Thursday, 4 October 2007
They Are Off
Philippe and Steve will leave Weymouth at 1100 on Friday morning for the TJV 1000 mile qualifier. The route will take them out of the English Channel before heading south across the Bay of Biscay to a waypoint 70 miles north of La Coruna in Spain. From there they will head due north to another waypoint 200 miles due west of Brest before returning to Weymouth.
There is still a dominate high pressure covering England and the sea areas that Spirit of Weymouth will be sailing in. This will provide 10 – 14 knots of easterly wind to take Steve and Philippe out of the English Channel. The winds, uncharacteristically for this time of the year, are forecast to be very light for the majority of the qualifier.
We expect Steve and Philippe will aim to go a long way west early as there should be more wind toward the low pressure mid Atlantic. The team anticipate taking nearly five days to cover the 1000 miles!
Philippe and Steve will leave Weymouth at 1100 on Friday morning for the TJV 1000 mile qualifier. The route will take them out of the English Channel before heading south across the Bay of Biscay to a waypoint 70 miles north of La Coruna in Spain. From there they will head due north to another waypoint 200 miles due west of Brest before returning to Weymouth.
There is still a dominate high pressure covering England and the sea areas that Spirit of Weymouth will be sailing in. This will provide 10 – 14 knots of easterly wind to take Steve and Philippe out of the English Channel. The winds, uncharacteristically for this time of the year, are forecast to be very light for the majority of the qualifier.
We expect Steve and Philippe will aim to go a long way west early as there should be more wind toward the low pressure mid Atlantic. The team anticipate taking nearly five days to cover the 1000 miles!
posted by Sailing Logic at 10:39 PM
