Heartbeat IV – a Dufour 45e – can be available for charter for events such as Cowes Week, Ramsgate Week and Burnham Week, and for day charter. Please email us with any enquiry regarding your charter requirements. Heartbeat IV races in assorted races on the East Coast of the UK, and those organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, and this year raced in the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Heartbeat IV is entered for the ARC 2012.
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We’re hoping Heartbeat will be in La Rochelle sometime this week for some maintenance work to be done by Dufour. Still aiming to be back in Burnham for Ralph Herring/Pattinson Cup weekend. This will be dependent on time in La Rochelle. Have been liaising with team ‘Patience’ a Dufour 45e that did the ARC in [...]
HB IV is currently in Gibraltar and will set off on March 19th for a 400 mile hop to Porto de Leixoes in Portugal. The next stage (volunteers anyone?) will be to La Rochelle where Dufour will undergo some work before returning to the UK for the EAORA Season. Otherwise plans are storming ahead for [...]
Have a look at the Heartbeat IV video of the Rolex Middle Sea Race at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQW1zRlvBAI. Note also the cruise liner in the background in Grand Harbour, Valletta - Costa Concordia.
Intrepid team of Trevor, Ian, Paul and Bob set off mid-afternoon of 28th January from Valletta in the first stage of the return to the East Coast. Arrived in Cartagena yesterday (~ 900 miles) – one day of 220 miles. Intend to be in Gibraltar at Ocean Marina by Sunday 5th. HBIV is trackable on [...]
So far only in draft form – however HBIV will be returning from Valletta to Burnham over the next couple of months to do some EAORA and RORC races and then will return to Malta for the Rolex Middle Sea Race in October. From there will go to Las Palmas for the ARC 2012, for [...]
Heartbeat IV is currently wintering in M’Sida Marina in Valletta. Detailed plans for 2012 not yet decided. Heartbeat IV is however entered for the ARC 2012 in Division II Racing (see http://www.worldcruising.com/arc/features.aspx).
Well we did it. Best long offshore race that we can all remember. Fantastic organisation, hospitality and friendship from the Royal Malta Yacht Club team (especially Georges, Alex and Alana) and the Rolex support group. Very few of the Heartbeat team can remember a previous race with an erupting volcano as a mark of the [...]
In Straits of Messina – 8.5 knots – beautiful sun – chasing Yellowdrama and Doppelbock after busy first 24 hours. Wet and little wind overnight – start very busy – two other D45s on start line next to us Doppelbock (GBR) and Comrade (RUS). Asyy and S2 up in Valletta Grand Harbour – handbrake [...]
