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This year’s J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, organised by the Island Sailing Club, is expected to attract over 1,700 boats and around 16,000 sailors, making it one of the largest yacht races in the world, and the fourth largest participation sporting event in the UK. The race is certainly one of the most famous and is well-loved by sailors from all over the UK and the world.
The 50nm course around the Isle of Wight starts on the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, with the fleet providing a real spectacle as they head westwards towards the Needles. This year the first start is scheduled for an eye-watering 5am – but the scene will be well worth it for spectators and competitors alike.
With race mementoes for every finisher and 60 prizes for positions throughout the fleet – not to mention the coveted Gold Roman Bowl for the IRC classes – there are plenty of incentives as boats battle their way around the island.
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Conwy Quays Marina is a prestigious 500 berth marina situated on the beautiful North Wales coast. This convenient location makes the marina an ideal base to explore the cruising grounds of the Welsh coastline the waters of which are breathtakingly scenic and dramatic in equal measure.
Managed by Quay Marinas this busy and active marina offers a full range of services and facilities and, together with friendly berth holders and marina staff, it promises a sociable welcome. Conwy is tucked away between the Llandudno promontory and the easternmost tip of Anglesey.
The town itself sits on the west bank of the entrance to the River Conwy, which is spanned by three bridges, the most impressive being Telford’s suspension bridge built in 1826.
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Birdham Pool was originally developed in the late 1930s from one of the last working tidal mill pools in Sussex. The Old Mill building still stands with the lock beside it. The picturesque setting and quiet friendliness is unique to ‘the Pool’, which was probably the first purpose built marina in England.
The Pool is situated six miles from the entrance to Chichester Harbour on the southern edge of the area known as Chichester Lake. It is a non-tidal basin except at high water springs, when the lock is operated on free flow at the top of the tide.
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Once you’ve got back to the person in the water the hard work really starts – getting them out.
A person in the water will quickly lose strength and increase in weight as their clothing becomes waterlogged. Often the crews’ only option is to use an aid to help recover the casualty. Time is of the essence and if a recovery system is not already in place there is a good chance that the person in the water will deteriorate rapidly.
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He’s smashed not one but two world speed sailing records. Sailrocket pilot, Paul Larsen, tells all...
Images: Helena Darvelid/VestasSailrocket
As 2012 waned to a close, dreams became reality for the VESTAS Sailrocket 2 team, as Paul Larsen ‘piloted’ the boat into the record books. First setting the Outright World Speed Sailing Record and then smashing it twice over, maxing out at 65.45 knots, VSR2 also broke the Nautical Mile World Speed Sailing Record, previously held by Hydroptère, which now stands at a phenomenal 55.32 knots.
Before the team moved VSR2 from its birth place on the Isle of Wight to the fabled ‘speed spot’ of Walvis Bay, Namibia, the Outright speed record had been held by American kite surfer, Rob Douglas, and stood at 55.65 knots. To be able to break through the 60 knot barrier required a complete rethink of conventional foil design.
Now, with both records ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, VSR2 has powered its way into a whole new era of speed sailing. It was all in a day’s work for Paul Larsen, who, for the last 11 years, has led the Sailrocket team’s record attempts.
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