The victorious Exabyte 2 crew with the IRC Championship Trophy
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E2 heads upwind at the IRC Nationals with her new Checkmate
Carbon No.2 Genoa set.
Photo: Mark Jardine
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Exabyte 2 powers downwind under her Series 2000 Runner and Checkmate
Carbon Mainsail at the Easter Challenge. Photo: S White.
Exabyte 2 (IMX 40)
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Welcome to our Exabyte 2 minisite. Keep checking back
as we follow Shaun Frohlich and his crew in their 2003 campaign.
2003 campaign calendar
NEW:
10.6
Exabyte 2 wins the IRC Championship with Banks
Sails
Shaun Frohlich and his Exabyte 2 crew continued their impressive form
so far this season by adding the IRC Championship Trophy (see pic,
left) to a victory list which already includes winning IRC 1 at the
Easter Challenge and the Cervantes Trophy.
After taking delivery of a new Series 2000 AP spinnaker for the weekend
together with a new Checkmate Carbon No.2 Genoa and Checkmate Carbon
No.3, E2 recovered from a poor 11th position in Race 1 to score 1,2,1,1,1,2,1
for the remaining seven races and won the twenty-strong IRC 1 class
by a fourteen-point margin after discard. This scoreline also secured
the IRC Championship Trophy for the best performance in any class
at the event.
6.6
More success for
E2
Well done to the E2 crew for a 3rd in IRC 1 in the RORC Myth Of
Malham race. The result leaves E2 leading the series both in Class
1 and
Overall.
10.5
Going Offshore
This Year? - You need a Jib Top...
After taking delivery
of their new Checkmate Kevlar Smoke Jib Top on May 2nd Shaun Frohlich
and his Exabyte 2 crew stormed to a Class 1 victory in the RORC Cervantes
Trophy Race to Le Havre on May 3rd. E2 was also second overall in
IRC 1 behind a J145. This follows on from the boat's recent Class
1 victory at the RORC Easter Challenge.
In his post race debrief Shaun described the sail as "great"
and trimmer Tim Mills commented that "a Jib Top is a must, off
the breeze we went like a train".
23.4
Easter Challenge Success For Exabyte
2
Congratulations to Shaun Frohlich and his Exabyte 2 crew for winning
the RORC Red Funnel Easter Challenge at the weekend. Racing in a very
competitive IRC 1 class E2 (left) showed great speed across the conditions
which varied from 12 to 30+ knots over the course of the six races.
The 19-strong class included E2's sistership Magnum as well as 4 First
40.7s, seven Prima 38s and a pair of J120s. With a scoreline of 3,2,2,1,2,1
in the no-discard event, E2 carried 11 points with the 40.7s Fastwave
and Royal Blue Addict on 15 and 18 points in second and third respectively.
Thijs Knapper who was trimming the Banks Checkmate Carbon Mainsail
for the weekend commented that "...the sail matched the mast
perfectly and enabled progressive depowering through careful use of
the backstay..."
Race reports
NEW: De
Guigand Bowl Race
Warsash
Spring Series Race 6
Warsash Spring Series Race 5
Warsash Spring Series Race 4
Warsash Spring Series Race 3
Warsash Spring Series Race 2
Warsash Spring Series Race 1
28.1
IMX 40
During the Autumn of 2002 we were approached by Shaun
Frohlich to help improve the performance of his IMX40 Exabyte2.
Working alongside key crew from the boat we isolated specific areas
where the boat's IRC rating could be improved without sacrificing
performance.
Shaun ordered a new Series 2000 VMG spinnaker (shown left) which
was used for two races in the Hamble Winter Series scoring a 1st
and 2nd which helped E2 score a 2nd overall in IRC1.
The crew were very pleased with the performance of the VMG spinnaker
and for 2003 E2 will be gradually introducing more Banks Sails to
their inventory beginning with a Checkmate Carbon Mainsail and a
Series 2000 .5oz Runner in time for the Warsash Spring Series.
The boat's main focus for the year is the RORC Offshore Series including
the Fastnet Race and Banks Sails are looking forward to supporting
Shaun and his crew as they aim for the IRC 1 season's title.
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