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Rolex Fastnet Race arrival in Plymouth

karen-cy — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:15:00 +0000

Solent based RYA sailing school yacht Adelaide Star arrived in Plymouth at the end of the 2009 Rolex Fastnet race at 0140 on Saturday 15th August. The Commodore Yachting crew celebrated their arrival in 231st place with a bottle of champagne and 7 cans of Stella Artois between the 8 strong crew. An early morning call was put in to replenish supplies and Fastnet widows Karen and Rachel came to the rescue bringing beer all the way from Gosport and arriving just in time for breakfast. Skipper Stuart Cooper was delighted with the result beating many larger and faster boats with the Solent based sailing school yacht which is more suited to teaching RYA Day Skipper and Competent Crew courses rather than offshore racing.

Rolex Fastnet Race 2009 – Update

karen-cy — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:25:05 +0000

13th August 0749

Solent based RYA Sailing School yacht Adelaide star rounded the Fastnet Rock at 0749hrs this morning. After 91 hours at the sea the Commodore Yachting crew celebrated with a bottle of champagne and a strawberry oat cluster! After rounding the rock they set off on a down wind spinnaker run towards the next mark but fear that the wind will soon require them to harden up again. It doesn’t appear that there will be the much hoped for downhill run back to Plymouth and with a low developing, 30 knot winds are forcast for tomorrow which will give the slower and smaller boats a tough time before they reach Lands End. Adelaide Star continues to be 74th in IRC class 2.

Fastnet 2009 – latest news from Adelaide Star

karen-cy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:04:22 +0000

12th August 2200hrs

After rounding Lands End yesterday morning Adelaide Star took an inshore route around Shark Rock and managed to move up 3 places. Now as the Commodore Yachting yacht approaches the coast of Ireland the windex continues to act as a direction indicator as the wind remains steadily on the nose. They are currently in 74th place in IRC class 2 and hope to round the Fastnet Rock in the morning.

2009 Rolex Fastnet Race update

karen-cy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:24:34 +0000

After a night at anchor Adelaide Star took an inshore route across Lyme Bay before rounding Start Point this afternoon hoping to take advantage of the strong tide around the headland. The latest Rolex Fastnet tracker report at 1700hrs saw the RYA Sailing School yacht 76th in IRC class 2.

Latest news from Adelaide Star 9th August 2249

karen-cy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:59:20 +0000

At anchor in 36 feet of water!

53rd in class 2