Second Fastnet Qualifying Race

It’s all very, very exciting here this morning. The first crews of the Fastnet Teams are beginning to filter in to Shamrock Quay and things are a hive of activity as last minute jobs are finished up, sails and food is loaded on and we all get set to go.

The weather looks to be a little breezy and typically, of course (this is sailing!!) from the SW… perfectly on the nose for a race to Jersey!! The Morgan’s Cup Race starts this evening at 1930 and looks likely to take us into tomorrow afternoon before we reach the finish.

This means that we don’t get to spend any time on Jersey as we will have to turn round and head straight back again to get home on Sunday!!

Philippe is looking fairly relaxed today with everything under control, perhaps that’s because he is quietly confident about racing to his home port… Only one thing is for certain though, all the skippers and mates are competitive and absolutely no one is complacent!!

Good luck to all the teams, have a great and safe race.