Round Ireland Record
August 2016
Sea State Issue
3.0m Seas
3.5m Seas
2.5m Seas
12:00 UTC Departure 09:00 UTC
Departure
06:00 UTC Departure
The Course
Current World Record 38hrs, 37mins 7 secs.
The Start Line
Kish Light South Pier
The Course Chart
Darkness
Leg 1
Leg 3
Leg 2
Leg 4
Off the line 15:00 Local Time
From Kish Light, South Rock is 016°T
27 – 30kn
18 – 22kn 22 – 25kn
Leg 1 – Start to Rathlin Is.
Area of strongest breeze, 27kn gusting 30 - 32 Area of strong breeze, 25 – 28kn
Leaving at 15:00 LT while hopefully mean the strongest breeze passes through, and that we enter the North Channel before the tide turns, we will exit the channel just after the tide has turned
VMG Downwind start, with building breeze the other side of Howth, which will probably result in a reef and Gen to J1 sail change. Should almost lay the South Rock buoy.
Leg 2 – Rathlin Is. to Black Rk.
Significant sea state still present, for a 15:00 start we are still catching a 2.5m+ sea state here.
Wind will shift right, all leg, from Rathlin Island its dead upwind to Tor Rocks with the wind then shifting further to free up the leg to Tory Island. We then bear away and begin to reach across Dongal Bay. Expect strongest winds at the start, but roughest seas at the end
3.0m 3.5m 2.5m 2.0m 2.0m Wind Waves Swell
Around 17:00 LT the centre of the Low pressure should pass just to the north of our course, with this will be right shift in the wind direction
Leg 3 – Black Rk. to Bull Rk.
Wind continues its right shift, expecting some extra local wind at Eagle Rk, at the start of the leg, then moderating to 18 – 20kn for most of the leg. Starting on a 100 TWA before turning down to a 140TWA, then VMG gybing down to the Fastnet RK. Sea state will continue to be 2.5 – 3m for the whole way down this leg.
Possibly at its roughest around the very bottom (Great Foze Rk)
Leg 4 – Bull Rk. to Tuskar Rk.
Wind wraps around the bottom of Ireland, with a little acceleration after the Fasnet Rk, but then settles again at 18 – 20kn.
This will be Downwind VMG, Gybing to stay in a mix of best pressure and sea state
POSSIBLE INSHORE ROUTE FROM FASTNET
As we approach Tuskar Rk, the tide will begin to turn and the wind will go from 18 – 16 – 12kn. The
direction will also begin to head as it gets lighter.
Leg 5 – Tuskar Rk. to Finish
Halfway up the final leg, and the wind heads
significantly, also note very light patch in the middle. Shore will probably pay, as this is where the wind is coming from.
Need to be aware of the sandbanks up this leg, and not getting stuck on the wrong side of them, also need a good plan for the finish, as it is likely to be upwind beating from
offshore. Possibly crossing the line over Kish Bank at the light house.
The Course
From To Mark Side Dst. Brg. Leg ETA TWS TWA Sails Start South Rock LB Red Light Buoy Port 70 19 1 17:30 3rd 24 – 28kn 145 2R / J1
South Rock LB Mew Island Rock / Lighthouse Port 18 345 1 18:20 3rd 20 – 22kn 125 1R / J1 Mew Island Highland Rk Rocks Port 17 333 1 19:00 3rd 20 – 22kn 80 – 70 1R / J2
Highland Rk Rathlin Island Island Port 26 324 1 19:40 3rd 22 – 26kn 65 1R / J2, 2R / J2 Rathlin Island Tor Rocks Rocks / Head Land Port 38 284 2 22:30 3rd 16 – 18kn Up VMG Full / J1
Tor Rocks Tory Island Island Port 36 253 2 02:00 4th 14 – 22kn Up VMG Full / J1, 1R / J2 Tory Island Eagle Island Island Port 87 227 2 06:00 4th 16 – 20kn 60 – 95 Full / J1, 1R / J2 Eagle Island Black Rk Rocks / Head Land Port 16 215 2 06:20 4th 20 – 22kn 125 1R / J1
Black Rk Great Foze Rk Rocks / Head Land Port 123 185 3 10:00 4th 20 – 14kn 135 1R / J2, 1R / J1, Full / Gen Great Foze Rk Washerwoman Rk Rocks / Head Land Port 16 161 3 11:00 4th 14 – 16kn Dn VMG Full / Gen
Washerwoman Rk Gull Rk Rocks / Head Land Port 14 139 3 11:30 4th 16 – 18kn Dn VMG Full / Gen Gull Rk Fastnet Rk Rock / Lighthouse Port 29 115 4 13:00 4th 16 – 20kn Dn VMG Full / Gen Fastnet Rk Coningbeg LB South Cardinal Port 117 70 4 18:00 4th 18 – 20kn Dn VMG Full / Gen Coningbeg LB Tuskar RK Rock / Lighthouse Port 18 61 4 18:40 4th 12 – 16kn 80 Full / J1 Tuskar RK Finish Start Finish Line Port 67 6 5 01:00 5th 8 – 12kn 80 – VMG Full / J1
V er y R ough V er y R ough
Name Latitude Longitude Note DL South Pier 53°18.100 N 006°07.600 W Start Port Kish Lighthouse 53°18.700 N 005°55.500 W Start Stbd South Rock LB 54°24.466 N 005°21.984 W
Mew Island 54°41.977 N 005°30.220 W Highland Rk 54°57.326 N 005°43.558 W
Rathlin Island 55°18.269 N 006°09.996 W Mark 1 Tor Rocks & Gull Is. 55°27.287 N 007°14.462 W Mark 2 Tory Island 55°16.652 N 008°15.143 W Mark 3 Eagle Island 54°17.055 N 010°06.024 W Mark 4 Black Rk 54°03.813 N 010°22.004 W
Great Foze Rk (Tearaght Is) 52°01.353 N 010°41.573 W Mark 5 Washerwoman Rk (Great
Skellig) 51°45.752 N 010°32.933 W Mark 6 Gull Rk 51°35.542 N 010°18.554 W
Mizen Head 51°26.875 N 009°49.472 W
Fastnet Rk 51°23.240 N 009°36.196 W Mark 7 Coningbeg LB 52°03.162 N 006°38.509 W Mark 8 Tuskar RK 52°12.121 N 006°12.205 W Mark 9 Kish Lighthouse 53°18.700 N 005°55.500 W Finish Stbd DL South Pier 53°18.100 N 006°07.600 W Finish Port
