The Fastnet race was the Brainchild of

Ewan Boyle who was the founder of the

Drumpellier Model Yacht club (now

ceased). The idea was to have an

endurance race (Like the full sized Fastnet)

around a course with each session lasting

half an hour. At the end of each lap the

skipper would collect a token. The race

was open to all classes of yachts, and a

handicap system was applied at the end to

find the winner. Unfortunately the event

was dropped from the district sailing calendar until Brechin was formed and they

picked up the event which at the time suited their sailing water, that is until yesterday.

 

Brechin have altered the handicap system by introducing factors such as the age of the skipper and the age of the design (to win you must be old and have an older design!!)

On Saturday 22nd of May nineteen skippers from all over Scotland converged on Brechin Castle centre to enjoy the hospitality of the local club and their superb on site café.

Ralph Knowles and his race team of local members, Jimmy Rodger and Alec Burnett held the race briefing at 10:00. Ralph reminded us that it was a fun event and an endurance race.

The wind was from the Southwest and around 6 mph, the course to be sailed was a rectangle with a gate to pass through at the end of each lap where the skipper collected a token