Round Britain 2008

[Scand]

Good to see that Warlord is up there….what ever happened to Wettpunkt?

[Louise]

I think I saw it had put in at Brixham, one of the few times Marine Track was working - could be wrong though! Presumably they had a problem? Or had they stopped to shop too, d'ya reckon robbie?

[TimB-C]

still leaves 13 unaccounted for !!!
Buzzi out and another sank (apparently) and what happened to Ocean Pirate?

[TimB-C]

I saw Wetpunkt heading into Brixham from half way across Lyme Baye at 9 knots.......................I hope this Marine Tracking is just having teething problems 'cos so far not that impressed.........................

[sambo]

Originally Posted by Scand

Good to see that Warlord is up there….what ever happened to Wettpunkt?

Engine problems, limped into Torbay on one engine-heard on vhf,torbay lifeboat went to sinking boat-(blue marlin ?)

[TimB-C]

heard one sank near to the start????

[Scand]

so there is no one left in Super Class RB1....?

[TimB-C]

111 Andy Macateer is still there, she had to take 75 mins out to clear kelp from the engines at Drivers after they got forced in the kelp beds at the start !!!!!!!!

[ciao!]

June 21st The opening leg of the Round Britain race that headed from Portsmouth to Plymouth yesterday (Saturday) proved a tough test for much of the 47 boat fleet. A rough head se across Lyme By slowed many. Despite this Drew Langdon and Miles Jennings were first to finish bringing upSilverline/Original Style home in first place after covering the 130nm mile course in less than three hours. But those further astern were not as lucky.
Race favourites Fabio Buzzi, the Italian winner of the last circumnavigation in 1984 and favoured to win yet again, made a massive mistake leaving Portsmouth Harbour. In attempting a short cut to the start line his 3,500hp FPT Red struck a submerged wartime defence barrier smashing a rudder and one of his three propellers.
The Austrian driver, Hannes Bohinc, was another. The one time round Britain record holder drives one of the fastest boats in the line-up only to blow his engines in the first few miles. Both Buzzi and Bohinc are expected to work through the night making repairs and could rejoin the fleet further down the course.
It was less than ten minutes after Silverline Original Style finished that the Greek entry of Blue FPT of Vassilis Peteras and Panos Tsikopoulos entered Plymouth. They were to take second slot with Nick Gilley and Jon Fuller bringing the Phanton hull, Swipewipes.co.uk, finished a matter of hours before the start, home in third placeless than a minute behind.
The weather made it a punishing race, some unable to take stand the strain The Fairey cruiser 747, crewed by three British Airways Captains was forced to enter Weymouth to put Cormac Lundy ashore with a broken rib.
Garmin, the boat carry TV presenter Nick Knowles retired early with mechanical problems but this was insignificant compared to the luck experienced by the German entered Swordfish cruiser, Blue Marlin. It was while crossing the rough and tumble Lyme Bay that she suddenly sprung a leak. Pumps could combat the inrush of water and she went forcing the crew to take to their liferaft. Markus Hendricts and his three-man crew were later picked up unharmed by a fellow competitor. but Blue Marlin is now considered a total loss.
A poor weather forecast for Sunday’s leg from Plymouth to Milford Haven could cause delay or a modification to the course to enable the event to maintain its time-table.

[Scand]

Originally Posted by TimB-C

111 Andy Macateer is still there, she had to take 75 mins out to clear kelp from the engines at Drivers after they got forced in the kelp beds at the start !!!!!!!!

Yeah I heard they had some problems…but they don’t appear on the results list…

[Johnny Rocket]

OK, I seem to have a window of opportunity with Marinetrack actually working . . .

Venturer has made it to Plymouth
Wettpunkt has moved from Brixham to Torquay
No Worries is in Torquay too
Team Jersey has drifted from half way across Lyme Bay and is now in Lyme Regis
Garmin is still plodding on, and is between Portland and Lyme Regis
RIB International stopped in Weymouth and has crawled along the coast westwards to Exmouth
Round Britain Challenger is in Weymouth

[Downhilldai]

Originally Posted by ciao!

....A poor weather forecast for Sunday’s leg from Plymouth to Milford Haven could cause delay or a modification to the course to enable the event to maintain its time-table.

Does anyone know what options are considered for modifying the course tomorrow and when this will be decided?

[Johnny Rocket]

I wouldn't be surprised if they make tomorrow the lay day. The wind is due to die right back on Monday, and it would give Fabio and Wettpunkt a chance to join the pack.

It would be a shame if they do though. Dealing with whatever the weather throws at them is a big part of the challenge.

[Downhilldai]

Yep - metcheck shows tomorrow as having the strongest winds of the next 7 days.

[Louise]

Originally Posted by Johnny Rocket

Wettpunkt has moved from Brixham to Torquay

Wettpunkt is now on land (being towed, I presume!), close to Newton Abbot, heading the wrong way for Plymouth, by the looks of it. Have they retired from the whole event?

[Louise]

Just looked again and Wettpunkt now looks to be travelling down the A38 towards Plymouth so I think I was a bit hasty with my previous post!

[225]

and thay have picked up the pace, i just looked at marine track and there doing 82 kts

[225]

wettpunkt are now in plymouth

[Carl]

fabio pics,so sorry for them,still cant believe that boats went over the submarine defences

[Carl]

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