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Round Ireland Trimaran Phaedo3 Passes Skelligs At 25–Knots
Day 2 6am: During the night MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3 held onto to its second place on the water in the Volvo Round Ireland Race 2016. The three trimarans are led by British MOD70 entry Team Concise. This morning the Lloyd Thornburg Phaedo3 crew passed close to the island location for the next Star Wars movie on the South West coast, flying by the Skellig Islands making an average speed of 25–knots at 6am this morning. It’s still early stages in this 700–mile long distance race with Phaedo3 now close to the lead at 31–knots off Loop head in Co. Clare.
See Round Ireland tracker here and keep to up to date with the fleet's progress with Afloat's regular Round Ireland 2016 updates here
Day 1 2350hrs: The longest beach in Ireland runs south along the Wexford coast from Cahore Point all the way down to Wexford harbour itself writes W M Nixon. It’s pushing towards twenty miles and more in length, but through the late evening and early part of tonight, it has seemed considerably longer for the main part of the fleet in the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race.
They’ve struggled with sometimes fickle wind and a foul tide, and the mood has not been improved by a belt of rain from the west which is only just clearing the last of the fleet. Nevertheless those who held in close along the shore inside the banks down as far as Blackwater Head before allowing their course to shape itself towards the Tuskar undoubtedly did better than those who went seaward in search of a better breeze. Thus in the overall placings at 2330, one notable slippage through keeping east has been with Dave Cullen’s J/109 Euro Car Parks, which in our previous report at 1815hrs was lying third overall in IRC – now she’s lying 26th as she passes the Tuskar.
The biggies up at the front of the fleet – the three MOD 70s and Ramber 88 – elected to hold on starboard tack far out into the middle of nowhere, with the MOD 70s sharpening each other all the time by being only a couple of miles apart, though Team Concise continues to hold a narrow lead. But even as we’re putting this report together, they’ve tacked in unison, and are just about laying the Fastnet Rock, though speeds are nothing great by MOD 70 standards - we’re talking “only” 12 knots or so.
To the northeast of them, now about 35 miles astern, Rambler 88 is still on starboard and making 12.9 knots, but she has slipped to 17th overall in IRC, whereas Eric de Turckheim’s wonderful Teasing Machine – likewise ploughing along on starboard well off the Irish coast – continues to stay narrowly ahead of a trio of Open 40s, and is hanging in there and then some on IRC, as she is leading IRC I and Overall.
Noel Butler (on helm) and Peter Hall and crew on the Beneteau 34.5, Adelie are top Irish boat as the first day of Round Ireland 2016 draws to a close
The J/109 Mojito (Peter Dunlop & Vicky Cox) from Pwllheli is currently second overall, and in third are Peter Hall and Noel Butler with the First 34.7 Adelie, currently tops of the Irish boats with Stephen Quinn and his J/97 Lambay Rules in fifth. Or rather, that was the situation five minutes ago – now Lambay Rule lies second overall, which will have them dancing in the streets out in Howth. She seems to be doing well by taking a little tack in towards Carnsore Point after clearing the Tuskar.
Soon the new ebb tide will be giving a mighty boost to the smaller boats back in the Tuskar-Carnsore area, and that will probably provide us with another significant shakeup of the placings for the morning. But for now, Teasing Machine is marching along hard on the wind at 6.6 knots over the ground, with quite a good comfort margin between her and the next boat.
See Round Ireland tracker here and keep to up to date with the fleet's progress with Afloat's regular Round Ireland 2016 updates here
How to Make a Start in a Big Boat – Lessons 1 to 7
The nearer you were to today’s start of the Volvo Round Ireland Race 2016, the more amazing it all seemed. Yet it was difficult to see clearly what was happening as Teasing Machine and the mighty Rambler 88 came slicing through gaps which hadn’t even existed ten seconds earlier. Seen from a distance, it still looked both utterly marvellous – and totally scary. Photos: W M Nixon
See Round Ireland tracker here and keep to up to date with the fleet's progress with Afloat's regular Round Ireland 2016 updates here
Day one 1815hrs: If you want to cut a dash in the Volvo Round Ireland Race 2016, make sure your boat’s a silver bullet writes W M Nixon. The two grey flyers – Eric de Turckheim’s A13 Teasing Machine from France and George David’s Rambler 88 from the US – emerged as the true stars of a ferociously close start in which other boats seemed to have done marginally better, but turned out to have been OCS.
And as of 1815hrs this Saturday evening, they have been powering ahead to such good effect that the lead in IRC Overall has been bouncing between the two of them.
The hoped-for fair winds for the early stages had faded before the start, and it has been hard on the wind or beating all the way since the fleet set out at 1300hrs from Wicklow, with Teasing Machine and Rambler being in the right place at the start, spot on the committee vessel LE Aisling as the signal went. Quite how the mighty Rambler found her way through the maze of smaller craft is anyone’s guess, but George David’s top people gave a master-class in making a start with things getting difficult as the ebb was already running south with full vigour.
Inevitably the MOD 70s with their later start have since taken up the lead on the water, and they are now well past the Tuskar and feeling less adverse effect from the new flood tide making northwards, with Concise 10 marginally in the lead. But Rambler – having passed the Tuskar – has started making knots again after a sticky period in towards Carnsore Point.
As for Teasing Machine, having worked out a lead on most of the rest of the fleet, she took the gamble of seeking less strong adverse tides by heading inside the Wexford Banks through the sandy channels just south of Cahore Point, and at 1815 was making 4.8 knots over the ground very close inshore off Blackwater village. Two miles astern of Teasing, Michal Kleinjans in the Open 40 Visit Brussels, aka Roaring Forty 2, has used the same inshore tactic, and he leads IRC 0, which would be fine and dandy were it not for the fact that it underlines what a remarkable performance Teasing Machine is registering.
A completely different offshore tactic has been adopted by defending 2014 winning navigator Richie Fernie aboard Alan Hannon’s Reichel-Pugh 45 Katsu, he’s as far south as Teasing Machine, but well out in the open to the eastward ten miles offshore, making 4.5 knots over the ground, and lying 4th in IRC I.
However, it’s in the body of the fleet that we find the third placed boat in IRC overall, it’s Dave Cullen’s J/109 Euro Car Parks, (above) and despite the adverse tide she was logging 5.5 knots over the ground, very good going in the circumstances.
The wind outlook is for moderate headwinds along the south coast through the night, with the sou’westers starting to pipe up seriously around noon tomorrow.
See Round Ireland tracker here and keep to up to date with the fleet's progress with Afloat's regular Round Ireland 2016 updates here
Seascapes Podcast: Round Ireland's Justin Slattery, Brian Thompson & Dublin Port's Eamon O'Reilly
Hello and welcome aboard this week’s edition of your maritime programme Seascapes ... we have music from Starboard Home and an exclusive wide ranging interview with the Chief Executive of Dublin Port Company – Eamonn O’ Reilly on the life of the port and its ongoing development ………….……we have music from Andy Irvine who headlines this weekend’s Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival in Ballydehob in West Cork as Molgoggers head for the Falmouth Festival we wish them fair sailing ….……..more on that competition where you can propose a youngster for a Sail Training Bursary this Summer courtesy of Sail Training Ireland and Seascapes ; we congratulate Royal Ulster Yacht Club on their 150th Anniversary with the celebrations starting this weekend …….first this week as the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race vessels and crews gather in Wicklow Sailing Club. David Branigan went along for Seascapes to Dun Laoghaire this week to have a word with record holder Brian Thompson, first we hear from Justin Slattery.....
David Branigan talking there to Justin Slattery and Brian Thompson ..the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race begins this weekend from Wicklow Sailing Club ..we’ll have a full report on next Friday's edition of Seascapes …
Further north on the East coast …………… Greystones Sailing Club will officially open its new premises this Sunday when Minister Simon Harris will perform the official opening………. The Club, originally established in 1968, caters for over 350 members and is very much a family club, rooted in the Greystones community. Initially sailing was confined to Mirror dinghies launched from a rubber mat rolled out on the shingle on North Beach with boats transported to and from the harbour on the tops of cars. The old clubhouse was built in the early 1970’s and has continued to be a part of the Greystones community since then. Now with the opening of the new facility, the club boasts over 100 dinghy’s and 20 keelboats and has one of the strongest junior sections of any club along the East Coast and is set to grow.
This weekend one of our great musical troubadours and treasures plays the Fastnet Maritime and Folk Festival Ballydehob here is the man himself Andy Irvine with this classic “Banks of Newfoundland” taken from his album Abocurragh…..
Next here on Seascapes to Dublin Port Company where we recently met up with the Chief Executive Eamonn O'Reilly and talked about the current dredging of Dublin bay to facilitate the expansion of the Alexandra Basin Container Ferry and Cruise Liner traffic and his perspective on spoil being dumped at the Burford Bank and the Starboard Home Concert in the National Concert Hall as part of the 2016 Commemorations which is on next Wednesday and Thursday…….
Finally Seascapes talked with Eamonn O Reilly about the port’s dredging spoil which is deposited on The Burford Bank in Dublin Bay since the beginning of the last century……
Eamonn O Reilly Chief Executive of Dublin Port we’ll hear more about the brand new Dublin Port Company Seafarers Centre which houses the Mission to Seafarers and Stella Maris and we’ll also be talking to Dermot Desmond Ships visitor for the Mission to Seafarers…..if you are attending the Starboard Home concert we hope to see you there also they’ve added an extra night on Thursday next …. tickets on sale now www.nch.ie
Starboard Home Features new works by Paul Noonan, James Vincent McMorrow, Cathy Davey, Duke Special, Gemma Hayes, Jape, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Lisa O’Neill, Declan O’Rourke, John Sheahan Paul Cleary and novelist Caitriona Lally.
Royal Ulster Yacht Club are celebrating their 150th anniversary …
The first event of the 150th Anniversary celebrations for the Club will take place this weekend ……………The Randox Health Sigma 33 UK & Irish National Championships has attracted twenty boats from throughout the UK and Ireland. From Lough Swilly to Waterford, from the Clyde to Falmouth taking in Liverpool and the Isle of Man on the way. The visitors will join the local boats for three days of racing on the open waters of Belfast Lough.
On next Saturday 25th June there is to be an Anniversary Sail Past of all the competing boats and visitors from the other Club in Belfast Lough. This should be quite a sight with the old and the new processing past the RUYC Clubhouse along with . The Sail Past will commence at 12.00 midday and will be followed by the Club’s Annual Regatta supported by Templeton Robinson.
The fortnight of celebrations concludes on Friday 1st July with a gala dinner. The RUYC acknowledge the support of Ards and North Down Borough Council in running these special events.
“Well that’s all folks for this weekon the sound desk this week Niall O Sullivan ………….. next Friday night here on your maritime programme Seascapes we meet some Sail Training Ireland sail trainees aboard the brig “Morgenster” in Cork and Waterford and hear about their experiences at sea we talk to the Captain of the vessel Harry Muster and speak with the Chairman of Sail Training Ireland Seamus McLoughlin ………………….. we’ll have music from Fairport Convention with “A Sailor’s Life” and a report from the Volvo Round Ireland Yacht Race ….plus we visit the Seafarers Centre in the heart of Dublin Port all that and much more until next Friday night tight lines and fair sailing.”
Marcus Connaughton
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Round Ireland's Sailing Race's Record Entry – 64 Boats Here
Three Multi-One-Design (MOD) 70s, and the maxi-yacht Rambler 88 have added extra spice to a record-breaking 64-boat Volvo Round Ireland fleet that starts the 700-mile offshore race tomorrow at 1pm from Wicklow as David O'Brien writes in the Irish Times sailing column this morning. Although predictions of a summer solstice record are being made, if any such time is to fall then the record-breaker, and that includes holder Musandam-Oman Sail, must be back off Wicklow Head within one day, 16 hours, 51 minutes and 57 seconds, or approximately 5am on Monday. It’s a tall order even for the fastest sailing boats in the world. Read more here
See the final entry list from Wicklow below:
Entry No | Boat Name | Entrant/Skipper | Boat Type | Sail No | TCC | Club | Year of build | CLASS |
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1 | Xanadu | Simon Costain | X-50 | GBR905R | 1.147 | RAFYC RORC | 2008 | 1 |
2 | Mojito | Peter Dunlop & Vicky Cox | J/109 | GBR9047R | 1.010 | Pwllheli S.C. | 2008 | 3 |
3 | Bam | Conor Fogerty | Sunfast 3600 | IRL1471 | 1.047 | Howth Yacht Club | 2015 | 2 |
4 | Groupe 5 | Carpentier Patrice | Sunfast 3200 | FRA 38483 | 0.995 | SN La Trinite Sur Mer | 2012 | 4, 6 |
5 | Lynx | Irish National Sailing & Powerboat School | Reflec 38 | IRL 7386 | 1.044 | Irish National SC | 1999 | 3 |
6 | Aurelia | Chris & Patanne Power Smith | J122 | IRL35950 | 1.077 | Royal St George YC | 2008 | 2 |
7 | Pyxis | Kirsteen Donaldson | X332 | GBR5963T | 0.956 | RORC | 1997 | 4, 6 |
8 | Polished Manx2 | Kuba Szymanski | Beneteau First 40.7 | GBR 7003 T | 1.029 | Douglas Bay Yacht Club | 2001 | 3, 6 |
9 | Wild Spirit | Paul Jackson (LYC Sea School) | Jeanneau 40 | GBR8799T | 0.981 | RORC, JOG | 1999 | 4 |
10 | Quid non? | Nigel Philpott | Swan 40 (92) | GBR7384T | 1.005 | Royal Navy Sailing Assoc. | 2001 | 6 |
11 | Arthur Logic | Sailing Logic | Beneteau First 40 | GBR 7408R | 1.070 | RORC | 2014 | 3 |
12 | Pegasus of Northumberland | Ross Hobson | Open50 | GBR715R | 1.501 | RORC | 2003 | CK - 6 |
13 | Maybird | Darryl Hughes | Gaff Ketch | GBR 644R | 0.904 | Poolbeg Yacht & Boat Club | 1937 | 5 |
14 | Heimatau | Tom McLuskie | Farrier F36 | GBR708M | 0.000 | Port Edgar Yacht Club | 2000 | M |
15 | Lisa | Michael Boyd | First 44.7 | GBR4947R | 1.101 | Royal Irish YC / RORC | 2005 | 1 |
16 | Wakey Wakey | Roger Smith | J109 | GBR5909R | 1.015 | Poolbeg Yacht and Boat Club | 2008 | 3 |
17 | Rockabill VI | Paul O'Higgins | JPK 10.80 | IRL10800 | 1.046 | Royal Irish YC | 2016 | 2 |
18 | Arcsine | Kathy Claydon | Arcona 370 | GBR8643T | 1.009 | Weymouth Sailing Club | 2004 | 3, 6 |
19 | Euro Car Parks | David Cullen | J109 (Storm) | IRL1141 | 1.016 | Howth Yacht Club | 2009 | 3 |
20 | Change of Course | Keith Gibbs | C & C 115 | GBR9070R | 1.031 | Channel Sailing Club | 2005 | 3 |
21 | Bellino | Rob Craige | Sunfast 3600 | GBR 3657 L | 1.039 | RORC | 2014 | 3, 6 |
22 | Rambler | George David | Juan K canting keel | USA25555 | 1.827 | New York Yacht Club | 2014 | CK |
23 | Andante | Keith Miller | Yamaha 36 c | IRL375 | 0.947 | Kilmoer Quay SC | 1982 | 5 |
24 | May Contain Nuts | Kevin Rolfe | Rogers Whitbread 30 | GBR9030 | 0.995 | Cardiff Bay Yacht Club | 1996 | 3 |
25 | Sarabande | Rob Mably | Swan 47 | GBR 1238 | 1.051 | Royal Cornwall YC | 1977 | 3, 5 |
26 | Fuji | Ari Känsäkoski | Class 40 CC40 | GBR 38 | 1.220 | RORC | 2007 | C40 |
27 | Masai | Ben Korner | Class 40 Pogo S2 | 109 | 1.258 | Team Masai | 2011 | 1 |
28 | Fulmar Fever | Robert Marchant | Westerly Fulmar | FR14 | 0.879 | Waterford Harbour SC | 1980 | 4, 5 |
29 | Lula Belle | Liam Coyne & Brian Flahive | First 36.7 | IRL 3607 | 0.992 | Wicklow Sailing Club | 2005 | 4, 6 |
30 | Hissy Fit | Simon Baker | Dazcat 1495 | GBR 788M | 0.000 | Saltash Saling Club | 2015 | M |
31 | Port of Galway | Martin Breen / Nigel Moss | Dehler 37Cruising | IRL 5687 | 0.952 | Galway Bay Sailing Club | 1997 | 4, 6 |
32 | IOS Desert Star | Ronan O Siochru | Jeanneau Sunfast 37 | IRL 1397 | 0.970 | Irish Offshore Sailing | 2002 | 4 |
33 | Katsu | Alan Hannon | Reichel-Pugh | RP45 | 1.241 | RORC | 2011 | 1 |
34 | Albireo | David A Simpson | Swan 371 | IRL 3435 | 0.939 | Royal Irish YC | 1982 | 4 |
35 | J Taime | Christopher Dowd Palmer | J109 | GBR6709R | 1.011 | RORC | 2006 | 3 |
36 | Musandam - OmanSail | Sandrine Pelletier | MOD70 | OMA 07 | 0.000 | AL Mouj - Muscat | 2012 | M50+ |
37 | Concise 10 | Tony Lawson | MOD 70 | GBR 70 | 0.000 | RORC | 2012 | M50+ |
38 | Pipedreamer VI | Paul Sutton | Dufour 40 | GBR 2271L | 1.016 | Holyhead Sailing Club | 2003 | 3 |
39 | Just Plain Krazy | Ian Knight | JPK 1010 | GBR3789L | 1.008 | Royal Western | 2015 | 3, 6 |
40 | Teasing Machine | Teasing Machine | A13 | FRA 38757 | 1.169 | SRR | 2014 | 1 |
41 | BigDeal | Derek & Conor Dillon | Dehler nova | IRL 3492 | 0.922 | Foynes YC | 1992 | 4, 6 |
42 | Fortissimo | Dream or Two Sailing Ltd | Class 40 - Akilaria RC1 | GBR 97 | 1.257 | Portchester Sailing Club | 2008 | 1, C40 |
43 | Desperado of Cowes | Richard Loftus | Swan 65 | GBR1665 | 1.112 | RORC | 1977 | 1 |
44 | Denebola | Alain Poncelet | Mount Gay 30 modified | BEL1265 | 1.010 | Royal North Sea YC | 2008 | 3, 6 |
45 | Persistance | Jerry Collins | Sigma 38 2.08 | IRL 8237 | 0.978 | Royal St George YC | 1990 | 4 |
46 | Cavatina | Ian Hickey | Granada 38 | IRL3861 | 0.928 | Royal Cork YC | 1979 | 4, 5 |
47 | Colombre XL | Massimo Juris | Class 40 Pogo S2 | FRA 101 | 0.000 | Compagnia Della Vela Venezia (CDV Venezia) | 2011 | 1, 6 |
48 | Suenos | Rupert Kidd | Dazcat 1195 | GBR741M | 0.000 | Royal Western Yacht Club | 2010 | M |
49 | Bare Necessities | Bruce Sutherland | Dazcat 1150 | GBR 725 M | 0.000 | Saltash Sailing Club | 2009 | M |
50 | Ajax | Paul Macro | J109 | GBR 6908R | 1.009 | Royal Armoured Corps YC | 2006 | 3 |
51 | Roaring Forty2 | Roaring Forty2 | class 40 kiwi fc | BEl 107 | 1.304 | Royal YC Belgium /Royal Belgium SC | 2011 | Z |
52 | Phaedo^3 | Lloyd Thornburg | MOD70 | 03 | 0.000 | New York Yacht Club | 2011 | M50+ |
53 | Medicare First Aid | Joe Conway | Beneteau First 40 | FRA39886 | 1.096 | Royal Irish YC | 2011 | 2 |
54 | Adelie | Peter Hall | Beneteau First 34.7 | IRL 9631 | 0.987 | National Yacht Club | 2006 | 4 |
55 | Crackajack | Philip Quinn | Beneteau First 40.7 | GBR7664T | 1.048 | Strangford Lugh YC | 2001 | 3, 6 |
56 | Lambay Rules | Stephen Quinn | J97 | Irl 9970 | 0.971 | Howth Yacht Club | 2009 | 4 |
57 | Applegreen Sail for Kids | Stephen Mullaney | Beneteau First 375 | IRL7963 | 0.947 | Howth Yacht Club | 1987 | 4, 5 |
58 | Dear Prudence | Barry Lyons | J109 | IRL 1095 | 1.004 | Royal Irish YC | 2005 | 3 |
59 | Concise 8 | Team Concise | Class 40 | 129 | 0.000 | RORC | 2013 | C40 |
60 | Concise 2 | Team Concise | Class 40 | 93 | 1.291 | RORC | 2010 | C40 |
61 | Tan It | Robert Floate | Sydney 36 | GBR 731T | 1.051 | Isle of Man Yacht Club | 1998 | 2 |
62 | Palpatine | Doug Innes | Provina 42 Sport | GBR907R | 1.098 | RORC | 2006 | 1 |
63 | Team Fujitsu | Team Fujutsu | J111 | GBR 8191R | 1.093 | Army Sailing Association | 2014 | 2 |
64 | Spailpin | Louis Mulloy | First 31.7 | 00 | 0.000 | Mayo Sailing Club | 2000 | 4, 6 |
64 | Trilogic | Trilogic Offshore Racing | Multi 50 | FRA05 | 1.489 | Trilogic Offshore Sailing | 2003 | M |
Ireland's only multihull entry in the 2016 Round Ireland Race is skippered by Dun Laoghaire sailor Hugo Karlsson-Smythe and crewed by Bowen Ormsby. The Trilogic is a record setting Multi 50 Trimaran and pulled into Wicklow Harbour for Saturday's race after an 1800 mile shake down trip from Gran Canaria.
After this first ocean race on the Tri, Hugo's long term objective is the single handed Route du Rhum transatlantic race 2018.
Having bought the boat in April this year Hugo has been busy recommissioning her and getting her back into racing spec. The trip up from Las Palmas gave him the opportunity to shake her down a little however, but he was 'hampered somewhat' as the sail wardrobe was not complete.
The Trilogic is a record setting Multi 50 Trimaran
Hugo told Afloat.ie 'At the moment we are just getting used to sailing fast and recalibrating ourselves to a new normal, 10 kts now feels slow, a pause for coffee at 16kts is comfortable and 25kts feels like we are just getting going!'
'The Round Ireland is the perfect opportunity for us to get a better feel for the boat in a competitive environment before we move to France later this year for an optimization program to prepare the boat for the challenge ahead, he said. You can follow Trilogic at www.trilogic.ie
Round Ireland Race competitor Phaedo3 came through Dalkey Sound under full sail this morning, touching speeds of 17–knots. The MOD70 skippered by American Lloyd Thornburg was on a training for Saturday's Volvo Round Ireland race start off Wicklow Head. Scroll down for 30–second video clip.
Onboard for Phaedo3's race is Justin Slattery, a Cork offshore sailor who is a double winner of the Volvo Ocean Race. Also onboard the giant trimaran is British sailor Brian Thompson, the first Briton to break the Round the World sailing record twice. He is also the first to sail non stop around the world four times.
A Round Ireland Race J/109 crew consisting of six national champions from three classes from last weekend's ICRA championships at Howth Yacht Club is setting its sights high for Saturday's race start.
The well known Howth based J/109 Storm has been chartered for the 700–mile circumnavigation and rebadged as 'Euro Car Parks'. The entry is skippered by ICRA class two champion Dave Cullen from the half–tonner Checkmate V.
Cullen's crew line up is: Mark Mansfield (currently at the Quarter Ton Cup in Cowes), Maurice O’Connell, John Murphy, Eddie Bourke, Aidan Beggan, Franz Rotschild and Gary Murphy.
As a further boost to race hopes, last night Cullen's campaign announced Windward Hotels as a 'major sponsor'.
Windward Management is one of Ireland's leading hotel operators owning and managing hotels both in here and abroad. The company has just completed the purchase of the Hilton Dublin Airport Hotel.
Euro Car Parks joins a fleet of 65 boats, nearly double the 2014 entry, for Saturday's Round Ireland start off Wicklow at 1pm.