‘Windchat’ is going to be entered in some offshore races with the Junior Offshore Group in the coming years and and as this requires an IRC Rating we needed to carry out a number of measurements. Quite a lot actually. Continue reading How did ‘Windchat’ measure up for it’s IRC Rating?
Category Archives: Racing
Blog posts & articles sharing experience during sailing races. These include the Round the Island Race & other offshore sailing races.
Round the Island Race 2017
The crew had been looking forward to this year’s Round the Island Race for months and finally we assembled Thursday evening in readiness for training hard on Friday. Most of have sailed together in each race since 2011 and sailing is what brings us together – so it was great to catch up. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017
Round the Island Race 2017 Video
We hope you enjoy this video of our 2017 race around the island in our Beneteau Oceanis 37 ‘Avant Garde’. This year the pressure was on to beat ‘Nomad 1’ skippered by Lou Barden – Chief Instructor at Nomad Sailing. In the end it came down to 2 minutes elapsed over a 10 hour race. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017 Video
Round the Island Race 2017 Crew List
It’s hard to believe this is our 7th year racing around the Isle of Wight. This year we’re racing on a 37′ Beneteau Oceanis ‘Avant Garde’ . Continue reading Round the Island Race 2017 Crew List