{"id":693,"date":"2013-08-11T07:06:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T07:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2024-08-16T08:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T08:11:28","slug":"tracking-challenger-3-during-the-rolex-fastnet-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/tracking-challenger-3-during-the-rolex-fastnet-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Challenger 3 during the Rolex Fastnet Race"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Challenger 3 Crew ready race<\/p><\/div>\n

Since April the Challenger 3 crew have been training, taking courses and bonding into a tight unit ready to take on next week\u2019s adventure<\/a> in the Rolex Fastnet Race.<\/p>\n

For the sailing followers and armchair admirals once the start is over the race continues online as each boat can be tracked on an interactive map where the mini battles between each sailing class can be played out.
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Live tracking map<\/p><\/div>\n

Since 2013 the links have been updated and RORC have this new page for people to use: http:\/\/www.rolexfastnetrace.com\/Spectators\/spectator-area-overview.html<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

For First Class Sailing\u2019s Challenger 3 crew they will be competing with three other Challenger boats from Tall Ships Limited<\/a>. A race within a race!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe banter between the crews is slowly building,\u201d said Tall Ships Sales Manager, Richard Lloyd-Williams. \u201cThey\u2019ve been competing in training races since April but as the race is so close the competitive edge is starting to show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the most famous off-shore races,\u201d he continued, \u201cand all the sailors will be wearing this experience as a badge of honour. They\u2019ve trained hard, done their courses and now we\u2019ll see how they perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Charlie Tulloch, owner of First Class Sailing, the RYA courses play a vital part. \u201cYou can\u2019t compete in this race unless you know how to sail and have had some good training. The courses we run give people the skills and confidence to take part in historic events such as this.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Yellow Brick 3<\/p><\/div>\n

All competitors in the Rolex Fasnet race are tracked using the Yellowbrick tracker. It works anywhere on Earth and \u2018wakes up\u2019 every 15 minutes to obtain a position using the GPS satellite network. It transmits that position back to an online map, which friends and families and sailing fans will be studying avidly whilst the race is on.<\/p>\n

To follow Challenger 3’s progress during the Fastnet Race, visit Yellowbrick live Race Tracker<\/a> and in the ‘Teams’ menu select IRC CK and you will see all four Challenger teams.<\/p>\n

You can also get updates at our Facebook page<\/a> and take a peek at our Twitter account<\/a>. If you want to experience the thrill and joys of yachting for yourself, why not sign up for one of our RYA sailing courses<\/a>? To get started, call First Class Sailing today on 0203 006 3717.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since April the Challenger 3 crew have been training, taking courses and bonding into a tight unit ready to take on next week\u2019s adventure in the Rolex Fastnet Race. For the sailing followers and armchair admirals once the start is over the race continues online as each boat can be tracked on an interactive map […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fastnet"],"views":3862,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=693"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6897,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/693\/revisions\/6897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}