Rob10 schreef :
De atlantische variant van een biertje halen in PinMill voor solozeilers is weer van start
jesterchallenge.wordpress.com/...de-island-has-begun/
Kleine bootjes, grote schippers, geen organisatie, geen regels
Nou, nou, geen
regels ...
Jester Azores Challenge 2021 schreef :
- for sailing vessels between 20 and 30 feet (including multi-hulls)
- for skippers who are over the age of 18 on the ?? June 2021
- human power is the only acceptable alternative propulsion to that of the wind: rowing, kedging or clubhauling, for instance, are permissible
- single-handed to Praia de Vitoria, Terceira
- one way
- stops allowed
- no time limit
- engines may be fitted but only used to charge batteries for equipment such as mobile telephones, steering and navigation systems. The sole exceptions to this, within the spirit of the Jester Azores Challenge, would be the avoidance of an imminent ‘mayday’ situation; responding to a distress call from a fellow seafarer or when within the harbour limits of an intermediate port en route. If the use of an engine – or the acceptance of a powered tow from another vessel, whether a Jester Azores Challenger or not – becomes necessary to meet, for instance, a personal time limit or, simply, to avoid a frustrating calm, then the details should be declared on arrival to fellow Jester Azores Challengers. By common agreement – and using the co-ordinator as an arbitrator if there is no common agreement – the arrival order may then be amended.
- no entrance fees
- no inspections
- no regulations: skippers will be entirely responsible for the equipment they take, based on their own experience
- only hint of bureaucracy will be the signing of a form of indemnity accepting the skipper’s full duty of care for himself, his dependants and his fellow seafarers during his participation in the JAC 2021.
- skippers should ensure that they have the correct visa (if required) for entry into the Azores and any likely mid-way stop
- entries will be accepted up to (TBC – depending on the host yacht club)
Volgens een (oud?-)deelnemer hoort daar nog een regel bij:
"If you get in trouble, you drown quietly and don't make a fuss."
Over pakweg een maand kun je gaan. Vanwege uitstel van vorig jaar gelijktijdige start met de Jester Azores Challenge.
Prognosis of future Jester Challenges (JC, JAC and JBC) with very rough, out-line start dates.
2020 Azores mid/late May (JAC) postponed
2021 Baltimore mid June (JBC)
2021 Azores mid June and following on from the JBC with
simultaneous starts at Plymouth and Baltimore.
“Two for the price of none!”
In 2016 heeft kennelijk een in Amsterdam woonachtige Franse filmmaker meegedaan aan de Jester Azores Challenge met de Midget 20 "Godot".
Een kort reisverslag is nog terug te vinden in de
The Internet Archive:
web.archive.org/web/2017062912...rinfo.org/godot.html