharp enough on all those areas to be at the front of the pack.

 

[mrserious]

whoever did the voiceover on that volvo clip above must be good in telling bedtime stories.. how can you comment such footage with the way they did that..

 

[massilia]

I'm surprised by how close Artemis manages to stay to the VO70s (only 50 miles from TB). I would imagine the VO70s to be at least 3-4 knots faster in the conditions they had from the start... Changes to the boat since the Vendee Globe must have helped + easier to handle fully crewed i guess

http://www.thedailysail.com/offshore/10/56439/0/sevenstar-round-britain-and-ireland-race-update and email from skipper JM http://www.artemisoceanracing.com/latestnews/

Well I have to say that things have improved in some respects this morning. We have a flat sea, and even sun, so things are a lot better on deck. We rounded Muckle Flugga just before dark last night in 25 knots and a very lumpy sea. The tide had turned on the headland just before our arrival, and so we stood on a little to make sure that we laid the rocks. Its not so much fun short tacking the 60, especially in breeze. After the tack we got the boat organised and sailed little off the wind for a while, before coming up hard for the expected shift. Seems to have worked and the weather is playing the game, according to the forecast for the moment.

We have about 9 knots from the NW right now which is better than we had hoped, and so we are making good progress towards the next mark, Sula Sgeir. The boat seems to be going really nicely at the moment - she is very different from when I took her on the Vendee in 2008/9. There have been some big improvements across the whole boat, but the slim fast plan has been especially good, with well over 1.5 tonnes removed. She certainly feels a lot more manageable. The sail wardrobe has changed a lot - less sails makes the decision process far simpler. She is such a powerful boat, and when the conditions suit her she goes and goes. The blast out of the Solent was great and we had some epic blast reaching in the Channel, just what she was designed for.

She is still a hand full for sure, and to get the most out of her you have push very hard - but the boys have done a lot of miles optimising her now, and they know when to back off as well. Its great to be back on board, and great to be sailing with the boys again. I think the last time we sailed together was for Petit Navire regatta in France last year. Most of the sailing I have done in the last 18 months has been solo, so it has been a real luxury for me so far on this trip. I have had my head in the nav for most of the trip, and been getting a lot more sleep than normal!! In fact this time last week, I was still sailing in the last leg of the Solitaire du Figaro - so this Thursday couldn’t be more different! I think I have had more sleep on this race so far, than the entire month long Solitaire!! Nice!

The only problem we have on board right now, is with the watermaker. My old friend the watermaker….. On the Vendée I had similar problems and at one stage, SW of Cape Town, I had only 3 litres of drinking water left!! Less than ideal. Luckily I managed to get it working again, so I hope we can manage to do the same today!! I’ll keep you posted.

Ok that’s all for now, we were sorry to hear about the retirements, and hope every one has made it back to port safely.

Cheers, Jonny and the boys on Artemis Ocean Racing