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Fastnet 2011

The first night at sea                            Crossing the Irish Sea                               All we saw of The Rock!

Photos from our 2009 Campaign.

For this classic offshore racing campaign we have a crew who will get stuck in and have a sense of humour. Our aim is to develop crew skills throughout the campaign, sailing the boat as hard as we can without breaking anything or anybody - and with us all wanting a beer together at the end of it.

The team includes 2 Yachtmaster Instructors, 1 Cruising Instructor, 3 ex-Clipper Round The World Crew, and 4 Day Skippers with crew coming from all backgrounds. Follow our adventures in the blog below - and do say "HI" if you see us on the water. We get together for the first time as a team at the London Boatshow on the 15th January starting the campaign as we mean to finish - with a beer!

In Prime Evil, our Sigma 400, we have a good suite of racing sails, all the electronics you could want and a boat which performs well no matter whether it is light or strong winds - and is comfortable at the same time! Modern racing on a boat with traditional solid build.

We have looked at the provisional RORC programme for the year and have selected the following dates for our qualifiers and training :-

• The ISAF offshore safety course weekend 19/20th March
• Fastnet Training Weekend, aiming to cross the Channel 21-25^th April 2011, join Thursday evening. JOG race back to Cowes
• Cervantes  Trophy,29th April -2nd May, Cowes to Le Havre, also  the Trophee Guillaume Le Conquerant
• Morgan Cup, Cowes – Cherbourg via marks, Friday evening start, 17-19th  June, join Friday  lunchtime
• Cowes – Dinard – St Malo race, Friday start, 8-12^th July – this should ensure a decent run ashore for a bite to eat. Join  Friday morning
• Fastnet Race Sunday start, join Saturday, 13-20^th August 

Sailing Blog by TripSailor

Once we get underway properly we will be adding a map showing our progress. This will be using a SPOT Messenger as a tracker linked into our TripSailor account. The SPOT Messenger gives us tracking capability, the ability to send "OK" messages to friends if we are running late and gives us a back means of shouting for help if things take a turn for the worse. TripSailor allows us to take the tracking from SPOT Messenger and to upload photos and blog updates via mobile phone.

Round the Rock!