Welcome to newsletter #3.
With just a couple of months until the start of this years race the countdown is on!
Teams are busy making their plans and training for the challenge ahead (we hope) and we've now added the team list to the website.
(There are a few more yet to add in as well ... get those entry fees in please folks!)
Who is Racing - The Team Profiles
Team Grand Slam from the Liverpool Yacht Club were the first to let us know about themselves, and we'll be adding more profiles in the coming weeks as we receive them.
New Advice Guide For Skippers
For those new to the race ... and those who have taken part before ... the new Skippers Guide put together by Keith Mander will be invaluable.
This excellent and useful booklet is packed with tips to help give you advantages over every leg and section of the course. It provides local knowledge of Bardsey Sound, Caernarfon Bar, the Menai Straits and importantly the Swellies.
The Swellies “Back Route” is described with an amazing graph of the tide strength and depths to be expected.
Keith has also discovered several useful counter-eddies at important places which are not shown on the tidal atlases or given in pilot books. It has 38 pages packed with information and 50 colour illustrations.
All money from the sales goes to Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospice and the production costs are donated by Avanti Software Ltd.
Find out more and get details on how to order your copy here.
Yours in Adventure,
The Race Committee
