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Fastnet 2009
WOW WOW WOW, I got back from the OSTAR and was delighted to get a call from
Offshore Challenges (Team Ellen!!!) who have for 2009 been managing the Artemis
Ocean Racing Team. Artemis have 2 Open 60's and they have put Sam Davies in as
skipper of one for the forthcomng Transat Jaques Varbe (which starts in Novemeber)
and Artemis are also supporting a group of young British solo and shorthanded sailors
in the Mini Trnsat, and Figaro classses. The long and the short of it was that I was
offered a place on the other Open 60 for the Fastnet, so I dropped my plans to sail the
J105 in the race and went for my first Open 60 sailing which was AWESOME....man
I love those boats. FAST FAST FAST...easy to sail fast as well.
More to follow soon....
Mead 2nd in Class and 5th Overall in OSTAR 2009
After a brutal 3,000 mile race from Plymouth UK to Newport RI America,
Team Oscar Mead was beaten to first in class by Irishman Barry Hurly in the closing
hours of the race, having fought a close battle all the way, Oscar lost out by a narrow
margin of 22 minutes as the wind died and shifty conditions played into Barrys hands.
See the daily blog on the tab on the left hand side of this page from the OSTAR.
Mead Wins RSYC 2 handed series
Having decided at an early age that he wanted to be a shorthanded offshore
racer, 18 year old Cowes based sailor
Oscar Mead achieved another step
down that road recently when he was
confirmed as the winner of the
Royal Southampton Yacht Club’s,
season long, 2-Handed Series earlier
this month.
With the last race being called off due
to a complete lack of wind in the Solent,
Team Oscar Mead counted 5 firsts
and a 10th to totally dominate the fleet
of over 40 yachts in Class 1. The 8 race
series was made up of 4 inshore races
(including the RSYC’s legendary
2 handed Round the Island Race
with over 150 competing boats)
and 4 offshore races. Team Oscar Mead
won 3 of the 4 offshore races,
(overnight to Weymouth,
overnight round the channel and
overnight to Honfleur.) Inshore,
Team Oscar Mead won the
NabTower race and a windy “Spring Double” in the Solent which was the first race of
the season back in April.
Commenting on his success Oscar said
“Its been a fantastic season for me and when I look back and remember taking delivery of Juneau 3 days before the first race weekend, it seemed inconceivable that we would have done this well, but things have really clicked for me this year. I have really enjoyed every race we did, especially the overnights”
Commenting on the racing Oscar said
“ RSYC have run a great series of races and I really thank them for putting on the best attended 2 handed racing in the UK. I had done the 2 handed Round the Island a few times before, but never entered the series as a whole, but the club have laid on great racing, adapting to the French fisherman’s blockade of Cherbourg (the weekend we were supposed to race there) with a race round the channel, despite a forecast of 35 knots of wind, and also for putting on overnight races which have been such fun. I would like to thank Kathy Smalley and her team at RSYC as well as McGuigan Wines who sponsored the series, even if I did give my winnings to my Dad as he likes wine more than I do!!!”
