Privateer takes Division Win In Dubai Muscat Offshore Race
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Privateer #2
Dec 6, 2009, 2:04:34 AM12/6/09
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Privateer takes division 2 in the Dubai to Muscat offshore race.
Privateer the old bird of the J92 fleet i.e. Hull # 2 set out for
Muscat from Dubai Offshore sailing club on the 26th November. The
360NM of the Annual Dubai To Muscat Offshore Race in front of her
which takes in the Arabian gulf and Gulf of Oman .
The start was not exactly what you would call text book and being the
smallest boat in class we watched the fleet disappearing over the
horizon on the first night. Fickle winds and lots of sail changes lead
us up to the straits of Hormuz and we were pleased to hear our main
rivals rush Knot checking in with the Oman coast guard as we went for
“The Gap” meaning we were still in touch.
The usual course of the race is to round the top and reach or run the
remaining 200miles. Not this year ! We stayed close hauled most of the
way choosing to stay offshore and declining the invitation of
potential land breezes. This proved to be the decisive in staying with
the breeze. Despite sitting outside Muscat for a frustrating 7hrs we
pulled into Marina Bander Rowda in Muscat not only IRC Handicap
winners for division 2 but first over the water in our division. A
fleet including a Seaquest 32,Beanteau 36.7 and a Fast 42. We also
managed 4th place overall in IRC .
A Big Thanks to the crew Who included Matt Britton(owner and
Skipper), Ryan (sundowner) Bray, Caroline(pooh sticks)Lassen , Teagan
(Pasty)Rowlands and Josie(on Deck) Walsh.
Matt Britton
Privateer the old bird of the J92 fleet i.e. Hull # 2 set out for
Muscat from Dubai Offshore sailing club on the 26th November. The
360NM of the Annual Dubai To Muscat Offshore Race in front of her
which takes in the Arabian gulf and Gulf of Oman .
The start was not exactly what you would call text book and being the
smallest boat in class we watched the fleet disappearing over the
horizon on the first night. Fickle winds and lots of sail changes lead
us up to the straits of Hormuz and we were pleased to hear our main
rivals rush Knot checking in with the Oman coast guard as we went for
“The Gap” meaning we were still in touch.
The usual course of the race is to round the top and reach or run the
remaining 200miles. Not this year ! We stayed close hauled most of the
way choosing to stay offshore and declining the invitation of
potential land breezes. This proved to be the decisive in staying with
the breeze. Despite sitting outside Muscat for a frustrating 7hrs we
pulled into Marina Bander Rowda in Muscat not only IRC Handicap
winners for division 2 but first over the water in our division. A
fleet including a Seaquest 32,Beanteau 36.7 and a Fast 42. We also
managed 4th place overall in IRC .
A Big Thanks to the crew Who included Matt Britton(owner and
Skipper), Ryan (sundowner) Bray, Caroline(pooh sticks)Lassen , Teagan
(Pasty)Rowlands and Josie(on Deck) Walsh.
Matt Britton
Todd Aven
Dec 6, 2009, 8:35:24 AM12/6/09
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Congratulations to Team Privateer! Well done!
On a more prosaic level, I would be interested to hear a little bit
about how you provisioned and prepared food and drink. That is the
thing that currently keeps me from longer events.
Thanks,
Todd
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On a more prosaic level, I would be interested to hear a little bit
about how you provisioned and prepared food and drink. That is the
thing that currently keeps me from longer events.
Thanks,
Todd
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Colin Mann
Dec 6, 2009, 8:41:20 AM12/6/09
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Wow! Fantastic result. Congratulations from all the Poohsticks crew on
board Privateer's slightly younger sister (hull #8)!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Privateer #2" <matt...@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:04 AM
Subject: [j92owners] Privateer takes Division Win In Dubai Muscat Offshore
Race
Privateer takes division 2 in the Dubai to Muscat offshore race.
Privateer the old bird of the J92 fleet i.e. Hull # 2 set out for
Muscat from Dubai Offshore sailing club on the 26th November. The
360NM of the Annual Dubai To Muscat Offshore Race in front of her
which takes in the Arabian gulf and Gulf of Oman .
The start was not exactly what you would call text book and being the
smallest boat in class we watched the fleet disappearing over the
horizon on the first night. Fickle winds and lots of sail changes lead
us up to the straits of Hormuz and we were pleased to hear our main
rivals rush Knot checking in with the Oman coast guard as we went for
�The Gap� meaning we were still in touch.
board Privateer's slightly younger sister (hull #8)!
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From: "Privateer #2" <matt...@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:04 AM
Subject: [j92owners] Privateer takes Division Win In Dubai Muscat Offshore
Race
Privateer takes division 2 in the Dubai to Muscat offshore race.
Privateer the old bird of the J92 fleet i.e. Hull # 2 set out for
Muscat from Dubai Offshore sailing club on the 26th November. The
360NM of the Annual Dubai To Muscat Offshore Race in front of her
which takes in the Arabian gulf and Gulf of Oman .
The start was not exactly what you would call text book and being the
smallest boat in class we watched the fleet disappearing over the
horizon on the first night. Fickle winds and lots of sail changes lead
us up to the straits of Hormuz and we were pleased to hear our main
rivals rush Knot checking in with the Oman coast guard as we went for
The usual course of the race is to round the top and reach or run the
remaining 200miles. Not this year ! We stayed close hauled most of the
way choosing to stay offshore and declining the invitation of
potential land breezes. This proved to be the decisive in staying with
the breeze. Despite sitting outside Muscat for a frustrating 7hrs we
pulled into Marina Bander Rowda in Muscat not only IRC Handicap
winners for division 2 but first over the water in our division. A
fleet including a Seaquest 32,Beanteau 36.7 and a Fast 42. We also
managed 4th place overall in IRC .
A Big Thanks to the crew Who included Matt Britton(owner and
Skipper), Ryan (sundowner) Bray, Caroline(pooh sticks)Lassen , Teagan
(Pasty)Rowlands and Josie(on Deck) Walsh.
Matt Britton
remaining 200miles. Not this year ! We stayed close hauled most of the
way choosing to stay offshore and declining the invitation of
potential land breezes. This proved to be the decisive in staying with
the breeze. Despite sitting outside Muscat for a frustrating 7hrs we
pulled into Marina Bander Rowda in Muscat not only IRC Handicap
winners for division 2 but first over the water in our division. A
fleet including a Seaquest 32,Beanteau 36.7 and a Fast 42. We also
managed 4th place overall in IRC .
A Big Thanks to the crew Who included Matt Britton(owner and
Skipper), Ryan (sundowner) Bray, Caroline(pooh sticks)Lassen , Teagan
(Pasty)Rowlands and Josie(on Deck) Walsh.
Matt Britton
Privateer #2
Dec 7, 2009, 3:12:19 AM12/7/09
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Thanks Todd
Here are some thoughts and ideas on how we did it. I am sure there are
plenty more ideas in the fleet and i would also like to hear peoples
solutions so we can refine our methods(always masses of room for
improvement)
As far as provisioning the boat goes my first advise is to go light
handed we sailed with 5 onboard i think 6 would be an absolute max
Before i start with food and prep i think it is worth mentioning that
i believe our galley area has a slightly different layout to
production boats as at some point in her history the sink(never really
used) was moved out board and a gimbaled stove hung in its old spot
(easy access to the gas).
We were planing on a 4 day trip so i simlpy ask each crew member to
provide 1 evening meal and 1 lunch. also i asked them each to bring 20
snacks i.e 1 per day per person from each crew member. This is my
really bad weather food source in case it is to hectic to heat the
food. Also this is really good to keep the night shift going.
We live in a fairly warm country but even so the first 2 or 3 evening
meals can be prepared in advance(pot noodles not required)
our meal plan was
full english breakfast in the club house before departure(very
important)
Day 1 evening meal precooked beef stew wrapped in foil tray and
tin foil only needed minimal heating( 1 pan)
Day 2 Lunch -Ham and cheese rolls made fresh. evening meal- freshly
made rissoto pre chopped onion and garlic fried in pan in butter then
add rice cover with water and stir occationally. Finish with pre
grated parmisan cheese.
Day3 Lunch-Home made pasties Evening meal- Another stew this
time Lamb (this was pre cooked and frozen and did not defrost till
this point) with instant mash)
Day4 Lunch- wraps made from a premixed tuna with peppers an stuff
(keep in the cuborard office lunch type deal). Evening meal- Stuffed
pasta(semi fresh not dried) and pesto with choritzo sausage chopped
into it.
And in reserve we had a packet of pasta and jar of pasta sauce and
some cus cus
Breakfast was cereal and cereal bars but porrigde and bacon butties
are also easy to do we just could not be faffed.
Milk i would recommend small kiddie cartons of longlife as these do
not need to be kept cool and you dont have half empty bottles or
cartons kicking about 1 250 or 300ml will do two rounds of brews or 2
peoples cereal. Sugar or sweetener in small cafe type packets as found
in most sailing clubs with a coffee machine.
For drinks i cannot live for long without coffee so that was a
priority i would advise each crew member bringing there own thermal
mug so it is easy to distinguish. We also marked up the regular order
on each with gaffer tape.
1 tip for making brews in any kind of sea is if the mugs have r type
handle they hook onto the access to the sink through hull really
well!!
We also had an Airpot(big thermos with push button on top and spout)
which got made up each evening to make coffee easier at night.and
bungeed this on a step in the companion way.
I do not tend to use the water tanks on a trip like this but prefer to
go for bottled water but that is personal preference.
Food was stowed in 2 plastic boxes next to each other on the floor
with the liferaft across the floor in forward and a cool box behind
the companion way ladder.
Crew kit is probably the biggest consideration and i give my crew a
small bag each to control what comes on board(i do have more than 50%
females)
.Being organised also helps a lot an organizer bag above the galley
with pockets for cutlery ,coffee, sugar, baby wipes makes life much
easier.
also when you box up let the crew know where things like snacks are so
they don't have to empty everything.
Also another tip if you do have a 2 pan meal we carry 2 plastic tubs 1
slightly smaller than the other cooked food in the inside one and a
little hot water in the outside one keeps first thinks cooked warm
will you finish the second part.
We ate really well and i find people get obsessed with freeze dried
stuff and rubbish food "Eating well means you sail fast" thats what i
say.
I have rambled on far to long but any questions give me a shout and i
repeat anybody with ideas please chip in!!
Matt
On Dec 6, 5:35 pm, Todd Aven <t...@avenshaven.net> wrote:
> Congratulations to Team Privateer! Well done!
>
> On a more prosaic level, I would be interested to hear a little bit
> about how you provisioned and prepared food and drink. That is the
> thing that currently keeps me from longer events.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 2:04 AM, "Privateer #2" <mattbe...@hotmail.com>
Here are some thoughts and ideas on how we did it. I am sure there are
plenty more ideas in the fleet and i would also like to hear peoples
solutions so we can refine our methods(always masses of room for
improvement)
As far as provisioning the boat goes my first advise is to go light
handed we sailed with 5 onboard i think 6 would be an absolute max
Before i start with food and prep i think it is worth mentioning that
i believe our galley area has a slightly different layout to
production boats as at some point in her history the sink(never really
used) was moved out board and a gimbaled stove hung in its old spot
(easy access to the gas).
We were planing on a 4 day trip so i simlpy ask each crew member to
provide 1 evening meal and 1 lunch. also i asked them each to bring 20
snacks i.e 1 per day per person from each crew member. This is my
really bad weather food source in case it is to hectic to heat the
food. Also this is really good to keep the night shift going.
We live in a fairly warm country but even so the first 2 or 3 evening
meals can be prepared in advance(pot noodles not required)
our meal plan was
full english breakfast in the club house before departure(very
important)
Day 1 evening meal precooked beef stew wrapped in foil tray and
tin foil only needed minimal heating( 1 pan)
Day 2 Lunch -Ham and cheese rolls made fresh. evening meal- freshly
made rissoto pre chopped onion and garlic fried in pan in butter then
add rice cover with water and stir occationally. Finish with pre
grated parmisan cheese.
Day3 Lunch-Home made pasties Evening meal- Another stew this
time Lamb (this was pre cooked and frozen and did not defrost till
this point) with instant mash)
Day4 Lunch- wraps made from a premixed tuna with peppers an stuff
(keep in the cuborard office lunch type deal). Evening meal- Stuffed
pasta(semi fresh not dried) and pesto with choritzo sausage chopped
into it.
And in reserve we had a packet of pasta and jar of pasta sauce and
some cus cus
Breakfast was cereal and cereal bars but porrigde and bacon butties
are also easy to do we just could not be faffed.
Milk i would recommend small kiddie cartons of longlife as these do
not need to be kept cool and you dont have half empty bottles or
cartons kicking about 1 250 or 300ml will do two rounds of brews or 2
peoples cereal. Sugar or sweetener in small cafe type packets as found
in most sailing clubs with a coffee machine.
For drinks i cannot live for long without coffee so that was a
priority i would advise each crew member bringing there own thermal
mug so it is easy to distinguish. We also marked up the regular order
on each with gaffer tape.
1 tip for making brews in any kind of sea is if the mugs have r type
handle they hook onto the access to the sink through hull really
well!!
We also had an Airpot(big thermos with push button on top and spout)
which got made up each evening to make coffee easier at night.and
bungeed this on a step in the companion way.
I do not tend to use the water tanks on a trip like this but prefer to
go for bottled water but that is personal preference.
Food was stowed in 2 plastic boxes next to each other on the floor
with the liferaft across the floor in forward and a cool box behind
the companion way ladder.
Crew kit is probably the biggest consideration and i give my crew a
small bag each to control what comes on board(i do have more than 50%
females)
.Being organised also helps a lot an organizer bag above the galley
with pockets for cutlery ,coffee, sugar, baby wipes makes life much
easier.
also when you box up let the crew know where things like snacks are so
they don't have to empty everything.
Also another tip if you do have a 2 pan meal we carry 2 plastic tubs 1
slightly smaller than the other cooked food in the inside one and a
little hot water in the outside one keeps first thinks cooked warm
will you finish the second part.
We ate really well and i find people get obsessed with freeze dried
stuff and rubbish food "Eating well means you sail fast" thats what i
say.
I have rambled on far to long but any questions give me a shout and i
repeat anybody with ideas please chip in!!
Matt
On Dec 6, 5:35 pm, Todd Aven <t...@avenshaven.net> wrote:
> Congratulations to Team Privateer! Well done!
>
> On a more prosaic level, I would be interested to hear a little bit
> about how you provisioned and prepared food and drink. That is the
> thing that currently keeps me from longer events.
>
> Thanks,
> Todd
>
Trenter Ellis
Dec 7, 2009, 6:31:16 AM12/7/09
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Well done Matt and Privateer! Proof once again that in light conditions a classic J/92 is hard to beat.
I saw from the picture you have a very big No1 - 155%?
Cheers,
Trenter
> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:04:34 -0800
I saw from the picture you have a very big No1 - 155%?
Cheers,
Trenter
> Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 23:04:34 -0800
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