Less Than 100 Miles To Go

There are less than 100 miles to go in the 2010 Shetland Round Britain and Ireland Race, sponsored by Shetland Islands Council.

SunGard Front Arena, an Italian entered Class 40 skippered by Marco Nannini and Paul Peggs, is still in front.

After almost 2,000 miles of hard racing, only 10 miles separates 2nd place Fujifilm, skippered by Alex Bennett and Malcolm Dickinson, from the lead boat from.

Battling it out for third place are Phesheya-Racing and Solo. 

The first four yachts are all Class 40’s, but IRC  Class 1 Roaring Again, skippered by Hans Plas and Robin Verhoef from the Netherlands is just to the south of the leading pack. However it doesn’t look like the strategy has paid off as they are now averaging slightly slower than the Class 40s

The leading multihull is the trimaran Paradox, skippered by Will Claxton and Matt Gill, built by Cornwall-based Multimarine Composites. Latest tracking satellite tracking information places it between Hastings and Eastbourne.

Best estimates have the first boat to cross the line in Plymouth Sound between 1.00 and 3.00 tomorrow morning (Friday 25 June). You can get a visual reference of where the race leaders and all other competitors are on our race tracker page.

All of the competitors will be welcomed to Plymouth’s Royal Western Yacht Club at Queen Anne’s battery, at whatever hour of the night or day they make it in.