Round Sheppey race

The Raider's 3.55m wide M20 Vampire had a problem getting round Sheppey in the 2009 Round Sheppey race. The rail bridge linking the island to the mainland is only 3.5m above the water at high water, and unless the Vampire could be there 45 minutes before there was going to be trouble.

With help from spectators William Sunnucks and Ryan Crawford managed to get the boat through with the capsized hull scraping the underside of the bridge.

2009 Archipelago Raid

Raiders William Sunnucks and Simon Farren were third in the Archipelago Raid, an orienteering event in the 100,000 islands between Finland and Sweden. See http://www.archipelagoraid.com/

F18 World Championships

The raid back to England from the F18 World Championships held in Knokke Heist Belgium was cancelled due to strong South Westerly winds. The original plan was to sail to Ramsgate on the Saturday and then on to Brightlingsea on the Sunday accompanied by Dan Hawkes in the 6.3m rib. But force 6-7 SW winds were forecast and the decision was clear.

Raiders sailing in the 180 boat championship fleet included William Sunnucks and Simon Farren (25th), Simon Northrop and Robyn Ford (58th) and Nick Dewhirst (silver fleet).

Ronde om Texel

Raiders Will Sunnucks and Simon Farren took line honours in the 2009 Ronde om Texel race in their M20 Vampire catamaran.

ECPR 2009 - Raiders 1st and 2nd !!!!

The Raiders were sailing this weekend at the annual ECPR the wind was light and fickle all weekend, the main race was very testing and also very nail biting with William and Fraz taking line honours on the M20 Vampire and myself and Finn taking second spot on the water with the "Shocker F18" .
Before the Prizegiving William and I bet that the other had won on corrected time but the winner was revealed and although William won the bet the main ECPR trophy was ours !!!!!

Well done to Finn who stepped in at the last minute and well done to the other Raiders, Hugo finished 24th and n the Colne Point Race Sandy finished a very credible 8th in her catapult in her first ever open on her own !!

2009 Results here http://www.eastcoastpiersrace.com/html/results.htm

Fast Cat Race 2009

Two Raiders teams competed in the 2009 Fast Cat Round the Island Race. Simon Northrop and Robyn Ford took their new Reg White built Shockwave, and William Sunnucks and Simon Farren the new M20 Vampire.