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Royal Ocean Racing Club created the event RORC Annual Dinner and Prize Giving.- #bdcc All boats have completed their first leg - first boats at the gate were Baraka, closely shadowed by Keronimo, Magnum and Signal 8. It took no more than 5 minutes from first to last!
- #bdcc Racing is tight - the boats are running downwind in packs of 3 and 4 - nobody is able to simply gybe whenever they want. Everybody is trying really hard to get out of the tide since there are only about 7 to 8 knots of breeze. Just a few minutes to the first gate rounding now - I'll better go out and recordmark roundings.
- Day 1 of the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup - the fleet have started Race 1, a windward leeward course with laid marks. The wind is 10 knots from the South East with the sun shining over the Solent. Live posts and tweets coming from the race course. #bdcc
- Fleet all Round the first mark with only 2 minutes between them.
- #bdcc The first race of this year's Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup is underway. Reporting live from the pin end, the winners of the start were Magnum with Joopster and EFG Bank Mandrake in close tow. Right now, the fleet is round the first windward mark and we're waiting for them at the gate mark. To be continued...
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On one of the first days of this summer when crews have been able to wear shorts and sunglasses, the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup fleet is in Cowes Yacht Haven preparing to go racing tomorrow in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's unique intern...ational three boat team competition for mostly amateur crews.
After an Opening Party at the Royal Yacht Squadron tonight, racing gets underway for the seven three boat teams at 1030 on Sunday with two inshore races. This is followed on Monday by the offshore race, designed to be 24-36 hours long, its scoring weighted by a 2.5x co-efficient. On Wednesday there is a single inshore race, two more inshores on Thursday, a Round the Isle of Wight race on the Friday, with a 1.5x co-efficient. A single inshore race rounds off the series on Saturday.See More- #bdcc Competitors are gathering at the Royal Yacht Squadron's Platform for the Skippers' Briefing of the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup. — at The Royal Cowes Yacht Squadron.
- Jim Macgregor's Premier Flair, Team GBR Blue are being filmed during the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup by ITV for their Harbour Lives series to be aired in spring 2013
- Tracey Clarke of Event Broadcast interviews one of the British Keelboat Academy Squad members sailing on Yeoman of Wight
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The Video Playlist for the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup #bdcc has now been published on the Event minisite.- Sail measuring and special regulations checks are taking place in the Events Centre for the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup
- Rick Tomlinson is the official photographer for the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup. View a selection of his amazing images at a 'pop up' exhibition in the event Crew Bar, Cowes Yacht Haven
- The full Henri Lloyd Brewin Dolphin Commodore's Cup clothing range is available now in the Henri Lloyd store, Cowes High Street.
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With racing due to get underway at the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup this Sunday, 22nd July, the 21 boats competing are making their final preparations for the pinnacle event of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s 2012 calendar.
A crucial eleme...nt a team considers in planning for any regatta is anticipation of the weather, but the latest forecast is indicating conditions next week far from what teams have been expecting. After the wettest June in the UK since records began more than 100 years ago, and an equally rainy July, this weekend the weather looks set to break finally, and summer may begin. This change looks set to coincide exactly with the start of racing at the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup.See More- Book your tickets for the RORC Annual Cowes Cocktail Party by emailing membership@rorc.org.uk or call 0044 (0) 207 493 2248.Wednesday, August 15 at 6:30pm at The Royal Cowes Yacht Squadron
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This year's race to St Malo race proved to be a fast and tactical affair with French yachts dominating through virtually all of the classes. Olivier Pesci and his crew on Grand Soleil 40, Beelzebuth 3, were overjoyed to learn that they had won the King Edward VII Cup for the best corrected time in all IRC classes.Royal Ocean Racing Club shared a link.
Crew Lists for 2012 Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup have been published on the Event minisite.
Classification protests may be submitted to the RORC Race office from Monday July 16 2012. The Classification Protest Time Limit under ISAF Regulation 22.1 is 1800 hours on Sunday, July 22.- The Prizegiving for the Cowes Dinard St Malo Race will be at 1930 on Tuesday 17th July at the RORC Clubhouse, all crews welcome. The Prizegiving will be for medallions and trophies not collected in St Malo. There will be a two course supper available in the dining room for £15 after the prizegiving. We look forward to seeing you there. Results from the race are on the RORC website.
- 95 boats started the Cowes-Dinard-St Malo race this morning from 1000 to 1030. Weather at the start was south westerly force 4 with gusts and some threatening looking clouds. Weather in St Malo does not sound a lot better but there should be a good atmosphere for the boats when they arrive as tomorrow is Bastille Day! Results will be on the RORC wesbite as the boats finish.
- The top floor flat of the Disrespect in Cowes has become available for bookings for the duration of Cowes Week, Friday 10th - Sunday 19th August 2012. The top floor consists of three twin bedded rooms with shared bathroom facilities and a kitchen and lounge area.
For bookings and enquiries please contact Nerissa Quinn at info@rorc.org.uk or call 0044 (0) 207 493 2248. Royal Ocean Racing Club shared a link.
Ben Ainslie will be hosting a live Twitter Q & A this Friday morning from 11.30 – 12.00. Its your chance to ask him questions before his competes for gold in the London 2012 Olympics.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/07/10/three-time-olympic-gold-web-chat_n_1662004.html?utm_hp_ref=2012-london-olympic-gamesRoyal Ocean Racing Club shared a link.
Preview: Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race
Starts 10.00 Friday July 13 2012
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with UNCL, Yacht Club de Dinard, Société Nautique de la Baie de St. Malo and the Royal Yacht Squadron.
This 170...-mile race to St. Malo from Cowes, which dates back to 1906, has always been one of the most popular races in the RORC Season's Points Championship and with over 100 boats there will a spectacular send off from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line this Friday. The course takes the fleet around The Casquets off the northwest coast of Alderney. Weather forecasts predict a south westerly breeze of 20 to 25 knots on Friday going westerly overnight, which should provide fast sailing conditions for the fleet.See MoreRoyal Ocean Racing Club shared a link.
As battle lines are being drawn up with the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup due to start on Sunday 22nd July, so France has been the final nation to reveal its team line-up.
Over the course of this spring and summer French contenders have b...een undergoing their own intense trials to determine the final three boat team, under the watchful eye of a Selection Committee comprising Henry Bacchini, Vice President of the Fédération Française de Voile, Marc de Saint Denis, President of the UNCL, and Jean-Michel Carpentier, UNCL Vice President and chair of the Racing Committee.
The three boats chosen are:
- Beelzebuth 3, the Grand Soleil 40 owned by Olivier Pesci
- Eleuthera, the Grand Soleil 44 R of Hervé Borgoltz
- Nutmeg IV, J/122 of François LognonéSee MoreRoyal Ocean Racing Club shared a link.
The RORC Crew Management System is back online. It can be accessed as usual on http://rorc.sailgate.com/crew- Also available as part of the exclusive Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup clothing range is a Henri Lloyd Fast Dri Pique Polo in Black.
- Henri Lloyd Launch official Brewin Dolphin Commodores Cup Merchandise Range
World leading specialist marine clothing & footwear Brand, Henri Lloyd is proud to be the Official Technical Clothing partner of the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup.... Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup is one of the World’s leading international amateur regattas, which has a reputation for competitive offshore and inshore racing in the Solent.
To celebrate the regatta and Henri Lloyd’s official partnership, a commemorative clothing range featuring the official regatta logo will be on sale exclusively in the Henri Lloyd Cowes Store on Cowes High Street over the duration of the event.
The range will include the Henri Lloyd Breaker Jacket, Fast-Dri Polo and Fast-Dri cap.
If you would like to discuss any crew clothing requirements featuring the official race logo, please contact sbubb@henrilloyd.co.uk and we shall be happy to discuss your requirements.
Henri Lloyd Cowes Store
95-96 High Street
Cowes
(01983) 291 429See More
- Go Team RORC! Congratulations to the RORC Team of Tonnerre de Breskens, Diablo-j and Visit Malta Puma for 1st place in the Team Trophy for the Round Ireland Race and congraulations to the RORC Team of Erivale III, La Réponse and Magnum III for 1st place in the IRC 0 & 1 Team Trophy for the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race. Great racing!
- A familiar view since the last Rolex Fastnet Race saw a few Volvo Racers around the Fastnet Rock. However they won't be back as quickly this time. RORC wishes Fair Sailing!
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