This the big one! As you can see below the relay has been divided up into 14 week-long legs so that the maximum number of boats can take part. The finish date has been pushed out in order to allow those boats doing the East Coast Race sufficient time to make their way to the Hamble to join in with the finish celebrations, should they wish to. Space has been booked with MDL for the start and finish at Hamble Point.

Leg	Start date	Ports	Approx dist.	Boats taking part -
1	22nd May	Hamble Point to Dover	120 miles	A162, A17
2	29th May	Dover to Great Yarmouth	95 miles	A105, A183, A121, A17
3	5th June	Great Yarmouth to Grimsby	96 miles	A137, A121
4	12th June	Grimsby to Tynemouth	123 miles	A104, A137
5	19th June	Tynemouth to Anstruther	90 miles	A104, A137, A31/6
6	26th June	Anstruther to Peterhead	90 miles	A137, A31/6
7	3rd July	Peterhead to Inverness	100 miles	A137, A31/6
8	10th July	Inverness to Oban	90 miles	A137, A31/6
9	17th July	Oban to Largs	90 miles	A137, A31/6, A147
10	24th July	Largs to Peel IOM	100 miles	A90, A137
11	31st July	Peel to Caernarvon	90 miles	A90, T4, A137
12	7th August	Caernarvon to Milford Haven	130 miles	T10, A137
13	14th August	Milford Haven to Falmouth	148 miles	T10, A137, A9
14	21st August	Falmouth to Hamble Point	160 miles	T10, A105, A39, A137, A9
		Finish 28th August

The aim is to have as many boats as possible join on the last leg, perhaps from Weymouth, and have the flotilla arrive together at Hamble Point. To include your boat in any (or all ??) of these legs please send a private message to the Project Manager (username A39). For members who are restoring boats and would like to sail an Atalanta there are bound to be crewing opportunities, too.

We still need help with several aspects of the Round Britain Relay, especially arranging publicity and sponsorship. If you can help in these areas please do contact A39.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 28 February 2010 21:00 )