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We’ve got our spreadsheets out to analyse the last two years of Round The Island Race race times and information. The reason behind it is that we were interested to know what we should be aiming for this year and after all the work thought it worthy of being published. We would have analysed the whole four years of data available but thought that two would probably be enough to satisfy curiosity.

Weather
As you read through the results below you will find that the completion times for 2008 and 2009 vary significantly. This is because of the weather. 2009 was a relatively low wind year and 2008 a much better year for wind.

2008
08h00 – 16-18kts – Start line
Building through the afternoon to 23kts

2009
Forecast was 7-10kts building up later on to 15kts in the late afternoon, W to SW.
Actual wind from on board Vortex
08h00 6.6kts – Start line
10h00 11.4kts – Needles
12h00 12.8kts – Approaching St Cats
Source: http://www.vortexsailing.com/RTIReport2009.pdf

Tables available below:
-Overall four year shortest, average, and longest times
-Entries/class: 2006-2009
-Elapsed time per class: Shortest, average, and Longest 2008-2009
-Corrected time per class: Shortest, average, and Longest 2008-2009
-Elapsed time per boat type/model: Shortest, average, and Longest 2008-2009
-Corrected time per boat type/model: Shortest, average, and Longest 2008-2009
-Average overall position per class: 2006-2009
-Most unlucky boat types/model where there were 10+ of same model: 2006-2009

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