An attempt on the doublehanded Round Ireland speed sailing record is imminent.
UK sailors Ross Hobson and Adrian Banks from Northumberland are on their way to Dun Laoghaire Harbour and will be on standby for the record bid as soon as they arrive in Dublin Bay.
Weather forecasts show solid southwesterly winds of 30 mph and more across Ireland from tonight (March 11th) until next Wednesday evening.
The time to beat is three days, 19 hours, 41 minutes and 39 seconds, established by the foiling Figaro 3 Magenta Project - double-handed by Greystone's Pamela Lee and Cat Hunt - in October 2020.
Hobson and Banks of the Royal Ocean Racing Club are making the bid in the Open 50 monohull, Pegasus, a boat Hobson has previously steered in the Round Ireland Yacht Race.
The record bid will see the duo sail from Kish to Kish in either direction around Ireland, a distance of some 700 miles.
The record bid will be officiated by the newly appointed World Speed Sailing Commissioner for Ireland, Paddy Boyd.
The official Round Ireland Records line is eight miles long between the Kish Lighthouse and the Dun Laoghaire East Pier Lighthouse.
