#roundireland – Entries into Afloat's Round Ireland race elpased time competition are tending to favour a five day race as the latest eve of race forecasts indicate a fresh north–easterly for tomorrow's start time but lighter winds to follow. To enter the FREE competition for a super prize of a McWilliam Sailing Bag click HERE. Entries can be made right up until tomorrow's race start time.

Meanwhile, for the 2008 race record time to be broken (set by the Supermaxi ICAP Leopard) the first boat home must reach Wicklow by next Tuesday morning at 07.48.47. A big ask!

 

#roundireland – Afloat's Round Ireland Race 2014 free to enter competition offers a great prize of a McWilliam Sailing Bag to the person who is closest to predicting the elapsed time of the winning yacht.

Last year, Inis Mor won the race, taking 4 days, 8 hours, 16 minutes and 7 seconds to complete the 704–mile course. The fastest elapsed time by a winner is the 3 days, 4 hours, 23 minutes and 57 seconds it took Jeep Cherokee to complete in 1998. In 2006, Cavatina won with the slowest elapsed time to date of 6 days, 9 hours, 20 minutes and 20 seconds, taking 1 day and 18 hours longer than she did when winning in 2002.

Please note the predicted time elapsed time is not the time taken by the first to finish, it is the time taken by the boat that is the overall winner of the race. This is the boat with the lowest corrected time (elapsed time x TCF).

A full list of the historical elapsed times can be found here.

To enter click HERE

Competition Rules

1. Entries must be received by email by 14.00 on Saturday, 28th June 2014.

2. There can be only one entry for each e-mail address

3. Each entry must be complete with valid e-mail 

4. Times will be those supplied by the race organisers.

5. The winner will be the person whose predicted time is closest in time to the elapsed time of the winner in the IRC Overall category.

7. The Judges decisions is final. No correspondence will be entered into.