FourthCape Blog

2025 kicked off for us with coordinating and running the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s youth ‘Griffin’ sailor selection for the 2025 season.  Twenty-four International sailors braved winter conditions to attend the Griffin25 selection event, gathering before dawn at the Southampton Red Jet terminal. A sense of anticipation filled the air,...

Unfortunately due to the extreme weather conditions brought upon the UK by Storm Bert the Fourth and final round was not sailable – the weekend saw gusts of 56 knots with all racing cancelled well in advance. The winner of the 2024 Solent Super Series was awarded to Gareth Edmondson...

The Solent Super Series™ is getting a bit of a reputation – 3rd Round and 3rd weekend of sub 6kt winds, fortunately a light wind ‘nowcast’ doesn’t deter either the race committee or the competitors from taking on the challenge that light air sailing brings.   Race 1 of the Round got underway...

Safety is paramount in open water swim events, and new technology is creating extra layers of security for event organisers to deploy. In development for UltraSwim 33.3, SwimTelligence™ adds realtime high precision tracking of swimmers and safety assets, as well as adding of course a great way for friends and...

With a very light and variable wind forecasted for the second round of the Solent Super Series things were looking very tricky this past weekend for competitors and Race Committee alike. Island Sailing Club Race Officer Rich Palmer elected to delay racing by 2 hours on Saturday morning allowing tidal...