Ilvy racing

  • 22 Sep 2025 22:38
    Reply # 13544736 on 13499881
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    I am surprised that there is so little response about this event.

    Even though I am not a racer, I found it to be super exciting to follow it on the web. 
    Ilvy was racing in the keeboats small class. Just look at the crazy things happening when they pass through LilleBelt.

    Hopefully, this link will work...

    Arne

    https://tractrac.com/event-page/event_20250919_Silverrudd/3196


  • 22 Sep 2025 08:06
    Reply # 13544404 on 13499881
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Bonjour Paul

    I suppose that it is a handicap race. If so, how did you get a handicap and what is the value in comparaison of the same boat with a bermudien riging ?

    Eric

    Last modified: 22 Sep 2025 08:06 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 21 Sep 2025 08:16
    Reply # 13544231 on 13499881
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Bravo Paul

    Great result and a achievment of several years of hard work !

    Eric

  • 20 Sep 2025 21:33
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    Ilvy has crossed the line some 15 minutes ago. She had advanced through the 11-boat group since Lillebelt Sound, and won it...

    I bow to the dust...


    Arne

    Last modified: 20 Sep 2025 21:35 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 20 Sep 2025 21:25
    Reply # 13544174 on 13499881

    Ilvy finished 54th! Congratulations Paul!

  • 20 Sep 2025 19:05
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  • 20 Sep 2025 18:51
    Reply # 13544136 on 13499881

    The Silverrudder has a huge resonance in Northern Europe!

    Every year, Yacht Magazine (the most important German nautical magazine, where Pau and Ilvy have already appeared)) features a long article about this competition.

    I imagine a good part of the next issue will be dedicated to Paul and Ilvy, no matter what position they finish in...

    I like to imagine her next participation with a sponsored carbon mast and composite sail... but I have to admit, the thing I like most to imagine is the expression of the participants behind a boat sporting a marvelous yellow homemade junk sail and a lamppost instead of a mast!

    Go Paul!!!!

    Last modified: 20 Sep 2025 18:54 | Anonymous member
  • 20 Sep 2025 17:46
    Reply # 13544123 on 13499881

    Impressive squared!

    Lying 55th, making better than 6 knots with 13 miles to go, and elapsed time more than 32 hours. That's quite a difficult race to complete, in a close packed single handed fleet and a tricky passage through the tight and twisty Lillebaelt on a moonless night.

     

  • 20 Sep 2025 17:04
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    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    What a race!

    I have been following it, on and off for the last 25 hours. At some point, late on yesterday, the last 11 boats lost contact with the rest (64 total in this class). Ilvy struggled on the westward leg, north of Fyn. When I went to bed, I feared she would end up last. Then, as I had a look sometime during the night, Ilvy had started to climb on the list during the very light headwind pass through the Lillebælt sound. Unbelievable! Now, around 6pm, after a long close-hauled leg, they have been able to head more east. Right now, at time 17:54, Ilvy is doing 5.7 kts, around ¾ kts faster than those around her. Only two boats in this 10-boat group are ahead of her.

    Impressive!

    Cheers from my wheelchair,

    Arne


    Last modified: 21 Sep 2025 16:09 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
  • 20 Sep 2025 12:33
    Reply # 13544066 on 13499881

    Thank you for the update Paul.

    Keep going!!!!!!