Trevor's Challenge

Can You Beat Trevor's Round the Island Record?

25th May 2003 - Trevor Cowin/James Bishop - Hobie Tiger

ELAPSED TIME: 6 hours 28 minutes 20 seconds

Wind: North West 4 to 5 (1 to 2 Dreswick Point to PSM)

Sea Conditions: Moderate to rough – West Coast - Choppy, offshore wind – East Coast

SPLIT TIMES (approx.):

Port St Mary to Peel – 1 hour 45 minutes

Peel to Point of Ayre – 1 hour 45 minutes

Port St Mary to Point of Ayre – 3 hours 30 minutes

Point of Ayre to Maughold – 28 minutes

Maughold to Clay Head – 25 minutes

Clay Head to Douglas Head – 25 minutes

Douglas Head to Dreswick Point – 42 minutes

Dreswick Point to Port St Mary – 58 minutes

Point of Ayre to Dreswick Point – 2 hours

Port St Mary to Dreswick Point – 5 hours 30 minutes                  

Average speed  (approx.):

‘Round the Island – 11 knots

Point of Ayre  to Dreswick Point – 13 knots

RECORDS SET:

First  (known) non-stop circumnavigation of the Island by a dinghy class sailing vessel

Fastest  circumnavigation of the Island by a dinghy class sailing vessel

Fastest (known) circumnavigation of the Island by a catamaran (all classes)

Third fastest circumnavigation of the Island by a sailing vessel (all classes)

The Records