Exiting developments! A true battle for line honours is unfolding for the 2 leading yachts GREYHOUND and INSOMNIX. We made a quick drawing on the chart of events. Their average speed at the moment is ± 9 knots. They are on their way to the waypoint s of Fedje then onwards to the finish W of Herdla. They both are clearly visible on the AIS tracker page.
After a very calm, probably never-racking (for keeping the pace up), night they’re now clearly catching wind.
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This was another 1000-Mile Double handed Race! The competitors had to face the elements of the northernmost North Sea: becalmed for hours, strong winds, a delay of 24 hours of a start because of a serious Low passing, lot of fun in Lerwick at the Lerwick Boating Club, all ingredients were there for successful 1000-Mile… Read more »
Tonight will be the Prize giving ceremony at the Bergens Seilforening. In the mean time enjoy some pics taken during the wild Leg 3 (by JAGER)
The provisional times of arrival in Bergen (Marstein) after Leg 3 (in CEST) on 26th of June: GREYHOUND – 10:21:04 INSOMNIX – 10:46:00 JAGER – 11:45:45 VANDAL – 12:45:00 POLISHED MANX 2 – 13:19:11 BLISS – 15:18:10
Bergen here we come! #sailing #yachtracing #sailingphotography #shetlandrace17 #shetland #bergen #windy #sailfjord #sailnorway A post shared by E + J (@sailfjord) on Jun 25, 2017 at 3:11am PDT
Today the postponed start of Leg 3 (Lerwick-Bergen) will take place at 1200 CEST. Wind force will dominate the start of this leg just as it did in the previous one. In Leg 2, because of the lack of wind; today the opposite. Yesterday a gale in the 30’s, today fortunately it slowed down to ±… Read more »
The new schedule is: Skippers meeting Sunday 25th July in Lerwick Boating Club – 0930 BST Warning signal for the 3rd leg will be given Sunday – 1055 BST Price ceremony in Bergen at Bergens Seilforening Tuesday 27th July – 1900 CEST The ‘eye’ of the system is clearly visible (the blue dot)
We have final results of LEG 2 for you: To download the complete file, click here.
BLISS has finally time to post us an update. They have been working hard in the second leg: “Finally a quiet moment for an update. What a race so far on board Bliss!! Firstly, that long calm just after the start (grrr). When we finally picked up some speed and heel, in the middle of… Read more »
After a night of proper sailing the wind is about to veer from SSE to W, a shift of more than 90˚. On the tracker chart it is clearly visible. BLISS can still steer W (wind hasn’t veered there yet). The leaders though, already changed to a more northerly course. Also a tactical issue is… Read more »
1000-Mile & Shetland Race Fleet stalled after only 12 nm! No imminent change expected unfortunately..
VANDAL reports: “Almost no wind, 3-4 knots. A bit frustrating:-)” The yachts are drifting rather than sailing.. Speed 2 .. 2,4… 2.9 knots. The doublehanded fleet is trapped between areas of wind at the W (30 miles away) and E side. Marstein Lighthouse gives 5m/s or 10knts. They have to ‘suffer’ a bit more. Not… Read more »
How to follow the race live? At the tracker page!
While the 1000-Milers and the crews in the Shetland Bergen Race are attending the mutual skippers meeting in the new clubhouse of the Bergens Seilforening in Hjellestad, let’s have a look at tomorrow’s events. Early in the morning the joined fleets of the 1000-Mile yachts and this of the Pantaenius Shetland Bergen Race will head… Read more »
The results of the long leg 1 from IJmuiden to Bergen on handicap are: The complete results can be downloaded here
CONGRATULATIONS GREYHOUND FOR WINNING LINE HONOURS Leg 1 The official times of arrival: GREYHOUND 13:38:45 INSOMNIX 13:57:47 JAGER 16:46:03 VANDAL 18:37:34 BLISS 22:46:45 POLISHED MANX 2 08:26:03 (times in CEST)
“Still beating, sunny, wonderful sun set, wind force 4. We just took the last reef from the main. The wind has gradually decreased since 5 PM. Expecting we will have only a few knots of wind left around 2 AM tonight. Then it will shift to S and increase again. Especially the first hours running… Read more »
1000-Mile DH Race finish line control is now manned and active @ Herdla Fort
“Last night a frontal passage. BLISS reaching in 20/24 kn wind. Two reefs in the main and a reef in the 100% Jib. The latter we just unreefed again. We tried to stay on the west side of the front to keep the gale S of Norway well on starboard. Which went all according to… Read more »
The yachts are approaching the Norwegian coast. Wind from NE force 15 to 20 knts (8-10 m/s). So they still can point directly towards the finish near Bergen. Probably most of them have set a first reef already, but will certainly do so soon, for the wind will increase early Friday morning. Wind will develop… Read more »
Report from BLISS: “Wonderful day yesterday, tacking near the coast. We could use our local knowledge well! Excellent night under spinaker. We dropped it too soon perhaps, which meant that the others gained miles. We set the spinaker again. Wind start to shift to W now. Best from the Bliss.”
Exactly at 0900 CEST the 1000-Mile yachts passed the starting line in IJmuiden in a very light wind condition (±SE 6knts) Fortunately the yachts were assisted by the last bit of North-going tide. The yachts are on their way to the finish near Bergen!
UPDATED 7th June: some of the dates in ‘5. Race schedule’ were accidentally incorrect. We are pleased to announce the SAILING INSTRUCTIONS for the upcoming race are available for downloading as well! Any updates will be issued here. GOOD LUCK with the final preparations, we’re looking forward to see you in IJmuiden next week!
We are pleased to announce the Notice of Race for the upcoming race is available for downloading!
To get familiar with the course and start/finish areas, have a look at the chart. Click on the start and finish icons for more details. To have a better view launch the chart in a new window.
The next (6th) edition of the 1000-Mile Double Handed Race will be held in 2017; the start will be on 14th of June 2017. Like the previous race in 2013 the race consist of three legs: 1. Start in IJmuiden (NL) to Bergen (NO) 2. Bergen – Lerwick (Shetland) 3. Lerwick – finish in Bergen… Read more »
Follow the race by our excellent Yellowbrick trackers: live.1000mile.org Entertaining and interesting to replay the previous legs!
Complete results 1000-Mile Doublehanded Race 2013: Results Leg 1 (IJmuiden-Bergen) Results Leg 2 (Bergen-Lerwick) Results Leg 3 (Lerwick-Bergen)
Finishline is manned. The mark is in place on the Devils Skull. Date Finish time Sailnumber Boat name Skipper/Owner Country 20130616 01:06:03 FRA 77 DESTINATION CALAIS Pierre-Yves Chatelin 20130616 04:18:47 NED 7311 GREYHOUND Gerard Schalkwijk 20130616 04:21:58 SU 118 INSOMNIX Afred Zahn 20130616 06:12:46 NED 7858 HOME OF JAZZ Maarten Russchen 20130616 07:19:40 NED 9000… Read more »