Around the Island?

and not just the Ospreys.... people do 'the Island' on a fairly regular basis - it is a long day out on the water, even in a quicker dinghy/cat. I collected all the details of the big RTI Dinghy Race from 1953 when doing the research for the 5o5 book (as the UK front runners for the IYRU Trials used it to prepare) - back then they allowed the Firefly and N12s to enter - in the days before self bailers and transom flaps - so no risk assessment there! Get wind and tide right and it is a superb sail - the back of the Island is so pretty and you get a real sense of being out on the wide blue yonder. At the same time, the back of the Island can become a scary place very quickly - it is always worth having that 'Plan B' up your sleeve, just in case!

800's a good choice, one of them smashed the Round Sheppy one year when the wind was right, think it broke the record for mono's, they absolutely creamed the start with the kite up, poetry to watch. Sheppy aint the IOW but it's a fair slog and can catch you out with underwater obstacles which I've seen total the odd B14 in full endo, good luck with your plan, keep us in the loop with links to whatever vids you shoot. Is there a Record for a mono rounding? Another person to check out with, Dan Holman, didn't he take the Punk round once?

Edited by iGRF - 04 Jan 21 at 4:50pm

I guess for best tidal gates you’d need to model several wind directions and forces or are you just going to wait for record conditions? In which case the this might be useful http://www.winningtides.co.uk/

http://solentseakayaking.co.uk/routes/lymington-to-the-needles/
Kayakers view to the route.

8 and a bit hours seems good going.