FourthCape Blog

“FourthCape, a Cowes based sailing project management company headed by Charles Darbyshire, are managing the Griffin training and selection weekends.” The Royal Ocean Racing Club has supported youth sailing since 1947. This season, the Griffin24 Project has been embraced by 300 youth sailors from all over the world applying for...

Saturday [9th Dec] saw the final round of the Sea Ventures Super Series, points were tight on the overall leader board between three of the top Sun Fast 3300 teams: Kestrel, GameOn and Fastrak. With a very lively WSW/Westerly wind and heavy rain forecast, starting and racing in Southampton Water...

Under a sunny & bright blue winter’s morning sky, Round 3 of the Sea Ventures Super Series test event got underway from the mainland shore to the North East of Lepe Spit.  A light and cold Northerly breeze saw the fleet starting downwind with a strong Westerly going tide catching...

A mixed (and relatively inaccurate) forecast awaited the fleet competing in Round 2 of the Sea Ventures Super Series which took place this past weekend. Saturday brought a bright blue sky and autumnal sunshine but light winds for race 1 of the round. Racing commenced from a central-Solent start area...

This past weekend saw the first round of the Sea Ventures Super Series [SVSS] contended by boats with IRC Ratings ranging from 1.026 to 1.039 all racing shorthanded [2-4 Crew] on courses around the Central/Eastern Solent – run as a limited entry ‘Test Event’ to prove the concept – with...

In recent seasons numbers have dwindled for certain events across the UK – one fleet bucking this trend is the shorthanded division with the Double-Handed class of the Rolex Fastnet Race numbering more than 100 boats. Looking to further support the short-handed scene – Sea Ventures UK, spearheaded by avid...

BRITS IN IMOCA: AN EXPERIENCED AND TALENTED GROUP WITH THE VENDÉE GLOBE AND THE OCEAN RACE IN THEIR SIGHTS If you look through the list of skippers and co-skippers for the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre 2023, you will discover that the biggest representation of any nation in the...

Race officer  John Smalley –  “Goes without saying your amazing Bots have gained many admirers and you can count me as one.” The Dartmouth Royal Regatta 2023  was the 178th running of the regatta, one of the longest running in the world.  Proving that age is just a number,  this year’s regatta...

Following on from the successful launch and introduction of Vela Roja the JPK Composites 1030 [which FourthCape commissioned in June 2022] to the Solent scene, hull number 48 was launched in to the FourthCape stable in June 2023. ‘Insert Coin’ was launched in Lorient for her owner with an intensive...

American Robotic Mark Manufacturer ‘MarkSetBot’ have appointed Cowes based sports marketing company FourthCape to develop, support and deliver the MarkSetBot system in the UK. Acting as an extension of the MarkSetBot HQ, FourthCape will support clubs, classes, and race organisers to adopt robotic marks and RaceOS™ software for events and...