B&G IS RACE PARTNER
HOMENEWSBOATBUILDINGELECTRONICSB&G IS RACE PARTNER
31 Mar 2020
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The Lonely Rock will be the race turning point: Photo credit: Royal Western Yacht Club
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B&G has signed to be a race partner for the Royal Western Yacht Club’s new Lonely Rock Race.
The race, seen by many as an alternative to the famous Fastnet Race, is due to start in August 2020 and be held on a biannual basis.
The course will start from the vicinity of Ryde in the Eastern Solent, past the Isles of Scilly, round the Fastnet Rock, past the Isles of Scilly again and finish in Plymouth Sound.
“We are delighted to be partnering with this event, B&G has been helping sailors race from Cowes around the Lonely Rock and back to Plymouth since 1955,” said Simon Conder, head of B&G. “It has been a big part of our heritage and our own brand story, so it is great to be able to support and be a part of the team in keeping this great race course going for many years to come, as it has for so many years before.”
Course insight
B&G will also help in providing an insight to the course and the weather forecast during the skippers’ briefing which will be held at the Royal Victoria Yacht Club.
“Whilst we are fully aware of the increasingly difficult and worrying times ahead with COVID-19, we feel it is important to have something to look forward to and we continue to plan for the Lonely Rock Race for now or in the future should this be necessary,” said Chris Arscott, commodore of the Royal Western Yacht Club and race director of the Lonely Rock Race 2020.
The race will be held in association with The Royal Victoria Yacht Club and will have an emphasis on club sailors.
It will be open to mono and multihull yachts between 30 and 60ft in length.