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19-08-2014, 07:43 PM
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#101
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Country: U K
Location: Seend Wiltshire / New Forest
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Interests: boats/quads/shooting/horses
Boat make: revenger 25sc/extreme/cougar 21/mirror dinghy
Engines: mercruiser magnum/honda 150/red sails
Cruising area: solent / uk coast -poole mainly
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Originally Posted by billy no boat
Morning
Looking to get out to watch the start but will be land based this year.
Great that the start is from within the Solent but any idea where best viewing point will be given i don't have a fancy camera?
Im guessing even high up above leap beach im not gonna get a great view?
Prehaps down at Hurst castle again? Could anyone tell me what time the start is and what sort of time we could expect them through Hurst on the way out?
Also (sorry for all the questions) does anyone know if dogs are allowed on the beach at Hurst?
Thanks in advance
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Yes I'm sure dogs are allowed on Hurst Spit all yr round
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22-08-2014, 06:08 PM
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#102
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Country: UK
Location: Oxford
Occupation: Property
Interests: Powerboats, Alpine Skiing
Boat name: Blastoff Challenger
Boat make: Fountain 38 poker run
Engines: 2 x Yanmar 440
Cruising area: Solent
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Oxford
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17 entries now.......
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22-08-2014, 06:10 PM
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#103
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Brilliant Dorian.
Thank you on behalf of all fans for organising the great race.
James
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22-08-2014, 06:20 PM
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#104
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Location: hayling island
Boat name: snow monkey
Boat make: extreme 24
Engines: mercruiser 6.2
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well done
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23-08-2014, 08:47 AM
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#105
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Registered User
Country: U K
Location: Seend Wiltshire / New Forest
Occupation: sales - motor trade
Interests: boats/quads/shooting/horses
Boat make: revenger 25sc/extreme/cougar 21/mirror dinghy
Engines: mercruiser magnum/honda 150/red sails
Cruising area: solent / uk coast -poole mainly
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How close is the course to Hurst ? ( as in years gone by ) last time I was there a couple of years ago they were all on I O W side.
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25-08-2014, 12:06 AM
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No guarantees...
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How close is the course to Hurst ? ( as in years gone by ) last time I was there a couple of years ago they were all on I O W side.
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Well someone ought to give you a reply...if only out of good manners. I'm no expert, but I know a man who is!
I'm afraid the racing line looks much as it did before - so if the racing is neck-and-neck, they're going to take the shortest line (sandbanks, chalk stacks, sunken cargo ships, spectator craft, dolphins, kayaks and homicidal windsurfers allowing) between the buoys... Cowes-Torquay: Sconce to Port, SW Shingles to Starboard... Torquay - Cowes: Needles Fairway to Port, Sconce to Starboard
See Racing Instructions:
http://cowestorquaycowes.co.uk/wp-co...2014/01/ri.pdf
...or ask one of the competitors. I wish you luck and the faint hope that if they want a good picture of their boat in action, they'll stray over to your side!
The course will have been agreed ages ago by the race committee with the RYA / UIM, Coastguard and all the other host of authorities / interested parties, so they'll doubtless have good reason to send them that way.
Thanks to Julian and his team / race supporters / safety officials / safety boats for all their efforts to put this great race together...
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25-08-2014, 08:18 AM
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#107
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You'll see something from hurst, unless it like today, poring with rain, mind you it wouldn't be the first time, you could have a close encounter from the beach at hurst, race boats have been known to come ashore there
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27-08-2014, 07:14 AM
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#108
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My apologies in advance for threading on something I've no involvement with, however the passing of Mike Fiore overnight, following his crash on Saturday, has put all of our love and passion for this sport into real perspective. Please allow me to humbly suggest that the gathering of so many offshore boats at the CTC this weekend might provide an opportunity for racers to mark their sadness and respect through a rev-out, or some other display, on their own behalves and on behalf of all those who love the sport on this side of the pond.
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27-08-2014, 10:01 AM
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#109
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Country: U.K.
Location: Poole, Dorset
Occupation: Paramedic (Offshore Safety & Rescue Crew)
Interests: Many and Varied!
Boat name: Starseed
Boat make: Colvic Suncruiser 35 Flybridge
Engines: 2x Thorneycroft 225 turbo diesel
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Poole, Dorset
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Originally Posted by Delta28
Well someone ought to give you a reply...if only out of good manners. I'm no expert, but I know a man who is!
I'm afraid the racing line looks much as it did before - so if the racing is neck-and-neck, they're going to take the shortest line (sandbanks, chalk stacks, sunken cargo ships, spectator craft, dolphins, kayaks and homicidal windsurfers allowing) between the buoys... Cowes-Torquay: Sconce to Port, SW Shingles to Starboard... Torquay - Cowes: Needles Fairway to Port, Sconce to Starboard
See Racing Instructions:
http://cowestorquaycowes.co.uk/wp-co...2014/01/ri.pdf
...or ask one of the competitors. I wish you luck and the faint hope that if they want a good picture of their boat in action, they'll stray over to your side!
The course will have been agreed ages ago by the race committee with the RYA / UIM, Coastguard and all the other host of authorities / interested parties, so they'll doubtless have good reason to send them that way.
Thanks to Julian and his team / race supporters / safety officials / safety boats for all their efforts to put this great race together...
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I understand that the race is being kept offshore as it is an "offshore" race! Seriously, there will be major congestion in the Poole Bay between Highcliffe and Sandbanks because of the Bournemouth Air Show:
http://bournemouthair.co.uk
Hundreds of spectator boats expected with a no-boat exclusion zone between the piers, patrolled by Police and RNLI vessels.
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27-08-2014, 10:02 AM
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#110
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Registered User
Country: U.K.
Location: Poole, Dorset
Occupation: Paramedic (Offshore Safety & Rescue Crew)
Interests: Many and Varied!
Boat name: Starseed
Boat make: Colvic Suncruiser 35 Flybridge
Engines: 2x Thorneycroft 225 turbo diesel
Cruising area: South Coast
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Poole, Dorset
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Sorry, "RN" vessels, as in Royal Navy
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30-08-2014, 08:19 AM
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#111
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Location: Cornwall.
Occupation: Retired.
Interests: Golf & liquid lunches with friends.
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Winning the Cowes/Torquay/Cowes Race
Question:
How is the winner of the CTC race determined? Is it first over the line or - as it used to be - on time elapsed?
ML.
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30-08-2014, 12:11 PM
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#112
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Senior Member
Country: UK
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
Occupation: Marine Engineer-ish
Interests: Boats, Cars.
Boat name: Splash 4
Boat make: Hunton
Engines: Mercruiser 640
Cruising area: Poole, Solent
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Christchurch, Dorset
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Cowes Torquay Cowes
Mike,
According to Race Instructions trophies are awarded on total elapsed time for both legs, so its good that Fabio is not racing ...
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31-08-2014, 08:51 AM
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#113
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Registered User
Country: In the UK, in my office, working, waiting to go boating.
Occupation: Chartered Engineer
Interests: boats, water, snow, football
Boat name: “DoubleSix”; “Blue Lias”
Boat make: Ring 21c; Pacemaker 21
Engines: Opti 200; twin Volvo AQ110s
Cruising area: Lyme Bay
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Yellow brick
Anybody using the Yellow Brick tracker? How often can I expect the screen (and hence, boat positions) to update?
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31-08-2014, 10:07 AM
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#114
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Country: UK
Location: New Forest
Cruising area: South Coast
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Location: New Forest
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watching it online it seems to be every few minutes
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31-08-2014, 10:27 AM
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#115
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Registered User
Country: In the UK, in my office, working, waiting to go boating.
Occupation: Chartered Engineer
Interests: boats, water, snow, football
Boat name: “DoubleSix”; “Blue Lias”
Boat make: Ring 21c; Pacemaker 21
Engines: Opti 200; twin Volvo AQ110s
Cruising area: Lyme Bay
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Originally Posted by billy no boat
watching it online it seems to be every few minutes
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Thanks, same as mine. Wondered if it might update continuously like the flight trackers...seems not.
I'm guessing the conditions have changed going in to Lyme Bay.
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31-08-2014, 12:28 PM
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#116
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Brilliant turnout at the start again this year, well done to all behind the race.
Loved being part of it, nearly didn't get there due to Portsmouth being shut due to a triathlon, meaning I had to run 2 miles to get to my boat !!!!!
Cant wait to see the results later.
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31-08-2014, 01:43 PM
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#117
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Registered User
Country: isle of wight
Location: on a rock
Interests: boats,boats and boats
Boat make: Cougar 21
Engines: Merc 2.5 promax 150
Cruising area: solent
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Location: on a rock
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There was spectators packed from rys to gurnard this morning for start, thought it was the 90s,lol. That shows that people want to watch,hear and feel the power. Good show
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31-08-2014, 02:07 PM
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#118
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Registered User
Country: USA
Location: Rhode Island & Florida
Occupation: Boat builder, consultant
Interests: Sportscar racing IMSA / Restoration of old offshore race boats...I own the 35 foot Cigarette Spirit. Benihana
Boat make: Banana boat, 28SS Cigarette, 35 Foot Cigarette
Cruising area: Narragansett Bay / Atlantic Ocean
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Rhode Island & Florida
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Thank you to all involved in keeping this race alive. This must be the very last real open ocean race that is still active.
Watching from across the pond, but wishing very much some day to be a competitor there. My biological clock is running down as they say.
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31-08-2014, 03:14 PM
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#119
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Feel for the Langdons, see they are limping once again. Thought it might have been their year.
What happened to Dorian's boat to not make it to the start ?
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31-08-2014, 04:25 PM
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#120
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Registered User
Country: England
Location: Bursledon
Occupation: Self employed
Cruising area: Wherever I could if I had one
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Location: Bursledon
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In awe from afar !
Wonderful stuff ... or at least what I have been able to gather over the ether so far of today's racing !
The Yellowbrick tracker was, as usual, great fun to follow and with my limited knowledge and experience plus past post-race driver reports to rely on, I had an exciting time here at my kitchen table in Mexico willing you all on and imagining the tactics and indeed antics that were in play.
Many congrats to all for what appears to have been a very well organised and well attended Cowes Classic 2014.
As in recent years I would be very grateful indeed if someone could let me know who is awarded the John Mace Memorial Design trophy this year and If a photo from the prize giving could be forthcoming, well that would be splendid and very gratefully received.
Enjoy that marvellous evening gathering at the RYS, best wishes to all,
many thanks
Sam
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