RESULTS OF MORGAN CUP RACE

I can confirm that the Hot Stuff crew were 7th out of 24 in IRC1 and 37th out of 98 overall. Three boats did not finish the race and as I write this there are apparently 6 still fo finish?!?!?!
Well done again team on a brilliant result - one more to go before the big one!

MORGAN CUP PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Provisional results are as follows:
Hot Stuff 7th out of 15 finishers with 10 more left to complete the course in IRC1 and 36th overall out of 58 with a huge number still to finish.
Well done boys!!!

HOT STUFF COMPLETES MORGAN CUP RACE

I am pleased to announce that Hookie has just called to confirm that the Concordia Consultancy Ltd Fastnet crew have completed the Morgan Cup Race even after the wind died on them this morning and it took them 6 hours to do the last 10 miles - great team work and perserverence guys.
Exact position will be posted when the results are made public

Fastnet Crew poised for second qualifier

Team Concordia Consultancy are preparing for the Morgan Cup Race this weekend - this will be the second qualifier.......keep watching the blog for further updates.

Great Results from De Guingand Bowl Race

The Blog is pleased to confirm that Team Concordia Consultancy came 6th in class out of 14 and 46th overall out of a total 80 in the fleet. Well done to all the crew on a fantastic result in your first qualifying race.

De Guingand Bowl

After an opening team curry on the Friday night to bring the Fastnet crew together in its entirety for the first time , all prepared on the Saturday morning for an early start off the RYS.

Light airs reigned which was going to make for a very tactical and challenging race, if only based on the tight rations of food which Hookie had imposed with some fearing that we might run out of Orange Club biscuits! After a slow start, Hotstuff elected not to follow the main fleet along the coast and made some strong gains in the central channels of the Solent.

A cruel fate awaited though as we entered a large wind hole in between the forts which made for a painful period as many of the larger racing boats crept along towards the nab tower. Progress did improve for a period until late in the night when the tide turned and we effectively started going backwards!!!! Down went the anchor in over 40 metres of water. For those involved, this was rewarded with an amazing light show from the phospherescents. It was possible to see the anchor disappear down to the depths.

After a period of waiting a small breeze built which enabled the now renamed, lucky Musto watch, the joy of pulling up a long long anchor line! In pretty thick fog Hotstuff inched forward trying to work out where commercial ships were judging by engine and fog horns. A certain fast cat which goes to Weymouth passed so close the bow wave could be heard, even though the vessel could not be seen. Despite calling on the VHF, they elected to just ignore us! Many thanks!!

With a bright morning as the mist cleared, the crew were very excited to see that many of the vessels who we had been tussling with the previous day were still in sight in all directions. After rounding the far mark and the then drop in wind, concern was rife as to whether the course had been shortened and if we would make it if it had. Our newest crew member Charlie spotted a wind line and called for preparing the vessel.

Right on cue, the wind arrived and the kite went up. This wind built nicely and took us to the finish which was an interesting down wind ending to what was an overall challenging event. Being the first time that everyone sailed together, the 2 watch crews quickly became teams and rivalry will be high between them as the campaign continues.

The next race is the Morgan Cup which will see most of the crew come together for the second leg of the entry towards the Fastnet in a mere 47 days time!!!
See you soon, Hookie

There's no 'I' in Team

The crew list for this year's Team Fastnet is:

Michael "Hookie" Hook - Skipper
Paul May
Tim Ashford
Graham Spark
Andy Milne
Charlie Thomas
Mark Birrell
Jules Brown
Dapo Ladimeji
Jon Finn

More in-depth profiles soon!