The South Coast Offshore Racing Association (SCORA) has cancelled its Fastnet Race scheduled to start, in conjunction with Kinsale Yacht Club, this Friday from Kinsale, due to weather, but this time because the forecast conditions are too light!
It is the second time this season the race has been cancelled. As regular Afloat readers will recall, the race was cancelled in July due to the "huge number of sailors from the South Coast competing in the Rolex Fastnet Race".
Commodore Daragh Connolly took a poll of competitors this week, advising them that the organising committee had been watching the weather and “all forecasting is pointing to a very soft few days of breeze of zero to 8 knots, noting a strong tide.”
He offered three options – race to the Fastnet as planned, an alternative to race to the Kowloon Cardinal Mark on the West Cork coast, or postpone to a later date.
Those entered opted for deferral.
“We will defer the UK Sailmakers Ireland Fastnet Race until presented with a better weather forecast following discussion with competitors,” was the decision after the poll.
