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Old 16-11-2009, 07:23 PM   #1
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april race

just testing the water a bit.who would be interested in a race around the same time as the april allhallows race as there are a lot of boats that cant run there for variouse reasons,possibly around the iow
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Old 16-11-2009, 08:21 PM   #2
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just testing the water a bit.who would be interested in a race around the same time as the april allhallows race as there are a lot of boats that cant run there for variouse reasons,possibly around the iow
The BPRC looked at this. A Round The Island Race is almost impossible nowadays. JP of the RYA told me that to run that race again you would have to have 70 safety boats in the Solent.

If you could raise that number you would probably be allowed to run but it would be a lot of work. So much for progress.
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Old 16-11-2009, 08:27 PM   #3
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i could be wrong i was lead to believe out of season as in not a busy time it may be possible but if not if theres a demand it can be a course that is allowed
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i could be wrong i was lead to believe out of season as in not a busy time it may be possible but if not if theres a demand it can be a course that is allowed
Could always make it a rally, and I bet I beat yer. Not that I'd be racing of course.
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Old 16-11-2009, 09:51 PM   #5
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steady on td you sound like you want a race
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Old 16-11-2009, 11:58 PM   #6
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If im still running the revenger and it doesnt go over winter, i would be up for running that, as i dont think my new boat would be ready for then. Keeps us updated.
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If canopied cats are allowed then we would be interested, and probably one other person with a rib as well... Let me know
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I quite like the idea of a rally! Perhaps a run down to Brighton for lunch don't take long on a good day! Also Chaos would like that
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Old 17-11-2009, 09:55 AM   #9
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The BPRC looked at this. A Round The Island Race is almost impossible nowadays. JP of the RYA told me that to run that race again you would have to have 70 safety boats in the Solent.
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If you want to run an around the island race in high season, running raceboats in the wrong direction up a commercial traffic lane then you will need mark boats every 200 yards or so. This is the way that this was run up to the V24 Club round the Island race. We designed the course so it did not at any point run against or contra-flow to the commercial traffic lanes, and we had the bulk of the fleet move through the sensitive Portsmouth QHM area at the begining of the race so that the obstruction was contained into a short time block, as opposed the the usual way where the potential obstruction to this area took over 1.5 hours.

Using this course we got the permission of all three harbourmasters at very short notice and the QHM even paid for the notice to mariners out of his own funds to help the event.

The required number of mark boats for this course to gain approval from the harbour masters required FOUR boats. RYA approval required an extra boat, so FIVE boats in total are the minimum requirement.

So this is very do-able if you plan it with the Harbourmasters, and dont try impose a course onto them that they feel is risky, or they will require many mark boats to mitigate their perception of risk.
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There's just so much conflicting information on here. .
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If you think it can be done that way then give it a try. I for one would love to see a Round The Island Race come back and so would nearly everyone else.
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Old 17-11-2009, 04:13 PM   #12
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Round the island

V24 British chanpionship would have a go has V2 is the record holder for round the island at 69.77 Average.
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Old 17-11-2009, 04:40 PM   #13
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april race

if theres enough people that want to do it then may be the drivers powerboat club will be able to hold the race
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Some thoughts on RIOW

If the CTC can be managed in the Western Solent along with passing through the Yarmouth ferry traffic,so we assume that part is OK,then the conflict over shipping lanes comes between Prince Consort and the Nab.Breaking this down into segments as follows

Bembridge Ledge to No Mans Land Fort I would think is SW of St.Helens anchorage and Pompey ferry traffic.
No Mans Land Fort to Prince Consort,run a course south of shipping lane using
Bob Kemp,Motherbank,Peel Bank,and maybe Norris as Northern boundary buoys.
Try and run the race at high water due give a bigger margin of safety.
Put mark boats/buoys as gates in strategic places i.e. the solent forts which is the shipping bottleneck.
Use the Yarmouth ferry situation to overcome the Fishbourne.Ryde ferry traffic.
Maybe I have simplified it too much and QHM etc are concerned over stray raceboats going all over the shop,in which case how would you cover that no matter how many safety boats you had.
It does seem ironic that the ragboats use all those marks,and I just wonder if you asked the pilot of a container ship which would be the most hazardous,Cowes Week or a RIOW powerboats,which one he would wince at.
I would have thought the pilots views are the ones that carry the most weight,not the QHM,(they are in the flag officer mould,I`m afraid)
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