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Preperation for RBI
It was literally, ”ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP” yesterday when the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race scrutineers determined that we needed two manual bilge pump systems, rather than the one we have along with its electric backup. With the Sevenstar / RORC Race kicking off on Monday and ever conscious of putting safety first ,Tom and Ned were off on a last minute tour of Hamble yacht chandlers to buy parts and get the additional system installed. With lots of yachts making sure there are up-to-date with the most recent safety regulations local marine stores must be seeing their sales surge. As they say, “its and ill wind that blows no good”.
Talking of the weather, we have a new crew member on board for the race . Jessica Sweeney, a young Aussie, is joining us as “weather - navigator”. Jess is studying for a Masters in Meteorology at Reading and already has a couple of Fastnets and Newport-Bermudas under her belt on various race boats. As its the first time Concise 2 has had a mixed crew for a long race, the boys are going to have to watch their “social skills”.
They are used to “bucket and chuck it” bathroom technology. They insist that, though not the most comfortable, it never breaks down . Now they will just have to be a little bit more careful where they put it !!!!!!!!!
Over the next two weeks we will be reporting on the preparations , crew, weather and our progress around the course in what is a very demanding race. Not only is there the vagaries of a progression of weather fronts (there are force 8s out there at the moment) but also these are some of the busiest shipping, oilrig , fishing boat infested waters in the world. It all adds to “the excitement”.
You can follow the progress of Concise 2 on the tracker system on the official website sevenstar.rorc.org.
Our aims ? Well we are really out to beat the other Class 40s. No push overs ! One of the skippers holds the fastest time around the course while another has completed a couple of Global races already.
Also up for grabs is the course record for 40 footers, currently standing at 11 days 12 hours 26 mins 48 seconds. That should be doable by any of the Class 40’s but as the say,” it’s a boat race” and we are of course totally dependent on the weather.
Talking of the weather, we have a new crew member on board for the race . Jessica Sweeney, a young Aussie, is joining us as “weather - navigator”. Jess is studying for a Masters in Meteorology at Reading and already has a couple of Fastnets and Newport-Bermudas under her belt on various race boats. As its the first time Concise 2 has had a mixed crew for a long race, the boys are going to have to watch their “social skills”.
They are used to “bucket and chuck it” bathroom technology. They insist that, though not the most comfortable, it never breaks down . Now they will just have to be a little bit more careful where they put it !!!!!!!!!
Over the next two weeks we will be reporting on the preparations , crew, weather and our progress around the course in what is a very demanding race. Not only is there the vagaries of a progression of weather fronts (there are force 8s out there at the moment) but also these are some of the busiest shipping, oilrig , fishing boat infested waters in the world. It all adds to “the excitement”.
You can follow the progress of Concise 2 on the tracker system on the official website sevenstar.rorc.org.
Our aims ? Well we are really out to beat the other Class 40s. No push overs ! One of the skippers holds the fastest time around the course while another has completed a couple of Global races already.
Also up for grabs is the course record for 40 footers, currently standing at 11 days 12 hours 26 mins 48 seconds. That should be doable by any of the Class 40’s but as the say,” it’s a boat race” and we are of course totally dependent on the weather.
Tony Lawson
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