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In This Issue
Tour Voile: A Different Challenge in Barneville-Carteret
Italy’s Tito/Banti Continue Dominance In Nacra 17 Cat
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Stan Honey on the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race
The teak dilemma: scarcer, pricier, less available
Hong Kong to Hainan Race 2018
Spindrift at Match Race Sweden
Andre Budzien takes narrow lead at OK Dinghy worlds
130 Yacht RORC Armada set for St.Malo
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: George Whitman

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Tour Voile: A Different Challenge in Barneville-Carteret
In its 40 year history the Tour Voile in its different guises has started from Dunkirk - as it did last Friday - no fewer than 32 times. It has been to Dieppe 28 times. But this is just the second time that the annual French classic will be hosted by Barneville-Carteret. There is some considerable anticipation as the 26 Tour Voile teams arrived today to set up overlooking the long sandy beaches which are the reason that the area is such a popular seaside resort, with the waters warmed by the Gulf Stream.

Barneville-Carteret lies some 35kms SSW of Cherbourg-Octeville, on the west side of the peninsula. There is a ferry service runs from the port of Carteret to Jersey in the Channel Islands.

The Tour Voile here complements the Tour des Ports de La Manche, an open annual multiclass regatta series which links Granville, Barneville-Carteret, Jersey, Dielette, Cherbourg and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. It attracts more than 100 yachts which makes it Normandy’s biggest race series.

It promises to be an exciting and challenging venue with strong tidal currents in play which will make the Coastal Race along the Côte des Isles especially interesting. The range of the tide tomorrow is 7.1m and a tidal coefficient of 96 in the morning and 99 in the afternoon.

At the top the Tour standings Beijaflore are showing strong form, arriving here with a lead of nine points after winning both events in Dieppe. #sailingarabia are 19 points behind.

Act Three:
Thu 12/07 | Act 3 | Barneville-Carteret Coastal Raid
Fri 13/07 | Act 3 | Barneville-Carteret Nautical Stadium

Top Three Overall Rankings
1. Beijaflore - 245 pts
2. Lorina Limonade Golfe du Morbihan - 145 pts
3. #SailingArabia by OmanSail - 226 pts

Top Three Youth Rankings
1. Team Reseau IXIO - 225 pts
2. Team France Jeune - 224 pts
3. Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 221 pts

Top Three Classement Amateurs
1. Dunkerque Voile - 193 pts
2. Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d’Olonne - 185 pts
3. Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 159 pts

www.tourvoile.fr

Italy’s Tito/Banti Continue Dominance In Nacra 17 Cat
Despite a long onshore delay and shifty and unstable conditions on the water today as the Finals began in the 2018 49er and Nacra 17 European Championship. With the fleets split by their ranking into gold and silver fleets, the top twenty-seven Nacra 17 crews and top twenty-five 49erFX teams hit the water under an angry grey sky in around 10 knots of Northerly breeze.

For Spanish 49erFX sailors Carla and Marta Munte, the racing was well worth the wait in their first ever European championship. The former 29er world champions (2014, 29er) have been quietly stalking the leaders in the class all week, but today’s breakout performance, combined with inconsistent finishes from some top competitors, meant not just the lead for the Munte sisters, but an 8 point gap back to overnight leaders Helene Naess and Marie Roningen. That’s the biggest lead we’ve seen in the FX all week.

No 49er racing could be conducted as PRO David Campbell James sent the 49er fleet home almost immediately after they arrived at the race area due to the approaching storm.

Results After Day 4 Fleet Racing
Nacra 17 Top 5 - Full Results
1. Ruggero Tita, Caterina Banti, NZL, 6
2. Gemma Jones, Jason Saunders, GBR, 18
3. Fernando Echavarri, Tara Pacheco, ESP, 25
4. Ben Saxton, Nikki Bonniface, ITA, 33
5. John Gimson, Anna Burne, USA, 42

49erFX Top 5 - Full Results
1. Carla Munte, Marta Munte, NOR, 39
2. Helene Naess, Marie Ronningen, GBR, 47
3. Sophie Weguelin, Sophie Ainsworth, ESP, 48
4. Julie Gross, Hanna Klinga, USA, 58
5. Stephanie Roble, Margaret Shea, DEN, 66

49er Top 5 - Full Results
1. Lukasz Przybytek, Pawel Kolodzinski, POL, 30
2. Diego Botín, Iago Marra, ESP, 31
3. Yago Lange, Klaus Lange, ARG, 40
4. Justus Schmidt, Max Boeme, GER, 41
5. Dylan Fletcher-Scott, Stuart Bithell, GBR, 43

The 2018 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 European Championship, at Volvo Sailing Day Gdynia, is from July 8 - 13. Follow all the action via http://49er.org - http://nacra17.org

Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

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A busy year
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A foot in both camps
When not fettling their fleet of classic boats one famous New Zealand yard is restoring Whitbread maxis and building superyachts. Ivor Wilkins

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Stan Honey on the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race
Audio interview in English with Jean-Luc Nelias, navigator for Eric de Turckheim's Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine, just 48 hours before the start of the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race.

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Jean-Luc Nelias has won the last two TJVs with Sodebo, and was the navigator for Groupama, winner of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. -- Louay Habib

The teak dilemma: scarcer, pricier, less available
Its appeal endures. But tougher logging rules hike prices. If superyacht owners were n’t so picky, “we can sell teak at half the price,” says veteran teak merchant Cees Boogaerdt. And builders would not face delivery problems.

Royal Boogaerdt Group has been supplying exotic wood species to yacht builders across Europe for 40 years. They account for up to 20% of its turnover. Its Royal Deck unit has, since its founding in 2004, has laid the equivalent of 7 or 8 football fields in teak decks. CEO Cees Boogaerdt knows the market inside out.

Superyacht owners, he says, want high-quality teak for it looks good. And it retains a yacht’s value. But proving teak’s legality has become tricky. “I agree you can only import legal wood,” says Boogaerdt. “But how can you be 100% sure? Dutch authorities checked us out once and found 1 document missing. Importing teak involves much red tape to show a tree’s provenance. But that’s not always water-tight.”

He opposes illegal imports (“bad for business”) and uses a ‘chain of custody’ to show his teak comes from sustainably managed forests. “We have gone into woods ourselves, repeatedly, to locate numbered stumps of cultivated trunks that lie in storage, replete with all documents,” says Boogaerdt. “Everything was OK. Illegal harvest? How illegal? In the Netherlands they just say Myanmar authorities are corrupt.”

For superyacht decks, a trunk is cut into 4 quarts from which planks are made. The grain must be perfectly straight as builders want long, even pieces. The lower section of an 80-year-old tree can look good. But at 5 or 6 meters, you’ll see where branches used to be. There’s a dark line and a slightly curved grain. “Buyers don’t want that, although it is good wood,” says Boogaerdt. “And they demand good color, without variations. But after 2 months at sea, a teak deck has evenly weathered into gray,” says Boogaerdt. “We can sell teak at half the price if buyers adjust their esthetic demands.”

Boogaerdt has long looked for a teak alternative.

The best he has found: laminated Fineline teak from Thailand. It costs €13,000 to €14.000 per cubic meter “and it is real teak. Flawless and with a straight grain. We tested it out on a boat in Italy 6 years ago. It still looks good, is environmentally sustainable and not more expensive than normal teak.”

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Hong Kong to Hainan Race 2018
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has released the Notice of Race and opened online entry for the 2018 Hong Kong to Hainan Race which will start on 18 October.

The Race takes competitors on a 390nm historically downwind passage to Sanya, on the southern China island of Hainan. Sanya, known as the “Hawaii of the East” is a great finish location for a holiday or as a transit point for yachts intending to continue on to other sailing events around the Asia-Pacific region. The event has been sanctioned as a recognised qualifier for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2018.

2018 will mark the 11th edition of the race which was established in 1997. The Hong Kong to Hainan Race is the only Category 1 offshore race to finish in the People's Republic of China.

The Race has been held biennially since 2012 and the current race record of 23h 31m 52s was set in 2016 by Seng Huang Lee’s 100ft Super Maxi, Scallywag. With the event being open to both monohulls and multihull, the 2018 race record will be closely watched. The race record has been broken in the last three editions, including in 2014 by Karl Kwok’s Team Beau Geste and in 2012 by Sam Chan’s FreeFire.

The start line will be in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island Clubhouse with the start signal sounding at 1120hrs.

The race is organised by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in cooperation with the Bureau of Culture, Broadcast & TV, Publication and Sports of the Sanya Municipal Government, with the finish hosted by Serenity Marina in Sanya, Hainan.

Line Honours Winners

Boat Owner / Skipper / Year
Scallywag - Seng Huang Lee / David Witt - 2016
Team Beau Geste - Karl Kwok - 2014
Freefire - Sam Chan - 2012
Jelik - Frank Pong - 2003
Jelik - Frank Pong - 2002
Jelik - Frank Pong - 2001
Ffree Fire - Sam Chan - 2000
Beau Geste - Karl Kwok - 1999
Jelik - Frank Pong - 1998
Ffree Fire - Sam Chan / Russ Parker - 1997

Winners on Corrected Time

Boat - Owner / Skipper - Year
Black Baza - Anthony Root - 2016
Island Fling - Paul Winkelmann - 2014
Freefire - Sam Chan - 2012
Ffree Fire - Sam Chan - 2003
Jelik - Frank Pong - 2002
Stella - Fred Kinmonth - 2001
Ffree Fire - Sam Chan - 2000
Australia Challenge - Ray Roberts - 1999
Hi Fidelity - Neil Pryde - 1998
Zephyr - Mann Gee Ng - 1997

www.chinacoastraceweek.com

Spindrift at Match Race Sweden
Get a unique insight into Yann, Christophe, Francois, Matthieu, Coco, Marc, Edouard and Charlie’s week in Sweden for the first event of the World Match Racing Tour season.

Edouard’s camera gives us an unedited glimpse of life with Spindrift racing as they prepare for their victory!

M32 Spindrift Team:
Yann Guichard (skipper)
Christophe Espagnon (mainsail)
François Morvan (trimmer)
Matthieu Salomon (bow)
Constance Lecointre (logistic)
Marc Bouet (coach)
Edouard Elias (mediaman)
Charlie Tate (fitness)

Andre Budzien takes narrow lead at OK Dinghy worlds
The 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemunde, Germany continued Wednesday with two more races sailed in an unstable 8-12 knots, and damp conditions. Former world champion Andre Budzien, from Germany took a one point lead at the top from Fredrik Loof and Jan Kurfeld. Each won a race in their groups, while Jim Hunt took the other group win.

It was always looking like the wettest day of the week, though the much forecast strong winds failed to materialise. In the end it was mildly damp on the water with more rain before and after racing than during. After brilliant conditions on Tuesday, this was another side of Baltic weather, grey and wet.

Racing in the opening series is scheduled to conclude on Thursday with two more races starting at 12.00. On Friday and Saturday four more races are scheduled for the Final series.

Results after four races
1. Andre Budzien, GER, 6
2. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 7
3. Jan Kurfeld, GER, 7
4. Bo Petersen, DEN, 11
5. Charlie Cumbley, GBR, 13
6. Jim Hunt, GBR, 15
7. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 18
8. Lars Johan Brodtkorb, NOR, 22
9. Tomasz Gaj, POL, 24
10. Sonke Behrens, GER, 24

Full results.

2018.okworlds.org

130 Yacht RORC Armada set for St.Malo
130 yachts with nearly one thousand sailors competing, will be racing to St. Malo with the Royal Ocean Racing Club this weekend, arriving in the historic French port for massive celebrations. The Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race is one of the oldest races in the RORC calendar, with the overall winner under IRC receiving the magnificent 1906 King Edward VII Cup. The weekend celebrations will also feature a magnificent firework display for the French National Day on Saturday July 14th, and the FIFA World Cup Final on Sunday 15th July between France and England or Croatia.

Eleven Class40s from England and France will be racing, including 2017 RORC Season's Points Champion, Halvard Mabire & Miranda Merron's Campagne de France and last year's race winner, Marc Lepesqueux's Sensation. Tony Lawson's British entry Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger, class winner of this year's Myth of Malham, will also be in contention. Many of the Class40 teams will be taking part in their final race before the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race including Gery Atkins Colombre XL, Peter Harding & Sam Goodchild's Phor-ty, and Sandrine Pelletier's Oman Sail.

In IRC One, a dozen yachts will be vying for the IRC class win and overall honours.

In IRC Two, the leader for the season, the Army Sailing Association X-41 British Soldier, will be in action for their penultimate race before the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race.

79 yachts will be racing in IRC Three and Four including 34 teams racing Two-Handed, forming the lion-share of the impressive fleet racing in the Cowes-Dinard-St.Malo Race.

IRC Four forms the largest class in the 2018 Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race. 47 teams have entered including last year's runner up Marc Noel's China Girl and third place Cooper & England's Longue Pierre. Class leader for the 2018 season, Noel Racine's Foggy Dew, is a past winner of the race. Multihulls entered for the race include Simon Baker's Hissy Fit, Phillippe Damour's Red-avel, and Francois Corre's Friends & Lovers.

The start of the Cowes - Dinard - St Malo Race will be an impressive sight, the fleet will be in the starting area along Cowes Green and Cowes Parade from 0900 on Friday 13 July. To follow the progress of the race, all teams in AIS range can be tracked via the YB Tracker player

www.rorc.org

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In This Issue
A navigation mistake at first Gate of Lanzarote
Exciting First Days Of The Bermuda To Hamburg AAR Race
UBS 20th Jersey Regatta
Sail Melbourne International Entries Open
Plastic Is Killing our Oceans - The Issues, Facts, and Possible Solutions
Industry News
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Sylvia Beach

A navigation mistake at first Gate of Lanzarote
He is still in first place, but French Golden Globe Race leader Philippe Peche threw away a hard-fought 3½ hour lead at the first gate in this 30,000 mile solo non-stop round the world race today after mistaking the lighthouse marking the southern end of Lanzarote today.

It was not until his Rustler 36 PRB had reached the northern tip of Fuerteventura in the Canaries that the Frenchman realised his mistake and had to turn back into the wind and beat the 7 miles Marina Rubicon at the southern end of Lanzarote,

Why he missed the lighthouse's distinctive pattern of flashes in the early dawn is not fully explained. If he had done so, Peche would have rounded the the mandatory turning mark at 06:30. Instead, it was 10:30 before he had passed across his film and letters to waiting organisers and had set off again.

This time wasting closed the gap between himself and second placed Mark Slats and his Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick to little more than 9 miles.

Third placedv Frenchman Jean-Luc Van Den Heede, sailing the Rustler 36, Matmut a further 6 miles behind was equally delighted with the news. The 73 year-old, who has five previous circumnavigations under his belt, said, "I'm very comfortable with my position. This is a long race, and to win,you first have to finish."

Fourth placed Norwegian Are Wiig sailing his OE 32 Olleanna, one of the smallest in the fleet of 16 yachts, was 75 miles behind the leader holding a 20 mile lead on 5th place British sailor Susie Goodall (Rustler 36 DHL Starlight) are expected to round the Marina Rubicon mark during the night with the remaining fleet following on Friday and Saturday

The next compulsory turning gate is off Hobart Tasmania

GGR Leader board: 15:30 UTC 12.07.18
1. Philippe Peche (FRA) Rustler 36 PRB 23 600 miles to the finish
2. Mark Slats (FRA) - Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick + 9 miles
3. Jean-Luc Van den Heede (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut + 15 miles
4. Are Wiig (NOR) OE32 Olleanna + 75 milles
5. Susie Goodall (GBR) Rustler 36 DHL Starlight + 95 miles

www.goldengloberace.com

Fleet Tracking: goldengloberace.com/livetracker/

Mobile tracking APP: www.ybtracking.com/race-app.php

Exciting First Days Of The Bermuda To Hamburg AAR Race
The first days of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta's final leg were truly breathtaking: After Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 had to retire from the race due to a rudder issue, Varuna and Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco rose up to the challenge of taking Line Honours. Meanwhile, the Class 40 division is having its own shake-up: RED, who is currently second after Class 40 Eärendil, suffered a rudder damage as well. The entire fleet's forecast skills were challenged by Hurricane 'Chris', who temporarily increased his speed to about 30 knots.

In the early morning hours of July 12, Rambler 88 arrived safely in Newport, RI (USA). The 88ft Maxi had to retire on July 10 when she lost her port rudder after contact with an unidentified object in the water.

Rambler 88 dominated the fleet on the water right from the start. While sympathizing with Rambler's early retirement, her return to the US East Coast also opened a window of opportunity for the remaining fleet. Ker 56 Varuna and IMOCA 60 Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco are continuing their epic battle for the top podium spots.

At times, the two yachts seemed to be almost overlapping on the YB Tracker, pacing through the waves with 18 to 19 knots boat speed, bow-to-bow in true match-racing style. Varuna is currently leading in IRC Zero, whilst Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco has overtaken them on the water (at the time of writing at 03:00pm UTC). With more than 1,800nm to go until the finish line, their fight on the water is promising to be an epic battle until the last moment. One milestone on their route to success will be the estimated passing of the modified Swan 441R Best Buddies, which had started in a special division six days prior to the main fleet, and is just about 200nm ahead on the water.

For Mathias Müller von Blumencron, German skipper of Class 40 RED, the journey home might be a bit longer than expected, having lost their left rudder fitting after contact with an unidentified floating object on July 11. This has forced them to navigate towards the Azores for a pit-stop and the necessary repairs. In the meantime, the experienced crew was able to put a nut from the railpost above the broken end, fix the fitting and get the rudderbolts into the water. Despite heavy swell, they were back to normal twin-rudder boat mode in record speed.

With this temporary solution, plans had to be changed: "On the way to Europe we would encounter the fronts of Chris, winds up to 35 knots. Not a good option. So we decided to go towards the Azores, only 950 miles away. The routing promised fair weather and fair winds all the way to the islands", says Müller von Blumencron. "[...] We had to give up our spot in the race which started so promising for us.". But RED is still ahead of Class 40 Iskareen, and not giving up yet: "In the evening the dolphins were playing around the boat. We took this as a sign of sympathy and encouragement."

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UBS 20th Jersey Regatta
Scheduled for 14th to 16th September and sponsored for the sixth year running by UBS AG Jersey, this year sees the 20th edition of the combined clubs' Jersey Regatta, the Island's 'flagship' sailing event.

In this special year, the Regatta programme will include:

- The fifth Spinlock IRC Channel Islands Regional Championships for IRC-rated Classes 1 & 2 cruiser/racers and
- The British Kona One Windsurfer Championship

The event opens on the Thursday evening with a welcoming reception followed by a coastal race for the sportsboat and cruiser/racer classes on Friday morning. Saturday and Sunday sees these classes racing in and off St Aubin's Bay over round-the-cans and Olympic-type courses. The 'small boat' classes race over Olympic-type courses entirely within this beautiful Bay.

As ever, Jersey Marinas will be providing complimentary berthing for competitors during the lead-up to and throughout the Regatta whilst Condor Ferries is offering discounted boat, trailer and passenger fares on all routes to those competitors wishing to ship their boats to the Island to join the event.

The Regatta is an open event to which visiting boats are assured of a very warm welcome.

The Notice of Race is available in the clubs and on www.jerseyregatta.com. Entry is 'on-line' with enticingly low entry fees made even more attractive with an 'early bird' fee for those entering no later than 6th August. The definitive closing date is 7th September.

For further information, e-mail info@jerseyregatta.com or call the Regatta office, 00 44 (0) 1534 732229.

jerseyregatta.com

Sail Melbourne International Entries Open
Entries are now open for the 2018 Sail Melbourne International to be hosted out of Royal Brighton Yacht Club on the shores of Port Philip Bay from 12 December through to 16 December 2018.

The Notice of Race and online entry system as well as many other regatta details have now gone live on the Event's website at www.sailmelbourne.com.au

The 2018 Sail Melbourne International will also be hosted in conjunction with the inaugural Australian Para Championships.

The Invited, Junior, Youth and Para classes will again have the unique opportunity of mixing and competing alongside their Olympic heroes, providing a fantastic inspirational pathway for up and coming passionate young sailors.

The event will be held at Royal Brighton Yacht Club and will be raced in a split format with four days of racing for the Olympic Classes (Wed 12th to Sun 16th Dec) and three days (Thurs 13th to Sun 16th Dec) for the majority of the Invited Classes.

Classes for 2018 are:
Olympic Classes
Laser (Standard)
Laser (Radial)
Finn
470
49er
49erFX
Nacra 17
RSX (9.5m2)
RSX (8.5m2)

Invited Classes
2.4mR
SKUD 18
Hansa 303 One Person
Hansa 303 Two Person
Laser 4.7
International 420 Dinghy
International 29er
Nacra 15
Optimist (Open & Intermediate)
Bic Techno 293/Plus
OK Dinghy
Waszp

www.sailmelbourne.com.au

Plastic Is Killing our Oceans - The Issues, Facts, and Possible Solutions
Approximately 40% of the world's 7.6 billion people live within 62 miles (100km) of an ocean coast. For the other 60%, some of whom may never have even seen an ocean, the seas still play a vital role in their lives.

Oil and consumer goods are moved around the world on vast ships, keeping the wheels of commerce, and vehicles, turning. Most importantly, the ocean is vital to the food chain.

Unfortunately, we collectively treat the oceans worse than most of us treat the inside of our cars. Every year, anywhere from about 8 to 12 million US tons of plastic end up in the world's oceans.

For perspective, that's close to three times as heavy as all the elephants on Earth combined.

The scale of the problem is enormous, but it's not a lost cause. Just like when your dentist says you can avoid further problems with your gums if you brush better and floss often, a change in how we live could be the catalyst for cleaner oceans in the future.

Read on to learn about the true scope of the issue, why plastics in our oceans are such a problem, why we at itsafishthing.com are so concerned, and why you should be too.

www.itsafishthing.com/plastic-in-the-ocean/

Industry News
The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR) will be a pinnacle event for German Yachting in 2018. In this series, we present supporters of the AAR who help creating this great event in celebration of the NRVs 150th Anniversary.

When it comes to shipbuilding and craftsmanship, Lürssen is among the most well-known companies for bespoke luxury yachts worldwide.

Founded in 1875, Lürssen is on top of its game of custom-built superyachts through the combination of German engineering and extraordinary craftsmanship. The family-owned yard in Bremen, Germany has been associated with some of the most spectacular build-projects both in the history and in present age of the yachting industry and thus holds a distinct maritime heritage.

"The Lürssen-Family is building yachts since 143 years and maintains eight state-of-the-art shipyards in North Germany. Lürssen has achieved several milestones in the yachting history like the world's first boat propelled by an internal combustion engine in 1886. In 1911, Lürssen did win the Champion of the Sea race in Monaco and set a new world speed record with the Lürssen-Daimler. Many milestones followed. The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta celebrates the 150th anniversary of the NRV. Lürssen and the AAR make a perfect match when it comes to the conversation of values", said Sylke auf dem Graben, PR & Marketing Manager of Lürssen.

A goodie-bag filled with useful helpers will be presented to the yachts prior to the start in Bermuda. After the finish, every competitor will receive a unique AAR/Lürssen bag, which not only serves as a souvenir but is also a proud proof to have participated in this spectacular regatta.

www.lurssen.com
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Instagram.com/LuerssenYachts
Youtube.com/luerssenyachtsgermany

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Groupe Beneteau reports they have become the majority shareholder with a 60% stake in the Slovenian company Seascape which specialized in designing, building, and marketing performance sailing yachts.

Seascape's founders, Andraz Mihelin and Kristian Hajnšek, will continue alongside the Group and retain 40% of the capital. Seascape will be included in the Group's scope from its acquisition date on July 9, 2018.

"Our acquisition of a stake in Seascape will enable us to offer a selection of small sailing yachts designed for both novice sailors and enthusiasts, often younger and first-time buyers," explains Herve Gastinel, Groupe Beneteau CEO.

Founded in 2008 by two Mini Transat Class sailors, Seascape has in just 10 years become a leader in the transportable performance cruiser segment. With their innovative design and advanced ergonomics, these affordable performance sailing yachts combine great sensations and speed with easy use and simple transportation. They offer multi-functional and adaptable designs, covering a range of sailing programs, from regattas to family trips and raid events.

"Our commitment to our Seascape owners and community remains the same: we will continue to develop sailing boats, events and services in line with the spirit that has been central to our brand's success, while benefiting from Groupe Beneteau's global scale and expertise," notes Andraž Mihelin, Seascape CEO.

Seascape currently offers four models, from 4.3 to 8m, designed by Sam Manuard. The yard generated revenues of €4.2 million in 2017. This acquisition is in line with the strategy to ramp up the product range with Groupe Beneteau's Transform to Perform strategic plan. It will further strengthen the Group's global leadership in the liveaboard monohull sailing segment by including performance cruisers.

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

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The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has announced the appointment of Howard Pridding in the role of interim Director of External Affairs.

No stranger to recreational boating, Pridding previously worked in a variety of roles at British Marine for over 27 years and served as Chief Executive for more than five of those. Having taken the decision to seek new opportunities, Pridding is joining the RYA later this month and will head up the Cruising, Legal and Government Affairs division.

In his new role, Pridding will work closely with the Chief Executive and senior management team to ensure that recreational boating interests are represented effectively and that Government, in all its forms, takes full account of the sector's activities when balancing competing interests. The role has been appointed for an interim period of six months to enable a review of the existing structure and accountabilities of the Cruising, Legal and Government Affairs team.

The Director of External Affairs role also has an ambassadorial role as spokesperson for the recreational boating industry, the RYA's 111,000 valued members, and the organisation.

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An aspiring chef has been selected as the second beneficiary of a maritime education scholarship co-funded by Sailors' Society and Garrets International, and administered by Homer Foundation.

Kristina Kamatoy, 18, from Quezon in The Philippines, was awarded the scholarship to train at the Magsaysay Center for Hospitality and Culinary Arts (MIHCA) in Manila. The Sailors' Society - Homer Foundation Scholarship enables Filipino students from underprivileged backgrounds to pursue culinary careers in the shipping industry.

Kristina said: "This scholarship will serve as a stepping stone for me to become a successful chef on board a ship, see the world and secure a stable job that will help me to extend my hand for my family. I'm so grateful to Garrets International and Sailors' Society for this opportunity to fulfil my dream and reach my full potential as a chef."

Garrets International, the leading provisions and stores management partner to the global shipping community, and maritime charity Sailors' Society will provide funding to support Kristina's living costs for the duration of the one-year course.

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In This Issue
A Light Air Start To The Hague Offshore Sailing Worlds
Italy's Tita/Banti Become First Back-to-Back European Champions in Foiling Nacra 17 Era
Success crowns Solar & Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco
Moth UK Nationals
Bermuda to Hamburg Race: RED Retiring From Race After Hitting An Object (All Crew Safe)
J/80 Worlds: A fifth win for Rayco Tabares and his crew
Noble Allen 2018 International Moth UK Championship
Tour Voile: Lorina Limonade Win on Home Waters
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A Light Air Start To The Hague Offshore Sailing Worlds
The Hague, Netherlands: The sun continued to shine today at the start of racing in The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship 2018, with many thousands of beachgoers watching nearly a thousand sailors on their boats in the fleet start the long offshore race portion of the programme. Class A competitors were sent on a 155-mile zig-zag course off the Dutch North Sea coast with a scoring gate planned at 70 miles, while the Class B & C competitors will race a 135-mile long course with a scoring gate set at 60 miles. By having a scoring gate race officials are able to scale two races at once, a clever and efficient way to fulfill the offshore sailing requirement in this championship, since the remainder of the week will feature only windward/leeward courses, with 7 races planned of this type.

Winds for this race have been consistent with the forecast in being a light northerly seasbreeze, light enough to postpone the start from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM as race managers have had to wait to have this breeze become steady enough to set a windward leg before the fleet headed off on their respective courses. With the complex currents and numerous exclusion zones throughout the course areas, navigators will be busy all day and night.

Being the yacht designer of the Italia 9.98, a two-time ORC Class C World Champion design, and a member of the ORC's International Technical Committee meeting here next weekend, Matteo Polli takes a longer analytical look at how the scoring and ratings in both ORC and IRC are affecting results. "Its too early to tell yet any conclusions on how this is working, we are just getting started, so we simply sail as fast and as well as we can. This class will be really tough, so to do well will require focus."

Regardless of the light winds, some teams are thankful they're here at all to compete. Frans Rodenburg's Beneteau First 40 Elke (NED) had problems coming back from the IRC Europeans in Cowes, running aground on a sand bar at enough speed to damage the internal structure of the boat. Fortunately no one was hurt in the incident, but the subframe had to be re-built in the last few weeks, and the boat re-measured having lost 200 kg in weight from her past sailing trim, with a certificate to race issued only days ago.

In the long race at 1800 local time Karl Kwok's Pac 52 Beau Geste (USA) was leading Class A around the track with about 112 miles left to sail, winning in their close match race with Tilmar Hansen's TP 52 Outsider (GER) in hot pursuit.

And in Class B Claes Landmark's Mills-designed Landmark 43 Santa (NOR) has been leading the pack all day, being chased closely by another team from Norway sailing a sistership, Torkjel Valland's White Shadow. At 1800 Santa had 104 miles to go.

And in Class C Gideon Messink's J/112 J/Lance 12 (FRA) was leading the pack with 107 miles to go.

Later tonight as teams cross their respective scoring gates, results for Offshore Race 1 will be posted on the event website at www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/OSW2018#!/results, and if also the long race once it finishes at the same site.

www.offshoresailingworlds.com/news

Italy's Tita/Banti Become First Back-to-Back European Champions in Foiling Nacra 17 Era
With racing starting an hour early to compensate for lost races earlier in the week, sailors hitting the water for the final day of the 2018 49er and Nacra 17 European Championship saw what by now is a rare sight: A consistent 8-11 knot breeze! Race officials across all four courses on Gdansk Bay rushed into action, burning through races and getting scores on the board across all fleets. With so few Gold Fleet races conducted thus far, all three classes would see their championships decided on the final day.

With all three gold fleets getting 3 or 4 races in before noon, the fleets returned to shore in anticipation. They'd soon be notified of their scores, with the top ten teams suiting back up for their final, double-points Medal Race.

Nacra 17 Medal Race 'As Live'
With 2017 European Champs Ruggero Tita and Catarina Banti winning 6 of the 7 Gold Fleet races, the medal race was mostly a formality. Mathematically the Italian pair could still fall out of contention - however unlikely - and indeed Tita and Banti saved their worst race for last. They started late, on port tack, while Rio Silver Medalists Waterhouse/Darmanin (AUS) charged off on foils to the left corner of the race course and a big lead. With barely 5 minutes on each leg of the short Medal Race, Tita/Banti never found the chance to claw back positions, though they didn't need to: Despite a 7th place and 14 points on the board, Tita/Banti became the first repeat European Champions in the foiling Nacra 17.

49er Medal Race 'As Live'
When the gun sounded for the all-important match, the Germans had to hope their competitors made an error - and many of them did. 4th place Steph Roble and Maggie Shea (USA) - both champion match racers - set their sights on 2nd place Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth (GBR), sailing them back into the fleet while Jurczok/Lorenz were free to work the strong left side of the beat and streak off into the distance. The Sophies suffered behind the Americans and were unable to break cover, though their 7th place finish - one behind Roble/Shea - was enough to hold onto the final podium position.

49erFX Medal Race 'As Live'
Until the final race, leading Poles Przybytek/Kolodzinski (POL) sailed with amazing consistency. As the only boat in the entire 49er fleet without a double-digit finish going into the final day, they were the clear favorites - until disaster struck. Despite a terrible start and a few ugly tacks, Przybytek/Kolodzinski battled back, making up places as they closed down the first run. In a move of desperation, the Poles tried a little too hard to get inside Germany's Justus Schmidt and Max Boehme, and the Polish boat collided with the Germans, snapping their carbon-fiber bowsprit and earning the Poles a disqualification from the on-water judges. A misjudgement of a few millimeters ended the Polish hopes for the Championship - and sent Przybytek/Kolodzinski back to 6th place!

Spanish skiff stars Diego Botin and Iago Marra finished 3rd at the 2015 Europeans in their home nation of Spain. With 1st and 2nd place held by antipodeans, they found themselves in the strange situation of being "European Champions" without winning a regatta.

Final Results
Nacra 17 Top 5
1. Ruggero Tita, Caterina Banti, ITA, 34
2. Gemma Jones, Jason Saunders, NZL, 47
3. Fernando Echavarri, Tara Pacheco, ESP, 56
4. Lin Cenholt, CP Lubeck, DEN, 64
5. Jason Waterhouse, Lisa Darmanin, AUS, 74

9erFX Top 5
1. Helene Naess, Marie Ronningen, NOR, 59
2. Vicky Jurczok, Anika Lorenz, GER, 81
3. Sophie Weguelin, Sophie Ainsworth, GBR, 81
4. Julia Gross, Hanna Klinga, SWE, 83
5. Stephanie Roble, Margaret Shea, USA, 83

49er Top 5
1. Diego Botín, Iago Marra, ESP, 69
2. Dominik Buksak, Szymon Wirzbicki, POL, 74
3. Dylan Fletcher-Scott, Stuart Bithell, GBR, 75
4. Lukas Przybytek, Pawel Kolodzynski, POL, 82
5. Lucas Rual, Emile Amoros, FRA, 88

49er.org
nacra17.org

Success crowns Solar & Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco
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Over a century after the first international powerboat meetings were held in the Principality to test new engine technology and Monaco revives its past with the 5th Solar & Energy Boat Challenge. Held 12-14 July, it was organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco, supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Hydros Foundation and International Powerboating Federation (UIM).

With 200 contestants across 30 teams in 3 classes the event continues to develop with the new Energy Class, where engineering students could choose their clean energy source (bio-fuel, battery, LNG, compressed air, etc.). There to inspire was Simon Bernard, 27, co-founder of Plastic Odyssey, a 25m catamaran powered by plastic waste who presented his project.

In at the start since the first event in 2014, solar power dominated with 23 boats, including 15 Dutch teams. Gerhard van der Schaar on Clafis Victron Energy Solar Boat Team (winner of last 4 editions) retained his title after winning the slalom and Fleet Endurance Race (Solar Class) completing 24 laps in one hour.

The Offshore Class (3 crew including driver) for a 16 nautical-mile race to Ventimiglia in Italy and back was won by British boat Vita Yachts driven by David Gray in 54 minutes 41 seconds. Monegasque Nicolas Milanesio, representing the Energy Class on Monaco & Saint-Tropez, finished 3rd in 2 hours 38 minutes 13 seconds.

Also on the program: Tech Talks every evening live on Open Source for teams to discuss their projects and an International Motorsport & Environment Workshop organised by the UIM to discuss the way forward.

The date is set for the 6th edition: 4-6 July 2019.

Fleet Endurance Race rankings

A Class Challenge Category:
1. Antwerp Maritime Academy - Felix Pruzon - BEL
2. Sunflare Solar Team - Gerlof Werkman - NED
3. HAN Solarboat - Jorrit Lanting - NED

Open Class Category:
1. Clafis Victron Energy Solar Boat Team - Gerhard van der Schaar - NED
2. TU Delft Solar Boat Team - Michiel Giliam - NED
3. Solarboot Team Emden - Tim Schuette - GER

Ranking for Speed Record - Offshore, Solar & Energy Classes
1. Vita Yachts - David Gray - GBR - 48.515 km/h (Offshore Class)
2. Ernesto Riva Innovation - Daniele Riva - ITA - 35.384 km/h (Offshore Class)
3. SolarteamSneek - Kevin van Uem - NED - 26.731 km/h (A Class Challenge)

Ranking for Endurance Race - Monaco-Ventimiglia-Monaco:
1. Vita Yachts - David Gray - GBR - 54 mins 41 secs (Offshore Class)
2. Ernesto Riva Innovation - Daniele Riva - ITA - 1 hour 29 mins 13 secs (Offshore Class)
3. Monaco & Saint-Tropez - Nicolas Milanesio - MON - 2 hours 38 mins 13 secs (Energy Class)

Ranking Slalom Challenge Open Category:
1. Clafis Victron Energy Solar Boat Team - Gerhard van der Schaar - NED - 400pts
2. TU Delft Solar Boat Team - Michiel Giliam - NED - 300pts
3. Solarboot Team Emden - Tim Schuette - GER - 225pts

Ranking Slalom Challenge A Class :
1. Sunflare Solarteam - Gerlof Werkman - NED - 400 Pts
2. ROCvA California - Bart van der Linden - NED - 300 Pts
3. Antwerp Maritime Academy - Felix Pruzon - BEL - 225 Pts

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc/

Moth UK Nationals
We thought it would go down to the wire, and that's exactly what happened. The final race decided the title with four sailors still in with a shout of winning the event.

The weather on Saturday was stunning, with early sunshine leading to a good sea breeze. The later high water allowed enough time for four races to be held, leading to the full series of twelve races being completed.

There was drama just before the start when Kyle Stoneham, who has put so much time into organising this event, found a mouse in his wing bar while heading out onto the race course. He of course went back to shore to drop it off on land, but hit the slipway with his centreboard foil, leading to some quick sanding time to get it smooth enough to sail with.

A quick recap of the positions going into the final day; Jason Belben was leading by nine points, but Jim McMillan, Dave Kenefick and Simon Hiscocks were on the charge in the stronger winds.

The man who was closest to Belben going into the final race was Jim McMillan, and his final day charge 1,2,8,3 results giving him enough to win the overall title by four points. Jim was understandably ecstatic to overturn the nine point deficit: "I'm absolutely stoked! This is the first Moth event where I didn't have to count Did Not Starts and Did Not Competes. I came here to have some fun and hopefully finish in the top ten, so to take the win I'm stoked. It's been fantastic for the last two days - perfect Moth sailing conditions with flat water, the sun out and everyone enjoying themselves, non-stop foiling around; it's perfect." -- Mark Jardine

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Bermuda to Hamburg Race: RED Retiring From Race After Hitting An Object (All Crew Safe)
Class 40 RED has been on their way for repairs in the Azores, when they hit something in the water.

At 07:07pm UTC, Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Skipper of Class 40 RED, contacted the Race Committee to inform about the incident and report all crew as safe.

Facts as of 08:00pm UTC on July 14, 2018:

- Red hit an object/subject, most likely a whale
- A part of the stern section has been damaged
- The ingress of water could be stopped by sealing the stern compartment
- After an inspection of the damage, the crew decided to continue sailing
- The forecast is showing decreasing breeze and reaching conditions
- The damage will require substantial repairs, which will take a few days in Horta, Azores. RED therefore retires from the race.

AAR Race Officer Stefan Kunstmann comments:

"At present, we believe that both the crew and the boat will be able to handle the situation, however we have increased tracking frequencies to highlight any problems as early as possible. Maritime Rescue Authorities have also been informed about the incident, which will reduce the time for potential support to reach the boat should the need arise."

The Race Committee will monitor the progress closely, and liaise with Rescue Authorities for immediate action should any be necessary.

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J/80 Worlds: A fifth win for Rayco Tabares and his crew
The team from the Canaries, "Hotel Princesa Yaiza", helmed by Rayco Tabares, takes victory in the J/80 Worlds, which has been contested in Les Sables d'Olonne on France's Atlantic Coast since Monday. It's the fifth World J/80 Champion title for this top-flight Spanish crew, which built on its victory in the Vendee-region today after kicking off the morning's racing a point down on its direct rival. "Garatu" skippered by Iker Almondoz, which led for a long while, takes second place in the competition, which was brilliantly organised by the SNSablais and the French J/80 Class. The top French team, namely "Armen Habitat" skippered by the Finistère-based sailor Simon Moriceau, made it onto the third step of the podium. "Puente Romano Marbella" helmed by Juan Luis Paez secures fourth place.

The J/80 Worlds 2018 have been an absolute epic in the World Championship history of the series built by the local J Composites yard, thanks to the idyllic sailing conditions enjoyed by the 360 racers, which particularly favoured round the cans racing. Some 14 races were run throughout the week, to the great delight of the numerous spectators and enthusiasts witnessing the close-contact racing. Set a date for 2019 and the next edition of the J/80 Worlds, which will be held in Bilbao.

Final top five:
1 Hotel Pincesa Yaiza, Rayco Tabares, ESP, 65 points
2 Garatu, ESP, Iker Almondoz, ESP 79
3 Armen Habitat, Simon Moriceau, FRA, 86
4 Puente Romano Marbella, Juan Luis Paez, ESP, 98
5 Ibo.es, Javier Chacartegui, ESP, 143

j80worlds2018.com

Noble Allen 2018 International Moth UK Championship
We thought it would go down to the wire, and that's exactly what happened. The final race decided the title with four sailors still in with a shout of winning the event.

A quick recap of the positions going into the final day; Jason Belben was leading by nine points, but Jim McMillan, Dave Kenefick and Simon Hiscocks were on the charge in the stronger winds.

Overall top five:

1. Jim McMillan, 32 points
2. Jason Belben, 36
3. Simon Hiscocks, 38
4. Dave Kenelick, 38
5. Ross Harvey, 53

www.sail-world.com

Tour Voile: Lorina Limonade Win on Home Waters
On Saturday's capricious coastal race they were overshadowed by title challengers Beijaflore but when the seabreeze finally delivered on South Brittany's beautiful Morbihan Bay it was the local aces on Lorina Limonade-Golfe du Morbihan who read it best and won the Stade Nautique Final on their home waters.

There may have been a long, long wait for the Bay off Baden's Port Blanc to usher in a promised light sea breeze, and the one preliminary qualifying race for either group were an unseemly scrap, but Lorina Limonade-Golfe du Morbihan performed near faultlessly when the pressure was on to take the top Stadium Nautique points bounty.

As the Tour heads for the three final Acts in the Mediterranean, and a requisite travel day Monday, it is Beijaflore - third overall on last year's Tour Voile - which heads to Gruissan, by Narbonne - with the overall lead of just one single, slender point ahead of Lorina Limonade Golfe du Morbihan.

The long period of waiting proved to be in vain for the Oman Sail team #sailingarabia. They were fifth early on in their one hit a very light patch and rolled on to the turning mark. Taking their penalty in the very light conditions meant they failed to finish within the time limit and so were scored DNF. The 25 points #sailingarabia are landed with drops them from third to fifth on the leaderboard.

Overall Rankings
Beijaflore - 429 pts
Lorina Limonade Golfe du Morbihan - 428 pts
Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 400 pts

Youth Rankings
Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 400 pts
Team Reseau Ixio - 398 pts
Team France Jeune - 379 pts

Amateur Ranking
Dunkerque Voile - 367 pts
Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d'Olonne - 362 pts
Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 288 pts

www.tourvoile.fr

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You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works. -- Leonardo da Vinci

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In This Issue
Beau Geste, Santa And Pro4U Take Early Leads In The Hague Offshore Worlds
Cowes Dinard St Malo Race
Andre Budzien claims third OK Dinghy world title
Rewarding but complex
Pressure and Promise in Cascais
GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship
Tornado World Championship 2018 - Day 6
Panerai British Classic Week: tidal tacticians triumph in Race 2
Slow Going at Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race
Huge iceberg threatens Greenland village
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Andy Warhol

Beau Geste, Santa And Pro4U Take Early Leads In The Hague Offshore Worlds
After over 24 hours of sailing in light air off the Dutch North Sea coast, the opening act of The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship has now concluded and the leaders are now known in each of three classes before the second stage of inshore racing begins tomorrow.

Scoring has been for a long race of 155 miles for Class A with a scoring gate at 70 miles, and a long race of 135 miles for Classes A and B with a scoring gate at 60 miles. Thus each class has two offshore races in their results: a short race worth 1.0 points weighting and a long race worth 2.0 points weighting.

After a start postponed until 12:30, each fleet started off in light 6-9 knot conditions that varied in strength and direction for the rest of the day and evening, reaching a high of about 12 knots at sunset before dropping again into single digits towards morning. With shifting breeze and currents at near springs in strength, it was a challenging night for all.

"It was a good course and a good test," said Eddie Warden-Owen, guest strategist aboard Tilmar Hansen's TP 52 Outsider. "We did not have the sail inventory options that Beau Geste had, and had to make some compromises - like going west of the windfarm on the final long leg to the finish - but it was a good race with lots of elements to make it interesting."

Outsider spent most of their race in lock-step behind Karl Kwok's Pac 52 Beau Geste, who won both races by a comfortable margin, with Outsider second and the Ker 46 Van Uden youth team in third, led by Volvo Ocean Race veteran Gerdjan Poortman and Dutch 470 Olympian Lobke Berkhout as coaches.

Phase two of the competition at the Offshore Worlds resumes tomorrow with the start of the first of seven planned inshore races. The teams will be given a respite tonight after the long race with a planned start time tomorrow in the afternoon at 1300 local time.

All results can be found at www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/OSW2018#!/results

offshoresailingworlds2018.com

Cowes Dinard St Malo Race
Pierre Sallenave's French X-442 Ster Wenn 5 has won the 2018 Cowes-Dinard-St Malo Race overall under IRC, winning the King Edward VII Cup dating back to 1906. On board were Pierre's two sons, just 13 and 15 years old, and all of the Ster Wenn 5 crew are friends and family. A RORC member since 1993, Pierre revealed the secret to their success was taking advice from one of the grandmasters of offshore sailing, Rolex Fastnet and RORC Commodores' Cup winner, Gery Trentesaux.

Congratulations to all of the Class Winners: In IRC One, Maxime de Mareuil's Orange Mecanix2 corrected out to win ahead of RORC Commodore Steven Anderson's Cracklin Rosie, and Mark Emerson's Phosphorous II. In IRC Two, Ster Wenn 5 was ahead of Gery Trentesaux's Courrier Recommande, and Patrice Vidon's J4f. In IRC Three, Ian Hoddle's Game On was the winner and the Two-Handed division, with Louis-Marie Dussere's Raging Bee 2 second in both classes. Nicolas Gaumont-Prat's Philosophie IV was third in IRC Three and Pierre Aubert's Georgia was third in IRC Two-Handed and IRC Four. Noel Racine's Foggy Dew was the winner of IRC Four, Hugo Tardivel's Colombus Circle was second. Francois Corre's Friends and Lovers was the winner of the Multihull Class with Philippe Damour Red-Avel runner up.

The 2018 RORC Season's Points Championship continues with The Channel Race, starting on the RYS Line on Saturday 28 July. -- Louay Habib

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Andre Budzien claims third OK Dinghy world title
A tight finish was expected, but no one expected the final day of the OK Dinghy World Championship to be at tight as it turned out. After two thrilling and close races, Andre Budzien claimed his third OK Dinghy world title, with exactly the same scoreline as Fredrik Loof, the tie being broken on the result of the final race. Jan Kurfeld took the bronze after a premature start in the final race cost him the title.

After a week of close competition, the world title came down to three sailors. The conditions on the final day in Warnemunde were perhaps the best yet with 14-18 knots of breeze with perfect waves. The only thing lacking was the sunshine, but that didn't really matter.

Going into the deciding race, there was one point separating the top three and it could not have been closer.

Coming into the finish, it was really close and the three boats approached the finish line from different directions. In the end Kurfeld crossed just seconds ahead of Budzien with Loof 10 seconds back in third. It was perhaps the closest finish to an OK Dinghy world championship ever.

However Kurfeld was world champion for less than 30 minutes until it emerged that he was a premature starter. This left him third overall while Budzien and Loof had exactly the same scoreline. Countback of results failed to break the tie, so it was decided on the result of the final race. Loof’s decision to attack Kurfeld rather than defend against Budzien had cost him the title.

But what an incredible finish; it was a close, exciting finish by three outstanding sailors; a brilliant display of boat handling, tactics and intense competition.

Is it time you found out what it means to be OK?

Final top ten results
1. Andre Budzien, GER, 12
2. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 12
3. Jan Kurfeld, GER, 13
4. Charlie Cumbley, GBR, 20
5. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 21
6. Bo Petersen, DEN, 24
7. Lars Johan Brodtkorb, NOR, 28
8. Greg Wilcox, NZL, 46
9. Martin V Zimmermann, GER, 48
10. Luke Gower, NZL, 50

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Rewarding but complex
Busy times for the team at the International Maxi Association supporting all the events that now include Maxi starts, like the Rolex Capri Sailing Week, the 151 Miglia and the Rolex Giraglia 2018 inshore races at Saint Tropez, as well of course as the classic offshore to Genoa...

Each of these events has its management structure and it is not as if the IMA aims to be part of that - the IMA just tries to help the event organisers to reach out to Maxi owners as well as to be available to Maxi owners and their representatives as a link to individual event organisations. Technical support, like helping with the text of NoRs and Sailing Instructions, is given and often appreciated as Maxi sailing is complex, no two boats are the same and the range of diversity is huge, which is reflected in the rules of the IMA and its associated classes as well as in the variety of rating systems and class rule peculiarities that we see in Maxi racing.

It is no wonder Maxi sailing is a bit of a rule-maze with boats varying in size from 18.29m hull length... to no upper limit. Some are pure racers, some pure cruising yachts, and many are aiming somewhere in between these two. In the IMA rule these are respectfully referred to as Racer Cruisers but this surely includes yachts that would more aptly be described as Cruiser Racer... or even Cruiser.

In practice we see boats up to 200ft joining events, yachts by their sheer size complex in almost every aspect of running and sailing them, let alone racing them.

Full article by Rob Weiland in the August issue of Seahorse: bit.ly/IMA-Aug18-TB

Pressure and Promise in Cascais
Cascais, Portugal: The Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet today had a welcome taste of what the forecasters promise to be a “to order” typical week of northwesterly wind and waves as the nine-boat fleet completed their Official Practice Race.

After the light winds of Croatia and the stifling temperatures that have prevailed in Northern Europe for the last few weeks, a decent brisk, cool Atlantic breeze of 15kts with puffs up to 20kts for the practice race, which was won five times world titlists Quantum Racing, was very welcome.

Nine all-new 2018-built TP52s will be competing at the world’s leading Grand Prix monohull yacht racing circuit, including Luna Rossa (ITA), challengers of record for the upcoming 36th America’s Cup, Doug de Vos’ Quantum Racing (with Dean Barker returning to the helm), Platoon and twice world champions Azzura.

Predictions are for winds averaging 20kts for the first days of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, with moderate sized waves.

Entries:
Alegre - Andy Soriano (USA/GBR), 2018 Botin
Azzurra - Roemmers Family (ARG/ITA), 2018 Botin
Luna Rossa - Patrizio Bertelli (ITA), 2018 Botin
Onda - Eduardo de Souza Ramos (BRA), 2018 Botin
Phoenix - Hasso/Tina Plattner (RSA), 2018 Botin
Platoon - Harm Müller-Spreer (GER), 2018 Vrolijk
Provezza - Ergin Imre (TUR), 2018 Vrolijk
Quantum Racing - Racing Doug DeVos (USA), 2018 Botin
Sled - Takashi Okura (USA), 2018 Botin

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GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship
33 J/70 teams will compete for the 2018 GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship, including the reigning Open and Corinthian Champions, Wilson & Marshall's Soak Racing and Patrick Liardet's Cosmic, who will be representing the host club, The Royal Southern YC. The championship will also feature youth teams including Fiona Hampshire's Royal Thames Academy Team racing Elizabeth. The 2018 GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship is a non-discardable event in the J/70 UK Grand Slam Series. Doug Struth's DSP, with Geoff Carveth on the tiller, leads the series. Soak Racing is second, Clive Bush's Darcey third, and Martin Dent's Jelvis and Phil Rees' Bryn are fourth and fifth respectively. All will be in action for the GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship.

Ten races are scheduled in the Central Solent with the first race due to start at 12:30 BST on Friday 20th July. Racing will conclude on Sunday 22nd July. The Royal Southern Yacht Club will provide dockside refreshments after racing each day, with North Sails providing daily weather forecasts via whatsapp. A full social programme will include the J/70 UK Class Dinner. The Doyle Sails Prize Giving for the GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship will take place after racing on Sunday.

For the full entry list for the GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship: yachtscoring.com/current_event_entries.cfm?eID=4571

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* Royal Southern Yacht Club commodore Karen Henderson-Williams, invited club members and their crews to gather after racing at the Charles Heidsieck RSrnYC July Regatta on Saturday, to celebrate three new J/70s for the club. On a glorious sunny evening on the terrace, past commodore Colin Hall, described to the small crowd how the original fleet of J/80s were the result of incredible generosity by previous members. He concluded “there was a time you looked out on this car park and saw a row of J/80s, those have been replaced by J/70s. Our members have changed their boats, so we have followed suit to support them.”

Named Lightfoot, Boysterous, and Excess, the new J/70s will no doubt be popular with both regular members, and Royal Southern Academy members, an initiative set up to help 18-25 year olds enjoy the many benefits of being a member of the club. Meanwhile the J/70 Class Association will hope that the new trio’s first event will be the GJW UK National Championships, which will be hosted by the Royal Southern next weekend, 20-22 July.

Royal Southern Yacht Club Academy member Emily Dresser splashed the champagne.

Tornado World Championship 2018 - Day 6
Saturday, 14th of July was the sixth and final day and the competitors’ faces were filled with sadness: storming clouds had invaded the sky of La Grande Motte, plus the end of the event was coming. At least, there was another racing day remaining!

AP went down and the Tornado fleets started perfectly aligned with 10-12 knots of winds for the 8th race of the day. AUT 3 started at full speed close to the Race Committee boat and rounded the first mark ahead of GRE 1.

Unfortunately, the wind gradually dropped enough to force the abandonment of the race.

The new start for the 8th race was given at 2:00 pm with a nice evening breeze and GRE 1 finished first.

So, that was the end of the 2018 Tornado Worlds and titles were decided.

Iordanis Paschalidis & Petros Konstantinidis, GRE 1, are the Open Tornado Champions for the second consecutive year! Another impressive performance from Iordanis Paschalidis who, alongside Konstantinos Trigonis, was winning this title since 2011. He is now a Tornado World Champion for the 8th time in a row, since nobody has managed to beat him.

Mixed Tornado Champions are the youths Estela Jentsch, the 16-year-old but also the 2016 Mixed World Champion and Daniel Brown, 18 years old Nacra 15 and F18 promising and winning sailor. They also finished third in the overall ranking.

Jurgen Jentsch, the Tornado Class President ended the prize giving ceremony organized at the "Yacht Club de La Grande Motte" by inviting all participants to join him at the 2019 World Championship, to be organized in New Zealand the coming January.

Top five
1. Iordanis Paschalidis / Petros Konstantinidis, GRE, 8
2. Brett Burvill / Max Puttman, AUS, 18
3. Estela Jentsch Steimer / Daniel Brown, GER, 26
4. Yoann Trecul / Thomas Ferrand, FRA, 37
5. Dietmar Salzmann / Silvia Salzmann, AUT, 42

www.tornado-class.org/2018-tornado-worlds/

Panerai British Classic Week: tidal tacticians triumph in Race 2
Cowes Yacht Haven was once again drenched in sunshine as day two of Panerai British Classic Week began. With the scheduled NAB Tower Race postponed until Tuesday to make the most of the forecasted stronger winds, Monday began with a briefing and a planned start for 11am.

The breeze took it’s time, but after a short postponement from Royal Yacht Squadron Chief Race Officer Dai Prichard, it filled in from the south west and the fleet was once again treated to some top-class racing in the Solent. Race two began with a downwind start for all classes and the 6 Metre class kicked off proceedings in glorious sunshine on the Royal Yacht Squadron inner line.

With a busy shipping channel to negotiate, the yachts also had to accurately judge the fast-moving tide trying to drag them over the line. Each of the 6 Metre and Class 1-4 starts ran without a hitch and the yachts raced to hoist their spinnakers as they crossed the start line and headed for the first mark.

Flight of Ufford had another strong day on the water and won Class 1, followed by Oui Fling and Spirit 65 Chloe Giselle. The hotly contested Class 2 was won by the 10 Metre Bojar, with Easy Glider in second and Opposition in third. Class 3 was won by last year’s overall winner Whooper, followed by Richard Matthew’s Fife Gaff Cutter Kismet in second and Sunmaid V in third. West Solent One Design Suvretta made it two wins from two races in Class four, with Cereste in second and Dorothy, a Thames Rater, in third.

Crews will undoubtedly be getting an early night this evening in preparation for tomorrow’s NAB Tower Race, with an inshore ‘round the cans’ race planned for the 6Metre class and those not participating in the NAB Tower Race.

www.paneraiclassicyachtschallenge.com

Slow Going at Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race
Detroit Michigan, USA.: The “slowest race in decades” implies and defines the light winds plaguing the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race, which began on Saturday, July 14, albeit with four postponements that pushed back many of the 16 afternoon start times, some by almost two hours.

As of 5:30 this afternoon, only 13 of the bigger boats from the 259-nm Cove Island Course had finished. Thirty four boats had dropped out, and no team from the 204 nm Shore Course was in sight.

“The Cove Island Course finishers are all Class A and B...the closest Class C is still 60 miles out, and D, E, F, G and H are behind that,” said Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race Chair Gary Shoemaker. “As the classes go up, speed goes down because the boats are smaller.”

Though there is no time limit, organizers traditionally stop recording finishes at noon on Tuesday, but for this 2018 edition they will stay at their posts until 6 p.m.

On the tracker, a dozen boats on the Cove Island Course are less than 50 miles out, then a “big clump” of boats is between 50-75 miles out. The Shore Course is losing wind along the Michigan shoreline, so it could be a long night; the leaders are 20 miles out but spread over a 60 or 70-mile trail.

Wizard is the second boat to cross the finish line this morning in the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race.

www.bycmack.com

Huge iceberg threatens Greenland village
A huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in western Greenland, prompting a partial evacuation in case it splits and the resulting wave swamps homes.

The iceberg is looming over houses on a promontory in the Innaarsuit village but is grounded and did not move overnight, local media say.

Local officials say they have never seen such a big iceberg before.

Last summer, four people died after waves swamped houses in north-western Greenland after an earthquake.

Those of Inaarsuit's 169 residents living nearest the iceberg have been moved, Danish news agency Ritzau said.

"There are cracks and holes that make us fear it can calve any time," village council member Susanne Eliassen told the local newspaper Sermitsiaq.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44831663

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In This Issue
Fair conditions for Volvo Round Ireland Race fleet as finishing-line beckons
Offshore Sailing Worlds Fleet Assembling
Countdown To Bermuda - Hamburg Leg Of The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta
The IMOCAs around the world with a crew in 2021
248 yachts in the 2018 edition of the AF Offshore Race
U.S. entry into America's Cup announces roster
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
2018 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup
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Fair conditions for Volvo Round Ireland Race fleet as finishing-line beckons
Photo by Dave Branigan / Oceansport. Click on image to enlarge.

With line honours in the Volvo Round Ireland Race expected to be won on Wednesday afternoon, weather continues to dominate the stakes for the overall race win still to be decided on IRC handicap.

After the heavy upwind conditions off the West coast on Monday, flatter seas and a moderate breeze has provided some respite to the fleet that now stands at 42 boats following a series of retirements, most due to gear failure.

Niall Dowling's Ker 43-footer Baraka Gp has held the on the water lead and passed Rathlin Island off the North coast of Ulster on Tuesday evening with 150 nautical miles remaining to the finishing-line at Wicklow.

Libertalia - Team Jolokia skippered by Jean-francois Levasseur, Volvo 60-footer and Classe 40-footer Corum skippered by Nicolas Troussel are the nearest challengers to Dowling's efforts to take at least line honours in the 705-nautical mile race.

However, forecasts now indicate headwinds for the Irish Sea approach to the finish later turning in light northerlies. The notorious Rathlin tidal gate could yet catch the chasing pack if winds die at night and anchoring for some boats is on the cards.

In the overall race handicap stakes, Pasternak Nicolas on Jaasap, a JPK 1010 tops the provisional leader-board, taking over from Stephen Quinn's J97 Lambay Rules. And hovering near the top of the standings is Ian Hickey's Granada 38 Cavatina, now in her 40th year and hoping for a third race win.

The bulk of the fleet has still to reach the north coast but reports from the crews suggest idyllic sailing along the spectacular Mayo and Donegal coasts.

For Ronan O'Siochrú's team on Irish Offshore Sailing's Desert Star, having overcome a spell of seasickness for some crew-members, a universal problem has arisen on board. The boat's entire supply of toilet roll that was stored in one bag became water-logged in the cabin due to the stormy conditions. The heatwave conditions on deck are proving useful for drying out the supply, roll by roll.

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Offshore Sailing Worlds Fleet Assembling
The Hague, Netherlands - With the final deadline now passed for committed entries to submit their measurement and certificate data, The Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship is in final preparation for the fleet of 90 yachts from 15 nations to start the event. This fleet represents a diverse cross section of teams from around the world comprised of seasoned champions, newcomers and older production cruiser/racers, as well as brand new custom racing designs being sailed by professional crews and Corinthian amateurs.

For the first time both ORC's rating system and IRC, the system used by the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and its French counterpart UNCL, will be used for scoring in this event, so all entries were required to be measured to have certificates from both systems. Use of these systems allows for boats of different types to race against each other under handicap in a week-long format of both offshore and inshore racing.

As the teams start assembling soon at Scheveningen Harbor, official activities start on Thursday 12 July with inspections of the fleet, a practice race and Opening Ceremony on Saturday 14 July, and the first offshore race starting on Sunday, 15 July. The length of this race will vary depending on the weather, but the first teams are expected to finish on Monday 16 July.

On Tuesday 17 July either offshore racing will resume, or the start of windward/leeward course racing will begin on two designated course areas off the beach at Scheveningen, with inshore racing to continue daily through Friday 20 July, and the Awards Ceremony and after party to follow that evening.

A total of nine races are scheduled, two offshore and seven inshore. The teams with the lowest combined scores using ORC and IRC ratings in each of three classes - Class A, Class B and Class C - will be crowned the new 2018 World Champions, with prizes also awarded to teams with all Corinthian (amateur) crew.

The largest and fastest boats are entered in Class A, with ten teams from six nations entered. These include veterans of past ORC championships, such as the reigning ORC European Class A champion from Finland, Tea Ekengren-Sauren's Swan 45 Blue Nights, who earned their title last year in Gdansk, Poland, and also newcomers such as Karl Kwok's Team Beau Geste from Hong Kong. This 2015 Botin 52 design is the farthest-travelled entry at the regatta, and has been racing successfully in the USA and Australia. The team is composed of pro sailors from around the world, including team manager Gavin Brady from New Zealand.

offshoresailingworlds2018.com

Countdown To Bermuda - Hamburg Leg Of The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta
Best Buddies near the Bermuda start line on July 2, 2018. Photo by Benedikt Woge/AAR. Click on image for photo gallery.

The excitement at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club was mounting on July 2, 2018, when Swan 441R Best Buddies started the second and final leg of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR). Being the exclusive entry in the Cruising Division of the regatta, the route will take them from subtropical Bermuda to the maritime HafenCity of Hamburg. Their start further marked the 1-week countdown to the major AAR start of the Racing Division on Sunday, July 8, which will see a fleet of 17 yachts race to the same destination.

It was also a very special day for one of the Best Buddies crew members: Erik Aldinger celebrated his birthday onboard the boat on the start day of the transatlantic race leg, surrounded by his other eight crew members. In true fashion of the AAR, which is a celebration of the jubilees of two of the most prestigious yacht clubs in Europe, the festivities continued until the Bermudian shore line was out of sight. "Best Buddies was the first draft of Nautor's Swan to build a race yacht as a one-design class, and after spending two years in the Caribbean, it fits perfectly that, with the 150th anniversary of NRV, there was finally another transatlantic regatta again", comments Susann Wrede, female co-skipper and co-owner of Best Buddies. The yacht is expected to arrive in Hamburg prior to the end of July. "Everything less than 24 days would be good", says Susann Wrede. "We are the smallest ship, therefore we would be surprised if we would not be overtaken. The big yachts, such as Rambler, are about ten generations ahead, which is simply incredible and it is great that they are participating as well", adds Kay Wrede, Susann's husband and co-owner of Best Buddies.

The nine 'best buddies' are now on their way towards their next mark, the Western approach to the English channel. "Best Buddies started at 12:30pm local time near St. David's Lighthouse in perfect conditions with 10-13 knots of wind, light waves and sunny skies", comments Stefan Kunstmann, Race Officer from the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC). "They headed out at 110 degrees and are expected to be about 900-950 nm ahead on July 8, when the Racing Division starts. Presently influenced by a low pressure system, Best Buddies is expected to transition to a high pressure system by Wednesday morning. At present, there will be a high pressure squeeze between the Central Atlantic and New York. This usually means relatively nice weather for a long duration. If all goes according to prediction, they should stop going upwind and begin to transition to downwind sailing at about that time."

The heavy Swan performs best in stronger wind conditions and might be challenged once the wind drops to about five knots on Wednesday. However, the team around skipper Susan Wrede and her husband Kay Wrede are an experienced amateur crew. The Wrede-Family has a strong yachting and boat building background and have immense experience in sailing and crossed the Atlantic several times. With 39 years of age, Best Buddies is not only the smallest, but also one of the oldest yachts in the field. In 1979 the dark blue yacht left the famous Swan shipyard in Finland to take part in many ocean races. When the yacht stopped active regatta sailing in 1983, she went through a two-way story: She sailed as a cabin charter yacht and crossed the Atlantic Ocean many times. After the last refit in 2012, Best Buddies received a second life as an offshore racing yacht and has regularly participated in offshore races ever since. In the same year, the "old lady" won the Swan Baltic Sea Challenge and Susan and Kay Wrede were nominated for the German Offshore Award for their participation in the Rolex Middle Sea Race 2015. The crew of 9, thereof two women, will use all their knowledge of refit and technology for a successful Atlantic crossing. Best Buddies is proudly flying the pennant of NRV and Royal Ocean Racing Club, who have both been associated with AAR since the early days of the first race leg, the RORC Transatlantic Regatta 2017 from the Canary Island to the Caribbean.

A YB Tracker is available to provide live-tracking of the entire fleet: yb.tl/aar2018

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The IMOCAs around the world with a crew in 2021
After several months of talks and reflection, a partnership agreement has just been signed between the famous round the world race (Volvo Ocean Race / Whitbread Round the World Race) and the IMOCA class. The 60-foot IMOCA boats will be lining up at the start of the next edition, which will take place in 2021.

It is a major development for the IMOCA, which after French solo races like the Vendee Globe and the Route du Rhum, will be widening its horizons abroad with crewed races, like the Volvo Ocean Race, the biggest crewed round the world race with stopovers, the most recent edition of which has just ended in The Hague. Antoine Mermod, the President of the IMOCA class, declared that "as we work together to bring the most important offshore races in the world – short-handed and fully crewed – to the IMOCA class boats, it will allow us to grow the class internationally and offer more value to our stakeholders. This partnership should allow us to accelerate the development of some of the teams involved in the IMOCA."

During the finish of the Volvo Ocean Race last week in The Hague, a meeting was held with organisers, sailors and designers like Guillaume Verdier, Juan Kouyoumdjian, Vincent Lauriot-Prevost and Sam Manuard. Vincent Riou, who for a long time was in charge of the technical committee within the IMOCA, was also present: "I was asked to share my experience. The aim was to determine together whether the signed agreements made sense and to come up with some technical solutions."

Johan Salen, co-president of the VOR, declared: "Moving the race into foiling monohulls under the IMOCA class will motivate more sailors, teams and the wider marine industry to prepare for the next edition. Partnering with the existing IMOCA infrastructure means the professional offshore sailing calendar becomes more unified and efficient, this helps the sport as a whole and helps to build a sustainable business model for teams and sailors."

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248 yachts in the 2018 edition of the AF Offshore Race
Stockholm, Swedenm: A competitive fleet of yachts have gathered in Stockholm for the 2018 edition of the AF Offshore Race, a unique race that starts in the heart of the city, stretches through the beautiful archipelago and continues out on open water and round the island of Gotland.

The AF Offshore Race was first raced in 1937 and has since the start been managed by The Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS). The course is 350 Nautical miles and with 250 boats competing it counts as one of the leading offshore events in northern Europe.

The number of participants has gone from 183 to 248 boats in the five last years and the number of foreign participants has also increased from 30 to 52.

8.00 PM Tuesday, 40 yachts have finished the race, 45 have abandoned racing and 152 are still out on the water. Looking at the overall results, before all yachts have finished, the current leader is Du Soleil (IMX 40) with an corrected time around the course at 56 h, 38 min.

Four minutes behind them on corrected time we have Goose II (Mumm 36) at second place.Furiosa (Cookson 50), who took line honours in the race around Gotland this morning, is currently on third place but the results can still be changed as more boats reach the finish in Sandhamn.

The first 24 hours of the race were windy but the conditions have been much lighter since midday on Monday. Some teams have been stuck in windless parts of the course today and the forecast says that the wind will continue to be light during the night.

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U.S. entry into America's Cup announces roster
The United States-based team that will challenge for the America's Cup in 2021 announced its initial roster on Monday.

American Magic, backed by New York Yacht Club, released a roster of 17 sailors that includes nine from the U.S., four from New Zealand, two from Great Britain and one each from Argentina and Australia.

Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis, Maryland, is the skipper.

A crew of 11 will be needed on the AC75, a 75-foot hydrofoiling monohull boat designed specifically for the 36th America's Cup, to be held off Auckland, New Zealand, in March 2021.

"The return of America's Cup activity to the Newport, Rhode Island, area will be a thrilling sight for sailing fans here, across the country and around the world," said Phil Lotz, commodore of New York Yacht Club.

The following make up the initial roster:

Helmsman/tacticians: Dean Barker (Auckland), Andrew Campbell (San Diego), Bora Gulari (Detroit), Ian Moore (Cowes, Great Britain).

Sail trimmers: Trevor Burd (Marblehead, Massachusetts), Maciel Cicchetti (Mar del Plata, Argentina), Paul Goodison (Sheffield, Great Britain), David Hughes (Miami).

Specialists: Matt Cassidy (San Diego), Sean Clarkson (Kerikeri, New Zealand), Jim Turner (Auckland).

Grinders: Cooper Dressler (Coronado, California), Luke Muller (Ft. Pierce, Florida), Caleb Paine (San Diego), Luke Payne (Fremantle, Australia), Joe Spooner (Auckland).

The head coach of the team is James Lyne of Granville, Vermont.

www.newportri.com/sports/20180702/us-entry-into-americas-cup-announces-roster

Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Chimney
Seems that Armel Le C'leac'h had been finding new ways to make his Imoca 60s go faster...

First steps (always) are exciting
Close and intriguing start to the TP52 year. Less tight for the Fast40s... Rob Weiland

The calm before the hurricane
Reefable wing sails are getting there - and now there is the substantial boost coming from the new AC75 programmes. Jocelyn Bleriot, Marc Van Peteghem, Bruno Belmont, Edouard Kessi, Romaric Neyhousser

Delivery
It's 1926 and Jolie Brise owner - and Ocean Racing Club co-founder - George Martin wants to do the Bermuda Race... Clare Mccomb

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2018 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup
Oyster Bay, N.Y.L Ten teams of four, each with at least one female crew, competed at this year's 2018 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup. Hosted by Oakcliff Sailing and Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, the competitors finished an exciting Round Robin in the late Saturday evening, the second day of racing. The hot and humid conditions continued Sunday with no breeze and no wind. The race committee could not start any races past 1:00 pm ET, so they referred to the results of the previous two days to score the regatta.

Round Robin leader, Jack Parkin (Greenwich, Conn.), and his team composed of Ashton Borcherding (Greenwich, Conn.), Bram Brakman (Darien, Conn.), and Wiley Rogers (Kemah, Texas) were crowned the overall winners of the 2018 U.S. Youth Match Racing Championship for the Rose Cup. Parkin's team represented the Riverside Yacht Club (Conn.).

They finished nine races with eight points, and only one loss in the Round Robin to last year's champion, David Wood (Corona del Mar, Calif.).

Also finishing with eight points through nine races were Cameron Feves (Long Beach, Calif.), Tanner Chapko (Coronado, Calif.), Brock Paquin (Coronado, Calif,), and Lukas Kraak (Palos Verdes, Calif.). Parkin defeated Feves in the Round Robin for the tie-breaker edge. Feves took second place overall and represented the Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club (Calif.).

Placing third with six points was Ansgar Jordan (San Diego, Calif.), Soenke Jordan (San Diego, Calif.), Patrick Mulcahey (Los Angeles, Calif.), and Marianna Shand (Chula Vista, Calif.). They represented the Coronado Yacht Club (Calif.).

In its brief, yet impactful history on youth match racing in the U.S., this invitational event for 16 to 20 year-olds has served as an outstanding training ground for young sailors who are passionate about match racing and focused on competing at the next level.

Final results:
Jack Parkin
Cameron Feves
Ansgar Jordan
Cole Harris
Conrad Vandlik
Porter Killian
David Wood
Jack Reiter
Robert Turigliatto

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In This Issue
Dowling's Baraka Gp wins line honours in Volvo Round Ireland Race
French On A Flyer At WMRT Season Opener
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
America's Cup: Amended AC75 class rule released
Clipper Race 12 Day 8: Scoring Gate Gamble
Industry News
Capt. Henry E. Marx
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Christopher Walken

Dowling's Baraka Gp wins line honours in Volvo Round Ireland Race
Baraka Gp crew. Photo by Dave Branagan / Oceansport. Click on image to enlarge.

With a break in the weather that delivered a direct route to the Wicklow finishing-line, Niall Dowling and his ten-strong crew on Baraka Gp won line honours as first boat home in the Volvo Round Ireland Race this afternoon (Wednesday 4th July 2018).

The remaining 46 boats still at sea are facing light winds raising the prospect of Dowling's team winning the overall race that is decided on IRC handicap.

The next finisher is expected to be Libertalia Team Jolokia skippered by Jean-francois Levasseur about 12 hours behind Baraka Gp and expected in the early hours of Thursday morning.

"The Volvo Round Ireland is a really, really hard race; it's like Mount Kilimanjaro - it's one of the biggest, one of the hardest mountains to climb," commented Ian Moore, navigator on Baraka Gp who previously won this race in 2004. "It's a little bit longer than the other races, it's a little more difficult, the conditions are a little more unpredcitable… it's in there with the great classics."

While Baraka Gp will depart tomorrow to compete in the Round the Island Race in Cowes, several competitors in the Volvo Round Ireland Race may yet be at sea a week after starting out from Wicklow.

The overall race win hangs by a thread, currently favouring Baraka Gp thanks to the overnight breeze on the Irish Sea but remains open to several contenders before victory can be declared.

Chris Power Smith's Aurelia from Dun Laoghaire has over 100 nautical miles to sail and is the main challenger - at present - to the line honours winner but an overnight finish will be needed to dislodge Dowling.

"I think we're fighting against the clock given that we're a large(r) boat and this is going to be a small boat race," Dowling said ashore at Wicklow Sailing Club. "It's been ten years since I did the race and I won't leave it as long next time!"

However, this race is far from over and past form means plenty of upsets to the standings remain in the form of weather vagaries and tidal gates on the final miles to the finishing-line.

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French On A Flyer At WMRT Season Opener
Marstrand, Sweden: Reigning Match Racing World Champion Torvar Mirsky laid his mark on the opening round of the 2018 season as he won two from two to kick start his title defence, beginning at GKSS Match Cup Sweden 2018.

Mirsky Racing Team sees two new faces since the win in China last year. Kinley Fowler, from Torvar's original monohull campaigns, is back along with fellow Aussie Luke Payne. Both bring America's Cup experience from Oracle Team USA and Softbank Team Japan respectively, which was certainly shown on the race course.

As the qualification stage continued, Yann Guichard's all-French outfit stepped up to the plate to deliver a fifth-place followed by there back-to-back bullets in the building afternoon breeze, one of which was a crowd-pleasing photo finish.

Spindrift Racing has been steadily improving, proven with a bronze medal at the last event, the 2017 Match Racing World Championship. With this ongoing momentum and a strong start to GKSS Match Cup Sweden, the French could be looking at their first Championship Level event win, following a win at a qualifier in Alicante as part of the Volvo Ocean Race collaboration.

Sweden's West Coast has been enjoying a fantastic summer and this week it looks to continue delivering superb sailing conditions. A morning wind from the sea-breeze South West continued to build through the day from 5 up to around 10 knots. As ever when sailing in the shadows of Marstrand's rock face, light airs will provide a "tacticians day where picking the shifts is the key", as Essiq Racing Team's tactician Jakob Wilson happily pointed out.

Both the Women's Class and the Open Class will take to the water tomorrow morning to complete the Qualifying Stage. Amongst those still to complete their full sailing program is six-time Match Racing World Champion and 2011 Match Cup Sweden winner Ian Williams with his team, GAC Pindar. Also taking to the water again will be local Nicklas Dackhammar, rookie Tour Card Holder Harry Price, Sam Gilmour and Joachim Aschenbrenner, whilst Yann Guichard also sailing will attempt to extend his lead at the top.

Racing will commence at 10:00 local time with the Open Class competition and the intention is to get through the full Repechage Stage by the close of day, leaving the competition with the final eight for the Quarter Finals. In the Women's class, qualifying will conclude and proceed with the Sail-Off to eliminate one team from the competition heading, the final four heading to the Semi Final Stage.

Open Class Qualifying Standings (after 10 races)
1. Yann Guichard (FRA), Spindrift Racing
2. Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Mirsky Racing Team
3. Sam Gilmour (AUS), Neptune Racing
4. Johnie Berntsson (SWE), Berntsson Sailing Team
5. Ian Williams (GBR), GAC Pindar
6. Harry Price (AUS), Down Under Racing
7. Markus Edegran (USA), Team Torrent
8. Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE), Essiq Racing Team
9. Taylor Canfield (USA), US One
10. Mans Holmberg (SWE), Holmberg Racing Team
11. Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN), ART Sailing
12. Jonas Warrer (DEN), Warrer Racing

Women's Class Qualifying Standings (after 4 races)
1. Renee Groeneveld (NED), Dutch Match Racing Team
2. Anna \Ostling (SWE), Team Anna
3. Olivia Mackay (NZL), Sailing Team NZL
4. Clare Costanzo (AUS), Fusion Racing
5. Mariana Lobato (POR), Mirpuri Foundation Team

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Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

The game of drones
Emirates Team New Zealand's magic ingredient. Nick Bowers and Rob Kothe

A busy year
1983 and at the new San Diego design 'office' of Reichel/Pugh life is about to change. Jim Pugh and Dobbs Davis

A foot in both camps
When not fettling their fleet of classic boats one famous New Zealand yard is restoring Whitbread maxis and building superyachts. Ivor Wilkins

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America's Cup: Amended AC75 class rule released
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and Circolo della Vela Sicilia, together with their respective teams Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record - Luna Rossa, have published an updated AC75 Class Rule for the 36th America's Cup Friday (NZT).

The AC75 Class Rule defines the parameters within which teams can design a yacht eligible to compete in the 36th America's Cup.

While a schedule of changes has not been provided, the changes in several key areas appear to lower the potential cost of AC75's, specify some key changes and make the class rule more well defined and elegant with less need to refer to the Measurement Committee for interpretation.

A change that does not appear to have been made is the allowance of modification of both AC75 hull's built by a team - which was flagged in the first version as an option being considered by the Challenger of Record and Defender (COR/D).

Currently, only one AC75 hull surface can be altered by up to 25% of its original surface area, once the boat has been launched and measured. That limits the team to either modifying their first launched AC75 to get the hull shape etc right, and then designing a second AC75 based on that experience. Or not altering the first launched and the using the second AC75 as the "Lego" boat. Most would probably run the former model. However, allowing the modification of only one hull does make the regatta more even for the teams which have built only one hull.

Full article by Richard Gladwell in Sail-World.com:
www.sail-world.com/news/207123/A-new-version-of-the-AC75-class-rule-is-out

Clipper Race 12 Day 8: Scoring Gate Gamble
The Clipper Race fleet are still racing in two fairly tight packs. Five teams went for the Scoring Gate but with only points on offer for the first three to cross, the competition was closely fought.

Unicef is back in first place and according to the Race Viewer it looks like the team's decision to go for the Scoring Gate paid dividends (the official results are being checked and will be confirmed by the Race Office later today). Speaking on his birthday, Unicef's Additionally Qualified Person on board, Guy Waites, said "together we celebrated the day in style, we've gybed more times than there were candles on the cake (slight exaggeration) and just in time to pip Visit Seattle to the scoring gate."

Nikki Henderson and her Visit Seattle team have their sights clearly on Unicef as they are just over one nautical mile behind the bright blue boat. They too went for the Scoring Gate and being in Stealth Mode meant their sneaky progress was a surprise for their follow gate chasers. Again, official results are to be confirmed but two bonus points will be very important to Henderson's team who currently third on the Overall Race Leaderboard.

The weather has changed for the Scoring Gate pack. Rob Graham, Skipper of third placed Nasdaq says: "We're now heading north-ish through some very tricky weather - big wind shifts, rain and limited visibility." But Clipper Race Meteorologist Simon Rowell has predicted low-pressure driven wind by the end of today and looking ahead towards the end of this Race 12: LegenDerry Race, there is a strong chance of light winds. With six days to go until the Derry-Londonderry arrival window - the race is still wide open for teams to scoop victory.

Race 12: The LegenDerry Race is expected to take up to 19 days, with the Clipper Race fleet estimated to arrive in Derry-Londonderry between 10-14 July - just in time for the Foyle Maritime Festival. The award-winning festival will run from Saturday 14 July until the fleet departs for Liverpool on Sunday 22 July. For more information about Foyle Maritime Festival, see the Derry-Londonderry Stopover page on the Clipper Race website.

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Industry News
With around 100 superyachts expected to attend the 36th America's Cup race series in Auckland during 202, the city has plans to construct an additional 60 superyacht berths to make a total of 92 available. It is reported that half all the berths have already been booked by superyachts planning to visit for the America's Cup.

With the previous America's Cups, Auckland is already well supplied with superyacht berths. The Silo marina can accommodate superyachts of 100m (328ft) or more. Also taking account of the long journey the yachts will have to make to reach Auckland, the city has recently announced a new repair and refit facility to be developed at what is know as Site 18 within the Wynyard Quarter. This will further enhance the already such facilities available within the Quarter or close by.

Under a jointly-agreed plan between the New Zealand Government, the NZ Marine Industry Association and the Emirates New Zealand Team, the layout of Auckland's Wynyard Quarter has been organised to provide the necessary team bases and as much berthage as possible for superyachts. -- David Robinson, IBI News

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The Mirabaud Sailing Video Award announces the composition of its international jury:

Shirley Robertson, double Olympic champion and presenter of CNN's Mainsail
Daniel Smith (UK), Communication & Digital Manager at World Sailing
Nicolas Mirabaud (SUI), Limited Partner and member of the Executive Committee of Mirabaud & Cie SA
Alessandra Ghezzi, media specialist and Communications Director of 11th Hour Racing
Dee Caffari (UK), skipper of the boat Turn the Tide on Plastic team involved in the Volvo Ocean Race
Georgie Corlett-Pitt, editor-in-chief of Yachts & Yachting magazine

The Mirabaud Sailing Video Award is the only event of its kind, designed to celebrate the best sailing videos produced each year and their authors. It is an annual competition for professional cameramen, directors, editors, TV production companies, as well as professional sailors who film their achievements during regattas.

The winners of the second edition of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award will be celebrated at the Yacht Racing Forum (Lorient (FRA), 22-23 October 2018) in front of the sports' leading personalities from all over the world: race organisers, class representatives, yacht clubs, teams, sponsors, etc.

Submission of the videos:

The contest is officially open and videos can be submitted at any time, until September 24, 2018 at midnight GMT. The videos must have been filmed between November 1, 2017 and September 24, 2018. Parallel to the votes of the jury, the public will be called upon to vote from 28 September to 15 October 2018.

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Lesley Robinson has been appointed CEO of British Marine, taking up the position on July 16.

Lesley has held many high-level positions in public, non-marine and leisure marine sectors.

She is a qualified accountant with financial, commercial and general management roles to her credit.

Lesley has formerly worked with start-ups, turnarounds and organic and in the field of acquisition-driven diversification.

Former BM CEO Howard Pridding left the organisation earlier this summer to seek new opportunities.

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The leading UK marina business, Premier Marinas, has reported a stronger financial performance in the 12 months to October 1, 2017 compared to the previous 18 months up to October 2, 2016.

In the filing of the results with the UK's Companies House, it stated that: "The directors are satisfied with the performance of the company for the period and with its financial position at the end of the period. The directors do not anticipate any significant changes to the level of business activity in the coming period."

A division of the Wellcome Trust, the key performance indicators for Premier Marinas show that in the year to October 1, 2017, the turnover was £8,706,000 and the EBITDA was £3,005,000. This compares with a turnover of £12,006,000 and an EBITDA of £3,284,000 in the previous 18 months to October 2, 2016.

In terms of profit in the 2017 fiscal period, the profit after taxation was £5,088,000 as against £2,097,000 for the 18-month fiscal period ending October 2, 2016. For the 2017 period gift aid of £5,000,000 was paid compared with £121,000 in the previous 18 months. In the 2017 fiscal period the value of the net assets/shareholder funds of the Premier Marinas group rose from £131,506,000 in October 2016 to £133,094,000 in October 2017.

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Oyster Yachts, the UK sailing yacht builder that was acquired by entrepreneur Richard Hadida in March, has confirmed its new board members.

Hadida has taken the role of CEO, while acting CFO Becky Bridgen is now performing her role on a permanent basis. She previously worked for Price Waterhouse Cooper (PwC) as part of the deals team, providing financial advice to FTSE 100 companies and private businesses - including many associated with the marine industry.

The rest of the Oyster board is comprised of non-executives Ashley Highfield as senior independent director, motoracing expert Eddie Jordan, investment banker Ivan Ritossa, and yacht designer Rob Humphreys.

Non-executive director Eddie Jordan is a long-time Oyster owner who has circumnavigated the world on his own Oyster 885 Lush. He has decades of experience in motor racing and Formula 1 - in particular his role as founder and CEO of Jordan Grand Prix and through TV coverage over the past 10 years with the BBC and Channel 4, as well as the BBC's Top Gear.

Jordan is also a highly experienced non-executive director, with roles at Clareville Capital Partners and Citibank Private Bank, as well as serving as an advisor to Lloyds Development Capital and Aspinall Capital Advisers.

Ivan Ritossa has worked for over 30 years in investment banking and has been successful in building numerous diverse and global businesses over this period. At Barclays Capital, he was an executive committee member, managing director and head of Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and Africa across all units of the investment bank.

Ritossa has held a number of board seats in the UK, Africa and the Middle East including a non-executive director of ABSA Group, EBS Group, Barclays Saudi Arabia Board and was on the NY Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee, The Bank of England Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee and the Singapore Foreign Exchange Markets Committee.

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Capt. Henry E. Marx
Capt. Henry E. Marx, Master Mariner and founder of Landfall Navigation, passed away from pneumonia on June 28, 2018 in Greenwich, CT. He was 77 years.

He had a corporate career with Pitney Bowes, Combustion Engineering and the American Gas & Chemical Company before returning to his first love - the sea - acquiring Landfall Navigation, the Marine Navigation and Safety Equipment chandlery in 1982.

Capt. Marx, a life-long mariner, saw service in the U.S. diesel submarine Navy and the Norwegian merchant marine - as well as a 20+ year career delivering and cruising yachts along the East and West Coasts. Capt. Marx was a fixture in the area of marine safety and anyone that attended a Safety at Sea seminar will remember his colorful lectures.

He authored a well-respected navigation video Loran C: A Navigator's Approach, was a well-respected Navigation and Marine Safety Instructor, served on the Marine Board Nautical Chart Committee, was a member of the Storm Trysail Club and was an advisor to the U.S. Sailing Safety at Sea Committee.

Over the last year Capt. Marx received numerous honors for his contributions to the local and national sailing community.

In November of 2017, he was awarded the prestigious Owen C. Torrey Memorial Trophy by the Storm Trysail Club Board of Directors for his contribution to recreational boating, the Club and the Marine industry - especially with the U.S. Sailing sponsored Safety at Sea Seminar programs.

SoundWaters, the leading environmental education organization on Long Island Sound, honored Capt. Marx this Spring for his past service and as a founding member of the Young Mariners Foundation, creating The Henry Marx Cup, which will be awarded annually to the winner of the final Young Mariners Academy race series.

And finally, he was awarded the Commodore's Award by the Cruising Club of America for his contributions both as a long-time member as well as his work as a safety educator and advocate.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
The Stamford Sailing Foundation, 97 West Ocean Drive, Stamford, CT 06902
The Gettysburg Foundation, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 18325

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In This Issue
Bermuda To Hamburg Race
Favorites Advance in Marstrand
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Slow going for first 4 days of Golden Globe Race
Brits bring their A game to mid-season fight in Extreme Sailing Series Act 4, Cascais
Win A Short Handed Sailing Session With Marlow Ropes & The Offshore Academy!
Round the Island Race Weather forecast
80 Years Young
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Dok Holocaust

Bermuda To Hamburg Race
The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR) is part of the grand celebrations for the 150th anniversary for the Norddeutsher Regatta Verein (NRV), Hamburg, Germany. The Bermuda to Hamburg Race is the final offshore race of the regatta series for the AAR, following on from the 2900 nautical mile RORC Transatlantic Race from Lanzarote to Grenada. The AAR is the first ever offshore series crossing the Atlantic Ocean in both directions.

George David's American Maxi Rambler 88 is the hot favourite for Line Honours. This will be David's second West to East Transatlantic Race in Rambler 88. In his previous yacht, Rambler 100, David claimed Line Honours and a world record for the route from Newport, RI to the Lizard Cornwall (6 days 22 hours 08 mins 02 seconds). For the 2018 Bermuda to Hamburg Race, sixteen members of the Rambler 88 team have competed in the America's Cup or Volvo Ocean Race, winning both of the prestigious trophies on many occasions.

The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club is a hive of activity as the international teams prepare for the 3500nm race. The Bermuda to Hamburg Race features 17 teams with over 150 sailors from 14 different countries, racing under the IRC and ORC Rating systems and under Class40 Rules.

Top talent from Germany includes Jens Kellinghusen's Ker 56 Varuna, which will be representing the NRV. Boat Captain Tim Daase has represented Germany in the America's Cup and the crew includes some of Spain's best offshore sailors, including Volvo Ocean Race winner Chuni Bermudez, and Guillermo Altadill. Boris Herrmann's German IMOCA 60 Malizia will be racing fully crewed. Boris is a member of the NRV, and will be competing solo in the Route du Rhum later this year.

French hopes of victory rest with two outstanding yachts. Eric de Turkheim's Nivelt-Muratet 54 Teasing Machine was the overall winner for the RORC Transatlantic Race, Teasing Machine's crew includes Volvo Ocean Race winner Laurent Pages, and the outstanding French navigator, Jean-Luc Nelias. Catherine Pourre's French Class40 Earendil is one of a trio of Class40s racing. Earendil tasted victory in this year's RORC Caribbean 600 and The Atlantic Cup. Mathias Mueller von Blumencron's German Class40 RED was the winner of the RORC Transatlantic Race, and Arnt and Soenke Bruhns, racing Iskareen, were the division winners for last month's Antigua Bermuda Race.

Corinthian teams include Hans Oestmann's German team racing Lombard 46 Hamburg LinesMen. The company's main business is to secure and cast the lines of commercial ships visiting the Port of Hamburg. For the Bermuda Hamburg Race, Hamburg LinesMen will be casting off their own lines racing in the Atlantic Ocean back to their home port. Two Corinthian entries are keeping up a tradition that dates back over 100 years. Andrews 56, Broader View Hamburg and JV 52 Haspa Hamburg belong to the Hamburgischer Verein Seefahrt (HVS).

All yachts in the race are fitted with a YB Tracker, which will give position reports and more through a free-to-use player application. Over 6500 'armchair admirals' have entered the Virtual Race to join the on-line game go to: virtualregatta.com/en/index_vroffshore.php

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IMOCA 60 Malizia from the Royal Yacht Club of Monaco, skippered by offshore pro-sailor Boris Herrmann,a is greeted by the National Icon of Bermuda, the traditional Spirit of Bermuda yacht.

Favorites Advance in Marstrand
Marstrand, Sweden: The final fleet races concluded this morning, leaving defending World Champion Torvar Mirsky at the top of the seeding going forwards in this competition, however the stories of the day were defined by fantastically close match racing as GKSS Match Cup Sweden welcomed the knockout stages to take 17 teams down to 12.

In the only match-up to go the full distance, local Måns Holmberg was hungry for payback on Taylor Canfield who has had the better of the Swede at GKSS Match Cup Sweden and the World Championship in China during 2017, both times in the Super 16 Stage. Canfield looked dominating during match one and two, leaving Holmberg to go back to the drawing board heading into match three. The Swedes certainly dug deep, won the start and led US One around the course, greeted by a roaring applause from the crowd in the grandstand and on the rocks of Marstrand.

After a technical issue in the pre-start which caused the US One crew to lose the main traveller, the pair were faced with a sudden death match point. Blow for blow the two remained even around the first lap and through the final upwind. At the final cross before the weather mark Canfield slammed a tack on top of Holmberg. In a hurried luff by Holmberg, the umpires green flagged the incident with Canfield doing all he could to avoid contact between the boats. With that it was a race for who could bare away, get the traveller on and head for home the quickest. Sadly for local fans here on Marstrand, Holmberg was hit with curse of Canfield yet again.

In the other Repechage Stage matches, Nicklas Dackhammar took the all-Scandinavian affair 3-0 over Jonas Warrer to advance to the next round, while Price beat the only other Dane in the competition, Joachim Aschenbrenner, in three straight bullets.

In the women’s fleet, as the Qualifying Stage concluded it was Sailing Team NZL skippered by Olivia Mackay who flew to the top spot, giving them the pick going forward to Saturday’s Semi Final Stage.

The men’s Quarter Final Stage will run tomorrow, with the women sitting out until Friday’s Semi Final Stage. Racing commences at 10:00 local time as more wall-to-wall sunshine is forecast with a slightly lower breeze of 6-8 knots.

Open Class, Qualifying Stage
1. Torvar Mirsky, Mirsky Racing, 10.8
2. Yann Guichard, Spindrift Racing , 11
3. Sam Gilmour, Neptune Racing, 17
4. Johnie Berntsson , Berntsson Sailing Team, 19
5. Harry Price, Down Under Racing, 20
6. Taylor Canfield, Us One, 20.4
7. Ian Williams, Gac Pindar, 21
8. Markus Edegran, Team Torrent, 22
9. Måns Holmberg, Holmberg Racing Team, 22.8
10. Niklas Dackhammar, Essiq Racing Team, 24
11. Jonas Warrer, Warrer Racing, 25.2
12. Joachim Aschenbrenner, Art Sailing, 30

Women's Class, Qualifying Stage
1. Olivia Mackay, Sailing Team Nzl, 16
2. Clare Costanzo, Fusion Racing, 16
3. Anna Ostling, Team Anna, 17
4. Renee Groeneveld, Dutch Match Racing Team, 20
5. Mariana Lobato, Mirpuri Foundation Team, 21

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Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

World news
The unstoppable Class40, the (new) Aussie dirt-bike king, a very tough leg. Plus... the Italians are coming? Glenn Ashby, Patrice Carpentier, Blue Robinson, Ivor Wilkins, Giuliano Luzzatto

Paul Cayard - Even the longest journey
The perfect storm... or rather bottleneck

IRC - Passion and common sense
The big four... well, really three plus an ambitious new boy. And why course selection is everything

Seahorse build table - Tidy package?
Bruised but back... Francois Lange

Sailor of the Month
Olympic champions in the game of putting back

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Slow going for first 4 days of Golden Globe Race
The first four days of light, variable winds appear to have played into the hands of Golden Globe Race leader Mark Slats, the Dutch transatlantic rowing record-holder and his secret weapon – a pair of giant sculling oars.

Slats overtook the initial fleet leader Philippe Peche during their first night at sea after leaving Les Sables d’Olonne last Sunday and has been a consistent front-runner since. At 06:00 UTC today the Dutchman held a 3 mile lead on second placed Peche as the leaders rounded Cape Finisterre and began their run south towards the Canaries and their first ‘gate’ off Lanzarote.

The fleet is now spread out over a 100 mile distance with Australian Mark Sinclair currently trapped in very light airs close into the North Spanish coast and wishing perhaps that he too had an oar.

The first four skippers, Slats, Peche, Estonian Uku Randmaa and French veteran Jean-Luc Van Den Heede have all shared the lead during this first week at sea and significantly perhaps, are all sailing Rustler 36 yachts. 12 miles is all that divides them today.

The forecast does not bode well for the tail-enders with calms continuing in the Finisterre region over the weekend while the leaders can expect favourable 10 increasing to 20knot northerly winds as they run down the Portuguese coast.

GGR Leader board: 06:00 UTC 05.08.18
1. Mark Slats (NED) Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick, 24,623 n.miles to finish
2. Philippe Peche (FRA) Rustler 36 PRB, +3
3. Uku Randmaa (EST) Rustler 36 One and All, +10
4. Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut, +12
5. Are Wiig (NOR) OE 32 Olleanna, +24
6. Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Gaia 36 Asteria, +34
7. Igor Zaretskiy (RUS) Endurance 35 Esmeralda, +42
8. Loïc Lepage (FRA) Nicholson 32 Laaland, +47
9. Gregor McGuckin (IRE) Biscay 36 Hanley Energy Endurance, +48
10. Antoine Cousot (FRA) Biscay 36 Metier Interim, +52
11. Susie Goodall (GBR) Rustler 36 DHL Starlight, +55
12. Abhilash Tomy (IND) Suhaili replica Thuriya, +56
13. Nabil Amra (PAL) Biscay 36 Liberty II, +60
14. Ertan Beskardes (GBR) Rustler 36 Lazy Otter, +63
15. Istvan Kopar (USA) Tradewind 35 Puffin, +81
16. Kevin Farebrother (AUS) Tradewind 35 Sagarmatha, +84
17. Mark Sinclair (Aus) Lello 34 Coconut, +100

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Brits bring their A game to mid-season fight in Extreme Sailing Series Act 4, Cascais
Taking an impressive five podium finishes in the day's eight races, the Brits meant business on the first day of the Extreme Sailing Series Act 4, Cascais.

Big breeze of up to 16 knots paired with flat water offered up perfect foiling conditions, as INEOS Rebels UK shot around the racecourse at speed, closing the day on the podium in third.

Having taken some time to reflect on their performance in Act 3, Barcelona, the British squad made a few changes to their set up ahead of Cascais, and they certainly saw results.

"We made some good choices today," said a pleased Will Alloway, the team's skipper. "The breeze built throughout the afternoon, so crew fitness was really key to keeping these boats moving fast. Our boat handling was good and we made some decent gains."

It was no surprise, though, that it was the Swiss who took the top spot in the Cascais opener, having demonstrated masterful sailing throughout the Series so far. Arnaud Psarofaghis and his crew sailed Alinghi to victory as they foiled into first place in four races, with podium finishes in all but one of the others.

Alinghi hit the top speed of the day, flying downwind at 30.2kts, an insight provided by SAP.

The Flying Phantom Series also took place today in Cascais, prior to the GC32 racing. Chased closely by Team France Jeune, it was Idreva Zephyr Foiling who took the top spot.

The Flying Phantoms will continue racing in front of Clube Naval de Cascais from 10:00 UTC+1 tomorrow. GC32 racing is scheduled to commence at 14:00 UTC+1. All the action can be followed on the Extreme Sailing Series LIVE blog.

Extreme Sailing Series 2018 Act 4, Cascais standings after Day 1, 8 races
1. Alinghi (SUI) Arnaud Psarofaghis, Nicolas Charbonnier, Timothe Lapauw, Nils Frei, Yves Detrey: 87 points
2. Oman Air (OMA) Phil Robertson, Pete Greenhalgh, James Wierzbowski, Stewart Dodson, Nasser Al Mashari: 81 pts
3. INEOS Rebels UK (GBR) Will Alloway, Leigh McMillan, Oli Greber, Adam Kay, Mark Spearman: 79 pts
4. SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Rasmus Kostner, Adam Minoprio, Julius Hallstrom, Pierluigi de Felice, Richard Mason: 77 pts
5. Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Ed Powys, Neil Hunter, Dan Morris, Rhys Mara: 66 pts
6. Team Mexico (MEX) Erik Brockmann, Tom Buggy, Alex Higby, Tom Phipps, Danel Belausteguigoitia Fierro: 63 pts
7.Team Portugal (POR) Luís Brito, Henrique Brites, Adam Piggott, Martin Evans, Bernardo Loureiro, João Assoreira: 51 pts

www.extremesailingseries.com

Win A Short Handed Sailing Session With Marlow Ropes & The Offshore Academy!
Marlow is proud to support The Offshore Academy as official supplier and helps make sure The Academy’s boats have the latest products for sail handling and controls. We are giving our Facebook followers the chance to win a Short Handed Sailing Session with Academy skipper Hugh Brayshaw.

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Round the Island Race Weather forecast
The low off Lands End should fill today (Thursday), with the N Atlantic High moving E over Ireland. As the day warms up a weak heat low will develop over the E of England, and this will bring a light W/WSW wind along the S coast, which will be thermally enhanced through the afternoon. It will be a warm day with patchy cloud & no rain.

Friday this high should move over the UK bringing a light N/NW gradient wind. It should be a hot & sunny day, allowing the heat low to develop again over the E of England. As it does so the breeze should back left WSW up the Channel, remaining quite light.

For Saturday the high should be firmly settled over the UK with its central ridge extending from S of Ireland to around Newcastle. This will bring a hot & sunny day with a light NNE/NE gradient wind to start. This is likely to be replaced by a developing sea breeze around 1100, light S/SSW around the back of the Island, light SSE/SSW through the E Solent. It will be a very tactical day.

Gusts are likely to be 1/3 as much again as the average wind speed. Squall-driven gusts may be higher still - the deeper the cloud, the stronger the gust.

RACE DAY - Saturday 7th
Light NE 4-7 kts to start, going very light & patchy then returning S/SSE 6-10 kts around noon veering right SSW 6-10 kts around the back of the Island. In the E Solent this is likely to be SE/SSE 5-9 kts through the afternoon. It's going to be hot & sunny, with significant local thermal effects.

Met Office: NE 5-8 kts, dying around 1100, settling back in S/SSW 5-9 kts after noon.
ECMWF: N 3-6 kts then SW 6-10 kts.
NOAA's GFS model: N 3-6 kts in the morning, then SW 6-10 kts.

www.roundtheisland.org.uk

80 Years Young
West Mersea, UK: The National 18 Class will celebrate 80 years of vibrant life at West Mersey Yacht Club when the Irish, Scots, Manx and English fleets gather for the British and Irish Championships from 15th to 20th July 2018. Also supporting the event will be the Dabchicks Sailing Club, with Paul Jackson officiating as Race Officer for the five days series of up to three races per day.

Alongside the sailing programme, this special celebration will also feature a packed social programme. From a Welcome Reception on the opening Sunday to the Final Prize Giving on Friday via an 80th Anniversary Gala Dinner on Wednesday evening, there will be plenty of fun to be had.

The largest of the GBR National Dinghy Classes, the National 18 is a three-man boat with a single trapeze. Starting with the wooden clinker Uffa Ace in 1938, the Class moved on in the 1970's with the GRP Proctor 'Ultimate'. In 2015 the speedy Phil Morrison 'Ultra' hull and a modernised larger rig were adopted and so far, 25 of these excellent boats have been built. All three versions co-exist within the Class, and race to Portsmouth Yardstick handicaps when they meet up.

The English made the most of the champagne weather over the last weekend in June by getting some practise in at the English Championship, hosted by Blackwater Sailing Club. Five great races were sailed in 15 to 25 knots and bright sunshine, producing three race winners and a very close result on overall points.

The English Championship Trophy was awarded to 'Hurricane' (Ollie Houseman, Jeremy Vines, Steve Watton), with 'Second Chance' (Brian Sargent, Will Sargent, Matt Peregrine Jones) in second, 'The Shadow' (Maria Richards, Julian Berney, Hugo Berney) third and 'Panther' (Jessica Berney, Alicia Mellish, Christine) fourth.

Further information about the National 18 British and Irish Championship and the class's 80th Anniversary celebrations can be found at www.national18.com

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In This Issue
High Potential wins 2018 Round the Island Race Gold Roman Bowl
'Auf Wiedersehen' Bermuda
GKSS Match Cup Sweden
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Tour Voile
Youngest Ever Clipper Race Skipper Wins Race To Derry-Londonderry
Goransson Wins 2018 One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix
Ramsgate Week
Perfect Sailing Conditions During the 81st Edition of the Warnemunde Woche
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High Potential wins 2018 Round the Island Race Gold Roman Bowl
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

In what will probably be regarded as one of the most challenging on record, the 87th edition of the Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay was won overall by High Potential.

Ross Applebey and his team, based in Lymington, sailed an impressive race in the light, tactical conditions and after 8:30:03 was deemed the overall winner of the Gold Roman Bowl on corrected time.

Ned Collier Wakefield, alongside Irvine Laidlaw, sailing aboard Tony Lawson's MOD70 foiling trimaran Concise Fling, was fairly accurate in his prediction to record the slowest time for line honours. It may not be official but 8:34:09 is over six hours more than it took last year when they broke the multihull record) is definitely up for debate.

The general lack of wind and seabreeze that failed to materialise, left hundreds of teams struggling to reach the Needles before the tidal gate slammed shut in the early part of the race. Those who sneaked through had little option other than to soldier on and endure a slow, challenging, and extremely hot rounding.

The award for the first monohull to finish went to Tony Langley's TP52 Gladiator who completed the course with an elapsed time of 8:56:47. Chatting after the race, Langley said: "It was the longest one I've ever done; nine hours on the helm which is plenty.

"There were three transitions, two round the back of the Island, and one on the eastern Solent. These transitions from one breeze to the other were the tricky ones; a knot or so of wind, so it was a case of just keeping the boat working to get through to the new breeze."

Mention should also be made of the winner of Raymarine Live Weather Briefing, prize draw. Paul French from the Westerly Regatta 290, Temptation was the lucky winner of the Raymarine Axiom 9 inch and the new AIS700 – total value £2,390.

Full results

www.roundtheisland.org.uk

'Auf Wiedersehen' Bermuda
The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta race from Bermuda to Hamburg started just after midday local time on July 08, 2018.

Blessed with superb conditions, the international fleet enjoyed 15 knots of SSE breeze, with warm air and ocean swell. Two miles east of Bermuda's iconic St. David's Lighthouse, the intrepid fleet of sailors, from 14 different countries, set off bound for Hamburg, 3,500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. A highly competitive start was followed by a flexi-course, PRO Stefan Kunstmann sent the fleet on a two-mile windward leeward course around laid marks, with a fetch to a turning mark, before the fleet headed out into the Atlantic under spinnaker.

George David's American Maxi Rambler 88 led the fleet away at an astonishing speed. Under full main and A3, Rambler 88 was flying over 800 square metres of sail area. With a high level of squall activity in the starting area, Rambler 88 put in two uber gybes to chase the rain-storms. The Maxi Racer is the hot favourite for Line Honours, and there was no holding back Rambler 88, which unleashed full power, pounding through the surf at 20 knots of boat speed. Jens Kellinghusen's German canting keel Ker 56 Varuna V was second on the water, ten miles behind Rambler 88. Boris Hermann's German IMOCA 60 Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco is third.

Four hours into the race the vast majority of the fleet were experiencing double-digit boat speed.

For hourly updated positions on the fleet, photos, videos and all the latest news visit: www.anniversary-regatta.com

Follow the fleet of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta live on the YB Tracker yb.tl/aar2018

www.anniversary-regatta.com

GKSS Match Cup Sweden
Marstrand, Sweden (July 8, 2018) - After five days of glamorous conditions in Marstrand, GKSS Match Cup Sweden delivered crowd pleasers all round in its 25th anniversary year, with local victory in the GKSS Women's Trophy and a photo finish for the WMRT Open Class.

Competing for the GKSS Women's Trophy today was M32 and WMRT regular Anna Ostling, up against the very experienced and former Olympic match racer, Renee Groeneveld. Ostling looked dominative in the first two matches as her experience in the boat was clear. Groeneveld threw down a world-class match racing game, but each time Ostling had the perfect response.

At 2-0 down Groeneveld knew she had to pull something out of the bag. In the pre-start both boats were up against the rocks on Marstrand island, stalling speed neither wanting to lead back to the line. As the gun sounded Ostling led, just, but the crew had an override and lost control of the gennaker, allowing Groeneveld to take the lead.

Into the first upwind gate, the Swedish team were back just ahead and managed to tack just in front of the Dutch. With no overlap, Groeneveld was forced into a difficult situation. She tried to slow and go below but ended up missing the mark. From that point the race was over as Team Anna opened up a strong lead through to the finish line and took the series 3-0.

In the WMRT Open Class, a great duel was set as Yann Guichard, looking impressive all week with his boat handling and match racing game, was up against the six-time World Champion and 2011 Match Cup Sweden winner, Ian Williams.

Coming at the finish line as the metres closed down, Guichard was slowing and Williams was building. The crowd in the grandstand were on the edge of their seats and with a perfect view of the photo finish they roared to see Yann Guichard's Spindrift Racing win by just a metre.

In the Petit Final Stage, Olivia Mackay took 3rd place in a 2-1 victory over Australia's Clare Costanzo. In the Open Class, local skipper Nicklas Dackhammar gave the home fans something to cheer about as he took down Harry Price 2-0, his best result yet at GKSS Match Cup Sweden.

Next up for the World Match Racing Tour is Ris0r, Norway as the Tour stays in Scandinavia. The event will run 26-29th July.

Final results
1. Yann Guichard, Spindrift Racing
2. Ian Williams, GAC Pindar
3. Nicklas Dackhammar, ESSIQ Racing Team
4. Harry Price, Down Under Racing
5. Torvar Mirsky, Mirsky Racing
6. Taylor Canfield, US One
7. Sam Gilmour, Neptune Racing
8. Johnie Berntsson, Berntsson Sailing Team
9. Mans Holmberg, Holmberg Racing Team
10. Markus Edegran, Team Torrent
11. Jonas Warrer, Warrer Racing
12. Joachim Aschenbrenner, Art Sailing

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Tour Voile
For the first time in the history of the Tour Voile three consecutive days of Stade Nautique stadium racing were contested back-to-back. If the challenge proved as tough mentally as it did physically there is just one point separating the top four teams as they leave Dunkirk and Act 1 of the 41st Tour Voile.

Valentin Bellet's pre event favourites, Beijaflore, and the Oman Sail backed #sailingarabia are tied on exactly the same points aggregate after the three stadium Finals, but the French outfit are credited with the overall lead, and are winners of Act 1 because they won Saturday's Final, while the Oman flagged team co-skippered by Stevie Morrison and Thierry Douillard, went 4,2,2.

If anything the Oman Sail team profited from the increasing pressure and proved the most consistent across all three days. Helm Morrison along with French match racing champion Mat Richard as tactician and powerful, reliable Abdul Rahman finished fourth in Friday's opening Final and then twice finished runners up, to Beijaflore on Saturday and today (Sunday) to Team Reseau IXIO.

Sailingarabia have chosen to run a stadium team and a coastal race team, the latter comprising Douillard and Abdul Rahman will take up the baton tomorrow in Dieppe for the first coastal race of this Tour.

Beijaflore, winners of the Sailing Arabia Tour earlier in the year uphold their ranking as favourites, Valentin Bellet sailing with past 470 youth world champions Guillaume Pirouelle on the helm and Valentin Sipan as tactician, but there while they are tied with Sailingarabia so also Team Reseau IXIO and Lorina Limonade-Golf du Morbihan are also tied on the same tally as each other, just one point the leading duo. Switzerland's Bernard Stamm on Cheminees Poujoulat is fifth.

Overall rankings top three:
1. Beijaflore - 145 pts
2. #SailingArabia by OmanSail - 145 pts
3. Team Reseau IXIO - 144 pts

Youth rankings top three:
1. Team Reseau IXIO - 144 pts
2. Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 129 pts
3. Team France Jeune - 128 pts

Amateur rankings top three:
1. Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d'Olonne - 113 pts
2. Dunkerque Voile - 113 pts 3. Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 100 pts

www.tourvoile.fr

Youngest Ever Clipper Race Skipper Wins Race To Derry-Londonderry
Nikki Henderson, 24, from Surrey, UK, has led her Visit Seattle team to an impressive victory in Race 12 to Derry-Londonderry, the penultimate race of the 40,000 nautical mile Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race.

Visit Seattle crossed the finish line in an area north east of the entrance to Lough Foyle at 00:21:57 UTC on Monday 9 July to complete the 3,000 nautical mile race across the Atlantic Ocean, the fast-paced sixth and final ocean crossing of the eleven-month circumnavigation, in just over 12 days.

Victory in the race from New York to Derry-Londonderry has set up a thrilling duel for the overall Clipper Race Trophy against Sanya Serenity Coast Skipper, Wendy Tuck, 53 from Sydney, Australia, with the pair now vying to be the first female winner in the 22-year history of the Clipper Race.

Derry-Londonderry is a much-anticipated stopover on the global Clipper Race circuit, with each of the 232 crew given a starring role in the award-winning Foyle Maritime Festival. Over the next fortnight, locals and visitors to Derry-Londonderry will be able to get up close to the 70-foot ocean racing yachts and take part in an exciting programme of diverse events in celebration of the Clipper Race crew and their adventurous spirit.

The Foyle Maritime Festival will come to an end when the Clipper Race fleet departs for the final race, to Liverpool, on Sunday 22 July. The circumnavigation will come to an end at the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool on July 28.

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Goransson Wins 2018 One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix
Porto Cervo, Italy: Porto Cervo has revealed Richard Goransson and his incredible INGA FROM SWEDEN team as 2018 One Ocean Melges 40 Grand Prix Champions. As proven earlier in the season with wins in Palma, Goransson and his team - tactician Cameron Appleton and crew members Giovanni Cassinari, Federico Michetti, Marco Carpinello, Christian Kamp, Nicola Pilastro, Alex Sinclair and Oliver Tizzard - they were the most capable of winning.

Despite the very light and shifty breeze, a strong performance from Rombelli in Race Eight led to collecting his third bullet in Porto Cervo, followed by Andrea Lacorte's VITAMINA CETILAR (Gabrielle Benussi, tactician). Goransson held on for third.

The final race win of the day went to an over-joyed Lacorte, as it was his first win ever in the Melges 40 Class. Zavadnikov had a great race to take second, followed by Goransson.

The next Grand Prix event for the Melges 40 now goes to Palma de Mallorca's famous Copa Del Rey regatta on August 1-4.

Final results - After Nine Races, One Discard
1. Richard Goransson/Cameron Appleton, INGA FROM SWEDEN; 16
2. Alessandro Rombelli/Francesco Bruni, STIG; 21
3. Yukihiro Ishida/Manu Weiller, SIKON; 23
4. Andrea Lacorte/Gabrielle Benussi, 24
5. Valentin Zavadnikov/Kelvin Harrap; 28

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Ramsgate Week
2018 Ramsgate Week is shaping up to be another great event with entries flowing in steadily for both IRC and Cruiser Classes. On the Sunday yachts will compete for the Round the Goodwins Cup, and then Monday morning at 11.00am the Mayor of Ramsgate, Trevor Shonk will fire the cannon to officially start Ramsgate Week. The regatta incorporates the IRC Spinlock East Coast Area Championships from Wednesday to Friday, and this year sees the re-introduction of a Team Event. Teams of three boats from any class, club or country can be nominated before the first race and will compete for the RTYC Commodore's Cup.

This years entry list shows a diverse array of craft from top-flight IRC racers to have-a-go racing novice. We are particularly happy to welcome back Richard Matthews' Oystercatcher XXXI from West Mersea Yacht Club which won the IRC 1 class in 2017. The 2016 IRC 1 winners, Team Heiner from the Netherlands club WV Zeewold, will happily be re-joining us in their Max Fun 35. After an absence of several years we are also pleased to welcome back Niek Spiljard with his X332 Vanilla from Netherlands club WV Arne. A full current entry list can be viewed here: www.ramsgateweek.com

The cruiser class competition has attracted a slew of entries from the neighbouring yacht clubs in Kent, East Sussex and Essex. Howard Bates' Westerly Fulmer, Mallard, from Rye Harbour Sailing Club and Tim French's Zephros from Medway Yacht Club must surely be ones to watch based on past results. Also of note is Bernard Sealy's Westwind 38, Karibia Breezes, from Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club in Dover as one of his crew is Catherine Westbrook, who was part of the Gold Medal GB Blind Sailing Team at the World Championships in the USA last September.

Perfect Sailing Conditions During the 81st Edition of the Warnemunde Woche
While the heavy wind on Saturday made it impossible for the sailing races to be held, Lasers were eventually offered excellent sailing conditions for three Europa Cup races on Sunday. The OK Dinghies completed the Pre-Worlds and the Musto-Skiffs sailed a total of six races.

Andre Budzien, Schweriner Yacht-Club e.V., won the OK Dinghies Pre-Worlds and gained two first as well as one sixth place. While the 85 OK Dinghies on the Bravo track got accustomed with the spot, the jury on the land was busy checking the boats of the remaining participants for the OK Dinghy World Championship. The weight of the hull, the dimensions of the sails and even the shape of the hull were precisely controlled with templates.

On Tuesday it will start to become serious for the 142 participants in the OK Dinghy World Championship. Before awarding the World Champion on Saturday at 4 pm, ten races have to be completed. From a German perspective, Andre Budzien and Jan Kurfeld count among the favorites. From a more international perspective, other names join the list of favorites such as Fredrik Lööf (Sweden), who has secured three Olympic medals in the Star boat, or Greg Wilcox (New Zealand) who has already won the World Championship in this class. Amongst the top candidates are also Bo Petersen (Denmark) who is currently leading the world rankings and Jorgen Svendsen (Sweden), the current European Champion.

For the German Open of the Musto Skiffs, six races were scheduled. Paul Dijkstra (Netherlands) secured the first position for all races. The 31-year-old, who already won the German Open of the Musto Skiffs in 2013, already made five first places and a third place as string player in the field of 14 boats of this one-man dinghy with trapeze. After his career in the Olympic 49er class, Paul Dijkstra preferred sailing alone and changed to the Musto Skiff.

Tomorrow, the Offshore Race Rund Bornholm with 270 miles of long distance around Bornholm will demand a lot of experience as well as good seamanship from all crews involved. The skippers from more than 40 yachts will start the race on Monday 9 July at 1 pm. They have to make a decision whether they want to circumnavigate the island of Bornholm in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction.

Full results

manage2sail.com/de-DE/event/WarnemuenderWoche2018#!/

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In This Issue
J/80 Worlds: Javier Chacartegui sports the yellow jersey!
49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 European Championships
Harken Element Blocks - On The Water Now
Butterworth on the low number of AC Entries
Stan Honey on the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race
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J/80 Worlds: Javier Chacartegui sports the yellow jersey!
The teams racing in the J/80 Worlds kicked off their competition today in Les Sables d’Olonne in France’s Vendée region. The 73 competing crews, under the leadership of the Race Committee managed by Corinne Aubert, contested three close-contact races around the cans in a particularly fluky NE’ly breeze of around 5 to 10 knots in glorious sunshine. This evening, the Spanish crew “Ibo.es”, fifth at the 2017 Worlds, headed by Javier Chacartegui, is leading the Championship after posting a series of results of clockwork regularity, namely three third places. In second place overall tonight, and prior to a further sprint tomorrow at 11:00hrs, another Iberian boat, “Garatu” has taken up position, whilst the third step of the provisional podium has gone to “Armen Habitat” skippered by the Finistère sailor Simon Moriceau.

The French Navy is a loyal presence in the French J/80 class. It boasts 40 one-designs built by J Composites and is split between Brest, Cherbourg and Toulon. Several crews from the organiser of the famous Grand Prix de l’Ecole Navale are competing at the series’ Worlds including “Ecole navale CG29” helmed by Patrick Bot, an 8-metre specialist. Patrick, a former Mini sailor, and his crew, have sailed a blinder to kick off the season and are currently lying in second place in the provisional overall ranking for the French J/80 Cup behind Simon Moriceau and his group of star players.

Top ten after three races:
1. Javier Chacartegui, ESP, 9 points
2. Iker Almondoz, ESP, 16
3. Simon Moriceau, FRA, 17
4. Rayco Tabares Alvares, ESP, 19
5. Arthur Leopold-Leger, FRA, 27
6. Maxime Rousseaux, FRA, 38
7. Juan Luis Paez, ESP, 41
8. Alexei Semenov, RUS, 42
9. Vianney Guilbaud, FRA, 42
10. Jon Powell, GBR, 45

Full results: j80worlds2018.com/fr/les-courses/resultats

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49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 European Championships
Gdynia, Poland: At days break, most of the fleet expected to spend the day sitting on shore awaiting wind. Pleasantly, an unexpected North Eastern wind built before start time to about 8 knots, making for great racing. As a storm approached from the South front dominating local conditions. Backing puffs that favored those on the left side of the course eventually gave way to a huge shift all the way to the West, where the wind built all the way up to 18 knots. The wind than gradually reduced to finish out racing in down to 10 knots.

The day was a challenge for the Officials and Sailors alike who were up to the challenge.

Across all three fleets, no team dominated their fleet like top Swedish performers Helene Naess and Marie Ronningen. Winning two of their three qualifying races this morning in conditions similar to yesterday’s light breeze, the upstart Swedes said the first two days of the 2018 European Championship played into one of their biggest strengths: Light air sailing with chop.

Nacra 17 Top 5
1. Gemma Jones, Jason Saunders, NZL, 7
2. Fernando Echavarri, Tara Pacheco, ESP, 10
3. Ben Saxton, Nikki, GBR, 10
4. Ruggero Tita, Caterina Banti, ITA, 10
5. Riley Gibbs, Louisa Chafee, USA, 15

Full Results

49erFX Top 5
1. Helene Naess, Marie Ronningen, NOR, 13
2. Carla Munte, Marta Munte, ESP, 16
3. Stephanie Roble, Margaret Shea, USA, 21
4. Sophie Weguelin, Sophie Ainsworth, GBR, 23
5. Ida Nielsen, Marie Olsen, DEN, 31

Full Results

49er Top 5
1. Yago Lange, Klaus Lange, ARG, 19
2. Lukasz Przybytek, Pawel Kolodzinski, POL, 19
3. William Phillips, Iain Jensen, AUS, 21
4. Diego Botín, Iago Marra, ESP, 22
5. .Dylan Fletcher-Scott, Stuart Bithell, GBR, 23

Full Results

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Butterworth on the low number of AC Entries
Four times America's Cup winner Brad Butterworth, says a shortage of sponsorship and radical design for the AC75 are the main reasons why there have only been three entries to date for the 36th America's Cup.

Describing the AC75 as a "unicorn" Butterworth was interviewed on Radio Live Sunday afternoon (NZT). "There's nothing around like it. It is a bit of a unicorn. Guys don't want to sail it. They are going to be very exciting but none of them [AC75's] exist."

'You have to understand that the rules don't really encourage the participation. Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record decide everything and Luna Rossa has great power - more than I have seen in the past. It is hard for new teams to get involved outside of that group, as they don't have any say."

Asked to comment on whether the AC75 would capsize and was dangerous, Butterworth responded saying that the boats had always been difficult to sail and that the America's Cup was the pinnacle of sailing. "They've got to be difficult [to sail], they always have been in the past." -- Richard Gladwell, Sail-World.com/nz

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Stan Honey on the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race
Audio interview with Stan Honey, navigator for George David's Rambler 88, just 48 hours before the start of the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race.

soundcloud.com/louay-habib/stan-honey-rambler-88

This will be Stan Honey's 12th west-east Transatlantic. Looking at weather models and historic data. Stan commented that the weather could be "wildly variable" with moving lows from the west and a very strong Azores High making the northerly route favoured. -- Louay Habib

Cruising seminar with Jimmy Cornell at Royal Harwich
CA House London: The Suffolk Section of the Cruising Association (CA) is delighted to welcome back cruising guru Jimmy Cornell to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in Woolverstone, near Ipswich, on Saturday 3rd November. In a jointly hosted one-day seminar, the packed itinerary will also introduce Jimmy's daughter Doina Cornell who is sharing her family cruising experiences with the attendees.

A broad spectrum of topics are on the agenda, starting with 'World cruising today', an overview of today's global situation covering the effects of climate change, safety, piracy, favourite destinations, and followed by 'Embarking on a journey' to the Med, Madeira, Canaries, Caribbean and return voyage home with illustrated highlights.

The post-lunchtime sessions cover 'Main factors that can influence the successful completion of a voyage' e.g.: choice of boat, equipment, crew, finances and self-sufficiency, and 'Sailing as a family', presented by Doina. There is also ample time built in for an open forum to discuss individual voyage plans and ask questions. The day is rounded off with Jimmy's highlights of his own sailing life, covering the period from 1974 - 2017.

CA members and members of the Royal Harwich YC are being given priority booking throughout August for this exceptional opportunity at a discounted fee of £35 - including refreshments and lunch. The cost then rises to £40 for members and non-members alike from September onwards.

All bookings and enquiries for this event are via the Royal Harwich YC website: royalharwichyachtclub.co.uk

Industry News
Lufthansa partners with Atlantic Anniversary Regatta

The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta (AAR) will be a pinnacle event for German Yachting in 2018. In this series, we present supporters of the AAR who help creating this great event in celebration of the NRVs 150th Anniversary.

When it comes to technological development, offshore racing is at the very forefront of pushing the boundaries of engineering and human determination.

Driven by a can-do mindset, offshore racing has been a proving ground for technology ever since. On July 8th 2018, 17 international yachts will head off to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta. The North Atlantic as their racetrack will provide spectacular sailing, demanding for endurance, skill and seamanship in order to succeed. For those following the race, the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta will use a GPS-Tracking device, delivering positions of and content from the boat directly to the community and fans.

The usage of latest tracking-technology is made possible by the support of AAR main-sponsor Lufthansa. For more information about Lufthansa: www.lufthansa.com

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Red Funnel extends relationship as an Official Supplier of Lendy Cowes Week Cowes Week Ltd, organiser of the prestigious sailing regatta and highlight of the British Sporting Summer, is delighted to announce the extension of the regatta's partnership with leading Solent ferry operator Red Funnel.

Red Funnel has been an Official Supplier to Cowes Week for the past 17 years and due to the success of the partnership the relationship has been extended for a further three years.

Lendy Cowes Week attracts over 100,000 visitors and Red Funnel plays an important role in bringing over a large number of competitors and visitors during the week via its High-Speed Red Jet and vehicle ferry services to Cowes and East Cowes.

Fran Collins, Red Funnel's CEO said "Lendy Cowes Week is a unique regatta and we are delighted to continue our long term support. In a bid to encourage more young sailors to take part this year, we are offering a 33% discount to crew members aged 16-25 and a special £8 return fare for visitors coming over from Southampton for the evening.

This summer also marks the entry into service of Red Jet 7, our brand new High-Speed vessel which will enable a record 825 people per hour to make the 23 minute crossing from Southampton to West Cowes at peak times."

Lendy Cowes Week 2018 takes place from the 4-11 August. lendycowesweek.co.uk

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Cliff Webb and Bernard Schopfer have announced a partnership between their respective organisations, the Yachting Journalists' Association and the Yacht Racing Forum.

The Yachting Journalists' Association, of which Cliff Webb is chairman, will become an official media partner of the Yacht Racing Forum.

“We are very pleased to welcome the Yachting Journalists' Association amongst our partners”, said Bernard Schopfer, the organiser of the Forum. “The sport’s key actors from all over the world, the industry members, event organizers, teams or sponsors, need media to develop their activities, whilst the media need them to generate quality content. The Yacht Racing Forum is the ideal location for everyone to meet in a relaxed environment and develop strong and personal relationships”.

Cliff Webb, the newly elected chairman of the Yachting Journalists' Association sees the partnership as an important opportunity for members, who come from all over the world.

“The YJA have members who are at the forefront of all branches of the media, together with our corporate members working in PR and other areas from many different countries,” Cliff commented. “To open up this valuable forum to our members is a huge benefit to both sides of this partnership.”

The Yachting Journalists' Association was founded in 1955, along with the creation of their Yachtsman of the Year award, the oldest such trophy in the world, originally donated by Sir Max Aitken, then proprietor of England’s Daily Express newspaper.

This year’s Yacht Racing Forum will take place in the French port of Lorient on October 22 - 23, with an impressive line-up of speakers representing a wide variety of interests and disciplines within the sport.

www.yja.co.uk www.yachtracingforum.com/forum/

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According to key dealers in Europe, the sale of Bavaria’s boat business by its owners - the private equity companies Oaktree and Anchorage - is well advanced and are being told the sale should complete within a matter of weeks. Bavaria - once one of the global leaders in sailboat production - was placed in administration in April with substantial debt. IBI learned today from sources close to the deal that binding offers from prospective purchasers are due by the end of this week.

The first announcement of the intended sale of Bavaria stated that production would continue until the end of June in order to fulfil existing orders. However, dealers such as Clipper Marine in the UK, who also represent Bavaria in Spain, have been confident enough to place significant forward orders. Clipper alone confirmed it has already ordered 20 boats for forward delivery.

In the small to mid-range powerboat and motor cruiser sector, European-based companies such as Bavaria should benefit from the curtailment of competition of American-built boats due to the 25% import tariffs imposed by the EU last week.

plus.ibinews.com

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After being placed into administration on the 8th of June, Henri Lloyd's brand name and certain assets of the UK based company have been acquired by Swedish investors, the Aligro Group. The business will be led by a management team with experience in both branding and sales of top quality products in the yachting segment.

“We will heavily invest in the marine clothing segment and our aim is to be the largest supplier on the market. That includes all markets,” said Magnus Liljeblad at Aligro Group when speaking to IBI earlier today.

“It's a little bit too soon to fully talk about our exciting vision for Henri Lloyd. We want to make a total turnaround with the brand, which is well-known and respected globally but has not been as effective as it might have been in recent years. We will put major resources into product development and a relaunch, but there will be no news on this commitment until next year.”

Liljeblad also told IBI that Henri Lloyd will continue as a British company, but with its headquarters based in Sweden. Aligro Group owns a factory in Poland where it plans to produce “team sails” with a very short production time of just a couple of days.

Magnus Liljeblad is an experienced manager within the sporting goods and outdoors industry. His previous positions include CEO of Sportmanship AB (previous distributor of Henri Lloyd in Sweden), Peak Performance AB, Stadium AB and most recently founder and CEO of Wacay.

Aligro Group was founded and is managed by Swede Hans Eckerstrom.

Martin and Paul Strzelecki, sons of Henri Lloyd founder Henri Strzelecki MBE, will act as advisors to the new Henri Lloyd. -- Lars Ake Redeen, ibinews.com

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Pressure on the management at the UK satellite business Inmarsat eased last week after two potential bidders, one from the US and one from France, both decided not to proceed. Inmarsat is a major player in the yacht market providing a range of communication and other services to the sector.

The US company, EchoStar, having made a second attempt to buy Inmarsat with a £3.2bn offering announced it was withdrawing after the bid was rejected. The company issued a statement late last week in which it indicated that it would not proceed with further efforts to acquire Inmarsat. This followed the rejection by the Inmarsat management of the American company’s 532 pence per share offer for the entire issued and to-be-issued share capital of Inmarsat.

This news followed the earlier withdrawal of the French company Euteslat which ruled out making a bid for Inmarsat.

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In This Issue
The Chase For #1 Is On
Four races and four winners on opening day
UBS 20th Jersey Regatta
Preparations for the Route du Rhum are in full swing
The 50th edition of Barcolana
420 / 470 Junior Europeans
Clean propulsion takes centre stage at Yacht Club de Monaco
Warnemunde Laser Cup and Musto Skiffs German Open
Tornado World Championship
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Robert Anton Wilson

The Chase For #1 Is On
With the retirement of Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 from the transatlantic Atlantic Anniversary Regatta, the cards have been shuffled for the remaining 15 racing yachts.

Whilst Rambler is on her way to Newport, RI at the nearby US East Coast, due to a lost rudder (and with all crew reported safe), Ker 56 Varuna is now fighting for the win with the slightly larger IMOCA 60 Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco. But with less than two days since the start in Bermuda, and more than 2,700 nautical miles to go to the finish line in Germany, everything is up in the air.

It will be the battle of two state-of-the-art racing yachts and two German skippers from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (NRV): Jens Kellinghusen's sleek, all-black Varuna versus Boris Herrmann's semi-foiling IMOCA 60 Malizia - Yacht Club Monaco. Varuna has shown an outstanding performance in this race so far, and after about 36 hours is still leading on the water as well as in IRC Zero. But the uber-modern IMOCA 60 with offshore pro Boris Herrmann has her eyes on the prize as well, and is just a bit more than 20 nautical miles behind Varuna at the current stage. Kellinghusen's crew includes America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race sailors. Herrmann is one of the top offshore racers in the world, and will be the first German to ever compete in the storied Vendee Globe in 2020-21. He had delivered his yacht solo from Europe to Bermuda for the race start. It is promising to be an epic duel on eye level. And other ambitious competitors still have a chance for a podium result, especially after corrected time.

For Rambler 88, the current race has come to an unexpected early end. "This morning at 02:24am UTC, the Race Committee received a notification of retirement from Rambler 88 Navigator Stan Honey. At around 01:30am UTC, Rambler had contact with an unidentified object in the water, and lost her port rudder", says Stefan Kunstmann, AAR Race Officer of the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC). "The safety and well-being of the crew is our utmost priority, and we are delighted that everyone onboard is reported safe. We regret that the Line Honours favourite had to retire from the race and wish them a safe journey to nearby Newport, Rhode Island, which is approximately 400 nautical miles away from their current position."

At 05:05pm UTC, the Rambler Crew added via another satellite message: "The boat and everybody are fine. We're just missing our port rudder. On the way to Newport. ETA 3am local time on 12 July."

The remaining fleet will need to brace themselves for potentially inclement weather conditions, as they are nearing the ice exclusion zone. The crew of Best Buddies, which already started on July 2, 2018 in a special division, reported chilly air and water temperatures as expected. In addition, tropical storm Chris is moving with about 8 knots in NE direction. "The Race Committee is working with professional forecasters and is prepared to warn the fleet if need be", adds Stefan Kunstmann.

Tracker: yb.tl/aar2018

www.anniversary-regatta.com

Four races and four winners on opening day
The 2018 OK Dinghy World Championship in Warnemunde, Germany got underway Tuesday with two races in a solid 12-18 knots. Jan Kurfeld is the early leader from Andre Budzien and Lars Johan Brodtkorb. Each won a race in their groups, while the other race win went to Fredrik Loof.

Various weather forecasts threatened wind, rain, sunshine and numerous windshifts, but the day started sunny and warm with light winds. The opening race was scheduled for 14.00, and by then the weather had changed with a building north-easterly providing fairly stable winds, great waves and fantastic Warnemunde sailing conditions.

The Yellow fleet contained two of the main favourites, Loof and Kurfeld. Loof dominated the first race with a win over a fast approaching Kurfeld, while in the second, Kurfeld built a nice lead on the first beat and was never really threatened. Loof was second for a while but ended up third after being passed by Thomas Hansson-Mild.

The Blue group was arguably the toughest with Budzien, Brodtkorb, Charlie Cumbley, Jim Hunt and Bo Petersen fighting it out at the front. Budzien took first blood with a confident win from Petersen and Brodtkorb, while in the second race Brodtkorb threw down the gauntlet with a win from Budzien and Petersen.

Top five after two races
1. Jan Kurfeld, GER, 3
2. Andre Budzien, GER, 3
3. Lars Johan Brodtkorb, NOR, 4
4. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 4
5. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 5

2018.okworlds.org

The Regatta schedule provides racing for sportsboat, IRC and NHC cruiser/racer, Quarter Ton, dayboat, dinghy, sport catamaran and windsurfer classes, a veritable 'catch-all for both local and visiting sailors alike. In this special year, the fifth Spinlock IRC Channel Islands Regional Championships for IRC-rated Classes 1 & 2 cruiser/racers will be a major feature of the programme.

The event opens on the Thursday evening with a welcoming reception followed by a distance race for the sportsboat and cruiser/racer classes on Friday morning. Saturday and Sunday sees these classes racing in and off St Aubin's Bay over round-the-cans and Olympic-type courses. The 'small boat' classes race over Olympic-type courses entirely within this beautiful Bay.

As ever, Jersey Marinas will be providing complimentary berthing for competitors during the lead-up to the Regatta whilst Condor Ferries is offering discounted fares for those competitors wishing to ship their boats to the Island to join in the event.

The Regatta is an open event to which visiting boats are assured of a very warm welcome.

The Notice of Race is available on the website, www.jerseyregatta.com. Enticingly low entry fees are made even more attractive with an 'early bird' fee for those entering no later than 6th August. The definitive closing date is 7th September.

For further information, e-mail info@jerseyregatta.com.

Preparations for the Route du Rhum are in full swing
With fewer than 120 days to go to the start of the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, which begins on 4th November in Saint-Malo, time is slipping by for the twenty or so IMOCA skippers lining up for this prestigious transatlantic race. So far, nine sailors have already obtained their qualification for the Rhum. The others will be tackling that important matter very shortly. Some will be taking advantage of the Dhream Cup (which starts from La Trinite sur mer in Brittany on 23rd July) to get their entry sorted out. In the coming weeks, we can also look forward to seeing some boats launched, in particular Jeremie Beyou's Charal, the very first new generation IMOCA.

In the IMOCA class, nine skippers have so far obtained their qualification, four of whom did so by completing the Bermuda 1000 Race between Douarnenez (Brittany) and Cascais (Portugal) : Paul Meilhat (SMA), Sam Davies (Initiatives-Cœur), Fabrice Amedeo (Newrest-Art et Fenêtres) and Manu Cousin (Groupe Setin).

Others sailed the qualifying distance outside of a race - Yann Elies (Ucar-StMichel), Ari Huusela (Ariel 2), Damien Seguin (Groupe Apicil), Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) and more recently, Isabelle Joschke (Monin), who set sail alone from Cadiz on Saturday 16th June and reached the coast of Brittany six days later.

Some sailors are about to set off sailing solo to complete their qualification for the Route du Rhum, while others are looking forward to the Dhream Cup to get that magic ticket…

Twelve skippers competing in the Dhream Cup

After Douarnenez-Cascais and the Monaco Globe Series, the next major sporting event for the IMOCA sailors will be the Dhream Cup, raced between la Trinite-sur-Mer in Brittany and Cherbourg (via the Fastnet Rock), which starts on 23rd July. Twelve IMOCAs are registered for this race, which counts as a qualifier for the Route du Rhum. Among them, five have not yet obtained their precious ticket for the Rhum: Alan Roura, Romain Attanasio, Stephane Le Diraison, Arnaud Boissieres and Erik Nigon.

Alex Thomson will not be competing in the Dhream Cup, but in the coming weeks, he is planning to attempt to smash the North Atlantic record.

drheam-cup.com www.routedurhum.com/en/s01_home/s01p01_home.php imoca.org

The 50th edition of Barcolana
It all started 50 years ago, when 51 sailing boats lined up on the startline in light winds for the first edition of Barcolana. There were no illusions of grandeur, it was to be a simple. pure, regatta, open to everyone, held at the end of the racing season on the second Sunday of October. The only requirement to join was to have, or to join, a sailing boat!

Since the beginning, Barcolana has been organised by the yacht club Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano (SVBG), a small club, whose club burgee was inspired by the peace flag, set up just a few months earlier in December 1968. Barcolana has grown in stature over the past fifty years and now welcomes competitors from all over the world in a festival atmosphere to celebrate together the spirit of sailing.

October 2018: SVBG, a breeding ground for some of the world's very best sailors with world champions, Olympians and America's Cup sailors in its alumni, now has over 600 club members and continues to organise the largest regatta in the world - Barcolana. In 2017, 2,101 yachts lined up for the start - a world record - and with over 25,000 people on the water and 300,000 on land, the city of Trieste comes alive for this unique spectacle.

Barcolana 50 will run from Friday 5 to Sunday 14 October 2018: ten exciting days on land and at sea with over 350 events across sailing, water sports, culture, art, social and educational workshops on the theme of the sea. Continuing the tradition of always racing on the second Sunday of October, the 2018 edition will be held 14 October. The traditional quadrilateral race course runs 13 nautical miles from Barcola and Miramare to the waters off piazza Unità, Trieste's city centre.

Online registrations are open at www.barcolana.it

420 / 470 Junior Europeans
Clube Navale De Sesimbra / Portugal: Race day 4 dawned with dense fog on Sesimbra beach and visibility at 100 metres - not an unusual occurrence here. Local Portuguese weather gurus assured it would lift, and after a 2 hour postponement the fog gave way to sun and breeze.

It was a totally different weather pattern that greeted the 396 sailors, with a tricky, shifty and unpredictable breeze delivering the most brutal race track challenge of the Championship so far.

Two races for each of the 420 Open, 420 U17, 470 Men and 470 Women with rollercoaster scores unseating some teams as they struggled to find their groove in the change of conditions.

Racing continues on Tuesday 10 July, with a scheduled start time of 1400 hours and two races for all fleets. In the 470 Men and Women, Tuesday's two races will decide the top ten teams advancing to Wednesday's medal race, with the rest of the fleet contesting a final race 12.

420 Open - Results after 8 Races
1. Enzo Balanger/Gaultier Tallieu Gueydan, Fra, 17 points
2. Martín Wizner Perez-Lafuente/Pedro Ameneiro Amezaga, Esp, 19
3. Niamh Harper/Ross Thompson, Gbr, 36
4. Gabriele Romeo/Giulio Tamburini, Ita, 42
5. Riccardo Sepe/Tommaso Iacchia, Ita, 43

420 U17- Results After 8 Races
1. Cole Tapper/Tyler Creevy, Aus, 32
2. Ryan Littlechild/Jack Ferguson, Aus, 37
3. Oliver Hurwitz/Ethan Froelich, Usa, 47
4. Jakub Gołębiowski/Filip Szmit, Pol, 48
5. Nikolaus Clodi/Vincent Wenger Oehn, Aut , 52.57

470 Women - Results After 9 Races
1. Theres Dahnke/Birte Winkel, Ger, 2
2. Yahel Wallach/Omer Bilia, Isr, 43
3. Luise Wanser/Helena Wanser, Ger, 45
4. Paola Amar/Marine Riou, Fra, 45
5. Marina Lefort/Lara Granier, Fra, 48
6. Maria Vittoria Marchesini/Cecilia Fedel, Ita, 52
7. Theresa Loffler/Lena Stuckl, Ger, 52
8. Elisa Yukie Yokoyama/Cheryl Teo, Sin, 53
9. Linoy Korn/Shahar Tibi, Isr, 58
10. Antonina Marciniak/Hanna Dzik, Pol, 59

470 Men - Results After 9 Races
1. Maor Abu/Yoav Rooz, Isr, 16
2. Nitai Hasson/Tal Harari, Isr, 26
3. Balazs Gyapjas/Zsombor Gyapjas, Hun, 32
4. Jules Ducelier/Clement Michel, Fra, 63
5. Maciej Sapiejka/Dominik Janowczyk, Pol, 65

2018junioreuropeans.420sailing.org

Clean propulsion takes centre stage at Yacht Club de Monaco
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With 30 teams set to compete, up 25% on last year, the Yacht Club de Monaco is set for the Solar & Energy Boat Challenge for latest innovations in propulsion, 12-14 July, which this year is open to all clean energy sources.

Supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Hydros Foundation and International Powerboating Federation (UIM), the contest gives engineering students a chance to reinvent boating to meet future energy and environmental imperatives. This 5th edition is sponsored by Bertrand Piccard, the man behind Solar Impulse, the first fuel-less zero-emissions plane with limitless autonomy to fly round the world.

Solar boats again take centre stage for a fleet race and timed one-on-one slalom races. New this year is the "Energy Class" where students working with shipbuilders have been given an identical one-design catamaran hull on which to build a cockpit and design a durable propulsion system from a given amount of energy, be it Bio Fuel, battery, hydrogen, compressed air, LNG, etc. Also, in this class is Plastic Odyssey, a 25m catamaran powered by plastic waste which is on a round the world expedition.

Meanwhile, 5 teams in the YCM Offshore Class will race to Ventimiglia in Italy and back (16nm). Boats must be able to take 3 people and comply with technical specifications defined with the UIM. And finally, after showcasing Planet Solar in 2014, the 2018 edition hosts Sphyrna, the largest civilian oceanic surface drone in the world (17m), with an electric motor powered by solar, wind and tidal energy.

Provisional programme:
Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th July from 8.30am - 8.00pm:
Solar & Energy Boat Challenge Paddocks open (free entry)

Thursday 12th July:
9.00am: Pilots briefing
10.00am: Start of trial - Race 1
3.30pm: Start of trial - Race 2
5.00pm: Tech Talks
7.00pm: Welcome Cocktail (by invitation)

Friday 13th July:
9.00am: Pilots briefing
10.00am: Start of Monaco-Ventimiglia-Monaco Endurance Race (Energy Class)
10.00am: Start of Fleet Race
3.00pm: Parade lap
3.30pm: Speed record
5.00pm: Tech Talks

Saturday 14th July:
9.00am: Pilots briefing
10.00am: Start of One-on-One Slalom qualifiers (Energy & Solar Classes)
10.00am: Start of Monaco-Ventimiglia-Monaco Endurance Race (Offshore Class)
2.00pm: Start of One-on-One Slalom finals (Energy Class)
3.00pm: Start of One-on-One Slalom finals (Solar Class)
4.00-6.00pm: UIM Workshop
8.00pm: Closing dinner

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc

Warnemunde Laser Cup and Musto Skiffs German Open
With winds between 3 and 5 Beaufort, this Tuesday was a great sailing day. The 81st edition of the Warnemunder Woche bid farewell to the sailors of the Laser Europa Cup and the Musto Skiff German Open. Today, the OK Dinghies started the World Championship races and the A-Cats sailed the first European Championship races. Glenn Ashby, the Americas Cup winner, captured the victory of the first two races.

Altogether, 88 Laser Radial dinghies joined the competition. Elena Vorobeva (Croatia) won the match just ahead of Nazli Cagla Donertas. Donertas began her sailing career in 2004 at Marmaris Yacht Club and became Turkish Champion with the olympic 470 Dinghy in 2008. in the 2016, the 1.73m tall woman, finished fifteenth during the Olympic sailing competitions which were held in Rio.

in the Laser Standard races, Dawid Kania (Poland) had the competition under control. His results were so good, he did not have to participate in the last race. Rodney Govinden was amongst those who had to make the longest journey to Rostock. He came all the way from the Seychelles and was rewarded with the second place ahead of Jakub Halouzka and Eris Malach from Hamburg.

Local hero Lukas Schranck used his knowledge of the area and won with five first places in six Laser 4.7 races. The 14-year-old from Rostock is part of a true sailing family: His father Thorsten is currently the new chairman of the Warnemunde Sailing Club and his brother Jakob heads its youth department.

At the German Open of Musto Skiff, the Netherlands celebrates a double victory.

Top five places:

Laser 4.7 (Europa Cup)
1. Lukas Schranck, GER
2. Patrikas Tamasauskas, LTU
3. Simone Babini, iTA
4. Nojus Bestauskas, LTU
5. Amaya Escudero, USA

Laser Standard (Europa Cup)
1. Dawid Kania, POL
2. Rodney Govinden, SEY
3. 211236, Jakub Halouzka, CZE
4. Eric Malach, GER
5. Wolfgang Gerz, GER

Laser Radial (Europa Cup)
1. Elena Vorobeva, CRO
2. Nazli Cagla Donertas, TUR
3. Yvan Beaufils, FRA
4. Pia Kuhlmann, GER
5. Justin Barth, GER

Musto Skiff German Open
1. Paul Dijkstra, NED
2. Jelmer Kuipers, NED
3. Iver Ahlmann, GER
4. Yaroslav Petrov, RUS
5. Marius Knippscheer, GER

A-Cat Europeans
1. Glenn Ashby, AUS
2. Maciej Zarnowski, POL
3. Mischa Heemskerk, NED
4. Manuel Calavia, ESP
5. Sandro Caviezel, SUI

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Tornado World Championship
First day of the 2018 Tornado World Championship has been completed with 48 athletes and 24 boats from 9 countries to compete: Australia, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy and of course France. All here at the venue of Yacht Club la Grande Motte to race and have fun.

With one race having taken place yesterday, at the first day of the 2018 Tornado World Championship, it was Brett Burvill and Max Putmann, from Australia, who took the victory. After a great start, they manage to stay clear ahead of the rest of the fleet and the 2017 World Champions, Dany Paschalidis and Petros Konstantinidis, managed to finish 2nd.

The first Mixed crew to finish was Jurgen and Sarah Jentsch, also finishing 4th overall.

The wind was average 8 knots with gusts reaching 12 knots of northern wind. The day finished with this year's AGM. -- Icarus Sports

www.tornado-class.org/2018-tornado-worlds/

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The Last Word
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Barneville-Carteret lies some 35kms SSW of Cherbourg-Octeville, on the west side of the peninsula. There is a ferry service runs from the port of Carteret to Jersey in the Channel Islands.

At the top the Tour standings Beijaflore are showing strong form, arriving here with a lead of nine points after winning both events in Dieppe. #sailingarabia are 19 points behind.

Act Three:
Thu 12/07 | Act 3 | Barneville-Carteret Coastal Raid
Fri 13/07 | Act 3 | Barneville-Carteret Nautical Stadium

Top Three Overall Rankings
1. Beijaflore - 245 pts
2. Lorina Limonade Golfe du Morbihan - 145 pts
3. #SailingArabia by OmanSail - 226 pts

Top Three Youth Rankings
1. Team Reseau IXIO - 225 pts
2. Team France Jeune - 224 pts
3. Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 221 pts

Top Three Classement Amateurs
1. Dunkerque Voile - 193 pts
2. Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d’Olonne - 185 pts
3. Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 159 pts

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No 49er racing could be conducted as PRO David Campbell James sent the 49er fleet home almost immediately after they arrived at the race area due to the approaching storm.

The 2018 49er, 49erFX & Nacra 17 European Championship, at Volvo Sailing Day Gdynia, is from July 8 - 13. Follow all the action via http://49er.org - http://nacra17.org

Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

The game of drones
Emirates Team New Zealand's magic ingredient. Nick Bowers and Rob Kothe

A busy year
1983 and at the new San Diego design 'office' of Reichel/Pugh life is about to change. Jim Pugh and Dobbs Davis

A foot in both camps
When not fettling their fleet of classic boats one famous New Zealand yard is restoring Whitbread maxis and building superyachts. Ivor Wilkins

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Jean-Luc Nelias has won the last two TJVs with Sodebo, and was the navigator for Groupama, winner of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. -- Louay Habib

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Hong Kong to Hainan Race 2018
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has released the Notice of Race and opened online entry for the 2018 Hong Kong to Hainan Race which will start on 18 October.

2018 will mark the 11th edition of the race which was established in 1997. The Hong Kong to Hainan Race is the only Category 1 offshore race to finish in the People's Republic of China.

The start line will be in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club’s Kellett Island Clubhouse with the start signal sounding at 1120hrs.

Line Honours Winners

Winners on Corrected Time

www.chinacoastraceweek.com

Edouard’s camera gives us an unedited glimpse of life with Spindrift racing as they prepare for their victory!

Racing in the opening series is scheduled to conclude on Thursday with two more races starting at 12.00. On Friday and Saturday four more races are scheduled for the Final series.

Full results.

2018.okworlds.org

In IRC One, a dozen yachts will be vying for the IRC class win and overall honours.

In IRC Two, the leader for the season, the Army Sailing Association X-41 British Soldier, will be in action for their penultimate race before the Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race.

79 yachts will be racing in IRC Three and Four including 34 teams racing Two-Handed, forming the lion-share of the impressive fleet racing in the Cowes-Dinard-St.Malo Race.

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The Last Word
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This time wasting closed the gap between himself and second placed Mark Slats and his Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick to little more than 9 miles.

The next compulsory turning gate is off Hobart Tasmania

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In this special year, the Regatta programme will include:

- The fifth Spinlock IRC Channel Islands Regional Championships for IRC-rated Classes 1 & 2 cruiser/racers and
- The British Kona One Windsurfer Championship

The Regatta is an open event to which visiting boats are assured of a very warm welcome.

For further information, e-mail info@jerseyregatta.com or call the Regatta office, 00 44 (0) 1534 732229.

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The Notice of Race and online entry system as well as many other regatta details have now gone live on the Event's website at www.sailmelbourne.com.au

The 2018 Sail Melbourne International will also be hosted in conjunction with the inaugural Australian Para Championships.

Classes for 2018 are:
Olympic Classes
Laser (Standard)
Laser (Radial)
Finn
470
49er
49erFX
Nacra 17
RSX (9.5m2)
RSX (8.5m2)

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Oil and consumer goods are moved around the world on vast ships, keeping the wheels of commerce, and vehicles, turning. Most importantly, the ocean is vital to the food chain.

Unfortunately, we collectively treat the oceans worse than most of us treat the inside of our cars. Every year, anywhere from about 8 to 12 million US tons of plastic end up in the world's oceans.

For perspective, that's close to three times as heavy as all the elephants on Earth combined.

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The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has announced the appointment of Howard Pridding in the role of interim Director of External Affairs.

The Director of External Affairs role also has an ambassadorial role as spokesperson for the recreational boating industry, the RYA's 111,000 valued members, and the organisation.

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An aspiring chef has been selected as the second beneficiary of a maritime education scholarship co-funded by Sailors' Society and Garrets International, and administered by Homer Foundation.

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The Last Word
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And in Class C Gideon Messink's J/112 J/Lance 12 (FRA) was leading the pack with 107 miles to go.

www.offshoresailingworlds.com/news

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Success crowns Solar & Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco
Click on image for photo gallery.

The date is set for the 6th edition: 4-6 July 2019.

Fleet Endurance Race rankings

A Class Challenge Category:
1. Antwerp Maritime Academy - Felix Pruzon - BEL
2. Sunflare Solar Team - Gerlof Werkman - NED
3. HAN Solarboat - Jorrit Lanting - NED

Open Class Category:
1. Clafis Victron Energy Solar Boat Team - Gerhard van der Schaar - NED
2. TU Delft Solar Boat Team - Michiel Giliam - NED
3. Solarboot Team Emden - Tim Schuette - GER

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Moth UK Nationals
We thought it would go down to the wire, and that's exactly what happened. The final race decided the title with four sailors still in with a shout of winning the event.

A quick recap of the positions going into the final day; Jason Belben was leading by nine points, but Jim McMillan, Dave Kenefick and Simon Hiscocks were on the charge in the stronger winds.

www.sail-world.com

Bermuda to Hamburg Race: RED Retiring From Race After Hitting An Object (All Crew Safe)
Class 40 RED has been on their way for repairs in the Azores, when they hit something in the water.

At 07:07pm UTC, Mathias Müller von Blumencron, Skipper of Class 40 RED, contacted the Race Committee to inform about the incident and report all crew as safe.

Facts as of 08:00pm UTC on July 14, 2018:

AAR Race Officer Stefan Kunstmann comments:

The Race Committee will monitor the progress closely, and liaise with Rescue Authorities for immediate action should any be necessary.

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A quick recap of the positions going into the final day; Jason Belben was leading by nine points, but Jim McMillan, Dave Kenefick and Simon Hiscocks were on the charge in the stronger winds.

Overall top five:

1. Jim McMillan, 32 points
2. Jason Belben, 36
3. Simon Hiscocks, 38
4. Dave Kenelick, 38
5. Ross Harvey, 53

www.sail-world.com

Overall Rankings
Beijaflore - 429 pts
Lorina Limonade Golfe du Morbihan - 428 pts
Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 400 pts

Youth Rankings
Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 400 pts
Team Reseau Ixio - 398 pts
Team France Jeune - 379 pts

Amateur Ranking
Dunkerque Voile - 367 pts
Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d'Olonne - 362 pts
Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 288 pts

www.tourvoile.fr

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The Last Word
Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works. -- Leonardo da Vinci

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All results can be found at www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/OSW2018#!/results

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The 2018 RORC Season's Points Championship continues with The Channel Race, starting on the RYS Line on Saturday 28 July. -- Louay Habib

www.rorc.org

Going into the deciding race, there was one point separating the top three and it could not have been closer.

But what an incredible finish; it was a close, exciting finish by three outstanding sailors; a brilliant display of boat handling, tactics and intense competition.

Is it time you found out what it means to be OK?

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In practice we see boats up to 200ft joining events, yachts by their sheer size complex in almost every aspect of running and sailing them, let alone racing them.

Full article by Rob Weiland in the August issue of Seahorse: bit.ly/IMA-Aug18-TB

Predictions are for winds averaging 20kts for the first days of the Rolex TP52 World Championship, with moderate sized waves.

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For the full entry list for the GJW Direct J/70 UK National Championship: yachtscoring.com/current_event_entries.cfm?eID=4571

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Royal Southern Yacht Club Academy member Emily Dresser splashed the champagne.

Unfortunately, the wind gradually dropped enough to force the abandonment of the race.

The new start for the 8th race was given at 2:00 pm with a nice evening breeze and GRE 1 finished first.

So, that was the end of the 2018 Tornado Worlds and titles were decided.

www.tornado-class.org/2018-tornado-worlds/

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As of 5:30 this afternoon, only 13 of the bigger boats from the 259-nm Cove Island Course had finished. Thirty four boats had dropped out, and no team from the 204 nm Shore Course was in sight.

Though there is no time limit, organizers traditionally stop recording finishes at noon on Tuesday, but for this 2018 edition they will stay at their posts until 6 p.m.

Wizard is the second boat to cross the finish line this morning in the Bell’s Beer Bayview Mackinac Race.

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Huge iceberg threatens Greenland village
A huge iceberg has drifted close to a village in western Greenland, prompting a partial evacuation in case it splits and the resulting wave swamps homes.

The iceberg is looming over houses on a promontory in the Innaarsuit village but is grounded and did not move overnight, local media say.

Local officials say they have never seen such a big iceberg before.

Last summer, four people died after waves swamped houses in north-western Greenland after an earthquake.

Those of Inaarsuit's 169 residents living nearest the iceberg have been moved, Danish news agency Ritzau said.

"There are cracks and holes that make us fear it can calve any time," village council member Susanne Eliassen told the local newspaper Sermitsiaq.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44831663

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In This Issue
Cascais Delivers Vintage Champagne on Day 1 of Rolex TP52 World Championship
Historic sailing around the NAB Tower
It hardly ever rains where we sail
Inaugural Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Yacht Race
J Boats Teams Turn Up the Heat with Multiple Wins in Summer Regattas
Breeze Arrives at Volvo Cork Week for the Fastnet Race
Age Hasn't Mellowed the Fighting Spirit of the 12 Metre Class
DRHEAM CUP-Destination Cotentin
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The Last Word: Man Ray

Cascais Delivers Vintage Champagne on Day 1 of Rolex TP52 World Championship
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

If the first two regattas of the 52 SUPER SERIES season in Croatia were tactical, cerebral and subtle; about moving up and down the gears through small wind variations, choosing the right side of the course and remaining consistent despite big shifts in wind direction; as the Rolex TP52 World Championship started today, Cascais exerted a welcomed reminder of the flip-side of the racing coin – solid winds, surfing waves and big moves that require slick, accomplished crew work.

With 17-28kts of typical NW'ly wind Races 1 and 2 of the Rolex TP52 World Championship Cascais 2018 were sailed in a building swell which, as ever, delivered downwind surfing gains that were as important as the choice of shift or wind pressure. Watching the most polished crews and the top drivers was instructive. And just as the conditions proved typical of what the TP52 fleet sailors have come to know and love about Cascais, so it is the two most seasoned and successful teams on the circuit that share the overall lead. Azzurra won the first race and took second in the next one, but Quantum Racing lead the title charge because their scoreline is the mirror image of Azzurra's. With Dean Barker on the helm, Quantum Racing were second to their old rivals in the first race, and then won the second, and so are credited with the championship lead after Day 1, on countback only.

The forecast for the coming days promises similar brisk conditions. Racing is streamed live every day from 15 minutes before the start at www.52SUPERSERIES.com and via the app.

Rolex TP52 World Championship Cascais 2018 Standings:
1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) 2,1 p.3
2. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto and Pablo Roemmers) 1,2 p.3
3. Platoon (GER) (Harm Muller-Spreer) 3,5, p.8
4. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andres Soriano) 4,4 p. 8
5. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) 8,3 p.11
6. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) 6,7 p.13
7. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) 5,9 p.14
8. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) 7,81 p.15
9. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) DNF10, 6 p.16

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Historic sailing around the NAB Tower
Photo by Guido Cantini. Click on image for photo gallery.

An early start on day three of Panerai British Classic Week as crews prepared to take on the inaugural NAB Tower Race. The fleet rallied for an 8am start for Classes 1-4 on the Royal Yacht Squadron inner line, with the 6 Metres sailing a shorter inshore course later in the morning.

With the tide running west to east, the fleet benefitted from the following currents as they hoisted spinnakers to cross the start line and take an historic sail past the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight.

Planned in favour of the previous, longer Around the Island Race, the NAB Tower course took the fleet between the iconic Horse Sand and No Mans Land Forts on to the NAB Tower directly off Bembridge Ledge in the east of the Isle of Wight. An imposing 27m tall x 12m wide steel and concrete cylinder, the NAB Tower was built in 1918 to help protect the south coast from German submarines during World War One.

To avoid the oncoming tide, most yachts chose to stay close to the shoreline, which paid off for many but a number of yachts found themselves caught out by the swift drop in depth and went temporarily aground before nudging themselves back into the tide. The gusty beat kept crews on their toes as they powered back to the finish, where Spirit 65 Chloe Giselle took Line Honours, followed by Spirit 52 Oui Fling and Spirit DH63 Gwenhyfar.

On corrected time, Flight of Ufford made it three wins from three in Class 1 followed by Spirit 37 and regatta regular Strega in second, and Spirit 46 Helen of Durgan in third. Sparkman & Stephens Masthead Bermudan Sloop Golden Fleece took Class 2, with Opposition in second and Cetewayo in third. Class 3 was won by Whooper, who also tallies three class wins from three, followed by Laughing Gull, a Sparkman & Stephens yawl, and the Fife Gaff Cutter Kismet. West Solent One Design Suvretta took her third win of the week in Class 4, closely followed by Cereste and Dorothy.

The NAB Tower Race was won overall on corrected time by Suvretta, with Cereste in second and Whooper in third.

On Wednesday the yachts will be racing an inshore course in the morning followed by the Ladies Race in the afternoon.

Tracker: http://panerai.sailracer.org

Full Results

It hardly ever rains where we sail
Organising big boat regattas without a palm tree in sight seems doomed to fail. With the sun and blue sky as other desired features from there it gets more complicated to put a finger on what makes a successful event, let alone a successful regatta series.

Simply asking 'Where would you like to race next year?' or 'What would make you come back to our event next year?' seems like a good approach if you are not selling a particular club or location, a position 52 Super Series is in. But quite honestly it is not as easy as that because you are most likely to get a real answer only if you ask from August onwards, so when owners traditionally start thinking of and making first plans for 'next year'. Why Copa del Rey is such an interesting – reliable – event for those in the marine business is that all of a sudden next year comes into sight as if a magical switch has been flipped each year.

For club events this autumn timing works, as their event dates and locations are fixed. Then adjusting what is on offer, the menu, so to speak, to the client's wishes is still very possible when it comes to race format, regatta management, choice of staff and the certainly important social menu… the parties.

For clubs the more longterm concerns are sponsors, sponsor contracts and relations with authorities and marinas. As the number and quality of entries are not guaranteed there always is an element of uncertainty in longterm deals made with event sponsors and other stakeholders. For sure, it makes quite a difference to a sponsor whether there are 50 or 100 boats in an event and whether there are a good number of boats and sailors of name and fame or that it is a family affair.

Classes tend to have a number of their own events each year, together forming a series for an overall trophy. Quite a few classes use existing club events for this, in which the class has a start – the easy way as it keeps funding and organisation to a minimum and the events generally offer a quality, certainly on the social side, that is impossible to match for class events. Also, it avoids the hard work of finding sponsors... and pleasing them.

Full article by Rob Weiland in the August issue of Seahorse

Inaugural Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Yacht Race
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC) has released the Notice of Race and opened Online Entry for the inaugural Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Yacht Race.

The main race fleet will start on 17 April 2019 - with IRC Racer 3 / IRC Cruiser and HKPN boats starting on 16 April, for an anticipated finish together with the main race fleet. The start line will be in front of the RHKYC's Kellett Island Clubhouse located in Causeway Bay with Hong Kong's iconic skyline and Victoria Harbor acting as an impressive backdrop.

The Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Race will be the second longest Category 1 offshore race in Asia, second only to the Club's Hong Kong to Vietnam Race and takes competitors on a 650nm passage to Puerto Galera, on the island of Mindoro in the Philippines.

Early entries for the 2019 race include Joachim Isler and Andrew Taylor's Mills 41 Ambush and Raphael Blot's Banuls 60 Cat Mach 2

The Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Yacht Race is planned to take place on alternate years to the Rolex China Sea Race which finishes in Subic Bay in the Philippines. The 2018 edition of the Rolex China Sea Race saw a 29 entries and the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club expects similar numbers for the inaugural Hong Kong to Puerto Galera Yacht Race.

www.hkpuertogalerarace.com

J Boats Teams Turn Up the Heat with Multiple Wins in Summer Regattas
July has brought sizzling good fortune to J Boats teams in the UK & Ireland, with tremendous successes at two of the biggest regattas on their racing calendar.

At the start of the month, eight J Boats entered the bi-annual Volvo Round Ireland Race, where the rule is simply to leave Ireland and her islands to starboard. The most impressive victories of the regatta were claimed by Chris Power Smith's J/122 Aurelia, and John Maybury's J/109 Joker II, who won IRC2 and IRC3 respectively. Joker II finished second in IRC overall, with Aurelia right behind them in third.

Chris commented "A class win was our strong ambition against very experienced and tough competition, including the X41 and the JPK 10.80. After 5 strenuous days and nights of relentless close quarters sailing over the 704 mile course we finally managed to cross the line 150 meters ahead of the higher rated X41 for the Class win. The icing on the cake was that we won top ISORA boat of 18 starters, and third overall in the 52 boat IRC Fleet. The J/122 performed flawlessly and comfortably on all points of sail in winds from near calm to over 25 knots."

Next up was the Round the Island Race hosted by the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. Over 50 J Boats took on the challenge, unaided by light conditions and pockets of no wind at all. J Boats found themselves in silverware positions in an incredible seven IRC classes, with J/109s taking all the podium positions in IRC2A.

Victoria Preston's J/109 Jubilee were the winners of IRC2A, the 15 strong J/109 class, and the extracted J Boats results. Victoria said "The Jubilee team with Bill Edgerton on helm, Felix Trattner on trim and myself on nav, sailing with a crew of family and friends, were delighted with our victory in a long and exciting race, despite periods of little wind. Overcoming a slow start, the crew kept focused and were rewarded with the J-trophy for fastest J/J109 and the Yeoman Bowl for best in IRC Class 2."

The J Boats summer season continues, with more than 20 J Boats lining up for Volvo Cork Week, which kicks off today with the Beaufort Cup.

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Breeze Arrives at Volvo Cork Week for the Fastnet Race
The wind gods smiled on the second day of Volvo Cork Week with a 15 knot southwesterly piping up, giving the international fleet a day to remember in the Celtic Sea. Barry Byrne's Irish Defence Forces team came from behind to win the double points scoring Fastnet Race for the Beaufort Cup. During the 130 mile race, four teams swapped the lead in an intense battle around the Fastnet Lighthouse. Meanwhile 100 teams were competing inshore for the second day of Volvo Cork Week. A long coastal race, in good breeze along the wild South Coast of Ireland produced fantastic racing.

The Irish Defence Force team, racing J/109 Joker 2, skippered by Barry Byrne, opened their defence of the Beaufort Cup with a win in the 150 mile Fastnet Race. After digging in for trench warfare, with a beat all the way to the Fastnet Rock, Joker was fourth around the iconic lighthouse, and picked off the leaders to take the gun by just over four minutes from the Baltimore Lifeboat team skippered by Youen Jacob. The Baltimore Lifeboat team, with Olympian Peter O'Leary calling tactics staged their own comeback, sailing offshore into extra breeze to move up the ranks and threaten the leaders. Tánaiste Simon Coveney (Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland) racing J/109 Jedi, with an Irish Defence Force Team, led the fleet for much of the race, but lost out in the last few hours to come third. The Fastnet Race is a double scoring race for the Beaufort Cup, three days of inshore racing will decide the overall winner, who will also nominate a donation of 10000 Euros to the charity of their choice.

In IRC One Jonathan Anderson's J/122 El Gran Senor (Clyde Cruising Club) was today's winner.

In IRC Two, Ronan Harris' J/109 Jigamaree (Royal Irish YC) corrected out to win by under a minute from yesterday's winner, Dunlop & Cox's J/109 Mojito (Pwllheli SC).

In IRC Three, Ronan & John Downing's Half Tonner Miss Whiplash (Royal Cork YC) won Race 2, crossing the finish line just four seconds ahead of Wright, Cronnelly & DeNeve's Corby 27 Kodachi (Howth YC).

Congratulations to all of today's class winners including: Rory Fekkes's Quarter Tonner Fn'Gr8 (Carrickfergus SC), Denis Hewitt & Ors' Mills 36 Raptor (Royal Irish YC), Broadhead, Collins & Stuart's Sigma 38 Persistance (Royal Irish YC), Donal & O'Mahony's Loch Greine (Royal Cork YC), and Patrick Doherty's Tailte (NSYS & RCYC).

Volvo Cork Week continues tomorrow, Wednesday 18th July, with the scenic and tactically challenging Cork Harbour Race, and the start of the One Design Southern Championships for the 1720 Class and the International Dragons.

www.corkweek.ie

Age Hasn't Mellowed the Fighting Spirit of the 12 Metre Class
Newport, R.I.: More than three decades after its starring role in the America's Cup came to a close, the 12 Metre class continues to thrill sailors and spectators with competitive racing off the coast of America's first resort. Nine of the historic yachts, including three America's Cup champions, will take part in the 11th edition of Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, which starts on Tuesday night with an Opening Ceremony and America's Cup Panel Discussion at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court.

While the nostalgia runs deep for these sleek yachts with their overlapping headsails, flush decks and minimal freeboard, the competition is as fierce as ever as the class gears up for an historic world championship in Newport in 2019.

The New York Yacht Club's Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex was first run in 1998, and will take place July 17 to 21 out of the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court, in Newport. R.I. The biennial summer classic has established itself as one of the premier summer race weeks in the Northeast thanks to its attractive combination of great racing conditions off Newport and the superlative shoreside hospitality at the Club's waterfront Clubhouse overlooking Newport Harbor. Partners for the 2018 edition of Race Week at Newport include presenting sponsor Rolex, regatta sponsor BMW and regatta supporter Helly Hansen.

In addition to the Traditional Division, five 12 Metre yachts will race in the Modern Division. Jack LeFort's Challenge 12 (right) took a one-point win over Dennis William's Defender at the Annual Regatta and will start as a slim favorite. But strong challenges are expected from Defender, the 1980 America's Cup champion, two-time America's Cup winner Courageous, as well Freedom, which was on the short end of the 1983 America's Cup battle with Australia II.

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DRHEAM CUP-Destination Cotentin
La Trinite-sur-Mer in south-west Brittany will play host to the prologue for the second edition of LA DRHEAM CUP-Destination Cotentin, the DRHEAM TROPHY. Within the context of the Rêves de Large operation, the event will enable local children aged 9-11 from the Auray Quiberon Terre-Atlantique region to be part of the fun by sharing the daily life of a professional or amateur offshore racer over the course of a race spanning forty miles or so.

These values will also guide the organisation team which, from 19 July, will host participants and the public in the race village at La Trinite-sur-Mer. The vast majority of the organisation team is female in line with the organiser's wishes, who is naturally delighted to see several women signed up for LA DRHEAM CUP-Destination Cotentin. Indeed, there will be five in total: three in Class40 (Miranda Merron, Claire Pruvot, Morgane Ursault-Poupon) and two in Imoca (Sam Davies and Isabelle Joschke).

Thursday 19 and Friday 20 will be devoted to finalising the registrations and scrutineering the boats, whilst festivities will commence with the DRHEAM TROPHY on Saturday 21 July, before the start on Monday 23 July of the main OPEN event between La Trinite-sur-Mer and Cherbourg-en-Cotentin. 80 boats will set sail on two courses, the first stretching 736 miles via the Fastnet and Wolf Rock, which will serve as a qualifier for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the second spanning 428 miles via Wolf Rock. Their progress can be tracked live via Geovoile, a real-time cartography interface.

Schedule:
Thursday 19 to Monday 23 July from 10:00hrs: Opening of the race village in La Trinite-sur-Mer
Saturday 21 July at 11:00hrs: DRHEAM TROPHY, Race prologue (boats leave the pontoon at 9:30hrs)
Sunday 22 July at 12:00 noon with the public: Prize-giving ceremony for the DRHEAM TROPHY
Monday 23 July at 12:30hrs: Start of the DRHEAM CUP - Destination Cotentin (boats leave the pontoon at 11:00hrs)
Finishes in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin scheduled between the evening of Wednesday 25 July to Friday 27 July
Wednesday 25 to Sunday 29 July from 10:00hrs: Opening of the village to the public
Saturday 28 July at 18:00 hrs: Prize-giving ceremony with the public
Sunday 29 July from 10:00hrs: LA DRHEAM PARADE

www.drheam-cup.com

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Dowling's Baraka Gp wins line honours in Volvo Round Ireland Race
Baraka Gp crew. Photo by Dave Branagan / Oceansport. Click on image to enlarge.

The remaining 46 boats still at sea are facing light winds raising the prospect of Dowling's team winning the overall race that is decided on IRC handicap.

The next finisher is expected to be Libertalia Team Jolokia skippered by Jean-francois Levasseur about 12 hours behind Baraka Gp and expected in the early hours of Thursday morning.

While Baraka Gp will depart tomorrow to compete in the Round the Island Race in Cowes, several competitors in the Volvo Round Ireland Race may yet be at sea a week after starting out from Wicklow.

The overall race win hangs by a thread, currently favouring Baraka Gp thanks to the overnight breeze on the Irish Sea but remains open to several contenders before victory can be declared.

However, this race is far from over and past form means plenty of upsets to the standings remain in the form of weather vagaries and tidal gates on the final miles to the finishing-line.

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Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

The game of drones
Emirates Team New Zealand's magic ingredient. Nick Bowers and Rob Kothe

A busy year
1983 and at the new San Diego design 'office' of Reichel/Pugh life is about to change. Jim Pugh and Dobbs Davis

A foot in both camps
When not fettling their fleet of classic boats one famous New Zealand yard is restoring Whitbread maxis and building superyachts. Ivor Wilkins

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The AC75 Class Rule defines the parameters within which teams can design a yacht eligible to compete in the 36th America's Cup.

Full article by Richard Gladwell in Sail-World.com:
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www.clipperroundtheworld.com/race/standings

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The Mirabaud Sailing Video Award announces the composition of its international jury:

Submission of the videos:

http://www.mirabaudsailingvideoaward.com

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Lesley Robinson has been appointed CEO of British Marine, taking up the position on July 16.

Lesley has held many high-level positions in public, non-marine and leisure marine sectors.

She is a qualified accountant with financial, commercial and general management roles to her credit.

Lesley has formerly worked with start-ups, turnarounds and organic and in the field of acquisition-driven diversification.

Former BM CEO Howard Pridding left the organisation earlier this summer to seek new opportunities.

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The leading UK marina business, Premier Marinas, has reported a stronger financial performance in the 12 months to October 1, 2017 compared to the previous 18 months up to October 2, 2016.

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Oyster Yachts, the UK sailing yacht builder that was acquired by entrepreneur Richard Hadida in March, has confirmed its new board members.

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Capt. Henry E. Marx
Capt. Henry E. Marx, Master Mariner and founder of Landfall Navigation, passed away from pneumonia on June 28, 2018 in Greenwich, CT. He was 77 years.

Over the last year Capt. Marx received numerous honors for his contributions to the local and national sailing community.

And finally, he was awarded the Commodore's Award by the Cruising Club of America for his contributions both as a long-time member as well as his work as a safety educator and advocate.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:
The Stamford Sailing Foundation, 97 West Ocean Drive, Stamford, CT 06902
The Gettysburg Foundation, 1195 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA 18325

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IMOCA 60 Malizia from the Royal Yacht Club of Monaco, skippered by offshore pro-sailor Boris Herrmann,a is greeted by the National Icon of Bermuda, the traditional Spirit of Bermuda yacht.

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Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

World news
The unstoppable Class40, the (new) Aussie dirt-bike king, a very tough leg. Plus... the Italians are coming? Glenn Ashby, Patrice Carpentier, Blue Robinson, Ivor Wilkins, Giuliano Luzzatto

Paul Cayard - Even the longest journey
The perfect storm... or rather bottleneck

IRC - Passion and common sense
The big four... well, really three plus an ambitious new boy. And why course selection is everything

Seahorse build table - Tidy package?
Bruised but back... Francois Lange

Sailor of the Month
Olympic champions in the game of putting back

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The fleet is now spread out over a 100 mile distance with Australian Mark Sinclair currently trapped in very light airs close into the North Spanish coast and wishing perhaps that he too had an oar.

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Big breeze of up to 16 knots paired with flat water offered up perfect foiling conditions, as INEOS Rebels UK shot around the racecourse at speed, closing the day on the podium in third.

Having taken some time to reflect on their performance in Act 3, Barcelona, the British squad made a few changes to their set up ahead of Cascais, and they certainly saw results.

Alinghi hit the top speed of the day, flying downwind at 30.2kts, an insight provided by SAP.

The Flying Phantom Series also took place today in Cascais, prior to the GC32 racing. Chased closely by Team France Jeune, it was Idreva Zephyr Foiling who took the top spot.

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To win the prize:

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Entries will close on friday 13th July at 12 noon, entrants must be 18 or over. Further competition details can be found here

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Gusts are likely to be 1/3 as much again as the average wind speed. Squall-driven gusts may be higher still - the deeper the cloud, the stronger the gust.

Met Office: NE 5-8 kts, dying around 1100, settling back in S/SSW 5-9 kts after noon.
ECMWF: N 3-6 kts then SW 6-10 kts.
NOAA's GFS model: N 3-6 kts in the morning, then SW 6-10 kts.

www.roundtheisland.org.uk

Further information about the National 18 British and Irish Championship and the class's 80th Anniversary celebrations can be found at www.national18.com

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High Potential wins 2018 Round the Island Race Gold Roman Bowl
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

In what will probably be regarded as one of the most challenging on record, the 87th edition of the Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay was won overall by High Potential.

Ross Applebey and his team, based in Lymington, sailed an impressive race in the light, tactical conditions and after 8:30:03 was deemed the overall winner of the Gold Roman Bowl on corrected time.

Full results

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'Auf Wiedersehen' Bermuda
The Atlantic Anniversary Regatta race from Bermuda to Hamburg started just after midday local time on July 08, 2018.

Four hours into the race the vast majority of the fleet were experiencing double-digit boat speed.

For hourly updated positions on the fleet, photos, videos and all the latest news visit: www.anniversary-regatta.com

Follow the fleet of the Atlantic Anniversary Regatta live on the YB Tracker yb.tl/aar2018

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Next up for the World Match Racing Tour is Ris0r, Norway as the Tour stays in Scandinavia. The event will run 26-29th July.

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Seahorse July 2018
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Chimney
Seems that Armel Le C'leac'h had been finding new ways to make his Imoca 60s go faster...

First steps (always) are exciting
Close and intriguing start to the TP52 year. Less tight for the Fast40s... Rob Weiland

Delivery
It's 1926 and Jolie Brise owner - and Ocean Racing Club co-founder - George Martin wants to do the Bermuda Race... Clare Mccomb

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Overall rankings top three:
1. Beijaflore - 145 pts
2. #SailingArabia by OmanSail - 145 pts
3. Team Reseau IXIO - 144 pts

Youth rankings top three:
1. Team Reseau IXIO - 144 pts
2. Lorina Mojito Golfe du Morbihan - 129 pts
3. Team France Jeune - 128 pts

Amateur rankings top three:
1. Homkia - NIL - Les Sables d'Olonne - 113 pts
2. Dunkerque Voile - 113 pts 3. Toulon Provence Mediterranee - 100 pts

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The final race win of the day went to an over-joyed Lacorte, as it was his first win ever in the Melges 40 Class. Zavadnikov had a great race to take second, followed by Goransson.

The next Grand Prix event for the Melges 40 now goes to Palma de Mallorca's famous Copa Del Rey regatta on August 1-4.

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Full results

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The day was a challenge for the Officials and Sailors alike who were up to the challenge.

Full Results

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Stan Honey on the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race
Audio interview with Stan Honey, navigator for George David's Rambler 88, just 48 hours before the start of the AAR Bermuda to Hamburg Race.

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Industry News
Lufthansa partners with Atlantic Anniversary Regatta

When it comes to technological development, offshore racing is at the very forefront of pushing the boundaries of engineering and human determination.

The usage of latest tracking-technology is made possible by the support of AAR main-sponsor Lufthansa. For more information about Lufthansa: www.lufthansa.com

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Red Funnel has been an Official Supplier to Cowes Week for the past 17 years and due to the success of the partnership the relationship has been extended for a further three years.

Lendy Cowes Week 2018 takes place from the 4-11 August. lendycowesweek.co.uk

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Cliff Webb and Bernard Schopfer have announced a partnership between their respective organisations, the Yachting Journalists' Association and the Yacht Racing Forum.

The Yachting Journalists' Association, of which Cliff Webb is chairman, will become an official media partner of the Yacht Racing Forum.

Cliff Webb, the newly elected chairman of the Yachting Journalists' Association sees the partnership as an important opportunity for members, who come from all over the world.

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Aligro Group was founded and is managed by Swede Hans Eckerstrom.

Martin and Paul Strzelecki, sons of Henri Lloyd founder Henri Strzelecki MBE, will act as advisors to the new Henri Lloyd. -- Lars Ake Redeen, ibinews.com

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This news followed the earlier withdrawal of the French company Euteslat which ruled out making a bid for Inmarsat.

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The Chase For #1 Is On
With the retirement of Line Honours favourite Rambler 88 from the transatlantic Atlantic Anniversary Regatta, the cards have been shuffled for the remaining 15 racing yachts.

At 05:05pm UTC, the Rambler Crew added via another satellite message: "The boat and everybody are fine. We're just missing our port rudder. On the way to Newport. ETA 3am local time on 12 July."

Tracker: yb.tl/aar2018

www.anniversary-regatta.com

Top five after two races
1. Jan Kurfeld, GER, 3
2. Andre Budzien, GER, 3
3. Lars Johan Brodtkorb, NOR, 4
4. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 4
5. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 5

2018.okworlds.org

The Regatta is an open event to which visiting boats are assured of a very warm welcome.

For further information, e-mail info@jerseyregatta.com.

Some sailors are about to set off sailing solo to complete their qualification for the Route du Rhum, while others are looking forward to the Dhream Cup to get that magic ticket…

Twelve skippers competing in the Dhream Cup

Alex Thomson will not be competing in the Dhream Cup, but in the coming weeks, he is planning to attempt to smash the North Atlantic record.

drheam-cup.com www.routedurhum.com/en/s01_home/s01p01_home.php imoca.org

Online registrations are open at www.barcolana.it

It was a totally different weather pattern that greeted the 396 sailors, with a tricky, shifty and unpredictable breeze delivering the most brutal race track challenge of the Championship so far.

Two races for each of the 420 Open, 420 U17, 470 Men and 470 Women with rollercoaster scores unseating some teams as they struggled to find their groove in the change of conditions.

2018junioreuropeans.420sailing.org

Clean propulsion takes centre stage at Yacht Club de Monaco
Click on image for photo gallery.

Provisional programme:
Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th July from 8.30am - 8.00pm:
Solar & Energy Boat Challenge Paddocks open (free entry)

Thursday 12th July:
9.00am: Pilots briefing
10.00am: Start of trial - Race 1
3.30pm: Start of trial - Race 2
5.00pm: Tech Talks
7.00pm: Welcome Cocktail (by invitation)

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc

At the German Open of Musto Skiff, the Netherlands celebrates a double victory.

Top five places:

Laser 4.7 (Europa Cup)
1. Lukas Schranck, GER
2. Patrikas Tamasauskas, LTU
3. Simone Babini, iTA
4. Nojus Bestauskas, LTU
5. Amaya Escudero, USA

Laser Standard (Europa Cup)
1. Dawid Kania, POL
2. Rodney Govinden, SEY
3. 211236, Jakub Halouzka, CZE
4. Eric Malach, GER
5. Wolfgang Gerz, GER

Laser Radial (Europa Cup)
1. Elena Vorobeva, CRO
2. Nazli Cagla Donertas, TUR
3. Yvan Beaufils, FRA
4. Pia Kuhlmann, GER
5. Justin Barth, GER

Musto Skiff German Open
1. Paul Dijkstra, NED
2. Jelmer Kuipers, NED
3. Iver Ahlmann, GER
4. Yaroslav Petrov, RUS
5. Marius Knippscheer, GER

A-Cat Europeans
1. Glenn Ashby, AUS
2. Maciej Zarnowski, POL
3. Mischa Heemskerk, NED
4. Manuel Calavia, ESP
5. Sandro Caviezel, SUI

www.warnemuender-woche.com

The first Mixed crew to finish was Jurgen and Sarah Jentsch, also finishing 4th overall.

The wind was average 8 knots with gusts reaching 12 knots of northern wind. The day finished with this year's AGM. -- Icarus Sports

www.tornado-class.org/2018-tornado-worlds/

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