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Team FASTRAK hits the headlines in Stromness (Orkney)! |
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07 01 12 | source: Fastrak VIII | Orkney
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Katie Miller guest speaker at the RSYC |
KATIE MILLER
'2007 Young Sailor of the Year' and participant of the 1000-Mile Doublehanded Race 2011 ,
is guest speaker on
THURSDAY 24th NOVEMBER
At only 22, Katie is the youngest woman ever to participate in the OSTAR trans-Atlantic solo yacht race from Plymouth to Newport, Rhode Island.
Katie is embarking on a new three year campaign: Two years of intense doublehanded racing in the North Sea and across the Atlantic, together with Round Britain and Ireland Race Co-skipper Matt Lingley.
Then in 2013, the team will split: Katie intends to have another crack at the OSTAR singlehanded transatlantic race... Matt intends to be competition.
The talk is free of charge and starts at 8.30pm
Carvery service from 7pm £8.95 for RSYC members and £9.95 for non-members.
To book: telephone 023 8022 3352 or e-mail sailing (at) rsyc.org.uk
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01 11 11 | source: RSYC | Southampton
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Press clipping |
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Whilst your reporter had his chill at the Faeroers the The Daily Sail published this report by Jon Amtrup on the race.
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14 07 11
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Birch is Back |
More Doublehanded news: Remember Mike Birch?
Read this amazing story by Elaine Bunting
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09 07 11 | source: Elaine Bunting | Torshavn
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Hotsocks Engine Update |
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Find out about their dilemma.....
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09 07 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Torshavn
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See the news bulletin on the Jeanneau Owners web site |
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09 07 11 | source: Jeanneau Owners Network | Torshavn
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....And the winner is... |
 Leg 1 and Final Results of the 1000-Mile Doublehanded Race 2011 The winners sailed a great race, showed a solid performance and won 3 Legs. No other team deserved the 1st Prize more than Nigel Colley & David Bowdler with FASTRAK VIII.
We congratulate them! Well done guys!
FINAL RESULTS 1000-Mile Doublehanded Race 2011:
1 FASTRAK VIII [GBR]
2 GREYHOUND [NED]
3 RAFIKI [NED]
Download Leg 3 and final results.
(AWARDS: www.flexicon.nl)
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29 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Bergen, Norway
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Did you have your P R S today..? |
WARNING: A good race might cause 'PRS'.
A Post Race Syndrome is not dangerous and disappears sooner than you might expect. A few remedies help to get over it even sooner. One of them is reading latest HOTSOCKS weblog entry: The final leg...
Oh, by the way, to get a real insight into short handed offshore sailing, this "Top 10 things you do offshore that you would never do at home..." might be useful and comes to you from 'The World of HOTSOCKS'. Thank you, Katie and Mat, for your blogging during this race.
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28 06 11
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Pendragon's dramatic Leg 3 |
Last night yacht PENDRAGON lost her mast approximately halfway Leg 3. She and her crew are a bit shattered, but safe. Georges and Jan managed to get the remainder of the mast on deck, tied it properly and continued their voyage to Bergen with help of the engine. They arrived early this morning at the hospitable Askøy Marina. Your reporter took the following pictures. They will give more info on the tragic event on their weblog soon.
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27 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Bergen, Norway
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Leg 3 |
26-06, 19.30UTC
Leg 3 is underway and after their eventful leg 2 Hotsocks is again chasing Rafiki. Very
impressive sailing by Promineo Racing so far, now just in front of Greyhound. The leaders
have 120 to go to the finish at Marstein Lighthouse, south of Bergen.
At the moments the wind is SSW 15-20kn. At night veering W and decreasing. Tomorrow the
wind will probably die down completely and return at 25-30kn from the SSE tomorrow night.
JR
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27 06 11 | source: Jaap Russchen |
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Message from Rafiki |
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Not the best start imaginable...:( Now under code 0 + only the extreme TP ahead of us. so smiling now, though HOTSOCKS chasing us.
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26 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR |
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Start Leg 3 at 1100 BST |
After a wonderful stay in Lerwick with a lot of social events (get an impression at Fastrak's photo gallery, including the Prize Giving and a BBQ at Leslie Irvine's (!!), today, 26 June 2011, at 1100 BST the final leg in this epic race will start in Lerwick to finish near Bergen at Marsteinen Lighthouse. The traditional skippers briefing will be held at the famous Lerwick Boating Club early this morning.
It looks very quiet outside after a frontal passage with rain and 20+ knots wind last night. Later on in the race wind is expected to increase and back to S S E.
The trackers are all sending their position reports at the moment so the race chart is up and running. Enjoy the race!
(photo: Fastrak VIII/David Bowdler)
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26 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Lerwick
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Shot in the foot by our own optimism... or? |
"As we finally cleared the last headland and viewed for the first time the start line .... we could see the entire leet some 5-7 miles to leeward. “At least they haven’t horizoned us” pointed out Matt. Now was the time to start reeling in the yachts...."
Recommended reading !: From the World of Hotsocks and their amazing recovery in Leg 2.
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26 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Lerwick
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Finish times at Lerwick (LEG 2) |
Quite sensational results we think: Look at the 1 sec time difference between VANDAL and DENEBOLA. Also worth mentioning is the dog fight in the last miles to the finish line between HOTSOCKS and RAFIKI. We intend to publish a bit more about HOTSOCKS race and how they managed to to finish in the top three even though they started 2 hours late!
Download the results of Leg 2
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24 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR | Lerwick
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Line honours are at stake! |
23-06, 19.30UTC
Averaging at times more than 8kn. Rafiki and Hotsocks are at the moment a few nm E of
Bressay, and not more than 0,1nm between them! It looks like both are choosing to approach
Lerwick Harbour from the N of the Island.
The NW-wind is decreasing which could make the last few miles tricky. Line honours are at
stake!
10nm behind the leaders another duo: Greyhound and Fastrak. Are Nigel and David on their
way to another leg victory? To do so they cannot lose too much ground to Hotsocks. Arriving
late at the starting line could have cost Katie and Matthew first place…
JR
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23 06 11 | source: Jaap Russchen |
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10 nm to go! |
and tough competition it is! Rafiki and Hot socks heading side by side towards Lerwick to be the first to finish.
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23 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR |
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Leaderboard 2 |
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Configuration has been adjusted and the leaderboard seems to work well again.
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23 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR |
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Start at Marstein |
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22 06 11 | source: Shetland Race | Marstein
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Leaderboard |
Tracker: Please note that for the time being the “leaderboard”, accessible in the left-corner of the tracking-page, does not provide correct information.
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22 06 11 | source: 1000M DHR |
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22 06 11 - Tough competition?! |
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22 06 11 - As the crow flies.. |
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21 06 11 - Results Leg 1 #2 & Start Leg 2 postponed |
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21 06 11 - The last yacht is in! : Results of Leg 1 |
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20 06 11 - Pendragon rounds WP1 at Fedje |
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19 06 11 - Finishteam Herdla |
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19 06 11 - Report from Pendragon |
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19 06 11 - Provisional Finish Times Leg 1 |
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18 06 11 - Nailbiting finish? |
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18 06 11 - Messages from Amalthea and Rafiki |
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18 06 11 - Day 2 leg 1 |
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17 06 11 - Lots of pics added! |
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17 06 11 - Message from Amalthea |
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17 06 11 - and another message ... |
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17 06 11 - Message from Rafiki |
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16 06 11 - Leg 1 |
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16 06 11 - Start |
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16 06 11 - And they're off! |
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16 06 11 - For the latest news |
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15 06 11 - The trackers are up! |
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14 06 11 - Sailing Instructions 2011 |
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13 06 11 - Our Race Office in Scheveningen |
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12 06 11 - Site updates |
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11 06 11 - Finish team Leg 1 |
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10 06 11 - To get the idea...(1) Trapped in a calm.. |
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10 06 11 - To get the idea...(2) Downwind sailing in 30+ knots |
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06 06 11 - Latest arrival in Scheveningen (Addendum to Notice of Race) |
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05 06 11 - Security Check |
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04 06 11 - Appartments available after Leg 1 |
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02 06 11 - 100-Mile Doublehanded welcomes her 30th entry! |
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01 06 11 - Dry-Bag offers to keep your boats dry and comfy! |
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27 05 11 - From the world of Hotsocks... |
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26 05 11 - [SPOTTED] Bailamos ! |
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22 05 11 - [SPOTTED] Greyhound ashore |
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12 05 11 - Finish line Leg 1 |
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05 05 11 - Team #15: German team with Open 50 |
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30 04 11 - Team #14 will be from Norway |
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26 04 11 - Dutch team, Norwegian boat.. |
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15 04 11 - A third British entry! |
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09 04 11 - [SPOTTED] Greyhound and Vijaya in Bergen |
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27 03 11 - Offshore Personal Survival Training |
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24 03 11 - Spirit a Go Go! |
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23 03 11 - Erratum Notice of Race |
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23 03 11 - Tracking the boats.. |
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11 03 11 - BANDOS/Dik Geurts is the latest Dutch entry |
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26 02 11 - Notice of Race 2011 online |
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12 02 11 - Hotsocks is warming up..! |
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06 02 11 - 2 New Dutch entries. |
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24 01 11 - 'Home run' for Vandal |
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21 01 11 - The Greyhound is back! |
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11 01 11 - 1000-Mile DH Race in the Press |
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31 12 10 - Doublehanded around the globe |
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19 12 10 - Canadian-Swiss pact: A new team entered the race. |
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14 12 10 - A Belgian entry: Alain Poncelet, Marc Debaecke |
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08 12 10 - 1000-Mile DH Race as qualifier for the transatlantic TWOSTAR 2012 |
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05 12 10 - 1000-Mile DH Race on Facebook |
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04 12 10 - Racedocs on their way! |
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03 12 10 - New option in the Shetland Bergen Races |
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28 05 10 - Update form qualifier details (v 2011) |
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07 02 10 - Shetland-Bergen Races |
