WICKLOW SAILING CLUB


ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT
The next BMW Round Ireland Race
will be held on
Saturday 21st June 2008 - mark your diaries!

Notice of Race - BMW Round Ireland
2008
All enquiries to:-
Race Organiser
Dennis Noonan.
(N.B. -please
include a contact number on all e-mails/correspondence)
Dunmore,
Sea Road, Newcastle, Co Wicklow
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12th May 2008
List of confirmed entries to date
Persistence Jerry
Collins Sigma 38 Irish
Lancastrian Neil Eatough
Starlight 46 UK
ICAP
Leopard Mike
Slade 30m. OD
UK
White
Tiger Anthony
O’Brien Beneteau First 44.7 Kinsale
Earendil
Pierre & Samuel Caillault Grand Soleil 37 France
Alegre
Andres Sorano IRC 68
USA
Slingshot
Michael Boyd& Niall Dowling
J105 Irish
Star
Dancer Rob Packham
Southerly 110 Isle of Wight
Gallileo
Kelliher Lemass Tennyson First 47.7 Irish
Bjaysus
Alan Hannon
J124 N. Ireland
Cheetah
Cub Rob Wooton & James Walker
Reflex 38 Isle of Man
Ocean
Spirit of Carlingford Peter Finegan Oceanis
461 Ireland
FMB Noyeks
Tom Fitzpatrick & Des Glennon First
36.7 Ireland
Cavatina
Ian Hickey Granada 38
Ireland
Lee
Overlay Partners Adrien
Lee Cookson 50 Ireland
Aquelina
James Tyrrell
J109 Ireland
Ruffian
Pete McEvoy Sigma 36 UK
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Round Ireland 2008 Update
-There is already great interest in this
year’s race with entries from France, the UK and Ireland. The Two Handed
class is also looking very interesting with many enquiries but as usual a
lot of people are playing their cards very close to their chest. Good news
is that past winners George Radley and Eric Lisson (who is
looking for a third win in Cavatina) are both entered. We also have four
Prima 38s from the UK. If there are any more Primas out there, do come
along. We will give class prizes if we get enough entries of any class as
the Sigma entries have been getting less each year. To all you sailors out
there that missed out or had to retire from the Fastnet race in 2007
come to Wicklow and take part in the Round Ireland. It’s a great race.
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For entry forms fax or phone Denis Noonan at 00 353 1 2819459 or email
Jacky Breathnach at
jackyb@eircom.net
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Training courses
Section 6, (Appendix G) of the ISAF Offshore Special
Regulations (30% of crew must have it).
ISAF
Cat "2" Sea Safety Courses -
Sea and Safety,
Yachtmaster
Ocean,
Sailingwest
Read Tim Greenwoods tips for
success
Race Info
RORC
Notice to Bavaria owners intending to do RORC events incl. BMW Round Ireland
Our Wonderful Race
The Round Ireland is Ireland's premier offshore yacht race, and the second
longest race in the Royal Ocean Racing Club calendar. The first
race took
place in 1980 with only thirteen boats. Since then, held biannually, the fleet has grown steadily, attracting a record 60 entrants from all over Ireland
and the British Isles in 1992.
There are four classes in IRC in which boats and their crews can compete,
including a Classic Class for the Michael Jones Trophy, classes for
Sigma, ISORA, IRM, a Team Prize. 2004 saw the launch of the "Two-handed
Class" which has introduced a new level of competition for the more extreme
sailor. In the past, boats competing have ranged
from an 84-footer former "round the world" maxi, to club boats one third
the size, with all shades in between. 2006 saw the largest yacht yet to
partake - Konica Minolta Zana, a 30m (98') racing machine from New Zealand, but
light winds scuppered her chances of breaking the record or winning the race.

Konica Minolta off the head!
See more photos.
The bigger boats compete for top honours and for the race record, which is
held by Colm Barrington who skippered Jeep Cherokee to victory in 1998 in
a time of 76 hours 23 minutes and 57 seconds, breaking the
previous record
by a
massive eight hours. The 2004 winner was a 32' one off design built in Ireland
for Eamon Crosbie called Calyx Voice and Data ("Voodoo Chile")
and the 2006 Race was won by a previous winner, Eric Liddels' "Cavatina" (2002),
a Grenada 38 classic GRP yacht.
BMW Round Ireland Yacht Race 2006