Simply the best
Giles Redpath’s Lombard 46 Pata Negra is the overall winner of the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Pata Negra scored the best corrected time for yachts racing under the IRC Rating Rule for the 1,805 nautical mile non-stop race.
Pata Negra: Giles Redpath, James Crampton, Chris Hanson, William Harris, Oliver Heer, Antoine Magre, David Thomson, Richard Tricker and Donald Wilks.
Phil Sharp, skipper of Class40 Imerys Clean Energy and crew Julien Pulvé, Pablo Santurdé and Sam Matson have entered the record books with a new Guinness World Record, following ratification from the World Speed Sailing Record Council (“WSSRC”) for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The team broke the record time for boats 40ft and under by some 15 hours in an elapsed time of 8 days 4 hrs 14 mins 49 Secs. Sharp commented on this remarkable achievement:
RORC Racing Manager, Chris Stone comments: “I would extend my congratulations to all competitors. In terms of ocean racing this is an achievement beyond most others.
“In terms of miles, this race is three Fastnets back-to-back, but in real terms, it is exponentially larger than that. We appreciate the competitors taking the standard of their boats up to Category One; that undertaking is not lost on the Club. I would like to highlight the phenomenal performances of Phil Sharp’s team (Imerys Clean Energy) and Giles Redpath’s Pata Negra, and also the two handed win by Ben Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao (Horace) on El Velosolex SL Energies Group. To all of the class winners, many congratulations; maintaining a competitive spirit throughout this race is an outstanding achievement,” concludes Stone.
Class Winners:
Class40 and Line Honours: Imerys Clean Energy (Phil Sharp – GBR)
IRC One: Pata Negra, Lombard 46 (Giles Redpath – GBR)
IRC Two and Two Handed: El Velosolex SL Energies Group, Figaro 2 (Benjamin Schwartz & Chen Jin Hao – FRA/CHN)
IRC Three: Game On (Virgin Media Business), Sun Fast 3600 (Ian Hoddle & Ollie Wyatt – GBR)
IRC Four: British Beagle, Sigma 36 (Charles Emmett & Tim Winsey – GBR)
A glittering array of trophies for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race will be presented at the Royal Ocean Racing Club Annual Dinner & Prize Giving on November 17th, 2018.
