Round Ireland Race 2012

Just one place left in the team for the Round Ireland Race which can be joined as a single event at £1750 or as part of the 2012 Wild Spirit Racing Package which includes.
• 11 RORC or JOG Races
• Round Ireland Race
• Re-union weekend
• 2 training weekends
• Half price on Cork week, any one mid week cruise or RYA course
Cost is £2500

Call 01823 433 813 or email info@wildspirit.co.uk for more details.

ID	Join	Likely Finish	Event	Price	Spaces
WS70	18 May 17:00	20 May 17:00	JOG Yarmouth Race	£200	0	Email Wild Spirit
			A good race for beginners followed by a good meal out. Full
WS73	1 Jun 12:00	4 Jun 17:00	JOG/RORC Deauville Race	£295	0	Email Wild Spirit
			Bank Holiday Weekend We will be racing seriously by now. Full.
WS75	15 Jun 20:00	21 Jun 00:00	Lymington – Wicklow	£295	1	Email Wild Spirit
			An opportunity to sail from the Solent, along the southern English coat and across the Celtic Sea to Ireland. We are likely to do 300NM non stop then have a couple of nights in different Irish ports
WS76	24 Jun 00:00	2 Jul 00:00	Round Ireland Race	£1750	0	Email Wild Spirit
			The big one for 2012 – organised by the Wicklow Sailing Club in association with RORC. Don’t book a flight back until Monday evening just in case it is a slow race. You can overnight on board up to the start of Cork week if you wish. Full with furthest team member flying in from Australia.
WS77	4 Jul 00:00	13 Jul 00:00	Cork Week	£995	4	Email Wild Spirit
			This trip includes intensive race training on 4-7 July ready for one of the worlds friendliest but competitive regattas. Racing daily from 7-12 July and incorporating an optional passage back across the Irish Sea to Milford Haven at the end of the week. Book by 1st June to save £245.
WS82	7 Sep 17:00	9 Sep 17:00	JOG Race to Poole and Back	£200	4	Email Wild Spirit
WS85	21 Sep 12:00	23 Sep 17:00	JOG Race to Cherbourg	£175	4	Email Wild Spirit
			18.00 Start from Cowes.

Risks
Based on current RORC and JOG information. There are some risks with a race campaign, these are the same for all entrants and include:
• Not qualifying – Half the crew must complete 300 miles of RORC racing on the yacht entered in the year before the start or do an agreed qualifying passage. Normally this is not a major risk.
• Not enough crew members complete the ISAF requirements or other supplementary requirements of the RORC –unlikely as I am an ISAF instructor.
• Crew changes. If members of crew leave due to new jobs etc it is possible we would not qualify—we lost 1 in 2009 when he cut off a finger during DIY at home.
• Yacht problems—it could happen that there is a major problem with a Yacht and RORC do not agree the proposed substitution—in the past they have accepted similar replacement yachts, but insurance can be an issue.

We attempt to reduce all these risks but it is only fair we point them out. In the event of not qualifying despite all reasonable efforts then we would look at alternative races or sailing. One advantage we do have is that unlike some companies we are not tight for time due to other charter commitments, this means we can go for ‘temporary discontinuance’ to hide from storms and then start racing again—in 2009 Fastnet of the 20% of entrants who completed the race a number used this. We also used it, but when the predicted length of the gales grew, then we just cruised instead of continuing the race in severe gales.
We do stage payments—but once committed to the team we do expect continuation because of the need for the crew to qualify for the Round Ireland Race, this includes financial continuation as well although we would do our best to find a replacement. The company (Paul Jackson Consulting and Sailing Ltd) will take all reasonable steps to mitigate risks but will not be held responsible for those remaining. It must also be understood that yacht racing has some inherent dangers and personal insurance is recommended. Wherever possible when a problem arises alternatives will be offered e.g. if for some reason we do not race or drop out due to Gales etc then the crew will be consulted and we will make the best of the time available on board.
What’s inculded?
Safety Gear, all on board food (good standard), all entry fees, fuel, and marina fees etc.
What’s not? Meals and drinks ashore and supplementary courses if needed (e.g. ISAF, 1st aid) although I will try and arrange them at cost if required. (We may not need any or rather than come down to Lymington for them they may be available at a local College or centre.)
Instalments for full race team package.
• Initial is £500
• Second instalment is £1000 by 21/4/11
• Final £1000 by 21/6/11
Payment by Cheque or transfer to Paul Jackson Consulting and Sailing Ltd, Alliance and Leicester Sort Code 720005
Acc No 17952688
with your name as reference.
Small print—There isn’t any—it is all in the above—if you can’t trust the people you go yacht racing with you are on the wrong boat.
Paul Jackson Consulting and Sailing Ltd is my Company (Co No 5044340), as well as Sailing it provides Assessment / Consultancy services to the NHS, Local Government and other Organisations. It has no borrowings, is in good financial state and has always made the statutory returns. You can access some of these via Companies House website if you wish. Our VAT No. is 826 9640 96

Sails — We have a fully battened Main and furling Genoa custom built using Vektron for Wild Spirit by Sanders Sails. For 2012 we also have a new laminate Genoa. We have 3 spinnakers, tri-sail, storm and heavy weather jibs.
Wild Spirit is a Jeanneau 40 Sun Odyssey. She is stable (RORC Cat 1—enough for races such as Fastnet, Cowes to Gibraltar or Atlantic Rally for Cruisers) and reasonably fast. She has completed two Fastnets and a circumnavigation of Britain and Ireland. We race, but it would be wrong to describe us as an all out racing team–more a unique blend of experience and immaturity. We eat well and enjoy life; we try and come in the top half.
The 2011 UK based season is now over and our cumulative results for the Royal Ocean Racing Club are 14th out of 114 in class 4 and, for 2010, 5th out of 67 in class 3 and in JOG 6th out of 41.
I am the Skipper and owner but everyone gets to helm and we share tasks. We came 91st out of 300+ for the 2011 Fastnet and completed the 2009 one but had rigging problems despite (or because of) having the rig ‘professionally ‘ checked just before the start. In the 2007 Fastnet, like 80% of the entrants we did not finish due to severe weather. After 100 miles, when it was clear we were going to have to sail into a force 9 for a long time, we retreated to Cherbourg then to St Vaast and sampled the restaurants. We are a masthead sloop with furling Genoa and therefore don’t sail quite as close to the wind as a fractional rig, but on a beam reach we get our own back. For 2012 we have a new Genoa and Code Zero.
Our choice of races reflects our strengths; we go for those where the course is simple, and not those set round marks cunningly placed to require beating against wind and tide. As well as our Sanders sails made specifically for us, we have 3 spinnakers, heavy weather plus storm jibs and try sail.
‘A happier crew would be hard to find’ ..’Paul setting us up nicely for a blast down the Alderney race with the tide’…..‘Paul still smiling after a long exhausting weekend’. – Sailing Today Nov 2005
Feel free to call me on 01823 433813 to answer questions or give some honest advice. If we are not the right team for you I may know the one which is.
Team at 15th February 2012
Paul—Skipper—YM Ocean—RORC member—RYA and ISAF Instructor, with over 55,000NM miles including 6000+ Cat 1 racing and 4000 other racing.
Andy Palmer—No 2 in 2011 team and part of Sydney Hobart team and with me as part of winning Lord Howe Island team (only Cat 1 Ocean race run annually in Australia.)
Stuart (Shelf) Walker—Has raced on WS, seriously fit triathlon athlete.
Bruce Garrod—Has raced on WS, lots of Dinghy and some Americas cup yacht experience.
Pam Cox—Wild Spirit regular who has also raced round the World.
John Costello–
Greg Evans–