Antal DNF i de stora offshore racen

Intressant statistik från Polished Manx (Facebook).

Det har resonerats lite kring varför Rolex Middle Sea Race ligger högt, jämört med till exempel Sydney Hobart? Det beror väl dels på hur fleeten ser ut, och att vädret kanske är mer nyckfullt. På väög till Hobart vet man att det blir hårt,och man startar inte om man inte är beredd på det.

Har vi motsvarande statistik för de 10 senaste årens Gotland Runt?

Det gjordes en bra sammanställning i somras, då 99 av 225 = 44% bröt. Nyttigt också att ta reda på varför båtar brutit. Något fler arrangörer borde göra. Och kommunicera.

I would like us to reflect a bit about our Off shore racing:

1. Why Middle Sea race seems to be the toughest one – most boats retirements?
2. Is Sydney Hobart attended only by “real sailors in their tough machines” – with number of DNFs lowest?
3. Has Fastnet name and RORC requirements made this race one of the safest ?
4. RORC Transatlantic seems to be “very safe” – why is that?
5. Is Round the Ireland such a niche/ boutique race that only serious boats and skippers participate and they DON’T RETIRE ?

I would like to thank Sydney to Hobart organisers for excellent data repository – all races have data standardised with DNF well explained.

I have tried to get in touch with all RORC boats which scored DNFs for their explanation – 50% has not yet answer my message, therefore I am only able to properly digest statistically S2H race and …watch this space – results gobsmacked me completely.

Here are updated stats for last 9 years – this time including Sydney to Hobart races – graph is this time colour coded for ease of reading.

Middle Sea 2014 64%
Middle Sea 2017 63%
Carib 600 2018 49%
Sevenstar RBandI 2018 40%
Middle Sea 2018 31%
S2H 2015 30%
SevenStar RBandI 2014 26%
Carib 600 2011 24%
Round Ireland 2016 22%
Middle Sea Race 2015 22%
Middle Sea 2019 21%
Carib 600 2014 21%
Carib 600 2013 18%
Round Ireland 2018 16%
Carib 600 2015 16%
Fastnet 2019 15%
Carib 600 2017 15%
S2H 2011 15%
Middle Sea 2016 14%
Fastnet 2011 14%
Carib 600 2016 13%
RORC Transatlantic 2017 13%
Carib 600 2012 12%
S2H 2014 12%
S2H 2013 9%
Fastnet 2017 8%
S2H 2012 8%
Fastnet 2015 6%
S2H 2016 6%
S2H 2018 6%
Middle Sea 2013 5%
Fastnet 2013 5%
S2H 2017 5%
Round Ireland 2014 3%
RORC Transatlantic 2018 2%
S2H 2019 2%
Round Ireland 2012 0%