The Whiskers crew is as famed for their sailing talent as they are notorious for their lack of organisational and planning skills. One team that sadly cannot be here this year is Ian Southworth's Whiskers. Julian Wetherell, new owner of Espada, Ben and Mike Daley who now own Cobh Pirate (the former Illes Pitiuses, winner of last year's Corinthian Quarter Ton Cup), Rob Mclean of Spider Pig and Paul Gibbons, new owner of Anchor Challenge, were all warmly welcomed by the assembled fleet who explained that tradition demand they drink their bottle of Mount Gay there and then. Sadly conditions there were extremely rough with strong gusty winds making sailing for the historic and relatively fragile Quarter Tonners impossible.įour teams who perhaps were not disappointed to stay ashore were the four newest crews in the fleet, who had all be presented with a welcome bottle of Mount Gay Rum at last night's welcome reception. The race committee went afloat at 09.00 and headed straight to the planned race area off Hill Head. The event, which runs from 8 to 11 July, has attracted an entry of 21 boats from across the UK, Ireland and France. Sadly strong winds and big seas stopped racing on the opening day of the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup hosted by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, incorporating the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, in Cowes. No Racing On Opening Day Of Coutts Quarter Ton Cup 2015 EDT that we realized how big the swells had risen, with the faces of waves reaching fifty feet. Last night (Tuesday, July 7) was an epic one, and the northern Atlantic Ocean showed Dorade what it is made of, with breeze in the mid 30s making for quickly building swells and a leftover sloppy sea state. From here until the finish, we're hoping the breeze stays under 25 knots when we go above 25 knots we're forced to take down the spinnaker, which in turn slows our speed. The next few shifts will be quite important for the old Dorade. Our three-way battle with Carina and Scarlet Oyster is still pretty tight and could go to anyone at this point.
Overall, spirits are good onboard, as we wait optimistically for each tracker update. I just overheard Giles at the helm telling Matt we are averaging ten knots over the ground. However, the water is still choppy and cold with the temperature around 65 degrees. After four days of grey skies and breeze up above 25 knots, we're finally seeing a little change of weather with the skies slightly clearing. We have approximately 1,000 miles to the finish and the A4 sail is up on Starboard tack. * Dozens of "Blogs from the Boats" have come in, updates and photos from the mid-Atlantic.įrom one of your humble narrator's all-time favorite boats, the famous Dorade: Over the course of this morning Jim and Kristy Clark's 100-foot Comanche managed to find some pressure to the north and has rolled even Phaedo3, opening up a lead of almost 50 miles over her direct competition, George David's Rambler 88.
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Here the wrong sort of records are being set: this morning Lloyd Thornburg's MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo3, usually capable of average speeds of 30-plus knots and peak speeds of more than 40, had covered just 91 miles over the previous 24 hours, or an average speed of 3.7 knots. In the western Atlantic the world's two fastest monohulls and two of the world's fastest trimarans have been wallowing for the last 24 hours. Force 11/violent storm on the Beaufort scale) During this one of the most northerly boats, Earl St Aldwyn's Shipman 50 Zephyr saw sustained winds in the low 40s and one gust of 59 knots (i.e. Last night the mid-fleet took a pounding as a depression passed to their north and they were blasted by its associated cold front. She becomes the sixth boat in the Transatlantic Race to retire and is now diverting to the Azores, albeit without electronics, which went down in a previous deluge.
Similarly, just before midnight UTC, Carter Bacon's Nielsen 50 Solution sustained damage to her rudder and was taking on water. Yesterday Daniel and Gretchen Biemesderfer made the decision to retire from the race after their Mason 43 Shearwater suffered mainsail and rigging damage. Severe conditions in the mid-north Atlantic have continued to punish the bulk of the fleet in the Transatlantic Race 2015. Contributions welcome, send to Force Winds In The Mid-Atlantic Brought to you by Seahorse Magazine, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors - with a European emphasis.īrought to you by Seahorse magazine, Scuttlebutt Europe is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors - with a European emphasis.
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