Royal Ocean Racing Club De Guingand Bowl Race– Offshore Channel Marks 15 - 16 May
This Channel race is designed as a 24-36 hour stamina-building race based on the sailing times for the average boat in the fleet. The race kicks off early Saturday morning. The course shown is an example only. The actual course will be set 10 minutes prior to the start of the race which will give the navigators 24-36 hours of headaches. As you can see the style of course set has many corners and will no doubt cover all points of sail, so there will definitely be plenty to do on deck. You will get to try out more than one position on this race we do this in order to spread the work load of grinding and also to keep the trimming fresh and alert. Tactically a difficult race as the legs are relatively short it gives no margin for error for the navigator and will test the teamwork of the crew. We should arrive back in Cowes sometime Sunday afternoon, and it is pretty much guaranteed that you will be exhausted at the end of the weekend!
Course:
Suitable flexi course will be designed to last between 24 and 36 hours. The race area will be defined in the sailing instructions and the Race Committee will design the course in the light of the prevailing weather conditions
| Onboard Racing will cover |
Weekend includes |
| Crew positions and teamwork |
Farr 60 / Corby 45 |
| Sail Trimming both upwind and downwind |
Experienced racing skipper and 3 crew |
| Boat Speed |
Onboard food whilst racing |
| Helming to a compass course |
Accommodation onboard |
| Race tactics and boat handling |
Wet weather gear |
| Race Navigation |
Mooring and race entry fees |