Cookee
Charter Member, Competitor
As has been mentioned elsewhere in this section, Endurance racing on this side of the pond is alive and kicking - with everything from P1 to Round Ireland the long distance side of the sport has captured the imagination of racers, sponsors and the public alike, and in 2012 for the first time the Round Britain race will circumnavigate the whole of mainland Great Britain and no longer be using the "short cut" through the Caledonian Canal from Oban to Inverness and will go around the challenging North coast of Scotland.
The Round Britain race has now been run three times, usually over a ten day period with racing taking place between towns cities on the route, and with the last event being run in 2008, it has revived interest in the class. With P1 attracting boats from the US it should be of no surprise that racing in Europe is a new and fresh challenge for US racers, and a great adventure at the same time.
Round Britain 2012 (www.rb12.com) is inviting racers from the US to come over and take part in what is fast becoming the race to end all races. The last race had the start and finish in Portsmouth with stops all around the UK including Bangor in Northern Ireland, the organisers of the 2012 event are still sorting out the start and finish venue as well as the various stopping points around the course, and they will be announced later this year.
I have attached a PDF and here is a link to a PowerPoint presentation that the organisers did for the London Boat show.
http://files.me.com/cookee/6rpl85
Whilst I am not an employee of the race organisers I do some writing for them, so I hope that it is OK to put this stuff on here?
The Round Britain race has now been run three times, usually over a ten day period with racing taking place between towns cities on the route, and with the last event being run in 2008, it has revived interest in the class. With P1 attracting boats from the US it should be of no surprise that racing in Europe is a new and fresh challenge for US racers, and a great adventure at the same time.
Round Britain 2012 (www.rb12.com) is inviting racers from the US to come over and take part in what is fast becoming the race to end all races. The last race had the start and finish in Portsmouth with stops all around the UK including Bangor in Northern Ireland, the organisers of the 2012 event are still sorting out the start and finish venue as well as the various stopping points around the course, and they will be announced later this year.
I have attached a PDF and here is a link to a PowerPoint presentation that the organisers did for the London Boat show.
http://files.me.com/cookee/6rpl85
Whilst I am not an employee of the race organisers I do some writing for them, so I hope that it is OK to put this stuff on here?
