2 Handed & Crewed
RB&I Yacht Race

19th May 2024

Race Details

Dates

Sunday 19th May 2024

Race Documents

RB&I24_Entry_Form

RBI2024 NoR V3

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Race Tracking

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RB&I 2022 Competitors

BoatTypeHullSkipperCo-skipper / Fully crewedClub
PegasusOpen 50 monoRoss HobsonAdrian Banks to Lerwick
Chris Briggs From Lerwick
RORC
Hissy FitDazcat 46multiSimon BakerDan FellowsRWYC
Saltash Sailing Club
Olbia
AquafibremonoChristian ChalandrePascal BodyAtlantic Yacht Club
KahuTS 42multiMichal KleinjansIan WittevrongelTBC
OrbitSunfast 3300monoDominic BownsIan MunslowRWYC
Easy TigerDazcat D995multiNeil BoughtonJulian Weyer BrownRWYC
Pipedream 2Beneteau 345monoAlan CharltonPaul MeadColchester
surfSunfast 3300monoAdrian DyballRichard MathewsThames Sailing Club
ChioneGrand Soliel 43monoBill FarrantJosh HallRoyal Malta Yacht Club
CarrickRustler 42monoSimon HutchinsonGary DeakinArmy Sailing Association
Suenos Dazcat MultiRupert KiddAlan MitchellRWYC
Morpheusshuttleworth MultiAndrew FennellPaddy HutchingsWest Mersea YC
MeaVertue 25monoMatteo RichardiAlexandra Robasto / Amanda Richardi / Violetta RichardiYachting Kroton Club YKR
Polished ManxBeneteau 40.7monoKuba SzymanskiIan DavidsonDouglas Bay Yacht Club
(RWYC)
NemoNewark 38MultiMatt TheobaldEnora PichonTorpoint mosquito sailing club
AJ WanderlustJeanneau 43MonoCharlene HowardRobby DrummondDouglas Bay Yacht Club
(RWYC)
EnigmaSigma 35monoBob WallaceTim Goodwill
RYYC
BelladonnaDazcat 10 - SC1MultiDominic GoodingBrendan SewardRestronguet SC
White KnightContessa 32MonoLou BoormanElin JonesWales TBC

RB&I Yacht Race Overview

The 16th edition of the iconic two-handed Round Britain and Ireland Yacht Race is due to begin on Sunday 19th May 2024.

The race is a combination of competitive sailing and enjoyable social gatherings. The course, around all the islands of Britain and Ireland except the Channel Islands and Rockall, can be a severe test of navigation and seamanship in the heavy weather that is often experienced. By contrast the hospitality shown by the host Yacht Clubs and communities in the three stopover ports, in which the competitors must spend at least 48 hours, can be much more enjoyable and often just as exhausting.

Alongside the 2handed race we will once again we will be offering a crewed race. This will allow crew changes in Galway and on the East Coast in Blyth. This is a great opportunity to be part of a team racing around Britain and Ireland without the huge time commitment but with all the challenges of one of the toughest offshores in the racing calender.

RB&I Yacht Race Background

Following the success of the first two OSTARs, Blondie Hasler proposed to the Royal Western Yacht Club that there should be a two-handed race around the British Isles. No doubt he considered a single-handed race, but the weather conditions and proximity to land necessitated two crew.

The Club considered the proposal and agreed to organise the first Round Britain and Ireland race in 1966. The course, of about 2000 miles, would be split into five legs separated by compulsory stop-overs of 48 hours each at Crosshaven in Ireland, Castle Bay, Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Lerwick in Shetland, and Harwich on the East Coast. It would circumnavigate Britain and Ireland and, with the exception of the Channel Islands and Rockall, all islands and rocks would be left to starboard.

The first race was a great success and the RB&I was established on a four year cycle (two years off the OSTAR cycle). Lowestoft replaced Harwich as the east coast port from the second race on. Except for 1993 in which Hartlepool was the east coast port, the course remained the same until Kinsale replaced Crosshaven in 2006.

The RB&I grew rapidly to a multinational entry of many boat sizes and types. In 1982 the 85 starters included an 80ft monohull, a 70ft catamaran, several 60 and 65ft trimarans, down to a 25ft monohull, and represented over a dozen nationalities.

The following race was sailed in 1985, since 1986 was given over to the second TWOSTAR so it could run two years apart from the OSTAR. The four year cycle continued with races in 1989 and 1993, but reverted to its original schedule in 1998 and has continued to the present.

For the history of the race go to RB&I Yacht Race History

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