Good Luck to Phil and Nanae in the ROLEX Fastnet Race 2009

Posted on 9 August 2009 by sandyr

I am certain all our members and friends would like to join me in  wishing two of our eminent sailors all the very best of British and Swiss luck as they prepare to take part in the challenging Rolex Fastnet race which will start from the famous Royal Yacht Squadron in front of West Cowes at 12.00 BST on Sunday 9th August. The race can be followed on the official web-site http://fastnet.rorc.org/ Phil is co-skippering their entry Space Race, a  Beneteau First 40.7,  and much more information about their progress can be found on the specially created web-site  www.spaceracefastnet.co.uk .There is a blog on the “As it happens!” page and there is a link to the tracker in the left margin.  You can also race against them with the Virtual Fastnet  – also a link in left column. Good Luck Phil and Good Luck Nanae… and all the crew of Space Race. Be safe and sail with fair winds!

Philip Sugarman </p><p>RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore (Commercial) and Cruising Instructor. My sailing career started, in earnest, in 2003 and almost ended the same year on a passage back across the English Channel on a yacht called Wahkuna. The bow wave is a wonderful thing. Much cruising including the UK, Mediterranean, Brittany, Norway and BVI. One of the many retirees from the 2007 Fastnet Race. I took consolation by competing in the 2008 Oyster BVI Regatta </p><p>A freelance "Internet Bloke" by profession. I like skiing with Nanae in a great little station in Switzerland (if I told you I'd have to kill you, or she'd kill me). I mix a mean Caipirinha - have been doing so for 25 years. Nanae Gendre-Miyazaki</p><p>Discovered sailing 5 years ago with the French sailing school “Les Glenans” in Brittany, completely “hooked” since then. In March 2005, my first offshore sailing with a Swiss skipper who was my instructor from Les Glénans, on his 28ft sailing boat, from Toulon to Athens and where I met Phil. RYA Day Skipper and Swiss Yacht Master qualifications, 8300 NM logged so far.</p><p>Born in Tokyo, now working in the University of Fribourg as a research assistant, specializing in the olfactory system of Drosophila (the fruit fly). Very good cook. I speak French, English and Japanese. Water Sports (liquid or frozen) addict - particularly windsurfing, kite surfing and snowboarding.</p><p>Life is short - let's enjoy it at the fullest with smile!

For posts on their progress cllick here

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One Response to Good Luck to Phil and Nanae in the ROLEX Fastnet Race 2009

  1. sandyr says:
    10 August 2009 at 9:32 am

    At 0800 UTC Phil, Nanae and Space Race were lying 11th in class (IRC 2A)out of 29!!! Keep up the good work

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