IOS round the Island race

   Hi!
I fancy entering this year, who else fancies a go sailing around the Isle of Sheppy?
Any tips for a Topaz16CX sailer from those who have done it?
Ta!
Gordon

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Multiplex Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 02 Mar 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 42	Post Options Post Reply Quote Multiplex Report Post Quote Reply Topic: IOS round the Island race Posted: 04 Aug 08 at 6:20pm
	Hi! I fancy entering this year, who else fancies a go sailing around the Isle of Sheppy? Any tips for a Topaz16CX sailer from those who have done it? Ta! Gordon

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 08 at 9:03pm
	Hey I fancy doing that, it's a long old race and isn't there a fair amount of short tacking up the river at the back. I've never done it on a board, it always seemed just a tad too long and potentially boring, but it could be fun in a boat, do they have a handicap system I wonder, and when is it? It used to be late in the season October time. Edit doh what am I doing here in the multihulls thread, do they even let them race around Sheppey? Edited by G.R.F

Multiplex Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Groupie Joined: 02 Mar 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 42	Post Options Post Reply Quote Multiplex Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Aug 08 at 10:04pm
	Yea! Check out http://www.iossc.org.uk/islandrace/index.php?n=1 Looks fun going under that bridge! G

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 08 at 11:09am
	Tis good fun.....not a dagger board friendly race but still good fun. The main grounding spot seemed to be just south of the small island in the swale, the sand bar extends way down. A canoe, moth, blaze and spitfire kept us company there. also you might want a bungee on the rudder Edited by GK.LaserII

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 05 Aug 08 at 11:53am
	Sounds like just the sort of race for a high performance centreboarded craft with retractable everything.

Elvis Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 02 Oct 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote Elvis Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 08 at 12:12am
	Just taken part in this years IOS race in a F18. Fast cats filled nearly all the top 10 positions with a Tornado smashing the previous record by about 20 minutes. Fantastic days sailing will defo be doing it again next year as you spend all day over taking other boats! brilliant! Great advert for Cat sailing this year as they totally dominated the results and the fact that a Tornado won for the second year running is an added bonus. job well done fellas

redback Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502	Post Options Post Reply Quote redback Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 08 at 8:56am
	Congrates Tornado - quite an achievement. The Tornado has pivoting boards which probably helps. I've not done it for years since my current boat has a deep dagger but maybe I should reconsider if an F18s can do it so can a 4000. The place to be careful with a dagger is Shellness - a spit of rocks projecting east from the entrance to the Swale. It goes out a long way and rises steeply and is rocky and this is at a place where you are likely to be going fast. The inevitable grounding in soft mud whilst tacking up the Swale is no problem in comparison. If IOSSC were to lay a bouy in a minimum of a metre of water on that spit and make it a turning mark the race would be much more friendly for my sort of boat and they might get more entrants. In fact it would open it up to small cruisers and sportsboats.

Guests Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 08 at 10:15am
	.....would small cruisers get under the bridge?.......Cats have dominated the top spots for the last three years, the Canoe seems to be the only one to get amongst them. Seriously good fun this year, No groundings that I saw Edited by GK.LaserII

James Bell Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 17 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 115	Post Options Post Reply Quote James Bell Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Sep 08 at 12:19pm
	Very few people reported running aground anywhere this year as high water was at 1pm. The tidal graph for this year meant there was the absolute maximum level of water around the entire course between 10am and 4pm when most people are likely to be on the water. That included boats with big boards like Ospreys and a Laser 5000. The same happened in 2005 when high water was 1.30pm. Incidentally, records were broken that year too, and most of the fleet were back much earlier than usual. I completed the course in my Laser 4000 last year, and we didn't run aground anywhere, not even on the corner off of Leysdown, even though we cut it very tight. I know that's highly unusual, and even I was surprised!! Any year the HW is around 1 - 2pm, risk of grounding anywhere is very low. Certainly, in the past the race tended to be run with a much later high water. On the keelboat issue, we have had a few Squibs take part and a Laser SB3 in recent years. Edited by James Bell
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Chas Bedford Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 30 Sep 07 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Chas Bedford Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 29 Sep 08 at 7:06pm
	I've done this race 5 times on the Dart and the last two years on the Shadow. 70% race, 30% obstacle course (bridge, sandbanks, Queenborough moorings etc), 100% fun. Also a serious test of overall seamanship in a way that conventional 'round-the-cans' racing isn't. Cats dominate in breezy years, dinghies when the wind gets switched off (no surprise there) but who cares, just come back and do it again the following year. IOSSC publish a sketch chart on the website, showing where the sandbanks and other obstacles are. One year I'll remember to print and laminate a copy and tie it to the tramp-bag.
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