Fastnet Light: Cross To The Rock

Fastnet Light: Cross To The Rock
Fastnet Light: Cross To The Rock

Video: Fastnet Light: Cross To The Rock

Video: Fastnet Light: Cross To The Rock
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Spindrift 2
Spindrift 2

When Fastnet started, like the light swarmed by the moths: DonnBertarellis and Yann Guichards "Spindrift 2"

With the first of eight starting shots for twelve classes in the 45th Fastnet Race, the sun also came out and beautifully presented the most famous long-distance classic on the planet. 335 yachts of various sizes had set sail on the Sunday off Cowes with course for the Fastnet rocks in the Irish Sea and back to Plymouth. Hundreds of spectator boats and the participants turned the Solent into a white foaming sea. Tens of thousands of fans bid the sailors farewell to the regatta from the surrounding shores of the Isle of Wight. With winds of initially ten, later up to 15 knots, the boats started the 611 nautical mile race in a west-southwest breeze. Your program for the first half of Fastnet: cruising to the rock.

Fastnet 2013: mass start in the Solent
Fastnet 2013: mass start in the Solent

Fastnet 2013: mass start in the Solent

After the first night, as expected, the two imposing trimarans "Banque Populaire" with skipper Armel Le Cléac'h and the "Spindrift 2" by DonnBertarelli and Yann Guichard are in front, striving towards the prominent turning mark at speeds of around 20 knots. "Spindrift 2" is the largest yacht at 131 feet in length. The smallest participating boat is a Rogers 30. The youngest participant is 12-year-old British August Stuart on board his parents' yacht "Eos", an Elan 410.

As expected, the monohull yacht field is led by the two 100-foot mega yachts "Esimit Europ2" with Jochen Schümann and Mike Slades, the heavier "ICAP Leopard". Calculated, this interim result is initially only sufficient for the Schümann crew to rank fifth in the impressive fleet of eight monohull giants.

In the field of eight Imoca 60 yachts, Vendée Globe winner François Gabart and his "Macif" have the bow tip in front. Jörg Riechers is fighting with his new used Imoc60 "Mare" in seventh place to catch up with the leading group, on Monday morning he was 13.5 nautical miles behind "Macif". Mathias Müller from Blumencrons "Red" maintained good contact with the front runners in the Class 40 ranking in fifth place. In the IRC Zero rating group, the German Offshore Challenger team from the North German RegattVerein with skipper Robert Stanjek is in fourth place after the first night.

In the overall IRC ranking, the French J 122 "Nutmeg" from François Lognone leads after a calculated time and thus confirms the assessments of the experts: The comparatively light wind 45th Fastnet race will not be a race of records. Many smaller yachts benefit from the moderate conditions because the larger ones cannot make use of their speed potential.

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