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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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 [...]
Heartbeat IV arrived in Malta 1300h LT yesterday with handover from delivery skipper Sticky Stapylton and team to earliest arriving team members Trevor Bassett, Ian Magee and Marcus Bonomini. By the time Jason and Judy arrived late pm race preparations were well underway. Russell & Karen Walker arrived later in the evening. Great support [...]
Great race – well deserved win by Assarain IV. I minute 46 seconds separated first 6 boats on corrected. We beat Inn Spirit by 3 seconds. Full results at http://burnhamweek.org.uk/result/2011-4-134-0/. A few pics of Burnham Week by Rod Tinsley (www.rodtinsley.co.uk) below:
A very creditable 3rd overall for the season – full results at http://www.eaora.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=59&Itemid=53. Many congratulations to Stan, Nigel, George and the team on Fay-J. We were 612.8 points and Fay-J 634.4, and once again the season overall was decided on the last race – the Buckley Goblets!!
Here’s a video of the above race – halyard disconnect and spinnaker wrap resulted in Robbie going up the mast twice – see it at http://youtu.be/U9FhrxQSyZ4.
