Probably there will be tracking on the official website ?

For anyone interested, there is a lengthy article of Ilvy participating in the Silverrudder 2025 in the recently published magazine #99.

Bonsoir Paul

The most important issue on this sort of single handed long time race is the tireness and obviously you performed very well as the end of you race was very performant. 

In order to preserve yourself it is better to set the auto-pilot almost all the time. Hand stering is more efficient, when tired, only if you are on a reaching course in the swell to prevent broaching. 

It is more important to check, and adjust if necessary, the sheet, sterring angle... frequently.

When you are near an other boat you always have the feeling that she is going more in the wind than you are because with the heeling, you consider the boat axis to be more to windward than it is realy.

It's just a optical illusion due to the fack that he boat (if not a scow) is wider at the stern than at the bow. 

Eric

Mark, see you at the starting line in 2026? ;-)

Bonsoir

As an experienced ex-racer, I had a sharp view on the race and the data available.

First, thank you Paul for the work you are achieving. 

Unfortunately, The « odd » boat moment in the price giving ceremony was taken by an interesting yellow prao with a crab claw rigging.

Second, Ilvy was the smallest boat in the "smallboat" category. It is definitly not good when it is not a handicap race ! 

Third, the small boat category is THE category with a lot of professionals, boats prepared by the shipyard,, superbe sets of sails… and this year the Beneteau world championship for the First 27SE (16 boats), a dedicated racing boat....

At Start, Paul went to the rear of the fleet before the start and was unable to reach to starting line on time because he had the tide against him. He is not the first, and not the only one on this race, to be trapped ! But it seemed that the boats ahead were faster.

Most of the first part of the race towards the northern end of the Island was headwind or almost headwind. Ilvy performances were un-even and I suspect that she might have been over-sheeted by time. When the boat was well trimmed, her track and speed were very similar to those of the surrounding pointy boats.

I'm working on a comparison with the IF boat "LAILA". Its interesting because both boats are taking the lead alternatively. 

At the northern end, Ilvy is rather at the back of the fleet. But a "passage a niveau" - "level crossing" with light headwinds against tide stopped the end of the fleet for several hours.

Then a "new start » for this group, ,headwind again as the wind had shift to the south.

Then, Ilvy was in the first group to succeed to pass the gate, but a few boats flew away a little. Then Ilvy started to overcome all the boats one by one and finished ahead of this group of boat.

They arrived at the finishing line almost at the tide shift and a boat just behind Ilvy (Maraca) didn’t succeed in crossing the line and resigned. 

Some good shots of Ilvy on https://portals.wetransfer.com/portals/a5ea8dc6-a5d2-4b1d-a0f3-0a059242f588

Eric