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14-01-2010, 12:04
Boat: gulfstar ketch 41 Surya	. Interesting read.

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14-01-2010, 13:41
Boat: Van Helleman Schooner 65ft StarGazer	was faced with. Reading his well written and experienced analysis of how he found himself shipwrecked, it is not our place to criticize his decisions, since he chose to be in the “adventure zone” and was never careless…. but just very unlucky. The lesson’s learned about locking the chain to keep it from paying out under that kind of stress is a good one to remember. (I have a “cat’s claw” specific for that purpose) His Conclusions and self re-evaluation shows a master mariner who is very much in his element and I hope he will be able to return one day

14-01-2010, 14:06
Boat: Cat in the med & Trawler in Florida

14-01-2010, 14:14
Boat: none	"knowing" what was coming.

14-01-2010, 14:36
Boat: 1914 Fantail M.Y. "Strathbelle"	doesn't seem to find it.

14-01-2010, 14:55
Boat: Tayana 48	"Octopus Resort" John

14-01-2010, 15:03
	with Wayne (Moonduster) taking part in the thread discussion... Sad to see stuff like this but thankfully Wayne and his GF are ok...

14-01-2010, 16:18
Boat: 1914 Fantail M.Y. "Strathbelle"	which blew him into a lee shore. I want to make sure I am reading it correctly. Knowing the first snubber broke from the load and not chafe, knowing the was getting worse, knowing the had no strain relief other than the snubber... I would have put on several snubbers, as large of line as I had. The anchor held and the chain held, but it wasn't fastened well enough to the boat. I am not trying to be mean, I am trying to learn from the situation.

14-01-2010, 16:46
Boat: MJM 50 Z	but the snubber described seems way too stiff. I don't use a snubber that stiff in summer in . This is so sad but so many cruisers keep doing the same thing that will fail again and again. The energy generated by a storm is huge and controlling the motion and shock loads on the is a big job. 20 feet of nylon is not even close.

14-01-2010, 17:02
	such a beautiful vessel. Lots of post hoc analysis by readers and by Wayne himself re: 1. his decision to anchor where he did (bay which was open to the west); 2. his choice of a anchor; 3. why the nylon snubbers failed; 4. failure to secure the bitter end of the chain; 5. appropriateness of his ground tackle; 6. techniques; and 7. his strategy to move when the wind swung 'round. One thing not mentioned, however, is the use (or non-use in this case) of the simple but much neglected chain stop. I've been meaning to fit one to my own boat for years, and just haven't got round to it yet. But, I certainly will this year. While a chain stop may not have saved his boat when the hurricane-force winds came round to the west, at least it would have bought some more time and he wouldn't have his chain the way he did. Here's a good view and writeup on chain stops: Bill

14-01-2010, 17:24
Boat: 1914 Fantail M.Y. "Strathbelle"	as opposed to one end on the boat? This way there is no chafe at the bow roller and the nylon is in the for action.

14-01-2010, 18:20
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14-01-2010, 18:26
Boat: MJM 50 Z	and through any chafe points. The middle part of the snubber would be very flexible and shock absorbing while not melting or parting. Nylon stretches 30 or 40% before failing? (from a prior post) The Idea of increasing line diameter only makes the snubber less effective, transfering higher shock loads to the rode. Smaller diameters just fail. How about 300% stretch with the ability to do it all over and over untill the storm is past? The answer is elastic pendants that have weathered big storms. When big gusts hit the boat sits back softly. When the bow veers of the wind the change of direction is slow and smooth. I have seen video of this in high winds and have been using one for several years. These things are used to secure moorings with little and high surviveability in storms. To date the cost has limited widespread acceptance. Just like air bags in cars. These things are not toys like the rubber things that you wrap a line around. When I brought mine to a class, somebody said "is that for a tug boat?" The total lack of information about this technology in the cruising world just blows me away. After reading the story, I am considering doubling the length of my snubber. We use a chain lock on but with out an effective shock absorber, something will fail. Our boat does well with a 4 foot diameter fixed to the aft end on short tether and I am curious about the Idea of hooking one to the anchor rode too.

14-01-2010, 19:41
Boat: Whiting 29' extended "Nightcap"	with "position approximate" to leeward but widely spaced, easily navigable and would have led out of the cyclone path and into deep water. Does nobody nowadays know how to get into the safe semi circle? Wayne probably never bothered as he has been heard to say he doesn't let the influence his sailing. A good sailor but should have stuck to round the cans.

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Meeting at Royal Cork Yacht Club to discuss future of famous ‘Moonduster’ boat

10 March 2016 By Bryan Smyth [email protected]

Denis Doyle’s famous yacht “Moonduster” is currently lying in a dilapidated condition in Norway.

A meeting has been organised to discuss her possible future.

The meeting of those involved in the seafaring community will take place in the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven, Co Cork on Friday 18th March at 7pm.

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The Round Ireland Yacht Race is now an established race in the RORC calendar. However, in the 1970’s, the idea of a yacht race right around Ireland, whilst much discussed, was just a dream.

In 1975 a race round Ireland with two stopovers, one in Crosshaven and the other in Killybegs, was run by Ballyholme YC. This race started and finished in Bangor. The success of this venture proved that the basic idea was a good one.

In 1979, Wicklow SC organised a Round Ireland Rally with a number of stopovers en route, to start and finish in Wicklow. This rally too was a great success and indeed marked the first occasion for the club to win the Club of the Year award.

Following this success, a race starting from and finishing in Wicklow, leaving Ireland and all its islands to starboard, was proposed and under the stewardship of the late Michael Jones, the first Round Ireland took place in 1980. Wicklow SC has organised the race every two years since then and 2018 marks the 20th edition of this classic off-shore event.

In that first race in 1980, 16 boats started out in Wicklow and 10 completed the race. Two of the race starters were multihulls. The overall winner was Brian Coad in his Rival 34 Raasy of Melfort with an elapsed time of just under 6 days and 4 hours. He went on to compete in another 5 races but in the very next race in 1982 took just over 9 days to finish.

Wicklow SC is renowned amongst competitors for its informal and welcoming race organisation. However, the harbour itself is limited both in area and depth and this has created problems in welcoming larger fleets and bigger boats. A base in Dun Laoghaire facilitated by Royal Irish YC was established in 2014, and this has ensured the further development of the race.

The current co-ordinator Kyran O’Grady, who has competed on several occasions himself, is very encouraged by the positive feedback that the race continues to receive, from sailors both at home and abroad. This event is obviously the jewel in the crown of Wicklow Sailing Club and despite the onerous demands it puts on the shoulders of all the members every 2 years, it will continue to be hosted from Wicklow harbour for the foreseeable future.

Race Records:

The great Denis Doyle in Moonduster set a record time of 88 hours 15 minutes and 43 seconds in the 1984 race. This was to stand until 1990 when Laurie Smith in the maxi yacht Rothmans managed to cross the line in 84 hours and 56 minutes. Colm Barrington in his Whitbread 60 Jeep Cherokee beat this time in 1998 and finished in 76 hours 23 minutes and 57 seconds. In 2008, Mike Slade in ICAP Leopard created a new record of 65 hours 48 minutes and 47 seconds. The current monohull record is held by George David in Rambler 88 who completed the course in 50 hours 24 minutes and 9 seconds in 2016. This is a far cry from the first time set in 1980! And even further is the record time set by the Sultanate of Oman’s flagship trimaran Musandam-Oman Sail of 38 hours 37 minutes and 7 seconds in that same race of 2016.

Entry Numbers:

Race entry numbers climbed steadily during the 1980s until 1990, when 61 boats crossed the start line. However, this was a tough race with strong SW gale and just 35 boats completed. Numbers remained in the 40s and 50s until 1998 when only 26 boats entered, the lowest number since 1984, the third race. The following two races had a similar number of boats entering, and from 2004 to 2014 the number of entrants seemed to stabilise at around the late 30s and early 40s. Then, in that great record-breaking year of 2016, there was a record number of boats entering with 63 boats crossing the start line, and 48 boats completing the race.

The record number of completing boats was in 1996 when 55 of the 56 entrants finished the race.

Race Description:

At 704 miles length, the race is significantly longer than the Fastnet and with quite different challenges. Most competitors who have completed both races will say that the Round Ireland is a much more challenging race. First there is the mad dash down the Irish Sea, trying to keep the tide; then the rounding Tuskar to face into what are usually the strong prevailing SW winds & seas as far as the Fastnet; after that riding the rollercoaster waves up the west coast, often in gale or near gale conditions, and across the north coast to try to catch the tide at Rathlin Island or face anchoring if tide and wind don’t suit; then the last leg of often slack winds coming down the Irish sea (so much so that competitors have on occasion missed the finish line as they were pulled south by the tide with no wind); finally, in the early days a real hazard was the miles of drift nets cast along the west coast.

Race Organiser:

The Race Organiser has played a key role in the development of the race over the years. Michael Jones – one of the key figures in initially establishing the race – was Race Organiser from 1980 to 1992. Fergus O’Conchobhair took over from 1994 until 1998. Denis Noonan held the post from 2000 to 2010. In 2012 Theo Phelan took over the reins and brought the race to the record breaking 2016 edition. Theo retired in February 2018 and Hal Fitzgerald took over as Race Organiser for the 20th Volvo Round Ireland race in 2018 and the 21st SSE Renewables Round Ireland race in 2020.

Race Sponsors:

Wm Egan & Sons and Irish Boats and Yachting sponsored the first race. Irish TV Rentals sponsored the second race. Subsequently, under the sponsorship of Cork Dry Gin from 1984 to 1996, this great offshore test of boat and crew became a major international event on the biennial sailing calendar. BMW sponsored the 2004 – 2008 races, Conway Port sponsored the 2010 race and Volvo Car Ireland sponsored the 2016 – 2018 races. Current sponsors SSE Renewables came on board as title sponsors in 2020.

Many sailors and boats have entered the race on several occasions. In fact, the same names feature again and again and this is one of the beautiful characteristics of the race.

James Tyrrell of Arklow SC competed in 12 Round Irelands on various yachts, all named Aquelina.

Denis Doyle entered the race with Moonduster 10 times, consistently from 1982, the second race, until the 2000 race. He completed 9 of them, took line honours on 3 occasions and won the race outright on 2 occasions.

Colm Barrington also took Line Honours on 3 occasions and won outright twice, but on different boats in each race.

Three skippers have won the race twice: Denis Doyle, Colm Barrington and Eric Lisson. No one has won outright more than twice.

After the first race, multihulls were debarred from entering until 2016.

A two-handed class was introduced in 2004 with 5 entries.

GPS tracking was introduced in 2008.

For the romantics in our midst, an event of a truly romantic nature occurred on board Ocean Spirit of Carlingford as they crossed the finish line in 2008. Crew member Peter Eagleson went down on bended knee and asked his sweetheart and fellow crew member Emma Finnegan to marry him. To his (and all the watching crew’s) relief, she accepted.

Simon le Bon created teeny girl havoc in Wicklow when he arrived on Mazda Drum for the 1986 race. The quays were crammed with young girls all looking to get a sight of their idol.

Visually impaired sailor Mark Pollock finished the race in 2010 on a two handed boat with Michael Liddy, spending their last 3 days at sea without electrics or engine.

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Ger O'Rourke and the crew of Cookson 50 Chieftain are overall winners. Elaine Bunting reports

Irish skipper Ger O’Rourke has claimed overall victory in the Rolex Fastnet Race in his Cookson 50 canting keel yacht Chieftain. The 46-year-old from Limerick who has sailed for 20 years and owns a construction company in Ireland, was a last-minute entry to the race. He was number 46 on the waiting list and his place was confirmed only the day before the start.

Chieftain crossed the line yesterday night at 19:43:44 after 2 days and 7 hours racing.

O’Rourke and his crew, which included friends, local sailors, his 18-year-old daughter Deirdre and the professional talents of Dutch navigator Jochem Visser, sailed hard despite tough conditions and seasickness. I talked to O’Rourke this morning, and a podcast of the interview will be on our site shortly.

This caps a superb couple of seasons for O’Rourke. He won his class in last year’s Sydney-Hobart race and was 4th at Key West earlier this year. He also races a Laser SB3.

With this win he follows a long tradition of Irish success in the Fastnet Race. In the 1980s, the Irish Admiral’s Cup team, with Jo Richards as skipper and Ed Dubois navigating, claimed overall victory but was not awarded the trophy because the yacht, named Irish Independent, was sponsored.

O’Rourke says he is proud, in particular, to be following in the footsteps of the late Denis Doyle, the famous Cork sailor who raced in 20 Fastnet races, his last in 2001 in his yacht Moonduster when he was 81 years old.

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Admiral's cup 1981 - race 2.

A better breeze sprung up for the second race, here the Spanish yacht gets a good start at the windward end of the line just to windward of Holland's

Another closer view of the start, with Ireland's to windward of this group and maintaining a good position ahead and to leeward (photo Guy Gurney)

New Zealand's (with astern) makes a break for the slacker tide on the opposite shore. Britain's carries on to the left

US yacht (above) and Irish yacht (below) on the first beat

Canada's approaches East Bramble buoy on port, just ahead of Italy's

comes to grief at East Bramble buoy, having underlayed her approach in an adverse tide

With nowhere to go comes head to wind as the tide takes her below the mark while the Canadian yacht makes her approach

Problems continue for as she waits for the starboard lane to clear before she can tack and round the mark, comes in overlapped with

Here has made it round and is still setting her spinnaker, followed by (IR-22746), and Hong Kong yacht

rounds the buoy, following and

The spinnaker of (sailing for Switzerland) catches and rips on the mark, while Britain's takes a wider approach to her rounding

's spinnaker problems continue

rounds a leeward mark

Three minimum raters arrive at the bottom mark - leads and Canada's

Another view of the fleet on a downwind leg (photo Guy Gurney)

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Raymond’s passion for the sea was fed enthusiastically by his parents George and Bibi who encouraged his nautical exploits 100 per cent. With a professional life as a marine biologist studying shellfish, you could say that he is a very ‘fishy’ captain. Indeed there is not much that Captain Ross does not know about the marine wildlife of Kenmare Bay. His sensitive approach to the 300 or more seals resident in the Bay. Means that visitors to Seafari will experience extremely close-up views of these normally very shy animals. Awed visitors gaze in wonder as the seals dance to Captain Ross’s Irish whistle playing.

Not only does his work take him to sea. In his spare time he takes to the water again whether it be scuba-diving or offshore yacht racing. In fact he travelled 25,000 miles on board the Cork yacht ‘Moonduster’, holder of the Round Ireland Race record, as part of their team.

Years of mountain rescue means that he has an extensive knowledge of the Caha and McGillicuddy Reeks mountain ranges which frame the bay and passengers aboard Seafari have the opportunity to learn how this dramatic scenery has taken shape through time.

Above all Captain Raymond Ross is renowned for his great sense of humour and visitors on board Seafari are guaranteed that whilst the boat is not often rocked by waves in these tranquil waters, it will be rocked by laughter.

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The Round Ireland Yacht Race is Ireland's premier offshore yacht race and is held every two years by Wicklow Sailing Club in association with the Royal Irish Yacht Club and Royal Ocean Racing ... Moonduster: Denis Doyle: Moonduster: Denis Doyle: 4:03:45:25: 17: 13 1980: Raasay of Melfort: B. Coad: Force Ten-Sion: A.J. Vernon/J.S. Morris: 5:15 ...
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Brian Sinnott. Moonduster and Dennis Doyle - One of the Legends of the Race. Triona O'Neill. yeah... and Cavatina won it toooooo... and shes off for yet another go at it this year... go on cavatina!!! "Moonduster" won this race 30 years ago and established a new record in 1982. 4 days 3 hours 45 minutes and 25 seconds! Round Ireland Yacht Race.
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Moonduster IR399 Friends. Private group. ·. 798 members. Join group. About this group. This is a page where past crew and friends of Moonduster can keep in touch and upload photos of this great Irish racing yacht from the late Denis Doyle. Private. Only members can see who's in the group and what they post.
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Lots of post hoc analysis by readers and by Wayne himself re: 1. his decision to anchor where he did (bay which was open to the west); 2. his choice of a single anchor; 3. why the nylon snubbers failed; 4. failure to secure the bitter end of the chain; 5. appropriateness of his ground tackle;
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10 March 2016 By Bryan Smyth [email protected] Denis Doyle's famous yacht "Moonduster" is currently lying in a dilapidated condition in Norway. A meeting has been organised to discuss her possible future. The meeting of those involved in the seafaring community will take place in the Royal Cork Yacht Club, Crosshaven, Co Cork on Friday 18th March…
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