Welcome back Steve and Yamma, after twice crossing the Atlantic, cruising the Caribbean, the Eastern Seaboard, and much much more, we are so happy to have Steve Moss back safe and sound.
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A huge “well-done” and many congratulations to Phil and Nanae who aboard Space Race, completed the Fastnet course today, (Friday 14th August 2009) in a corrected time of 5 days 09 hrs 54 minutes and 41 seconds. They were placed 49th out of 81 in class IRC 2, and in the sub class IRC 2A, placed 15th out of 30.
This is an outstanding tour de force by our 2 members, and a magnificent job of co-skippering on Phil’s behalf. We are very, very proud of you both.
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!
Saturday 4 July
Osborne Bay on a beautiful sunny day with a light SSW wind. The 2009 rally contenders were cruising the start line. Ariam, Blue Lady, Sea Dream of Hamble, Spirit of Fairfax and Wylde Oyster were all there. Celestra, Glissando and Ulysses we missed having you with us this year. 
5 minutes to go, 2 minutes to go. A blast of the start horn from FastnetPhil aboard Blue Lady. Sea Dream of Hamble and Wylde Oyster timed their start to perfection, Ariam and Spirit of Fairfax’s watches were obviously incorrect and were far enough over the line to deserve a ‘penalty 360 degree turn’!
Sailing Captain Gill, along with FastnetPhil, aboard the deliberately over-rated and aptly named Blue Lady, were not surprisingly lagging behind – SC Gill was to be seen heading away from the line during the crucial pre-start 2 minutes, pour encourager les autres of course!
