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Round the Island race, offshore UK

Round the Island 2025

Join us for this iconic 60 mile race around the Isle of Wight, UK. The same course as the very first America’s Cup race. There will be over 1000 boats on the start line.

We will take a First 40, a 40ft race boat with extensive sail wardrobe. We are racing in the IRC1 class, which means we are in the very first start wave, on the start line with the fastest boats, the IMOCA’s, the 70ft Ultim trimarans and the 70ft Challengers. We expect approximately 100 boats in our start, with the other 900 boats behind us starting in waves of 100.

Requirements:

  • You do not need any race experience, but a sense of adventure. Racing in the English Channel can be a wild ride
  • Training weekend; you will need to join the training weekend in March
  • Sea Survival. You need to have previously completed a Sea Survival course. If you have never done one this can be taken in 1 day on the Friday of the March training weekend, for £150 (RYA Sea Survival Course).

Crew – 8 to 10 crew. Its only ZISC on board.

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The details

Practice Day, Friday 6th June

Race day, Saturday 7th June

Accomodation, we stay in Cowes Marina, Isle of Wight, Friday and Saturday night

Sunday 8th June, a chilled sail back to Hamble

Race Location: Isle of Wight, UK

Boat Location: Fairview Sailing, Port Hamble marina, Hamble

Boat: First 40 (sails: Code 0, J2.5, J1, storm jib, symmetrical spinnakers S1 and S2 heavyweight, and square top battened racing main)

Race Course: Start / Finish Cowes, circumnavigate Isle of Wight

Distance: 50NM, likely 60NM+ sailed

Training weekend: Sat15th  / Sun16th  March 2025, two days

Sea Survival Course: Friday 14th March Chieftain Training, Southampton, 09h until 17h. 20 minutes taxi from there to the boat on Friday evening. 

For more info send me a message or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Fair winds

Grant

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