good luck to the fastnet crews

[iangrant]

let us all wish them all a safe passage - wot a forecast they have, a foul night ahead of them, poor souls.

Ian

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Seconded. Although they are there by choice not obligation, I hope that all goes well.

 

[pyrojames]

Best wishes to those mad enough to go. (And yes I was mad too, once or twice!)

 

[iangrant]

Poor sods - even by choice they are out there, probably wishing they were on dry land, at this time they haven't setled into the rythym of the boat or being at sea and they are about to get an enormous kicking from neptune..wet cold probably 50% of them sick scared etc... with a worse time to come... Very tricky time for the skippers.

Ian

 

[bilbobaggins]

One regular forumeer, named 'Talulah' after his boat, is out there somewhere with a crew of paying guests. I'll be looking to see where they get to, and hoping it's not into difficulties.....

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Er, at 2130GMT ( sic ), 'Talulah' seems to be heading into Portland/Weymouth for the night..... I hope they're in time for the famous fish 'n chips!



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[BrendanS]

Heading into Weymouth or possibly Portland by current track

 

[Twister_Ken]

Saw them this afternoon as I came into Poole Bay on a FastCat - most carrying full mains, although one or two reefed down. Crews stacked on rails, going like trains.

 

[Salty]

I remember when I got back from my first windy Fastnet (although not as nasty as this one looks), I was greeted in the office with 'so did you have a nice sailing holiday then?'. I felt like throttling them.

Good luck to the poor sods out there - they'll deserve their t-shirts when they get to the end... I've a friend who is doing it as his last offshore, said he was getting a bit old at 70 to do any more! Hope he's okay: his boat still going strong last I looked.

 

[bilbobaggins]

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Heading into Weymouth or possibly Portland by current track

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There's a bit of an echo on this forum tonight! Feedback loop?

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Oh, and there's something odd about 'Team Eberspacher' - they seem to have put most of the 'whitebait' behind them. However, tomorrow's another day.....

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[BrendanS]

Oi! you edited yours after I'd posted mine! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[bilbobaggins]

You gotta watch your six o'clock!


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[Chrissie]

Talulah has put into port for the night, suffering from foul tide, just arived and about to eat and get a good nights sleep, ready to set off on a better tide tomorrow.
They were pleased to hear you guys are rooting for them, and they are not retiring just being cautious.
The weather promised is not materialising as bad as forecast, and now it seems to be Wednesday for the bad weather.

The Rorc site is brilliant, Endeavour Quay is tuned in all day!

 

[BrendanS]

Alfa Romeo seems to be heading back

 

[jimi]

Hats off to them, would'nt fancy beating into a F7 myself, hopefully should be OK though

 

[bilbobaggins]

And the French Open 60 'Veolia Environnement' seems to be beating Pete Goss to the beer tent at the RWYC.....

I wonder what tomorrow will bring. Besides wind and rain. There are still plenty of weather 'bolt-holes'....

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[st599]

Is it just me - or is the yacht "Freckles" parked outside the Victoria and Albert museum in Knightsbridge (according to the RORC Google Earth feed)

 

[Dipper]

Why does one boat sail in a straight line - right through the Purbeck Hills, Chesil Beach, South Hams and SE Cornwall?

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[Salty]

Fastnet website has now put some photos of the start up. There's a terrific one of Leopard and Alfa Romeo crossing tacks:

http://fastnet.rorc.org/gallery.asp

 

[bilbobaggins]

The unsponsored IMOCA 60 'Spirit of Weymouth' is now making up ground, having passed Lanzen and is starting the drag race across the Celtic Sea in about No 17 position, at present.

Good stuff!

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[adl]

I think thats V Project, I am guessing there was some problem with the telemetry/positional information being sent back, they probably have missed all the 30 min updates do have plotted a straight line to the first reported postion.