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RORC IRC National Championship Report – Day 3
The tension was mounting at the start of the final day of the RORC IRC National Championship. The international fleet from Belgium, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Netherlands and South Africa were waiting to act out the final chapter of the championship. The seabreeze kicked in from south west at about 1100 and the fleet got into race mode for the last two races of the championship.
During the day, the southwesterly built from a wispy six knots to a stiff sixteen knots with wind over tide, giving the Western Solent some degree of swell; truly sublime racing conditions.
There were dramatic scenes right from the off with a bevy of boats infringing the start line of Race 7. Johnny Vincent's TP52, Pace, was called over the line and got back smartly to not only recover but to win Race 7. In IRC One there were no less than five boats hauled back to restart.
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Read more... [The Final Chapter]
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Tonnerre wins the Conway Media Round Ireland Race |
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The Luck o'the Irish was with the RORC Team who won the team honours in the Conway Media Round Ireland Yacht Race 2010. The race was organised in association with the RORC and is part of the RORC's 2010 Season's Points Championship.
Tonnerre de Breskens 3 led the team, winning line honours, first overall and first in class for IRC Zero.
Visit Malta Puma topped IRC One and was awarded third overall, and Psipsina narrowly missed out on first in IRC 2, but won the Two - Handed Division.
Tonnerre was off to a flying start on a beautiful Sunday morning in Wicklow, racing away under her new Code Zero to an early lead and never looking back. She never relinquished her lead in the race, finishing in the early hours of Thursday nearly four hours ahead of the theoretically faster Open 60 Toe in the Water, sailing as Spirit of Rosslare Europort.
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Read more... [Tonnerre wins the Conway Media Round Ireland Race]
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Sevenstar Sponsor the 2010 Round Britain and Ireland Race |
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The Royal Ocean Racing Club is pleased to announce Sevenstar as the title sponsor of the non-stop race around Britain and Ireland to be called the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The race will start on Monday 23rd August 2010.
Sevenstar the specialist yacht and motorboat shipping company sponsored the race in 2006. Managing Director Richard Klabbers, one of the competitors in the race, is delighted that RORC are running the race in 2010. The 2006 race was one of the toughest tests I have experienced in my sailing career and also one of the most fulfilling. Competitors from many different countries will face one of their hardest challenges as they compete in this non-stop adventure over many days. They will require the extensive tactical and exemplary navigational skills associated with racing around some of the busiest waters in the world said Richard. We at Sevenstar are constantly challenged and, like the sailors taking part, will do everything in our power to ensure we achieve our ultimate goal when delivering our clients boats.
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Read more... [Sevenstar Sponsor the 2010 Round Britain and Ireland Race]
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IRC National Championship - Inshore Tracker Trial |
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We have trialed a new inshore tracking system during the IRC National Championhip. You will find different races tracked, with a varying number of boats, mainly IRC Class 1. Mark positions are approximate and can move during the period of the trial.
Results are not corrected using the IRC TCC.
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Read more... [IRC National Championship - Inshore Tracker Trial]
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Sunsplash in the Western Solent |
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DAY ONE Report – RORC IRC National Championship
One of the most competitive fleets ever assembled enjoyed some spectacular sailing conditions on the first day of the 2010 RORC IRC National Championship.
Charles Dunstone's TP52, Team Origin Rio, had a perfect start to the championship, scoring three straight bullets in IRC Super Zero. "Rio just lights up in these conditions; it was absolutely fabulous out there today," commented Charles Dunstone after racing.
There was an intense battle on the water in IRC Zero. Hong Kong's Rolex Commodores' Cup big boat, Mills 40, EFG Bank Mandrake, is in pole position after three races. Joint owner, Nick Burns had this to say dockside: "That was pretty hot racing out there. Great fun and fantastic stuff. We were delighted to take two wins but our disappointing last race has left us a bit perplexed. We seemed to lose boat speed upwind and downwind. Perhaps we picked up something on the keel but we really don't know what the issue was."
In IRC One reigning RORC IRC National Champion Dave Dwyer's Mills 39, Marinerscove.ie, got off to a great start winning the first two races, but the last race of the day did not go according to plan. Tactician Andy Beadsworth explains: "The first two races went well for us, we sailed our own race and as the fastest boat in the class we could go our own way but it all went wrong in Race Three. We were too eager at the start and with close to three knots of tide we were over the line and had to go back. After that we misjudged a port-starboard and ended up doing penalty turns. However the recovery was good and we managed to claw our way back through the traffic for a third place."
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Read more... [Sunsplash in the Western Solent]
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