This was a great week of racing amongst a fleet of 22 boats. While my overall IRC result wasn’t as good as I would have liked I did have a super time. The sailing was great and included the insane leg 5 from Brixham to Weymouth that has to be my best solo sail to date. The socials were great fun and everybody got on really well.
I would like to thank the SORC team for all their hard work and for ensuring everyone had a good time.
Here are my tracks and stats for each leg.
Leg 1 – Lymington to Alderney
The fleet split into 2 shortly after the start with the aft end stuck in a wind hole for a while. Frustratingly those no more than half a mile in front passed through it without stopping while the rest of us parked up.
Top Boat Speed – 7.59 knots
Top Wind Speed – 20.1 knots
IRC Place – 13th
Leg 2 – Alderney to St Peter Port
The only leg where I managed to be the 1st JOD35 home over the water.
Top Boat Speed – 7.23 knots
Top Wind Speed – 15.7 knots
IRC Place – 15th
Leg 3 – St Peter Port to St Quay
I really needed a much bigger (symmetric )spinnaker on this leg
My thanks to Herve for taking this picture….
Top Boat Speed – 7.7 knots
Top Wind Speed – 16.9 knots
IRC Place – 21st ( Oh dear !!)
Leg 4 – St Quay to Brixham
The overnight windy race and my worst leg. I had a few issues and fell across the cockpit. Ended up going to bed for 30 minutes to make myself feel better.
Top Boat Speed – 8.26 knots
Top Wind Speed – 33.1 knots
IRC Place – 14th
Leg 5 – Brixham to Weymouth
My favourite solo sail to date. Started with my small asymmetric kite and by broach 10 had dropped it. It took 4 hours to cover the 40nm across Lyme bay and the speeds were just awesome. Check out the video…
NINJOD sailing from Brixham to Weymouth
Top Boat Speed – 14.2 knots
Top Wind Speed – 31.4 knots
IRC Place – 12th
Leg 6 – Weymouth to Lyminton
This became a delivery trip in the end and I ultimately when the wind died I retired and motored on to ensure I was back in time to meet Jan.
Top Boat Speed – 8.96 knots
Top Wind Speed – 22.5 knots
IRC Place – Did not finish.
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