I've just been informed that over 50 boats have signed up for The Bermuda RISR 2025, I'm sorry I won't be there this year.
Hope the Weather's good for them this year & the younger generation show the old timers how it should be done!
My Best Wishes !!
Charles
Bermuda RISR 2025
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Bermuda RISR 2025
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Re: Bermuda RISR 2025
2025 RISR results email as follows from Martine, for those not on the email list:
We have not had the luxury of having the race on the 1st date set for a long while, so it was good to have the race on the first date set. The winds were light to moderate – 8-12 knots I think. But the main problems people had, were engine breakdowns and the effect of the sea of sargasso seaweed out there!!! Not the best for fast boats – better for smaller ones to swerve around the banks of weed.
A combined total of 60 boats registered by Friday – with 2 extra on the day.
We lost a few boats whose engines blew up/refused to start before race day; and a few DNS (no show). A few people disqualified themselves by deciding to take a non-seagull engine instead – so to enjoy the day out on the water. Three of them made it around (Hotspur, Long Wood and Screaming Flea) but Ignarance found themselves in need of a rescue boat on South Shore!!!
53 boats checked in with me, plus 1 that did not check in, so 54 started. Of these, 32 finished with the rest DNF. (some out of choice – with the majority broken down)
This year we had a lot of newbies... we look forward to seeing you at future races and I hope that you follow seagullian tradition by giving your boats wonderful paint jobs and giving them fun names. Please know that it is very hard to identify boats which are white with no large numbers or names. To those that made it around – well done – and to those that didn’t – I hope that you will try again next year. Congratulations to our youngest captain and crew and both newbies were Santiago Roe and Aiden Mahoney (both 15 yrs old) – they were the first Huckleberry to get around. Their lives of growing up on the water have borne fruit!!!
Other first timers include Tiarnan Brown/Alizau Smith, Miguel Falcao/Catrina Furtado, Lilly & River DeCouto, Luke Parker/Cameron White, Peter Logie/Shawn Green, Collin Pearman/Clayton Hardshaw, Nicholas Amaral/Kevin Pacheco, Carlos & Nancy Falcao, Jessie Thomas/Kate White, Peter Vicente/Dave Howell and Jonathan Prescott/Stephen Walsh. My apologies if I have missed anyone off this list.
To all new people – please note that when you are signing up – a Sports Motor is not the “new” engine class. The entry form states what engine is “New”.
Stephen Roberts and Michael Bean managed to break the record for Class E2 that Stephen had set the year before. Well done!!!
A lot of photos were taken – Photos can be sent via email to seagullphotosBDA@gmail.com. They can be seen at Facebook page www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.122191341446052385
Currently there are over 250 photos up – quite a sight
The best dressed captain and crew went to the 1st World War “fighter pilots” Jonathan Gaugain and Luigi Vieira, complete with goggles and leather head ware plus of course the cigar for a successful mission. Unfortunately “Miss Isle” was not too successful in their F Unlimited Class with a pipe. Oh well!!
Boeing, a new boat run by Happy Henderson, unfortunately through it’s own name, was liable for accidents to the motor, and did not want to cooperate with its pilot – another DNF – should perhaps be a name change for next year – jinxed.....
In De Red unfortunately turned its own boat turtle – a low transom is not conducive for re-entering a boat once overboard. Luckily there was a crash boat was close by – and Samantha Stempel and Abby Brewer – both dived in and helped collect floating objects (rum/coolers etc) The boat was emptied of water and towed to safety. I understand a phone was a casualty – but hopefully that is it.
Lastly – our foiling boat – Nigel Pollard in One Foot Skankin.... It was running nicely to start with in the harbour – but with only one person in it. Two people made it too heavy – and albeit they set off – they pulled out of the race at their own choice and went for lunch in Elys and then back to join the party. Sensible action – they would have had dreadful difficulty on South Shore.
Several boats ran short of fuel – one at Admiralty Park – they tried to paddle but it was a little too far to complete the course – so had to be towed the last leg to the finish line.
Thanks as always to everyone who help make the race successful – Heineken who sponsor the race, Rubis who sponsor the crashboats, the crash boat volunteers who do this every year and Jonny White who is the crash-boat captain coordinating them all, Wilks Catering for the food, Sara Lewter for the music and microphone etc; to all the people who donate gift certificates as additional prizes (List of prizes on the 2nd worksheet of the Trophy listing) – and lastly to all of you, the committee and the other people who help out..... The race would not be held without your enthusiasm for this sport.
I have calculated our profit – and we should be able to donate $7,500 before any extra donations.
This will be split between the youth program run by Bermuda Aquarium & Zoo and the KBB Abandoned Boats clean up project.
Apologies to all if I have missed anything off -
We have not had the luxury of having the race on the 1st date set for a long while, so it was good to have the race on the first date set. The winds were light to moderate – 8-12 knots I think. But the main problems people had, were engine breakdowns and the effect of the sea of sargasso seaweed out there!!! Not the best for fast boats – better for smaller ones to swerve around the banks of weed.
A combined total of 60 boats registered by Friday – with 2 extra on the day.
We lost a few boats whose engines blew up/refused to start before race day; and a few DNS (no show). A few people disqualified themselves by deciding to take a non-seagull engine instead – so to enjoy the day out on the water. Three of them made it around (Hotspur, Long Wood and Screaming Flea) but Ignarance found themselves in need of a rescue boat on South Shore!!!
53 boats checked in with me, plus 1 that did not check in, so 54 started. Of these, 32 finished with the rest DNF. (some out of choice – with the majority broken down)
This year we had a lot of newbies... we look forward to seeing you at future races and I hope that you follow seagullian tradition by giving your boats wonderful paint jobs and giving them fun names. Please know that it is very hard to identify boats which are white with no large numbers or names. To those that made it around – well done – and to those that didn’t – I hope that you will try again next year. Congratulations to our youngest captain and crew and both newbies were Santiago Roe and Aiden Mahoney (both 15 yrs old) – they were the first Huckleberry to get around. Their lives of growing up on the water have borne fruit!!!
Other first timers include Tiarnan Brown/Alizau Smith, Miguel Falcao/Catrina Furtado, Lilly & River DeCouto, Luke Parker/Cameron White, Peter Logie/Shawn Green, Collin Pearman/Clayton Hardshaw, Nicholas Amaral/Kevin Pacheco, Carlos & Nancy Falcao, Jessie Thomas/Kate White, Peter Vicente/Dave Howell and Jonathan Prescott/Stephen Walsh. My apologies if I have missed anyone off this list.
To all new people – please note that when you are signing up – a Sports Motor is not the “new” engine class. The entry form states what engine is “New”.
Stephen Roberts and Michael Bean managed to break the record for Class E2 that Stephen had set the year before. Well done!!!
A lot of photos were taken – Photos can be sent via email to seagullphotosBDA@gmail.com. They can be seen at Facebook page www.facebook.com/media/set?set=a.122191341446052385
Currently there are over 250 photos up – quite a sight
The best dressed captain and crew went to the 1st World War “fighter pilots” Jonathan Gaugain and Luigi Vieira, complete with goggles and leather head ware plus of course the cigar for a successful mission. Unfortunately “Miss Isle” was not too successful in their F Unlimited Class with a pipe. Oh well!!
Boeing, a new boat run by Happy Henderson, unfortunately through it’s own name, was liable for accidents to the motor, and did not want to cooperate with its pilot – another DNF – should perhaps be a name change for next year – jinxed.....
In De Red unfortunately turned its own boat turtle – a low transom is not conducive for re-entering a boat once overboard. Luckily there was a crash boat was close by – and Samantha Stempel and Abby Brewer – both dived in and helped collect floating objects (rum/coolers etc) The boat was emptied of water and towed to safety. I understand a phone was a casualty – but hopefully that is it.
Lastly – our foiling boat – Nigel Pollard in One Foot Skankin.... It was running nicely to start with in the harbour – but with only one person in it. Two people made it too heavy – and albeit they set off – they pulled out of the race at their own choice and went for lunch in Elys and then back to join the party. Sensible action – they would have had dreadful difficulty on South Shore.
Several boats ran short of fuel – one at Admiralty Park – they tried to paddle but it was a little too far to complete the course – so had to be towed the last leg to the finish line.
Thanks as always to everyone who help make the race successful – Heineken who sponsor the race, Rubis who sponsor the crashboats, the crash boat volunteers who do this every year and Jonny White who is the crash-boat captain coordinating them all, Wilks Catering for the food, Sara Lewter for the music and microphone etc; to all the people who donate gift certificates as additional prizes (List of prizes on the 2nd worksheet of the Trophy listing) – and lastly to all of you, the committee and the other people who help out..... The race would not be held without your enthusiasm for this sport.
I have calculated our profit – and we should be able to donate $7,500 before any extra donations.
This will be split between the youth program run by Bermuda Aquarium & Zoo and the KBB Abandoned Boats clean up project.
Apologies to all if I have missed anything off -