The Royal Western Yacht Club is pleased to welcome back the Classe Mini sailors for 2012.
This year the Classe Mini yachts have raced from the West coast of France and the Solent to Plymouth. The competitors will set off on Sunday 13th May on a 561 mile course that will take them from Plymouth to Fastnet Rock via Eddystone Rock and Bishop Rock, then on to the Coningbeg Light before returning to Plymouth. The Classe Mini yachts will race in two classes, Series and Proto. The Series yachts are production models, whereas the Protos are one off designs.
These exciting 6.50m yachts though offering little comfort to their sailors, are capable of high speeds particularly off the wind and offer close and exciting racing. The class rules limit the communication equipment that can be carried by each yacht, but Yellowbrick will again be supplying the trackers that will enable an hour by hour update on the progress of these intrepid sailors. Those racing from the Solent and La Trinite Sur Mer had excellent races and have been enjoying the club.
Watch the start of the UK Mini Fastnet 2012 at 1200 (BST) on Sunday 13th May 2012. Courtesy of SoloSails.