Island Life August/September 2018

Out & About
Island Sailing Club’s
scorcher of a race
Island Sailing Club’s annual Round the
Island Race in early July, was deemed a
huge success with over 1,100 race teams
from all around the world taking part.
Despite being one of the slowest in recent years, with
light winds, a strong tidal stream and scorching heat that
combined, forced many to retire, a total of 659 completed
the 50 nautical mile, anti-clockwise race around the
Isle of Wight in exceptionally challenging conditions.
Ross and Sarah Applebey and team from Lymington
sailed their Contessa 26 High Potential particularly
impressively and, after over 11 hours of intense racing,
managed to secure the coveted Gold Roman Bowl.
The line honours prize for the fastest time round the
Island in eight and a half hours went to Tony Lawson’s
MOD70 foiling trimaran Concise Fling, while
Tony Langley’s TP52 Gladiator was first monohull
home. Langley said: “It was the longest one I’ve ever
done; nine hours on the helm which is plenty.”
Pictures by Paul Wyeth
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