Target Crossing Days

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Franco Manzoli's course, Winner of OSTAR 2005 in 17 days, 21 hours and 41 minutes.

Trying to guess actual crossing times for an OSTAR is probably a futile exercise, the variables are too many, wind conditions will favour some boats and penalise others that might have otherwise done well, the ice limit will dictate how far south the skippers will dip at the Grand Banks adding miles to the shourtest course and the light airs from the Grand Banks to the end could have a skipper stuck for several days will little or no progress.

However, every skipper will have his own target crossing time in mind. With too little info on each boat to make any serious calculations I've come up with the following target days for each one (not to be taken too seriously! We'll let the North Atlantic decide how accurate these guesses really are).

SKIPPER, NATIONALITY, BOAT NAME, TYPE, TARGET DAYS
Caseneuve, Anne (Q), FRA, TBA, 50ft Tri, 17
Lampe, Jan Kees (Q), NED, La Promesse, Open 40, 18
West, Mike, GBR, Keralia, Class 40, 19
Bouchacourt, Jacques (Q), FRA, Okami, Futura 50, 19
Dodd, Stuart, GBR, Livewire, Class 40, 19
Magrath, Andrew, GBR, TBA, Open 40, 20
Westerman, Roberto, ITA, Spinning Wheel, Open 40, 21
Black, Steve, USA, Caribbean, Custom IRC 40, 21
Craigie, Rob (Q), GBR, Jbellino, J 122, 21
Miller, Katie (Q), GBR, Hot Socks, Figaro II, 22
Zoccoli, Luca, ITA, Jenny 81, Open 35, 22
Mead, Oscar (Q), GBR, Juneau, J 105, 23
Trentini, Luca, ITA, Romeo/Gigli, Open 35, 23
Hurley, Barry (Q), IRL, Dinah, JOD 35 (Mod), 23
Quaglia, Sandro, FRA, Diavolo P..., Adventure 35, 24
Koopmans, Dick (Q), NED, Jager, Koopmans 35, 24
Brant, Paul, GBR, Ninjod, JOD 35, 24
Masekowitz, Henrik, GER, Beijamar, Class 9.5, 25
Russchen, Maarten (Q), NED, Home of Jazz, VQ 32, 25
Gelder, Reini, AUT, Light of the World, Crowther 40, 26
Emerson, John, GBR, Dhu Heartach, S & S 50, 26
Wheatley, Mervyn (Q), GBR, Tamarind, Formosa 42, 26
Bourke, Peter (Q), USA, Rubicon, Outbound 45, 26
Cumming, Rob, GBR, Egotripp, Tripp 40, 26
Tortolini, Gianfranco, ITA, Citta di Salerno 30 Open, 26
Boosman, Bart (Q), NED, De Franschman, One off 30, 26
Johnson, Bjorn (Q), USA, Valkyrie, First 40.7, 26
Rottgering, Uwe (Q), GER, Fanfan!, One Off, 27
Hildesley, Pip (Q), GBR, The Shed, Oyster 395, 27
Swets, Huib (Q), NED, Vijaya, De Ridder 40, 27
Brattinga, Frits (Q), NED, Lady A, Zilvermeeuw, 27
Falla, John (Q), GBR, Banjaard, Swan 36, 28
Petty, Andrew (Q), GBR, Jemima Nicholas, Intrepid, 28
Andrews, Todd, USA, Zappo, Oceanis 351, 28
Nannini, Marco (Q), ITA, British Beagle, Sigma 36, 28
Crowther, Peter (Q), GBR, Suomi Kudu, Swan 38, 28
Chalandre, Christian (Q), FRA, Olbia, S & S 34, 32
Alcorn, Geoff (Q), GBR, Wind of Lorne II, Saltram 36, 32
Sayer, Will (Q), GBR, Elmarleen, Sigma 33C, 32
Collins, Michael (Q), GBR, Flamingo Lady, Westerly 33, 35
Langbroek,John (Q), NED, Krijntje, Contessa 32, 35
Freeman, Jerry, GBR, ?,
Lambert, Simon, GBR, ?,

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