Thursday, 16 August 2007
8am update – Thursday 16 August
IT has been a much quieter night for our 4 intrepid yachts still battling out there in the Irish Sea. Each yacht is having their own tussle with a another yacht in their class. Exabyte 3 is currently rounding Bishops Rock at the outer end of the Scilly Isles with the Challenge 67 yacht Endeavour, Skippered by friend of Sailing Logic Becky Walford and her crew of Servicemen. Jaguar Logic and Scarlet Oyster have been trading gybes all night and unfortunately, Scarlet Oyster seems to have pulled away over the last few hours, but the latest information shows Jaguar reaching better boat speed so fingers crossed they can claw back a few more miles before Bishops Rock.We have just heard from onboard Bongani. They are all well, but have been using their Trysail after damaging their mainsail in the gales of Tuesday hence the reason why they have lost a little bit of ground on Foggy Dew, Antares and Voador. They have reported a bow locker full of water so one of the crew is going to go in with a snorkel shortly and bail it out! All is well on board and Mark has even managed to smile this morning.Sidney are still hanging on in there. They seem to be enjoying the downwind conditions and are determined to get back to Queen Anne’s Battery before the beer runs out.
Weather forecast today shows more North Westerly winds at 15 knots, so all yachts should have a good run to the Bishops Rock before turning North East into Plymouth. Eta of Exabyte 3 is showing 6pm this evening.
IT has been a much quieter night for our 4 intrepid yachts still battling out there in the Irish Sea. Each yacht is having their own tussle with a another yacht in their class. Exabyte 3 is currently rounding Bishops Rock at the outer end of the Scilly Isles with the Challenge 67 yacht Endeavour, Skippered by friend of Sailing Logic Becky Walford and her crew of Servicemen. Jaguar Logic and Scarlet Oyster have been trading gybes all night and unfortunately, Scarlet Oyster seems to have pulled away over the last few hours, but the latest information shows Jaguar reaching better boat speed so fingers crossed they can claw back a few more miles before Bishops Rock.We have just heard from onboard Bongani. They are all well, but have been using their Trysail after damaging their mainsail in the gales of Tuesday hence the reason why they have lost a little bit of ground on Foggy Dew, Antares and Voador. They have reported a bow locker full of water so one of the crew is going to go in with a snorkel shortly and bail it out! All is well on board and Mark has even managed to smile this morning.Sidney are still hanging on in there. They seem to be enjoying the downwind conditions and are determined to get back to Queen Anne’s Battery before the beer runs out.
Weather forecast today shows more North Westerly winds at 15 knots, so all yachts should have a good run to the Bishops Rock before turning North East into Plymouth. Eta of Exabyte 3 is showing 6pm this evening.
posted by Sailing Logic at 8:22 AM
