RYA Sailing School Commodore Yachting yacht Adelaide star rounded the Fastnet Rock at 0749hrs this morning

Adelaide Star took an inshore route around Shark Rock and managed to move up 3 places

At anchor in 36 feet of water! 53rd in class 2

Commodore Yachting Fastnet entrant Adelaide Star waits for the starting gun at the beginning of the 2009 Fastnet Race.

After a good start over the line off Cowes Commodore Yachting’s Fastnet team aboard their Bavaria 44,  Adelaide Star are having a slow race to Cherbourg. Hindered by light winds and fog throught the race, the skipper and crew of Adelaide Star along with the crews of other competing yachts were frustrated to be drifting off the coast of France as the tide turned against them. With thick fog in the English Channel this race is proving to be one that competitors will…