How to Get the Best Outside of Skandia Cowes Week 2008

Get walking at Cowes this year

Electronic declaration
Negotiating the High Street on the way to the Regatta Office to notice off before the lasting of play can be exceeding challenging than the race itself. With friends to meet and lots of stories to tell, it's easy to get side-tracked.

On the contrary this year you can make your declaration by sending a phone text memo before you much reach the shore. Once it has been received by the relay office, you will get a issue indication receipt. To take advantage of this, you chalk up toregister your phone by post or online. Those who yet want to go to the Regatta Office to confirm their day's racing testament find paper declaration sheets instead of pc terminals.
"We're hoping that with this electronic declaration, most tribe will declare shortly after they've crossed the stop line, which will guidance us get the results out more quickly," explains regatta director Stuart Quarrie.

Courses by text
While sending details of the pursuit course by text is not new at Cowes Week, this year all courses for both Alabaster and Black Crowd classes will be sent by SMS 15 minutes before the first step of their race. Broadcasting the details earlier than general will allow crews more date to category the trail and reduce the must to sail fast to the course boards displayed at the Royal Yacht Squadron.

On the other hand beware: courses might change after a postponement and, while errors in the text sign itself could cater a case for redress, omissions or total failure cannot.

Mark changes
Williams Shipping has been moved slightly to part it off the Burgundy Funnel ferries' path in and out of Cowes. The yellow racing buoy is double time placed also towards the east, midway between West and South Bramble buoys. Royal Albert is now called Gilkicker-Ondeck.

Inner and outer
The outer distance of the Achromic Group's line off the Squadron will be the inner distance of the Livid Group's initiate line. "While this might bring the fleets closer stable in certain circumstances, we will probably locate the beginning mark for the Black Aggregation start on the mainland side of the Solent to keep fleets apart," says regatta director Stuart Quarrie.

Start lines controlled by comittee boat
The Ebony Association start lines will be controlled by the commitee boat, the 20m Unhappy Funnel Ferries steel catamaran, Ashley R, at its northern end - ie, close to West or South Bramble buoys.

The line is away defined as being between a flagstaff with an orange flag on the committee boat and the Squadron flagstaff. The transit and its light will now only be a guide and NOT the line.

King of your class
Provided you yen to accept part in the Volkswagen Touareg Kaiser of Cowes racing on the Friday before Cowes Week starts, elementary you corner to gain your class at Cowes in the previous year. Alone then, having joined the prize-winning elite from 36 classes, can you success to complete battle for the top prize, a shiny, new VW Touareg.
Racing takes place on Friday, 1 August.

In brief

â Extreme 40 catamarans have the UK leg of the iShares Cup on Sat, Sun and Mon. After this the cats will keep their own racing on Tue, Wed, Thur, Fri (at 0955 off the Squadron line).
â The Artemis Challenge is on Tuesday,
5 August and will look Unfastened 60s race around the island for a  10,000 prize for charity.
â Liz Earle Ladies' interval is on Thursday, 7 August, as a celebration of women in sailing.
â The Liz Earle Close Shave Trophy will be awarded to the overall winner across all classes who wins by the closest margin.
â The extra classes are: J/80s, Bà nà teau 40.7s, quarter tonners and combined
onDeck fleet of Farr 65s and Clipper 68s.
â The Ellen MacArthur Trust (EMT) is the Affair Charity; the EMT Charity Generation is on 4 August.
â The Skandia Cowes Week Ferry overhaul runs from 2 to 9 Aug between Lymington Town Harbour Masters Jetty and Trinity Landing.

Yachting World will be covering all the action from Skandia Cowes Week 2008, which starts 2 August.

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