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Tight Inshore Racing Worth The Wait
A long postponement today was worth the wait in Day Three of the 2014 ORC World Championship, as an 8-10 knot easterly seabreeze built up in the afternoon from being flat calm in the middle of the day, allowing race managers from Kieler Yacht-Club on all three courses to conduct three races each.

On Course A among 29 boats in this class Claus Landmark in his Landmark 43 Santa from Norway continued his perfect record by winning the first two races of the day and a second in the third race to thus vault into a commanding lead in the class.

In Class B among its 58 entries there is no such domination of the results, with numerous ties in corrected time (the second race today had actually two ties) and race winners spread among many teams. These included Lars Ive's Danish XP 38 Soldier Blue, Mati Sepp's Estonian X-41 Premium, Ralf Lessig's German XP 44 Xenia, Holger Streckenbach's German X-42 Imagine, and Ola Sandel's Swedish First 40 Karukera, who won two races on the day.

And in Class C, it is a similar situation for the 66 boats in this class, but with corrected times that are among the closest in the event/

The best team of the day in Class C was Giuseppe Giuffre's modified M37 Low Noise from Italy, reigning ORC European Champion who came up from Valencia as well, in having two second places and one first today.

www.orcworlds2014.com

11 Nations To Race Around Britain And Ireland
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing, the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race will start at noon Sunday 10th August from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The fleet will set off down the Solent to the east and turn west around the south side of the Isle of Wight. After that the course is simple: leave Ireland and Great Britain to starboard all the way to the northern tip of the Shetland Isles, a point known as Outer Stack just north of Muckle Flugga, then return down the eastern side of the UK back to where the race started in Cowes, a non-stop 1800 mile race. The fastest yachts may complete the course in under a week. For the slower yachts, nearly two weeks is likely.

This year yachts flying the flags of 11 nations will be taking part: China, France, Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Ireland, Oman, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates and the United States of America.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

The latest news updates and press releases as well as information from the race course will be found on the site. Images from the fleet and blogs from the boats themselves are all part of an initiative to make the race more interactive for family and friends and those following the fleet.

Race Tracker: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Musto And Dongfeng Race Team Announce Their Partnership For The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
MUSTO, the world's leading offshore sailing brand, and Dongfeng Race Team, the Chinese entry into this year's Volvo Ocean Race are proud to announce their partnership. MUSTO will be supplying Dongfeng Race Team with technical clothing and lifestyle apparel. The Team fan wear range will be available in September from www.MUSTO.com and at the Volvo Ocean Race Stopover Villages.

MUSTO, who is also the official supplier of sailing apparel and footwear for the next two editions of the Volvo Ocean Race, is now the official supplier of technical clothing and lifestyle apparel for over 50% of the Volvo Ocean Race fleet - with Team Alvimedica and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing also choosing to wear MUSTO as they compete across 38,739 nautical miles in the world's toughest ocean race.

To celebrate these partnerships, MUSTO is inviting fans to share images of themselves encapsulating the sailing spirit in and around water or, simply, just messing about in boats whilst wearing their favourite MUSTO gear. Fans are invited to post their images between 1st and 10th August on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, using the hashtag #rulethewaves.

The best 13 images per day will be featured on www.MUSTO.com, with an overall daily winner receiving a Volvo Ocean Race Large Crew Bag (RRP £85).

Danes Dominate
Title-holder Camilla Ulrikkeholm of the Royal Danish Yacht Club just continues to win and win in the Lysekil Women's Match. Now she's on 12 wins after as many sailed matches.

The Wednesday in Lysekil, the sailing metropolis on the Swedish West Coast, offered great sailing conditions, with the sun beaming over the event and a quite stable westerly breeze, enough for no less than 30 matches to conclude the first round robin and get half ways into the second. Reigning World Champion and local hope Anna Kjellberg has had a somewhat untoward opening of the Lysekil Women's Match, the third stage out of five of the Women's International Match Racing Series (WIM Series). She did, however, conclude her Wednesday with three straight victories, taking her to a third place on the scoreboard.

Standings in the Lysekil Women's Match, the third stage of the 2014 WIM Series, after the second day of a double round-robin (skipper name/nationality/wins - losses):

1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN, 12 - 0
2. Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA, 8 - 3
3. Anna Kjellberg, SWE, 7 - 4
3. Stephanie Roble, USA, 7 - 4
5. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 6 - 6
6. Linda Rahm, SWE, 4 - 7
7. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN, 4 - 8
8. Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED, 3 - 8
9. Claudia Pierce, NZL, -1 - 11 (points deduction due to boat damage)

www.wimseries.com
www.lysekilwomensmatch.se

Copa Del Rey - Day 3
Palma de Majorca: Todays race was the "coastal" race. This meant sailing a few laps around the bay of Palma. The conditions continued the same as all week, sunny, hot and 10 knots of wind from the south-southwest.

We did not have a great start and were last at the first mark of the course. Bella Mente had the lead since the start and never relinquished it. The boat was going well so we were patient and found some opportunities. We managed to get into second place about half way through the race.

The marks for the coastal race are variable and not in place at the start or even when you start a given leg. Sailing up the 3rd windward leg, our team misunderstood the range and bearing to variable mark 2 which is communicated by radio. We had understood 225 while the actual position was 205. We sailed for the 225 position and therefore "over stood" the mark by a quarter of a mile. The loss of distance put us back into 4th place.

This sprung Bella Mente even further into the lead and let Alegre out into second.

Fortunately Shockwave was not having a great race, (we might have had something to do with that), and they finished 3rd while we finished 4th.

So at the half way mark in the regatta, Shockwave is leading with 10 points, Robertissima is tied with Bella Mente for second on 14 points, Alegre is 4th with 15 and Spirit of Jethou is 5th on 22 points.

Needless to say, that very frustrating to give away so much distance and a very good score. However, we are sailing well and pretty fast. So we need to carry that with us into the last 6 races.

Tomorrow 2 races are on the card. Forecast is the same. -- Paul Cayard, www.cayardsailing.com

www.regatacopadelrey.com

TP52 Series: Back To Basics Means Back In The Game
Over a long, hot coastal race at the Copa del Rey Mapfre on the Bay of Palma, Ran Racing proved the value of their back-to-basics approach when they took the winning gun to return themselves to second place in the overall standings as the six day, 11 race regatta approaches its midpoint.

A couple of frustratingly inconsistent opening days for Niklas Zennstrom's crew prompted a serious debrief Tuesday night - the afterguard in particular concluding that they needed to return once again to doing the basics well, looking at their processes leading up to decisions rather than simply deconstructing and rueing mistakes.

Their reward came today when they lead through the leeward gate after the first short upwind-downwind circuit in a modest sea breeze and from there they built an initial margin which they held on to through the next three hours of racing, a series of upwind and downwind circuits in the west of the Bay of Palma.

The winning crew were pleased to have bounced back after what navigator Steve Hayles described on the dock as one of the most disappointing days he can recall with the team.

Standings BARCLAYS 52 SUPER SERIES - Copa del Rey MAPFRE

Overall after 5 races
1. Quantum Racing, USA, (Doug De Vos USA) (2,1,2,2,6) 13 points
2. Ran Racing, SWE, (Niklas Zennstrom SWE) (1,7,6,3,1) 18
3. Azzurra, ITA, (Alberto Roemmers ARG) (3,5,4,1,5) 18
4. Gladiator, GBR, (Tony Langley GBR) (DNF/8,2,1,5,3) 19
5. Phoenix, BRA, (Eduardo de Souza Ramos BRA) (6,3,3,6,2) 20
6. Paprec, FRA, (Jean Luc Petithugenin FRA) (4,6,5,4,4) 23
7. Provezza 7, TUR, (Ergin Imre TUR) (5,4,DNF/8,DNS/8,7) 32

www.52superseries.com

Coastal Race In Variable Winds Tests Gazprom Swan 60 Teams
The coastal race on day 3 of the Gazprom Swan 60 World Championship at the Copa del Rey MAPFRE tested the Swan 60 crews with 30 nm around the Bahia de Palma before finishing in front of the stunning Cathedral of Santa Maria of Palma. With a steady wind direction of 220 degrees it was the gear changes that were the key to success as the wind increased from 10 knots at the start to 13 - 14 knots during the race before dropping on the final beat to 11 knots.

The mid-week prize giving for all classes at Copa del Rey MAPFRE saw Bronenosec (RUS) collect the trophy with a 7 point lead over second placed Petite Flamme (RUS) with competition for third place fierce as three boats, Tsaar Peter crewed by the Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge, SGM crewed by the German Offshore Challenge representing the NRV and Spirit of Europe (BVI) are all tied on 21 points.

Provisional Results:

Bronenosec (RUS): 1 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 1 - Total 10
Petite Flamme (RUS): 3 - 7 - 1 - 3 - 4 - Total 17
Tsaar Peter (RUS): 2 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 6 - Total 21
SGM (GER): 6 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - Total 21
Spirit of Europe (BVI): 4 - 6 - 6 - 3 - 2 - Total 21
Windward (CHN): DSQ - 3 - 4 - 6 - 3 - Total 24
Vertical Smile (DEN): 5 - 5 - 7 - 5 - 5 - Total 27

www.gazpromswan60class.com

Seahorse September 2014
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

(A fine) case study - Part I
No stone was left unturned to ensure that Ran 5 was the lightest IRC Mini Maxi built to date, as build manager Jason Carrington explains

The view... from halfway up the mountain
With seven new TP52s already in the pipeline you'd think he'd be satisfied... but there's so much more to do, says Rob Weiland

Phase one... tick
James Boyd looks at how development is advancing in the new Imoca Ocean Masters series

Sailor of the Month
A couple of battlers... and champions

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Kiwi Wislang Back For Third Time Lucky On Board Azzam
Alicante, Spain: Daryl Wislang will be returning to the Volvo Ocean Race onboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Azzam with a point to prove after being named in Ian Walker's race crew on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old New Zealander's call-up coupled with the appointment of Matt Knighton as Onboard Reporter completes Abu Dhabi's line-up for ocean racing's toughest test which begins in Alicante on October 4.

The pair have come through trial periods with flying colours and will make their first official appearances this week when the team pits its Volvo Ocean 65 in the Artemis Challenge race at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week on August 6.

Wislang finished in the top three overall in both of previous two appearances in the Volvo Ocean Race. He was third with Telefonica Blue in 2008-09, second with CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand crew in 2011-12.

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A Perfect Day For Optimist Sailing
Solid sunshine with 8 to 14 knots of consistent breeze made for perfect Optimist sailing on day four of the Volvo Gill Optimist British National & Open Championships.

Sailors were challenged with shiftier conditions than earlier in the week. The Senior Fleet (Main) took to the outer harbor course where both the gold and silver fleets completed three races. Four general recalls indicated the fleet is stepping up the level of competition for the final few days of the Championships.

The final race today proved to be the most problematic for the Senior Fleet (Main). Sailing under the black flag saw two boats caught out at one mark followed by another six to eight. The international sailors remained strong at top of the fleet, especially the Dutch, Spanish and Norwegian sailors.

The Junior Fleet (Main) raced in Weymouth Bay where the conditions were wavier with gentle surf. The gold and silver fleets also managed three races each and managed to push hard enough that the fleet had their first general recall of the week.

Tomorrow Sir Ben Ainslie will be making a special appearance at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy to do a short talk for all sailors followed by starting the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation Fun Run.

www.kbsuk.com/optimist/iocaevents/

Leaderboards Take Shape At Aquece Rio
The leaderboards across the ten events on show at the Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta 2014 are starting to take shape following four days of competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Medal Race places have been decided in the Men's and Women's RS:X fleets whilst the top batch of Olympic sailors have cemented their spots in the top places of the remaining fleets. Tuesday's rain was replaced with sunshine and a cool 15 knot breeze across the five race areas. The waves remained on the outside courses whilst shifty conditions on the inside courses was present, ensuring firm tests of tactical nous.

Racing resumes at 13:00 on Thursday 7 August. Four races are scheduled in the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 with three in the remaining fleets.

www.aquecerio.com/en/competicoes.php
www.sailing.org/2014-test-event.php

Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship
Brunnen, Switzerland: The "Switzerland Starfleet LUV" (Luzern-Vierwaldstattersee) will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2014. It will mark the occasion by organizing the "Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship" that will take place from the 7th to the 13th of August on the Lake Lucerne.

Italian Diego Negri, second one month ago at the Star Worlds racing with Sergio Lambertenghi, has gained the SSL Skipper ranking leadership and he's also the 2013 Eastern Hemisphere Champion, and he is one of the men to beat in Brunnen. Other top ranked skippers include greeks Emilios Papathanasiou with Antonis Tsotras, George Szabo from USA with the swiss Serge Pulfer and the European Champions from Germany Hubert Merkelbach with Gerrit Bartel.

The best regional sailors will also be present, including the 2012 vice-champions of Europe Lorenz Zimmermann/Markus Koy as well as the 2010 Swiss champions Urs Hunkeler/Hans-Peter Schaffner, and the 2004 Swiss champions Philipp Rotermund/Nils Hollweg.

Attractive innovation and suspense: the races will be retransmitted every day in live on YouTube (Star Eastern Hemisphere will be included in the Star Sailors League channel). Thanks to 3D Virtual-Eye technology, it will be possible to follow in real time the position, speed and direction of each boat, as well as the laylines and distances between the competitors on the water.

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Copa Del Rey: The Favourites Take Positions
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

After finishing the fourth racing day; the rankings begin to give clues about the candidates to win the title of the 33rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE.

Today's menu consisted of two windward / leeward races for all classes except for Gaastra IRC 1, BMW ORC 1 and BMW ORC 2, which sailed a 20.93 nautical miles coastal race around the bay of Palma. The one-design classes Nespresso X-35 and Herbalife J80 have reached eight races sailed, so all the teams can discard their worst result of the week.

At the top of the provisional overall there are Americans "Shockwave" (Gaastra IRC 0) and "Quantum Racing" (Barclays 52 Super Series), Italians "Hurakan" (Gaastra IRC 1) and "Lelagain" (Nespresso X-35), Russian "Bronenosec" (Gazprom Swan 60) and Spanish "Rats on Fire" (BMW ORC 1), "Movistar" (BMW ORC 2) and "Noticia" (Herbalife J80). With just two days for the end, the candidates to the title begin to stand out at the top of the rankings, but nothing is decided yet.

The thermal wind was on time again to its appointment with the fleet, with intensities between nine and 12 knots all day long, always from the south-southwest. A similar scenario is expected for the rest of the week.

The competition will continue Friday with two windward / leeward races scheduled for all classes. The first start of the day will be at 13h00.

www.regatacopadelrey.com

Artemis Challenge
Some of the hottest professional names in sailing and the sport's rising stars jostled for position alongside royalty, rugby and rock 'n' roll stars in the Artemis Challenge - the 50-mile race around the Isle of Wight (Thursday, 7th August).

The eighth edition of the Artemis Challenge, that first took place in 2007, has become a 'stand-out' event of Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week and adding a touch of glamour, as well as their sporting prowess, were Zara Phillips, Mike Tindall and Simon and Yasmin Le Bon.

Six ocean-going racing machines competed in today's 2014 Artemis Challenge and the calibre of sailing talent was impressive - Volvo Ocean Race skippers Samantha Davies, Team SCA; Charles Caudrelier, Dongfeng Race Team; two time Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing; alongside ocean racing masters that included multiple round the world record holder Brian Thompson, Artemis Ocean Racing; Damian Foxall, skipper Musandam Oman Sail and Lionel Lemonchois, Prince de Bretagne. And alongside eight 33-foot Beneteau Figaro IIs lined up carrying the next generation of offshore sailing talent racing including Sam Goodchild, Jack Bouttell, Sam Matson and French Figaro skipper Charlie Dalin.

At 1000am, 14 Artemis Challenge competitors set off in light airs anti-clockwise around the Isle of Wight. Starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, the fleet of three Volvo Ocean 65s, two trimarans, eight Figaros and one IMOCA 60 had just 4 knots of wind in the Solent, making it a long slog round to the Needles Fairway.

Due to the light conditions, the race was cut short at Bembridge Ledge, seeing French team Prince de Bretagne take the eighth Artemis Challenge win in a time of four hours, 16 minutes and 35 seconds. Oman Sail - Musandam was the second boat over the finish line, while Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing bought home the glory in the monohull class.

From just 17 of the skippers and crews competing in today's Artemis Challenge, between them they have competed in 60 Solitaire du Figaro races which is the critical starting point for many of the world's leading round the world sailors.

www.artemischallenge.com

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week Day 6
A hopeful wait for a sea breeze to become established rewarded competitors in the classes scheduled to start from the Black Group committee boat with some first-class racing. However, for others the long wait was not so fruitful - despite promising indicators, the sea breeze failed to reach the central Solent until too late in the afternoon for race officials to be able to start racing from the Royal Yacht Squadron and Bramble lines.

The classes starting from the Black Group committee boat, stationed near Lymington, were given windward-leeward courses, with the big boats racing to marks in the Needles Channel, which benefitted from a stronger breeze than the waters inside Hurst Spit. In IRC Class 2 Adam Gosling's Corby 36 Yes! crossed the finish line six minutes ahead of Jim Macgregor's Elan 410 Premier Flair to take his fifth win of the week.

In the First 40.7 class Paul McNamara and Tony Lowe's Incognito won today's race by a margin of almost three and a half minutes over Nick Rawbone's Playing Around, with Pete Newlands' Anticipation finishing third two minutes later.

IRC Class 0 saw Irvine Laidlaw's Reichel Pugh 52 Cape Fling ll finish with a big lead on the water ahead of Michael Barthlomew's GP42 Tokoloshe ll and Piet Vroon's Ker 46 Tonnerre de Breskens 3. The latter two boats had a tight fight on their final beat, with Tonnerre crossing the line two seconds ahead of Tokoloshe, but the latter's lower rating saw her gain a 46 second advantage on corrected time.

There was also a shorter race in the Solent today for the Artemis Offshore Academy's fleet of Figaro lls. Rich Mason's Artemis Figaro 77 took a commanding lead to finish almost 10 minutes ahead of GAC Pindar. However, the fight for second and third places was much closer, with Sam Matson's Artemis Figaro 21 finishing just 68 seconds later in third place.

Today also saw the presentation of this year's winner of the Ladies' Day trophy, which is awarded in recognition of an outstanding contribution, commitment, or achievement of a woman in sailing. This year's winner, Dee Caffari, is one of the world's most successful offshore sailors, with a string of racing successes and round the world records to her name, and is about to set off on her fifth circumnavigation as a member of the all-women Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race. -- Rupert Holmes

www.aamcowesweek.co.uk

Van Rijsselberge (NED) and Picon (FRA) Take Rio RS:X Honours
Dorian van Rijsselberge (NED) and Charline Picon (FRA) took the Men's and Women's RS:X honours at Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta 2014 as the Medal Races on Pão de Acucar brought the windsurfing proceedings to an end.

Giles Scott (GBR) wrapped up gold in the Finn with a race to spare whilst the Medal Race places were confirmed in the 49er, 49erFX, Finn and Nacra 17.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was plagued with light winds across the five race areas making life difficult for the Race Committees and the sailors. A light south easterly breeze was present with all fleets, bar the 49erFX and Nacra 17, getting at least one race in.

Racing resumes at 12:00 on Friday 8 August. The Finn Medal Race will commence first on the Pão de Acucar race area and will be followed by the Nacra 18 at 12:50, the 49er at 13:45 and the 49erFX at 15:00

The remaining fleets will start at 12:00 inside Guanabara Bay.

www.aquecerio.com/en/competicoes.php
www.sailing.org/2014-test-event.php

Light and Tight Offshore Race Makes The Cut at ORC Worlds
Kiel, Germany: Light air and close racing once again characterizes the fourth day of competition at the 2014 ORC World Championship, with the fleet racing on their second offshore race of the series around the Kieler Bucht in variable conditions of 3-8 knots of wind. The slow going has prompted race managers to shorten the course for the fleet from its original length of 54 miles to 49 miles for Class A, 44 miles for Class B and 37 miles for Class C.

The significance of today's sixth race in the event is that while it is weighted the same as that of any inshore race, it is the final race in the Qualifying series for the two groups each in Class B and Class C who are trying to finish in the top ranks and advance to the next stage of the competition. Only 30 Gold fleet competitors in each class will then be eligible to win podium trophies in the remaining two days of racing, while the rest will race in the Silver fleet.

Inshore racing resumes Friday at 10:55 AM local time, and after the completion of the first race all will get their first scoring discard, which promises to compress the results in all classes even further.

www.orcworlds2014.com

Seahorse September 2014
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

A fascinating (and challenging) task - Part 2
Dr Ian Ward describes how the ambitious flying Laser foiling programme was turned into a practical as well as an affordable reality

Update
Terry Hutchinson gets a sobering reality check amid all the day-to-day regatta activity and travelling, Bill Hardesty does his new young team proud with another Etchells world title and Oracle Racing USA’s Paul Bieker is never one to let his feet float too high off the ground...

IRC column
Maintaining a (sometimes tricky) balance... James Dadd

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Second Stage Start: Back To Les Sables
With a few minutes late, the race committee finally released the 32 solo sailors still in the Les Sables - Les Acores - Les Sables race for the Mini 6.50 Class. With a fair wind southwest of twenty knots, spinnakers were flown.

The only technical problem at the start was for Nolwen de Carlan (Reality) who returned briefly to Horta to repair his bowsprit. He returned to the race after an hour.

A few hours into the race, Olivier Jehl dismasted; he sailed into Terceira with a jury rig.

At 6:20 PM local time, Nicolas Boidevezi ( ImaginAlsac e) has already traveled over 200 miles in about twenty hours of racing

Top five Series boats at 20:00 French time:
1. Tanguy Le Turquais, Terreal-Reve d'enfance, 1049.4 nm to finish
2. Damien Audrain, EPC-reves De Clown, 5.9 nm to leader
3. Antonio Fontes, Leonor, 6.6 nm
4. Francois Jambou, Kairos, 7.6 nm
5. Jonas Gerkens, Netwerk, 8.7 nm

Top five Protos:
1. Nicolas Boidevezi, ImaginAlsace, 1029.2 nm to finish
2. Giancarlo Pedote, Prysmian, 14.3 nm
3. Michele Zambelli, Fontanot, 16.8 nm
4. Fidel Turienzio, Satanas, 17.1 nm
5. Ludovic Mechin, Microvitae, 21.3 nm

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ETNZ Is In
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has lodged a challenge for the 35th America's Cup.

Out-going Commodore Steve Burrett announced that the challenge would go ahead at the Squadron's annual meeting last night.

The Squadron will be represented by Emirates Team New Zealand. Challenges must received by the defending yacht club, the Golden Gate Yacht Club, by midnight Friday, San Francisco time.

The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has been involved with all but one New Zealand America's Cup campaign since 1987, winning at San Diego in 1995 and successfully defending at Auckland in 2000.

Mr Burrett said: "New Zealand has a distinguished history in the America's Cup and we expect Emirates Team New Zealand will once again make New Zealand proud, just as it has done many times in the past.

"We wish the team well and we look forward to contributing to the success of the 35th America's Cup."

Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton says the team is pleased to be able to be in a position to challenge with the confidence of being able to represent the country well. "This is the official start of a long, hard journey. We do not under-estimate the challenges ahead.

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Sir Ben Ainslie at Volvo Gill Optimist British and Open Championships
Sunshine and wind every day of the week has made for one of the best Volvo Gill Optimist British and Open Championships in recent memory, and today [Thursday 7 August] was no different for the Optimist sailors at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Light wind in the morning averaging 6 to 8 knots gave the advantage to light weight sailors and those that are tactically aware. Around midday, the sea breeze started to fight the gradient wind, which resulted in an hour of waiting until the sea breeze won, giving the Optimist sailors 10 to 12 knots for afternoon racing.

Overall the shift breeze proved challenging for the race organizer and sailors, however both the Senior Fleet (Main) and Junior Fleet (Main) had three races. These were marked by the most start line penalties of the event so far, indicating a rise in competitiveness from the sailors on the penultimate day of the Championships.

Top sailors from abroad continue to dominate the Senior and Junior Fleets (Main), indicating that international countries have chosen to send their very best sailors; a credit to the quality of event that the organizers have put on and a good experience for British sailors. Alexandra Schonrock continues to be the top sailor in either of the Main Fleets, sitting second overall in the Junior Fleet (Main).

Sir Ben Ainslie made a special appearance after racing and spent some quality time with the next generation of sailors. After a short talk, the Olympic champion and America's Cup winner, signed everything from t-shirts to Optimist rudders. Excitement in the boat park continued as the sailors took part in a 'fun run' held by the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation, which was started by Sir Ben Ainslie, who is an ambassador for the charity.

Racing is scheduled to continue Friday morning at 11.00 AM with only one race left to go to complete the entire series.

www.kbsuk.com/optimist/

Francis Joyon Competing In His Fifth Route Du Rhum
It's now official: in just under three months from now, on 2nd November, Francis Joyon will be setting off on his fifth Route du Rhum between St-Malo and Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe).

Francis Joyon appears calm and is looking forward to the race as he prepares his fifth attempt at the Route du Rhum, the second on board his IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran. For the time being, the sailor is fine-tuning his boat, which is currently out of the water. No major transformations are planned, and this is a general overhaul, particularly concerning the deck hardware. The boat will be relaunched in mid-September giving him enough time to check over the choices that have been made, chiefly involving the new sails. Francis Joyon will go through some intense training off la Trinite-sur-Mer. To prepare himself psychologically, the skipper of IDEC SPORT will be making his way alone to St-Malo, where the Route du Rhum begins on 2nd November.

Francis will be facing some tough competition in the Ultimate category. Armel Le Cleac'h, Thomas Coville, Lionel Lemonchois, Yann Guichard, Sidney Gavignet and Sebastien Josse..."The standard in the Ultimate category is even higher than four years ago, which is quite amazing... We recently discovered that another serious contender will be competing: Yann Elies. As a fan of multihulls, I'm bound to be pleased about such a line-up. It's interesting, as there are some very different boat designs in this class. Each boat has some weather conditions that are favourable, and others which could be crippling. Given this context, it's hard to say who will be finish first in Guadeloupe," explained Francis Joyon.

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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race Postponed
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has issued a statement announcing that the start of the 2014 edition of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race has been postponed.

The decision has been taken to postpone the start of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014 by 21 hours. The new start time will be 0900 on Monday 11th August 2014.

The Race Committee took this decision after receiving advice that the low pressure system known as Bertha is moving more slowly than previously predicted, with the result that the forecast winds for the start and the immediate period afterwards includes sustained winds of 40 knots with gusts in excess of 50 knots in the English Channel.

The advice is that this delay will allow time for the severe winds to abate as the low pressure system moves North East.

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Laser, Laser Radial and 470 Fleets Bring Aquece Rio To A Close
The Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta 2014 has drawn to a close with the Laser, Laser Radial and 470 honours being picked up on the final day of action.

The Laser and Laser Radial gold medals went the way of Tom Burton (AUS) and Anne Marie Rindom (DEN). Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (AUS) made sure of Men's 470 gold whilst Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (NZL) clinched the Women's 470 honours.

Racing on the Pão de Açucar race track, a south easterly breeze in between 5-10 knots allowed all the fleets to conclude their racing. The breeze died towards the latter part of the afternoon as the Women's 470 wrapped up proceedings.

Attention now turns to the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championship which takes place in northern Spain from 8-21 September 2014. The Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds is the first Olympic Qualification regatta for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition. 50% of Rio 2016 spots will be decided in Santander.

Top three by class:

49er
1. Peter Burling / Blair Tuke, NZL, 30 points
2. Nathan Outteridge / Iain Jensen, AUS, 38
3. Dylan Fletcher / Alain Sign, GBR, 39

49erFX
1. Martine Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 18
2. Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech, NZL, 24
3. Annemiek Bekkering / Annette Duelz, NED, 31

Laser
1. Tom Burton, AUS, 33
2. Rutger Van Schaardenburg, NED, 43
3. Nick Thompson, GBR, 47.8

Laser Radial
1. Anne Marie Rindom, DEN, 40
2. Alison Young, GBR, 44
3. Evi Van Acker, BEL, 46

470 Men
1. Mathew Belcher / Will Ryan, AUS, 27
2. Luke Patience / Elliot Willis, GBR, 32
3. Daniel Willcox / Paul Snow Hansen, NZL, 39

470 Women
1. Jo Aleh / Polly Powrie, NZL, 23
2. Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark, GBR, 27
3. Lara Vadlau / Jolanta Oger, AUT, 35

RS:X Men
1. Dorian Van Rijsselberge, NED, 29
2. Pierre le Coq, FRA, 39
3. Piotr Myszka, POL, 40

RS:X Women
1. Charline Picon, FRA, 15
2. Lilian De Geus, NED, 47
3. Flavia Tartaglini, ITA, 47

Finn
1. Giles Scott, GBR, 22
2. Jonathan Lobert, FRA, 56
3. Edward Wright, GBR, 56

NACRA 17
1. Billy Besson / Marie Riou, FRA, 25
2. Darren Bundock / Nina Curtis, AUS, 36
3. Pippa Wilson / John Gimson, GBR, 42

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Three New ORC World Champions
Kiel, Germany: As if an intentional counterpoint to the light winds found during most of this week, the final day and final race of the 2014 ORC World Championship had strong gusty winds, alternating rain and sun, and the same steep choppy waves that are so famous for Kiel.

In these conditions new champions were born and the remaining podium positions filled after nine races among the 151 entries from 19 countries in this event. In all, the podium was filled with teams from Italy, Germany, Estonia, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

On the strength of their domination of Class C and the Jury's dismissal of an attempt to re-open a protest last night against them and two dozen other entries, Giuseppe Giuffre's Low Noise from Italy knew they had earned their third World title crown and did not have to brave the wind and rain today.

While not quite as dominant in Class B as Low Noise was in Class C, Jaak Jogi's X-41 Forte was in a similar situation last night when they too learned they won the title for their native Estonia and would have the day off.

Corinthian Trophy winners among all-amateur teams in each class included Kai Mares's Immac One4All (6th in Class A), Checkmate (Class B), and Team Pro4U (Class C).

Class A
1. Enfant Terrible, Alberto Rossi, TP52, ITA, 23 points
2. Santa, Claus Landmark, Landmark 43, NOR, 29
3. Silva Neo, Dennis Gehrlein, GP 42, GER

Class B
1. Forte, Jaak Jogi, Z-41, EST, 26
2. Checkmate, Peter de Ridder, Swan 45, NED, 44
3. Three Sisters, Milan Hajek, First 40.7, CZE, 44

Class C
1. Low Noise, Duccio Colombi, M37, ITA, 21
2. Team PRO4U, Patrik, Forsgren, First 36.7 MOD, SWE, 32
3. Vencom, Martin Nilsson, Salona 37, SWE, 34.5

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The 33rd Copa Del Rey Mapfre Crowns Its Champions
The 33rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE finished today in Palma de Mallorca. The bay of Palma reaffirmed its reputation with good wind conditions throughout the week, and only added a little bit more excitement on the final day with an irregular wind that reduced the sailing schedule to a single race. The names of the eight winners were decided in the last race of the championship.

The champions of the 33rd Copa del Rey MAPFRE are Americans "Shockwave" (Gaastra IRC 0) and "Quantum Racing" (Barclays 52 Super Series), Italians "Hurakan" (Gaastra IRC 1) and "Lelagain" (Nespresso X 35), Russian "Bronenosec" (Gazprom Swan 60), and Spaniards "Rats on Fire" (BMW ORC 1), "Movistar" (BMW ORC 2) and "Noticia" (Herbalife J80).

The 34th Copa del Rey MAPFRE will be held from August 1st to the 8th 2015.

Final top three
Position/Boat/Country/Skipper/Total Points

Gaastra IRC 0*
1. Shockwave, USA, George Sakellaris, 19 points
2. Bella Mente, USA, Hap Fauth, 22
3.- Robertissima III, GBR, Roberto Tomasini, 23

Gaastra IRC 1*
1. Hurakan, ITA, Giuseppe Parodi, 11
2. Team Vision Future, FRA, Mergui Mikael, 20
3. Aquila, AUT, Rene Mangold, 28

Barclays 52 Super Series**
1. Quantum Racing, USA, Ed Baird, 25
2. Ran, SWE, Niklas Zennstrom, 29
3. Azzurra, ITA, Alberto Roemmers, 32

BMW ORC 1*
1. Rats on Fire, ESP, Manuel Doreste, 20
2. Earlybird, GER, Hendrik Brandis, 25.5
3. Elena Nova, GER, Christian Plump, 27.5

BMW ORC 2*
1. Movistar, ESP, Pedro Campos, 11
2. Varador 2000, ESP, Lluis Blanchar, 23.5
3. Airlan Aermec, ESP, Teo Matheu Riera, 24.5

Gazprom Swan 60*
1. Bronenosec, RUS, Vladimir Liubomirov, 15
2. Spirit of Europe, IVB, Boris Gusev, 27
3. Windward, CHN, 30

Nespresso X-35*
1. Lelagain, ITA, Alessandro Solerio, 30
2. Puerto Deportivo Benalmadena, ESP, 31
3. Red Electrica de Espana, ESP, Javier Sanz, 36

Herbalife J80*
1. Noticia, ESP, Jose Maria Torcida, 22
2. Movistar, ESP, Carlos Martinez, 42
3. Herbalife, ESP, Javier Padron, 40

*The classes with eight races sailed can discard their worst result
** The Barclays 52 Super Series do not apply a discard

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Seahorse September 2014
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

World news
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Mini 6.50 Les Sables - Les Acores - Les Sables
In the Protos Nico Boidevezi (ImaginAlsace) continues to hold off Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian) and is sailing a bit faster. In the Series fleet, Tanguy Turquais (Terreal - Childhood Dreams) has a significant lead over the rest of the fleet and may take an overall podium position.

Charles Boulenger (Foksamouille) is the third victim of a dismasting after Olivier Jehl (Zigoneshi) and Davy Beaudart (Cultisol) in the first leg. Several competitors are slowed by damage in their return to Les Sables d'Olonne: Patrick Girod (NESCENS), Damien Cloarec (ETF - www.damien-cloarec.fr) and Damien Audrain (EPC - Dreams Clown).

Top FiveRanking August 10 to 17 hours (GMT +2)

Series
1. Tanguy Le Turquais, Terreal - Dreams of Childhood, 512.7 miles from the finish
2. Damien Cloarec, ETF - www.damien-cloarec.fr, 34.8 miles to leader
3. Jonas Gerckens, Netwerk, 40.6
4. Armand de Jacquelot, Enelos, 46.1
5. Francis Jambou, Kairos, 50.7

Protos
1. Nicolas Boidevezi, ImaginAlsace, 430.1 miles from the finish
2. Giancarlo Pedote, Prysmian, 5.9 miles to leader
3. Michele Zambelli, Fontanot, 41.8
4. Ludovic Mechin, Microvitae, 59.0
5. Ian Lipinski, Innovative Companies, 90.9

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Americas Cup Announcement Gives Little Away
The entry deadline came and the entry deadline went but news was sparse about what was nevertheless described as "a strong line-up of teams" wanting to contest the next America's Cup in 2017. Expectations had been that at least the number of teams would be disclosed although the world had been warned that they would not be named.

The three short paragraphs statement - one of which was to say there will be a press conference in London in a month's time - went on to say: "America's Cup organisers are now working through the second stage of the entry process with each of these teams. This is expected to finish by August 20th."

There is no doubt surrounding Britain's Ben Ainslie-led team to represent the Royal Yacht Squadron. Sweden's Artemis team took over as the lead challenger in San Francisco last time. Emirates Team New Zealand, a former cup holder and the ultimate challenger last time, has made public its intention to be back. The Prada-backed Italians were also there last time and have been in the game for years. The French are a known quantity and well versed in challenging for a trophy which goes back to 1851.

The thought that any of them would be rejected is ludicrous, further delay does none of them nor the event any favours, and filling an extra 11 days with "working through the second stage" should test even the most enthusiastic exponents of finding work to fill the time available. There has always been a mechanism for late entries. - Stuart Alexander in The Independent:

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Ulrikkeholm's 4th Title In Lysekil Women's Match
Camilla Ulrikkeholm did it again. After four final matches, with more drama than the crowds on the cliffs could have wished for, the World #1 secured her fourth consecutive victory in the 10th edition of Lysekil Women's Match

Saturday's racing in Lysekil Women's Match began with the conclusion of both semis 3 - 0, in the favour of Kjellberg and Ulrikkeholm, leaving Swedish Caroline Sylvan and Danish Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen to fight for the bronze.

Results in the final of Lysekil Women's Match, the third stage out of five in the 2014 Women's International Match Racing Series (WIM Series):
Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN - Anna Kjellberg, SWE 3 - 1

Results in the petit final of Lysekil Women's Match:
Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN - Caroline Sylvan, SWE 2 - 0

Semi final results in Lysekil Women's Match:
Anna Kjellberg, SWE - Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN 3 - 0
Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN - Caroline Sylvan, SWE 3 - 0

Results in sail-off for the 7th place in Lysekil Women's Match:
Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED - Linda Rahm, SWE 1 - 0

Final results of Lysekil Women's Match, the third stage out of five in the 2014 Women's International Match Racing Series (WIM Series) (skipper name, nationality, prize money, WIM Series points):
1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN, 100 000 SEK, 25
2. Anna Kjellberg, SWE, 47 000 SEK, 22
3. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN, 39 000 SEK, 19
4. Caroline Sylvan, SWE, 31 000 SEK, 15
5. Stephanie Roble, USA, 27 000 SEK, 13
6. Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA, 24 000 SEK, 11
7. Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED, 19 000 SEK, 9
8. Linda Rahm, SWE, 13 000 SEK, 7
9. Claudia Pierce, NZL, 0 SEK, 4

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Frustrating Start to the 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship
Brunnen, Switzerland: On Race Day 1 of the 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship today, the eager competitors were met with shifty and inconsistent winds, long postponements, and a race-less afternoon.

Around 3:00 pm, the new First Warning signal time, conflicting winds began their battle and the Race Committee postponed the racing further. Because of the 180 degree shifts and dramatic pressure changes, the Race Committee moved the Star fleet back up the lake and within an hour later, sent them to the harbour to wait on shore once again.

Just after the whole fleet made it ashore, the Fohn wind filled in strong with puffs up to 35mph. The Race Committee then abandoned racing for the day and postponed the start of Race 1 until tomorrow, Race Day 2. At 7PM CET Race Committee will publish the official time for the First Warning of Race 1 and hopefully conditions will be stable enough to complete 3 full races.

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Who Will Be The 505 King Of Kiel?
With more than 170 teams entered from 16 nations, the SAP 505 World Championship is shaping up to be one of the toughest challenges on the international sailing circuit this year. The event starts on 13 August, and is being hosted by Kieler Yacht Club on the site of the 1972 Olympic Regatta.

The third biggest Worlds entry in the 60-year history of the class, the list is peppered with some of the greatest names in the sport. Jørgen Bojsen-Møller may have won an Olympic gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class at the Seoul Games in 1988, but a 505 world title has yet eluded him. Sailing with his brother Jacob, the Danish duo have twice finished runner-up, the last occasion being two years ago at La Rochelle when another Danish skipper - Jan Saugmann - teamed up with German crew Martin Gorge to win.

In Barbados last year the Germans filled the podium, with Claas Lehmann and Leon Oehme emerging from a very tight battle to take the world title, with Stefan Boehm and Gerald Roos in 2nd place. The surprise was that Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess managed only 3rd place. Not a bad result by most people's standards, but Hunger is the most successful Five-Oh sailor of all time, with five World Championships to his credit. Reunited with his crew Julien Kleiner, who crewed Hunger to victory in 2010 and 2011, can the Kiel skipper win the world title on home waters?

The competition kicks off in Kiel, Germany on August 13 with the Pre-Worlds Regatta, followed by the SAP 5O5 World Championship from August 16-22. -- Andy Rice, www.sailingintelligence.com

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What Is It?
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At first glance - or even second look it is quite obviously a J-80.

In actual fact it is an X-80.

Hudson Yachts, a Taiwanese boatbuilder with a factory in Xiamen used to be the Asia builder for the J-80.

The deal fell apart so Hudson Wang decided to build - well a clone might be a good description.

Plumb the bow, open the transom, give it heaps less ballast and call it an X-80 instead of a J-80.

Plagarism - you betcha. -- Shanghai Sailor

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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race: An Epic Start
The 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, started at 0900 BST August 11.

All 28 yachts are now heading east along the Solent having now started the 1800 mile race around Britain and Ireland. A large crowd of spectators outside the Royal Yacht Squadron saw the fleet away. In bright sunshine, with a stiff southwesterly wind and a significant positive tide, it was a magnificent start with yachts flying through the surf under spinnakers.

At 1130 BST, all of the fleet are now past Selsey Bill, experiencing over 30 knots of breeze as they reach at top speed along the south coast of England. Musandam-Oman Sail, skippered by Sidney Gavignet, has averaged 30 knots of boat speed since the start. If the MOD70 keeps that up the team will finish the course in two and a half days, smashing the course record.

The IRC and Class40 Fleet start saw Brian Thompson's IMOCA 60, Artemis - Team Endeavour, judge the line to perfection, blasting through the short chop at full power right on the gun. However, Andrew Budgen and Fred Schwyn's Volvo 70, Monster Project showed terrific downwind speed to take up the lead. The two canting keel downwind flyers are now locked in a high speed duel averaging 20 knots of boat speed and that battle is likely to continue for the next four or five days. Just two hours into the race, Artemis - Team Endeavour are leading overall after time correction from Monster Project.

Concise 8, skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, leads the Class40s, opening up a two mile gap on Burkhard Keese's German Class40, Stella Nova.

The five Volvo 65s screamed through the start line flying Code Zeros, all bar Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Azzam, skippered by Ian Walker, which started with a smaller A3. Team SCA, skippered by Sam Davies, got the best start but Azzam soon peeled to the Code Zero to fly into the lead. However, Team Dongfeng, skippered by Frenchman Charles Caudrelier, was just in the lead at 1100 BST. Three teams have taken the lead in the Volvo 65 class in the first two hours, a pattern that may well continue right through the race.

Event: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org
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Cowes Week
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The final day of racing at Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week delivered sparkling conditions with plenty of sun and wind, including gusts of 25 knots that gave exhilarating and energetic racing under predominately cloudless skies.

Much of the focus was on the White Group dayboats, where the overall class winners were decided. Malcolm Hutchings and Andrew Ramsey's Lady Penelope had already won the Squib class with a day to spare, having won all but one race. Sarah Everitt and Steve Warren-Smith's Aquabat was also secure in second place, while Duncan Grindley and Dave Ross' Surprise took third by a comfortable margin.

Hutchings' performance also gained him overall winner of both White Group and of the whole event for the second year running. "Winning overall last year came as a bit of a surprise, and we are just as surprised this year," Hutchings said. "It's wonderful to be taking this magnificent overall winners trophy back to the east coast once again, where some extremely big celebrations are on the cards. It is always a fantastic week - we come down here for the great competition, fun and the fantastic social scene and this week we revelled in it all."

The lively weather on the final day wrapped up a great week of racing that featured plenty of sun and a mix of winds that tested crews in different conditions. Next year's Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week runs from August 8-15, a slightly later date than usual in order to avoid strong spring tides.

Full results of all classes at: www.aamcowesweek.co.uk

Dubarry Ultima - Quality Always Lasts
It's amazing to think how sailing has changed since Dubarry started making boots in 1937. The first marina arrived in the 1930s but there were no plastic boats to park in it before the 1940s. There was no yacht radar before the 1950s, nor marine diesel engines before the 1960s, also when polyester sailcloth ousted linen and cotton. The 1970s brought instrumentation and the 1980s saw Decca come and go as GPS stole the show. Oiled canvas gave way to PVC, which yielded to GORE-TEX®. Much indeed has changed, yet one thing has stayed the same: nothing signifies a confident, experienced, discerning yachtie like a pair of Dubarry boots.

Developed as a more luxurious, classical and traditional interpretation of the legendary Shamrock, on which the company's reputation was built, the Ultima is Dubarry's flagship boot. Its sole delivers award-winning, sure-footed grip. Its GORE-TEX® liner is waterproof and breathable to keep you warm, dry and comfortable. Its Dry-Fast-Dry-Soft water-resistant leather weathers with grace and distinction, recording every nautical mile of your experience in the gentle, tanned folds of its sumptuous hide. It's clearer than ever that, though times may change, quality always lasts.

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Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship
Brunnen, Switzerland: On Following a long day of waiting and false hopes on Race Day 1 of the 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship, the Star sailors endured an even longer day today, Race Day 2, filled with on and off rain, inconsistent wind pressure, and shifty wind direction. However, despite the difficult conditions today, the 2014 Star Easterns is now well on its way with 3 of the 7 scheduled races completed.

Race Day 2 got off to a slow start this morning with an onshore and on the water postponement of the original 11:00 am First Warning signal time, but the pace quickened as the first rain storm of the day took over the race course on the Gersauer Becken race area. The wind picked up from the previously NW 4-6 knot breeze to a stable 8-10, and Race 1 was successfully started at 11:45.

The first day of actual racing was dominated by the Italian crew of ITA 8491 Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi.

Race 2 did not start immediately as there was a general recall.

The third and final race of the day was much more unpredictable and varied. A jump to starboard in the first phase of the upwind leg worked to the advantage of a group of four boats which immediately broke away from the rest.

Tomorrow racing is scheduled to start once again at 11.00 and up to three races can be held.

The 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship will be able to award the Silver Star only when four races have been completed while five valid races is the threshold to see the worst result discarded.

Top five after three races:

1. Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi, ITA, 8 points
2. George Szabo / Serge Pulfer, USA, 11
3. Emilios Papathanasiou / Antonis Tsotras, GRE, 11
4. Hubert Merkelbach / Gerrit Bartel, GER, 25
5. Christoph Burger / Renato Marazzi, SUI, 28

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GJW Direct Sailfest Starts August 23 at Calshot
The 18 foot Skiffs have confirmed that their 2014 Nationals will be part of GJW Direct SailFest.

These 3 man speed machines, considered to be fastest non foiling monohulls will bring some great spectator viewing for those afloat and fitted with SailRacer GPS trackers.

With GJW Direct SailFest also forming the National Championships for the Alto, Byte and ISO classes great chance to see a cross section of dinghy fleets, including new entrants such as the D-Zero making an appearance.

Calshot Activities Centre has awesome sporting facilities and, for the August Bank Holiday weekend, sailors are invited to book sessions as part of the GJW Direct SailFest. Regatta entry is not required to take part in the sports sessions, just book now and bring the family for a sailing themed activity day with racing to watch on the water as well as live ashore via GPS tracking.

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J/24 Europeans
Angelholm, Sweden: For the first time in decades, the European J/24 sailors are making a migration north into Scandinavia to sail the J/24 European Championship. The event takes place from the 9th to 15th of August and will be hosted by ASSS Sailing Club in Angelholm, south-west of Sweden. Thirty-seven teams are participating from seven countries (Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Sweden and USA).

The single largest contingent participating are the twenty-five German boats, mostly from the northern parts of the country. Many of their top sailors who've participated in past Europeans and Worlds are in attendance, as well as a number of their top women teams.

In addition to the five teams from Sweden, top America sailor Mike Ingham will be racing, as will Dennis Frederiksen from YC Monaco.

Top five in Monday's Tuneup Race

1. Front Runner, Per-Hakenn Persson, SWE
2. Vitesse, Manfred Konig, GER
3. Paget, Dennis Frederiksen, MON
4. El Nino, Mike Schmolling, GER
5. Flying Colours, William Pollock, GBR

Racing starts Tuesday and continues through Friday.

ec2014.j24sweden.com

Neilpryde UK Laser Nationals
Largs, Ayrshire, UK: Whilst the big boats competing in the Seven Star Round Britain & Ireland race were postponed and the Merlin sailors in Looe were playing beach rounders because of Big Bertha the 150 Laser helms in Largs were kept ashore for lack of wind. Eventually in the early afternoon a Northerly breeze about 10-12 kts arrived to allow all three fleets to complete two races in a fine Scottish drizzle. All starts used a common trapezoidal course laid near Great Cumbrae.

There is a very healthy percentage of youth sailors in the Standard fleet this year and it was Ireland's youth sailor Dougie Power who took the first gun ahead of Alistair Goodwin & Anthony Parke. Jack Aitken, having finished 4th in Race 1, then showed the others the way home in the 2nd race to lead overnight.

With nearly 90 Radials entered the decision was made to split the fleet into two starts and race the first half of the week in a Round Robin format. If today's results are anything to go by this could be one of the most exciting week's racing for a long time. Each start had a different winner and at the end of the day three helms, Jon Emmett, Scotland's Jamie Calder & Ireland's Liam Glynn; were all tied on three points.

The Championship is being sponsored by Neil Pryde ably assisted by Harken UK as the equipment sponsors. Racing continues until Friday and with brighter conditions but stronger winds expected on Monday the fun has just begun. -- Eddie Mays

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Classic Wooden Boats & New Dinghy Linked Through Sailing's Book Trophy
The Book (senior version from 1944) and the junior (from 1980) on display at Sutton Dinghy Club for Sunday's 70th Anniversary series. Photo by W M Nixon. Click on image to enlarge.

If you've ever team-raced for "The Book" between Sutton Dinghy Club and a team from Cork Harbour, then you'll know that it is Irish sailing's Book of Kells, inaugurated seventy years ago with the winning team obliged to inscribe the outcome on vellum in illuminated style. W M Nixon found that this year's event last Sunday had the Corkmen celebrating a win, even if they lost the race.

Keeping the records of sporting events may seem the simplest thing in the world, but it's amazing how quickly the written reports can disappear completely. In this blog on 12th April, we were pointing out that ancient sailing trophies are doubly valuable, as they'll still be in existence and lovingly cared for because of their intrinsic worth as pieces of silverware, and with any luck they'll also carry the name of the boats and owners, the early winners of races back in those remote mists of time.

Yet even the world's oldest original sailing trophy, the Ladies Cup of Sligo Yacht Club which dates back to 1822, took a while to cop on to the need to inscribe the names. It didn't occur until 1831, when the winner was Owen Wynne of Hazelwood on Lough Gill, that lovely lake where the Sligomen sailed before they took to the sea at Rosses Point.

Another lovely article with a ton of photos:
afloat.ie/blogs/sailing-saturday-with-wm-nixon

Industry News
Marina Projects Ltd is pleased to announce the successful sale of Endeavour Quay, the Gosport run specialist boatyard business, to Premier Marinas Ltd. As part of Premier Marinas' continued expansion and development plans, the company has purchased the rights to the name and business operation of the specialist boatyard. Endeavour Quay lies adjacent to Premier's Gosport Marina and offers one of the largest boatyard facilities on the South Coast. The yard will continue to serve its existing customers and will provide additional boatyard facilities for Premier customers, trading as Premier Endeavour Quay from 1st August 2014.

Premier Marinas owns and operates eight prestigious marinas on the South Coast with locations that include Eastbourne, Brighton, Chichester, Southsea in Langstone Harbour, Gosport and Port Solent in Portsmouth Harbour, Swanwick on the Hamble and Falmouth.

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A three-year, three-part reorganisation plan for the UK's Oyster Yachts, which was set in track following the acquisition by Dutch investment company HTP Investments in February 2012, is due to be finished by the end of 2014.

Oyster Group CEO David Tydeman told SB: "The plan will be completed by the end of this year with the last part of it involving 15 people, out of 350, which make up the financial, sales and marketing team in Ipswich."

Part of the plan was to move the head office from Ipswich to one of the two Oyster shipyards - Oyster Yachts Wroxham in Norfolk, formerly Landamores, and Oyster Yachts Southampton, formerly Southampton Yacht Services.

Southampton will now be the head office, with a brokerage office in Ipswich and also a small commissioning base for yachts built at Wroxham. -- David Robinson in Superyacht Business

www.superyachtbusiness.net

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Southampton-based GAC Pindar has been awarded a major three-year contract extension with the global Extreme Sailing Series, to manage the complex worldwide shipping of the Series' Extreme 40 boats, equipment and support materials, In 2013, GAC Pindar clocked up over 23,000 miles to help deliver the Series, transporting the valuable cargo by road, sea and air, and rose to the challenges of delivering the world's only truly global elite level sailing series, with a carefully choreographed plan.

The 2015 global tour will traverse three continents, with eight Host Venues starting in Singapore, 5-8 February, over 11 months. As official logistics partner to the Extreme Sailing Series, GAC Pindar will be responsible for the transportation of not only the Extreme 40 boats - including their own team entry - but also the bulk of the supporting infrastructure, including the shore side facilities, such as the TV production equipment, Race Village and VIP area - all of which are essential to delivering the elite level Stadium Racing competition to spectators on site and television viewers around the world.

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Lymington Town Sailing Club are delighted to announce a new title sponsor for their annual autumn keel boat racing series, The Solent Circuit. In a five year deal with Southampton based RYA training and charter company, Coastal Pursuits, the event will be known as the Coastal Pursuits Solent Circuit.

The arrangement also sees Coastal Pursuits join forces with Lymington Town Sailing Club's in house RYA training centre, Lymington Town School of Sailing and Power Boating, to offer their full range of RYA courses and Charter packages from a new Lymington base. The centre will be run by LTSSP Principal, Robin Pratt and will trade as Lymington Boat Training.

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Exposure Marine has been appointed as an Official Supplier to Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014/15.

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Exposure is equipping Abu Dhabi's Volvo 65 'Azzam' with their lightweight, X2 multi-beam searchlights, with white and red beam modes to protect night vision, and featuring new customised switching programmes specifically for the Team. The crew will be testing some new development products with highly specific search and rescue capabilities and a headtorch. In addition, the Team will use Skipper Ian Walker's trusted favourite, the tiny XS personal torch, which he wore around his neck for the entire 2011/12 race.

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Vestas Wind Systems Completes Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 Line-Up
Alicante, Spain: Vestas, the world's leading wind energy company, was today announced as the seventh and final boat for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15.

Six-time world champion Chris Nicholson, who will be contesting his fifth race, will skipper the boat and work is already well underway to ready the Danish company's team for the race start in October.

Two Danes, Nicolai Sehested and Peter Wibroe, will feature in the eight-man crew. Sehested, 24, is among the youngest from his country to have competed in the race.

Team Vestas Wind will join Team SCA, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, Dongfeng Race Team, Team Brunel, Team Alvimedica and a Spanish team whose title sponsor has yet to be announced, on the start line.

The boat will face its first test on water in mid-August as the crew prepares to sail the 2,000 nautical miles qualifying distance, a pre-requisite of joining the Volvo Ocean Race which starts with the In-port race in Alicante on October 4.

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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland
Musandam - Oman Sail reached Out Stack, the rock north of Muckle Flugga and the most northerly part of the course, just before 1500 BST 12th August.

The MOD 70, skippered by Sidney Gavignet, has about 46 hours to complete the remaining 1098 miles to set a new world record. Musandam - Oman Sail has averaged an astonishing 24 knots on a screaming reach up to the top of the course and needs to average the same, or better, on the way back down. A new breeze is from the North West and came in just as the trimaran turned for home. It looks like a reach all the way down the west coast of Scotland and Ireland and maybe, just maybe, Musandam - Oman Sail can beat the 2011 record set by Banque Populaire 5, which is twice as long as Musandam - Oman Sail.

Since the fleet left Cowes on Monday morning, the wind speed across the entire course has barely dropped below 25 knots and reports of over 40 knots of wind have been recorded by many competitors.

The Volvo Ocean 65 fleet have been launched right from the start and the crews are also feeling a few knocks and bruises. Team Dongfeng's Pascal Bidegorry required stitches to a hand wound and one of the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing Team has bruised ribs from a fall down below.

A tremendous battle is raging between Azzam, skippered by Ian Walker, and Team Campos, skippered by Iker Martinez. Azzam has a substantial lead heading towards Muckle Flugga, but the wind shadow of the Shetland Islands and the low pressure system, which is almost stationary at the top of the course, means that there could be some very funky weather as the two leaders round Out Stack tonight.

The main trophy and a $20,000 shipping voucher from Sevenstar Yacht Transport are up for grabs in IRC and the well travelled Volvo 70 Monster Project, skippered by Andrew Budgen, has been in the driving seat for the last two updates. Monster Project is just 170 miles from Out Stack and still in the overall lead but the Volvo 70 has been slowing down in the last few hours, averaging about 4 knots less than her speed from the start. Just behind, Jens Kellinghusen's Ker 51, Varuna, has maintained her average speed of about 15 knots and is closing the time correction gap on Monster Project at virtually every tracker update. However, looking at the weather ahead, the forecast is for the breezy conditions to hold at the top of the course for at least another 24 hours which may favour Monster Project.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Marinepool - Clothing Partner of the Extreme Sailing Series™
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We have built a reputation for outstanding quality, excellent service and quick and reliable deliveries. These are only a few of the reasons why no less than 4 of this year´s teams in the Extreme Sailing Series™, among them 2012 and 2013 Champions The Wave, Muscat, are racing in Marinepool kit.

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Squall Hits GP14 World Champioinship
There were chaotic scenes at the GP14 World Championship yacht race after a sudden squall capsized several boats with around 20 people - including several children - ending up in the water.

Initially it was feared that as many as 95 people had tumbled into the water in Strangford Lough, Co Down. However, following the end of the incident, the coastguard confirmed that 20 went overboard.

A major rescue operation was staged from around 2pm yesterday, and completed by just after 4pm.

The Irish Coast Guard sent a helicopter from Dublin while a second was sent from RAF Valley in Wales to help the Bangor and Portaferry Coastguard rescue teams and the Portaferry and Newcastle RNLI lifeboats with the effort.

The Ulster Hospital declared a major incident as it awaited the arrival of casualties.

In the end, only two people sustained minor injuries while many more were reported as suffering from hypothermia.

www.independent.ie/irish-news/

Event: www.gp14.org/events/2014-world-championship/

Negri and Lambertenghi Lead the 2014 Star Easterns
Brunnen, Switzerland, Another roller-coaster day was added to the 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship today, Race Day 3, with a 3 hour onshore postponement this morning followed by a relatively stable northerly afternoon breeze. Happily, however, competitors were able to continue the battle at 3.20 pm when Race 4 finally got underway.

The final leg was just as exciting as the previous 3 down to the very last metre. The Greeks Papathanasiou/Tsotras (GRE 8434) gave no sign of defeat and continued to chase Negri/Lambertenghi (ITA 8491), allowing no more than 10 metres between them the entire leg. Behind them another blistering match race was unfoldng as Gautschi/Schenk (SUI 8409) took a commanding position ahead of Lofstedt/Kleen and Rotermund/Hollweg.

Thanks to the completion of this fourth race, the Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship title and Silver Star status can now be awarded.

The Top 5 teams overall according to the provisional results are:

1. Diego Negri & Sergio Lambertenghi, ITA, 6-1-1-1: 9 points
2. Emilios Papathanasiou & Antonis Tsotras, GRE, 3-5-3-2: 13
3. George Szabo & Serge Pulfer, USA, 2-2-7-15: 26
4. Hubert Merkelbach & Gerrit Bartel, GER, 7-7-12-7: 33
5. Tom Lofstedt & Frithjof Kleen, SWE, 9-14-16-4: 43

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Pyefleet Week
Brightlingsea, Essex, UK: Day three of Brightlingsea Sailing Club's Pyefleet Week 2014 brought a slight moderation of the winds which had plagued the the first two days and both the morning and afternoon racing sessions were run for almost all classes, with the exception of the Brightlingsea One Designs.

Although still a blustery force four to five from the west-north-west, the morning session went off without delays for the Fast Handicap, Lasers, Teras, Wivenhoe One Designs and Cadet Handicap. The classic Wivenhoe One Designs and the Cadets started from the club line and were set courses that kept them within the shelter of the river, while the other classes started from the committee boat and went out into the more open estuary.

Several of the Wivenhoe One Designs, the oldest of which was built in 1935, elected to reef to help them cope with the gusty conditions on what was their first race of the regatta. These pretty little classic day boats enjoyed great racing on an upriver course.

The rising spring tide brought an increase in the wind strength and for a while the afternoon racing session looked to be in doubt, but fortunately it moderated a little and the race committee elected to run racing from the club line for all but the Brightlingsea One Designs.

Tomorrow is Big Wednesday at Pyefleet Week, which traditionally features an all in handicap start for all classes at 14.30. In addition a race will also be run for the BOD fleet at 11.30 in the morning. With the forecast for slightly less wind everyone is very much looking forward to finally seeing the BODs in all their glory and to enjoying some more relaxed racing for Big Wednesday.

Pyefleet Week continues until Saturday 16 August.

pyefleetweek.com

Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge in New York Harbor
New York, NY, USA: Nineteen teams of amateur club sailors from 14 nations will come together from August 15th to 17th to compete in the Sixth Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge organized by the NY Harbor Sailing Foundation. The races will take place on boats borrowed from the Manhattan Yacht Club, one of the largest community sailing organizations in the country with more than 900 members and will take place at North Cove, the mega yacht marina in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan.

The three-day spectacular will feature a daily series of hour-long races in New York Harbor. All of the races will begin and end at Manhattan Yacht Club's floating clubhouse located in the harbor, near Ellis Island.

The NY Harbor Sailing Foundation was founded in 1994 and organizes sailing programs in the harbor such as Operation Optimist, a junior sailing program for kids.

Founded in 1987, Manhattan Yacht Club has reintroduced recreational sailing to the harbor after a 60-year absence.

The 19 teams from 14 nations include:

- Manhattan Yacht Club (United States) - 2 Teams
- Club Universitario de Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 2 Teams
- Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (Germany)
- Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (Australia) - 2 Teams
- Nissan Marina Tokai (Japan)
- Howth Yacht Club (Ireland) - 2 Teams
- Fenerbahce Sailing Club "Team Goblin" (Turkey)
- Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland)
- Societe Nautique de la Baie de Saint-Malo (France)
- Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (Norway)
- Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club (Bermuda)
- Royal Danish Yacht Club (Denmark)
- Cercle de la Voile de la Societe Nautique de Geneve (Switzerland)
- Shanghai Boat and Yacht Club (China)
- Royal Cape Yacht Club (South Africa)

nyharborsailing.com
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Doyle Sailmakers Delivers Sails to 60m Perini Navi Sloop Perseus 3
Salem, Mass. - Doyle Sailmakers has fit sails on the impressive new 60m Perini Navi Sloop, Perseus 3, in La Spezia, Italy this past week.

Perseus 3 stands apart from its peers with both a carbon clearcoat mast - one of the world's tallest - and her impressive sail wardrobe, including the world's largest sail, an A2 spinnaker measuring 28,010 square feet (2,602 metres) in area.

Perseus 3 is the first vessel from Perini Navi to include a bow sprit. The two spinnakers are some of the largest sails ever made. The massive A2 Spinnaker utilizes over 3,200 yards of cloth. Initially, there was no existing fabric capable of delivering high performance, light weight and a 'soft hand' for handling. The solution was an extensively tested fabric that blends Polyester with Dyneema. The Code 0 will also fly off the sprit, and is being furled on the largest Top Down Furling Cable ever created by Future Fibres.

After previous success with Top Down Furling for Code 0's - with the cable in a contained luff sleeve - this was selected for Perseus 3 to enable the crew to quickly furl the sail and stow it easily. The Code 0 has been constructed using Doyle Sailmaker's proprietary Stratis process, with curved radial seams to follow the path of the loads and enable precise shaping, high strength and minimal weight. -- Laurie Fullerton

www.doylesails.com/news/2014/08/perseus3.html

Laserperformance Collegiate Cup
LaserPerformance is proud to announce the launch of the LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup (LPCC). The LaserPerformance Collegiate Cup is a global invitational event that challenges the best university sailors, and the best teams, from around the world to represent their countries in head to head competition.

The first global LPCC will be held in August of 2015.

Hosted by Yale University under the auspices of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), the inaugural LPCC will be governed by ICSA rules.

Up to 12 teams, each with 6 or more sailors ages 18-25, will compete for their countries in LaserPerformance's double handed Z420s. The event will include a practice day, a team race clinic and 3 days of competition in which teams are challenged with a mix of team racing and fleet racing. The winning team will receive a brand new LaserPerformance Z420 in addition to the Collegiate Cup.

More event information and documents will be available soon at www.laserperformance.com

Unexploded Bomb Stops Work On Cup Bid HQ
An unexploded Second World War bomb halted work on the Hampshire headquarters for Sir Ben Ainslie's America's Cup bid.

The device was discovered in the building area where the Lymington-based Olympic sailing star is having his new multi-million pound headquarters constructed in Portsmouth.

The shell was found at around 3.30pm yesterday, causing police to set up a cordon at Portsmouth Cathedral to prevent people from accessing Sallyport and The Point.

The Royal Navy bomb squad was drafted in and safely removed the shell. The cordon was lifted just before 5.30pm.

www.dailyecho.co.uk

Shogun Back In The Game and First Festival Of Sails Entry
The overhauled TP52 Shogun is the first official entry for the 2015 Festival of Sails, owner Rob Hanna showing support for his yacht club and adding some grand prix weight to Victoria's premier sailing regatta to be staged January 17-26.

Shogun disappeared off the radar last December after its mast came crashing down off Palm Beach during the final stage of the four-part Southern Cross Cup class series. The boat was already on the market and suddenly a much cheaper buy.

Hanna flirted with the idea of a super modern lightweight 40-footer, but after looking around at the options and crunching the numbers he came back to his beloved TP.

Hanna replaced the previous Med Cup style rig with a taller and stronger carbon mast designed to help the helmsman in the lower wind ranges, new carbon forestay and boom that allows a reef,. This opens the door for Shogun to enter Cat 2 short and medium coastal passage races.

An extended 2015 Festival of Sails regatta begins when the multihulls start rolling in from around the country to compete in their annual Australian Multihull Championships from Saturday 17th January. The diverse mix of racing and cruising catamarans and trimarans will compete on a mix of courses around Corio Bay and Port Phillip, until Friday 23rd January. As the multis complete a reverse passage race up to Melbourne, on Thursday 22nd January, the exciting Sportsboats will hit the water, to take advantage of the great conditions that are synonymous with fast yacht racing on Corio Bay.

For more than 300 entries, the iconic 34Nm Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race, on Friday 23rd January, signals the start of a great weekend of racing and Australia Day long weekend celebrations, to be held in Geelong. -- Lisa Ratcliff

festivalofsails.com.au

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Sevenstar Round Britain And Ireland: Pedal To The Metal
At 1230 BST, Musandam-Oman Sail were 520 miles from the finish of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. To set a new outright World Record, the MOD 70 needs to cross the Royal Yacht Squadron Line by 12:59:14 on 14th August 2014.

Musandam-Oman Sail has been on the charge all morning and last night averaged over 25 knots, hitting a top speed of 35 knots. At that pace the World Record would be broken by over 3 hours.

During the third night of the race, a northwesterly breeze of about 19 knots is expected in the Celtic Sea, which should be enough to keep Musandam-Oman Sail on for the record and make landfall at The Lizard around midnight tonight. During the night, the wind is expected to go lighter and back to the west, which could make for a dramatic last few hours as Musandam-Oman Sail round the Isle of Wight, before crossing the finish line from the east.

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing's Volvo Ocean 65, Azzam, continues to lead the charge and has extended their lead on Team Campos, skippered by Iker Martinez, to over 30 miles.

Brian Thompson, skipper of IMOCA 60 Artemis-Team Endeavour, contacted the RORC Media Team as they rounded Out Stack. At their current projected finish time, Artemis-Team Endeavour will break the IMOCA 60 record, set in 2010, by over 24 hours.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Vendee Globe Hopefuls Already Winners In Les Sables-D'olonne
The two candidates hoping to compete in the non-stop solo round the world race can share honours in the Mini 6.50 Les Sables - Azores - Les Sables race. While Nicolas Boidevezi (ImaginAlsace) dominated the second leg, the Italian Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian) has come out with a comfortable lead in the overall rankings after an amazing first leg.

"Entering the harbour entrance channel in les Sables-d'Olonne as a winner is as great as winning overall!" Winner of the second leg of the les Sables - Azores - Les Sables today (Tuesday) after 5 days 21 hours 22 minutes and 15 seconds of sailing (average speed: 8.99 knots), Nicolas Boidevezi could not hide his pleasure. The famous harbour entrance has got the skipper from Alsace thinking, as he looks forward to competing in the next Vendee Globe.

Boidevezi took the lead on the second day of the race and never relinquished it, in spite of the constant pressure from Giancarlo Pedote aboard his incredible prototype with the rounded bow.

As overall winner, the Italian skipper, who is also hoping to take part in the solo round the world race perfectly managed his significant lead over Boidevezi: a lead of around twelve hours as they set sail from Horta.

Although Michele Zambelli was four hours ahead of him when they started this second leg, Nicolas Boidevezi will now take second place in the overall rankings. In the 15h UTC rankings, Zambelli was around 90 miles from the finish in les Sables, so Boidevezi has therefore clearly made up for lost time.

Top Five Ranking August 13 at 17 hours local time

Series
1. Tanguy Le Turquais (Terreal - Dreams of Childhood), arrived August 13 at 12am 07mn 15s
2. Damien Cloarec (ETF - www.damien-cloarec.fr), arrived August 13 at 18h 26mn 40s
3. Jonas Gerckens (Netwerk), arrived August 13 at 18h 39mn 30s
4. Antonio Fontes (Leonor), 31.0 miles to finish
5. Francis Jambou (Kairos) at 39.1 miles to finish

Protos
1. Nicolas Boidevezi (ImaginAlsace) 16h 31mn 15s arrived on August 12
2. Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian), 20h 00mn 16s arrived on August 12
3. Ian Lipinski (Innovative Companies), 07h 57mn 54s arrived, August 13
4. Michele Zambelli (Fontanot), 07h 59min 57s arrived, August 13
5. Ludovic Mechin (Microvitae) 08h 17mn 12s arrived, August 13

www.vendeeglobe.org

Silver Star Goes To Diego Negri And Sergio Lambertenghi
Brunnen, Switzerland: The final day of the 2014 International Star Class Eastern Hemisphere Championship at Brunnen, Switzerland, ended without completing a 5th, or any of other additional scheduled races. Therefore, the final standings after 4 races became the Final Overall Results for the Championship and further validated Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi's (ITA 8491) dominance of the event.

With the completion of four races were completed, both Negri and Lambertenghi (ITA 8491) were awarded their second ISCYRA Eastern Hemisphere Silver Stars of their Star sailing careers.

Overall Top 10
1. Diego Negri & Sergio Lambertenghi, ITA, 9 points
2. Emilios Papathanasiou & Antonis Tsotras, GRE, 13
3. George Szabo & Serge Pulfer, USA, 26
4. Hubert Merkelbach & Gerrit Bartel, GER, 33
5. Tom Lofstedt & Frithjof Kleen, SWE, 43
6. Alessandro Pascolato & Henry Boening, BRA, 44
7. Christoph Burger & Renato Marazzi, SUI, 48
8. Kurt Scheidegger & Markus Scheidegger, SUI, 51
9. Marc de Haas & Eric Veldhuizen, NED, 52
10. Philip Rotermund & Nils Hollweg, GER, 54

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Peters & May Joins The 52 Super Series As Official Supplier
One of the world's most experienced boat transport operators have reached an agreement with the 52 SUPER SERIES to be the official supplier, and provide transportation services to the circuit and teams. The initiative was concluded to span over the 2015 and 2016 seasons when the circuit is widely expected to make significant steps forward.

Peters & May is a global leader in the world of shipping and logistics and their support will help the 52 SUPER SERIES improve efficiencies and help the circuit maximise growth and satisfaction among owners and crews. The agreement is considered to be mutually beneficial. 52 SUPER SERIES teams will be able to move their boats and containers around the Mediterranean more efficiently and faster thanks to the logistical support of the international company.

The CEO of Peters & May, Dave Holley, commented on the sponsorship agreement 'we are delighted to have been made an official sponsor for the 52 SUPER SERIES for the next two seasons (2015 & 2016), and to be part of such a prestigious international series. We have a great team here in the UK and in Spain who are totally dedicated to giving the best possible service throughout this campaign'.

Agustin Zulueta, CEO of the SUPER SERIES, believes that the signing of this agreement is extremely beneficial to the Circuit, 'we are convinced that Peters & May is the partner we need to ensure international growth and guarantee logistical success. We believe the series will continue to develop in the 2015 and 2016 season, and will require the support of the Peters & May team to overcome all logistical challenges. This will help both the teams and owners focus on their performance'.

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ISAF Match Race Rankings
There is no change at the top of either the Open or the Women's Rankings as Ian Williams (GBR) and Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) continue their winning ways and stay at World #1.

Ian Williams (GBR) claimed his second Alpari World Match Racing Tour victory of the season in Sopot, Poland, defeating Mathieu Richard (FRA) in the final. Williams extends his lead at the World #1 position ahead of Taylor Canfield (ISV) at World #2 and Richard at #3.

Completing the top five are Bjorn Hansen (SWE) and Nicolai Sehested (DEN). Announced yesterday as part of the Danish Volvo Ocean Race line up, Sehested today moves up one place to a career best of World #5.

Two more regatta wins sees Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN) hold firm at the top of the Women's Rankings ahead of Anna Kjellberg (SWE) at World #2.

In a dramatic final against Kjellberg, Ulrikkeholm took her fourth consecutive win at the ISAF Grade 1 Lysekil Women's Match in Gulmar, Sweden. The Danish team also took the win at the ISAF Grade 2 Women's Golfe Du Morbihan Match Race in France.

The bronze medal in Lysekil was claimed by Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN) who maintains her position as World #5. Meldgaard Pedersen's opponent in the petit-final was Caroline Sylvan (SWE) and she climbs one place up the rankings to World #7.

Top ten open rankings:
1. Ian Williams, GBR
2. Taylor Canfield, ISV
3. Richard Mathieu, FRA
4. Bjorn Hansen, SWE
5. Nicolai Sehested, DEN
6. Keith Swinton, AUS
7. Pierre-Antoine Morvan, FRA
8. Joachim Aschenbrenner, DEN
9. Philip Robertson, NZL
10. Staffan Lindberg, FIN

Full rankings: www.sailing.org/mrorankings

Top ten women's rankings:
1. Camilla Ulrikkeholm, DEN
2. Anna Kjellberg, SWE
3. Stephanie Roble, USA
4. Klaartje Zuiderbaan, NED
5. Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen, DEN
6. Anne-Claire Le Berre, FRA
7. Caroline Sylvan, SWE
8. Milly Bennett, AUS
9. Claudia Pierece, NZL
10. Denise Lim, SIN

Full rankings: www.sailing.org/mrwrankings

Girls Take Gold at the 53rd Optimist UK National Championships
The Volvo Gill Optimist British and Open Championship came to a close Friday 8th August] with the girls leading the results. After a week of fantastic sailing in a range of conditions, light winds prevented any racing for the over 470 Optimist sailors on the final day of the event at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Following a successful week on the water, Vita Heathcote, 13 (Royal Lymington Yacht Club) took this year's Volvo Gill Optimist National Champion title in the Senior Fleet (Main), her second consecutive national title, having won last year's National Junior Fleet Championships in Largs.

Alexandra Schonrock, 12, (Parkstone Yacht Club) was a strong contender in the Junior Fleet, and having lead the British contingent of competitors for most of the week, the young sailor was able to successfully secure the National title in the Junior Fleet (Main).

This is the second annual event of the year that Volvo and Gill jointly sponsor, with the third being the Volvo Gill Optimist End of Season Championship, taking place at Rutland Sailing Club, 11th and 12th October 2014.

For full results and more information, visit the official event website: www.kbsuk.com/optimist/

Irish Model Yacht Entry for European IOM Championships
Once again there is a model yacht skipper representing Ireland at the up-coming 2014 IOM European Championships held in Lake Garda in September writes Gilbert Louis.

Jeff Kay from Howth Yacht Club will be flying the Irish flag once again. Jeff is not new to this level of competition as he represented Ireland at a number of European and World Championships over the past few years.

Probably the most experienced skipper in our fleet, Jeff has a wealth of experience in sailing (Laser, Squib, Cruiser/Racers, etc...) as well as in model boats too. He brings a great technical knowledge to the fleet because of his experience over the years of racing often in the top 20 at international events.

One important element to understand! The IOM fleet at international level is the most competitive fleet there is in model boats. It includes a number of World class sailors from national, international, World, European champions and Olympic sailors too. The fleet also includes professionals in the sailing world: be TP52 campaigns, VOR, skiffs, even from the America's cup teams, like Ian Vickers (OT USA). That is not counting on the countless top model boat skippers. The top 20 includes over 50% of former EU or World champions. So it is no break in the top 20.

Jeff will be racing a Britpop, a boat designed by Brad Gibson (AUS) which has taken the IOM world by storm. A still relatively new boat design with chines. It has already won numerous podiums around the world as well as Gold medals a the last EU and World champs. So it is already proven design - so proven in fact that a lot of other skippers will race one too.

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Team Nika's Match Racing Day In The Sun
Marstrand, Sweden: Ex-Hurricane Bertha provided a lively opening day to the 2014 RC44 Marstrand World Championship with the wind at times gusting to 20+ knots and a lumpy sea that placed a premium on boat handling.

As usual at a RC44 regatta, day one was a continuation of the season's rolling match racing championship and Principal Race Office, Peter 'Luigi' Reggio was able to lay on six flights for the 12 teams competing.

Star performer today was unquestionably Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika, which won all five of her matches.

Kirill Podolsky's Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge scored its best ever day of match racing with four wins and one loss, the same scoreline as Nico Poons' Charisma. However Charisma, newcomer to the RC44 class this year, along with Team Aqua, were both docked one point for a collision that took place between them during their Flight 4 match.

Racing continues through Sunday August 17th.

www.rc44.com

Yava Trophy Match Race
The Jubilee YAVA Trophy, ISAF Grade 2 Match Race event was held from 6 -10 August in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Ten teams from Russia, Finland, Australia, Poland and India came to Ekaterinburg to compete for the Yava Trophy.

The wind was very light throughout the regatta.

The Race Committee had reduced the semi-finals from best of five races but the second semi-final race had to be stopped due to a massive wind shift on the first beat, the course had to be reset and the race started anew. Before this moment, Wittey managed to even up to one race a piece, but there was no chance for the third decisive race so Gilmour was determined as the finalist on count back by the results of the round robin. The second finalist Neugodnikov won his semi-final with two straight wins and he progressed to the final to face Gilmour.

Gilmour and his crew won the final in two straight races from Neugodnikov to take the title.

Final Results
1. David Gilmour, Australia
2. Eugeniy Neugodnikov, Russia
3. Sergey Musikhin, Russia
4. Neville Wittey, Australia
5. Georgy Shayduko, Russia
6. Sam Gilmour, Australia
7. Maxim Taranov, Russia
8. Staffan Lindberg, Finland
9. Marek Stanczyk, Poland
10. Mahesh Ramchandran, India

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An Extraordinary Series Of Events
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Sidney Gavignet and the crew of Musandam-Oman Sail, a MOD70 trimaran crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, at 12.42.36 BST on Thursday 14th August 2014.

This is an elapsed time of 3 days, 3 hours, 32 minutes, 36 seconds and, subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, a new Outright World Record for the Round Britain and Ireland course and a new race record for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

It was almost unthinkable that a 70ft trimaran, with no ability to decide when to start, could defeat a 140ft trimaran that had decided exactly when to set off. However a fantastic boat, a perfect performance and an extraordinary series of coincidences lined up to make the impossible a reality.

"I didn't think this was possible but we had exceptional conditions and a boat with amazing potential that was used properly. I know this course well because I have the solo record for the Round Britain and Ireland. I like it; it is a great course, very challenging, and I am very thankful to Sevenstar and the RORC for organising this race. Loick Peyron was the record holder and he phoned me after we crossed the line to say congratulations. He is a gentleman and someone I really respect as a sailor and a person but I know he will want his record back!" -- Skipper, Sidney Gavignet

* The Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing guys are very likely to smash the current monohull record around Britain and Ireland. They are leading the five-strong Volvo Ocean 65 fleet, and it looks like they could - they should - arrive back in Cowes this Friday, around midday.

And they've been fast, too - averaging 20 knots, day and night.

In fact, they have been much faster than the record-holder and winner of the last race, Groupama, who did the race in 2010 in 5d 21h 26m 55s.

The Emirati team have been in the lead since Sunday evening, but Iker Martínez and his Spanish crew, desperately trailing the frontrunners, have not given up. They are still only 50 nautical miles behind

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Early Lead For Charisma
Marstrand, Sweden: Fleet racing at the RC44 Marstrand World Championship got underway today in lively conditions, delivering a mix of sun with occasional torrential rain, strong winds with occasional lulls, plus, in race three, a giant squall.

Today's three races have left RC44 newcomers, Nico Poons' Charisma three points clear of class veteran Chris Bake and his Team Aqua's 11 points, in turn a point ahead of Vladimir Prosikhin's Team Nika. These three boats now hold a small advantage over the chasing pack.

Proving that consistency, rather than simply coming first, is what pays in fleet racing, neither Charisma nor Team Aqua won a race today, but their 4-2-2 and 2-4-5 scorelines were enough to leave them a cut above the rest. Charisma's race two result was particularly impressive given she was over early and had to restart.

Fleet racing continues Friday with the first warning signal at 11.30 local time.

RC44 Marstrand World Championship Overall Ranking (After three races)
1. Charisma, 8 points
2. Team Aqua, 11
3. Team Nika, 12
4. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 18
5. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team, 18
6. Bronenosec Sailing Team, 18
7. Artemis Racing, 20
8. Katusha, 21
9. Artemis Racing Youth, 24
10. Bombarda Racing, 25
11. Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge, 29
12. MAG Racing, 32

rc44.com

Ocean Safety's Award Winning Para Drogue Shows Off at Southampton Boat Show
When you're boat's being struck by heavy weather conditions and you want to ride out the storm, Ocean Safety's Para-Drogue can certainly make things more bearable. Deployed from the stern, it is designed to provide greater control, vary the speed of the vessel and improve directional stability downwind.

The Para-drogue has just been awarded 'Best on Test' after recent drogue trials by Practical Boat Owner magazine (PBO) and will be on display at Southampton Boat Show on stand G125.

PBO comments: "Drogues have many uses aboard, and could help you ride out a storm, enter a harbour safely, steer after the loss of a rudder or keep you safe under tow. They could, then, save your boat and your life."

Made in Britain from high density nylon and with all seams and panels heavily reinforced the Para-drogue is a quality piece of equipment, which when stowed, can be stored in a shoe box sized locker.

www.oceansafety.com

GP14 World Championship - New Leaders After Race 3
With three races completed at the GP14 World Championships, Sam Watson and Andy Hunter (5,2,1) are the new series leaders. Robert Gullan and Jack Holden (4,4,3) move into second and early leader Ian Dobson and Andy Tunnicliffe, despite winning the first two races, drop to third overall. The event is hosted by the East Down YC situated on the southwest shores of Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. -- Gerald New, Sailweb.co.uk

Top five after 3 races:
1. Sam Watson / Andy Hunter, 8 points
2. Robert Gullan / Jack Holden, 11
3. Ian Dobson / Andy Tunnicliffe, 18
4. Richard Instone / Jim Toothill, 18
5. Shane MacCarthy / Damien Bracken, 20

www.sailweb.co.uk
www.edyc.co.uk/index.php/gp14-worlds-2014

New Faces Hope To Ruffle The Old Order In Cardiff
Excitement in the Welsh Capital is building, as the fleet of 11 high-performance Extreme 40 catamarans are preparing to bring Stadium Racing to Cardiff Bay, as the headline Act to the Harbour Festival, 22-25 August. The Act, which is presented by Series Main Partner Land Rover, will see the fleet launch into the second half of the 2014 Series, and the 55 elite level sailors are raring to race, having last faced each other eight weeks ago in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

One man who knows the Cardiff stadium better than most is The Wave, Muscat's skipper, Leigh McMillan, having finished first and second in 2013 and 2012 respectively. "Cardiff as a venue is very tricky racing. With big buildings all around the course, the wind is a big challenge and I am sure this year it won't fail to deliver a diverse, challenging and exciting event." In 2013, 120,000 spectators crammed into the Bay to watch the racing.

Cardiff will see significant crew changes for nine of the teams, including onboard the UK home boat, J.P.Morgan BAR. Britain's Paul Campbell-James - a two times winner of the Extreme Sailing Series - has transferred from Team Russia to Ben Ainslie's team, replacing Paul Goodison as mainsail trimmer. Pippa Wilson will also be absent from the line-up for this event, replaced by Welsh lad and Team GB 49er sailor Bleddyn Mon, previously of The Wave, Muscat, who is sure to bring in the support of the home crowd.

Current Series leaders Alinghi will welcome back Anna Tunnicliffe to the role of tactician, off the back of her recent Cross Fit Games success, while Red Bull Sailing Team have recruited Shaun Mason, previously of GAC Pindar, to replace Nick Blackman, Realteam will welcome Bruno Barbarin back to the team and Aussie Ted Hackney will make his debut with Oman Air. Groupama sailing team and The Wave, Muscat remain unchanged.

Organisers of the Extreme Sailing Series, OC Sport, have also announced the addition of a new multi-year supplier deal with AkzoNobel - a leading global paints and coatings company - to further strengthen the growing family of Series partners. AkzoNobel will provide coating solutions for the Extreme 40 fleet with the best support to refit the boats every year.

extremesailingseries.com

GBR Skud Sailors Aim For Super Six at IFDS Disabled Worlds
Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell will aim to win a sixth straight world title when they line up at the IFDS Disabled Sailing Combined World Championships in Halifax, Canada, next week (19-24 August).

The Paralympic bronze medallists are among the eleven-strong British Sailing Team contingent set to compete across all three Paralympic Classes - the three-person Sonar, the two-person SKUD and the one-person 2.4mR - over six days of competition at the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.

Looking to extend their unbeaten run to six regattas since winning bronze at London 2012, which included the European crown last year and victory at the recent North American Championships, the 28-year-old Birrell confirms the opportunity to race against a large international fleet is crucial in terms of their preparations for Rio 2016.

Racing at the IFDS Disabled Sailing Combined World Championships starts on Tuesday 19 August and concludes on Sunday 24 August. There are 11 races in total scheduled for each class (two races per day Tuesday - Saturday and one race on Sunday 14 August).

www.ifdsworlds2014.ca
www.britishsailingteam.com

Big Finish For Natasha Lambert
In July 2013 Natasha Lambert (Miss Isle) successfully completed an historic sail across the English Channel. Natasha, 17, was born with athetoid cerebral palsy, which severely affects her limbs and speech and confines her to a wheelchair. She sails her boat using her breathing alone via a 'sip and puff' straw mechanism in a bicycle helmet engineered by her electrician dad, Gary.

On 24 July Natasha, from Cowes, set off on her biggest challenge yet - 'Sea and Summit' - a month-long challenge sailing her 21ft boat, Miss Isle Too, single-handed around the South West coast of England to Wales. She will then swap her boat for a special walking aid, called a Hart Walker, to climb Pen y Fan in the Brecon Beacons, the highest peak in Southern Britain. In total she will have sailed around 430 miles and climb 2,907ft.

The final sail of Natasha's extraordinary 12 leg sailing challenge will see her sail from Bideford across the Bristol Channel to arrive in Swansea. Natasha has previously stopped at Padstow, Newlyn, Falmouth, Fowey, Plymouth, Salcombe, Dartmouth, Exmouth, Portland and Poole.

Natasha is taking on the challenge to raise money for the RNLI, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and the RYA Foundation, and to encourage others with disabilities to get on the water.

www.missisle.com

Launchings
"Spectre", the first build of the new Frers 60 foot daysailer/racer series has just hit the waters at the end of July in La Spezia (Italy). With its large, open and almost empty cockpit, a 4.80m cross beam and a water line of 17.1m which almost reaches its overall 60 foot length, this racy-looking boat will bring day sailing to new dimensions. The boat was designed by Frers Naval Architecture and Engineering, Milano/Italy, and was built by Persico Marine of Nembro/Italy, while James Stagg coordinated the whole project.

Gurit's structural engineering team worked closely with the naval architects at Frers to design an efficient, lightweight and stiff platform. Various studies, including Finite Elements Analysis, were carried out during the engineering process of the boat. The goal was to optimise the laminate layups and the core densities and thicknesses to achieve the specified weight target set by Frers. Gurit engineers also worked with the Persico Marine specialists, discussing structural concepts and finalising the details of the design.

www.gurit.com

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Defining a new phase in Oyster's long running, carefully structured product development programme, the company is delighted to announce the all new Oyster 675. Pairing with the Oyster 745 concept introduced in Autumn 2013, the Oyster 675 completes for now a new third tier to Oyster's range, meeting the evolving needs of owners and how they view and crew their sailing.

The twin rudder hull by Humphreys Yacht Design is configured and engineered to take a more powerful rig plan than the smaller yachts, with options for carbon masts and rigging and performance sails

With its lower profile, stretched deck saloon window visually triggering a sense of power and purpose in a manner akin to the more tasteful of performance road cars, this Oyster 675 joins the latest 'Coupe' range.

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Baltic Yachts has announced the signing of a new order for a 39.6m Baltic 130 high-performance cruising yacht, due for delivery in summer 2016. Overall styling, deck and interior design is the work of Nauta Design, with hull lines from Reichel Pugh Yacht Design. The project, managed by Nigel Ingram of MCM, will begin work in September 2014.

Made from carbon sandwich coinstruction, the yacht will be equipped with a retractable propulsion system and lifting keel. The Baltic 130 will have a plumb bow and a wide stern combined with a flush deck to fulfil the owner's wishes as a passionate regatta sailor. The interior will see an owner forward layout with a saloon, galley and an additional five cabins, two for guests and three for crew.

www.superyachtnews.com

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C40 MkII: the first of the 'second generation' HP-IRC optimised racing yacht from Carkeek Design Partners (CDP).

The MkII is a continuation of the MkI (series) which has consistently achieved class and overall victories at major US IRC and HPR events over the past 3 years. These include Key West, Miami Race Week, Newport Bermuda, Block Island, US and East Coast IRC Championships, NYYC Race Week and Charleston Race Week.

The MkI has demonstrated that an optimized, light, fast concept racing yacht can win under IRC, and the MkII takes the concept a step further, benefitting from nearly three years worth of performance feedback and onboard data analysis from MkI teams.

The MkII is available in three construction options: Race (E-Glass/foam), Grand Prix (Carbon/foam), and Grand Prix Custom (Pre-preg/Nomex).

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Hanse unveil 455 cruiser

The latest model from the German Hanse stable is a spacious 45ft cruiser designed by Judel / Vrolijk and available with a wide range of interior options.

The styling is sportier than many of the marque, with a racing style T-bulb keel fitted as standard, although L-shaped options are also available. The deck layout is designed with ease of sailing as a key priority, allowing the yacht to be sailed with the smallest of crews.

This is achieved with the help of a self-tacking jib and winches positioned close to the helm, allowing all halyards and sheets to be operated from the wheel.

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Camper & Nicholsons International have delivered new 65.2 metre (213'9) Lamima, to a design by Marcelo Penna. The yacht, of which only renderings are available for now, will be available for charter in South East Asia, with CNI, for clients looking for a bit of adventure.

Her build began in 2012 when boat builders from Ara, Sulawesi, skillfully set about constructing the world's largest wooden sailing yacht. She offering the charm of an Indonesian two-masted phinisi with opulent luxuries of modern yacht design.

Lamima's stunning interior is contemporary yet welcoming. Beautiful Asian influences are apparent throughout her artwork, furniture and fittings. Indoor spaces are open and relaxing, and she comfortably accommodates 14 guests in seven large staterooms, all of which boast ensuites.

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RC44 World Championship Title To Bronenosec
After four action packed days of match racing and fleet racing, near gale force winds and substantial breaking waves on the race course caused the concluding races of the 2014 RC44 Marstrand World Championship to be cancelled.

Principal Race Officer Peter 'Luigi' Reggio explained: "The wind was over our normal limit of 26-28 knots at 2-3m, so at the top of the rigs it would have been 28-30. We were anticipating it dying down, but unfortunately the sea state wouldn't die with it. So ultimately it was down to the sea state. You know the seas are rough when you have to pick the waves you turn the power boat around in and with occasional 3-3.5m swells there is no way the committee boat would have held."

After nine races Vladimir Liubomirov's Bronenosec Sailing Team has been crowned the RC44 Marstrand World Champion, finishing six points clear of Nico Poons' Charisma, in turn four points ahead of Chris Bake's Team Aqua in third place.

This is Liubomirov's second World Championship victory in as many weeks, coming to Sweden directly from winning the Gazprom Swan 60 Worlds in Palma last week.

RC44 Marstrand World Championship Overall Ranking (After nine races)
1. Bronenosec Sailing Team, 36
2. Charisma, 42
3. Team Aqua, 46
4. Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team, 47
5. Team Nika, 47
6. Artemis Racing, 50
7. Katusha, 62
8. Gazprom Youth Sailing Challenge, 68
9. Bombarda Racing, 68
10. Artemis Racing Youth, 75
11. Synergy Russian Sailing Team, 77
12. MAG Racing, 86

rc44.com

Sevenstar: Varuna Takes Overall Lead
Jens Kellinghusen's Ker 51, Varuna crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race at 12.10.32 BST on 17th August 2014. Varuna is now in first place in IRC overall, with a number of yachts still to finish. Varuna's time, corrected under IRC, puts the German yacht in an extremely strong position to win the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

"This is the first time we have participated in this race, because we normally take part in a transatlantic race from Newport to Hamburg which overlaps with this one," commented Jens Kellinghusen.

Artemis-Team Endeavour, skippered by Brian Thompson, crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 23.00.54 BST on Saturday 16th August 2014 with an elapsed time of 5 days, 14 hours, 00 minutes and 54 seconds, setting a new World Record for Monohulls 60 feet and less (subject to ratification by the WSSRC).

Artemis-Team Endeavour had enjoyed an epic battle with Andrew Budgen and Fred Schwyn's Volvo 70, Monster Project for IRC Line Honours and the Canting Keel Class. Artemis-Team Endeavour crossed the line just over an hour and 20 minutes ahead of Monster Project to win the class on corrected time and set the benchmark for the IRC fleet to try and better.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

5O5 Worlds
Former World Champion Howie Hamlin and his crew Andy Zinn put down a strong marker by winning the Pre-Worlds in Kiel, Germany, but now it's crunch time as the main event begins on Saturday, the SAP 505 World Championship.

With scores of 1,2,2,1 in the warm-up regatta, Hamlin has been working hard on his speed, something the Americans have been lacking in recent years according to another former World Champion in the 505 fleet, Holger Jess. "It was 12-20 knots for the Pre-Worlds, but with difficult waves and very, very shifty," said Jess, who has been working 100-hour weeks putting together customers new 505s ready for competition. Britain's Andy Smith and Tim Needham from Great Britain were 2nd overall, with USA's Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel in 3rd.

The SAP 5O5 World Championship takes place in Kiel, Germany, from August 16-22.

Top five after 2 races, results from Sunday August 17:

1. Morten Bogacki / Lars Dehne, GER, 3 points
2. Andy Smith / Tim Needham, GBR, 7
3. Mike Holt / Rob Woelfel, USA, 8
4. Stefan Bohm / Gerald Roos, GER, 8
5. Stefan Kochlin / Andreas Achterberg, GER, 16

sap505worlds.com

Win A VIP Racing Experience With Emirates Team New Zealand From Gill
As Official Technical Clothing Supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand, Gill are excited to offer you the chance of a lifetime to go racing with the team at Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2014 in Cardiff. You will be sailing onboard an Extreme 40 with one of the world's best crews, skippered by Dean Barker. It doesn't get much better than this!

The prize includes a 'guest sailor' spot aboard the Emirates Team New Zealand Extreme 40 for one race and includes access to the VIP Extreme Club hospitality area, where you will get the best view to catch all the action on the water in comfort and luxury, for Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series 2014 in Cardiff on Saturday 23rd August.

All you need to do to be entered into the free prize draw is tell us the answer to this question:

Who is the Emirates Team New Zealand skipper for Act 5 in Cardiff?

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Newport Stand-By Ends For Spindrift Racing
The wait is over for Spindrift racing. On stand-by since the beginning of June, Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and the rest of the team will abandon their attempt to break the Crewed North Atlantic Record on August 15th and prepare to sail home to France. Since their arrival in Newport, an unusually powerful anticyclone located at high latitudes has starved them of any opportunity to take on the record.

Spindrift racing must now focus on the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, which will depart from Saint-Malo on November 2nd. Technical staff in Newport are already hard at work, configuring Spindrift 2 for single-handed racing to ensure that everything is ready for Yann Guichard to set sail alone.

Spindrift 2 will leave Newport on August 19th. Yann Guichard will use the return trip as preparation for the upcoming Route du Rhum.

spindrift-racing.com

Canfield Wins Chicago Grand Slam
Chicago, Illinois, USA: Morning fog shut down visibility in the race area enough so that race managers postponed for about one hour until the conditions cleared enough to set up the course and start racing the Semi-Finals and Consolation round to determine 5th - 8th places. The northerly wind at 10-12 knots started building and shifting to the northeast to reach the low teens, with the accompanying sea state also progressing from choppy to lumpy to massively messy.

Through a combination of fearless positioning in the lumpy seas, excellent timing and fast pace, Pierre-Antoine Morvan and his Vannes Agglo Sailing Team first dispensed with their Semi-Final rivals Chris Steele and his 36° Below racing team from New Zealand quickly on a 3-0 score.

Taylor Canfield from the US Virgin Islands and his Team US One had a similar dominance in their Semi-Final matches, never giving rival Sam Gilmour and his Neptune Racing team from Australia a chance off the start line. US One won 3-0, setting themselves up for a Finals Battle Royale with the French

So in the fourth and final flight, Canfield once again came out swinging, forcing Morvan into taking a penalty on a luffing incident, and then taking and extending on an early lead to win the match and the event.

Final Results:

1. Taylor Canfield (ISV)
2. Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA)
3. Sam Gilmour (AUS)
4. Chris Steele (NZL)
5. Maximillian Soh (SIN)
6. Nathan Hollerbach (USA)
7. Don Wilson (USA)
8. Wataru Sakamoto (JPN)
9. David Storrs (USA)
10. Dustin Durant (USA)
11. Steven Lowery (USA)
12. Christopher Poole (USA)

www.ChicagoMatchRace.com

Stealth i14 Out Of China
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The International 14 class is not short of its fair share of resourceful sailors. For several years, a small group of Australian i14ners, led by an unbreakable class president Stewart Vickery, have tinkered with production-run boats.

The challenge of course has been to settle on a design that will give top end performance and to source a builder who has the systems, resources and ability to build in carbon at prices affordable to a wider audience and not just the well-financed class fanatics.

It would seem the Australians have hit on an attractive formula with the Stealth design and a carbon boat builder in China who has built moulds and refined processes to produce a significantly less expensive, light, strong, quality boat.

The result is a super stiff i14 at approximately $13k (all dollars are in US) for hull and racks clear finished plus approximately $2k for duty and freight; or for $15k you are looking at hull, racks, centre board, rudder, foils, rudder box clear finished; plus duty and freight. This means a saving of more than $10k.

Peter Newman of China New Yachts Ltd says they were using products that were available in China at a competitive price which were thoroughly tested in other boats. The 'other boats' from this builder have included the 44ft Veloce which finished second overall in IRC in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

"The designs (eg., B5, K3 and Stealth) within the class now are all that similar, that as long as the hull is light and stiff, that is all you need. The next step in the equation is getting a good rig, which is pretty standard now days and a good rudder and centerboard, which is also very standard.

"The way things are shaping up with the boat at this stage, I would suggest that it will be a great success."

The Royal Geelong Yacht Club has opened online entries for the 2015 International 14 World Championships, which are to be held from 3rd to 17th January 2015 in Geelong, Australia (see www.i14worlds2015.com ). -- Neil Patchett

Practice Over, Athletes Welcomed, Time For YOG Sailing
Opening ceremony. Click on image to enlarge.

Practice is over, the sailors have been welcomed at the Opening Ceremony and it's now time to focus on the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Sailing Competition.

One hundred and one sailors across four fleets have completed registration and are fully prepared for racing on Lake Jinniu in Nanjing.

The Olympic Sailing Venue at Lake Jinniu opened on 13 August with the sailors arriving early to get hold of their supplied Byte CII and Techno 293 equipment. Lake Jinniu has thrown out a mixed bag of conditions in the training days and after honing in their technical skills following equipment distribution the 101 sailors had the chance to test themselves against each other in a practice race on 17 August 2013.

Two race courses will host the 30 boat Byte CII Boys and Girls fleets, the 20 strong Techno 293 Boys pack and the 21 Techno 293 girl's racers.

Racing is scheduled to commence at 11:00 local time on 18 August. The competition time allows racing up until 18:00 local time and with close proximity to the race courses, a literal stone's throw to course A, racing can happen at quite short notice.

The four YOG Sailing events are:

Boy's Windsurfer - Techno 293
Girl's Windsurfer - Techno 293
Boy's One Person Dinghy - Byte CII
Girl's One Persona Dinghy - Byte CII

The YOG Sailing Competition will consist of an opening series and final race. The format will be fleet racing but slalom racing may be run for the Boy's and Girl's Windsurfers if the weather conditions are suitable.

www.sailing.org/events/youtholympicgames/index.php

18s Blow Back Into The Bay
The beach remains but the bleachers are gone, along with the giant catamarans (apparently long gone) that shared the restless waters during San Francisco's summer of the 34th America's Cup last year.

But the lively little boats that for a decade helped to set the stage for spectacular beachfront sailboat racing will be back on the bay Monday, Aug. 25, through Saturday, Aug. 30, for the 13th annual 18' Skiff International Regatta, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club.

The competition will include USA veteran Howie Hamlin of Long Beach, Calif. who has won the event six times, along with two victories in the class's world championship---the JJ Giltinan in Australia---and world titles in the 505 and International 14 classes, also challenging and almost as fast and feisty as an 18-footer.

New Zealand's Alex Vallings, winner the last two years, will not compete, but the Kiwis will have a strong representation with veteran Graham Catley, who finished fourth to Hamlin's third in the recent European championships; Catley's son Nick, a member of the Waka match racing team ranked No. 4 in the world, and Brett Van Munster, actually an Australian sailing a New Zealand entry.

The boats will launch off the beach bordering Crissy Field west of the club. The schedule calls for a total of 10 races, two per day starting at 1 p.m., except a 4 o'clock start Thursday preceding the traditional 5.3-nautical mile Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race when they'll join a variety of boats and kites for a 5:30 start under the Golden Gate. -- RIch Roberts

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* From David Le Pelley: The organising committee is pleased to announce the finalised dates of the HYPD5 conference in Auckland, New Zealand. The conference will take place during the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Auckland. In order for delegates to see as much of the action as possible, the conference will take place on 10th - 12th March 2015. Additionally, there will be a welcoming function on the evening of 9th March to which you are all warmly invited.

The venue will be central to the Stopover hub and the boats. Once again, we expect to hold a range of exciting social events. A full programme will be released later in the year.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us - info@hpyd.org.nz

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Test Of Endurance
Ten yachts are still racing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race although the next yacht to finish the gruelling 1800 mile race is not expected until Tuesday evening. Over the last 24 hours a low pressure system that arrived from the north west, is bringing gale force headwinds that are hampering the progress of the fleet north of the Irish coast.

A tough couple of days for Roderick Knowles' Class40, Swish - Rick Tomlinson/RORC Roderick Knowles' Class40, Swish, is in the Celtic Sea, 340 miles from the finish and is expected around midnight tomorrow (Tuesday). At their current pace, Swish is almost 24 hours inside the world record for yachts of 40ft or less.

After two days of rough weather, two yachts are battling it out for class honours in IRC Two. J/111 British Soldier, skippered by Phil Caswell, has made great progress through the night and, after gybing at dawn this morning, they are heading for the north coast of Ireland with just under 700 miles to the finish. J/122 Relentless on Jellyfish, skippered by James George, is 10 miles behind British Soldier but leading the class on corrected time by just one hour.

Hanse 53, Saga, skippered by Peter Hopps, is the new leader of IRC One. The previous class leader, Stimpson 42 Palpatine, is still taking shelter in Stornaway.

The general weather outlook for the western coasts of Scotland and Ireland, and the Celtic Sea, is that the north westerly winds will prevail, but high pressure is due to arrive from the mid-Atlantic by tomorrow, bringing lighter westerly winds.

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2014 Youth Olympic Games
The second day of racing at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Sailing Competition will see light winds and an increase in temperature at Lake Jinniu.

Racing is scheduled to commence at 11:00 local time across the four fleets and a north easterly breeze at 5-6 knots is on the cards for the 101 racers from 62 nations racing in Boys and Girls Byte CII and Boys and Girls Techno 293.

The temperature has been relatively cool in Nanjing since the second Youth Olympic Games was declared open on 16 August but the temperature is expected to pick up to 27 degrees with high humidity.

Top three by class:

Men Byte
1. Pedro Luiz Marcondes Correa, BRA
2. Angello Giuria Farias, PER
3. Justin Vittecoq, CAN

Women Byte
1. Alexandra Dahlberg, FIN
2. Samantha JingYi Yom, SIN
3. Odile Van Aanholt, NED

Men Techno 293
1. Francisco Saubidet Birkner, ARG
2. Kensel Ikeda, JPN
3. Lars van Someren, NED

Women Techno 293
1. Lucie Pianazza, FRA
2. Linli Wu, CHN
3. Mariam Sekhposyan, RUS

www.sailing.org/events/youtholympicgames/

Cadet Worlds at Weymouth and Portland
Unseasonably blustery weather dished up a particularly excellent day for World Championship Cadet sailing at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Great Britain on Sunday.

Day 2 of the 2014 Cadet World Championship, sponsored by Thorpe Bay Yacht Club, dawned under leaden skies and the promised 25knt gusts were whipping around the dinghy park as the young sailors rigged their boats in anticipation of another exciting day on the water. However, a slight moderation in the conditions by the time the fleet launched meant that a course could be laid inside the harbour that made the most of the15-20knt westerly that had settled in for day.

Top five after six races, 1 discard:

1. Thomas Alexander / Sophie Alexander, AUS, 7 points
2. Jullian Mathwig / Matthias Henning, GER, 12
3. Lucy Terkelsen / Cally Terkelsen, GBR, 22
4. Igor Lvov / Marina Kulbashna, UKR, 31
5. Cesar Smet / Emiel Marian, BEL, 33

Full results

www.cadetclass.org.uk/2014-worlds

It's Time To Enter Key West Race Week!
Photo by Sharon Green / ultimatesailing.com. Click on image to enlarge.

Registration for Quantum Key West Race Week 2015 is live and the entry list is growing!

Enter your boat now and let the world know you are planning to race in North America's premier winter regatta.

Top tier programs from Europe and the US will compete in exciting one design and rated classes.

Handicap racing will fill the ranks with IRC, HPR, and PHRF fleets. Traditionally strong one-design classes include Melges 32, Melges 24, J/70, and J/105.

Start making your plans for the ideal winter escape with world-class competition, exceptional racing conditions and unique shoreside fun. January 18 - 23, 2015.

Entries and more: www.premiere-racing.com

EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship
Registration took place Monday for the 2014 edition of the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship, 2014, with racing starting Tuesday and concluding on Saturday 23rd August.

Strong teams from Italy and Russia will be competing against sailors from Germany, the UK and other European nations, including of course, the host nation, Poland. This is the third occasion this innovative and diverse championship has taken place, following two very successful years in Aarhus, Denmark and Tavira, Portugal.

The 2014 EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship is being organised by the Polish Yachting Association, in association with EUROSAF and is incorporated in the Gdynia Sailing Day series, generously sponsored by Volvo, Poland.

euroaf.org

Huff Of Arklow
The restoration of the classic yacht 'Huff of Arklow' is nearing completion in Cornwall and anticipating is building to see the 1951 John Tyrrell & Sons builkd back on the water in her original form next month.

The unique yacht designed by the famous Uffa Fox was built for Douglas Heard, a well-known Dublin yachtsman and the first president of the Irish Yachting Association, now Irish Sailing Association. Huff of Arklow was completely unique upon her construction and is believed to be the only example of a Flying Thirty left. She is an irreplaceable boat and has had a revolutionary effect on the history of yacht design. For these, as well as for many other reasons, she is worthy of preservation.

Huff of Arklow launch party will take place on 7th September.

From Afloat magazine: afloat.ie

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470 Junior European Championship Gold Medals Sealed With A Day To Spare
Gdynia, Poland: Jordi Xammar/Joan Herp (ESP) and Anna Kyselova/Anastasiya Krasko (UKR) are the 2014 470 Junior European Champions

An increase in breeze and choppy sea saw a few casualties in performance, as teams got to grips with the change in conditions today.

Spain's Jordi Xammar/Joan Herp today won the only 470 Championship title which has so far eluded them, and secured 470 Men Junior European Championship gold from their solid 2,2 race performance.

Nothing is guaranteed behind the Spaniards, as teams prepare for a battle extrodinaire to unfold tomorrow with those placed 2nd through to 5th in contention for silver, and even the 6th placed team having a long shot at bronze.

470 Men - Top 10 Medal Race Line-Up
1. Jordi Xammar/Joan Herp, ESP, 18 points
2. Malte Winkel/Matti Cipra, GER, 46
3. Giacomo Ferrari/Giulio Calabro, ITA, 58
4. David Charles Vila/Alex Charles Vila, ESP, 64
5. Matthes Waack/Matthias Rummel, GER, 66
6. Fabrice Rigot/Guillauume Rigot, SUI, 81
7. Simon Diesch/Patrick Aggeler, GER, 84
8. Filip Florek/Dominik Janowczyk, POL, 94
9. Kristian Check/Maxim Cherenkov, RUS, 97
10. Francesco Rebaudi/Matteo Puppo, ITA-99, 110

470 Women

Three back to back races for the 470 Women saw defending Champions Anna Kyselova/Anastasiya Krasko (UKR) open the penultimate day of racing with a win in race 8. They thought they had won race 9 too, but scored a penalty for being over the line. Fortunately for them, they wrapped up the day's racing with a win in race 10 and with it secured their second consecutive Junior European Championship title.

470 Women - Top 10 Medal Race Line-Up
1. Anna Kyselova/Anastasiya Krasko, UKR, 21 points
2. Frederike Loewe/Anna Markfort, GER, 42
3. Noya Bar-Am/Rimon Shoshan, ISR, 45
4. Jess Lavery/Megan Brickwood, GBR, 52
5. Jeanine Speelman/Marchien Speelman, NED, 58
6. Cecilia Zorzi/Bianca Caruso, ITA, 60
7. Fabienne Oster/Alexandra Lauber, GER, 67
8. Eva Peterneli/Valentina Baruca, SLO, 88
9. Benedetta di Salle/Alessandra Dubbini, ITA, 90
10. Tsuf Zamet/Saar Tamir, ISR, 90

junioreuropeans.420sailing.org

Dubarry Crosshaven - Comfortably The Best Performer
Volvo Ocean Race teams have chosen Dubarry's Crosshaven in every edition of the race since the boot was developed with Green Dragon in the 2008 edition. There are several reasons for that.

First, the innovation that impressed the Green Dragon guys most: the integral gaiter. Made of lightweight, hard-wearing, water-resistant fabric and cinched up with a drawstring, this gaiter means you can kneel down and work on the foredeck without suffering the dreaded 'bootful of green' that kills comfort for the rest of the passage.

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New Zealand's 3 News On Bermuda's America's Cup Bid
Top New Zealand broadcasters 3 News endorsed Bermuda's prospects for hosting the 2017 America's Cup over rival contenders San Diego this weekend.

The twin island nation, which reaped huge economic benefits from hosting the international yachting event in Auckland in 2000, had its own team publicly state that they would submit a challenge for the 35th Cup.

The America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) is to announce the winning host in October — and, in an editorial published on Saturday by 3 News, Bermuda was praised as the better venue for a commercially viable regatta.

Reporter Greg Pearson noted that if Team Oracle, the American defender, want to "chase the money, the best option is likely to be Bermuda, with the Atlantic territory providing a window to the more lucrative Europe audience".

"If the schedule follows the same format as San Francisco, 1pm and 2pm start times in Bermuda would be 5pm and 6pm in London, as opposed to 9pm and 10pm for the same start times in San Diego."

Bermuda's one-hour proximity to the US East Coast also better aligns the Island to American prime-time audiences. -- Jonathan Bell

www.3news.co.nz

First Qualifier For 2016 Paralympic Games
Tomorrow (19 August) sailing will become the first Irish sport to contest for a place at the 2016 Paralympic Games. The IFDS World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada will serve as the first qualifying event for the discipline, with the top seven nations earning their country's place at the Games in Rio in two years' time.

John Twomey, Ian Costello and Austin O'Carroll from Providence Team IRL will be representing Ireland in the three-man Sonar class. They will compete in the six day regatta against 16 of the world's best Paralympic sailing teams from 12 other nations.

John Twomey is well versed in the qualification process and the pressure twinned with representing his country at this level of elite competition. Hailing from Ballinhassig, Co. Cork, John will draw on his extensive experience to lead his two crewmen, having represented Ireland in a record-breaking 10 consecutive Paralympic Games. His teammate Ian Costello from Killorgan in Co. Kerry is also no stranger to international competition having sailed with John in his first Paralympics in 2012 where they finished 11th overall. This will be Dubliner Austin O'Carroll's first major international event having joined the team late last year. -- Rachel Solon

www.sailing.ie
www.ifdsworlds2014.ca

Sebastien Josse Qualifies For The Route Du Rhum
With two and a half months to go until the start of the Route du Rhum, the countdown is on for the solo sailors who will be setting sail on the famous transatlantic race between Saint Malo in France and Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe. Sebastien Josse set himself a target of 15 August to validate his qualification for the event; late Friday, after a little over 50 hours at sea and having covered 1,000 miles, the skipper of the Multi70 Edmond de Rothschild returned to the boat's port of registry in Lorient and, in so doing, has secured his entry ticket for 2 November 2014.

All the solo sailors intending to compete in the Route du Rhum have to complete a qualifier of at least 1,000 miles to validate their registration for the prestigious transatlantic race. Aboard the Multi70 fitted out by Baron Benjamin de Rothschild, Sebastien Josse made the most of a favourable weather window, the skipper of Gitana Team left Lorient last Wednesday, 13 August, for a looped circuit around the Bay of Biscay. -- Translated by Kate Jennings

www.gitana-team.com

Opera House Cup
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Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA: A cherished tradition, the Opera House Cup Regatta, is held on the third Sunday of every August on Nantucket. The Opera House Cup Regatta was the first all-wooden, single-hulled classic boat regatta on the East Coast, and it attracts some of the finest sailboats in the country. Past participants include former America's Cup winners (Intrepid, Weatherly, Columbia), well-known competitors (Shamrock, Endeavor) and such other notable yachts as the Mystic Seaport schooner Brilliant and General Patton's When and If.

On the smaller side, prestigious boats in the Dragon class and the classic Herreshoff-designed and Nantucket-built Alerions challenge the big boys. There are six primary awards presented to the winners of the Opera House Cup Regatta: Overall Winner, 12 Metre Class, Alerion Class, Classic Division, Spirit of Tradition Division and First to Finish.

The Opera House Cup Regatta is the grand finale of Nantucket Race Week, and the events culminated with the OHC Awards Party, held under the tents on Jetties Beach on Sunday evening. Good food, Spanky's famous raw bar, drinks, videos of the OHC race, a silent auction, presentation of the awards and music kept the party jumping late into the evening. The OHC Awards Party is considered "the party of the season" on Nantucket, and there were easily over 1000 attendees.

www.operahousecup.org/page/ohc
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Sweden's Artemis Confirms America's Cup Challenge
Artemis Racing officially launched its challenge to win the 35th America's Cup at an inspirational event in Sweden's capital. Guests were treated to a rare chance of seeing the America's Cup trophy first hand at the Moderna Museet, on Skeppsholmen Island at the heart of Stockholm's proud maritime history.

Artemis Racing will again challenge alongside Kungliga Svenska Segel Sallskapet (KSSS), the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, for what will be their second campaign together in the pursuit of winning the oldest competition in sport.

New team members were announced, including Swedish Olympic champions, Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen, as well as America's Cup veteran Rod Davis.

One of the most promising talents in Swedish sailing, Max Salminen, still just 24, struck gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games alongside Fredrik Loof in the Star class.

Artemis Racing also welcomed Sailing Coach Rod Davis. In his extraordinary America's Cup career -now his 9th campaign - Davis brings an unparalleled wealth of experience to the team, having covered a variety of roles from bowman to mainsail trimmer, skipper, and more recently coach of Emirates Team New Zealand. Rod won a gold medal in the Soling class at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1984, and Olympic silver in the Finn class in Barcelona 1992. His track record also includes winning the Admiral's Cup and the Sardinia Cup several times, as well as seven World Champion titles.

The Team has already amassed an incredible 61 America's Cup Campaigns between its members, including 14 victories. Team members (including two designers) have competed in 21 Olympic Games, winning 11 medals, including seven Gold medals.

www.ArtemisRacing.com

Big Comeback for Maxi Ragamuffin at Hamilton Island Race Week
The 27 ton bullet-proof aluminium built Maxi Ragamuffin is making its racing comeback at Audi Hamilton Island Race Week following a 21 year lull when the old girl toiled as a charter workhorse.

Maxi Ragamuffin is a German Frers design built in Mona Vale in Sydney in 1979, the same year when racing as Bumblebee IV for John Kahlbetzer the boat took line honours in the Sydney to Hobart. Under Syd Fischer's charge another two line honours triumphs would belong to the famous maxi and Ragamuffin moniker, in 1988 and 1990.

The boat joined the 93-boat fleet at the inaugural Hamilton Island Race Week in 1984 and at least one part of the boat has been a permanent fixture at the island since 2009. The 30m aluminium flagpole on the flagdeck at Hamilton Island Yacht Club used for starting and finishing races at Race Week is the mast off Bumblebee IV which was lost overboard in Sydney Harbour then salvaged.

Ragamuffin's new owner Keith Batt has grand plans for the 80-footer he purchased less than a year ago starting with Race Week August 16 to 23, then the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race in December. -- Lisa Ratcliff

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SK2. Welcome To The New.
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The fast and fun sportsboat with a canting keel. Developed by Swing Keel Sailing Ltd and built by Ovington boats.

The SK2 will be shown at Southampton Boat Show 2014 and will be available for test sails at the show. The boat will be in the marina in berth M010. Book your test sail early by e-mailing us at info@sk2sailing.com or come to see us on our shore based stand at E032.

For more information on the SK2 and what it has to offer visit www.sk2sailing.com

Eight New TP52s For Next Years 52 Super Series
Eight newly built TP52s will compete on the 2015 52 SUPER SERIES circuit in fleet which is expected to comprise 12 to 14 boats, including three teams who will be new to the series in Europe, over a five regatta circuit at venues which are presently being finalised.

Ten years after the TP52s were first adopted into Europe the class remains true to a box rule concept which has been well managed to racing remains tight but there are still sufficient design opportunities to develop and design performance differences.

The new 2015 generation boats will be faster still and more challenging to sail. Sail area increases - mainsails, jibs and gennakers all get bigger - overall displacement reduces but draft and hence righting moment or power increases - carbon rigging is adopted, bowsprits are longer, new generation carbon rigs will be stiffer and deflectors are allowed and cockpit volume is opened up.

The eight new boats include those for existing 52 SUPER SERIES teams, Quantum Racing (Doug DeVos USA), Azzurra (Roemmers family ARG), Sled (Takashi Okura, USA/JPN), Ran Racing (Niklas Zennstrom, SWE), Provezza (Ergin Imre, TUR), Gladiator (Tony Langley, GBR). Two teams are choosing to remain anonymous but have boats already commissioned.

Interestingly the new boats which have been ordered are split 50:50, four apiece between the two established design houses Botin Partners and Judel/Vrolijk.

Build Table for 2015 at 18th August 2014:

- TBA (sistership Quantum)
- Quantum Racing USA- Botin - Longitud Cero (ESP)
- Azzurra ITA - Botin - King Marine (ESP)
- Sled USA/JPN - Botin - Cookson (NZ)
- Ran Racing SWE - Vrolijk - Persico (ITA)
- Gladiator GBR (sistership Ran)
- Provezza TUR - Vrolijk - Cookson (NZ)
- TBA, Vrolijk - Premier (Dubai)

2015 52 Super Series Dates (Provisional)
- May, 18th - 23rd
- June, 08th - 13th
- July, 13th - 18th
- August, 03rd - 08th
- September 15th - 20th

www.52superseries.com

Snipe European Championship
Kamien Pomorski, Poland: The Snipe Class is experiencing an Open European Championship, set to begin in Poland tomorrow. For the past 64 years, the championship has been restricted to European residents. With the opening of the event, 61 teams representing 14 nations are on the starting line with teams from the US and Brazil also in attendance.

This is also the first time for the event to be held in Poland, with a growing fleet of Snipes typically sailed on an inland lake. The practice race was won by the Brazilian team of Alexandre Tinoco and Bernardo Low Beer - Tinoco holding many titles including World and South American Snipe Champion promises to make the event exciting. Returning to defend his title is Raul de Valenzuela of Spain.

Racing begins on Wednesday, August 20 and runs through Saturday with the prizegiving on August 23rd.

www.eurosnipe2014.com

Swish On Record Pace
At 0800 BST on Tuesday 19th August nine yachts were still racing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Ifan James, skipper of Stimpson 42 Palpatine, contacted the Royal Ocean Racing Club yesterday to retire from the race with all crew well. Palpatine left the Isle of Lewis in the early hours of Tuesday morning and is currently passing the Isle of Skye, east of the Outer Hebrides. A scenic sail past the stunning lochs of the West Coast of Scotland in good weather and dry clothes will be a dream compared to the rough conditions experienced over the last few days.

Roderick Knowles' Class40, Swish, rounded The Lizard just before dawn this morning. They are 150 miles from the finish and speeding along at over 8 knots, well inside world record pace for a yacht of 40ft or less. Swish is expected to finish the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race in the early hours of Wednesday morning (20th August).

J/122 Relentless on Jellyfish, skippered by James George, was positioned 30 miles off the west coast of Ireland last night, so far in the race only the Spanish Volvo Ocean 65, Team Campos, decided to go that far offshore. However, the move looks to be paying off. At St. Kilda, Relentless on Jellyfish was behind Hanse 53, Saga, skippered by Peter Hopps, and British Soldier, sailed by the Army Sailing Association. Relentless on Jellyfish seems to have benefited from more wind during the night and this morning has passed both Saga and British Soldier, moving into first position in IRC Two, just under two hours ahead of British Soldier.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Dennis Conner International Yacht Club Challenge
New York City, USA: Congratulations to Royal Cape Yacht Club of South Africa for winning. Denmark was second, Switzerland third, Bermuda fourth and Ireland fifth.

Final top ten:
1. Royal Cape Yacht Club, South Africa, 15
2. Royal Danish Yacht Club, Denmark, 20
3. Cercle de la Voile de la Societe Nautique de Geneve, Switzerland, 38
4. Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, Bermuda, 39
5. Howth Yacht Club Team 1, Ireland, 43
6. Manhattan Yacht Club Team 2, United States, 45
7. Societe Nautique de la Baie de Saint-Malo, France, 45
8. Club Universitario de Buenos Aires Team 2, Argentina, 61
9. Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron Team 2, Australia, 67
10. Howth Yacht Club Team 2, Ireland, 67

Linda Merkle Receives ISAF Silver Medal
The ISAF Silver Medal, one of the highest honours of the International Sailing Federation, recognizes long term service to the sport of sailing and is presented to those who have contributed in a signifcant way.

Merkle spent more than fifteen years in various roles with the International Association for Disabled Sailing (IFDS). She was recruited to help the sport as director of the Paralympic regatta in Atlanta prior to the 1996 Paralympic Games and went on to serve as technical chair of IFDS and later President until stepping down in Noveber 2012.

The medal was presented by Vice-President Gary Jobson during the opening ceremony of the High Liner Foods IFDS Worlds in Halifax, Canada. Racing in the three Paralympic classes, 2.4mR (One Person Keelboat), SKUD18 (Two Person Keelboat) and Sonar (Three Person Keelboat) starts on Tuesday 19 August and runs until Sunday 24 August.

www.ifdsworlds2014.ca

420 Open European Championship
Having led the Championship all week, Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes (FRA) lost out to Switzerland's Kilian Wagen/Gregoire Siegwart on the penultimate day of racing as they slipped to 2nd on the leaderboard.

Things were not looking good for the French after their 16th place finish in the penultimate race 11 positioned them 7 points behind the Swiss. Their target was to put 7 boats between themselves and the Swiss in the final race to get back into gold medal position.

With Wagen/Gregoire Siegwart finishing back in 14th - it was a gold to France, silver to Switzerland.

Silver Fleet victory went to Ireland's Robert Dickson/Sean Waddilove, second to Salome Rouiller/Louise Thilo (SUI) and third to Maxime Bachelin/Philippe Pittet (SUI).

A team tally of 108 boats representing 20 nations competed at the 2014 420 Junior European Championships, with teams from the Hong Kong, New Zealand and USA joining the European line-up.

420 - Top 10 Overall
1. Hippolyte Machetti/Sidoine Dantes, FRA, 86 points
2. Kilian Wagen/Gregoire Siegwart, SUI, 92
3. Max Clapp/Joseph Burns, GBR, 110
4. Ewa Romaniuk/Katarzyna Goralska, POL, 128
5. Russell Clarida/Henry Fernberger, USA, 131
6. Max Clapp/Joseph Burns, GBR, 140
7. Thomas Ponthieu/Quentin Paturle, FRA, 151
8. Paula Barcelo/Margarita Alba, ESP, 157
9. Nitai Hasson/Yoav Shpilman, ISR, 160
10. Jan Borbet/Lea Borbet, GER, 170

www.420sailing.org

AUDI Melges 20 Worlds
Riva Del Garda, Italy - In less than two weeks, the commencement of the second Audi Melges 20 World Championship will take place with a record-breaking entry of 55 teams expected to participate in the four-day racing affair. The Italian fleet is the largest in attendance with additional representation from Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Monaco, Russia and the United States.

As of late, Riva del Garda has been the center of International Melges Class racing. The Audi Melges 20 held its fourth act of the 2014 Audi-Tron Sailing Series in Riva during late July. The World Championship is organized by B.Plan Sports&Events and Fraglia Vela Riva, with the full support and coordination of Melges Europe and the International Audi Melges 20 Class Association (IAM20CA). It will serve as the fifth and final event of the Melges 20 Audi-Tron Sailing Series in 2014.

A notable entry is 11-year-old Liam Kilroy. Earlier in 2014, the North American fleet welcomed the young son of 2013 U.S. National Champion John Kilroy, to the competitive ring. He will race his Audi Melges 20 Wildman in his first World Championship ever.

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A Fifth World Record In Sevenstar
Swish, skippered by Canadian Roderick Knowles, crossed the finish line of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race off the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes at 04.06.49 BST on Wednesday 20th August 2014 with an elapsed time of 8 days, 19 hours, 06 minutes and 49 seconds. Subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing Record Council, this breaks the previous World Record for Monohulls 40 feet and less, set by Concise 2 in 2010, by over 18 hours.

This will be the fifth World Record broken during the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

Yesterday afternoon Custom JV52, Haspa Hamburg, finished the race to claim second in IRC Zero.

At 0900 BST on Day 10 JV53 Bank von Bremen, skippered by Carol Smolawa, is just 18 miles from the finish and is expected to be the 12th yacht to finish the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race and claim third place in IRC Zero. In IRC One Hanse 53, Saga, skippered by Peter Hopps, passed the Fastnet Rock in the early hours of Wednesday morning 390 miles from the finish.

In IRC Two there is a tremendous battle between J/122, Relentless on Jellyfish, skippered by James George, and J/111, British Soldier, skippered by Phil Caswell. Relentless on Jellyfish is sixteen miles behind the Army Sailing Association's British Soldier but leads on handicap by just 50 minutes.

The Irish Two-Handed team, Liam Coyne and Brian Flahive racing First 36.7, Lula Belle, spoke with the RORC Media Team as they approached the Irish Coast on Tuesday evening. "We are just off County Mayo, were I was born," said Liam Coyne. "All is well on board but we only have the A5 kite left, the other two are trashed and the mainsheet track has come away from the deck but it is nothing a bit of Irish engineering couldn't solve, I just hope it holds out. We are determined to finish this race but being so close to home makes us really want to get on with it."

The British Two-Handed team, Ian Hoddle and Conrad Manning racing Figaro II, Rare, have increased their lead over the German Figaro team, Dessert D'Alcyone, skippered by Werner Landwehr with crew Heiner Eilers. Rare is now 45 miles ahead, a gain of 25 miles over the last 24 hours.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

5O5 Worlds
Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel have moved to the top of the leaderboard of the SAP 505 World Championship after winning a breezy race in Kiel, Germany, today. They sit just two points ahead of their training partners, the British duo of Andy Smith and Tim Needham who pushed the Americans all the way around the windy and wavy race course.

After two days of racing earlier in the week to gale-force winds, the championship has now been compressed to a four-day regatta, and with four races down and just three to go, the top of the leaderboard is starting to take shape.

The leaders going into today's racing were Morten Bogacki and Lars Dehne. It looked set to be another very solid outing for the German team until they capsized during one of their final tacks to the finish. This dropped them out of the top 10 to 33rd place, a score they will be hoping to discard as soon as more races come into play. Their other scores are 1,2,5, so they remain a strong bet for the world title.

Two races are scheduled for Thursday, with the first race due to start at 12pm local time, with a live broadcast of all the action on sap505worlds.com.

Top five after four races:
1. Mike Holt / Rob Woelfel, USA, 15 points
2. Andy Smith / Tim Needham, GBR, 17
3. Stefan Bohm / Gerald Roos, GER, 18
4. Dr. Wolfgang Hunger / Julien Kleiner, GER, 24
5. Peter Nicholas / Luke Payne, AUS, 25

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Rod Davis On Why He Left Team New Zealand
Davis says he was first approached to work with Artemis in March 2014. 'I had some good talks with Team New Zealand after the last Cup in December. We knew we were going to part ways at that point. The split has been very amicable. I got a note of congratulations from Shoebs (ETNZ's Kevin Shoebridge) this morning. We're all good mates, but it is time for a change.'

'Money didn't have anything to do with it. It is good for me to have new challenges. It is good for Team New Zealand to have a new voice, telling them a new way of looking at it. Ten years is a long time.'

This is not a new relationship for Davis. He worked with Artemis Racing previously on the RC44 circuit when Team New Zealand skipper, Dean Barker, used to helm for the Swedish team - before Artemis became involved in the America's Cup.

'I did a lot of coaching for them, so I know Torbjorn (Tornqvist) from that time. Iain Percy I know from the Olympics and the Star class (Davis is an Olympic Silver medalist in the Star class). I haven't coached him or any of the sailors previously but know of them because of all the Olympic involvement over the years.' -- Richard Gladell, Sail-World.com

www.sail-world.com

Barker Returns To Helm On Extreme 40 Circuit
The Emirates Team New Zealand sailing team is at Cardiff, Wales, this week for the fifth roound of the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series.

Skipper Dean Barker returns to the Extreme 40 crew, his first time at the helm since he competed in the second round held at Oman in March.

Halfway through the season and the team is lying third overall on 32 points. Alinghi is leading on 38 points, with The Wave, Muscat, second on 35.

Sailing with Barker are Ray Davies, Jeremy Lomas, James Dagg and Edwin Delaat. Peter Burling, who took the helm for the third and fourth rounds with Olympic 49er partner Blair Tuke trimming, and the team's America's Cup sing trimmer Glenn Ashby are not sailing at Cardiff.

Practice day at Cardiff is on Thursday, with racing from Friday to Monday. Twelve teams are competing.

etnzblog.com

EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship
Gdynia, Poland: Despite the breezy start and delayed launching of the boats, the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship again completed an almost full programme of races today, with some interesting developments is the overall placings.

Strong winds caused a delay to the start of Day 2 of the EUROSAF Youth Sailing, European Championship in Gdynia this morning, with guests reportedly as high as 30 knots. Conditions lessened sufficiently that racing got underway by the middle of the day, in wind speeds of some 16 to 17 knots with gusts in the region of 22 knots. This made for some exciting racing. As the day progressed, so the winds lessened, with shifts close to the shore, but otherwise the direction was fairly steady.

The championship continues tomorrow with another full schedule of races.

Top three after six races:

International 420 Girls
1. Laura Izzo / Maria Giovanna lanzillo, ITA, 10 points
2. Ewa Romaniuk / Katarzyna Goraiska, POL, 23
3. Amy Sparks / Milly Pugh , GBR, 25

International 420 Boys
1. James Clemetson / Daniel Whiteley, GBR, 16
2. Matteo Pinchrle / Ludovico Basharzad, ITA, 18
3. Mattia Panigoni / Riccardo Mirra, ITA, 21

Laser Radial Girls
1. Hannah Anderssohn, GER, 12
2. Frankie Dickens, GBR, 17
3. Magdalena Kwasna, POL, 17

Laser Radial Boys
1. Sebastian Kalafarski, POL, 16
2. Nico Villa, ITA, 21
3. Adrian Raczkowski, POL , 23

RS:X 8.5m Girls
1. Emma Wilson, GBR, 12
2. Elena Vacca, ITA , 19
3. Oda Skaug, NOR, 21

RS:X 8.5m Boys
1. Radosław Furmanski, POL, 10
2. Evgeny Ayvazyan, RUS, 15
3. Michele Cittadini, ITA, 18

29er (Seven Races)
1. Daniel Blight / Rowan Edwards, GBR, 15
2. Mimi El-Khazindar / Emma Loveridge, GBR, 15
3. Tomas Mathisen / Mads Mathisen, NOR, 19

Full results

eurosaf.org

Windy Start to 2014 Snipe European Championship
Kamien Pomoroski, Poland: A windy start to the 2014 Snipe Europeans with only one race held due to puffs exceeding the class limit of 25 knots. The single race was not without excitement with those sailors ready for the breeze on the course early.

Out of the gate was Alexandre Tinoco and Bernardo Low Beer (BRA) who led from start to finish. LowBeer reflected on their strategy- "we had a lot of speed and we started in the middle to be conservative." Tinoco added, laughing when he disclosed, "we had to do a tack instead of a gybe on the reach it was so windy." Yet despite losing some boat lengths, they remained in front to win the race.

Portuguese sailors Tiago Morais and Tomas Pires de Lima were pleased with their second place finish in the windy conditions sailing strong on the beats. Third across the line were Enrico Solerio and Sergio Simonetti (ITA).

Tomorrow's forecast is for less wind, a welcome for a few sailors having to bend masts back after capsizing in the shallow bay today.

Racing continues Thursday and runs through Saturday with the prizegiving on August 23rd. -- Jerelyn Biehl

www.eurosnipe2014.com

Dart European Championship
Swansea, UK: Some of the world's top sailors have descended on Mumbles to take part in the Dart18 European and National championships. With around a 100 boats expected it will be one of the biggest spectacles Swansea Bay has seen.

The Dart 18 European Championships 2014 incorporates the UK Dart 18 National Championships.

Top five after six races:
1. Dan Norman / Jenni Donovan, GBR, 20 points
2. Dave Roberts / Louise Roberts, GBR, 23
3. Theirry Wibaux / Christine Wibaux, FRA, 30
4. David Lloyd / Eloise Knott, GBR, 35
5. Dominque Landron / Cedric Landron, FRA

Full results

dart18europeans2014.org
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Waller-Harris Two-Handed Triangle Race
The Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club's 19th Waller-Harris Two-handed Triangle Race, a major highlight in the Jersey's racing programme takes place from 6th to 8th September.

Boats carry a skipper and just one crew member. Following a briefing in the RCIYC the night before, boats set off on the first leg, from Jersey to Granville at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday 6th September. Crews dine in Granville in the evening then set sail for St Cast-le-Guildo bright and early on the Sunday morning. Crews assemble for dinner in St Cast, following the race, and leave on the Monday morning on the leg back to Jersey. In all, boats will have sailed about 120 miles in the three days.

There are prizes for each leg of the Triangle with the overall winners being awarded the Waller-Harris Skipper's and Crew's trophies. Last year, Dan Le Marquand and Lloyd Evans sailing the J35, Jabot, won class one whilst Vince Smith and Bruce Henstridge sailing the Oceanis 37, Sula Bassana, won class two.

The event is open to all-comers with the Notice of Race and entry form available in the yacht clubs and on www.rciycjersey.com. The closing date for entries is Tuesday 2nd September.

Industry News
The future of Itchenor-based Southerly Yachts is once again looking bleak. The shoal draught boat builders who once boasted stars such as Ed Dubois, Rob Humphreys and Stephen Jones among their commissioned designers looks as though it could be heading for liquidation.

Letters have been mailed to creditors calling for a meeting to be held at Gatwick on 22 August.

One angry industry chief who is trying to call in debts told YM: 'They appear to be just a shell with no assets. It's grim news.'

Around 50 jobs are at stake and it is believed FRP Advisory, a company which helps potential businessmen purchase failing businesses, is acting as a consultancy to Southerly Yachts. But FRP also refused to comment.

Last year Southerly went into administration and the business assets were sold to a new owners. Many staff were laid off then re-hired as skilled labour. -- Dick Durham in Yachting Monthly

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Amsterdam RAI, the organiser of the Marine Equipment Trade Show, has issue a call for entries for this year's DAME Award (Design Award METS).

METS exhibitors wishing to submit their most innovative designs to be judged by an independent, international jury should complete the online application by 19 September 2014.

METS 2014 will be held from 18 to 20 November 2014 in Amsterdam RAI Convention Centre. -- IBI News

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Now in its 7th year, the World Yacht Racing Forum will be centered around the theme "Growing the Business Of Yacht Racing." Subjects debated will include yacht racing in emerging markets, the role of ISAF, media, sponsors and athletes, sailing classes management and much more.

This year's event will once again include a world class speaker line-up. It will address the major challenges in the yacht racing world and welcome the key players from yacht racing events, teams, sponsors, agencies and sailors.

The World Yacht Racing Forum 2014 will take place ahead of the start of the Barcelona World Race, with the support of FNOB (Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona). It will therefore be a perfect opportunity to visit the boats involved in this race, and to meet its sailors.

Once again the event will be co-located with the Yacht Racing Design and Technology Symposium which will take place concurrently with the WYRF on December 10th.

www.worldyachtracingforum.com

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The acquisition will see the group expand its product range for use in the industrial and manufacturing sectors and provide it with its first production base in France.

Headquartered in Courbevoie, near Paris, CCP is a producer of unsaturated polyester resins for use in a variety of products including boat hulls, refrigeration trucks, swimming pools and showers. It employs 800 people across nine countries and generated a turnover of $560m in 2013.

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Six Teams For 35th Americas Cup
Six teams have entered the race for the 35th America's Cup:

ORACLE TEAM USA (USA), the defending champion
Artemis Racing (SWE)
Ben Ainslie Racing (GBR)
Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL)
Luna Rossa Challenge (ITA)
Team France (FRA)

The 35th America's Cup begins in 2015 and 2016 with the America's Cup World Series, raced in venues around the world. This feeds into the main events in 2017, which will narrow the field to just two: the top challenger and the defender, ORACLE TEAM USA, who will then face each other in the America's Cup Match.

Teams will be given the opportunity to host America's Cup World Series events at a venue of their choosing, while the final venue for the 35th America's Cup will be either Bermuda or San Diego, with the selection to be made before the end of the year.

Under the rules of the event, late entries may be accepted at the discretion of the America's Cup organizers.

The teams for the 35th America's Cup will be introduced at a press conference in London, England on September 9.

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* The Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) sailing team will look for a new title sponsor for its inaugural 2017 America's Cup campaign after the incumbent, financial services company JP Morgan, decided not to continue past 2014.

It is understood that New York-based JP Morgan, which has been the title sponsor of Ainslie personally since 2007, and the main global partner of BAR since the team's launch in January 2012, feels an alignment with a British team against American competitors would not match its brand image.

The team is now looking for a title sponsor on a three-year contract, from 2015 to 2017.

A title sponsor will receive naming rights to the team, 60 per cent of branding on the boat, the largest proportion of team hospitality at up to eight events per year in 2015 and 2016, behind-the-scenes access to the team base, sailors and technicians, and the chance to create content from this.

The team is currently speaking to brands from the financial services, insurance, airline, watchmaking and information technology sectors about the title position.

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Zhik International Topper Class Words
Photo by Peter Newton. Click on image for photo gallery.

Club Hwylio Pwllheli, Wales, UK: The final day of racing at the Zhik International Topper Class World Championships provided excellent racing conditions. The Race Officer, Peter Saxton, hoped to run at least three races so that the second discard could come into play. With the weather looking good the sailors were off the shore without delay once the release flag was raised. The Topper 5.3m2 sailors now split into Gold and Silver fleets, for the final series of races.

For the third race of the day the wind settled in direction and increased to 19 knots,with competitors describing champagne sailing conditions at last. After a recall for the Gold fleet Callum Rosie (GBR) rounded first with Tom Walker just behind and these two battled for line honours with Tom eventually cross ahead and Oliver Blackburn (GBR) in third place.

With superb sailing conditions the Race Officer requested a fourth race for the day and what an exciting race it turned out to be. Calum Rosie pulled out a huge lead, only to be pegged back as the race continued, chased by Bella Fellows (GBR) and Geoff Power (IRL), these three crossing in that order for the final race of their day and it had a big effect on the final results with just one point separating the first three.

Overall results International Topper 5.3m2 Gold fleet:
1. Calum Rosie, GBR, 27 points
2. Adam D'Arcy, IRL, 27
3. Tom Walker, GBR, 28
4. Bella Fellows, GBR, 32
5. Oliver Blackburn, GBR, 37

Overall results International Topper 5.32m2 Silver fleet:
1 Elliot Kuzyk, GBR, 169
2 Jethro Brophy-Tintinger, GBR, 192
3. George Coles, GBR, 194
4. Charlotte Watson , GBR, 196
5. Andrew Mitchell, IRL, 196

Overall results International Topper 4.2m2:
1. Daniel Thompson, GBR, 8
2. Jenna McCarlie, IRL, 23
3. Rachael McCluskey, GBR, 26
4. Haken Digby, GBR, 28
5. Jundet Cartoon, THA, 40

www.itcaworld.org/2014-international-topper

Gilmour Leads Detroit Cup
In the first of four days of match race sailing at the 2014 Detroit Cup, Australia's Sam Gilmour and his Neptune Racing Team from Australia have taken the early lead. Gilmour leads a field of twelve teams from six countries racing here through Sunday in this ISAF Grade 2 event in this second stop of the USA Grand Slam match racing series.

Gilmour has six wins and only one loss thus far for an 86% success record, an impressive feat for a first-time competitor to this event, which is raced in Bayview YC's fleet of equally-matched Ultimate 20′s. Gilmour is the second-highest ranked skipper at 11th on the ISAF Open Match Race Ranking List, behind Pierre-Antoine Morvan of France who is ranked at 7th in the world. -- Scuttlebutt, www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

Day One Standings

Sam Gilmour (AUS), 6-1
Matt Graham (USA), 5-1
Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA), 5-2
Ian Hollerbach (USA), 4-2
Chris Poole (USA), 3-3
Maximilian Soh (SIN), 3-3
Wataru Sakamoto (JPN), 4-4
David Storrs (USA), 3-4
Peter Holz (USA), 2-4
Dustin Durant (USA), 2-5
Chris VanTol (USA), 2-5
Shane Diviney (IRL), 0-6

www.detroitcup.com/detroitcup/

Seahorse September 2014
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

(A fine) case study - Part I
No stone was left unturned to ensure that Ran 5 was the lightest IRC Mini Maxi built to date, as build manager Jason Carrington explains

The view... from halfway up the mountain
With seven new TP52s already in the pipeline you’d think he’d be satisfied... but there’s so much more to do, says Rob Weiland

Phase one... tick
James Boyd looks at how development is advancing in the new Imoca Ocean Masters series

Sailor of the Month
A couple of battlers... and champions

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Six Teams In With A Shout For The Five-Oh World Title
The pressure is rising for the final race of the SAP 505 World Championships in Kiel, with the prospect of the trophy going either to the USA, Great Britain, Australia or Germany.....

After a day of races at the SAP 505 World Championship somehow Mike Holt and Rob Woelfel have managed to cling on to a slender 2-point lead in Kiel, Germany. In the first, medium-airs race it was the up and coming Aussies, Pete Nicholas and Luke Payne, who once again demonstrated an uncanny knack of sniffing out the tricky breeze and ploughed a lonely furrow out on the left-hand side of the track.

"We're going fast in the 12-18 knot wind range, and we backed ourselves to find something good on the left," said Payne. The Australians, professional sailors who compete on the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, did indeed hook into some good breeze to round the first mark in the lead. Even with the five-time World Champion Wolfgang Hunger and Julien Kleiner in hot pursuit, the Australians held their nerve and their lead to the finish, with the Germans in 2nd place.

The final race is scheduled to start at 12pm on Friday, with a live broadcast of all the action. -- Andy Rice, www.sailingintelligence.com

Top five after 6 races:
1. Mike Holt / Rob Woelfel, USA, 19 points
2. Andy Smith / Tim Needham, GBR, 21
3. Peter Nicholas / Luke Payne, AUS, 24
4. Dr. Wolfgang Hunger / Julien Kleiner, GER, 26
5. Ian Pinnell / David Shelton, GBR, 28

www.sap505worlds.com

Ramsgate Week - Round The Goodwin Sands
First race of the Ramsgate Week series and one to remember for the epic close racing in wind and wave conditions that tested yachts and crews to their limit. This was highlighted by a call out to the RNLI lifeboat to attend a race crew with head and shoulder injuries at the end of the Ramsgate harbour approach channel shortly after the race start.

22 yachts in a westerly 25 knot wind started from a committee boat start approximately 1 Nm offshore and heading in towards a turning mark and then out towards the Goodwin Knoll. Once round the East Goodwin buoy and heading south, the wind increased with gusts up to 35 knots as they passed the East Goodwin Light Vessel and eventually turning past the Southwest Goodwin buoy homeward past the South Brake buoy and finishing at the St Georges buoy off Ramsgate. First across the finishing line was Oystercatcher XXX - Richard Mathews - in a corrected time of 3 hours 29 minutes,probably one of the quickest times for the race.

This last leg was also the most destructive with a yacht taking structural damage to the mast shroud fastenings partially pulling through the deck and disabling the rig whilst the falling spinnaker pole hit one of the crew members on the head and required another callout of the Lifeboat.

IRC Overall top three finishers:
1. Oystercatcher XXX - Richard Mathews, West Mersea Yacht Club - 3:29:21 hours
2. Slingshot - Rod Oates & Gavin Magee, Royal Temple Yacht Club - 3:43:04 hours
3. Vanilla - Niek Spiljard, WV Arne - 3:49:24 hours

www.ramsgateweek.com

J/111 World Championships - The Bigger Breeze Arrives
Photo by Rick Tomlinson, rick-tomlinson.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Cowes, Isle of Wight: The morning race was a windward-leeward starting in the region of Fastnet Marine Insurance mark to the east of the Bramble Bank. The race was started on time in 12 knots of wind from 250 degrees, this matched the forecast.

The second race of the day, race four in the series, was scheduled as a longer distance race of 21 miles. The course was an extended windward-leeward from Fastnet Marine in the eastern Solent to the Quod Possumus mark near Lymington, with a few realignment reaches thrown in.

Overall tonight McFly and Jitterbug are equal on 11 points, Shmokin Joe remains in third on 16 with Xcentric Ripper moving up to fourth.

Tomorrow PRO Simon van der Byl has scheduled three windward leewards. If it's windy the Dutch will be happy and Jitterbug will undoubtedly wind their rig down, as their tactician, the Olympic silver medallist Nick Rogers, felt that insufficient rig tension had cost them dear in race four.

Sponsors include Hudson Wight Performance Sailwear, Grapefruit Graphics, Wight Vodka, Spinlock and North Sails.

Top five after two races:

1. Jitterbug, Cornel Riklin, GBR, 3
2. Shmokin Joe, Duncan McDonald, GBR, 6
3. McFly, Tony Mack, GBR, 7
4. Journeymaker 11, Chris Jones & Louise Makin, GBR, 8
5. J Lance 9, Frederic Bouvier, FRA, 10

Full results

https://www.rys.org.uk/event/j111-world-championship/

Fourteen Times A Shellback
Ever since Joshua Slocum became the first person to sail alone around the world in the late 1890s, the challenge of solo circumnavigating has stood as the ultimate challenge for self-sufficient sailors. But few would even consider doing it in a boat smaller than Slocum's Spray, a 36-footer.

One who has accepted that challenge, however, is five-time (mostly solo) circumnavigator Webb Chiles, now 72. As reported earlier, Webb's choice of boat for this rounding is the venerable Moore 24, Gannet.

Such ambitious voyaging is certainly not for everyone. But if anyone is cut out for the challenge, its Webb. Self-sufficient to the core, he doesn't believe in carrying an EPIRB, reasoning that if he gets into trouble it's his own fault, and he wouldn't want anyone to risk his or her life trying to save him.

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Final Round Of The Garmin Summer Series
GJW Direct SailFest heads to the Southern promontory of the New Forest this weekend with 3 fleets using the event as their National Championships - the Byes, ISOs and 18ft Skiffs. The strong coaching bias to the event sees a training day supported by North Sails One Design on Friday with continued coaching support throughout the event. Within the spirit of the SailFest, on the water tips are allowed and there will be a morning briefing to discuss tides and weather conditions each day. After racing, footage from the Garmin VIRB cameras around the course will analysed by the coaches in a daily post-racing debrief. Experienced Laser coach James Royston will be focussing on the Laser and Byte classes throughout Saturday and Sunday. Expanding the coaching element this year also sees Nutrition Consultant and sailing fanatic Gareth Edwards join the proceedings. This is a fantastic opportunity to hear the views of a sailor with a contagious enthusiasm for nutrition who has been studying and prescribing performance related eating plans for over 20 years, unaffected by fashion and whims.

In addition to racing and coaching there will be activities ashore during the day and into the evening, making use of Calshot Activities Centre's awesome facilities. The RNLI have a routine exercise on Sunday morning and there is also the 16th Century Calshot Castle (run by English Heritage) to explore, plus plenty of beaches and the New Forest. Southampton's Maritime festival takes place on Friday and Saturday and hopefully the Spitfire and Hurricane fly-past at 2.30pm on Saturday will be clearly visible from the shore and race-area.

The fleet will be split into 3 or 4 starts for the handicap racing on Saturday and Sunday and GJW Direct SailFest culminates on Monday with the all-in North Sails One Design Long Distance Pursuit Race.

GJW Direct SailFest runs from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th August 2014, with the regatta racing from Saturday to Monday. The regatta represents the final round of the Garmin Summer Series, also supported by Gul and Trident.

sailfest.sailracer.org

For The Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:

Record: Outright Around Britain and Ireland
Yacht: "Oman Sail-Musandam. MOD 70 Trimaran.
Name: Sidney Gavignet FRA and a crew of 6
Dates:. 11th to the 14th August 2014.
Start time: 09;10;00. 11/08/14
Finish time: 12;42;36. 14/08/14
Elapsed time: 3 days 3 hours 32 minutes and 36 seconds
Distance: 1773 NM
Average speed: 23.48 kts
Comments: Current record: Banque Populaire 5. Loick Peyron FRA. July 11. 3d 3h 49m 14s

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
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* From Jonathan Harley, this correction on our story on the Artemis AC Team and its new coach:

Rod Davis won Silver in the STAR class in Barcelona 1992, not the Finn. Brian Ledbetter won Silver in the Finn.

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Holt's 25-Year Dream Finally Comes True
Mike Holt has spent most of his life dreaming about becoming world champion and today it came true with victory in the final race of the SAP 505 World Championship in Kiel. Together with crew Rob Woelfel, Holt went into today's showdown as one of six teams with a chance of winning the title. The British-born resident of Santa Cruz in California had twice gone into the final day of a 505 Worlds only to finish runner-up.

The key decision all week has been when to exit the gate start. The young Australians, Pete Nicholas and Luke Payne, have opted for an early start nearly every race and today did the same. They were joined by Holt, while the other world title contenders waited a few minutes as the pathfinder sailed out to the right-hand side of the course. The two British teams still in title contention, Andy Smith/ Tim Needham along with Ian Pinnell/ Dave Shelton, started late and found themselves on the wrong side of the first shift. The early starters were doing well out on the left, with Holt and the Australians moving into the lead towards the top mark.

With 173 entries, this was the third largest world championship in the 60-year history of the class. To look back through the winning moves you can browse through the SAP Sailing Analytics, and watch recordings of the live coverage of the regatta, all to be found at the official website: www.sap505worlds.com -- Andy Rice, www.sailingintelligence.com

Final top five:
1. Mike Holt / Rob Woelfel, USA, 20 points
2. Peter Nicholas / Luke Payne, AUS, 26
3. Dr. Wolfgang Hunger / Julien Kleiner, GER, 29
4. Andy Smith / Tim Needham, GBR, 29
5. Stefan Bohm / Gerald Roos, GER, 37

Full results: sap505worlds.com

2014 Youth Olympic Games
Nanjing, China: Argentina's Francisco Saubidet Birkner and China's Linli Wu claimed the Boy's and Girl's Techno 293 honours as sailing concluded at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China.

A single undiscardable race brought the Techno 293 racing to a close with the conditions testing the 20 boy's and 21 girl's racers who took to the course. Three knots gusting up to eight knots from an easterly direction made life tough on the race course with those with excellent tactical nous and light wind prowess excelling.

Bernie Chin and Samantha Yom made it double gold for Singapore as they took the Boy's and Girl's Byte CII Youth Olympic Games titles.

Top three by class:

Byte - Men
1. Bernie Chin, SIN
2. Rodolfo Pires, POR
3. Jonatan Vadnai, HUN

Byte - Women
1. Samantha JimYi Yom, SIN
2. Odile Van Aanholt, NED
3. Jarian Brandes, PER

Techno 293 - Men
1. Francisco Saubidet Birkner, ARG
2. Maxim Tokarev, RUS
3. Lars van Someren, NED

Techno 293 - Women
1. Linli Wu, CHN
2. Mariam Sekhposyan, RUS
3. Lucie Pianazza, FRA

ISAF Website

Full Results

Nanjing 2014 Website

British Paralympians Clinch Two Silver Medals and Three Rio Berths at IFDS Worlds
British sailors came away with two silver medals and the maximum three qualifying berths for the 2016 Paralympic Games at the conclusion of the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships in Halifax, Canada, today (24 August).

Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell missed out on a sixth consecutive world title by the narrowest of margins in the two-person SKUD class, while Helena Lucas claimed silver in the 2.4mR class, just one point from overall winner Heiko Kroeger of Germany.

Their podium finishes, plus a fourth place by the British Sonar trio of John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas, ensured that Great Britain earned qualification across the three Paralympic classes for the Rio 2016 Games at the first time of asking.

Defending SKUD World Champions Rickham and Birrell finished their regatta tied on points with the Australian Paralympic Champions Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch, but lost on countback after the 11-race series.

Final top three:

Sonar
1. Bruno Jourdren / Nicolas Vimont-Vicary / Eric Flageul, FRA, 21 points
2. Paul Tingley / Scott Lutes / Logan Campbell, CAN, 25
3. Colin Harrison / Jonathan Harris / Russell Boaden, AUS, 26

SKUD 18
1. Daniel Fitzgibbon / Liesl Tesch, AUS, 21
2. Alexandra Rickham / Niki Birrell, GBR, 21
3. Marco Gualandris / Marta Zanetti, ITA, 28

2.4mR
1. Heiko Kroeger, GER, 37
2. Helena Lucas, GBR, 38
3. Damien Seguin, FRA, 39

Kinsale Yacht Club Perpetual Trophy (The Nations Cup)
1. Australia
2. Great Britain
3. Canada
4. United States
5. Italy
6. Spain
7. New Zealand

www.ifdsworlds2014.ca
www.britishsailingteam.com

Morvan Wins Detroit Cup
Detroit, Michigan, USA: Pierre-Antoine Morvan and his Vannes Agglo Sailing Team of Mathie Renault and Steven Liorzou have emerged from four days of battle to be the 2014 Champions of the Detroit Cup. The French team defeated their Semi-Final and Final opponents 2-1 and 3-0 today in front of a spectator crowd lining the Detroit River shoreline in front of the host Bayview Yacht Club.

Race conditions today were excellent, with a consistent 8-10 knot breeze. Morvan and his team excelled at this, always keeping the pressure on their opponents in the pre-starts, and with a slight speed edge upwind they were often able to extend on early leads or catch and pass when behind. This set them up to round the top mark with enough margin to fend off any attacks made downwind.

In the Finals, the action was comparatively tame in the first-to-three point series and penalty-free except for one Poole earned in the pre-start of the second match. Morvan simply out-sailed his opponent to win every start and lead around the course in every match to win the series 3-0.

In Petit-Final action, Graham managed to overcome a loss to Soh in the first match by winning the second, but then lost the third in being called over early at the start and not able to recover.

Final results, 2014 Detroit Cup:
1. Pierre-Antoine Morvan, FRA
2. Chris Poole, USA
3. Maximillian Soh, SIN
4. Matt Graham, USA
5. Sam Gilmour, AUS
6. Ian Hollerbach, USA
7. David Storrs, USA
8. Wataru Sakamoto, JPN
9. Dustin Durant, USA
10. Chris Van Tol, USA
11. Peter Holz, USA
12. Shane Diviny, IRL

www.detroitcup.com

Morvan and many other competitors here at the Detroit Cup will continue with ISAF Grade 2 match racing later this week at the third stop of the US Grand Slam series at Manhasset Bay YC's Knickerbocker Cup in Manhasset Bay, NY. More information on the Grand Slam series can be found at www.usamatchracing.com

Varuna Declared Overall Winner 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
The Royal Ocean Racing Club has declared Jens Kellinghusen's Ker 51, Varuna (GER), as the overall winner under IRC of the 2014 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

Race sponsors Sevenstar Yacht Transport have also awarded Jens Kellinghusen with a $20,000 voucher to ship Varuna to their selected destination worldwide, which will be used to transport Varuna to Malta to take part in the Rolex Middle Sea Race, the final race of the RORC Season's Points Championship.

Although six yachts were still racing as of Friday none of them could better Varuna's corrected time racing under IRC. Jens Kellinghusen was quick to praise his crew for their performance, Varuna has no powered winches and the tough conditions required tremendous physical exertion and long hours hiking out on the rail

Varuna's Winning Crew:
Jens Kellinghusen, Owner, Hamburg, Germany
Tim Daase, Pit/Boat Captain, Wewelsfleth, Germany
Guenter Alajmo, Runner, Hamburg, Germany
Guillermo Altadill, Navigator, Barcelona, Spain
Luke Molloy, Trimmer, Brisbane, Australia
David Blass, Trimmer, Braunschweig, Germany
Fynn Terveer, Pit, Kiel, Germany
Jan Hilbert, Driver, Kiel Germany
Gunnar Knierim, Driver, Kiel, Germany
Peter Knight, Bow, Guernsey, UK
Christian Stoffers, Bow, Kiel, Germany
Alastair Sayers, Bow, Hobart, Tasmania

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

J/111 World Championships
Day five of the J/111 World Championships dawned with a clear sky, low temperature and no gradient wind. The forecast was for 5 knots at 1030 rising to 8 by noon. With two races left to sail and a 1500 prize giving ceremony, in view of the light conditions it seemed likely that at best only one race would be sailed.

The overnight leader Shmokin Joe owned by Duncan McDonald and Phil Thomas had a strong enough score that if one or less races were sailed the trophy was going home to Brighton with them.

Whilst Shmokin may have felt safe, second place Tony Mack's McFly were under threat from Frédéric Bouvier and his French team aboard J Lance 9. The French had only come together as a team for the event and had gelled as the series progressed to become the boat of the day on day four, the penultimate day.

The Royal Yacht Squadron race team stationed their committee boat to east of the Bramble Bank in the shallow water near Fastnet mark. After two hours of studying a glassy sea, PRO Simon van der Byl took the popular decision to draw the regatta to close. With ten great races completed, no one should feel that they did not have the opportunity to improve their lot.

Thus, following their terrific victory at the J-Cup, Shmokin Joe are the first ever J/111 World Champions.

The J/111 World Championships top 5:
1. Shmokin Joe, Phil Thomas and Duncan McDonald, GBR
2. McFly, Mr and Mrs Tony Mack, GBR
3. J Lance 9, Frederic Bouvier, FRA
4. Black Dog, Stuart Sawyer, GBR
5. Jitterbug, Cornel Riklin, GBR

The 2015 World Championships will be held in June, in Block Island in the state of Rhode Island on the East Coast of the USA.

www.rys.org.uk/event/j111-world-championship/

One Month To Start Of Thousand Islands Race
The last entry discount deadline is approaching soon for joining the 2014 running of the Thousand Islands Race organized by the Sailing Club of Rijeka and Porto Montenegro Yacht Club.

Following measurement and inspection activities on Thursday and Friday, 18-19 September, there is a Crew Party on Friday night followed Saturday by a tune-up coastal race off the starting venue in historic Rijeka, Croatia.

Then on Sunday 21 September will be the start of Leg 1 of the Thousand Island offshore race from the historic harborfront in Rijeka down the Dalmatian coast that has the fleet leaving the islands of Unije, Susak, Premuda, Dugi Otok, Kornat, Vis, Lastovo and Sv. Andrija to starboard. To complete this 300-mile course the entries will have to navigate amongst the myriad of small islands and channels that comprise this beautiful coast before reaching the finish line located in front of the new marina facilities of Porto Montenegro in Tivat, Montenegro.

On Wednesday 24 September there will be a fun "1000 islands + 2 race" in scenic Boka Kotorska Bay in Montenegro, followed by a prize-giving that evening in Tivat.

And on Thursday 25 September the Leg 2 return race to Rijeka will be held as a reverse course of Leg 1, with another prizegiving party held on Saturday 28 September in Rijeka.

Thusfar 12 teams are entered from all over Europe, including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The largest and fastest boat entered is the 100-foot Super Maxi Esimit Europa 2, who will challenge the current course record for Leg 1 of 28:41:06 and for 46:02:37 for Leg 2 set last year by the Hungarian R/P 60 Wild Joe.

Entries need only be over 9.0 m in length, have an ORC Club or ORC International certificate, and a Stability Index greater than 110. Also accepted are double-handed entries, one-designs or boats of same type or production model raced in separate categories, and there is one multihull division.

www.thousandislandsrace.com

How To Win The America's Cup
Winning the 35th America's Cup in 2017 will require navigating a radically different format for the competition.

- The score of the America's Cup Match might be 1-0 before the first race is sailed.
- Fleet racing in non-foiling AC45's will count towards the score in the Match and towards challenger selection.
- The defender will be racing in the challenger selection series and can influence which challenger goes through to the Match.
- Challengers' boats will need to be optimized for conditions in two different venues.

The America's Cup Match - first to seven points

This is not the same as "best of 13." Remember that the 2013 America's Cup Match was "first to nine points." We needed 19 races, since Oracle Team USA started with a score of -2 because of their penalty. For the 2017 America's Cup there could be penalties and also a bonus point - the winner of the "America's Cup Qualifiers" will start with one point if they are in the Match. And, that bonus point could be influenced by the America's Cup World Series. -- Jack Griffin

Full article in Cup Experience:
www.cupexperience.com

SME To Rebrand America's Cup
The America's Cup Event Authority has partnered with SME, Inc. New York to develop a new brand strategy, identity and architecture for the organization and 35th America's Cup. SME's challenge for this assignment is to develop a brand that represents in equal parts the history/heritage of this global sports icon while capturing the innovative aspect of an event viewed by many as 'The World Cup of Sailing'.

"It's great to be working with the fabled America's Cup brand and their leadership team on the brand development of one of the most prestigious and esteemed events in the world," said Ed O'Hara, Senior Partner.

www.smebranding.com

For The Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:

Record: Around Britain and Ireland. Monohull
Yacht: Azzam-Abu Dhabi Racing. VO65.
Name: Ian Walker. GBR
Dates:. 11th August to the15th August 2014.
Start time: 09;10. 11/08/14
Finish time: 22;20;28. 15;08;14
Elapsed time: 4 days 13 hours 10 minutes and 28 seconds
Distance: 1773 NM
Average speed: 16.24 kts

Comments:
Previous record: "Groupama". Franck Cammas. FRA. Aug 10. 5d 21h 26m 55s

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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Jump Start Turns Lead From Aussie To Kiwi
San Francisco, California, USA: Runaway wins on the first day of the 13th annual 18' Skiff International Regatta Monday may have resembled the lopsided racing in the 34th America's Cup on these same tricky waters a year ago, but this time the tide turned at the starting line.

After sailing away in the first of two 6.7-nautical mile, two-lap windward-leeward races in the week-long event hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, Brett Van Munster's ASCC-sponsored entry from Australia placed second to Skip McCormack's Event Clothing from New Zealand---or thought he had until he hit the beach.

Then he learned that he had been called for crossing the line early and not returning to start properly.

Van Munster disagreed, saying, "We were going for the pin [end of the line].We didn't pass the pin until three seconds after the gun."

One of his two crew, Paul Montague, agreed, noting, "We were a boat length behind."

Rivals on some of the other seven boats had mixed views, but veteran Graham Catley of New Zealand---who inherited first place overall with a pair of second places---thought ASCC may not have heard his recall hailed from the other end of the line.

"We heard the call," Catley said. "That's why we went back ... and why we were so far behind for most of the second race. They called 'ASCC'."

Catley's son Nick, 26, who is crewing for McCormack's Events Clothing, which won the second race, said, "We were closer to the line than they were."

By the end of the week it may not matter. Boats may discard their worst result after five races and two results after nine races. -- Rich Roberts

The leaders (after 2 of 10 races)

1. Maersk Line, Graham Catley/Tom Peet/Brad Collins, Auckland Sailing Club, 2-2, 4 points

2. Events Clothing, Skip McCormack/Nick Catley/Josh McCormack, Auckland Sailing Club/San Francisco YC, 4-1, 5

3. CST, Howie Hamlin/Cameron McDonald/Matt McKinlay, Newport Harbor YC, 3-5, 8

Full results

Event information:
www.stfyc.com

Lipton Challenge
Cape Town, South Africa: The wind-gods threw the book at the 15 teams competing in the opening race of the 2014 Lipton Challenge in False Bay today. Starting in a 22 knot northwester that looked set to strengthen, most of the boats opted for reduced headsails. In no time at all the wind had dropped below10 knots, and a rapid sail change on the first down wind leg was called for.

With the Royal Cape Yacht Club team stretching out an impressive lead, the wind veered to the north and freshened again, rewarding the vigilance of those tacticians who had spotted the pressure up towards Muizenberg. Then, just as conditions looked fairly settled a bank of cloud popped over the mountains above Simon's Town, heralding a 45deg swing to the west. The RCYC Academy team, racing for Zeekoevlei Yacht Club and skippered by Sieraj Jacobs, read the signs perfectly. They headed west and stormed into 2nd place, right on the heels of the leaders.

On the final down wind leg the two RCYC boats had a thrilling tussle, but the deeply experienced senior team, led by Greg Davis and David Rae, held their nerve and won the day. -- Trevor Wilkins

www.liptoncup.com

Harken Tech Team Ready To Roll At The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup; Rolex Swan Cup
Tech maestros from Harken Italy will be on-deck at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (8/31 - 9/6) and the Rolex Swan Cup (9/8 - 9/14), Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

Busted block? A cranky winch? Drop by for a consult. Our well-stocked service van will be parked in its usual spot on the main "A" pontoon near the sailing yachts.

Look for the Harken flag. Contact phone numbers and email addresses are prominently displayed on the van windows as well as the regatta notice board.

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Oman Fly The Flag On British Waters at the Extreme Sailing Series
Photo by Lloyd Images. Click on image to enlarge.

Cardiff Bay saved the best for last for the 11-boat Extreme 40 fleet, where Alinghi, The Wave, Muscat and J.P. Morgan BAR battled it out until the bitter end for the top positions, in one of the closest - and most exciting - three-horse fights seen in the Series, which resulted in a three way collision and three consecutive penalties in the final race.

The Wave, Muscat took advantage of the tussle to sail away with the win at Act 5 presented by Land Rover - and importantly closing in on Alinghi on the overall 2014 Series leaderboard.

That left Ben Ainslie and Morgan Larson in a straight shoot out for second, but the British skipper couldn't break the domination of Switzerland's Alinghi, with Larson snatching it from the grasps of J.P. Morgan BAR.

Cardiff has once again delivered an outstanding event, with 90,000 spectators getting front row seats to the action, as part of the Cardiff Harbour Festival. Act 6 Istanbul takes place from the 11-14 September, and with news of a local team entry in the coming days, it will be a packed startline of 12 teams, as the fleet head to the city where East meets West.

Act 5 Cardiff, presented by Land Rover standings after Day 4, 33 races

1. The Wave, Muscat (OMA) Leigh McMillan, Sarah Ayton, Pete Greenhalgh, Kinley Fowler, Nasser Al Mashari, 210 points
2. Alinghi (SUI) Morgan Larson, Anna Tunnicliffe, Pierre-Yves Jorand, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey, 205
3. J.P. Morgan BAR (GBR) Ben Ainslie, Nick Hutton, Paul Campbell-James, Bleddyn Mon, Matt Cornwell, 203
4. Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Hans-Peter Steinacher, Mark Bulkeley, Shaun Mason, Stewart Dodson, 186
5. Realteam by Realstone (SUI) Jerome Clerc, Arnaud Psarofaghis, Bruno Barbarin, Bryan Mettraux, Thierry Wassem, 182
6. Oman Air (OMA) Rob Greenhalgh, Ted Hackney, Kyle Langford, Hashim Al Rashdi, Musab Al Hadi, 175
7. SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Jes Gram-Hansen, Rasmus Kostner, Thierry Douillard, Jonas Hviid-Nielsen, Brad Farrand, Nicolai Sehested, 174
8. Gazprom Team Russia (RUS) Igor Lisovenko, Phil Robertson, Matt Adams, Pete Cumming, Aleksey Kulakov, 154
9. Groupama sailing team (FRA) Franck Cammas, Romain Motteau, Tanguy Cariou, Thierry Fouchier, Devan Le Bihan, 154
10. GAC Pindar (AUS) Nathan Wilmot, Hugh Styles, Ed Smyth, Seve Jarvin, James Wierzbowski, 153
11. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) Dean Barker, Ray Davies, James Dagg, Jeremy Lomas, Edwin Delaat 151

Extreme Sailing Series 2014 overall standings

1. Alinghi (SUI) 47 points
2. The Wave, Muscat (OMA) 45
3. Realteam by Realstone (SUI) 34
4. Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) 33
5. J.P. Morgan BAR (GBR) 25
6. Gazprom Team Russia (RUS) 22
7. Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) 20
8. SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) 18
9. Oman Air (OMA) 16
10. Groupama sailing team (FRA) 15
11. GAC Pindar (AUS) 5

extremesailingseries.com

AUDI Melges 20 World Championship
This final leg of the Audi tron Sailing Series is scheduled 25-30th August in Riva del Garda.

Thanks to the organisation of B.Plan Sport&Events in cooperation with Melges Europe and the hosting Yacht Club Fraglia Vela Riva, 60 teams coming from 10 world nations (Italy, United States, Russia, Czech Republic, Japan, Germany, Canada, Austria, Monaco and Danemark) will be gathering on Lake Garda.

The most representative of the American fleet is with no doubt the reigning champion John Taylor on Ninkasi with tactician Bill Hardesty, and Russell Lucas' Shimmer with Melges-Michetti, Wes Whitmyer's Slingshot, winner in Talamone and Samba Pa Ti of Melges 32 world champion John Kilroy and Olympian Paul Goodison.

The Audi Melges 20 World Championship officially starts on Monday morning with measurement and registration controls, practice race is set on Tuesday the first warning signal on Wednesday 27th at 12:30. Up to ten races are scheduled through Saturday, no warning signal will be displayed after 3.30 pm.

Entries: www.yachtscoring.com/crew_list_report.cfm
www.melges20.com

Fireball UK Nationals
Tenby Sailing Club, Pembrokeshire, UK: With the event already in the bag for Tom Gillard & Richard Anderton , the final day could have been an anticlimax and in terms of the podium places it probably was. However the Fireball Nationals always offers more, and with prizes to play for across the fleet there was plenty of action in the last 2 races.

Race 9 got underway on a gate start in a fresh Northerly breeze around 13 knots. Ian Dobson & Tim Linsell got off to a flyer and in lovely sunny conditions they went on to take a well deserved race win.

For the final race of the series the wind freshened just before the start and the fleet enjoyed some champagne Fireball conditions to end the week. Gillard & Anderton displayed the form they had shown throughout and won it from Dobson & Linsell, with the Irish duo Barry McCartin & Conor Kinsella getting a well deserved 3rd. In the Silver fleet, Simon Lomas-Clark and Rob Daniels had an absolute flyer, carding a seventh to bring them within one point of a fleet win. Oh so close!

FInal top five, gold fleet:

1. Tom Gillard & Richard Richard Anderton
2. Ian Dobson & Tim Linsell
3. Matt Burge & Simon Wheeler
4. Dave wade & Tim Hartley
5. Barry McCartin & Conor Kinsella

www.tenbysailingclub.org.uk
www.fireballsailing.org.uk

'Boatique' Hotel To Be Adjacent To Britannia In Edinburgh
The operators of UK's last royal yacht, Britannia, a major visitor attraction in Leith have acquired Fingal, a former Scottish tender of the Northern Lighthouse Board, which on occasions worked in Irish waters having called to Dun Laoghaire Harbour, writes Jehan Ashmore.

The near £1 million investment of Windsor Castle, the current name of the classically designed ship built in 1963, is to be converted into a 25 bedroom luxury 'boatique' hotel. She will be berthed permanently adjacent to Britannia in Edinburgh's historic port of Leith.

Fingal was the final ship built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow. The Leith registered vessel spent most of her Northern Lighthouse Board career of 30 years from Oban followed by her last 6 years based in Stromness, Orkney.

Developing a floating hotel adjacent to the Britannia represents natural organic growth for the Trust, which has the requisite management skills in-house, and servicing demand from both day visitors and evening event guests for quality accommodation.

When the new 'boatique' opens she will be berthed adjacent to Britannia, which since her launch in 1953 had toured the world during her 44 years career serving as the British royal yacht for Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family.

afloat.ie/port-news/lighthouses/

2015 Irc Australian Championship Heading To Hamilton Island
The premier national IRC racing event returns to Hamilton Island and the Hamilton Island Yacht Club, which last hosted the championship in 2012. History was created at that event when Marcus Blackmore took out the IRC Australian Championship with his TP52 Hooligan, making it back-to-back wins following his success in 2011. His was the first boat in 29 years to win successive championships in the grand prix division at Hamilton Island.

Racing will again take place in three classes (Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3) allowing similar-sized yachts to compete in their relevant division and offering fairer racing.

A fleet of 182 boats has just finished the 31st edition of Audi Hamilton Island Race Week. The annual event again proved it's a magnet for quality IRC boats from around the country, attracting three divisions from the BH36 Local Hero in division 3 up to the current Audi IRC Australian champion, Karl Kwok's TP52 Team Beau Geste which took out division 1 honours.

The dates and duration the championship are currently being finalised and details will be released later in the year on www.yachting.org.au

Offshore Racing "Royalty" Joins One Ton Revisited Line-Up
Two of the "royals" of New Zealand offshore racing - John and Kevin Lidgard - have joined the line-up for the One Ton Revisited regatta in February/March 2015. Successive generations of the Lidgard yachting dynasty, father and son John and Kevin are to crew for Bevan Hill on the John Lidgard-designed and built Result. The 36ft 2in (11.02m) Result was constructed, of kauri/kahikatea (glassed), for the 1977 One Ton Cup in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf.

One of John Lidgard's many great moments in a highly-distinguished offshore racing career was in 1971 when he skippered New Zealand's Southern Cross Cup team that comprised Pathfinder (Brin Wilson), Runaway (John Lidgard) and Wai-Aniwa (Chris Bouzaid). That trio notched up an unprecedented (and, one suspects, never-to-be-repeated) 1, 2 and 3 in the Sydney-Hobart classic to also clinch New Zealand's first win in the Southern Cross Cup teams' series. That would have been particularly satisfying for John Lidgard - designer, builder and skipper of Runaway and captain of the team - quite a "fourfecta".

Another newcomer to the fleet is the S&S design Young Nick, which was also built for the 1971 One Ton Cup defence in the Hauraki Gulf. She was commissioned by industrialist, the late Lou Fisher, and skippered by former Rainbow II tactician (now yacht designer) Alan Warwick. -- Alan Sefton

International 14 POW Week
The International 14 Monkey Marine Prince of Wales Cup and Championship Week is taking place at Castle Cove SC this week with the first races on Wednesday 27 August. The famed Prince of Wales Cup (the class championship) will take place on Saturday 30 August in Weymouth Bay.

The class may have lost its place at the peak of dinghy sailing to the rise of the all pervasive Olympic dinghy classes, but it remains a unique design and handling combination that produces great competition and continues an unrivalled bloodline back to the early 1900s. -- Gerald New

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For The Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:
Record: Around Britain and Ireland. Outright Women
Yacht: SCA. VO65
Name: Sam Davies. GBR
Dates:. 11th August to the 16th August 2014.
Start time: 09;10. 11/08/14
Finish time: 06;10;39. 16/08/14
Elapsed time: 4 days 21 hours 00 minutes and 39 seconds
Distance: 1773 NM
Average speed: 15.15 kts

Comments:
Previous record: "Aviva" Dee Caffari. GBR. Jun 09 6d 11h 30m 53s

John Reed
WSSRC Secretary

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International Sailing Canoe Worlds Championship On San Francisco Bay
Point Richmond, California, USA: Sailors from Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, and the USA are gathering at Richmond Yacht Club in preparation for the International 10 Square Meter Sailing Canoe (IC) Worlds Championship, which begins September 6.

The words "sailing canoe" may conjure up images of an outdated craft, and the IC class still competes for the New York Challenge Cup, established in 1885 and the second oldest international sailing trophy in the world after the America's Cup. However, like the America's Cup boats, the International Canoe has been transformed into a high tech version of its 19th century counterpart. Key features of the IC today are its efficient rig, long, slim hull and a curved sliding seat that allows its single-handing skipper to glide fore and aft as well as several feet out to windward from the hull while, as one enthusiast put it, "sailing upwind like a stiletto through butter" -- an exhilarating challenge to the best of sailors.

A one-design class from 1971 to 2008, the International Canoe officially became a developmental class in 2009, operating under a simple set of rules that define the hull's allowable length (4900-5200mm) and minimum beam and the boat's overall minimum weight excluding sails. The total allowable sail area is 10 square meters.

Races are scheduled in the Olympic Circle area for September 6th-14th, with a lay day on Wednesday September 10th. The New York Cup Challenge will be held September 15th

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Land Rover Recognise 'spectacular Sportsmanship' With Third Above And Beyond Award
Land Rover has awarded the third 'Above and Beyond' Award in Cardiff, United Kingdom to Sir Ben Ainslie's J.P. Morgan BAR team and Oman Sail's shore crew after the two teams demonstrated spectacular sportsmanship on the second day of Act 5 of the Extreme Sailing Series Stadium Racing circuit.

In the fifth race of the day, SAP Extreme Sailing team careered into the back of Emirates Team New Zealand, led by America's Cup skipper, Dean Barker. "There was a very large gust just as the teams were approaching the gate mark and the fleet was very close together. SAP Extreme Sailing Team was unable to avoid a collision, slamming into the back of Emirates Team New Zealand, chopping off their rudder. The Kiwi boat was unable to steer and heading towards the rocks in Cardiff Bay when Jo Lees and the Oman Sail RIB [chase boat] spotted the situation and immediately went alongside in his RIB to steer ETNZ away from the rocks. Sadly, ETNZ were unable to continue racing as their rudder was completely destroyed.

"On learning this, the shore crew onboard the J.P. Morgan BAR RIB immediately went ashore to get their spare rudder, assembled it and helped to fit it onboard the Emirates Team New Zealand Extreme 40 with a speed that meant the Kiwi team missed just two races and were able to get back on the racecourse.

"This sort of sportsmanship is unique to the sport of sailing and deserves to be recognised with the Land Rover Above and Beyond Award," he concluded.

The leaders of the shore crews, Jo Lees (Oman Sail) and Jono Macbeth (J.P. Morgan BAR) were nominated to the Above & Beyond Committee by the Emirates Team New Zealand Skipper, Dean Barker

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Mike Ingham Crowned J/24 European Open Winner
Angelholm, Sweden: This past weekend, a fleet of thirty-five J/24s assembled in the beautiful little seaside resort of Angelholm, Sweden to compete for the J/24 European Championship. Conditions ranged widely from gales and thunderstorms to gorgeous sunny days with moderate winds. Topping the standings was the American team of Mike Ingham, comfortably winning the regatta by 30 points over the next boat- as a result the winner of the "Open Europeans". The top European boat was Germany's Frank Schonfeldt from the Muhlenberger Segel-Club sailing HENK.

Top prize for best Women's crew went to VEGA RAGAZZA- Stephanie Koepcke and her lovely crew from Germany's Muhlenberger Segel-Club- she finished 10th in a highly competitive J/24 fleet!

Top award for best Youth Team went to LUV- Tom Stryi and crew from Germany.

Stewart and Mary-Anne Jardine's "Old Boat Trophy" for inspiration to the J/24 class went to the Swedish all-women crew of FOR FUN (BLUE)- Liselotte Sjoberg and crew.

A special award was given to the Youngest Crew member of the Europeans- Nils (12 years old) who showed great courage and fighting spirit together with his crew on HOLLENHUND RELOADED, skippered by Martin Maschnitza from Kieler YC.

Final top five:

1. Mike Ingham, USA, 64 points
2. Frank Schonfeldt, GER, 72
3. Manfred Konig. GER. 96
4. Peer Kock, GER, 82
5. Per-Hakan Persson, SWE, 96

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The 18s' Secret To Success: Stay Upright
Photo by Erik Simonson, www.pressure-drop.us. Click on image for photo gallery.

San Francisco, California, USA: After Tuesday's wild racing in the 13th annual 18' Skiff International Regatta it was apparent that old boats aren't necessarily a problem as long as you keep them upright.

Howie Hamlin, a six-time winner of the event, is in first place with his 10-year-old backup boat, one point ahead of Australia's Brett Van Munster, who says, "I think my boat is even older than Howie's."

Notably, Hamlin hasn't won a race in the event hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club, posting a modest log of 3-5-4-2 finishes---but the point is that he has started and finished every race, which only two other of the nine contestants---Van Munster and local competitor David Liebenberg from the Richmond Yacht Club---have managed.

The question now is when racing resumes Thursday after a Wednesday day off, will Hamlin switch to his newer boat if it is delivered by Thursday.

Wednesday is designated as a reserve day, to be followed by an 18s race at 4 o'clock preceding the traditional Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race for anything that sails across and down the bay, starting under the Golden Gate at 5:30.

The boats launch off the beach bordering Crissy Field west of the host St. Francis Yacht Club. Admission is free. The schedule calls for a total of 10 races through Saturday, two per day starting at 1 p.m., except a 4 o'clock start Thursday preceding the traditional 5.3-nautical mile Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race when they'll join a variety of boats and kiteboards for a 5:30 start under the Golden Gate. -- Rich Roberts

Top tive (after 4 of 10 races)

1. CST, Howie Hamlin/Cameron McDonald/Matt McKinlay, Newport Harbor YC, 3-5-4-2, 14 points
2. ASCC, Brett Van Munster/Paul Montague/Harry Thurston, Australian 18 Footers, 1-(9/OCS)-3-1,15
3. Events Clothing, Skip McCormack/Nick Catley/Josh McCormack, Auckland Sailing Club/San Francisco YC, 4-1- 1-10/DNF, 16
4. Maersk Line, Graham Catley/Tom Peet/Brad Collins, Auckland Sailing Club, 2-2-2-10/DNF, 16
5. Only 18, David Liebenberg/Dan Morris/John Grey, Richmond YC, 7-6-5-4, 22

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Chiavarini Claims Laser U21 World Title
Rising British sailing talent Lorenzo Chiavarini hopes his under 21 Laser World Championship victory will 'push him on to greater things', as he added the junior world title to his under 21 European crown in Douarnenez, France, this weekend (23 August).

The 20-year-old from Argyll claimed his second major title of the year having recovered from a season-threatening wrist break back in March, and overcame 104 other young Laser talents to take the coveted world crown at the Brittany venue.

Chiavarini, who studies at Plymouth University, paid tribute to the British Sailing Team sports science staff who helped him get back on track and racing again following his injury.

Chiavarini claimed the world title by just three points over Norway's Hermann Tomasgaard across the 11-race series.

Chiavarini received an added boost during the regatta, learning that he had been awarded a last-minute place at the senior ISAF Sailing World Championships at Santander next month.

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Anthony O'Leary Retains 1720 Sportsboat Title Off Baltimore
Irish National 1720 sportsboat Champion Anthony O'Leary on Antix retained his title after three superb days of sailing in a 14-boat fleet at Baltimore Sailing Club, West Cork last weekend

Sunday, the final day of racing saw a significant change in weather conditions with the crews waking up to rain and clouds that hadn't been seen in West Cork for some time. The race officer was up early to check the conditions with word coming ashore to the crews that sailing was going ahead outside the harbour.

Race 1 started after a general recall in 15 - 18 knots with line honours going to Denis Murphy's Aquatack (helmed by Mark Mansfield). The 8th and final race of the day and championships was sailed in winds gusting 25 knots giving spectacular plaining conditions with plenty of broaches and kites being shredded with Durcan/O'Shea's T-Bone taking line honours and second overall to Anthony O'Leary's Antix, with Robert O'Leary's Jacobs bar taking 3rd overall.

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Five Innovative Trimaran Yacht Concepts
The young Welsh builder Pi Super Yachts recently unveiled its Dragonship 80 concept. Click on image to enlarge.

In recent years, some of the most creative minds in yacht design have turned their attention to trimarans. Though offering practical advantages over single-hull yachts, such as improved stability and fuel efficiency, trimarans also give naval architects a radically different canvas to work with.

The resulting futuristic three-hulled designs - some of which may never actually make it to production - certainly spark the imagination.

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10,000 Rooms *
San Diego has revealed the pressure it is under from America's Cup officials, who want 10,000 free hotel room nights in the lead-up to the 2017 event.

San Diego Sports Commission president Mike McDowell revealed the startling figures as he spoke to the city's Tourism Marketing District's board of directors.

According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, McDowell said America's Cup bosses would use the rooms to court corporate sponsors.

They also want an additional 7500 room nights at half-price. Estimates put that cost alone at US$2.75 million (NZ$3.29m) in room nights.

Not surprisingly, some of San Diego's tourism board members appeared cool to the demands.

"It just stinks," Bill Evans, of Evans Hotels, told the newspaper.

"There's just a general feeling that there's self-interest at play here, which I don't think serves us very well."

He said San Diego's only hope was in attracting an international audience.

"This is all about television," he said.

"This is about French tourists, English tourists; the rest of the world cares so much more about sailing than we do." -- Duncan Johnstone in Stuff.co.nz

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For The Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:
Record: Around Britain and Ireland. Monohull 60ft and less
Yacht: Artemis-Team Endeavour. IMOCA 60
Name: Brian Thompson. GBR
Dates:.11th August to the 16th August 2014.
Start time: 09;00. 11/08/14
Finish time: 23;00;54. 16/08/14
Elapsed time: 5 days 14 hours and 54 seconds
Distance: 1773 NM
Average speed: 13.23 kts
Comments: Previous record:"Safran". Marc Guillemot FRA. Jun 11. 6d 9h 49m 10s

John Reed Secretary to the WSSR Council

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Opening Day At Worlds Puts Alessandro Rombelli's 'Stig' In Charge
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Riva Del Garda, Italy: After Garda's past rainy days and a short morning postponement ashore, the 57-strong Audi Melges 20 World Championship fleet welcomed plentiful sunshine and a nice 8-10 knots of breeze to the Lake Garda racing arena. Three races are now complete in the 10-part racing series with former Gold Cup Champion and Audi Sailing Series Champion Alessandro Rombelli aboard STIG ahead by 7 points.

In second and third overall are the Kilroy's from California, USA. John Kilroy's Samba Pa Ti finished deep in Race One, but had nice fourth place finishes in Races Two and Three to currently sit in second place. Eleven year-old Liam Kilroy on Wildman was by far the story of the day. Fresh off the starting line, he came on strong early to score a 3-2 in the first two races. Despite a deep 20th place finish in Race Three, Liam's initial great performances helped him preserve his top three position.

Tomorrow, Championship racing continues with an earlier than previously scheduled 09.00 warning to take advantage of some variations on the breeze.

Top five after three races:

1. Alessandro Rombelli / Daniele Cassinari, STIG; 11-1-2 = 14 points
2. John Kilroy / Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti; 13-4-4 = 21
3. Liam Kilroy / Steve Hunt, Wildman; 3-2-20 = 25
4. Russ Lucas / Harry Melges III, Shimmer; 5-6-16 = 27
5. Achille Onorate / Malcolm Page, Mascalzone Latino, Jr.; 18-9-3 = 30

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Transatlantic Race 2015 Fleet Expanded
Three years ago, 26 boats started - and finished - the Transatlantic Race 2011, from Newport, R.I., to the south coast of England. Anticipating greater interest in the Transatlantic Race 2015, race organizers - the Royal Yacht Squadron and New York Yacht Club in association with the Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club - set an early limit of 50 entries, which now looks to be well exceeded. A particular feature of the 2015 event is its coincidence with the Squadron's 200th anniversary celebrations and races.

A fleet of more than 50 boats has already registered, with another 50 yachts indicating interest. The early entry discount expires on September 15, and the first of three staggered starts takes place off Newport on June 28, 2015. "It's great to see how many sailors have signed up," says event co-chair Patricia Young, of the New York Yacht Club. "Given the evident interest, the organizing clubs have waived the fleet limit."

The Transatlantic Race 2015 charts a 2,796-nautical-mile course from Newport, R.I., to Lizard Point, South Cornwall, England. Pre-start activities will take place at the New York Yacht Club's Harbour Court clubhouse in Newport, while awards will be presented at the Royal Yacht Squadron's Cowes Castle clubhouse on the Isle of Wight. Three separate starts-June 28, July 1 and July 5-will feature up to 50 boats ranging from 40 feet to 289 feet in length.

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Dubarry Ultima - Classic Craftsmanship
It's been said of Ireland that it's a lovely country, just needs a roof. True, we get more than our fair share of rain from the storms that barrel in from the North Atlantic, but it's not so bad - it's not for nothing that we're known as the Emerald Isle.

In this part of the world we're also well used to making our living on the sea, in the sturdy Galway Hookers built by hand with traditional tools by local boat builders. These bluff-bowed gaff cutters have plied their treacherous trade on the often vengeful waters of the Bay for over 200 years. If ever there was a place where folk would appreciate a quality traditional sea boot - and had the craftsmanship to make one - it's here.

So it's here, in the town of Ballinasloe, just inland of Galway Bay, that Dubarry started making boots in 1937. We've honed our traditional boot-making virtuosity, found sources of the finest quick-drying, long-lasting leathers, and perfected the technology behind a warm, waterproof classic boot with award-winning grip. What else could we call the world's best traditional sea boot, other than Ultima?

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J/70 Sailing Champions League Starts In Europe
Copenhagen, Denmark)- For the first time in European sailing history, the top European sailing club will be identified at the new SAILING Champions League, which takes place from 17th to 19th October in Copenhagen, Denmark. Together, the German Sailing League (Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga), the Danish Sailing League (Sejlsportsligaen) and the European Sailing Federation (EUROSAF), are inviting 36 of the top sailing clubs, from 23 nations, to Copenhagen to compete for the title of "Best Sailing Club".

The introduction of the SAILING Champions League (SCL) follows shortly after the national sailing leagues successfully started in Germany and Denmark. The first league was the German "Deutsche Segel-Bundesliga" (DSBL) in 2013.

Each participating club will send a crew of their four best sailors. They will sail in fleet races in Copenhagen on six J/70 one design sailboats, which have proven their worth in the leagues. Short races, one-design boats and a standardized race course, will provide high-level competition.

In 2015, the top two clubs from each of the European countries with national leagues will automatically qualify for the SAILING Champions League. If there is no national league in a country, the clubs qualify according to their status in the world rankings of the Olympic classes.

There will be also wild cards available for selected clubs.

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Octogenarian Leslie Green Crowned MC38 Australian Champion
After playing bridesmaid at both Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and the Australian Championship last year, Octogenarian Sydney yachtsman Leslie Green and his Ginger crew were crowned the MC38 Australian champions for 2014, at Hamilton Island.

Ginger had enough points on the rest of the fleet to claim the Championship yesterday, but fair sportsman and passionate yachtsman that he is, Green, who hails from Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, elected to finish the 12-race series with the rest of the fleet/

In this highly competitive one-design owner driver class, CYCA member Green battled the elements and the rest of the fleet to take the title. Even finishing sixth out of seven boats in today's final race after leading the fleet could not dampen Green's enthusiasm.

He said dockside this afternoon. "I am absolutely thrilled - the whole crew is. Winning the Australian Championship is magnificent, what more could you want? It was a wonderful event."

On their win, Green said: "If you make mistakes in one-design fleets you pay; so we obviously made fewer mistakes - except for today," he said of the race that took the fleet on an islands course, taking the boats on a spinnaker run on sparkling waters past qualia, Hamilton Island's luxury resort, making for scenic pictures.

"We led as we turned at the first mark, the hardest part of the course, and then we went the wrong way, as did Vino (Chris Hancock). The rest of the fleet went right and we went left. We made a big tactical error and didn't wake up in time to do something about it."

Seven MC38s took part in the Championship, but with Neville Crichton and Lang Walker the next to take delivery of new boats, and Howard Spencer's highly competitive Menace due to return to Australia from New Zealand next year, expect to see larger numbers at regattas in the future. -- Di Pearson

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New Atlas Provides Thorough Audit Of Marine Life In The Southern Ocean
A new atlas, providing the most thorough audit of marine life in the Southern Ocean, is published this week by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Leading marine biologists and oceanographers from all over the world spent the last four years compiling everything they know about ocean species from microbes to whales.

It's the first time that such an effort has been undertaken since 1969 when the American Society of Geography published its Antarctic Map Folio Series.

More than 9000 species are recorded, ranging from microbes to whales.

The Atlas contains around 100 colour photos and 800 maps. It was launched at the SCAR 2014 Open Science Conference in Auckland, New Zealand on Monday 25th August.

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The J/97 needs little introduction. In 2013, the J/97 won its IRC class at events including the UK IRC Nationals, Cowes Week, the South West IRC Nationals, Dartmouth Regatta, West Highland Week, Brighton Marina Yacht Cub Regatta and Abersoch Keelboat Week. A J/97 was also declared overall winner of the Scottish Series - three different J/97s have taken this title since 2011.

For 2014, the J/97 has had a mini-remodel and evolved to become the new J/97E, with the aim of broadening her appeal to both racers and cruisers.

The most significant alteration is in the deck layout where the traveller has been moved half a metre aft and is now on the cockpit sole. This move provides 50% more working cockpit space and with the primary winches also moving aft the crew have an increased operating space. A factory fit wheel is now available with a Jefa steering system combined with JP3 self-aligning bearings to give a beautifully light feel to the helm.

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The proliferation of stylish high-end daysailers continues with this new model from this quality boat builder based in the Dutch port of Ijmuiden. The Saffier Se 33UD is designed with sailing performance in mind, but is also intended to be easily tamed when necessary.

The boat sports a powerful rig and fast underwater hull shape, with a modern keel profile, plus a 40cm fixed carbon bowsprit from which code zero sails or asymmetric spinnakers can be flown. Vacuum building techniques help to make the boat light enough for its performance potential to shine through.

An impressive feature for a boat of this size is the cockpit, which has space for 10 people, including two-metre long benches on each side. The aft deck can be used as a sunbathing platform and the folding transom makes for easy access for swimming or for transferring to a tender. Although the boat is intended primarily as a daysailer, the low-profile foredeck conceals a surprising amount of useful accommodation. There are up to four berths, a compact galley with running water and a fridge, plus room for a toilet.

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J/122 Evolution Southampton Boat Show Debut

New for 2014, the look of the J/122 has been transformed, with new coach roof windows in line with those on the J/88, along with the addition of hull windows, the first J/Boat to display this most welcome feature. Below decks the living space is rejuvenated, with the large galley and saloon finished in a combination of a satin finish light mahogany woodwork and white lacquered finish, with corian galley worktops

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The unveiling of the new Beneteau Oceanis 35 at the next Festival de la Plaisance de Cannes (Cannes Boat Show) 2014, demonstrates the maturity of this small evolving cruiser concept. It takes up the appealing concept of the 'three-in-one' cruising yacht of its elder 38-foot sister and is supplemented at the same time by a lifting keel version.

Leaving its owner the choice of initial layout, among the three available - Daysailer, Weekender and Cruiser - the idea is to be able to add or subtract a number of items over the years. With the Oceanis 35, you can have a 'no-frills' sailing yacht, adapted to each person's use, for a price that is adjusted accordingly.

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Mills Yacht Design's latest project is the sleek and aggressive 62′ SuperNikka for Italian owner Roberto Lacorte. A combination of light powerful carbon racer and fully featured family cruiser, SuperNikka is based on a chined light offshore-oriented raceboat hull with tall rig and deep lifting keel, perfect for targeting Mediterranean racing with his existing team.

A keen racer and creator of the 151 Miglia offshore race Mr. Lacorte also enjoys cruising every summer with his family, and needs his yacht to be as functional as it is fast to provide the best of both worlds.

To help deliver this, in 2013 he asked Mills Design to join the team producing his latest yacht, tasked with producing the exterior geometry: hull and deck surfaces, appendages, and rig, while the Vismara Marine team produced the interior and engineering, integrating her aggressive racing character with amenities such as the lifting keel, a dinghy garage in the transom, and underdeck dodger stowage to produce the best of both worlds. Due to launch in Spring 2015, hull lamination is complete and deck and bulkhead construction is well advanced.

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Classic Garda Conditions
Riva Del Garda, Italy - Three additional races were added to the scoreboard on Thursday, Day Two of the 2014 Audi Melges 20 World Championship hosted by Fraglia Della Vela Riva. With a substantial 14-point lead, American John Kilroy on Samba Pa Ti is in first place overall.

Monaco's Guido Miani aboard Monaco Racing Fleet had a phenomenal day, winning two of the three daily races.

Stellar conditions were in store for the fleet in Races Five and Six. A beautiful 13-15 knots, a 2-3 foot chop and 57 breeze-hungry Audi Melges 20s enjoyed afternoon racing in Garda to the fullest. An over-anxious fleet resulted in the first general recall of the regatta in Race Five.

Friday marks the third day of racing in Riva with a 1 o'clock start, which is perfect since teams will be enjoying a Championship dinner tonight.

Top five after six races, one discard:
1. John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti, 13 points
2. Guido Miani/Gabriele Benussi, Monaco Racing Fleet, 27
3. Dario Levi/Niccolo Bianchi, Fremito D'Arja, 27
4. Achille Onorate/Malcolm Page, Mascalzone Latino, Jr, 33
5. Alessandro Rombelli/Daniele Cassinari, STIG, 46

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First-Ever Turkish Extreme 40 Team
The first-ever Turkish Extreme 40 syndicate, TeamTurx, has been confirmed to compete at the Extreme Sailing Series™ Act 6 Istanbul as an invitational entry, bringing the tally of boats on the startline up to 12. The event will be further bolstered by support from co-Host Venue partners Yandex, one of Europe's largest technology and internet companies, and Palmarina, a world class marina located in Bodrum, south Turkey.

Just three days after the successful conclusion of Act 5 Cardiff presented by Land Rover, the containers are packed and the fleet of Extreme 40s en-route to Istanbul to join TeamTurx. The Turkish squad supported by ARKAS Sport Club of shipping company ARKAS Holding, is made up of Olympic level sailors including founder Edhem Dirvana, who have been busy training over the last few months with Extreme 40 veteran and class co-designer, Mitch Booth.

The action in Turkey will begin on the 11 September.

Team Turx crew list:
Co-skipper/Helm: Mitch Booth
Co-skipper /Floater: Edhem Dirvana
Mainsheet Trimmer: Selim Kakıs / Deniz cinar reserve
Headsail Trimmer: Ateş cinar / Cem Selcuk reserve
Bowman: Anıl Berk Baki / Can Bayulken reserve
Reserve: Cem Gozen

www.extremesailingseries.com

Win A Trip For Two To The Round The World Race In 2015 - With ECsix Carbon Rigging
Scott Vogel, President of Composite Rigging, announced that the company is sponsoring the "ECsix T-Shirt Design Contest."

According to Vogel, "Everyone and anyone have a chance to win an expense paid "trip for two" to one of seven ports-of-call along the Round the World Race. We are sure this promotion will create a stir within the sailing community."

ECsix is the sole rigging supplier for the next two editions of this historic ocean race. As the world leader in carbon rigging ECsix has over 3000 stays in service on more than 500 sailing yachts, ranging from 11' moths to 250'+ superyachts. Since 2005 ECsix stays have sailed over 1,000,000 nautical miles in all conditions and have not had a single failure due to age, wear, waves, weather or water.

Vogel says, "Composite Rigging has refreshed the look of ECsix with our new "When Your Mast Must Stay Up" campaign, highlighting the strength and durability of ECsix products. We are now inviting the sailing world to have fun with the brand by entering our T-Shirt Design Contest. The winner can take a guest to either Sanya, Auckland, Itajai, Newport, Lisbon, Lorient or Gothenburg.

To apply go to www.ecsix.com/contest for contest rules and information.

International Fleet Bound For Malta
Organised by the Royal Malta Yacht Club, the 2014 Rolex Middle Sea Race will start on the 18th October in the spectacular Grand Harbour opposite the Saluting Battery in Valletta, Malta. The 606-mile yacht race takes place in the heart of the Mediterranean and covers one of the most beautiful courses in the world. Starting and finishing in Malta, the route includes the deep azure waters around Sicily including the Aeolian and Egadi Islands, as well as Pantelleria and Lampedusa. One of the most stunning vistas is Stromboli, the active volcano which is a course mark. Last year, a record 99 yachts took part and with less than two month to the start of the 35th edition, 69 yachts have already entered from 17 different nations.

The Line Honours favourite for the Rolex Middle Sea Race is Igor Simcic's Maxi, Esimit Europa 2, skippered by by multiple Olympic and America's Cup winner, Jochen Schumann. The 100ft canting keel maxi has taken line honour victories in the years from 2010 - 2012, becoming only the second yacht in the history of the Rolex Middle Sea Race to take it three times in a row.

Last year, Esimit Europa 2 damaged their mast on the way to the race and was unable to compete but the Slovenian yacht, with a world class international crew is returning with the goal of taking Line Honours for an unprecedented fourth occasion.

The battle for the overall win after time correction is already developing into a fascinating competition. Niklas Zennstrom's Team Ran have won numerous blue ribbon offshore events and world championships but an overall win in the Rolex Middle Sea Race, has eluded them on three separate occasions. Niklas Zennstrom's latest Mini Maxi, Ran 5 will be competing in October and their immediate rivals on the water will include Roberto Tomasini Grinover's Mini Maxi Robertissima.

Entry for the Rolex Middle Sea Race closes on October 3rd 2014. -- Louay Habib

www.rolexmiddlesearace.com

JOG Channel Race To St Peter Port
Guernsey over the late August bank holiday weekend is always a firm favourite for the Junior Offshore Group fleet and 41 boats in the four IRC classes came to the west-going Cowes start line on the Friday evening.

Class 6 were first away at 19:00 into the strong easterly tide and despite 2.5 knots against competitors were close to the line - a couple of boats made an excellent start a few seconds early and had to return.

Most boats tucked into the island shore on starboard, some exiting the Solent without a tack as darkness arrived while others in the larger classes starting later opted for the mainland side. 40 sets of nav lights were a great sight as the fleet cracked off on a close reach towards the Casquets.

Reaching kites were readied and some were deployed to varying effect but maintaining stability and the right course/speed was testing in the lumpy sea so it was white sails for most across the channel.

A pretty quick crossing to the Casquets and down to the Little Russel with much delight as a school of dolphins played chicken with competitors just before the finish at Castle Cornet where Hooligan VII was first to finish at 06:02.

There is just one offshore race remaining, to Cherbourg starting on Friday 26th Sept where final series results will be determined. -- Peter Cover

JOG St Peter Port class winners:
Class 3: J Fever, J 120, Tim & Frances Lester
Class 4: Fastrak X, Sunfast 3600, Nigel Colley
Class 5: Exocet, Sunfast 3200, Deb Fish
Class 6: Xara, Swan 38 SR, Jonathan & Anne Rolls
Double-Handed: Exocet, Sunfast 3200, Deb Fish
2nd Fastrak X, Sunfast 3600, Nigel Colley
3rd With Alacrity, Sigma 38, Chris & Vanessa Choules

www.jog.org.uk

The Phaedo Pirate Is Back On The High Seas
The 66ft carbon catamaran, Phaedo, followed by so many over the past few years with it's distinctive Lamborghini orange hulls, is now firmly back in the water in Newport Beach, California.

In July 2013, Phaedo was dismasted a few days into the Transpac race to Hawaii. This was after blitzing various personal bests including covering 427 nautical miles in 24 hours. Owner Lloyd Thornburg was faced with many options for his yacht when he and his crew, minus the mast, limped back to California just over a year ago. He took his time. Invested his time into researching the innovations needed to optimise a boat of this type especially optimising upwind performance.

So underneath the luminous new "more orange than orange" paint job is a boat that has been studied and reengineered from stem to stern. The weight, balance, and performance of the boat were all reanalysed.

The lost rig was replaced with a new custom wing mast from Southern Spars. Not only is the new rig taller but the wing section now gives better flow attachment to the mainsail. The sail inventory from North Sails now includes the latest 3di technology and has been balanced for finger tip control. A jib topper for light air performance has been added to the sail wardrobe. The new rudders and boards were designed and engineered by McCollough yachts. The boat now has the righting moments of "Wild Oats" and the sail area of a "Volvo 70"

www.teamphaedo.com

Munster Blackwater
The Munster Blackwater is one of Ireland's mystery rivers writes W M Nixon. Despite comparisons to the Rhine, it keeps much of its long and beautiful length well hidden. And even when it reaches the sea at Youghal, that ancient seaport town manages to be shaped in such a way, with a clutter of waterfront buildings obstructing the view, that it's often impossible to see the water, and whether it's river or sea or both.

As for seeing the boats based there, it's hit or miss. They may be hidden away in muddy little docks, or lying to moorings in the strong tidal stream, or else in the anchorage across the estuary on the east shore at Ferry Point. One way or another, they're well scattered. So anyone voicing the ambition of making Youghal "the Kinsale of East Cork" has a mountain to climb.

But a Youghal schoolboy, Adrian Lee, has come up with a good idea for promoting sailing in Youghal. And while he may not be climbing any mountains, he's planning to take a small fleet of boats - mostly GP 14s - sailing towards the hills and high lands this Saturday, going sixteen miles up the Blackwater, to Cappoquin in West Waterford nestling under the handsome Knockmealdown Mountains.

afloat.ie/sail/

Ben Ainslie Says Extreme Series Is Perfect For Auditioning America's Cup Crew Members
Across four days of a high speed, quick turnover series of races, run near the shoreline, the 90,000 spectators who crowded the dockside in Cardiff were gifted close quarter view of endless tight turns and swift inshore tacks involving the best of British and international sailing talent.

"It's sailing's version of dodgems," said Ainslie, who was competing in home waters for the first time since his golden triumph in the Olympics in Weymouth in 2012. "It's wacky races. Quite often the guy steering the boat doesn't know what's coming next."

In the middle of putting together a bid for a British challenge for the America's Cup, he sees the Extreme boat as offering the best testing ground to audition potential crew members for the big one.

"Although the boats are different, this is part of process for skilling up to the America's Cup," he said of his all-British crew. "We've brought in sailors we are looking to use in that. In terms of keeping race sharp, it's important to stay out there and keep racing." -- Jim White in The Telegraph

www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/

For The Record
The World Sailing Speed Record Council announces the establishment of a new World Record:
Record: Around Britain and Ireland. Monohull 40ft and less
Yacht: "Swish" Class 40
Name: Roderick Knowles. GBR, and a crew of 3
Dates:.11th August to the 20th August 2014.
Start time: 09;00. 11/08/14
Finish time: 04;06;49. 20/08/14
Elapsed time: 8 days 19 hours 6 minutes and 49 seconds
Distance: 1773 NM
Average speed: 8.4 kts

Comments: Previous record "Concise 2". Ned Collier-Wakefield. GBR Aug 10 9d 13h 32m 20s

John Reed
WSSRC Secretary

Industry News
One of the biggest sailboat names in British boat building, Southerly Yachts, has folded again.

This latest debacle comes just 13 months after the brand had been 'rescued' from an earlier receivership with debts of £1,972,520.

The builder, which once employed 165 people at Itchenor Shipyard and its moulding operation in Havant, went down with the loss of 50 jobs.

A creditors meeting held at the Gatwick Hilton Hotel on 22 August was told that efforts to refloat the building arm of the business had failed and that once three yachts currently under construction for customers were completed, production of the Southerly brand would cease.

Chris Stephens from FRP Advisory was once again appointed receiver but, like last year, when the assets available to offset debts amounted to little more than the office furniture and a database of potential clients, there are precious few pickings.

The first sign of problems came at the beginning of August with the removal of mould tools that had littered the Itchenor foreshore ever since Northshore's moulding facilities in Havant were wound up and moved suddenly to a field behind the Northshore production facility.

A week later, staff arriving for work found the yard locked and a note posted on the door telling them to return home.

A small team of builders was later recalled to complete the three remaining yachts in construction. -- Barry Pickthall / PPL, pplmedia.com

From Practical Boatowner:
www.pbo.co.uk

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One of the most respected global leaders in sport to oversee all business aspects of one of the sporting world's most storied events

The America's Cup organizers have appointed Dr. Harvey Schiller as Commercial Commissioner for the 35th America's Cup. The role of Commercial Commissioner is new to the America's Cup. Dr. Schiller will be responsible for supervising, managing and protecting the commercial interests of the America's Cup. He will work closely with all of the competitors, the Regatta Director and the America's Cup Event Authority.

His personal accomplishments away from sport include a Distinguished Flying Cross for his service in the United States Air Force (where he retired as Brigadier General), and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Michigan. He also currently serves on the board of the World Baseball Classic and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dr. Schiller has also served on the America's Cup Advisory Board since 2010.

Dr. Schiller starts the role with immediate effect. Items on the to-do list include finalizing the America's Cup World Series schedule, format and venues, and securing international broadcast agreements.

americascup.com

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Gurit (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) reports a 28.8% sales increase to CHF 167 million (1HY 2013: 129.7 million) for the first six months of 2014, versus the same but weak period of last year. Compared with the second half of 2013, sales grew 10.2%, confirming the recovery started in summer 2013. Operating profit for the period improved to CHF 7.7 million or 4.6% of net sales.

In the first half of 2014, Gurit Composite Materials achieved 18.1% higher net sales of CHF 128.8 million (1HY 2013: CHF 109.1 million). Largely driven by the business with American and Asian customers, material sales to the wind energy market grew by 22.8% and thus recovered from of the contraction Gurit had faced during the first half of 2013. While the operating profit in Gurit Composite Materials is improving and achieved reasonable levels in the industrial, marine, and aerospace markets, it still holds significant upward potential in the wind energy business.

gurit.com

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John Kilroy's 'Samba Pa Ti' Crowned Audi Melges 20 World Champion
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Riva Del Garda, Italy: After one final race, John Kilroy at the helm of Samba Pa Ti, tactician Paul Goodison and crew Jeff Reynolds proved they were more than deserving of the 2014 Audi Melges 20 World Champion title. Four days of racing and no worse than a fourteenth in a fleet of fifty-seven entries, the Samba team excelled in almost every condition and under a wide variety of pressure.

In second overall is Achille Onorato helming Mascalzone Latino, Jr. with tactician Malcolm Page and Stefano Campialini as crew. Rounding out the top three is Guido Miani on Monaco Racing Fleet with tactician Gabriele Benussi and crew member Massimo Gherarducci who is the only other team other than Samba Pa Ti to hold three race wins in Riva.

In the all-amatuer Corinthian division (all ISAF Group 1 on board), Marco Gambarella's Chimera edged out American John Brown's Blind Squirrel for the overall title. From Canada, Paul Currie's Wild Deuces finished third.

For now, the World Championship title remains in the hands of the Americans for another year.

Top five final places, after- after ten races, one discard

1. John Kilroy/Paul Goodison, Samba Pa Ti, 40 points
2. Achille Onorate/Malcolm Page, Mascalzone Latino, Jr., 56
3. Guido Miani/Gabriele Benussi, Monaco Racing Fleet, 60
4. Naofumi Kamei/Manu Weiller, Mamma Aiuto!, 97
5. Russ Lucas/Harry Melges III, Shimmer, 107

Full results:

www.melges20.com

18' Skiff International Regatta: Australians Thrive In Rough Times
Photo by Rich Roberts. Click on image for photo gallery.

San Francisco, California, USA: After a wild week of inflicting its fury on the 13th 18' Skiff International Regatta, San Francisco Bay got the message and greeted competitors Saturday with a modest 15 knots of summery breeze through the Golden Gate.

"The first two races today were postcard sailing," said Brett Van Munster, the Australian skipper who with crew Paul Montague and Harry Thurston overcame a few capsizes and difficult competition to edge America's Howie Hamlin by a single point, 15-16.

"But then that third race was something else," the Aussie added.

The wind was a comfortable 15 knots with a flood tide and no whitecaps---certainly not capsize conditions---for the first race at noon, when Van Munster led Hamlin by more than a minute over the 6.7-nautical mile, twice-around windward-leeward course.

The second race started similarly, but soon built to 21 knots, knocking ASCC flat and from first to third at the windward mark as Skip McCormack, the local sailor skippering New Zealand's Events Clothing-sponsored entry, held off Hamlin for the win.

But it was still a two-boat contest between ASCC (Australian Solvents and Chemicals) and Hamlin's aged Harken/CST entry, which he and his crew of Matt McKinley and Cameron McDonald tweaked and patched up as they went along.

Final results (10 races; two throwouts)

1. ASCC, Brett Van Munster/Paul Montague/Harry Thurston, AIS, 15 points
2. Harken/CST, Howie Hamlin/Cameron McDonald/Matt McKinlay, USA, 16
3. Only 18, David Liebenberg/Dan Morris/John Grey, USA, 37
4. Events Clothing, Skip McCormack/Nick Catley/Josh McCormack, NZL, 39
5. Maersk Line, Graham Catley/Tom Peet/Brad Collins, NZL, 41
6. WWW.FLYTAC.COM, John Gilmour/Cooper Dressler/Matt Van Rensselaer, USA, 50
7. Sparkle Motion, Dan Roberts/James Clappier/Patrick Lewis, USA, 67
8. Yandoo, Nick Press/Andrew Hay/James Beck, AUS, 69
9. Lightning, Chad Freitas/Dan Brandt/Corey Lynch, USA, 69

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Rondar Celebrates 17th World Championship Title
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Rondar boats dominated the recent 505 Worlds at Kiel, Germany, with first to fourth overall and 11 boats in the top twelve. The event was one of the most open events for several years with 6 boats able to win going into the last race. In the final event, the title came down to the American team of Mike Holt/Rob Woelfl , against the Australian pairing of Peter Nicholas/Luke Paine who contested the final race to the bitter end, with just a metre or so separating the two boats at the finish.

Rondar were already the World's most successful 505 builder with their 16th World title, but with increased competition within the class with two new respected builders this season, the sailors have been keen to see the relative performances played out in true competition. Despite both types having former World Champions sailing them, the Rondar shape proved its pedigree, where it matters, out on the race track.

Rondars also exhibited their new model, using the same proven hull shape but with a fresh take on the construction and details. The eye catching new design, received overwhelming support from the class members at the AGM, and looks set to shape the future for the class, with its one piece deck molding allowing a better boat to be built at a lower cost.

Visit www.rondarboats.com for more details.

Falmouth To Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta
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The 44-strong fleet taking part in the Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta crossed the start line on Sunday after lining up for a spectacular Parade of Sail in Falmouth Bay.

Almost half of the vessels competing in the regatta are members of the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO), the UK's Sail Training umbrella organisation.

Over 280 young people from a wide range of backgrounds are sailing on board 19 boats operated by ASTO members.

As the fleet paraded behind 110-metre Polish tall ship Dar Mlodziezy under glorious sunshine and blue skies, Falmouth Bay was packed with the largest flotilla in living memory and around 100,000 people lined the shore and key vantage points according to local organisers.

ASTO organisations from all over the British Isles are taking part including vessels from Scotland, Wales, East Anglia and the South of England, and at least half of the trainees on board.

The Falmouth to Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Regatta marks the first time a Tall Ships Race has been held from one British port to another and the fleet is expected to arrive in London on Thursday or Friday.

www.asto.org.uk
www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/tallships

Maxis Ready To Race In Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo, Italy: A spectacular fleet of 35 Maxi yachts is lined up along the quays of Porto Cervo Marina ready and waiting for the off in the 25th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the International Maxi Association and with the support of title sponsor Rolex, the event runs from 31st August to 6th September. These spectacular sailing yachts, many of which are over 100 feet in length, will take to the waters off Porto Cervo tomorrow, Monday 1st September for the first of five days of racing.

For the fifth consecutive year the event will also host the Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship. Among the eight boat boats competing is Ran 5, the newly launched Judel-Vrolijk 72 owned by Niklas Zennstrom, who will be looking to gain his fourth world title. Competition will be stiff, with Hap Fauth's Bellamente, winner of the 2012 edition fielding Terry Hutchinson on tactics, and Andres Soriano's Alegre, second by just one point last year, both keen to prove their worth.

A special mention must go to the J-Class division: five of these magnificent racing yachts, designed and built to compete in the America's Cup competitions of the 1930s, will grace the race course this week. Two of the enrolled yachts are true classics: the 39-metre Velsheda, launched in 1933 and division winner in 2013, and the 36-metre Shamrock V, which dates back to 1930. Alongside these historic yachts will be the contemporary builds Ranger, Rainbow and, at almost 44-metres the largest yacht in the fleet, Lionheart.

www.yccs.com
www.regattanews.com

* Unbeaten so far this season after regatta wins in Menorca in May and the Palma Superyacht Cup in Mallorca in early July, the J Class's leading team so far, Lionheart, were putting the final gloss on their crew work and preparations today in the brilliant sunshine and brisk breezes off Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

There is no denying that the Lionheart crew, lead by tactician Bouwe Bekking - the Volvo Round the World Skipper - have elevated the standard this year. Others have come very close to matching them, but so far Lionheart have prevailed.

Three different boats won races in Palma and it was only on the final day of four that the event was decided. So when the six day Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup starts, Monday, Lionheart will be a benchmark for the three other J Class yachts racing this week, Rainbow, Ranger and Velsheda.

On Ranger Murray Jones, four times America's Cup winning tactician, believes they can improve on their second place in Palma where they narrowly missed out to Bekking's well drilled crew.

www.jclassyachts.com

Ex Skipper Changes Tune On Artemis Capsize
Former America's Cup skipper Terry Hutchinson has backed down from his contention that Artemis Racing was sailing an unsafe boat when it capsized on San Francisco Bay last year, killing British Olympic star Andrew "Bart" Simpson.

In an interview with Maxim magazine earlier this month, Hutchinson was quoted as saying that he "had a massive falling out with the owner of the team and the CEO about the safety of our yacht so they decided to terminate me. Ten weeks after my argument with the owner about the safety of the Artemis boat, the boat capsized in the San Francisco bay and one of the sailors was killed. It was a known thing that the boat was not safe. It was a tragedy. The guy that was killed was a good person and a father."

Simpson, an Olympic gold and silver medalist, was killed on May 9, 2013, when the 72-foot catamaran flipped and crumpled while on a training run.

On Friday, Hutchinson said on his Facebook page that the Maxim interview "included some untrue statements and inaccurate remarks I made about Artemis Racing."

"To be clear, Artemis Racing is a well-organized and responsible professional sailing team that considers safety an absolute priority," Hutchinson wrote. "My departure from the team more than five months prior to the tragedy of May 9, 2013 was on agreeable terms with the owner and my teammates. No one could have anticipated what occurred, and I meant no disrespect to the memory of Andrew "Bart" Simpson or to any current or past members of the Artemis Racing team. I deeply regret any misunderstanding that was drawn from the Maxim interview."

New Zealand Herald:
www.nzherald.co.nz/americas-cup/

Training And Racing On Mini 6.50s In The Med
The end of the UK sailing season is soon, most will not race till next year whilst winter and xmas will take their toll on muscle mass... Here's a solution: we have just launched an Autumn and a Winter Series of races on Mini 6.50s from our base of Marina del Fezzano, in La Spezia, Italy. Here temperatures rarely drop below 10 degrees even in the coldest winter days, and you may be surprised by a nice warm afternoon even in mid December. If the weather turns bad, the bay, with its massive breakwater, provides shelter in all wind and sea conditions.

The two series include 8 races per series, 16 in total, starting from 26 September till the beginning of February. The races are every two weeks with a gap around xmas and before each weekend of racing there's an optional week of intensive training with one of our instructors on a Mini 6.50. This is an excellent opportunity to carry on training for those who have a Mini but do not want to incur in the cost of moving it to the Med or for those who don't have a mini and want to learn or improve their skills. -- Marco Nannini

The full calendar including costs is now available in english on our website: marconannini.it/?q=en/calendar

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Charity Auction
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The biggest sporting moment from Ben Ainslie has been immortalised on canvas and will be auctioned from September 4 to 14 for Willow - the only national charity working with seriously ill young adults aged 16 to 40 to fulfil uplifting and unforgettable Special Days. The artwork, along with other top British sportsmen and women will be on show at a public exhibition, September 9 & 10 at Bonhams, London W1.

Britain's top sporting heroes Mo Farah; Lewis Hamilton; AP McCoy; Theo Walcott; Steven Gerrard; Wayne Rooney; Andy Murray; Sir Bradley Wiggins; Sir Ben Ainslie; Ian Poulter; Justin Rose; Hannah Cockroft and Christine Ohuruogu have all taken part in Sportwaves. The stunning collection depicts a fine art portrait of the sportsman in action, combined with a digital soundwave of the moment captured.

Each original artwork has been signed by the sporting great and will available to view at the public exhibition, and to bid for online in the charity auction. Artwork is available to view now at www.sportwaves.org

Each piece has been created by artist Rob Highton, whose stunning work includes paintings of sporting heroes, music and popular culture, and Tim Wakefield, a new media artist whose work features the exuberant infusion of digital sound waves with paintings.

"The combination of fine art and high profile sporting heroes is an exciting match for any sport or art lover. The Sportwaves collection captures special moments in sporting history. Funds raised at auction will enable Willow to provide its own special moments for those living with life threatening conditions at a time when they need it most," said Bob Wilson, Willow co-founder and Life President.

To date Willow has provided more than 10,000 Special Days for people living with cancer, cystic fibrosis, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophy, organ failure and Huntington's, amongst other conditions. These Special Days enable them and their families to reconnect and refocus on each other while enjoying an activity of their choosing. A day for them, a day about them and a day that will create memories they will treasure forever.

Willow was founded by former Arsenal goalkeeper and TV presenter, Bob Wilson and his wife, Megs, as a lasting memorial to their daughter, Anna, who died of cancer aged 31.

For more information about Willow visit www.willowfoundation.org.uk or telephone 01707 259777.

Making A Case That Idiocy Itself Should Be A Jailable Offense
A man tried to make possibly the worst-judged getaway in history on a canal boat through the longest lock system in Britain

The 27-year-old, who was arrested on suspicion of arson, is thought to have started several fires on the evening of July 4th before stealing the vessel as he tried to flee the scene.

However, the man's getaway was not as hasty as he might have hoped after he failed to pass through a two-mile stretch of 29 continuous gates, Caen Hill locks, on the Kennet Avon Canal in Wiltshire.

Despite making it through the first four gates, the man who has not yet been named, turned the boat around before setting it on fire and escaping on foot.

www.ybw.com

Yves Carcelle
Yves Carcelle a long time supporter and backer of the Louis Vuitton Cup and the Challenger Series for the America's Cup has died at the age of 66yrs.

Carcelle joined LVMH, Louis Vuitton's parent company, in 1989 as Strategic Director. He was then Chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton from 1990 to 2012. He was Vice-President of the Fondation d'Entreprise Louis Vuitton pour la Creation and a member of the LVMH Executive Committee.

Yves Carcelle was also a board member of the Comite Colbert and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

He was awarded Honours from France and New Zealand including a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor and an Honorary Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Carcelle enjoyed very close relationships with all the teams and key players, and his personal touch and backing were keynotes of Louis Vuitton's support, throughout one of the longest and most successful sponsorships in international sport. -- Richard Gladwell

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Spectacular Start In Porto Cervo
Photo by Carlo Borlenghi, carloborlenghi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Porto Cervo, Italy: The Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and the Rolex Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship, started today in the beautiful waters of the Costa Smeralda.

The start was delayed as a strong westerly wind, gusting over 30 knots ripped through in the morning but by the afternoon this was replaced by a north westerly wind of about 17 knots. The significant sea state remained, as racing got underway at shortly after 1300 ECT. A coastal course through the beautiful waters of the La Maddalena archipelago was set for all classes.

The first start was for the eagerly anticipated Mini Maxi Racing Class, the strongest fleet in the five year history of the class. After a race lasting three and a half hours, less than four minutes separated first from last after time correction.

Andres Soriano, racing Mills 72, Alegre won the first encounter by just one minute and 46 seconds on corrected time from Hap Fauth's JV72, Bella Mente. Niklas Zennstrom's JV72, Ran 5 was just 11 seconds behind Bella Mente in third.

The Wally Class is the largest class racing at the 2014 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, with nine magnificent Wallys taking part. Today's first race was won by Jean Charles Decaux's J One, the reigning Wally champion.

* After three and a half hours and more than 36 miles of close, coastal racing only five seconds separated the first and second J Class yachts at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup off Sardinia but both the victors Ranger and the first J to break the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda finish line today, Rainbow, had good reason to be delighted with their best race successes this season.

Ranger went from fourth to lead, only narrowly losing out to Rainbow when they went head to head around the top of the Barrettinelli islands. Rainbow eked out a small lead on the final long reach to the finish line, but Ranger - the older, heavier boat - corrected out as winner by just five seconds.

The first race of the series took the fleet clockwise around the islands of La Maddalena and Caprera.

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RORC and RCYC To Merge
Members of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club, Cowes (RCYC) have confirmed that the two clubs will merge to form one club. At Extraordinary General Meetings of RCYC (held on 24 August) and RORC (held on 28 August) an overwhelming majority of members voted in favour of the merger, in the case of RORC 93% and in the case of RCYC (Cowes) 87% of members that voted.

Established in 1925, the RORC celebrates its 90th year in 2015 and this is seen as an important milestone in the history of the club which has created a worldwide reputation through the management of world class events such as the Rolex Fastnet Race, the Brewin Dolphin Commodores' Cup, the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race and more recently the RORC Caribbean 600, in addition to an extensive programme of other races, including the inaugural 2014 RORC Transatlantic Race.

The RCYC Clubhouse, situated off the Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight and popularly known as Castle Rock, has stunning views over the Solent. Built in the 18th century as a beerhouse for fishermen, the Cowes outpost of the RCYC was founded in 1948

The combined Club will operate under the name of RORC although the Royal Corinthian name will be preserved for use in connection with the Cowes clubhouse and Solent based inshore racing. The headquarters of the Club will remain at the London clubhouse in St James's.

The effective date of the merger is to expected to be 10 November 2014.

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New Boat For Alex Thomson
Alex Thomson Racing has announced the build of the new HUGO BOSS IMOCA 60 to be launched in summer 2015, with the aim of winning the 2016 Vendee Globe.

The plans the Alex Thomson Racing Team are making in this period will have a significant effect on the competitiveness of the skipper and the boat years in advance of races such as the Vendee Globe. The Team aims to put Alex Thomson on the start line of the Vendee Globe with a boat that is good enough to win.

The Alex Thomson Racing Team have been sponsored by HUGO BOSS since 2003 and have secured continued sponsorship until 2018.

The Team have chosen Guillaume Verdier and the VPLP Team to design the new HUGO BOSS. The Team are currently in negotiations with Hythe based Green Marine to complete the build. The boat will be launched in summer 2015, withthe objective to be race ready to compete in the Transat Jacques Vabre in late October 2015.

The hull shapes of the 2016 Vendee Globe IMOCA 60s are likely to be an evolution of the current boats, but one area that has seen significant R&D is the new types of appendages. The IMOCA class has always led in the development of new concepts in offshore racing and will again push the boundaries during the 2016 cycle.

In the meantime, Alex Thomson is preparing to take on the Barcelona World Race, the double handed, non-stop, round the world race, on December 31st 2014 together with co-skipper Pepe Ribes.

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50 Entries and Counting for Rolex Sydney Hobart
It's all about the numbers for this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, with entries in the 70th edition of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's blue water classic swelling to 50, including classic yachts such as Love & War and the high-tech flying machines like Ichi Ban.

Noel Sneddon's Vickers 41 C.Q.R IT Inca (pronounced secure it) was the 50th entrant to be received by the CYCA. The sturdy workhorse from the ACT also serves as Sneddon's home and spends most of her time in Airlie Beach.

C.Q.R. IT Inca last competed in the Rolex Sydney Hobart in 2012, and was the second last boat to cross the finish line, arriving just a few minutes before the 9.30pm New Year's Eve fireworks.

Yachting Australia President and Past CYCA Commodore Matt Allen worked with the Carkeek team to ensure his latest 60 foot Ichi Ban, was at the cutting edge of yacht racing design when he launched the boat just 10 months ago. Since then, Ichi Ban was declared overall winner and claimed line honours in the CYCA's Sydney Newcastle Race and finished second at Airlie Beach Race Week.

Allen will be competing in his 25th Sydney Hobart, joining 116 yachties who have achieved this milestone, including 12 who have completed 40 plus Hobarts.

Other notable entries include Tony Kirby's year-old Patrice, which made a big impression winning the Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship, then reeled of second places at the Festival of Sails, Sail Port Stephens and the Audi IRC Australian Championship. In August, the Ker 46 won six from six races at Airlie Beach Race Week.

Entries in the Rolex Sydney Hobart 2014 close on Friday 31 October 2014 at 1700hrs AEDT. -- Jennifer Crooks, CYCA Media

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Kru Sport and R10: The Ultimate Combination at Southampton Boat Show
Ocean Safety have integrated a couple of vital safety products which when combined increases the chances of survival at sea for a person overboard. The combo will be displayed on their stand G125.

They are the Kru Sport Pro lifejacket which is the choice of many of the crews of the imminent Volvo Ocean Race and the Kannad R10 AIS Survivor Recovery System (SRS), which, when fitted to the Sport Pro provides a crew member in the water with the best chance of being located.

The Sport Pro's waistcoat design makes it very comfortable and barely noticeable to wear and that's why it's more likely to be worn for longer periods by sailors at sea on tough ocean races or long distance cruises.

To win a Kru Sport Pro lifejacket, head to the Ocean Safety stand G125 at Southampton Boat Show 2014 and enter their competition for your chance to win.

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Team NZ Sailors Sign with Danish Team
Team New Zealand veterans Tony Rae and Rob Salthouse have signed on with Denmark's late entry in the round the world yacht race.

With Chris Nicholson, the Australian who skippered Team New Zealand's Camper in the last Volvo Ocean Race, confirmed as captain of the Danish entry, a Kiwi presence on the boat was always likely.

Team New Zealand's absence from the next race that starts from Spain in October, always left their sidelined sailors vulnerable to other competing teams and they have been regularly picked off over the last few months.

Rae and Salthouse are impressive signings for the Danes who have lined up an international crew of two New Zealanders, two Australians, two locals and one sailor each from Ireland, Holland and Argentina.

The 48-year-old Salthouse was Nicholson's right-hand man on the last race where Camper finished second. -- Duncan Johnstone in the Stuff.co.nz

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Barge History Reveals 80-Foot Theatre Vessel Has Colourful Past
It is to take up a new berth in Lough Derg next week, but the history of a barge docked at Customs House Quay as a performance theatre is every bit as colourful and exciting as the play it's hosted over the past three weeks writes Andrew Carey.

The 80-foot barge "Spera in Deo" (Trust in God) or "T82" was built in Holland in 1895 and although used as a cargo vessel, the records show she was originally a sailing ship.

Converted to a mussel dredger in 1924 by the Blommaert family in Zierikzee, the boat remained in Holland until 1983 when it was brought to Kerry where it operated for a number of years. It left the southern shores for Greencastle in Donegal where it became one of the first dredgers to fish mussels on the River Foyle.

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Vose Wraps Up RYA Youth Match Racing Crown
The 2014 RYA Youth National Match Racing Championship title was decided this weekend (30-31 August) as Annabel Vose and her crew of Tim Gratton and Matt Wallis came out on top at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Competing in the RYA's fleet of former Olympic class Elliot 6m boats, the eight teams enjoyed perfect conditions across the two days of racing in which the full schedule of the round robin, semi-finals and final was completed.

20-year-old Vose, who was crowned FISU (International University Sports Federation) Women's Match Racing World champion in July, continued her impressive display of match racing skills to seal event honours with a 3-1 victory over Connor Miller in Sunday's final.

Vose, a second year student at Southampton University, is now looking forward to competing at the RYA National Match Racing Series Grand Final at Queen Mary Sailing Club (14-16 November). -- Matt Carter

2014 RYA Youth National Match Racing Championship results:

1. Annabel Vose, Tim Gratton, Matt Wallis
2. Connor Miller, Mike Matthews, Jay Stacey
3. Tom Harrison, Emily Nagel. Sophie Heritage
4. Robert Bunce, Tom Hemmingway, Emily Kinver
5. Sam Maycock, Alex Truman, Tom Callan
6. Arthur Bruce, Hannah Brant, Harry Bruce, Giles Oldershaw
7. Michael Dennis, Keir Williams, Jude McFarlane-Bond
8. Sammy Isaacs-Johnson, Zac Saunders, Matt Hill

www.rya.org.uk/racing

Lorient Horta Solo: Gwenole Gahinet In The Starting Blocks
On Saturday, September 6, the skipper of the Figaro Safran-Guy Cotten will start the final race of the season, the Lorient Horta Solo. This race is a round trip (2,260 miles in total) between Lorient and the island of Faial in the Azores. It is a straightforward route, but a strategic race, for which Gahinet has prepared keenly.

There will be 20 competitors at the start of this new biannual race on the Figaro class calendar. This year, the Lorient Horta Solo will close the Championnat de France Elite de Course au Large en Solitaire (France's elite offshore solo sailing championship), so the sailors will be giving everything on this long race where sleep management and weather analysis will be crucial. "You have to get into a good rhythm and analyse the weather properly," Gahinet says. "I love it, I'm more comfortable on longer routes than on round the cans races. Also, it will be the first time I have sailed to Azores in the race."

In his first season in Figaro, Gahinet has already had some very impressive results. He won the Transat AG2R LA MONDIALE with Paul Meilhat, he was the leading rookie and 13th overall in La Solitaire du Figaro-Eric Bompard cachemire.

On Sunday, August 31, the prologue for Lorient Horta Solo will begin in the famous harbour of Lorient. Then, on Saturday, September 6, the fleet of 20 Figaro will depart from Lorient BSM (the submarine base) to the Azores. After a five-day stopover in Horta, the sailors will resume the race, with arrivals expected in Lorient from September 26 to 28.

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Minimal Margins, Maximum Skill
The Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship fleet engaged in two 8nm windward/leeward races designed to test short-course racing prowess. Strategy, tactics, timing and fitness were examined in equal measure. Sailed under a clear blue sky, crews found the tight course and shifting wind rewarded advance planning and determination, while punishing hard errors and weakness. Robertissima III proved boat of the day securing a 2,1 scoreline that moved her into second overall 4.5 points behind Alegre, which finished 1,3. Ràn 5 lies in third, a mere half-point back.

Both the Wally and J-Class fleets sailed the same courses as the Mini Maxi Racers. With the wind, around 10-12 knots in the first race and 7-9 in the second, swinging up to 40 degrees, it was tough going in the contrasting yachts. Y3K leapt to the top of the Wally standings posting a 2,1 score. Defending champion, Jean Charles Decaux's J One is in second level on points. Lionheart proved the most adept of the J-Class with a bullet and a second. She is now in second overall, level on points with Ranger, and one point behind class leader Rainbow.

The remaining classes undertook a scenic coastal course that saw the yachts head briefly into the Maddalena channel to round Secca dei Tre Monti, before heading south to Mortoriotto. The Mini Maxi Racer/Cruisers sailed 24.7nm, while the Supermaxis and Maxis sailed a slighter longer 28.8nm version of the course

Mini Maxi Rolex World Championship
1. Alegre (GBR), Alegre Yachting Ltd., 5.5 points
2. Robertissima (CAY), Roberto Tomasini, 9
3. Ran 5 (GBR), Niklas Zennstrom, 9.5

Mini Maxi R/C
1. Lupa Of London (GBR), Jeremy Pilkington, 2
2. Bronenosec (RUS), Alpenberg S.A., 6
3. Arobas (FRA), Gerard Logel, 6

Maxi Racing
1. Highland Fling XI (MON), Irvine Laidlaw, 2
2. Odin (CAY), Tom Siebel, 4
3. Bristolian (GBR), Bristolian Marine Ltd., 8

J-Class
1. Rainbow (NED), SPF JH2, 6
2. Lionheart (GBR), Stichting Lionheart Syndicate, 7
3. Ranger (CAY), R.S.V. Ltd., 7

Supermaxi
1. Firefly (NED), Eric Bijlsma, 2
2. Inoui (SUI), Marco Vogele, 4
3. Viriella (ITA), Vittorio Moretti, 6

Wally
1. Y3K (GER), Claus Peter Offen, 6
2. J One (GBR), Jean Charles Decaux, 6
3. Magic Carpet 3 (GBR), Sir Lindsey Owen Jones, 8

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Yann Guichard and Spindrift 2 Qualify for Route Du Rhum
"Solo sailing a trimaran the size of Spindrift 2 requires complete physical commitment," says Yann Guichard, who recently sailed from the Azores to La Trinite-sur-Mer, alone at the helm of the world's largest racing multihull. With two months to go before the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the skipper arrived late Monday afternoon and appeared positive and satisfied with his single-handed sail. His arrival fulfils the compulsory qualification required for the event.

Since Spindrift 2 was launched in 2008, nobody has had the audacity to sail this maxi-trimaran single-handed. The 40 metres long Spindrift 2 was designed to be raced by crews and holds several respective major ocean-sailing records. Spindrift racing thought long and hard about taking part in the Route du Rhum, adapting the trimaran especially for this epic race which will commence on November 2nd this year. The cockpit has been redesigned for use by a single-handed sailor/ Meanwhile, the surface area of the sails has been reduced by around 20% and an autopilot system has been fitted. The trimaran has not been reduced in size, however, and Spindrift 2 remains by far the largest boat taking part in the 10th edition of the most iconic of transatlantic races.

Almost 80 competitors registered in five boat classes for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe will be required to arrive in Saint-Malo by Friday October 24th, the eve of the official opening of the village. Until then, the Spindrift racing team will juggle their efforts between preparing Yann and Spindrift 2 for the autumn transatlantic race and the end of the D35 season on Lake Leman. Last weekend in Versoix, Ladycat finished fourth in the Open Nationale Suisse. The action will recommence this Saturday in Geneva with the Grand Prix Grange & Cie.

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Monkey Marine International 14 UK Nationals
After 4 days of solid big breeze that Weymouth has built a reputation for in the 14 fleet, after a phenomenally windy worlds in 2011, Sunday was meant to be 12 knots dropping to 8. Instead it turned out to be a perfect 15 knots all day.

Final top ten:
1. Glen Truswell / Sam Pascoe, 9 points
2. Archie Massey / Harvey Hillary, 12
3. Douglas Pattison / Mark Tait, 17
4. Richard Bone / Chris Rodway, 32
5. Andy Fitzgerald / Richard dobson, 33
6. Katie Nurton / Nigel Ash, 43
7. Kimball Morrison / Ed Dyer, 48
8. Julian Pearson / Nick Martin, 60
9. Robin Pascal / Martin Pascal, 67
10. Sam Barker / Josh O'brien, 80

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The Worlds will be held in Geelong, Australia 3-17 January 2015.

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Dock Talk: Team Vestas Wind
Alicante, Spain: Chris Nicholson's Team Vestas Wind crew will enter the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 with less time to prepare than any of their rivals but brimming with experience combined with youthful energy.

The Australian skipper is banking on the tried and tested including two sailors with seven Volvo Ocean Races under their belts already - New Zealanders Tony Rae and Rob Salthouse - in his crew announced this week.

The pair is joined by two other crew members with Race experience, Dutch navigator Wouter Verbraak and the first Argentine to be named for this year's race, Maciel Cichetti.

Nicholson will also have plenty of new talent on board with 23-year-old Australian Tom Johnson joining Danish Volvo Ocean Race first-timers Nicolai Sehested and Peter Wibroe.

To complete the team, Irish film-maker and photographer Brian Carlin will be responsible for bringing the story of Team Vestas Wind to millions of fans around the world as Onboard Reporter.

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Lipton Cup 2014: Watch Out For The Sorcerer's Apprentices!
It's always great to see youth sportsmen & women challenge the established master, and this year's Lipton was a good example of how our youth are developing and how the face of sailing is changing.

Lipton Cup, one of the oldest sporting events in South Africa, is the ultimate event to win in sailing and has been sailed for by teams from Walvis Bay to Maputo over the last 105 years. Each yacht club may enter a single team for the event, which is sailed in identical L26 keelboats. Having won the event last year in Durban, the team from False Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) returned the challenge to the Cape and this year's event was held in the waters adjacent to Simonstown Naval Base.

With 15 teams competing, it was fantastic to see that the majority of sailors were under 25 and many were still teenagers. Even more noteworthy, was that many of the boats were youth development teams, who had come to Simonstown to take on the Grand Master of this event, Greg Davis who, with today's win, has now won it 12 times!

Greg and his experienced team sailing the yacht Co-Ordination, were exemplary on the water and won 3 of the 4 races! -- Trevor Wilkins

Final top three:
1. Royal Cape Yacht Club (RCYC) - Yacht Co-ordination, Greg Davis/David Rae -co-skipper
2. Zeekoeivlei Yacht Club (ZVYC) -B&G, Daniel Agulhas -skipper
3. Royal Natal Yacht Club (RNYC) -Orion B2G2, Brennan Robinson -skipper

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SK2. Welcome To The New.
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Santander 2014 ISAF Worlds
The game will be wide open in the Laser and Laser Radial at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championship with large numbers gunning for World Championship glory and a Rio 2016 Olympic place.

Seventy two nations featuring 150 sailors will compete in the Laser fleet whilst 58 nations will sail in the 120-boat Laser Radial fleet. Both fleets will kick start racing in Santander on Friday 12 September.

Santander 2014 acts as the first qualification regatta for the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition. Twenty three Laser and 19 Laser Radial nation spots are there for the taking which will make for tight and fierce competition on the Bay of Biscay.

Brazil's Robert Scheidt heads to Santander as the defending champion having taken his ninth Laser world title at the 2013 class World Championship in Al Mussanah, Oman. Since returning to the Laser in March 2013 Scheidt has picked up where he left off, racing at the front of the pack.

Final series racing will start on 14 September with 15 September a reserve day. Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 will see the Medal Race places decided before the finale on Thursday 18 September where the medallists will be decided.

www.sailing.org/2014-ISAF-Worlds.php

* The British Sailing Team's world number five-ranked sailor Sophie Weguelin has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander (8-21 September).

The Lymington sailor, who competes in the 470 Women's event with Eilidh McIntyre, was diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) following the flight home from the Aquece Rio International Regatta last month, and has been undergoing treatment to resolve the DVT and minimise any further risk.

In order to ensure she makes a full recovery, with no adverse effects to her health, Weguelin has been advised by the medical team not to sail for six months.

This period encompasses the Santander World Championships, the ISAF Sailing World Cup Grand Final in Abu Dhabi (26-30 November), and the ISAF Sailing World Cup Miami (24-31 January 2015).

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* The 2014 ISAF Olympic World Championships will be held in Santander, Spain starting 8 September. The combined worlds are held every four years and bring together all Olympic classes in a single competition. Santander 2014 will be the qualifier for Rio 2016. The British Sailing Team have qualified a minimum of four entries per event in what will be a preview of Rio 2016 - and a lot more competitive. It will be interesting to see if this is appreciated by British television and newspaper media and what level of coverage they give to it. Perhaps Ben Ainslie could make a well publicized "surprise" visit . . .

As always with sailing events, weather plays its part in deciding the outcome of the medals, depending on the particular strengths of competitors in the prevailing conditions. The British Sailing Team is well diversified, with a leaning towards stronger winds and medals can be expected in the men and women's 470, the Finn, 49er and men's RS:X, with the Laser and Radial as maybes.

The hardest to forecast are the two new events, the 49erFX and the Nacra17, where all competitors are improving with each event and no British crew has really claimed this as their own.

No doubt team manager Stephen Park will pitch his expectations on the low side, but it really is time for the British team to show that they can produce medals at the big events and justify the funds and resources lavished on them. -- Gerald New in SailWeb.co.uk

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16 Sailing Champions Invited To All Ireland Sailing Event At Howth Yacht Club
16 national sailing class champions have been invited to compete at the Howth Yacht Club hosted All Ireland Sailing Championships on the 6th and 7th of September. The championship, which began in 1947, will be sailed in the ISA's fleet of J80 keelboats where some of the nation's top sailors will battle it out for the coveted Helmsman's Trophy. Scroll down for invitee list.

From its invite list published yesterday the Irish Sailing Association (ISA) has opted not to invite some of the strongest Irish dinghy and one design keelboat classes. For example there is no Flying fifteen invite despite a proud showing of 29–boats for its championships on Strangford Lough last weekend. Neither is there an invitation for the Laser, Fireball, Dragon, National 18 or Puppeteer classes. Nor are there invitations extended to the Olympic squad such as Annalise Murphy, winner of the women's Moth World Championships.

Mirror, Topper and 420 class invitees are also missing from the list but these may yet appear on the Junior Helmsmans invitee list as these classes are mainly sailed by youth sailors in Ireland.

The 16 boats will compete in two fleets of eight on Saturday, each scheduled for three races.

From there the top three boats from each fleet will progress to Sunday's final four-race series with two additional places remaining for the top two boats from a two-race repechage on Sunday morning.

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Dates Confirmed for ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland
The RYA, in conjunction with the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and the International Sailing Federation (ISAF), is pleased to confirm that the Weymouth and Portland leg of the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup will take place from the 8 -14 June 2015.

Returning to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic waters, the ISAF Sailing World Cup Weymouth and Portland will be the fourth stage of the six-leg revamped elite series. Racing will be conducted over five days with the fifth day of racing deciding who will take home the medals in a spectacular Medal Race day format for all classes.

2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup
Melbourne - 7-14 December 2014
Miami - 25-31 January 2015
Hyères - April 2015
Weymouth - 8-14 June 2015
Asian Round - TBC
2015 Final Abu Dhabi - November 2015

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Let's Take a Popular Stand and Lead
August was a big month for sailing in the popular media. Terry Hutchinson had an interview in Maxim, a lifestyle magazine that boasts a monthly readership of nearly 9 million. Jimmy Spithill and Dean Barker will be competing for bragging rights in a private fishing tournament orchestrated for The IMT Fishing Show in New Zealand.

Olympic sailors from several countries were quoted by the international media, including the Wall Street Journal, regarding the pollution in Guanabara Bay, the next Olympic sailing venue.

These are sure signs that sailing and elite sailors are being accepted into popular culture by popular media. With more exposure they may be able to attract more people to the sport and past time. Imagine how popular the sport would be if it started to take a stand and take direct action on a relevant transnational issue such as the deteriorated quality of our oceans? -- Lynn Fitzpatrick

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Not Sailing But Very Cool... 70 Years On
With a hat tip to Peter Montgomery for sending this link to your humble narrator ... this is a wonderful, if sobering and poignant look at the past. Specifically the past of 70 years ago right before, during and right after D-Day.

The technical effect is stunning... hold your cursor over an image from 1944, slide to the right, and you see the exact same location 70 years later in 2014.

With so much falling apart in the world... at least these places are a hell of a lot better off today thanks to the nearly inconceivable bravery of so many.

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