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Prizegiving 2008 race
During the open day of our sponsor  Kemper & Van Twist the IRC cup of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile DH race was handed over to proud winner Kees de Walle, skipper of Fandango. He received the cup from host and sponsor Rob de Wijs in company of competitors of this years race. Race organiser Jules Bänffer interviewed the winner ánd fellow competitors to give an idea about the race to the present visitors of the open day.

In this years 1000-mile DH race Fandango was unbeatable. She won all five legs on IRC. Skipper De Walle and his co skippers worked hard for their victory: "When I'm sailing a race, I look for the limits of me, my co-skipper and my ship. After a couple of days offshore you have found these limits and have to work very hard to keep them high. I have pushed my crew and myself to find the energy for every sailchange and tactical move. I am proud of the result!".


In next years 1000-mile DH race, Fandango will be thé boat to beat. Everyone who dares this challenge, should join the race!
Check this website for more information.
041008 | bron: 1000mile.org | Dordrecht
 
Launch 2009 Edition
We are very proud to announce the next edition, the third in a row, of the 1000-mile DOUBLEHANDED RACE. The 14th of June 2009 at noon (EST) the race will start in Scheveningen and the boats will be heading towards Bergen and Lerwick. Read more about the race and how to participate on the 2009 Info page

From today the Notice of Race is available for download from the Race Documents page. For more detailed information, please contact race (at) 1000mile.org.
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last leg in pictures
Photos of the last leg of the Lombardini Marine 1000 Mile Doublehanded Race.


Jager in Bergen, Norway.




Wolfies Toy in rough weather




More waves


It looks cosier from the inside..

060708 | bron: 1000mile.org | North Sea
 
Overall results after leg 4
While Fandango, Jager, Vijaya, Le Tournesol and Lion King are still on their way to Stavanger in leg 5, the overall winner cannot be moved from his thrown anymore. After an increadible steady race with the best results every leg, the race committee is proud to pronounce that Fandango is the Overall winner of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race!
On his website the winning skipper Kees de Walle reports:
"The fourth leg was superb. We were first again and have worked hard for it. Because of the showers it was a constant change between gennaker and genua 3. We took the max out of it and could reach a topspeed of 17.07 knots!"

A great video of Fandango in leg 4 can be watched online! 
260608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Bergen, Norway
 
Change of race!
Due to the postponed fourth leg the race committee has decided to change the fifth leg of the Lombardini 1000-mile Doublehanded Race. Most competitors have to be back home this weekend after three weeks sailing. We have spoken about a couple of options of which one was to skip the fifth leg. Luckily the 1000-mile racers are tough competitors who want to do what they came for. The fifth leg will be sailed! Tomorrow morning (June 25th)  at 09:00 o'clock (CET) five yachts will race 90 nm. from Bergen to Stavanger. The finish in Stavanger will be the finish of this year's 1000 mile race.

The race committee regrets this situation, especially for the people in Newcastle. After leg 1 our competitors have been treated like VIP's over there.
250608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Bergen, Norway
 
Overall results after leg 3
230608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Lerwick, UK
 
1000mile.org greets online competitors!
While the remaining eight yachts of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race started the fourth leg in Lerwick this afternoon, 259 online sailors switched on their computers to sail the same leg online! The big difference: where our 16 sailors are now on the Northsea challenging wind, water, 10 degrees and weariness, the online sailors sit in their lazy chair, in about 22 degrees and a cold beer. Still, the race committee welcomes this new group of 1000-mile competitors. We're proud to grow from 8 to 250+ participants!

Check the website sailonline.org to see what online sailing is about.
230608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
Start leg 4 postponed
The start of leg 4 (Lerwick - Bergen) has been postponed 24 hours due to a gale warning.

New start is scheduled to Monday 23rd at 11:00 local time (GMT+1).
220608 | bron: shetland-race.no | Lerwick, UK
 
Fandango wins again!
Last year's runner up is working hard to be this years champion: Fandango doesn't give anything away. With their third IRC win in three legs we wonder which one of the competitors can beat skipper Kees de Walle and co-skipper Elvira Luykx. Of course anything is possible, but when Fandango wins the fourth leg again, they will definitely be the overall winners of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race 2008!

The Line Honours of leg 3 went to Wolfies Toy. They sailed from Bergen to Lerwick just under 24 hours (23:48:30) and were the fastest yacht in the Bergen Shetland races to race the track.

Results IRC leg 3(Bergen - Lerwick)
Pos Yacht              Sailing time   Corr. time
1.    Fandango       25:18:32      25:27:39
2.    Jager              26:17:29      26:06:26
3.    Vijaya             26:01:58      26:42:35
4.    Greyhound     25:24:59      26:56:29
5.    Lion king         25:08:12      28:24:16
6.    Farvide           25:50:58      29:01:44
7.    Le Tournesol  31:09:04      29:48:42
8.    Wolfies Toy     23:48:30     30:39:54

IRC winner Fandango in leg 2
210608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Lerwick, UK
 
Leg 3 has started
This afternoon the third leg of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race has started. This third leg is also the first leg of the Shetland-Bergen race in which the 1000-mile competitors participate. The finish will be in Lerwick, 'capital' of the beautiful Shetland islands.

Check the official race website of Shetland-Bergen race 2008
180608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Bergen, Norway
 
Final results of Leg 2 (Newcastle - Bergen)
IRC  (hrs min sec)

1 - FANDANGO - 70 39 36
2 - JAGER -  70 45 15
3 - VIJAYA - 72 27 9
4 - GREYHOUND - 72 46 42
5 - FARVIDE - 78 57 8
6 - LIONKING - 79 38 9
7 - WOLFIES TOY - 88 31 48
8 - LE TOURNESOL - DNF
9 - MEKA II - DNS
10 - HAYAJ DNS
160608 | bron: shorthanded.nl | Bergen - Norway
 
Line honours leg 2: a big surprise!
Last Thursday the 1000-mile fleet started in Newcastle for the 400+ miles to Bergen. Hayai stayed in Newcastle, because skipper Nico Budel has other (solo) plans in the south of England. Unfortunately Meka II has also retired from the race.

The second leg has been totally different than the first. We will tell you the stories of the competitors later, but the Line Honours tell a story of it's own. A Dehler 39 (Greyhound)  has won from an open 50 (Wolfies Toy) on line honour.

Line Honours leg 2
Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race
1. Greyhound (08:39:32)
2. Wolfies Toy (08:44:04)
3. Fandango (10:14:19)
4. Farvide (10:18:17)
5. Lion King (10:28:27)
6. Vijaya (10:36:59)
7. Jager (11:15:11)
Arrival time between brackets
150608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Bergen
 
Fighting for line honours in leg 1
It was a close finish yesterday afternoon. The two fastest boats of the fleet had to work very hard to cross the finishline in Newcastle first. With a time difference of only 12 minutes after 260 nm, the Belgian open 50 Wolfies Toy took the Line Honours just before Nico Budel's open 40 Hayai. The third boat to cross the finishline was Greyhound. The last yacht, Le Tournesol, arrived in Newcastle 24 hrs later than Wolfies Toy.

IRC winner
With baskets full of Newcastle specialties, the harbourmaster treated the 1000-mile competitors during the prize giving. The most important prize went to Fandango, by winning leg 1 on IRC handicap. Runner up is Greyhound, followed by Jager.

The first leg was one the competitors will not easily forget. During the 260 nm. all weatherconditions passed by: fog, sun, rain, wind (changing from 0 to 25 knots coming from all directions) and changing temperatures. From sailing with reefed mainsail and high aspect to full main under spinaker to rowing with all sails down. That can only happen during the Lombardini Marine 1000 mile Doublehanded Race...

Results Leg 1 Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race

Line Honours Leg 1
1. Wolfies Toy   51:05:00
2. Hayai            51:18:26
3. Greyhound    51:59:00

IRC Leg 1
1. Fandango       54:25:26
2. Greyhound     55:06:08
3. Jager              56:56:27

The full results will be published later on.

Waiting for wind (c) 1000mile.org - crew Jager


Lion King hunting for Jager? (c) 1000mile.org - crew Jager


Or Jager hunting for Lion King? (c) 1000mile.org - crew Lion Kin
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Afternoon dip and halfway point reached
In the first night on the Northsea most yachts reached speeds up to seven knots, untill this morning... All competitors reached an airless area off the coast of England where all ten yachts could not make any progress by sail anymore. Although we did not have contact with the fleet, it could have happened that some competitors did use their oars to row through the windless area. This special rule is permitted in the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race. In last year's edition some boats did use their oars and could reach speeds up to 2,5 knots, so it can make a difference!

This late afternoon Wolfies Toy was the first to reach the 130 mile distance to Newcastle. By reaching that point they are halfway leg 1. Unfortunately it seems that Hajay's tracker has some problems, because she is still not making progress from the airless area. Wolfies Toy (open 50) and Hajay (open 40) are the two fastest boats in the fleet and both sailing to win the line honours.
090608 | bron: 1000mile.org | 
 
Off they go!
With just a bit of wind and a view of only 500 meter, this year's Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race has started! Ten yachts were on the startline off the coast of Scheveningen this morning. The first yacht to round the upwind buoy was Vijaya. A good start, but with about 260 miles to go only time will tell if their start was good enough to win this leg. In last year's edition the IRC results were very close. Sometimes the difference was less than one minute between the competitors.

Visitors of this website can follow the competitors online. Every two hours the trackers on board send data to the race chart.

Start leg 1: Scheveningen (Ned) - Newcastle (UK)

Vijaya first to round the upwind buoy

Pictures (c) Tom Broekhuijsen - 1000Mile.org
080608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Scheveningen
 
Historic starting vessel
Like last year, the beautiful historic lifeboat JohannaLouisa of the Dutch Sea Rescue Organization will be our starting vessel. This former lifeboat has saved the lives of many sailors in distress in the period 1969 to 1993. Of course we hope this old lady will only be used to start the first leg of the 1000 mile race next Sunday...
030608 | bron: 1000mile.org | Scheveningen
 
SWAN55 Charters supporting
We thank the owners of the beautiful restored Swan classic the 55' ft Ellinor for their support to the 1000-mile DHR. She will be available as spectator vessel during the start in Scheveningen. If you are interested in viewing the start please e-mail the race committee to make a reservation. Also see: www.swan55.nl
290508 | bron: 1000mile.org | Scheveningen
 
Jackets for the crew of the first 5 boats in Lerwick!
The local Shetland Race Committee has a sponsor for this year’s event at Lerwick.  It is the dredging company that is dredging* Lerwick Harbour – Westminster Dredging Company  – the UK arm of Boskalis Dredging of the Netherlands.
The sponsor would also like to present jackets to the first five 1000Mile yachts at Lerwick (2 jackets per yacht)

* About this dredging activity in Lerwick harbour you will be informed  later.

200508 | bron: Lerwick harbour Authority | Lerwick
 
Hayai in the race
The race committee welcomes the latest entry in the 1000-mile DH Race, Hayai. Skipper Nico Budel has competed successfully in races like the Ostar, Round Britain and Ireland, Petit Bateau and Fastnet. With the entry Hayai, the total number of entries adds up to 19 yachts from The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway and UK. Six of them have sailed the 1000-mile DH race last year. If that will be an advantage, we will see in a couple of weeks…
190508 | bron: 1000mile.org | Scheveningen
 
STAR Tracking on board
Like last year, all competing yachts will be supplied with a STAR Tracking satellite transceiver. During the race, the transceivers will send positions every three hours. On the race website 1000mile.org visitors can follow the yachts 24 hrs a day. This feature is made possible by STAR Tracking, Lerwick Port Authority and SWETS CAMPIONI Electronic Publishing.
190508 | bron: 1000mile.org | Amsterdam
 
Lia Ditton wants to sail 1000 miles ... with you!
Route du Rhum and Ostar sailor Lia Ditton wants to join the Lombardini Marine 1000 Mile Race. The problem is that she does not have a yacht for the race. For that reason she is very interested to co-skipper with one of the competitors. When you are looking for an experienced ocean sailor, write an e-mail to the race committee and tell us why Lia has to join you on the 1000 mile Doublehanded.
090508 | bron: 1000mile.org | Amsterdam
 
No speed records during 50 Mile Doublehanded
The 2nd edition of the 50 Mile Doublehanded Race on the Dutch IJsselmeer
was held on 19 April under light weather conditions. During the race
the winds did not climb above 10 knots. Still, the winner, the trimaran
Trigger, only needed 6:35:50 hours for the 50 miles. The last boat
crossed the finish line in 11:27:02 hours. Nineteen of the
seventy-seven competitors could not be patient enough to handle the
light winds and did not cross the finish line under sail.

Almost the entire race committee of the 1000 Mile
Doublehanded joined the race and was impressed by the tough competition
and great sailing of many participants. We hope that some of them will
join the 100 and 1000 mile doublehanded races.
010508 | bron: 50mijls.nl | 
 
Initiatiefnemers 1000 mijl Doublehanded bezoeken hoofdsponsor
Dick Koopmans en Jules Bänffer hebben een bezoek gebracht aan hoofdsponsor  Kemper en Van Twist Diesel BV. Tijdens het bezoek is vooral gesproken over publiciteitsacties voor, tijdens en na de 1000 mijl Doublehanded.



Kemper en Van Twist hebben als hoofdsponsor o.a. het recht verworven om de naam van het evenement te bepalen. De firma heeft gekozen om het motorenmerk Lombardini Marine aan het evenement te koppelen. Initiator bij Kemper en Van Twist van dit project Jeroen van Liefland: "De Lombardini Marine 1000 Mile Doublehanded is een stoer en eigenzinnig evenement met veel potentie om uit te groeien tot iets groots. Toen we benaderd werden om te sponsoren hebben we niet lang hoeven nadenken. We lieten ons graag overhalen door de enthousiaste organisatie en zien daarnaast ook veel publiciteitsmogelijkheden om ons motorenmerk Lombardini Marine sterker neer te zetten in de watersportwereld."
240408 | bron: 1000mile.org | Amsterdam
 
Belamarin AS, the Norwegian Raymarine importer has agreed to sponsor.
1000-Mile DH Race competitors wil be tracked by Inmarsat devices. The legs
between Bergen en Lerwick will also be tracked via DCS VHF and positions will be presented on the Shetland-Bergen Races website. In order to get the positions the  DSC VHF on board must be suitable for 'position polling'.

If your VHF is not, Belamarin has an extremely attractive offer on a modern VHF radio, supporting digital selective calling (DSC) with "position poll". The  model offered is Raymarine Ray 55E. Telenor Maritim Radio (they are responsible for the polling) have tested and verified this models "position poll" against their systems.













Participants (whose yacht must be confirmed on the entry list) can purchase the Ray 55E for the exceptionally low price of 95 EUR (incl VAT). The remaining costs are subsidised by Belamarin and Telenor Maritim Radio. The retail value of the Ray 55E is EUR 509,- , so this offer should be very attractive! Alternatively, race participants can buy a more sophisticated model,the Ray 218E, for EUR 310. Retail value is EUR 708,-  Note: one unit only per yacht! 
The Race Committee will coordinate VHF orders. Send  a mail with your yachts name plus which VHF model you want to buy.
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Greetings from Shetland!
We in Shetland look forward to welcoming sailors in the 2008 Sjøassistanse Shetland - Bergen Races to the isles this summer. 

The international Races add to a wonderful weekend of colour in Lerwick. It is heartening to see new yachts entering the Races as well as old friends visiting again.  The 1000-mile yachts starting from Holland are reviving a long history of boats from there calling at Lerwick for Johnsmas. 

The 2008 Johnsmas Foy in Shetland starts on 19 June and this year will celebrate Hanseatic links - a very fitting theme for visitors from Bergen, one of the main cities in the Hanseatic league. 

I look forward to seeing you all at Victoria Pier at Lerwick during the Flavour of Shetland event that will take place over the Races weekend. 
Hopefully you will find a small taste of Shetland there to enjoy. 

With best wishes for a good Race, 
Sandy Cluness
Convener 
Shetland Islands Council                 


For more information, please visit: 
Johnsmas Foy - http://www.johnsmasfoy.co.uk/ 
Flavour of Shetland - http://www.flavourofshetland.com/
030408 | bron: 1000mile.org | lerwick
 
Newcastle new stopover AND finish!
In search of an even more challenging and international race than lastyear's premiere, the committee of the Lombarini Marine 1000-mileDoublehanded Race has extended the race with two more legs. Due to theextension the doublehanded sailors will enter Newcastle for a stopoverafter the first leg that will start in Holland on June 8th. FromNewcastle the race will head to Bergen, Norway and from there be partof the Bergen-Shetland races (leg 3 and 4). The final and fifth legwill return to Newcastle from Bergen. Competitors must sail at leastfour legs to compete for the overall victory.


International interest
Theroute of the race will tracked between three countries and is anythingbut a Dutch clique. In last year's edition fifteen crews from Norway,Great Britain, Holland, Belgium and Germany participated. This year therace committee will aim for at least 20 entries.

Who can participate?
Allexperienced sailors seeking serious short-handed sailing competition.
Your boat must be 27 ft LOA or more, and manned by two people. At least
one crewmember must complete the entire race. The only exception to the  minimum LOA is the Open650 class, which will be held if sufficient registrations are received. For all boats: To qualify a non-stop cruise of at least 100 NM in open sea must be made.

Skills and thrills - and fun
The committee of the Lombardini Marine 1000-mile Doublehanded Race is not just in this to tackle the elements - it is also their goal to enjoy the company of the fellow sailors. The 1000-Mile Doublehanded has been designed with fleet restarts at the beginning of each leg, so all competitors, be they fast or not-so-fast, stay together and enjoy the fun at every stopover.

Enter online
Entering the race is possible until May 1st on the website www.1000mile.org. This website also provides more detailed information about the race and how to participate.
190308 | bron: 1000mile.org | Newcastle