Seven Boats in the Fastnet!

We have now filled all the spaces on our seven yachts for the Fastnet race this year. We are over the moon with the way our offshore campaigns are going this year. The Fastnet this year promises to be an amazing event for us and we are very much looking forward to getting started.

The yachts that we are entering are Puma Logic, Jaguar Logic, Lion, Pink Panther (all Reflex 38's) Exabyte 3 (IMX45), Bongani (Pronavia 38) and Sidney (Match 42).

We will be announcing the skippers, mates and teams at the beginning of next week. Training then starts in May with all the teams.

One Space on Jaguar for Spring Series on Sunday

We have one space on Jaguar Logic for the two Spring Series races this coming Sunday. If you would like a day out racing then give us a call. The forecast is looking very good with a 20 knot Northerly wind.

The cost of the days racing is just £65.00

Fantastic Race Two of the Spring Series; with a twist to the tale.

The conditions were ideal for our Reflex 38's on Sunday. A NE 15 knots of wind promised a great day of racing. Following a windshift just before the start the race officer postponed the start to re lay the line. A big port bias resulted in the majority of the fleet jostling for position at the pin end, providing an exciting start.

Jaguar Logic won the pin end making an excellent start. Puma Logic was further down the line and left struggling a couple of boat lengths behind six other yachts. Tacking off early to get clear air Puma had to duck several boats. The next time Jaguar and Puma crossed paths on the beat Jaguar had a three boat length lead and sailed to the right hand side of the course. Following an individual recall all the boats ahead of Puma at the start returned to restart.

Puma’s tactics took them up the middle of the beat whilst Jaguar went to the right anticipating that the wind would go further right. As it happens the left paid off and Jaguar were left trailing at the windward mark. Puma was third around the windward mark looking in great shape.

Both boats worked very hard and took chunks out of the leaders, steadily climbing up the rankings. Puma's excellent tactics on the last leeward leg, combined with excellent teamwork, paid dividends and resulted in them taking the lead. Jaguar had also caught up well and was looking good for a great result in the top five.

Having passed Prime Suspect and Playing Around, Puma had one last short beat to the finish. Simple, or so they thought! The only problem is that Bramble Bank was between the leeward mark and the finish. Puma, navigating around the edge of the bank, did not judge it to perfection. The result was that Puma found herself firmly attached to Bramble Bank and there she stayed for the remainder of the race. All the following yachts darted off in different directions, bouncing off the bottom. The results were turned upside down with Vortex, an X-35, coming from no where to win the race!

Jaguar circumnavigated the Brambles well and finished just eighty seconds behind the leaders leaving them in the running for a fantastic podium position. The team on Jaguar were eagerly awaiting the results. Bitter disappointment prevailed when the results came out. Jaguar Logic was controversially scored OCS despite there being witnesses on other boats to suggest that they were not. In fact all but two boats were claimed to be OCS by the race committee!

So, a frustrating day of racing for both our teams. Two potentially fantastic results snatched away from us by silly little mistakes. On the positive though, we are here to learn and what better way to do that than learning harsh lessons from our errors! There are still four races left in the series and after all, one race is discardable! So this weekend has provided us with the discard!

On another note, we suspect Richard has now been exonerated of all the Sunsail mark jokes and Bramble Bank will become the new in joke on board Puma.

One Space Available on Puma for This Weekend

There is one last place available on Puma Logic this weekend to join Team Logic in hte Warsash Spring Series. There is a training day on Saturday starting at 11am followed by an evening in Hamble and then racing on Sunday. The cost of the weekend is just £100.00.

Please call Philippe if you are interested in joining us for the weekend.

Race Development Course Special Offer

We have limited space left on our Race Development course which we have a late booking special offer on. The five day course is being offered at just £350.00, greatly reduced from the normal cost of £495.00.

The course runs from the 9th till 13 April. Both Jaguar and Puma Logic will be training together offering a superb course, which is guaranteed to improve your overall racing skills and knowledge.

Click here for more information or up load the Information Pack here

Two Places on Puma for Spring Series Weekend 3

There are two places on Puma Logic this coming weekend to join Team Logic in the Warsash Spring Series.

Puma needs two people who could come and do pit and mast. There is a training day on Saturday so do not worry if you have limited experience.

The cost of the weekend is hugely reduced to £100.00 for the two days.

Three Teams in the Warsash Spring Series

Sailing Logics three teams have completed their 2nd weekend in the Warsash Spring Series. Saturday provided a fantastic day of training in 15 to 20 knots of westerly wind. At the end of the day Bongani challenged Puma Logic to a short race series. After three races, Bongani (crewed with the Introduction to Racing team), defeated Team Logic 2:1!

Due to high winds on Sunday, which were gusting to forty knots, racing was cancelled. Undeterred, Puma Logic (crewed by Team Logic 2007), ventured into the Solent for an exhilarating kite run. Soon after successfully gybing in thirty knots of wind a gust hit Puma and she recorded sustained speeds of fifteen knots with a top speed of eighteen knots. What an awesome day out.

Puma Logic are currently in 5th place in the series with Jaguar Logic just behind in 7th Place.