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The 2012 Season
Lets start the season with some planning and race dates - just options for now and very much depending on everybody´s schedule.
Training and prep early April after Easter Weekend
21 April, Ski Race St. Anton "Der Weisse Rausch"
Warsash Spring Series 28.-29.4., UD Race
Morgan Cup 5.5., 24h race
Cervantes Trophy 1.6. 24h race
Myth of Malham Race 22.6., 230 m race
Round the Island Race 30.6., dayrace
Cowes-St. Malo 13.7., 180 m race
Cowes Week 11.8.-18.8. UD race
Cherbourg Race 31.8. 160 m race
and we should try to crack this year´s Middlesea Race, 20.10., 603 m.
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1 September News:
Next race Hamble Winter Series 15-16. Oct 11
Sjambok goes skiing: 16, 17, 18.12.11 in St.Anton, Austria
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King & Queen is King: We spent a graet time before and after the race with Janet and Mia and their friends. Thanks again for this great time!
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RORC confirmed "entry completed" for Sjambok.
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26.7.2011
Wim and Henri - still not signed in! Boatwork under progress...
25.7.2011
Stefan, Albrecht, Porn, Marc, Bob, Doc, Yan, Wim, Bart, Henri, Peter - follow my invitation thru the RORC and sign in for the RACE tomorrow. Upload your Cat. 6 certs or contact me if you don´t have them saved on your computer. Also check my email today with prep schedule!
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17 July News:
Mast is out today. Boat´s in RFC shed for Fastnet preparation. New A4 ready before Channel Race.
Fastnet Race Firm Entries:
1. Marc
2. Porn
3. Jens, Cat. 6 ok
4. Henri
5. Albrecht
6. Stefan, Cat. 6 ok
7. Ian, Cat. 6 ok
8. Doc Götz, Cat. 6 ok, Med. cert ok
9. Wim
10. Bart. Cat. 6 ok
11. Bob
12. Peter, Cat. 6 ok
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FASTNET!!!! It almost can´t be any better.... Have a look at this year´s line up for the Rolex Fastnet Race in CK and IRC Z class!!! Very cool! Only 60 days to go!
ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB Divisions:
Class Rating Band Flag
10/06/2011 14:35 C = IRC IRC CK TCC 0.850 and above Pennant 9
2H = IRC Two Handed IRC Z TCC 1.275 and above Pennant 0
IRC 1 TCC 1.101 - 1.274 Pennant 1
IRC 2 TCC 1.051 - 1.100 Pennant 2
ENTRY LIST ALL YACHTS - IRC IRC 3 TCC 1.007 - 1.050 Pennant 3
2011 Rolex Fastnet Race - IRC IRC 4 TCC 0.850 - 1.006 Pennant 4
Sail No. / Yacht / Class / Division / TCC / Max Crew / Owner /Sailed By / Type / Colour
USA 25555 Rambler 100 CK C 1.877 E 31 George David rge David JK 100 White
GBR 1 R ICAP Leopard CK C 1.818 E 32 Mike Slade Mike Slade Farr 100 White
GBR 29 R Prodigy CK C 1.428 E 19 Chris Frost Chris Frost Simonis Voogd 54 Silver
FRA 45 Cartouche CK C 1.369 15 Nicolas Groleau Nicolu Mach 45 White
AUS 5299 Jazz CK C 1.356 E 18 Chris Bull Chris Bull Cookson 50 White
IRL 5005 Lee Overlay Partners CK C 1.339 E 18 Adrian Lee Adrian Lee Cookson 50 Grey
Class Total: 6
HKG 1997 Beau Geste Z C 1.632 E 27 Karl Kwok & Jim Swartzz Blue Water 80 Grey
GBR 7236 R Rán Z C 1.571 E 24 Niklas Zennstromnstrom JV 72 Satin Beige
GBR 6880 R Alegre Z C 1.539 E 24 Allan Cameron Allan Cameron Mills 68 Silver
USA 65002 Vanquish Z C 1.529 E 23 Ralf Steitz Ralf Steitz Reichel Pugh 65 Green
USA 53560 Bella Pita Z C 1.476 E 25 James Grundy James Grundy Tripp 75 Black
USA 16 Zaraffa Z C 1.441 E 23 Dr Huntington Sheldon Rodger Erker Reichel/Pugh 66 White
LTU 1000 Ambersail Z C 1.424 E 21 Vsi Tomaga Simonas Steponavicius VO 60 Blue/gold
GBR 4321 R Oystercatcher XXVIII Z C 1.390 19 Richard Matthews Richard Matthews Humphreys 54 White
SUI 1957 Near Miss Z C 1.386 E 18 Benoit Briand Benoit Briand TP 52 Grey And Orange
GBR 528 R Pace Z C 1.371 E 18 Johnny Vincent Johnny Vincent TP 52 Black
USA 52152 Lucky Z C 1.358 E 18 Bryon Ehrhart Rodney Hagebols TP 52 White
US 60006 Venomous Z C 1.351 20 Derek Saunders Derek Saunders Carroll Marine 60 White
GER 5700 Scho-Ka-Kola Z C 1.340 E 20 Uwe Lebens Uwe Lebens Reichel/Pugh 57 Grey
GBR 521 R Bob Z C 1.320 E 18 R Gray & S Laidlaw R GrayFarr 52 Dark Grey
GER 6300 Haspa Hamburg Z C 1.305 E 18 Torsten Hilbert Torsten Hilbert JV 52 Custom Red
GER 6164 Varuna Z C 1.292 E 15 Jens Kellinghusen Jens Kellinghusen Rogers 46 Black
GER 6365 Shakti Z C 1.285 E 15 Hagen Ross Hagen Ross Rogers 46 Dark Green
GER 5555 Bank von Bremen Z C 1.280 E 19 SKWB Rainer Persch JV 53 White
GER 6480 Sjambok Z C 1.279 15 Jens Kuehne Jens Kuehne Reichel Pugh 48 White
USA 52599 Snow Lion Z C 1.275 E 18 Lawrence Huntington Lawren Ker 50 Red
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May 2011: Sjambok wins Myth of Malham in IRC 0
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May 2011: Well done Piet & Carlo!
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++++ 2011 race shedule with focus on the Fastnet Race. Further information @ www.rorc.org++++
April 8.-10: Boat work
April 15: Stepping mast
April 16.-17: Training
April 30-May 1: Training
May 7.-8: Training
May 14.-15: Training & Delivery to England (240nm)
May 26.-29: RORC Myth of Malham Race (230nm)
June 17.-18: Morgan Cup Cowes-Cherbourg (120 nm) or Training Cowes
July 08.-10: RORC Cowes - St. Malo (160+140nm)
July 30.-31: RORC Channel Race (120nm)
Aug. 14.-20: RORC / Rolex Fastnet Race / Transatlantic Series (608nm+90nm)
late season options:
Sept. 06.-11: RORC Biscay Race / Transatlantic Series (610nm)
Oct. 15: Antwerp Race
Oct. 22.-27: RORC Middlesea Race
First time on the water. Check out the invitations on Facebook!
++++ RORC annouces 50 more places for the Fastnet Race - good for Sjambok! Following the RORC statement from their website++++
In an effort to absorb the large waiting list for the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Royal Ocean Racing Club have decided to increase the number of places available to IRC yachts by removing the 'professionally' sailed classes from the 300 entry limit. The Volvo Ocean 70s, IMOCA 60s, Class 40s and Multihulls, who will race under their own class rules, will be counted over and above the previous 300 entry limit.
The Rolex Fastnet Race reached its entry limit 10 days after opening and over 130 boats are on the waiting list. "We were staggered at the speed with which people signed up," said RORC Commodore Andrew McIrvine. "We had to do something to satisfy the huge interest, and taking the non IRC yachts out of the total is a fair solution allowing more loyal RORC racers to get their boats into the race."
Removing the non-IRC classes will add about 50 more places to the total. "We are delighted that the Volvo's and IMOCA's want to compete in the race and that the Class 40's are coming en-masse," said RORC Chief Executive, Eddie Warden Owen. "It shows the popularity of the Rolex Fastnet that these professionally sailed boats want to join the race. However without this initiative, they would be taking valuable places away from less experienced offshore racers who view this race as a great personal challenge - their 'Everest' of sailing."
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The RORC opened their gates too early for us and we missed to sign in for The Race. Current status: Waiting list
You can read the following under RORC.org on the Fastnet mini site: Early entries for this year's Rolex Fastnet Race have broken all records and we have reached the limit on entry numbers just 10 days after we opened for entries. We are of course delighted that the race is so popular, the places we filled faster than we could ever have imagined.
If you did not enter in time then all is not necessarily lost. You can enter the waiting list at http://remus.rorc.org. There are no guarantees but past experience has shown that approximately 10% of boats that enter do not go on to compete in the race so it is very likely that places will become available.
Sjambok applied for RORC membership.
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Sjambok got a very long nose. And this results in better Code 0 reaching and much easier handling along with a clean deck. We still haven´t found a proper release system and that makes it sometimes a bit tricky in a breeze or the shoreline in front of you. Everything else is much smoother now.
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New Arrival!: Leo with uncle Porn checked out the race circuit in Cowes 2010!