Dazcat 1195 Sueños - Plymouth Fastnet 500 2021

The 2021 Plymouth Fastnet 500 saw extreme forecast and most boats retiring. Dazcat 1195 Sueños, racing just two up with the oldest and the youngest of the Dazcat racers on board is currently one of only five boats still racing. Some footage from the start and a brief clip from on board as the round the rock. Also still racing is Ian from our Multimarine build team, on board monohull Orbit. Awesome racing from Sueños. Of all our Dazcat owners Rupert is the most experienced multihull racer. His preferred way to race has been often single handed or two up, as they are now. At 71 he has competed in more offshore races than many would have had day sails, including several transatlantic races and cruises. He and Elliott first teamed up to race Firebirds and soon progressed to the Sueños dream team, at just 22 Elliott and Rupert became the two-up oldest and youngest in the Dazcat fleet when they joined forces for the 2018 @Round Britain and Ireland Race race, in company with four other Dazcats (links to the race videos playlist below). They are currently on track, making 10.5 knots with 337.7 nm to go. The weather is still unpredictable but all the boats currently have shelter options if needed. Sueños also has a top of the range drogue ready to deploy, though when I asked him about it Rupert looked slightly astonished and said "I've never dragged anything, but it's there if we need it. It cost a lot and I don't think we'd be able to recover it so I don't really want to let it go but it's there and ready." Only a week ago, with Elliott as skipper, along with his younger sailing friends, took 3rd place on handicap, in a chartered monohull as quickest boat on the water and won the Tillman Trophy for quickest team with 4/5 of the team to climb a mountain on the Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race through some fairly harsh conditions... We're thinking about all the fleet as they fly towards home and wishing them good and safe sailing. You can follow the race live here: https://yb.tl/plymouthfastnet2021#performancesailing If you are using a mobile phone you can download the 'YB Races' App for free and then enter the Plymouth Fastnet 500 race to follow. Video playlist of Sueños and our other Dazcats during the 2018 RB&I race. There are also videos elsewhere on our channel of Sueños in full cruising mode on our website, washing machine and all! https://youtube.com/playlist... Find out more about Dazcats on our website: www.dazcat.com Follow updates on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Multihullcentre Music with thanks to @John Fairhurst: No Shelter Supporting our local live music venue @Patchwork Studios