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In This Issue
Lendy Cowes Week Day 6 Round up Report
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
Quarter-finals has kicked off in Lysekil Women's Match
A day of shocks and Swedish heartbreak at World Sailing Championships
Mass start to kick off Airlie Beach Race Week
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
What I Missed on June 29 - AC75 Class Rule Changes
ORC Produces New Measurement Video Series
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Gerald Ford

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Lendy Cowes Week Day 6 Round up Report
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

A combination of light, shifty north-westerly winds of 6-12 knots and strong tides provided a day of close racing and gave navigators plenty of challenging tactical decisions on day six of Lendy Cowes Week.

The White Group dayboats started to the east from the Royal Yacht Squadron line, on a spinnaker reach against a building ebb tide. There was a benefit at the inshore end of the line to gain relief from the stream, but not if this led to sailing in disturbed air downwind of the rest of your fleet.

The Sportsboat class had a close race, with the entire fleet finishing within three minutes of each other. Malcolm Roberts' Ker 9m Sunshine started closest to the shore, but could not escape from the lee of the pack and was therefore slow to accelerate. Boss Hog's modified Cork 1720 Spider Pig was first away at the outer end of the line, followed by David and Kirsty Apthorp's J/88 J-Dream and Tom Richardson's Cork 1720 Premier Cru. J-Dream took line honours in the 12.5 mile race, but slipped to fourth place after time correction, behind SpiderPig, Paul Lewis's Rum n Cork, and Sunshine.

Richard Jordan's Dragon Sankher was the first boat in the class to close the line, but was early and had to slow down, stemming the strong tide. Oliver Morgan's Christianna made a perfectly timed start at full speed at the inshore end of the line, popping out a length ahead of Eric Williams' Ecstatic and Martin Payne's Full Speed. At the end of the two hour race Sankher took the winning gun, 21 seconds ahead of Christianna, with Ecstatic finishing third 27 seconds later.

The Squib fleet, racing on a predominately windward-leeward course from a committee boat produced arguably the tightest racing of the day. The leaders - Graham and Julia Bailey's Alchemy and Micky Wright's Spoof - crossed the finish line only three seconds apart. The next two - Chris and Ben Gibson's Wizard and Joe Henry's Bacchante Vll - were just two seconds apart. Further down the 100 strong fleet six boats crossed the line in just 14 seconds.

The Black Group yachts starting on the Bramble line headed to the west, with the increasing tidal stream tending to carry them over the line. IRC Class 0 raced for the Triple Crown of some of the sailing world's most prestigious trophies. Today Peter Morton's Fast40+ Girls on Filmw on the King George trophy ahead of Igor Yakunin's Ker 46 Lady Mariposa and Tony Langley's TP52 Gladiator.

In the HP30 class Jacques Blanc's Swiss Farr 280 Buzz was clearly a couple of lengths over at the gun and had a painfully slow creep back to start correctly. The overall class leader after the first five days of racing, Malcolm Wootton's Farr 30 Pegasus Dekmarx, started closest to the southern end of the line under spinnaker and also responded to the recall signal.

This left a pair of Farr 280s, Jamie Rankin's Pandemonium, and Glyn Locke's Toucan, leading the fleet in the early stages. However, Pegasus climbed back up through the fleet to take line honours ahead of the higher-rated Farr 280s and claim her third seventh win in the 10 races the class has sailed to date.

Today's Lendy Cowes Week results

Overall Lendy Cowes Week results

lendycowesweek.co.uk

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Start: Noon on Sunday 12th August - RYS line, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK

The 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race has a record entry of Two Handed and Class40 teams. 29 teams in total will line up for the start on the Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes at noon on Sunday 12th August, which will be streamed live on Facebook. 10-15 knots from the south is forecast, giving fast reaching conditions as the fleet head east out of the Solent. Later in the day, the wind is due to shift to the southwest and freshen to 20 knots, pressing the teams into upwind mode as they head along the southern headlands of Great Britain.

Well over 100 intrepid sailors from all over the world will race non-stop around the notorious 1,805 nautical mile route. Just finishing the race is a massive achievement; winning class will be monumental. The yacht with the best corrected time under the IRC rating rule will be awarded the John Illingworth Trophy. The organising authority, the Royal Ocean Racing Club are all set for the race and a hero's welcome for the multi-national teams at the finish back in Cowes.

Eleven pocket-rocket Class40s will be racing; the 40ft Monohull World Record for the race was set in 2014 by Roderick Knowles' Swish (8 days 19:06:49). In the right conditions, all of the Class40 teams competing this year are capable of breaking that milestone. The Class40 Line Honours winner will receive the Lekeitio Cup.

Paralympic sailor Hannah Stodel is hoping to becoming the first disabled sailor to take on and complete the Vendee Globe. She has chosen Region Normandie, the Class40 as her training for this and the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race represents an early test on her journey www.hannahstodelracing.com

Briton Phil Sharp racing Imerys Clean Energy is amongst the favourites, ranked third in the world for 2018, the skipper is aiming to become the first Class40 sailor to win the Route du Rhum for a second time. However he is not the only Class40 sailor with big ambitions. Hannah Stodel has won three paralympic sailing world titles and this race represents an early test on her long term ambition to race in the Vendee Globe. Sam Goodchild is also in preparations for an assault on the Route du Rhum and will be skipper on Peter Harding's Phor-ty, alongside two-time Vendee Globe sailor, Mike Golding.

The most experienced team will be Halvard Mabire and Miranda Merron's Campagne de France, this will be Miranda's sixth race, including setting a world record with Sam Davies in 2006. Oman Sail will also be racing and French skipper Sandrine Pelletier will lead an Omani crew. The husband and wife team of Chris Frost and Elin Haf Davis will be racing Aparito with Pip Hare. Chris says the most challenging part of the race will be managing Elin's unrealistic expectations!

All competing yachts are fitted with YB Trackers and a freely available race tracker will allow fans to follow their progress 24-7. Regular race updates will bring you all the news as the teams battle around the course. For Armchair Admirals, there is also a Virtual Game. A dedicated mini-site is the hub for all information about the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. -- Louay Habib

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta is four amazing days of world-class racing in idyllic conditions appealing to a broad range of tastes. The Event, set in the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean and powered by the cooling northeast trade winds is powered by an experienced, innovative and friendly race team. Our professional Race Committee provides custom-tailored racing for the thousands of sailors originating from the 32+ countries that come to race: from Olympic medalists and World Champions sailing Maxis and Performance Multihulls to holiday-makers on chartered Bareboats.

For the 2019 edition, there will be four days of Serious Racing, counting towards the overall result. Participants will be offered a mixture of races with a combination of windward-leeward and coastal races, blended together into an irresistible cocktail of racing chosen to suit each class. The all-out racing monohulls will savor the prospect of eight races over four days with windward-leeward races on two days and two longer coastal races testing both boat handling and tactics. It's easy to understand why the regatta attracts a large competitive class of 40ft and 50ft cruiser-racers.

With Heineken as a long-standing sponsor, the event's shore side parties are exceptional! Sample the local cuisine, offered by several famous, local restaurants at the Regatta Village before you make your way to the center stage and take in the sweet tunes of international & Caribbean artists. The St Maarten Heineken Regatta parties are legendary and make for everlasting memories on the "Friendly Island"!

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Quarter-finals has kicked off in Lysekil Women's Match
On Thursday, the round-robin ended with the last quarter-final spot not decided until the last flight and the quarter-finals kicked off. Eight teams moved on including the Swedish teams of Anna Ostling and Johanna Bergqvist.

The quarter-finals began on Thursday afternoon with a best-of-five format. Henriette Koch (DEN), won the round-robin with ten victories, and chose Antonia Degerlund (FIN) as her opponent. Degerlund made it into the quarter finals with the least possible margin through a victory in their last round-robin match againt Swiss Bezel. A matchin which they were counted out, but fortunes changed.

In the evening the winds faded. Swedish team Anna Ostling and French team Pauline Courtois both won their two quarter-final matches and are also in a good position for the semi-finals as they raced in light and shifty breeze. Decisions regarding tomorrows competiton have not yet been made.

For Sanna Mattsson (SWE), Octavia Owen (GBR), Ekaterina Kochkina (RUS) and Margot Vennin (FRA), Lysekil Women's Match 2018 is over.

Racing will continue through Saturday.

Results in the quarter-finals in Lysekil Women's Match after Thursday:
Claire Leroy, FRA - Johanna Bergqvist, SWE 0 - 2
Pauline Courtois, FRA - Marinella Laaksonen, FIN 2 - 0
Anna Ostling, SWE - Alexa Bezel, SUI 2 - 0
Henriette Koch, DEN - Antonia Degerlund, FIN 2 - 0

Standings in Lysekil Women's Match after round-robin (skipper, team, nationality, wins - losses):
1. Henriette Koch, Women On Water / Team Kattnakken, DEN, 10-1
2. Anna Ostling, Team Anna, SWE, 9-2
3. Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 9-2
4. Claire Leroy, New Sweden Match Racing Team, FRA, 8-3
5. Marinella Laaksonen , L2 Match Racing Team, FIN, 8-3
6. Johanna Bergqvist, Team Bergqvist Match Racing, SWE, 6-5
7. Alexa Bezel, Swiss Women Match Racing Team, SUI, 5-6
8. Antonia Degerlund, Team SkOna Vibbisar, FIN, 3-8

9. Ekaterina Kochkina, ProKaTeam Sailing Team, RUS, 3-8
10. Margot Vennin, Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 3-8
11. Sanna Mattsson, Swedish Women's Match Racing Team, SWE, 1-10 12. Octavia Owen, Athena Racing, GBR, 1-10

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A day of shocks and Swedish heartbreak at World Sailing Championships
Zsombor Berecz became the first Hungarian to win the Finn class at a World Sailing Championships after he usurped Olympic gold medallist Max Salminen of Sweden in a dramatic finish in Aarhus.

Salminen was the strong favourite to seal the world title in the Danish city as he led by eight points going into the final day of competition in the class.

The Swede, winner of the Olympic gold medal in the star class at London 2012, needed only to finish fourth to top the podium.

He could only manage seventh place, allowing Berecz to steal the crown after the 32-year-old Hungarian crossed the line in second.

Pieter-Jan Postma of The Netherlands also enjoyed a successful day as he moved from sixth to third to take the bronze medal.

There was further Swedish heartbreak in the men's 470 as European champions and overnight leaders Anton Dahlberg and Frederik BergstrOm endured a nightmare day.

The Swedish duo were in pole position for gold but failed to even clinch a podium finish after they were last today.

France's Kevin Peponnet and Jermie Mion were the beneficiaries of the Swedish collapse as they moved from third to first on the leaderboard to claim gold.

Japan's Tetsuya Isosaki and Akira Takayanagi held on to second place to earn the silver medal following a fifth-place result, while bronze went to Spaniards, Jordi Xammar Hernandez and Nicolás Rodriguez Garcia-Paz.

"That was the hardest race I've ever sailed in my life," Peponnet said.

"The hardest bit of the race for me was to catch the other guy.

"To focus on your speed, with all the waves and chaos around you, it's very hard."

Japan's Ai Kondo Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka underlined their country's strength in the 470 class and sent out a signal of their intent for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo by sealing the gold medal.

The Japanese duo finished ahead of Silvia Mas Depares and Patricia Cantero Reina of Spain, who ended with the silver medal, and the British pairing of Hannah Mills, the Rio 2016 Olympic champion and new team-mate Eilidh McIntyre won bronze.

The Championships are due to continue tomorrow.

www.insidethegames.biz

Mass start to kick off Airlie Beach Race Week
For the first time in the history of Airlie Beach Race Week, Race Director Denis Thompson and his race management team have organised a mass start for the 119 entries on the opening day, a fine start to the 30th anniversary celebrations.

The plan for the Whitsunday Sailing Club hosted event is to start the field in the eight classes across multiple divisions simultaneously from two start lines near the scenic Double Cones Islands. Some might say it's like herding cats, but Thompson says no.

"It'll be like a Sydney Hobart or Melbourne Geelong start - and I've done a few of those. And like the Hobart, we won't be advising anyone who is over the line early until five minutes after the start," Thompson said.

"It's something different, but we've been planning it for a while."

And the wind gods are playing ball. A light breeze was already in evidence at 7.30am and Thompson said: "There'll be plenty of breeze - around 18 knots from the south-east and a nice sunny day."

At the first morning's briefing with the on-water team, Thompson said of Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing, "It's good to see so many entries and the regatta being supported so well."

The fleet will be split onto two courses - a shorter course for the smaller yachts, while the larger variety will do a longer windward reaching course, making for spectacular viewing.

The most anticipated clash between two TP52s, Matt Allen's Ichi Ban and Marcus Blackmore's Hooligan starts today in the IRC Racing division. The two are renowned for taking no prisoners so spectators are guaranteed to see some America's Cup style match racing during the week.

Whether their fellow Sydneysider Ray Roberts can get between the two overall with his Botin 40, Team Hollywood, remains to be seen. -- Di Pearson

www.abrw.com.au

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

World news
That six-second victory, on a very complicated racetrack, foils lose out again in Nice, Alex Thomson goes public (at last), 50 years ahead of the game... from one America’s Cup to ‘40’ and Class40 holds its ground over there... Ian Burns, Patrice Carpentier, Blue Robinson, Ivor Wilkins, Dobbs Davis

In good hands?
Probably none better in fact... Rob Kothe talks to the new owners of the Volvo Ocean Race Richard Brisius and Johan Salen

Update
Quite the new (TP52) toys, Cup ‘foundations’ and is there (finally) some light at the end of the USA Olympic tunnel. Jack Griffin, Terry Hutchinson, Bernardo Sanchez

Sailor of the Month
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Massive pedigree
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In good hands?
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Update
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What I Missed on June 29 - AC75 Class Rule Changes
If there was an announcement, I missed it: The AC75 Class Rule was updated on June 29th. The Protocol allowed ETNZ and Luna Rossa, aka "COR/D," until June 30th to make any changes without consulting the other competitors, and they did. The new version of the rule notes that COR/D released to competitors (but not to the public) the crucial specifications for the Foil Cant System (FCS). The class rule itself has some significant changes about the FCS. More on this below... All of the dates that were previously "TBA" have now been set. I've noted two of them in my calendar and added them to the list at the end of this issue:
The mast drawing package will be released by the end of this month.

COR/D may require all competitors to install "updates" to the FCS at any time up to 31 August 2020.

The AC75 Class Rule refers to a "Rules Committee" whose job it is to interpret the rule and who may amend the rule without approval by any competitors other than ETNZ and Luna Rossa. Neither the Protocol nor the AC75 Class Rule explains who selects the Rules Committee. Conspiracy theory fans will see this as an opportunity for skullduggery, but I think the committee will be fair to all competitors. -- Jack Griffin, Cup Experience

31-Aug'18: Drawings & Specs for AC75 one design mast
31-Aug'18: Specific race course area confirmed
30-Nov'18: Late entries deadline ($1M late fee)
31-Mar'19: Boat 1 can be launched
31Mar'19: Venues (and dates) of 2019 AC World Series
2nd half of 2019: 2 x America's Cup World Series Preliminary Events
30-Nov'19: Venues (and dates) of 2020 AC World Series
1-Feb'20: Boat 2 can be launched
31-Aug'20: Foil Cant System updates frozen
During 2020: 3 x America's Cup World Series Preliminary Events
December 10-20, 2020: America's Cup Christmas Race
January and February 2021: PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series
March 2021: The America's Cup Match

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ORC Produces New Measurement Video Series
As part of its ongoing commitment to support offshore sailing around the world, members of the technical team of the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) have been working with T2P Productions to produce a series of instructional videos on measurement of boats, sails and spars. These videos provide step-by-step guidance on the techniques of collecting the measurement data outlined in the International Measurement System rules that are needed by rule authorities to produce certificates for ORC and other rating systems as well.

The first in the series are three short videos each on the measurement of Mainsails, Headsails and Spinnakers. Other videos in final production now and to be made available soon are on Boats, Propellers, Rigs, and Stability.

The videos are intended to supplement, not replace, the rules of the International Measurement System available at www.orc.org/rules

The Mainsail, Headsail and Spinnaker videos have been made searchable, or "Public", on YouTube with the following titles and descriptions:

"How to Properly Measure Sailboats - Mainsails"
In an effort to standardize the way measurers around the world are measuring sails, this is an instructional video on how to properly measure a mainsail.

"How to Properly Measure Sailboats - Headsails"
In an effort to standardize the way measurers around the world are measuring sails, this is an instructional video on how to properly measure a headsail, whether on the headstay or set flying.

"How to Properly Measure Sailboats - Spinnakers"
In an effort to standardize the way measurers around the world are measuring sails, this is an instructional video on how to properly measure a spinnaker, whether symmetrical or asymmetrical.

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In This Issue
Denmark sets Olympic standard as Netherlands top medal table
First phase of Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification concludes
Lendy Cowes Week 2018 Final Report
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
New Double-Handed Class to Feature at Antigua Sailing Week
Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada Win Star Europeans
St. Francis Claims Morgan Cup Team Race Trophy
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
For the Record
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The Last Word: Barack Obama

Denmark sets Olympic standard as Netherlands top medal table
The Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 drew to a close on Sunday with the Netherlands on top, France on the rise and Denmark basking in accolades from around the world for setting new standards for hosting the biggest sailing event in the world.

The greatest gift from the Danes and their 1,100 amazing volunteers was that they provided the perfect stage for the sailors to showcase their talents. New stars have emerged and old ones returned. The week has been graced by many great performances, from dramatic capsizes in the 49erFX and the rise of the Fantela brothers in the 49er, Zsombor Berecz's tears as he crossed the line to win the Finn and Hungary's first gold at a quadrennial World Championships and Emma Plasschaert winning Belgium's first world championship gold in the Laser Radial and proving that Marit Bouwmeester is human.

The Netherlands topped the final medal table with three golds, two silvers and one bronze from the ten Olympic classes. On Sunday, they added a silver lining to their double victory lap in the windsurfing. Dorian Van Rijsselberghe, the double Olympic champion, and Lilian de Geus had made themselves mathematically uncatchable on Friday. Kiran Badloe, lying in second, kept his rivals behind him in the medal race to take another silver for the Dutch.

No one across any of the fleets has been more dominant than De Geus. She did not finish lower than ninth in their 12 races over the last two weeks. After dominating Friday, the 26-year-old De Geus, was 30 points clear of China's Yunxiu Lu in second. This World Championships gold and the challenge it lays down to the rest of the fleet for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo (Enoshima), will have gone long way to making up for the dreaded fourth place in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Full results of all classes: aarhus2018.sailing.org/results

First phase of Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification concludes
The first phase of Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification for sailing has concluded after fleet racing wrapped up in the Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17, Men's Skiff – 49er and the Men's and Women's Windsurfing – RS:X.

Eight places in both the Nacra 17 and 49er, ten in the Men's RS:X and 11 in the Women's RS:X were available in Aarhus and subject to final notification from World Sailing after the event to the relevant Member National Authority / National Olympic Committee, the following nations have qualified:

Nacra 17
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Brazil
Denmark
Great Britain
Italy
New Zealand

The Nacra 17 fleet had 27 nations represented across 68 boats.

49er
Croatia
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
New Zealand
Portugal
Switzerland

Across 86 entries, 31 nations were aiming for qualification.

RS:X Men
China
France
Great Britain
Greece
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Spain

The Men's RS:X featured 85 competitors from 33 nations.

RS:X Women
China
Denmark
Estonia
France
Great Britain
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Russia
Spain

Twenty eight nations participated in the 62-boat fleet.

Laser, Laser Radial and 49erFX qualification update. Women's 470 qualification update. Finn and Men's 470 qualification update.

aarhus2018.sailing.org

Lendy Cowes Week 2018 Final Report
Friday at Cowes. Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The final day of Lendy Cowes Week saw a return to gentle conditions, with starts taking place in a light southerly breeze that gradually built to an unsteady 8-12 knots in the early afternoon.

Giles Peckham's Daring Dauntless won the class with a day to spare, racing with his wife Jane, Milo Carver and Richard Romer-Lee. Dauntless was out again today, taking a seventh race win of the week. Jeremy Preston's Defender and Roger Marwood's Audax finished the series tied on 22 points, with the tie break for second overall resolved in Defender's favour, thanks to her second place in today's race.

Peckham's team's performance also saw Dauntless declared overall winner of Lendy Cowes Week. "It has been a classic Cowes Week, with windy days and light days," he says. "One thing that hasn't happened, at least for us this week, is we haven't had a race turned inside out. There have certainly been snakes and ladders, which is what you need when you get a bad start. And there is good luck and bad luck out there. We needed a bit of good luck and we got it, but at the end of the day there is nothing to replace preparation, teamwork and everybody on the boat contributing to the win."

Racing in the Solent is often seen as requiring extensive local knowledge, but the top competitor across the Black Group classes emerged as a Dutch boat, Caroline van Beelen and Rutger Krijger's J/109 Jack Rabbit. They started with a straight run of first places, before scoring a third in the final race that they were able to discard. Simon Perry's Jiraffe took second overall and Christopher Sharples and Richard Acland's Jumping Jellyfish third in the 17-strong one design class.

Peter Morton's Fast40+ Girls on Film won the Duke of Edinburgh Triple Crown Trophy for the biggest yachts that have been competing for three of the most prestigious trophies in the sailing world over the last three days. Morton finished the series just one point ahead of Tony Langley's TP52 Gladiator. Igor Yakunin's Ker 46 Lady Mariposa and Michael Bartholomew's GP42 Tokoloshe tied on seven points, with the former taking third place overall on count back.

Gladiator also won IRC Class 0 overall, having never finished a race outside the podium, while Bertie Bicket's Swan 42 Fargo took IRC Class 1 ahead of Philippe Frantz's NMD43 Albator and Johan Gustavsson's Ker 39 Vencom. Adam Gosling continued a long-running winning streak with his latest boat, the JPK1180 Yes! taking victory in IRC Class 2 by a three point margin. In the tightest possible battle for second place, Christopher Daniel's J/122E Juno finished tied on points with Tony Mack's J/111 McFly, with the tie break resolved in Juno's favour.

Paul McNamara and Tony Lowe's First 40.7 Incognito took overall victory in IRC Class 3, ahead of Arianne van de Loosdrecht's Max Fun 35 Team Heiner lll and Royal Ocean Racing Club Admiral Andrew McIrvine's First 40 La Reponse.

IRC Class 4 was won by another previous class winner with a new boat, David Franks' J/112E Leon. -- Rupert Holmes

Overall Lendy Cowes Week results

www.lendycowesweek.co.uk

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Twenty eight teams with crew from 18 different countries have started the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The cannon fire from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line signalled the start of one of the world's toughest yacht races. For the start at midday on Sunday 12th August, a cold front from the Atlantic provided pewter skies and a gusting southerly wind, accompanied by rain. Several low pressure systems are forecast to give rough weather during the 1,805 nautical mile marathon.

After leaving the Solent, the yachts raced close to the south side of the Isle of Wight to avoid the worst of the foul tide. For the first night, the wind is expected to strengthen and shift southwest; the 140 sailors in the fleet will be bracing themselves for a hard beat in the English Channel towards The Lizard.

Eleven Class40s are taking part, with the winner likely to take line honours for the race in approximately eight days.

Of the fully crewed yachts racing under IRC, Ross Applebey's British Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster got the best start. Once the fleet had left the Solent, Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra led the charge on the water, just ahead of Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II. In IRC Two-handed, Conor Fogerty's Irish Bam! and Ian Hoddle's British Game On were locked in a duel that is likely to last for the entire race. The two Sun Fast 3600s have pulled away from the rest of the IRC Two Handed teams.

In IRC Four, Charlene Howard's American Sun Odyssey 45.2 AJ Wanderlust is leading close rival Sigma 36 British Beagle skippered by Charles Emmett; both teams are racing Two-Handed and expected to take 10 days or more to complete the race.

How to follow the race: Track the fleet, catch up with all the daily news from the fleet and race reports, follow on social media, play the Virtual Regatta game or re-play the live streaming from the start: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

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New Double-Handed Class to Feature at Antigua Sailing Week
In view of the ever growing demand for double-handed racing, the organisers of Antigua Sailing Week (ASW) are pleased to announce 2019 will benefit from the addition of a new double-handed class. Double-handed racing by its nature is all about crew stamina and how to pace yourself. With only two crew on board, both must be good all-rounders and understand the trade-off between pace, performance and physical demands.

Race manager Lorna Saunders says, "This will add an exciting new dimension to ASW. Safety being paramount, the double handed class will have its own start and courses will be carefully planned to accommodate double handed participants. The courses will be a mix of round the cans, with slightly longer legs and some days a coastal race. We look forward to thrilling, competitive sailing."

Antigua Sailing Week takes place from 28 April to 3 May and the Notice of Race is now available. An optional Round Antigua Race takes place on the 27 April, which will also offer a double handed class, and is the perfect warm up event prior to the five challenging days of Antigua Sailing Week where everyone is invited to race, chase and celebrate.

The professional race management team will continue to offer exciting racing for participants who range from fully professional campaigns to crews of family and friends.

Bareboat and mothership charters can all be arranged through our sponsor Dream Yacht Charter plus numerous race charter options are available from reputable partners.

Post-race daily prize-givings and an exciting week-long social calendar including the 10th edition of Reggae in the Park, the mid-week Lay Day Beach Party and the prestigious Final Awards Ceremony are key events on the must do list during the week.

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Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada Win Star Europeans
American Augie Diaz and Brazilian Bruno Prada are the winner of the Robbe&Berking Star European Championships 2018, tied to Lars Grael with Samuel Gonçalves (BRA) who are second. Bronze medal goes to Irish brothers Peter and Robert O'Leary.

Six of the seven races were sailed even though two of the four days of racing have been quite rough with very strong stormy winds. The PRO Claus Otto was excellent in deciding the right time to give the starts, postponing on Thursday and anticipating yesterday.

The winners of today's races were two German team, the first bullet went to Star Class President Hubert Merkelbach with Marcus Koy, and the second one to Olympic Star skipper Robert Stanjek with crew Leif Bähr. But nothing could stop Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada, not even the early start they had in race 5, that cost them to go back and re-start. Not even one mistake by the runners-up was made, Lars Grael and Samuel Goncalves, who discard a seven and are tie to the winners. A Championship well played by the Irish brothers O'Leary, who proved to be excellent team on tough conditions, winning yesterday's race with winds gusting up to over 30 knots.

Final top ten:
1. Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada, USA, 19 points
2. Lars Grael Schmidt / Samuel Goncalves, BRA, 19
3. Peter O'Leary / Robert O'Leary, IRL, 27
4. Philipp Rotermund / Nils Hollweg, GER, 37.6
5. Hubert Merkelbach / Markus Koy, GER, 45
6. Roberto Benamati / Steffen Rutz, ITA, 45
7. Jack Jennings / Frithjof Kleen, USA, 46
8. Enrico Chieffi / Manlio Corsim, ITA, 56.4
9. Marin Misura / Tonko Barac, CRO, 57
10. Jorgen Schonherr / Jan Eli Gravad, DEN, 63

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St. Francis Claims Morgan Cup Team Race Trophy
Team racing victories are, by definition, a team effort. But when asked about his club's dominating performance in the 16th edition of the Morgan Cup, St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.) team captain Michael Menninger made sure to credit people who were 3,000 miles away during the course of the regatta, but were instrumental in the team's preparation for one of the country's most competitive keelboat team racing regattas.

The New York Yacht Club team captained by Peter Levesque came in second. Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.) finished third with two-time defending champion San Diego (Calif.) Yacht Club in fourth.

The New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Morgan Cup was first run in 2002 and has evolved into one of the most coveted trophies for post-collegiate team racers. Just getting an invitation to the regatta requires a substantial team-racing pedigree. Competitors in 2018 included former team race world champions, college sailors of the year and Olympians. The regatta was run Aug. 3 to 5 out the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court and sailed in the Club's fleet of 22 Sonars.

Trophy in hand, the St. Francis team headed to the airport for the long flight back to the West Coast. But a number of the sailors competing this weekend will be back later this month for the Hinman Masters (Aug. 17 to 19) and New York Yacht Club Grandmasters (Aug. 24 to 26) regattas, both of which feature minimum ages for skippers and crew. St. Francis is the defending champion for the Hinman Masters and will be looking to carry their hard-earned momentum into that event.

2018 New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race for the Morgan Cup

1. St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.), 16 wins - 2 losses
2. New York Yacht Club - Levesque (New York, N.Y.), 13 - 5
3. Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.), 10 - 8
4. San Diego (Calif.) Yacht Club, 9 - 9
5. Eastern Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.), 9 - 9
6. Newport Harbor Yacht Club (Newport Beach, Calif.), 9 - 9
7. Yale Corinthian Yacht Club (New Haven, Conn.), 7 - 11
8. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Centre Island, N.Y.), 7 - 11
9. New York Yacht Club - Storck (New York, N.Y.), 7 - 11
10. Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.) 2 - 16

Full results: nyyc.org/morgan-cup

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

Mid-size melting pot
The market for IRC-racers in the 30-35ft range has become a lot more interesting driven by the new demand for shorthanded platforms. Fred Augendre, Jean-Pierre Kelbert, Eric Levet, Yann Dube and Michele Molino

It hardly ever rains
Keeping all of the people happy for all of the time does not happen by accident... Rob Weiland

Re-entry is a bitch
Often the finish of a round-the-world race can ‘simply’ see one set of all-consuming challenges replaced by another. Brian Hancock

RORC news - The steamroller Francais
Eddie Warden-Owen

Trickle up... Harken technical development
One thing distinguishes the foiling generation... the flow of technical development often goes in the opposite direction from usual.

Well, that was rather good
After many years’ dominance by a ‘well-known Australian design’ the Kevin Ellway-designed and Simon Maguire-built Exocet Moth took the top 17 (sic) places at the 2018 Moth Worlds in Bermuda...

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For the Record
The WSSR Council announces the recognition of the following new National Nautical Mile Records established at La Palme, France in July 2018: For further details visit the WSSR Website www.sailspeedrecords.com

BEL: Marie Paule Geldhof (Women NM)
BEL: Vincent Valkenaers (Men NM)
FRA: Marine Tlattla (Women Kite NM)
FRA: Antoine Albeau. (Men NM)
FRA: Christophe Ballois (Men Kite NM)
GBR: Zara Davis (Women NM)
GER: Christian Bornemann (Men NM)
IRL: Oisin van Gelderen (Men NM)
ITA: Andrea Baldini (Men NM)
SUI: Heidi Ulrich (Women NM)
SUI: Christian Arnold (Men NM)
SWE: Roger Oernvang (Men NM)

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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In This Issue
Courtois wins Lysekil Women's Match
The Women's Match Racing World Championship Begins Tomorrow
2018 Genoa Boat Show
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race Day 2
YJA launches 2018 Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year Award Nominations
Luna Rossa snag Team New Zealand of major sponsor
Iker Martinez Found Guilty of Misconduct
Plenty captures Farr 40 class at Verve Cup, precursor to worlds
Golden Globe Race; Philippe Peche heads for Cape Town
Brest Oceans
For The Record
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Jerry Rubin

Courtois wins Lysekil Women's Match
Lysekil Women's Match 2018 is over and the winner is French skipper Pauline Courtois with her team Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team. Courtois ended on second place 2017, but this was her year.

Courtois won three straight victories in the final after falling behind 0-2 in her semi-final match with the Swedish team of Anna Ostling. Courtois is the defending champion of the WIM Series and is aiming to defend her title.

Two competitions of the WIM Series 2018 have been conducted. The next regatta, which runs in Ekaterinburg, Russia next week, is also the official Women's Match Racing World Championship 2018.

Results in the final in Lysekil Women's Match
Henriette Koch, DEN - Pauline Courtois, FRA 0-3

Results in the petite final in Lysekil Women's Match
Anna Ostling, SWE - Johanna Bergqvist, SWE 2-1

Results in the semi-finals in Lysekil Women's Match
Henriette Koch, DEN - Johanna Bergqvist, SWE 3-2
Anna Ostling, SWE - Pauline Courtois, FRA 2-3

Results in Lysekil Women's Match 2018 (team, crew, nationality):
1. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team - Pauline Courtois, Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Nathalie Corson, Sophie Faguet - FRA
2. Women On Water / Team Kattnakken - Henriette Koch, Trine Bentzen, Josefine Boel Rasmussen, Laerke Ilsoe Norgaard, Laerke Marie Sorensen - DEN
3. Team Anna - Anna Ostling, Annie Wennergren, Linnea Wennergren, Marie Berg, Annika Carlunger - SWE
4. Team Bergqvist Match Racing - Johanna Bergqvist, Isabelle Bergqvist, Johanna Thiringer, Ellinor Hansson, Anna Sundberg - SWE
5. New Sweden Match Racing Team - Claire Leroy, Louise Kruuse af Verchou, Klara Ekdahl, Frida Langenius, Malin Holmberg - FRA
6. L2 Match Racing Team - Marinella Laaksonen, Daniela Ronnberg, Camilla Cedercreutz, Roosa Wederhorn, Eva-Lotta Hokkonen - FIN
7. Swiss Women Match Racing Team - Alexa Bezel, Fiona Testuz, Manon Kivell, Louise Thilo, Nicole Bolliger - SUI
8. Team Skona Vibbisar - Antonia Degerlund, Carla Westersund, Janina Hallberg, Disa Langstrom, Lisa Gerkman - FIN
9. ProKaTeam Sailing Team - Ekaterina Kochkina, Tatiana Suslova, Natalia Noga, Sara Edholm, Ann Johnson - RUS
10. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team - Margot Vennin, Marie Zugolaro, Clotilde Poncon, Juliette Dubreuil, Sophonie Affagard - FRA
11. Swedish Women's Match Racing Team - Sanna Mattsson, Niki Blassar, Therese Berg, Louise Lindkvist, Nellie Lindner - SWE
12. Athena Racing - Octavia Owen, Ruby Riggs, Hebe Hemming, Amber Riggs, Pip Benson - GBR

Standings in WIM Series 2018 after two events (team, skipper, nationality, points):
1. Team Kattnakken / Women On Water, Trine Palludan / Henriette Koch - DEN, 47
2. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, Pauline Courtois - FRA, 45
3. Team Bergqvist Match Racing, Johanna Bergqvist - SWE, 40
4. L2 Match Racing Team, Marinella Laaksonen - FIN, 32
5. Team SkOna Vibbisar, Antonia Degerlund - FIN, 24
6. Team Anna, Anna Ostling - SWE, 20
7. New Sweden Match Racing Team, Caroline Sylvan / Claire Leroy - SWE / FRA, 16
8. Team BAAM!, Allie Blecher - USA, 16
9. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, Margot Vennin - FRA, 14
10. Swiss Women Match Racing Team, Alexa Bezel - SUI, 12
11. NZ Match, Celia Willison - NZL, 12
12. Stockholm Match Racing Team, Sanna Hager - SWE, 10
13. Swedish Women's Match Racing Team, Sanna Mattsson - SWE, 10
14. ProKaTeam Sailing Team, Ekaterina Kochkina - RUS, 8
15. Team Skogman, Jassi Skogman - FIN, 8
16. APCC Women Sailing Team , Margot Riou - FRA, 6
17. Athena Racing, Octavia Owen - GBR, 5
18. Peregrine Racing, Hanna Ericksson - SWE, 5

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The Women's Match Racing World Championship Begins Tomorrow
Eleven teams from around the world have arrived in Ekaterinburg, Russia to compete in the Women's Match Racing World Championship 2018. Racing will begin on the Verkh-Isetskiy pond tomorrow. Today the teams arrived to beautiful sailing conditions, completed the registration and spent the afternoon practicing on the water.

Defending Champions Lucy Macgregor and her Team Mac from Great Britain are looking forward to the opportunity to defend their title.

The teams were greeted by a bright and sunny day with good racing wind as the teams practiced in the Ricochet-747 boats. While the three Russian teams were already familiar with the boats, the foreign teams took the opportunity to get familiar with local venue, racing area and boats.

Tomorrow the first start is planned at 10:00.

www.wimseries.com

2018 Genoa Boat Show
From 20th to 25th September 2018, the latest previews of international yachting will be displayed for visitors to the 58th Boat Show. Visitors will experience the passion for the sea and water sports testing the boats and participating in many special activities.

More than 1,000 boats are on show, from the four traditional areas: sailing, outboard engines and inflatable boats, powerboats and motor yachts. The latest products of the national and international nautical industry will be displayed along a refurbished itinerary with new docks and dedicated areas.

Six days of "Sea Experience" where you can try out the latest products in the open sea or get involved in challenges and events organised for visitors. One key event will be the "Big Game Tournament", where sport fishing fans will board breath-taking fishing boats and measure their skills with cutting-edge equipment. Excitement is also guaranteed for lovers of diving, swimming, rowing, canoeing and surfing.

All this seasoned with top quality hospitality, made possible by the renewed partnership with Eataly, in a unique setting: Genoa, with its artistic treasures and events that will bring the city to life.

salonenautico.com

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race Day 2
The international fleet are licking their wounds after a tough first night in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The leading Class40s and IRC rated yachts have broken away from the rest of the fleet and are expected to round the Scilly Isles this afternoon. With 20 knots from the southwest forecast for the Celtic Sea it will be a long hard slog to Mizen Head on the southwest tip of Ireland. In the 11-strong Class40 fleet, Nicolas Troussel's Corum and Phil Sharp's Imerys are side by side, battling for the lead. In the IRC fleet, Giles Redpath's Pata Negra and Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II are virtually tied for the lead on the water.

In IRC Two-Handed, Benjamin Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao racing Figaro El Velosolex SL Energies Group lead the class on the water and after time correction. The smallest yacht in the race made the defining move on the first day at Portland Bill. The French/Chinese team tucked right in at the notorious headland as the tide turned against them. The team slingshot around the notorious headland to get a jump on the fleet.

Fleet Damage:

Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra reported breaking the bobstay connecting the end of the bowsprit to the hull.

After a strong start to the challenging Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, Oman Sail's Class 40 team has taken the decision to retire after the backstay, vital mast support rigging, failed.

Oman Sail had just moved into a competitive fourth position in the 1,800-mile race and was off the south coast of Cornwall when the port backstay broke. None of the crew were hurt and no further damage resulted from the breakage.

After assessing possible repair options and considering predicted weather conditions, the difficult decision to retire was made.

Early conditions on the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race had already seen the retirement of one of the team's leading rivals, with Miranda Merron's Campagne De France breaking a mainsail halyard and pulling out of the race.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

YJA launches 2018 Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year Award Nominations
The Yachting Journalists' Association has announced that 2018 nominations are now open for these annual awards, the Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year.

These are unique and highly prestigious awards, which recognise the incredible achievements of the UK's sports stars on the global stage. This is the oldest yachtsman of the year trophy in the world, and the list of winners engraved upon its base is the envy of every other similar trophy.

Established in 1955, the recipients of this award have varied from prime ministers (Edward Heath) to humble adventurers (Ewen Southby-Tailyour), who rose to the occasion at a time of need. The dedication to the task of high achieving competitors, and the bravery of rescuers at a time of crisis, are amongst the stories recognised in the list of winners. Some notable people are serial winners, Sir Ben Ainslie (5 times) and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (4 times), and Dame Ellen MacArthur (3 times). The present holder is Alex Thomson, awarded for his remarkable performance in last year's Vendee Globe solo round the world race

There are also those who started young by winning the junior award, the Young Sailor of the Year Trophy which was initiated in 1993, then going on to win the main event later in life. Last year's winner was Montel Fagan-Jordon, aged 18, a student from the Greig Academy in Tottenham, London, who raised money to restore the 1980's classic American Admiral's Cup yacht Scaramouche, then led a crew of fellow students, sailing the fully restored yacht in last year's Fastnet Race.

Nominations for these awards are open to the public, but it is the members of the Yachting Journalists' Association who make the final decision as to whose names will grace these trophies. Over the years the members of the Association have had some difficult choices to make, but the list of winners as it stands, is a testament to the huge achievements of the British boating community. The nominations will remain open until midnight on Sunday, October 14, 2018.

Nominations may be made by email to secretary [AT] yja [DOT] world or online at www.yja.world and anyone may make a nomination for consideration. Please mention which award the nomination is being made for, and include a brief description as to why you are making this nomination. Please also include your own contact details so we can request additional information if required. The winners will be announced towards the end of this year and there are sure to be many notable contenders after an incredible year of sailing achievements.

The YJA is also accepting entries for your YJA Young Blogger of the Year Awards, open for anyone under the age of 21 on December 31, 2018. Full details available at www.yja.world

Luna Rossa snag Team New Zealand of major sponsor
Italian challenger of record Luna Rossa have robbed Emirates Team New Zealand of one of their major sponsors.

Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli, who came on board with TNZ on the eve of last year's America's Cup in Bermuda, will now co-sponsor Luna Rossa alongside luxury fashion house, Prada.

The multinational tyre company are the tyre supplier for Formula 1 and have been sponsoring sport since 1907.

"Pirelli is the ideal partner for this new America's Cup challenge. With over half a century's experience at the highest levels of high technology world sports, it will be an important asset at the heart of our project," Bertelli said.

"In this sense, it is correct to speak of a real and true collaboration between the Team and Pirelli."

Luna Rossa confirmed that the first two regattas of the America's Cup World Series will take place in the Mediterranean next year, with a further three World Series regattas to be held in Europe, the US, and Asia in 2020.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Iker Martinez Found Guilty of Misconduct
Iker Martinez has been deemed to have bad manners, bad sportsmanship, and unethical behavior. That is the decree of the Spanish superstar, famous for two Olympic medals and 2011 World Sailor of the Year Award.

To back up, Martinez is seeking to compete again at the Olympic Games, pursuing the Nacra 17 mixed multihull event. His plan was to compete at the 2018 Sailing World Championships, an immensely critical test to prove to his national authority he is capable, and to insure the country qualifies for the Tokyo 2020 Games.

However, when Martinez submitted his boat for measurement at the World Championships, the committee found he had deliberately modified it in breach of the class rules and he concealed the modification. In short, they believed his intent was to cheat to improve the boat's performance.

With racing for the Nacra 17 planned for August 5 through 12, and his boat not certified, Martinez did not compete but rather faced jury hearings on August 3, 5, and 6, which ultimately led to a misconduct hearing on August 8.

With three strikes against him, one would figure Martinez had earned a one-way ticket to the gallows. However, since he never raced in the event, the range of penalties available to the jury was limited. As a result, Martinez was only banned from the venue as of August 9.

But this isn't over for Martinez as the incident now goes beyond the event and is directed to World Sailing which will investigate and decide whether sanctions wider than the event itself, including national or international sanctions, is appropriate. This could include exclusion from the 2020 Olympics.

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Plenty captures Farr 40 class at Verve Cup, precursor to worlds
Chicago, Illinois, USA: Leif Sigmond called it a "great precursor" to the Farr 40 World Championship, and that assessment seemed spot on.

A strong fleet of 10 Farr 40s gathered at the Chicago Yacht Club for the Verve Cup and four days of intense competition served to stoke expectations for the worlds, being held in October off the Windy City.

Skipper Alex Roepers and his team aboard Plenty showed they are still sailing the boat to beat by posting an impressive victory. The three-time world champions bounced back from a tough start to post a steady string of firsts and seconds in posting a low score of 21 points.

Two-time Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Terry Hutchinson called tactics for Roepers, who steered Plenty to three wins and five runner-up results in the 10-race series. Plenty had opened the regatta with a third and fifth before totaling dialing it in.

Breezes piped up into the mid teens on Friday, but for the most part held steady in the 8 to 12 knot range. Sunday was particularly challenging with 6-8 knot winds that were quite shifty. Seven races were held on Thursday and Friday with organizers getting off just one on Saturday and completing the series with two on Sunday.

Veteran pro Vasco Vascotto called tactics aboard Enfant Terrible, which won three races and placed second or third in three others in posting 30 points - nine astern of Plenty. Rossi led Enfant Terrible to the 2013 world championship, which was held off Newport, R.I.

Nobody knows the waters off the Windy City better than Helmut Jahn, a veteran owner in the Farr 40 class who has captured the last world championship held off Chicago in 2012. Jahn drove Flash Gordon 6 to a third place result at the Verve Cup, getting the gun in two races en route to totaling 39 points - two better than Struntje Light (Wolfgang Schaefer, Germany).

www.chicagoyachtclub.org/verveoffshore

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Golden Globe Race; Philippe Peche heads for Cape Town
Over the weekend, French yachtsman Philippe Peche has fashioned a repair to the aluminium tiller on his Rustler 36 PRB, but without self steering, has decided to head to Cape Town under reduced sail. This morning, the 57-year old professional from La Trinite Sur Mer, who had led the Golden Globe Race almost continuously since the start from Les Sables d'Olonne on July 1st, was making 2.9knots in 25knot headwinds and expecting to take 13 to 17 days to reach the Cape.

Peche first alerted race organisers to the broken tiller on Friday, but his problems began earlier in the week when the actuating arm on his Beaufort wind vane self steering system sheered off. Attempts to repair the wind vane with spare tube for his special telescopic tiller failed, and when the tiller then snapped in 45-50knot winds experienced at the end of last week, he had nothing left to repair it with.

Peche made an emergency call to the Golden Globe Race HQ at 18:10 UTC on Friday using a satellite phone all competitors carry for use in such situations. Skippers are free to call Race HQ and emergency services at any time, but under the strict rules of this retro non-stop round the world race, can only contact the greater world by radio. Peche then made a second call to his partner, having told Race HQ "I am going to call my partner and I do not care about the consequences."

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede is the solid leader this morning of the GGR 2018, after having a windane problem he succeeded in repairing. At nearly 600 miles in its west, Mark Slats just tacked south taking advantage on better winds now to progress, while in its wake, Gregor Mcguckin, Loic Lepage, ahead of Abhilash Tomy and Mark Sinclair will benefit from strong winds over the next few days, as will the eastern pack, now led by Are Wiig, third position in overall since the end of last week.

goldengloberace.com

Brest Oceans
Announced on 4 December 2015 then confirmed on 2 December 2017, the Round the World now boasts a name and a Race Director and its controlled roll-out is continuing.

The first singlehanded Round the World multihull race will set sail from Brest in north-west Brittany on 29 December 2019.

The simplified joint stock company Brest Ultim Sailing, the organising authority, presented a series of names to its shareholders to symbolise what is an event of exceptional sporting quality, whilst retaining its essential dream quality and its sense of adventure.

The addition of the name of the host city, "Brest", and the term "Oceans" would seem to be the most symbolic. Indeed, the oceans, or the global ocean, make up the most limitless playing field there is and Finistere's capital is to form the backdrop for both the start and the finish of this extraordinary event.

After a very competitive round of consultation, Jacques Caraës has been selected for both his proven expertise as a Race Director, his extensive marine experience, especially in the Southern Ocean, and the confidence he inspires in fellow sailors.

The next major meeting will take place on the main stage of the Nautic Paris boat show on 8 December 2018 at 15:00hrs, where the Notice of Race will be made public, registration will open and the first surprises will be revealed.

Multihulls in the race must adhere to the architectural criteria of the Ultim 32/23 Class. Giant trimarans or catamarans measuring 24 (minimum) to 32 metres long (maximum), 23 metres wide (maximum) with a mast reaching 120% (maximum) of the boat's overall length.

For The Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of a new record time by a 20 ft catamaran.

Route sailed: Cowes to Dinard.
Yacht: 20ft catamaran.
Names: Yvan and Mathis Bourgnon
Dates: 4th August 2018 2018
Start time: 02;50;30 0n 04/08/18
Finish time: 22;32;32 on 04/08/18
Elapsed time: 19 hours 42 minutes and 2 seconds
Distance: 138NM
Average Speed: 7 kts

Comments: The previous record time was 31 hours 38 minutes and40 seconds by David Leon FRA in July 2006

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
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In This Issue
Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland: Battle in the Celtic Sea
A Shifty Day One in Ekaterinburg
420 World Championship
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Melges 24 European Championship
Team Racing Takes Global Stage for October Regatta
Industry News
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Timothy Leary

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland: Battle in the Celtic Sea
The cold front that brought tough conditions to the start of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race have now passed, with the fleet enjoying bright sunshine yesterday and a relatively calm second night at sea. However, the intensity on the race course has been ratcheted up with wind shifts providing opportunities to make gains and losses throughout the fleet. Looking further ahead, 25-30 knots of wind and a significant sea state are expected to affect the fleet in the Celtic Sea and on the West Coast of Ireland.

The tactical battle in the Celtic Sea is raging in the Class40s with 50 miles of separation of position from east to west. Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy made the first move after passing the Scilly Isles, breaking away from the leading pack by tacking west in the early hours of the morning. Phor-ty skippered by Sam Goodchild is currently leading after taking the decision to be the first of the pack to tack north at dawn this morning. To weather of Phor-ty, Phil Sharp's Imerys is two miles ahead of Nicolas Troussel's Corum. Charles-louis Mourruau's Colombre XL (The Lost Boys) has taken a different option, tacking east of the fleet after the Scilly Isles.

After an impressive start, Guillaume Le Brec's Class40 Oman Sail reported a broken backstay on day two and has retired from the race. All crew are safe and well.

Ben Schwartz & Chen Jin Hao's Figaro 2 El Velosolex SL Energies Group is leading IRC Two-Handed on the water and after time correction. The Chinese and French sailors became friends as part of the Dongfeng Race Team, winning the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race. Their Figaro 2 is the smallest yacht in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race.

The most southerly of the fleet is Conor Fogerty's Irish Sun Fast 3600 Bam! At 0900 BST the Two-Handed team altered course to the north. They are followed by Gavin Howe's British Sun Fast 3600 Tigris, which is also racing Two-handed. The two teams will be hoping for the wind to shift to the west as they negotiate the Celtic Sea.

In IRC Four, Charlene Howard's AJ Wanderlust has an engine problem and headed into Mylor Harbour near Falmouth and hopes to rejoin the race. Charles Emmett's Sigma 36 British Beagle leads the class. -- Louay Habib

Track the Fleet: yb.tl/rbni2018

Blogs from the boats: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org/news/blogs

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A Shifty Day One in Ekaterinburg
The racing for the 2018 Women's Match Racing World Championship got underway under cloudy skies with a light rain falling most of the day. But the dark skies did not dim the enthusiasm as the sailors and race officials hit the water and completed eight flights before joining in the Opening Ceremonies.

As the sailors returned to the dock, "shifty" was the word of the day. "The key to the day was playing the shifts, being patient, and keeping speed in the boat all of the time" said Trine Palludan, skipper of the Danish Team Kattnakken, who is undefeated and leading after day one with five wins and no losses.

The 2018 edition of the World Championship celebrates the 20thanniversary of the event. This year 45 sailors from 6 nations are taking part in this historic competition in the historic city of Ekaterinburg which is celebrating a significant 295th anniversary.

The racing continues Wednesday with racing every day until the conclusion with the finals and awards presentations on Saturday 18 August.

Results after day 1 of the round-robin (skipper, team name, nationality, wins - losses):

1. Trine Palludan, Team Kattnakken, DEN, 5-0
2. Lucy Macgregor, Team Mac, GBR, 4-0
3. Marinella Laaksonen, L2 Match Racing Team, FIN, 4-1
4. Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 3-1
5. Milena Laverycheva, BERGAUF Sailing Team, RUS, 3-2
6. Alexandra Martynova, BornToSail, RUS, 2-3
7. Alexa Bezel, Swiss Women Match Racing Team, SUI, 1-3
7. Margot Riou, APCC Women Sailing Team , FRA, 1-3
7. Ekaterina Kochkina, ProKaTeam Sailing Team, RUS, 1-3
10. Margot Vennin, Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 0-4
10. Octavia Owen, Athena Racing, GBR, 0-4

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420 World Championship
Newport, Rhode Island, USA: Very tight racing at the top of all fleets on day 4 at the 420 World Championships. Heavy rain did not deter the competitors as they have proved they are here to race no matter what the weather.

The 420 World Championship race committee delivered two more races today in very challenging New England sailing conditions. After an hour delay onshore, the Open, Women's and Under 17 fleets left for the race course North of Newport bridge to the Halfway Rock area.

The trapezoid course with an inner and outer loop was set quickly for the first race. The race was started in seven knots of Easterly breeze, with the strong current adding to the challenge for the 336 sailors as it crossed the race course.

In the second race, the wind held Easterly and steady at seven knots. There were periods of moderate to light to no rain, but by the end of the day, sailors returned to the beach in a torrential downpour.

420 Open - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. Seb Menzies/Blake Mcglashan, NZL, 11
2. Martín Wizner Perez-Lafuente/Pedro Ramon Ameneiro Amezaga, ESP, 20
3. Otto Henry/Thomas Larkings, AUS, 25
4. Dylan Ascencios/William George, USA, 26
5. Luis Miguel Hernandez Tirado/Ignacio Balaguer Galbis, ESP, 28

420 Women - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. Clara Olive/Solenza Mariani, FRA, 13
2. Patricia Reino Cacho/Isabel Laiseca Bueno, ESP, 13
3. Laura Akrich Vazquez/Clara Llabres Rival, ESP, 33
4. María Bover Guerrero/Catalina Homar Estarellas, ESP, 39
5. María Caba Hernandez/Pilar Caba Hernandez, ESP, 44

420 Under 17 Open - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. Jacobo García García/Antoni Ripoll Gonzalez, ESP, 31
2. Melina Pappa/Maria Tsamopoulou, GRE, 32
3. Oscar Pouschè/Luca Coslovich, ITA, 37
4. Oliver Hurwitz/Ethan Froelich, USA, 42
5. Marina Garau Bosch/Blanca Cabot Sancho, ESP, 47

Full results: 2018worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

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

An extraordinary vintage
The Yale Class of 76 was exactly that and Steve Benjamin was far from being the only sailor that summer to go on to much bigger things. Dobbs Davis

Oxymoron
Even a double Olympic medallist, Volvo Ocean Race winner and the current RYA Director of Racing is struggling a little with the ongoing Olympic classes selection process. Ian Walker

It was that close
But it was Phil Sharp who did it once again

Delivery - Part II
Preparing for the Bermuda Race... albeit in 1926. Clare Mccomb

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Melges 24 European Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Sometimes the results just speak for themselves: with an impressive scoreline of 1-1-7-4-7-1-1-3-9-DNC, never going out of the top ten in a fleet of 72 boats, and with one race to spare, the Italian crew of Maidollis (ITA854, 3-9-DNC today) by owner Gian Luca Perego, with Carlo Fracassoli at helm, Enrico Fonda calling tactics, Stefano Lagi and Matteo Ramian, is crowned 2018 Melges 24 European Champion. The Italians, already winners of the World Championship in Helsinki 2017, succeed in the golden book to Chris Rast's EFG Sailing Team, winner in Hyeres 2016.

Second place is for another Italian crew, under the spotlight since the very first day of the Championship, Caipirinha Jr. (ITA633, 5-7-9): with Matteo Ivaldi - at his great return in the Melges 24 Class after the Europeans of 2016 where he was helming and calling tactics at the same time on board Marrakech Express - and Gabriele Benussi as tactician, the crew fought tack after tack in the last day with American entry Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team (USA749, 11-2-2) with Travis Weisleder in helm and Mike Buckley at tactics, that eventually closed the event in third position.

Top five after ten races:
1. Maidollis, Carlo Fracassoli, ITA, 34 points
2. Caipirinha Jr, Matteo Ivaldi, ITA, 53
3. Lucky Dog / Gill Race Team, Travis Weisleder, USA, 57
4. Altea, Andrea Racchelli, ITA, 62
5. War Canoe , Mike Goldfarb, USA, 62

Full results

Team Racing Takes Global Stage for October Regatta
Newport, R.I.L Proponents of team racing have set their sights on the discipline's inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Regatta. The inaugural Global Team Race, which will be held Oct. 5 to 7 at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court, may prove a crucial milestone on the long road to earning a place on sailing's grandest stage.

The Global Team Race was created from scratch less than a year ago and will feature two-on-two team racing in the New York Yacht Club's fleet of Sonar keelboats.

Keelboat team racing, which has been increasing in popularity over the last quarter century, is a comprehensive test of tactics, strategy, boat speed and team work. Spinnakers are regularly used, adding another layer of difficulty to the mark roundings and downwind legs and increasing the opportunities for boats behind to catch up.

Traditionally, team racing was sailed in a three-on-three or four-on-four format. But two-on-two is logistically less demanding for both teams and regatta organizers. It's also easier for spectators to follow. The winner of the match is whichever team doesn't cross the finish line last.

Competing teams: Bayerischer Yacht Club (Germany), Dutch Match & Team Racing Association (Netherlands), Japan Sailing Federation (Japan), New York Yacht Club (New York), Reale Circolo Canottieri Tevere Remo (Italy), Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland), Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club (Scotland), Royal Thames Yacht Club (England), Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club (Australia), St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco), Yacht Club Argentino (Argentina) and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (Italy). -- Stuart Streuli

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Industry News
Following the recent Sydney International Boat Show (SIBS), the Beneteau Group has stated that it is "confident in the strong vitality of the Australian market".

The leading yacht builder, through its Beneteau Asia-Pacific arm, had a strong presence at SIBS with a fleet of 13 models covering all the Beneteau boating sectors, one world premiere, and three Australian debuts.

The sailboat and inboard motorboat display was organised by Flagstaff Marine while the outboard motorboat display was prepared by Chapman Marine. Beneteau's dealers based in different parts of Australia all gathered at the show and gave generous support to deliver a satisfactory sales performance at the show. The number of models sold on-site was close to 10.

Beneteau said they witnessed "great enthusiasm from the country's boating community at SIBS 2018. This has encouraged Beneteau to carry on investing and launching new models there."

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Ocean Signal, the UK communication and safety at sea specialist, has strengthened its sales and product team with the appointment of Steve Moore as its new product manager.

Moore brings more than 25 years of technical and marketing experience in the marine industry in both the commercial and leisure sectors to the role, in addition to a strong background in integrated marine electronics. He joins Margate-based Ocean Signal following a seven-year spell with Raymarine.

Moore will also aim to increase the market presence of Ocean Signal's ATA100 Class A and ATB1 Class B AIS transponders and to grow sales of the renowned rescueME devices and SafeSea range of GMDSS products, as well as expanding Ocean Signal's international sales footprint in key regions.

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SailForce has signed to represent Ocean Safety, a move designed to strengthen the safety company's UK sales network.

The signing sees the return of Ocean Safety to the SailForce portfolio and will also apply to associated brands Typhoon International and Neil Pryde Sailing.

"We are delighted to welcome the SailForce team back to form part of our leisure strategy," said Pauline Nolan, leisure sales manager for Ocean Safety.

"This is an exciting time for Ocean Safety as a business as we look ahead to developing and strengthening our existing business relationships."

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Navico and C-MAP are to merge.

The merger of the marine electronics manufacturer and supplier of digital navigation products to the recreational and commercial marine market is effective immediately with C-MAP becoming another brand in the Navico portfolio alongside Lowrance, Simrad and B&G.

The merger will accelerate the companies' shared ambition to create the world's biggest digital marine ecosystem.

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The Phuket Yacht Show is set to become the definitive luxury yachting and lifestyle event when it welcomes thousands of visitors from around the world to the award-winning Royal Phuket Marina from 4 - 7 January, 2019. Lead by Show Director Andy Dowden and financially backed by experienced boat show operators from Turkey, Phuket Yacht Show organisers are promising to deliver the best yacht show ever seen in Phuket.

Upto 120 exhibitors will be resident in the 2,500 sqm marina-side exhibition hall while in-the-water there is space for more than 50 yachts upto 35 metres in length. Accommodating the growing interest in superyacht sales and charter, a unique private island superyacht display will be located just five minutes from Royal Phuket Marina and accessed by private shuttle for qualified guests.

The Phuket Yacht Show will be held 4 - 7 January, 2019 at Royal Phuket Marina during Phuket's peak season when the island welcomes the largest number of international visitors, HNWIs and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals.

For more information, visit www.phuketyachtshow.net and https://www.facebook.com/phuketyachtshow

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The Swedish company Sail Racing International has been appointed as the Exclusive Apparel Supplier to Emirates Team New Zealand, defender of the 36th America's Cup. Sail Racing will provide Emirates Team New Zealand with technical racing gear as well as shore gear in their campaign to defend the prestigious trophy.

The partnership with Emirates Team New Zealand, defender of the 36th America's Cup, allows Sail Racing to supply all technical racing gear as well as shore gear to the team. Both during the America's Cup World Series events in 2019/2020, as well as the America's Cup Match in New Zealand in 2021.

Sail Racing will also design and manufacture an Official Emirates Team New Zealand replica collection that will be available online through the Emirates Team New Zealand website, at sailracing.com, in stores in New Zealand, along with the on-site merchandise stores at America's Cup World Series events around the world in 2019 and 2020. As well as at the America's Cup race village in New Zealand, the home of the 2021 America's Cup finals.

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The EU tariffs are adding an average of £18,000 per boat to imports of US craftThe EU tariffs are adding an average of £18,000 per boat to imports of US craft

With the EU tariffs on imports of US boats now in force, the marine industry is left wondering what the future will hold.

Boats in transit prior to June 22 2018 when the tariffs came in are not liable for the additional 25% tax however any placed in transit after this date are affected.

The tariffs are part of the European Commission's retaliatory measures against US steel and aluminium tariffs with leisure craft just one area affected.

And the tariffs not only apply to new boats but also second-hand boats if the boat is of US origin says Simon Beck, Peters & May export and customs expert.

The only boats not included are inflatable boats.

And for dealers and those involved in the import of boats, the situation is already having a big impact.

"As we ship the majority of small boats ex-USA to Europe, the new regulations have already had a negative impact on our business. We have already had over 40 cancellations as EU dealers place orders for new boats on hold," said Simon.

"Everyone who is importing pleasure craft from the US is impacted."

And he warned against trying to find ways around the duties saying that an unassembled or disassembled boat doesn't qualify only if it doesn't have the essential character or a vessel of a particular kind.

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A new event, the Hong Kong International Cruise & Yachting Festival (ICYF), is scheduled to be held at various locations in the territory's Victoria Harbour from November 22-25, 2018.

The locations include, at present, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, the China Merchants Wharf and the Kai Tak Cruise terminal.

The event is being organised by the Hong Kong Cruising & Yachting Industry Association (HKCYIA), a body linked to the China Cruising & Yachting Industry Association (CCYIA) with the support of the China Merchants Group.

The four-day festival aims to bring together leading brands from both sectors and include activity programmes like exhibitions, forums and conferences that feature Cruising and Yachting, Maritime Lifestyle, Marine and Leisure Tourism, and Education and Employment.

The event will promote public understanding of Hong Kong's waters and the sustainable development of the industry in southern China. It will also be in line with the development of the Greater Bay Area initiative that integrates Hong Kong, Macau, and nine Guangdong cities, including Zhuhai and Shenzhen, for an upgraded economy.

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In This Issue
Blasting along the wild west of Ireland
International 5.5 Metre ClassScandinavian Gold Cup in Cowes
'Spice it Up' in Grenada for the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2019
New Zealand pair win 420 world title
Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2018 Officially Launched
Premiere Sailing League USA Chooses RS21 As The New Boat for Stadium Sailing
Going solo: Lisa Blair's next record attempt
2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year
Airlie Beach Race Week
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Karl Pilkington

Blasting along the wild west of Ireland
Big breeze has returned to the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race; the leading teams are blasting downwind along the wild west coast of Ireland as the chasing pack round the famous Fastnet Lighthouse, cracking sheets for Mizen Head. Phil Sharp's Class40 Imerys Clean Energy leads the fleet but still has over 1,200 miles to go to take the prize. Racing under IRC for the overall race win, Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra is the provisional leader. Ben Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao's Figaro 2 El Velosolex Sl Energies Group leads the IRC Two-Handed fleet.

Having rounded the Fastnet Lighthouse, Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II stopped to drop a crew member ashore (minor knee injury). This was successfully done via the help of Castletownbere lifeboat crew, but the team has now officially retired from the race. Marc Dubos' Class40 Esprit Scout has put into Cork Harbour to make repairs. Marc and Jean-Luc Schoch are both well.

In the Class40 fleet, quick's the word, Sharp's the action. Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy scorched along the West Coast of Ireland covering approximately 140 nautical miles in just nine hours. Nicolas Troussel's Corum is in second place but is now over 20 miles behind Imerys. Phor-ty skippered by Sam Goodchild was leading the fleet yesterday but has turned into Galway Bay to fix a small rudder issue. Concise 8 skippered by Jack Trigger is now in third place in the Class40 fleet.

The Army Sailing Association's X-41 British Soldier and Ben Schwartz and Chen Jin's El Velosolex are enjoying a close battle on the water. British Soldier is less than a mile ahead of the French/Chinese duo. El Velosolex Sl Energies Group is leading both IRC Two-Handed and IRC 2. Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster is going well and is provisionally second in IRC 2. Performance Yacht Racing's First 47.7 EH01, skippered by Gareth Glover is third.

In IRC Four, the British two-handed team of Charles Emmett and Tim Winsey racing Sigma 36 British Beagle lead the class, well ahead of Charles Staples' British Sigma 36 Tantrum Of Langstone. Charlene Howard's American Sun Odyssey 45.2 AJ Wanderlust has rejoined the race, having repaired their engine.

Track the fleet via: yb.tl/rbni2018

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International 5.5 Metre ClassScandinavian Gold Cup in Cowes
Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jurg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Bo Selko) took the first race win in the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Cowes on Wednesday after a tough opening test of skills and stamina. In an event where only the race win matters, Menzi battled throughout the race with Artemis XIV, NOR 57, (Kristian Nergaard, Johan Barne, Trond Solli-Saether), and beat his rival to the finish line by a couple of metres after 90 minutes of hard racing.

The Scandinavian Gold Cup pits ones boat from each nation against each other in a battle to win races. Only race wins matter and the first to three wins takes the historic 99-year old trophy. It is a hard trophy to win; consistency pays no dividends, only race wins gives overall victory.

Marie-Françoise XIX is defending her win from last year, and is up against former world champion Nergaard, as well as defending world champion John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Mathias Dahlman).

The race is a true test with three windward-leeward legs and an offwind finish. It was a largely grey day with a few moments of sunshine, but with 10-22 knots and a sharp chop running in the Solent, it was a tough start to two weeks of racing.

Racing continues Thursday with two more races scheduled from 11.00, though an approaching storm front may delay proceedings. The Scandinavian Gold Cup fleet will also be joined by the Evolution and Classic fleets who will race for the Hankø Evolution Cup, the Royal Kaag Classic Cup.

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'Spice it Up' in Grenada for the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2019
The 2019 Caribbean regatta circuit kicks off in the southern island of Grenada for the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 27 Jan - 1 Feb. With four days of racing, and six nights of parties, it promises to be an exciting event.

Island Water World the chandlers 'that keep you sailing' are title sponsor for the sixth year in a row, opening the event with the Welcome Party Sunday night at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina. Port Louis Marina is the host venue for the first part of the regatta, welcoming racers for skippers briefing and registration, followed by two days of racing off the stunning Grand Anse Beach on the west coast.

Long time supporter The Grenada Tourism Authority, who recognise the importance of visiting yachtsman to the island are Mondays race day sponsors. The transition race on Tuesday moves the fleet to windier conditions on the south side of Grenada for more exciting racing.

Secret Harbour Marina is race day sponsor and venue for the remainder of the event and will host the ever popular Pirate Party Tuesday night. Wednesday is a lay day. Sea Hawks Premium Yacht Finishes providing primer and anti-fouling systems to discerning sailors for 40 years, have promoted and supported the event since its inception and are race day sponsor for Thursday. The regatta will finish with the Mount Gay Rum Race day on Friday and the infamous Red Hat party Friday night - the sought after cap, a symbol of achievement and participation.

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New Zealand pair win 420 world title
Seb Menzies and Blake McGlashan find it hard to comprehend what they have achieved after winning the 420 world championships in Newport this morning.

Not only did they win their first world title little more than a year after jumping in the boat together but they also won by a whopping 48 points over Spain's Elias Leonard Aretz Queck and Pablo Garcia Cranfield.

What is also remarkable is their age - Menzies is 13 and McGlashan 15 - and they did it in the open division. They sailed consistently well all week, winning five of their 12 races, including two in gold fleet, and only once finished outside the top six.

What will also add to their confidence is a look through past winners of the 420 world championships. On that list is Carl Evans and Peter Burling, who won in both 2006 and 2007 before going on to represent New Zealand in the men's 470 at the 2008 Olympics. Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie (2007) and Alex Maloney and Bianca Babrich-Bacher (2009) were first females in their respective years.

An illustration of their progress is the fact Menzies and McGlashan were 41st - and fifth of the New Zealand teams - at the 2017 420 world championships in Perth over the New Year. They then won selection as New Zealand's entry at last month's youth sailing world championships in Corpus Christi, finishing a very credible fifth.

Results and standings after the final day of the 420 world championships in Newport today:

420 Open - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. Seb Menzies/Blake Mcglashan, NZL, 31
2. Elias Leonard Aretz Queck / Pablo Garcia Cranfield, ESP, 79
3. Martín Wizner Perez-Lafuente/Pedro Ramon Ameneiro Amezaga, ESP, 80
4. Luis Miguel Hernandez Tirado/Ignacio Balaguer Galbis, ESP, 89
5. Dylan Ascencios/William George, USA, 91

420 Women - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. María Caba Hernandez/Pilar Caba Hernandez, ESP, 74
2. Patricia Reino Cacho/Isabel Laiseca Bueno, ESP, 75
3. María Bover Guerrero/Catalina Homar Estarellas, ESP, 85
4. Michelle Lahrkamp/Gabriella Del Bello, USA, 97
5. Laura Akrich Vazquez/Clara Llabres Rival, ESP, 103

420 Under 17 Open - Top 5 After 6 Races
1. Jacobo García García/Antoni Ripoll Gonzalez, ESP, 76
2. Marina Garau Bosch/Blanca Cabot Sancho, ESP, 78
3. Odysseas Spanakis/Konstantinos Mixalopoulos, GRE, 82
4. Melina Pappa/Maria Tsamopoulou, GRE, 95
5. Oscar Pousche/Luca Coslovich, ITA, 107

Full results: 2018worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

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Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2018 Officially Launched
Professional sailing photographers from all over the world are invited to join the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2018. Submission of the pictures open until September 12. Prize giving during the Yacht Racing Forum in Lorient, France, on October 23.

Yacht Racing photographers from all over the world are invited to attend the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award 2018.

Started in 2010, this event is the world's premier photography competition dedicated to the sport of sailing, celebrating the very best yacht racing image taken during the year, and which best represents the essence and excitement of the sport. Open to professional photographers, it provides an opportunity for yacht racing specialists to display their work and share their passion with a wide audience. More than two million people saw the pictures submitted for the last edition of the contest.

Submission of the pictures is open until September 12. In order to participate, photographers need to register and submit their best yacht racing image taken between October 13, 2017 and September 12, 2018, at the following address: www.yachtracingimage.com

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Premiere Sailing League USA Chooses RS21 As The New Boat for Stadium Sailing
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The Premiere Sailing League USA (PSL) has announced its choice of the new RS21 to elevate the dynamic of the sport through its stadium sailing program. RS Sailing, the largest small boat manufacturer in the world, debuted the 21' keelboat in January 2018 to address the need for a progressive, simple, and affordable boat for keelboat clubs that are seeking solutions to growing fleet ownership, league competition and sail training.

The Premiere Sailing League USA will hold a demonstration event in Michigan at Grosse Pointe Yacht Club (GPYC), September 7-8, 2018, to explain in detail why the boat is a perfect tool for the modern and pioneering pathways to sailing that GPYC is developing. An RS21 will be available for up to five crew to sail with Ed Furry from Sail22, from 2:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, September 7, and from 10:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 8.

Following the demo event at GPYC, RS21s located in the Mid-West, and on the East and West Coasts, will allow demo opportunities to be accommodated on request. The RS21 will also be on display at the Newport International and Annapolis Boat Shows in, respectively, mid-September and October.

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Going solo: Lisa Blair's next record attempt
This week, Lisa Blair has announced her latest adventure, to become the first woman to sail solo around Australia with plans to depart in October 2018. The Australian is no stranger to such a challenge and holds the record for the first woman to sail solo around Antarctica.

Departing from Sydney Australia in mid-October, Lisa Blair will be circumnavigating the entire coastline of Australia anti-clockwise and, as a solo challenge, will be the only person on board, taking approximately six weeks to complete the epic journey.

Her latest challenge will also see Sunshine Coast born Lisa circumnavigate the entire of Australia non-stop and unassisted for a total distance of 6,536 nautical miles

Lisa will be re-fitting her vessel to be 100% sustainably powered raising awareness of the message Climate Action Now, the name of her boat. Lisa founded Climate Action Now, designed to focus on the positive actions that can be taken by individuals to tackle climate change. She invites the community to complete post-it notes with an environmental action on her website.

Renaming her yacht to reflect this movement back in 2016, Lisa now digitally transfers her climate change messages into a vinyl hull-wrap proudly showcasing the 100's of commitments.

Lisa was awarded the Spirit of Adventure award by Australian Geographic and the Seamanship Award by the Ocean Cruising Club and finished off last year by partnering with The Magenta Project.org and leading the first all-female team in 16 years to race in the Rolex 2017 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on board her yacht Climate Action Now. -- Carolyn Grant

www.sail-world.com/news/208805/

2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year
The nomination period for individuals to submit who they believe should be crowned Rolex World Sailor of the Year is now open. Anyone can nominate male and female sailors in any discipline of the sport.

Sailors nominated must have performed an "outstanding achievement in the sport of sailing between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018".

Nominations must be received by World Sailing no later than 19.00 UTC on Saturday 1 September 2018.

World Sailing will draw up a shortlist of nominations with the highest and most inspirational achievers going on to become the 2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Nominees.

On Tuesday 30 October 2018, the winners will be announced at the World Sailing Awards Ceremony in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Nominate a sailor (or crew) for the 2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year.

Airlie Beach Race Week
Day 5 of Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing and conditions during the morning were above and beyond the forecast 15 knots, the wind whipping seas up quickly and crews had to stay on their toes, then winds eased after lunch – another great day in paradise.

Our viewing platform for the penultimate day of the Whitsunday Sailing Club (WSC) organised event, was Alani, a luxury motor yacht. We did it in style, could see all the action from the top deck, and the crew looked after us superbly.

Ray Roberts' Team Hollywood was OCS in IRC Passage, but fought back to finish third overall behind Ichi Ban (Matt Allen) and Hooligan (Marcus Blackmore). Ichi Ban tops the leaderboard after five races with 12 points from Hollywood on 14 and Hooligan on 15.

Same for Luke Ratcliff's Heat (NSW) in the Sports Boats. Unfortunate in the evenly matched field, but they sailed in clear air and finished that race third. In their division, Syzgy, (Errol Goodwin), retired with rudder and traveller damage.

In Multihull Racing, despite making a mad dash back to shore after breaking a pole, Paul Mitchell and his Ullman Sails crew returned and sailed to third - impressive. It left the gate open for Mitchell's older brother Dale, who skippered Morticia (NSW) to a win from the local Dirty Deeds (Michael Van Der Zwaard).

In the Fareast 28 Nationals, Brett Whitbread and Pipeline Drillers (Qld) have drilled their way to the top of the pack, with four wins, until Drew Garnett's Fareast, Valkyrie (NSW), took the win yesterday and again today.

Racing at Airlie Beach Race Week Festival of Sailing finishes tomorrow. -- Di Pearson

All information including full results: www.abrw.com.au

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
Raging north in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Another Suspenseful Day at the Women's Match Racing World Championship
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Eric Monnin is European Match Race Champion
An update from Alex Thomson Racing
World Sailing Board fully endorses first report from Governance Commission
Industry News
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Frank Zappa

Raging north in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Tough conditions have continued for the fleet racing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race, with competitors reporting 30 knots of wind gusting to 35, with 3-4 metre waves in a confused sea state.

As the front runners reach the halfway point, the battle for line honours is raging north of the Outer Hebrides. Class40 Concise 8 skippered by Jack Trigger moved up to second place yesterday and briefly took pole position during the night. However, Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy fought back to regain the lead as the team passed the remote island of Sula Sgeir. Nicolas Troussel's Corum is less than a mile behind Concise 8. Giles Redpath's Pata Negra is still the provisional overall leader after IRC time correction, but Ben Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao's Figaro 2 Velosolex has closed the gap.

After taking a substantial lead for line honours and the Class40 division, Imerys Clean Energy blew out their spinnaker yesterday afternoon, as Phil Sharp explains: "Approaching the cold front the wind was building so we made the decision to change the spinnaker to the smaller Code 5. Just as we all went on deck the boat buried its bow in a wave and the front of the spinnaker tore off completely, which is a massive disappointment. The boat turned into a sail loft; I am confident that it will hold, you just never really can be 100% sure. There is quite a lot of wind at the moment so we are not suffering too much. Judging by the speeds of Corum, I think their spinnaker also broke."

Marc Dubos Class40 Esprit Scout has officially retired from the race, crew are safe and well. Charlene Howard's American Sun Odyssey 45.2 AJ Wanderlust has an electrical problem and is undertaking repairs in Cork.

Fleet tracker: yb.tl/rbni2018

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Another Suspenseful Day at the Women's Match Racing World Championship
The top four teams after the round robin earned the rights to play tourist for the day and explore the historic city of Ekaterinburg while the remaining teams fought for the chance to join the top four in the quarter finals. And a good battle it was on Verkh-Isetsky pond.

Alexa Bezel's Swiss Women's Match Racing Team regrouped after missing the cut yesterday and finished on top of the second stage.

This finalized the eight teams who will advance to the Quarter Finals:

Lucy Macgregor, Team Mac, GBR
Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, FRA
Trine Palludan, Team Kattnakken, DEN
Ekaterina Kochkina, ProKaTeam Sailing Team, RUS
Alexa Bezel, Swiss Women Match Racing Team, SUI
Alexandra Martynova, BornToSail, RUS
Milena Laverycheva, BERGAUF Sailing Team, RUS
Marinella Laaksonen, L2 Match Racing Team, FIN

The Quarter Finals and some of the Semi Finals are scheduled for Friday. The event will conclude on Saturday with the remainder of the Semi Finals, the Petit Finals, the Finals and the Closing Ceremonies.

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

Seahorse build table - Coming on very nicely (thank you)
First it was 20 boats, then suddenly it became 40 boats... And now even that number is looking as if it may be an under-estimate. Dobb Davis

Classic Transpac
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Rod Davis - Freshen it up
Get up forward to Marlboro Country, you worthless bunch of backstay hangers...

ORC - Life is compromise
A unique opportunity to learn. Matteo Polli

IMA - Rewarding but complex
A humble employee writes... Rob Weiland

No stone unturned
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Eric Monnin is European Match Race Champion
The Haven Kakumae Marina Sailing Stadium revealed European Champions in Match Racing. Gold medals went to Eric Monnin and team from Switzerland, silver medals to Mati Sepp and team from Estonia and bronze medals to Maxime Mesnil and team to France.

16 teams from 13 different countries participated the regatta. 10 participating teams currently hold a place in the top 20 of the World's Match Race ranking, this makes it the highest level of racing in Estonia so far. Within 4 days, world-class sailors experienced unusual tropical shifty winds, this did not give any advantage to locals either. The Round Robin was sailed in two different groups during two days and the 4 best teams from both groups made it through to quarterfinals. Places from 9th to 16th were decided in the King of The Castle format. Mati Sepp (EST) and Simon Bertheau (FRA) came out as winners of the 2 groups respectively with the same score, 6 wins out of 7 matches. From Saturday´s quarter-finals 4 teams - Mati Sepp (EST), Maxime Mesnil (FRA), Simon Bertheau (FRA) and Eric Monnin (SUI) - fought the hardest to qualify for Sunday´s semi-finals.

Quarter final results:
Mati Sepp - Kim Kling 3:1
Maxime Mesnil - Ettore Botticini 3:1
Simon Bertheau - Vladimir Lipavsky 3:1
Eric Monnin - Dejan Presen 3:1

In the Semi´s French Bertheau chose his poison Sepp as his opponent, but lost it 3:1. Second semi-final was battle between last year´s European Champion Mesnil and highest ranked skipper Monnin, which ended 3:1 to Monnin.

Semi finals results:
Mati Sepp - Simon Bertheau 3:1
Eric Monnin - Maxime Mesnil 3:1

Thus We had Sepp - Monnin in the finals and both remaining French teams had to decide 3rd and 4th place in the petit final.

Maxime Mesnil - Simon Bertheau 2:0

Final results:
1. Eric Monnin (SUI) - Simon Brügger, Jean-Marc Monnard, Sylvain Wenger, Marc Monnin
2. Mati Sepp (EST) - Ago Rebane, Janno Hool, Karl Kolk
3. Maxime Mesnil (FRA) - Chateau Yann, Yves Marie Pilon, Pierroz Aurelien
4. Simon Bertheau (FRA) - Baptiste Hulin, Jean Baptiste Gellee, Theau Guilcher
5. Vladimir Lipavsky (RUS) - Egor Larionov, Nikolay Kornev, Andrey Kochnev
6. Ettore Botticini (ITA) - Andrea Fornaro, Simone Busonero, Lorenzo Gennari
7. Dejan Presen (SLO) - Miha Truden, Jure Jerkovic, Hrvoje Petrovic
8. Kim Kling (SWE) - Viktor Langstrom, Wilhelm Eriksson, Fredrik Langstrom
9. James Pinder (GBR) - Jamie Webb, Geroge Hopes, Sam Jenkins, Alex Smallwood
10. Georg Tallberg (FIN) - Markus Ronnberg, Måns Lundberg, Jasper Karlsson
11. Jelmer van Beek (NED) - Rob Sprij, Robin Jacobs, Jesse Mol
12. Emil Kjaer (DEN) - Jeppe Borch, Nicolai Borch, Carl Nielsen, Nicolai Bokgaard
13. Patryk Zbroja (POL) - Maciej Gonerko, Marcin Zubrzycki, Krzysztof Zetudziewicz
14. Max Trippolt (AUT) - Hanno Sohm, Anne Mahr, Michael Thaler, Oliver Thaler
15. Harles Liiv (EST) - Andrus Aavaste, Alan Kõdar, August Luure
16. Pavel Zimin (RUS) - Sergei Zudov, Anton Naidov, Vladislav Toporkov

The next stops on the Match Race Super League 2018 will be in the US with Oakcliff International and the Thompson Cup early September, before moving to Singapur.

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An update from Alex Thomson Racing
This newsletter comes to you hot off the press from Cowes Week, as we enter a (very) brief rest period before the next stage of 2018 kicks in, with all eyes on La Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.

As you read this, the current HUGO BOSS boat is in refit, in preparation for the race start in November.

We've carried out a 90-degree test and had the boat measured by Chief IMOCA Measurer Rene Boulaire.

Have a look behind the scenes and find out more about why we carry out these tests in the video below...

World Sailing Board fully endorses first report from Governance Commission
World Sailing's Board has received and unanimously approved the first report from World Sailing's Governance Commission at its meeting on 23 July 2018.

World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, is undertaking a governance review and the meeting marks another step on World Sailing's governance modernisation plan.

The Governance Commission is independently chaired by Maria Clarke, a sports lawyer and sports governance expert. The rest of the Commission brings together people from all the sailing continents including Vice President Jan Dawson, Philip Baum, Malav Shroff, Sarah Treseder and Luis Velasco. They each serve the Commission in their personal capacities rather than as representatives of any particular stakeholder.

Following its first two-day meeting, the Commission reported to the Board on its objectives, principles, proposed programme of work and timetable for approval. The Commission also reported on the initial feedback it had received from Board members, Council members and some other stakeholders, noting that it proposed more detailed and through consultation with all national federations, classes and other stakeholders in its work.

The Board fully supported the Commission's conclusion that there is a profound and compelling need to change the governance structure of World Sailing. The Board agreed that without improvements to its governance by the end of 2019, World Sailing faces a significant risk of losing credibility and influence, declining interest and membership in sailing federations, and an inability to effectively and efficiently deliver on its strategy, including developing the sport.

Full report: www.sailing.org/news/87638.php#.W3Y1WJNKi3B

Industry News
Volvo Penta has named Peter Granqvist as a new member of the Volvo Penta Executive Group

Granqvist will take up the position of senior vice president for product development, planning and purchasing, replacing Johan Inden.

Granqvist is joining Volvo Penta from DENSO Corporation where he currently is the president and managing director for Sweden. He will take up the role on September 1.

Granqvist has a solid foundation in industrial engineering, business management and higher education. During his career at Japanese global automotive supplier DENSO Corp, he led large multi-national and complex engineering programs as well as multi-national business divisions, both in Sweden and Japan.

Stefan Carlsson will continue to support the Volvo Penta Executive Group as senior advisor, and will maintain his role as segment head of Marine Diesel & Commercial. As of January 1, 2019, the segment head for Marine Diesel & Commercial will be transferred to Johan Inden.

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World Sailing and the Yacht Racing Forum are delighted to announce the continuation of their partnership until 2020. Involved alongside the Yacht Racing Forum since its debut in 2008 in Monaco, World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

" The Yacht Racing Forum is a perfect meeting point for the key people involved in the business of sailing from all around the world ", said World Sailing CEO Andy Hunt. " This event is complimentary to our annual conference and we are pleased to extend our partnership until 2020. "

Held every year, the Yacht Racing Forum is the leading annual conference for the global yacht racing industry. The two-day event will take place on October 22-23 in Lorient, France. The event will attract some 300 people from all around the world in one place at one time to do business and meet future clients: yacht clubs, athletes, sponsors, event organisers, designers, technical suppliers and anyone involved or just interested in yacht racing.

" The Yacht Racing Forum is a must attend event for corporations and individuals involved in the business of sailing and yacht racing ", said Bernard Schopfer, the event's CEO. " Many companies involved in sailing around the world have already confirmed their support for the Yacht Racing Forum and joined us as sponsors and exhibitors. Today, we are proud to extend our long lasting partnership with the sports' governing body: we consider their support as a strong mark of confidence, which we are proud of. "

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South Africa's flagship marina, the Royal Cape Yacht Club, is a step closer to resolving uncertainty around its lease with the national Ports Authority Transnet, the South African Boat Builders Export Council reports.

This follows Transnet's decision to revise its Port Development Framework Plan, which now includes the yacht club area as a 'recreational' zone inside Cape Town harbour. Previously Transnet had earmarked the area as a future ship repair facility.

RCYC general manager Toni Mainprize told SABBEX the revised document renewed hope that the Club would be accommodated inside the port. She said the onus was now on the Club to produce a commercially competitive bid when their current lease came up for renewal. "Now we know we at least have a chance to secure our land," Mainprize told SABBEX. "Invariably we would have to go in with a bid which makes it a much more commercially attractive proposition," she said.

Transnet has been at loggerheads with the sailing community in recent years due to new stringent lease conditions that include higher commercial rates. Historically water sport clubs located inside harbour facilities have enjoyed discounted rates due to their public benefit. In March the 60-year-old Algoa Bay Yacht Club was evicted from their premises in Port Elizabeth harbour following a lengthy legal battle with Transnet.

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The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) in the US is calling on marine firms to sign an online petition telling President Trump to make a deal that immediately withdraws tariffs to avoid an escalating trade war.

Last week the Trump Administration announced a new 167.16% tariff on common alloy aluminum sheet imports from China, bringing the total tariff on the product to at least 210%.

In addition, roughly 300 component parts commonly used in recreational boats are now subject to a 25% tariff, following a recent announcement of Section 301 tariffs on approximately $50bn worth of Chinese products.

Worse still, Canada, the EU and Mexico - which account for 69% of annual US boat exports - have announced retaliatory tariffs on boats of 10%, 25%, and 15%.

To sign the petition, visit www.votervoice.net/NMMA/Petitions/1356/Respond

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The Hamble Classics Regatta and Royal Southern Yacht Club are delighted to announce that A-Plan Marine Insurance will sponsor the 2018 Hamble Classics Concours d'Elegance Awards. A-Plan Marine Insurance is a one-stop marine insurance brokerage with wide experience in the marine market ranging from Commercial Marine insurance, Yachts power and sail, Superyachts and Racing Yachts.

Commenting on the new partnership, Jonty Sherwill, Event Director of Hamble Classics said "We pride ourselves in promoting the local marine industry and A-Plan Insurance understands our ethos and is a key service provider to many locally based companies around the River Hamble".

This year's Concours d'Elegance judging panel will be chaired once again by David Aisher, past Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and owner of the 1888 gaff-cutter 'Thalia', and will include Jane Coombs, founder member of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta.

The 2018 Hamble Classics Regatta hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club, 15/16th September, is for yachts and dayboats designed pre-1971 plus later built versions in GRP, and includes S&S designed Nautor Swans, gaff rigged yachts old or new, and Spirit of Tradition. This years's entry list includes strong contenders for the Concours d'Elegance Awards, won in 2016 by Nick and Liz Harvey's pre-1912 Falmouth Quay Punt 'Sophie' and in 2017 by James and Rachel Youngman's Laurent Giles designed 'Lutine of Helford'.

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Doyle Sails announced yet another significant update today with the news that legendary Australian sailor, Chris Nicholson, will be buying into the Doyle Sails business and becoming part of this rapidly developing brand and team.

Chris Nicholson is a world-renowned Australian sailor that has a significant number of sailing accolades under his belt. Chris has competed in an impressive six Volvo Ocean Races, most recently with Akzo Nobel in the latest 2017/18 race.

He has also competed in six Sydney-Hobart races. Alongside his offshore sailing, Chris has competed for many years in National, International and Olympic Classes, having been an Australian Olympic team member for Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004. Chris has twice been awarded Australian Yachtsman of the Year and was a finalist in the Sperry World Sailor of the Year in 1999.

Chris Nicholson is buying into Doyle Sails Lake MacQuarie in NSW Australia. He will be working in partnership with Peter McNeill who has been a sailmaker for 40 years having set up his own business in 1992 and who has been part of Doyle Sails Group since 2007. Peter is an experienced sailmaker and also a world class sailor winning multiple events including the 2004 Etchells World Championships.

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The Essential Guide to the COLREGs from Fernhurst Books

Learning, understanding and remembering the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) is important for anyone venturing onto the water.

The second edition of Learn the Nautical Rules of the Road, written by Paul Boissier, breaks down the rules of the COLREGs so you understand what they are and how they are applied at sea. Ideal for boosting confidence or passing an exam, and also a great on-board reference that includes the COLREGs in full.

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Having sponsored Antigua Sailing Week since 2016, it is with great pleasure that Peters & May, alongside event organisers announce the renewal of their Sponsorship to include both the 2019 and 2020 events. A world-renowned regatta, Antigua Sailing Week grows year on year, with participants travelling the globe to come together and compete in what is labelled to be the Caribbean's most prestigious regatta. Five days of racing around Antigua's dramatic terrain produces some of the finest yacht racing worldwide, attracting over 100 participating yachts annually.

As the official shipping and logistics partner to Antigua Sailing Week, the renewed commitment of Peters & May marks the further development of relationships with the Ministry of Tourism, Port Authority and the Antigua & Barbuda Marine Association. Alison Sly-Adams, Commercial Director of Antigua Sailing Week is pleased to continue in collaboration with Peters & May; "As participants' post-Antigua Sailing Week schedules become increasingly busy, return sailings to the US, Europe and Mediterranean grow in popularity every year. The service Peters & May offers is therefore an essential part of the options we offer to our competitors."

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2016 Club Swan 50-003 'Cuordileone'. 1,100,000 EUR. Located in Newport, RI, USA.

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1998 Elliot 1850 Schooner - ZINDABAR. 545,000 GBP. Located in Bay of Islands, NZ.

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It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice -- there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. -- Frank Zappa

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In This Issue
Record on for Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Team Mac Defends Their World Championship Title
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Doyle Dominates 2018 Star North American Championships
Skutsjesilen
Southern Yacht Club Wins 2018 Hinman Masters Team Race
Hilary Lister
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Andy Zaltzman

Record on for Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy is under 200 miles from the finish, Tony Lawson's Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger is stalking the leader. The battle for line honours is expected to conclude tomorrow with both teams well inside the 40 foot world record.

On the eighth day of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race all but three of the 18 teams still racing had rounded Muckle Flugga. Stories are coming in from the yachts about the cold front that brought storm force winds to the fleet. The extreme weather has now passed leaving in its wake patchy breeze and lumpy seas. Far to the south the leading Class40s were still in over 20 knots, beating into the North Sea. The smallest yacht in the fleet, Benjamin Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao's Figaro 2 El Velosolex SL Energies Group, is under 500 miles from the finish and continues as overall race leader after IRC time correction.

After eight days at sea fatigue becomes a big factor. The crews on board Phil Sharp's Imerys Clean Energy and Concise 8 have been on the wind since Muckle Flugga, and the beating is due to continue with the wind expected to veer west. They will need to stay fully alert as they negotiate one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Just 21 miles wide, the Dover Strait has 400 ships passing through every day!

The race for line honours is likely to be decided by Monday. The 40ft and under world record was set in 2014 by Roderick Knowles GBR, Class40 Swish (8 days 19 hours 6 minutes 49 seconds). To beat the record would require one of the two leaders to complete the race by 07:06:49 on Tuesday 21st August.

Three yachts are yet to round Muckle Flugga. The Oxford University Sailing Club's Prima 38 Talisman skippered by Simon Harwood has approximately 60 miles to go. The two handed team of Charles Emmett and Tim Winsey, racing Sigma 36 British Beagle, are leading IRC 4 and are approximately 136 miles from Muckle Flugga. A seasoned corinthian solo sailor, with more than 20,000 miles of offshore and ocean racing under his belt, Emmett is competing with his good friend Tim Winsey. After making two pit stops to repair her Sun Odyssey 45.2 AJ Wanderlust, Charlene Howard from Michigan, USA who is racing two handed with Neal Brewer from Arundel, UK is still over a thousand miles from the finish.

Sadly, Chris Staples' Sigma 36 Tantrum of Langstone was dismasted, but we are pleased to report that the crew and yacht are all safely in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.

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Team Mac Defends Their World Championship Title
In very tricky conditions, skipper Lucy Macgregor and her British Team Mac with teammates Annie Lush, Nicky Walsh, and Kate Macgregor were declared 2018 Women's Match Racing World Champions in Ekaterinburg, Russia, defeating the French Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team skippered by Pauline Courtois sailing with Maëlenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, and Sophie Faguet.

The teams of Trine Palludan and Alexa Bezel each had the night to come up with a plan to come back from 0 - 2 deficits in their respective Semi Final matches. They arrived at the yacht club with the intention of winning their matches and advancing to the Finals. Alas, Pauline Courtois' and Lucy Macgregor's teams had plans for a different outcome.

Courtois' Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team won the start over Palludan's Team Kattnakken and was able to maintain control and stay ahead to the finish to win 3 - 0 and advance to the Finals.

In the other Semi Final match Bezel's Swiss Match Racing Team "kept it close, but not close enough" Bezel explained, thus paving the way for Macgregor's Team Mac to also advance to the Finals with a 3 - 0 record.

The Petit Final matches saw some classic match racing with exciting lead changes, tacking duels and close mark rounding. The Danish Team Kattnakken proved just a bit stronger and won two straight matches to secure the Bronze medals.

2018 Women's Match Racing World Championship Final Results (team - crew; nationality):

1. Team Mac - Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush, Nicky Walsh, Kate Macgregor; Great Britain
2. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team - Pauline Courtois, Maëlenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Sophie Faguet; France
3. Team Kattnakken - Trine Palludan, Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen, Louise Ulrikkeholm Bredvig, Joan Wester Hansen; Denmark
4. Swiss Women Match Racing Team - Alexa Bezel, Fiona Testuz, Manon Kivell, Nicole Bolliger; Switzerland
5. ProKaTeam Sailing Team - Ekaterina Kochkina, Svetlana Sidorova, Anastasia Gladysheva, Antonina Tikhonova; Russia
6. BornToSail - Alexandra Martynova, Liudmila Dmitrieva, Anastasia Shcheglova, Yana Stokolesova; Russia
7. BERGAUF Sailing Team - Milena Laverycheva, Olga Ivanova, Ksenia Trushkina, Tatyana Razumova; Russia
8. L2 Match Racing Team - Marinella Laaksonen, Daniela Rönnberg , Marianna Kontulainen, Eva-Lotta Hokkonen; Finland
9. APCC Women Sailing Team - Margot Riou, Clementine Hilaire, Caroline Vandame, Tiphaine Ragueneau; France
10. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team - Margot Vennin, Marie Zugolaro, Juliette Dubreuil, Adèle Marevery, Sophonie Affagard; France
11. Athena Racing - Octavia Owen, Ruby Riggs, Hebe Hemming, Amber Riggs; Great Britain

Standings in 2018 WIM Series after three events (team, skipper, nationality, points):
1. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, Pauline Courtois - FRA, 67
2. Team Kattnakken / Women On Water, Trine Palludan / Henriette Koch - DEN, 67
3. L2 Match Racing Team, Marinella Laaksonen - FIN, 42
4. Team Bergqvist Match Racing, Johanna Bergqvist - SWE, 40
5. Swiss Women Match Racing Team, Alexa Bezel - SUI, 30
6. Team Mac, Lucy Macgregor - GBR, 25
7. ProKaTeam Sailing Team, Ekaterina Kochkina - RUS, 24
8. Team Sköna Vibbisar, Antonia Degerlund - FIN, 24
9. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, Margot Vennin - FRA, 21
10. Team Anna, Anna Östling - SWE, 20
11. New Sweden Match Racing Team, Caroline Sylvan / Claire Leroy - SWE / FRA, 16
12. Team BAAM!, Allie Blecher - USA, 16
13. BornToSail, Alexandra Martynova - RUS, 14
14. APCC Women Sailing Team, Margot Riou - FRA, 14
15. NZ Match, Celia Willison - NZL, 12
16. BERGAUF Sailing Team, Milena Laverycheva - RUS, 12
17. Athena Racing, Octavia Owen - GBR, 11
18. Stockholm Match Racing Team, Sanna Hager - SWE, 10
19. Team Skogman, Jassi Skogman - FIN, 8
20. Swedish Women's Match Racing Team, Sanna Mattsson - SWE, 10
21. Peregrine Racing, Hanna Ericksson - SWE, 5

wimseries.com

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

World news
And (some of) the Cup has already come home. Plus going a long way (in every sense) in a short space of time with Kyle Langford and the New York YC's 'other' big campaign... Ivor Wilkins, Blue Robinson And Dobbs Davis

An extraordinary vintage - Part II
Dobbs Davis concludes his catch-up with 470 Olympic silver medallist, Etchells 22 champion and 'right coast' institution Steve Benjamin

Sharing the love
Asian-based powerhouse Hudson Yacht Group is introducing a new line of yachts that will allow more long-range multihull enthusiasts to enjoy the performance benefits of the latest design and engineering techniques

No place for wimps
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But first a new yard
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Update
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Doyle Dominates 2018 Star North American Championships
Marina Del Rey, CaliforniaL After four days of combat on the waters of Santa Monica Bay, Eric Doyle has earned his second Silver Star, winning the 2018 Star North American Championship regatta at California Yacht Club.

Doyle, representing San Diego Yacht Club, and racing with Payson Infelise of Newport Harbor Yacht Club, defeated 36 rival teams in eight races over four days of competition. The 50-year-old sailmaker previously won the Star North Americans and the Worlds nearly 20 years ago, in 1999. He compared this win to his victory 19 years ago, saying, "It hurts a little more to hike out; but the competition is still great, and Bill Stump is still out here running great races."

Giving Doyle the toughest time was the St. Francis Yacht Club team of Paul Cayard/Arthur Lopes who finished second, just five points astern; while Newport Harbor Yacht Club's Charlie Buckingham/Jamie Buchan finished third.

Competitors from the US, Canada and Argentina enjoyed breezes ranging from 6 to 12 knots over the course of the four-day event; plus toasty temps and the warm hospitality of Cal Yacht Club.

The Stars recognize sailors over 50 (Master), 60-plus (Grand Master), and 70-plus (Exalted Grand Master). Stephen Gould received top honors in the latter division. Reynolds was recognized for best finish in the Grand Master division, while Doyle received the Master trophy, in addition to first place overall awards.

Top Five
1. Eric Doyle, 13 points
2. Paul Cayard, 19
3. Charlie Buckingham, 35
4. Mark Reynolds, 37
5. Peter Vessella, 40

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Skutsjesilen
In Friesland skûtsjesilen (sailing with historical flat bottom boats) is one of the TOP EVENTS for Dutch tourism. Every year during the northern summer-holidays, over a fortnight, eleven races are sailed by fourteen skûtsjes in order to win the SKS championship. Skippers and their crew do their utmost to gain the much wanted champions pennant and a beautiful challenge trophy: the Sulveren Skûtsje. It's all about the honour of a town, a village or a region. Starting with the race on the Pikmar/De Wide Ie near Grou, via De Veenhoop, Earnewâld,Terherne, Langweer, Elahuizen, Stavoren, Woudsend and Lemmer, the competition is decided on the Snitser Mar near Sneek after a fortnight's sailing.

Skûtsjesilen is a synonym for sailing competitions with old freight ships. These flat bottom boats were built at the beginning of the last century for the transportation of peat, manure and other loads to the farms. For this purpose the ships had to sail in shallow waters. That's why these ships had to be built long and flat. Speed and manoeuvrability is characteristic of a skûtsje and therefore this type of ship is especially suitable for sailing competitions. To anticipate on supply and demand quickly and adapt to changing weather conditions was a daily struggle in those days. In difficult times the skippers mostly sailed on the initiation of the local innkeeper to make some extra money. Then family and furniture were removed from the skûtsje and left on the shore.

These competitions form the basis of the organized skûtsjesilen of the SKS (Sintrale Kommisje Skûtsjesilen). The present skippers still directly come from ancient Frisian skipper families. Together they want to preserve the tradition of sailing contests with classical Frisian flat bottom boats and not just as a foklore. Every summer TopSport is practised on the cutting edge and on board young and old crewmembers compete passionately for the prize. But also on the shore the spectators of different generations together follow the movements of the skippers and their crew. The excitement and most of all the lively atmosphere of skûtsjesilen contribute to the unique experience of young and old, Frisian's and tourists alike.

2018 results: www.skutsjesilen.nl/competitie/klassement

www.skutsjesilen.nl/english/

Southern Yacht Club Wins 2018 Hinman Masters Team Race
Newport, R.I. - There are plenty of easier ways to win a team race. But few are more satisfying than the twisting, 17-year route Southern Yacht Club took to its first victory in the New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy, which was held August 17 to 19 at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court.

Southern Yacht Club has been one of the stalwarts of the Hinman Trophy, which is one of the most coveted team racing trophies for masters sailors. Skippers must be 45 years old, while each crew member must be over the age of 40.

The storied New Orleans club has competed in the Hinman Trophy 14 of the 18 times it has been held. They have finished second before, in 2009, 2012 and 2013, but were never able to reach the top step of the podium until today.

Winning team from Southern Yacht Club: Dwight LeBlanc (skipper, team captain), Timothy Molony, John Alden Meade, Christian Gambel, John Lovell (skipper), Bruce Levy, Shelby Friedrichs, Sid Charbonnet, Andy Lovell (skipper), Charles Meade, Beau LeBlanc.

Gold Knock-Out Round Results
Finals: Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans) d. Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.), 3-2
Petit-Finals: Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Centre Island, N.Y.) d. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah, Texas), 2-1
Semifinals: Southern YC d. Seawanhaka Corinthian YC, 2-1; Noroton YC d. Texas Corinthian YC, 2-1

Round Robin Results
1. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Centre Island, N.Y.), 15 wins - 6 losses
2. Noroton Yacht Club (Noroton, Conn.), 14 - 7
3. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah, Texas), 12 - 9
4. Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans, Lou.), 12 - 9
5. New York Yacht Club (New York, N.Y.), 12 - 9
6. Larchmont Yacht Club (Larchmont, N.Y.), 10 - 11
7. St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.), 9 - 9
8. Eastport Yacht Club (Annapolis, Mary.), 5 - 13
9. Riverside Yacht Club (Riverside, Conn.), 1 - 17.

nyyc.org/hinman-masters

Hilary Lister
The first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain has died aged 46.

Hilary Lister, who lived in Dunkirk near Canterbury, was born able-bodied but a degenerative condition left her wheelchair-bound at the age of 15.

She went on to study biochemistry at the University of Oxford, but while studying for a PhD her condition grew worse and at the age of 27 she became paralysed from the neck down.

The first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain has died aged 46.

Hilary Lister, who lived in Dunkirk near Canterbury, was born able-bodied but a degenerative condition left her wheelchair-bound at the age of 15.

She went on to study biochemistry at the University of Oxford, but while studying for a PhD her condition grew worse and at the age of 27 she became paralysed from the neck down.

In 2005 she sailed the English Channel, breaking a world record and fulfilling her own ambition.

Two years later, she sailed solo around the Isle of Wight and in 2009, she sailed solo around Britain.

Hilary managed to secure sponsorship, making it possible for her to fulfil her dreams.

But, recognising the difficulty many have in gaining such backing, she created charity Hilary's Dream Trust which aims to help other disabled and disadvantaged adults.

In 2010, the world record holder also embarked on a four-day, 100-mile jaunt around the Bahrain coastline in aid of disability charity Bahrain Mobility International.

She won a number of accolades for her achievements, including the Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration in the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards, and Vitalise Woman of Achievement Award - and was even a contender for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2009.

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In This Issue
Imerys Clean Energy take the gun
International 14 World Championships - Day 5
Harken International Boat Show Schedule
Per Elisa And Waverider Draw First Blood at Half Ton Classics Cup 2018 in Nieuwpoort
Ten Skippers From The Usa And Down Under To Compete In Detroit Cup
Record still to beat in 14th Palermo-Montecarlo offshore
Foiling fleets to fly into Cardiff for the only UK Act of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series
New Moon begins 5.5 Metre World Championship with convincing win
Emirates Team New Zealand's Clever Solution
Laser Radial Young Worlds: Challenging waves and nice conditions
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Imerys Clean Energy take the gun
Phil Sharp's Class40 Imerys Clean Energy has taken line honours in the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race in an elapsed time of 8 days 4 hours 14 minutes 49 seconds, winning the Class40 Division and setting a new world record in the race for yachts 40ft or under (subject to ratification). The team smashed the previous record by 15 hours. The victorious Imerys Clean Energy crew: Phil Sharp, Julien Pulvé, Pablo Santurdé and Sam Matson were met on the dock by friends, family and fans of the race.

"It hasn't really sunk in yet, but it is just fantastic to take line honours, the win in the Class40s, and break the world record!" exclaimed an elated Phil Sharp.

Tony Lawson's Class40 Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger was 39 miles behind as Imerys Clean Energy crossed the finish line. Concise 8 are expected to finish the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race tonight, at approximately 21:00 BST Monday 20 August.

Retired:
R&W
Campagne de France
Phosphorus II
Phort-y
Oman Sail
Esprit Scout
Bam!
Corum
Azawakh
Tantrum of Langstone
Joanna of Cowes DNS

Track the fleet: yb.tl/rbni2018

Blogs from the crews: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org/news/blogs

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International 14 World Championships - Day 5
Photos by Erik Simonson, www.h2oshots.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Lots of worried faces in the boat park - it looked windy, very windy.. But PRO, Del Olsen, assured the International 14 skiff fleet that everything would settle down. Local knowledge proved right and a decisive fourth race for the Germans.

Georg Borkenstein and 'Big' Eike Dietrich lead from start to finish with the Brits and Australians, Daniel Holman/ Alex Knight and Lindsay Irwin/ Andrew Perry respectively taking second and third.

Lay Day tomorrow so plenty of boat repairs, resting weary muscles (and some heads). Race Five starts Wednesday with plenty more action on San Francisco Bay.

Full results

Harken International Boat Show Schedule
Harken will be presenting new and updated products at boat shows around the world this fall and winter. Come to a show and ask a Harken representative to see what's new. Harken At The Front.

- All at Sea Gustavsberg, Sweden, 31 August - 2 September
- HISWA In-Water Boat Show, Netherlands, 5 September
-Boats in the Sea, Norway, 6-9 September
-Cannes Yachting Festival, France 11-16 September
-Southampton International Boat Show, England, 14-23 September
- Grand Pavois La Rochelle, France, 26 September - 01 October
-Genoa Boat Show, Italy, 20-25 September
-Monaco Yacht Show, 26-29 September
-Auckland Boat Show, New Zealand, 27-30 September
-Hamburg Boat Show, Germany, 17-21 October
-Cape Town Boat Show, South Africa, 19-21 October
-METS, Netherlands, 13-15 November
-Athens Boat Show, Greece, 23-27 November
-Nautic Paris Boat Show, France, 8-16 December

harken.com

Per Elisa And Waverider Draw First Blood at Half Ton Classics Cup 2018 in Nieuwpoort
Nieuwpoort, Belgium: The opening day of the Half Ton Classics Cup in Nieuwpoort, Belgium brought overcast skies, fickle light winds and a big challenge for both the competitors and the Koninklijke Yachtclub Nieuwpoort's Race Committee. The Half Ton Class brings together the owners of vintage IOR boats built to the Half Ton rule to race under IRC handicap and features a wonderful mixture of "as original" and significantly updated boats as well as both family crews and top professional sailors. This year's event features sailors from across Europe and as far afield as Hobart, Tasmania.

On arrival in the start area there was very little wind with just the occasional zephyr of breeze rolling down the course from the north west. Fortunately as the start time approached the bands of breeze began to join up and a relatively steady 4-5 knots established itself across the course, allowing racing to get underway at 14.00 as planned.

With the wind remaining very unstable the race committee wisely decided to make leg three just a short beat to the finish. As they came through the line the teams were pleased to see the signals confirming that no attempt would be made to run a second race and instructing them to return to the marina.

Back ashore and with the handicap times corrected Per Elisa was confirmed as the overall race winner by a minute and twenty seven seconds from Checkmate XV with Red Cloud third.

The forecast for day two is for further light winds, but it is hoped that conditions will once again be sailable. The Race Committee will brief the competitors at 08.30 and, conditions permitting, will start the first of up to three races at 10.30.

The championship continues until Friday 24 August

Provisional Top Five After 1 Race
1. Per Elisa - 1
2. Checkmate XV - 2
3. Red Cloud - 3
4. Waverider - 4
5. Superhero - 5

Full results halftonclassicscup.com/results-2/

Ten Skippers From The Usa And Down Under To Compete In Detroit Cup
Competitive international match race sailing comes to the Detroit River once again in the 11th annual edition of the 2018 Detroit Cup, held over August 23-26th. For each of the four days of the event, ten teams from Australia, New Zealand and the USA will do battle in equally-matched Ultimate 20 sportboats on the spectator-friendly waterfront of the event host, Bayview Yacht Club.

The Detroit Cup is the second of four stages on the USA GRAND SLAM series, a string of four consecutive match race regattas ranked at a Grade 2 level by World Sailing and held in Chicago, Detroit, and New York’s Long Island Sound. The winning team scored in all four events receives an invitation to the only Grade 1 event in the USA, the venerable Congressional Cup held in Long Beach, California.

The teams competing for the Detroit Cup this year include the following:

- Will Boulden and his team of Josh Wijohn and Taylor Blaugh from Royal Freshwater Bay YC in Perth, West Australia

- Clare Constanzo and her team of Jess Angus, Hannah Lanz and Ruby Scholten are entered representing Royal Prince Alfred YC in Newport on the east coast of Australia.

- Pearson Potts and his Yankee Creole Racing team of Max Lopez and Jeremy Macan is returning to Detroit Cup having earned a 4th place finish last year here at Bayview and being last year’s US Match Racing Champions.

- Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team of Marcus Edegren and Patrick Norris will be returning to the Detroit Cup after a fifth-place finish last year. He is ranked 29th in the Open Rankings and hails from Seawanhaka Corinthian YC in Oyster Bay, NY.

- Finn Tapper is ranked 52nd in World Sailing’s Open Rankings and will be leading his team from the Cruising Club of Australia to his first entry at the Detroit Cup.

- James Wilson from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron and a subset of his travel team squad of Marco Hull, Dingo, Logan Andresen, and Tim Snedden will be competing at his first Detroit Cup as well.

- Another crew of Kiwis from RNZYS is the KNOTS Racing team skippered by Nick Egnot-Johnson, sailing with Sam Barnett and Zak Merton.

- A young team of former high school sailors have formed the Pickle Rick Racing team representing Chicago YC, with William Curtiss as skipper, RJ Porter trimming and Wade Wagner on the bow.

- Representing Bayview YC and last year’s runner-up in the Detroit Cup, Ryan Seago returns with a crew of experienced D Cup veterans: Matt Graham and Chris Cyr.

- Also representing Bayview is Will Cyr, who is also a veteran of numerous past D Cups.

Racing starts on Thursday, August 23rd and runs daily through Sunday, August 26th.

2017 - Harry Price (AUS)
2016 - Harry Price (AUS)
2015 - Sam Gilmour (AUS)
2014 - Pierre-Antoine Morvan (FRA)
2013 - David Gilmour (AUS)
2012 - Josh Junior (NZL)
2011 - Jordan Reece (AUS)
2010 - Dave Perry (USA)
2009 - Anna Tunicliffe (USA)
2008 - Simon Minoprio (NZL)

www.detroitcup.com
www.matchracingresults.com

Record still to beat in 14th Palermo-Montecarlo offshore
Already established as a tradition, the annual 500nm Palermo-Montecarlo offshore race attracts a fleet of character and exception. Organised by Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Yacht Club de Monaco and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, this year sees 55 boats on the start. And, again this year, it is a stage on the International Maxi Association (IMA) circuit.

The fleet leaves Gulf of Mondello (Sicily) on 21 August to ascend the Mediterranean via a passage gate off Porto Cervo (Sardinia), up the Corsican coast to Monaco. The record to beat, held since 2015 by the 100-ft Maxi Esimit Europa 2, is 47 hours 46 minutes 48 seconds. There’s plenty of challengers, including Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky, 2017 line honours winner; George David’s Rambler 88 whose crew includes 4-time America’s Cup winner, Brad Butterworth; and the YCM’s Adalberto Miani accompanied by son Guido and grandson Daniel on Art Spirit of Porto Piccolo. First in the 49th Barcolana, this boat is one of the favourites.

Sailing alongside professionals is a team of young sailors from the Yacht Club de Monaco, racing under the aegis of the Sailing Youth Offshore Academy U25, with 3 from the Sicilian club on a First 50 Freedom. Age 14-22 and supervised by 2 coaches from the 2 clubs, the goal is to immerse them in the thrills of offshore racing, part of the YCM’s policy to get young people into sailing and the yachting professions via its training centre, La Belle Classe Academy. Prize-giving is on 26 August 2018.

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc/en/home-en/

Foiling fleets to fly into Cardiff for the only UK Act of the 2018 Extreme Sailing Series
From 24-27 August, the Extreme Sailing Series super-speed, hydro-foiling GC32 and double-handed Flying Phantom fleets will foil into Cardiff Bay as the headline act of Cardiff Harbour Festival.

Racing on an amphitheatre style, inland course with fickle and fluctuating winds, the crews are sure to be challenged.

"Cardiff is the smallest and most intense racecourse of all the venues this year," explained Rasmus Kostner, skipper of last year's season and Cardiff Act winners, SAP Extreme Sailing Team. "It is also one of the most unpredictable courses so you need to be ready for some quick decisions. It makes Cardiff an interesting place to race."

SAP Extreme Sailing Team may have won the UK Act last year and currently sail in second place overall, but British squad INEOS Rebels are keen to bring new blood to the Cardiff podium this time around, following a third place finish in Cascais, Portugal.

Top dogs Alinghi will also be looking for another podium finish in Wales. The Swiss team currently leads the fleet, having taken three out of four wins so far this year. A force to be reckoned with, this elite team will be taking no prisoners on their quest for the coveted Cardiff trophy.

With a mixture of pride and determination, co-skipper and helm Arnaud Psarofaghis said: "The team has done a really good job to lead the fleet so far, but now the real deal starts. We will push harder than ever before to maintain our lead."

The event's free-to-enter Fan Zone is located next to Britannia Park and the Norwegian Church at Cardiff Bay. Offering a live music stage, food and drink stalls, walkabout characters, an Eco Lounge containing furniture cleverly upcycled from debris collected in the bay, and much more, the Fan Zone caters for all, ensuring visitors enjoy their Extreme Sailing Series experience to the full.

GC32 racing will run daily from 14:00 until 17:00 BST/UTC+1, and will be streamed LIVE on Facebook and YouTube on the final two days of the event.

The Cardiff Act is supported by Cardiff Council, the Welsh Government and Cardiff Harbour Authority.

www.extremesailingseries.com

New Moon begins 5.5 Metre World Championship with convincing win
The 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, UK opened Monday with one afternoon race that was won by New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov).

Nearly, seventy years ago the first 5.5 Metre was launched in the Solent by Charles E Nicholson of the famous Camper & Nicholson yard. On the same waters today, 25 International 5.5 Metres, from ten nations, most looking very different from that first boat, began competing in the 56th world championship of the class, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2018. The Rule that governs how a 5.5 Metre is designed, was written in 1948 and the first boat, The Deb K-1, was designed in 1948 by Nicholson. That boat was first sailed in the Solent in 1949.

The day brought a range of English weather with early morning rain and light winds that changed through the afternoon to briefly bring moderate south-westerlies and some broken sunshine. It was a gentle start to what is expected to be a fiercely competitive week of racing.

Results after Race 1
1 New Moon, BAH 21, (Mark Holowesko, Christoph Burger, Peter Vlasov) 1
2 Artemis XIV, NOR 57, (Kristian Nergaard, Kristoffer Spone, Trond Solli-Saether) 2
3 John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) 3

Full results can be found here: www.rys.org.uk/regattas/5-5m-worlds/

Emirates Team New Zealand's Clever Solution
The 2017 America's Cup had similar rules forbidding computer controls and requiring the sailors to control the foils, rudder, wing and jib. But Team New Zealand found a way to respect the rules by providing a very clever form of computer aided guidance to the crew. There was no restriction on gauges and readouts on board the AC50 yachts while racing, but the crew was required to operate the controls. They used a computer controlled system on their test boat to learn the best way to adjust the foils. Then they used the data from their testing to develop a system for the AC50 race boat that did everything the computer system did except for actually controlling the foils. The race boat had a tablet that showed a moving dot representing the best foil setting. A separate, transparent screen was mounted just above the tablet and connected to the foil controls with a separate cable. This physical and electrical separation complied with the rules. A sailor could follow the dot on the tablet, touching only the separate transparent screen, and control the foils.

Naturally this system was top secret (except for the measurers, who had to approve it), but we got a good look at it when the Kiwis capsized. In the photo below, cyclor Blair Tuke had been thrown out of the boat, but you can clearly see the tablet and control screen. Note the two cables. The other helmet you see in that cockpit is wing trimmer Glenn Ashby, hanging on to Tuke's seatpost. Ashby had his own control system to adjust camber and twist of the wing. Helmsman Pete Burling also managed to stay in the boat during the capsize. -- Jack Griffin in Cup Experience

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Laser Radial Young Worlds: Challenging waves and nice conditions
The waves and winds of 15 to 17 knots did let the dinghies dance on the water on Monday for the first races of the Laser Radial Youth World Championships in Kiel Schilksee and lifted them around marks. They went onto the downwind with quite some speed. Who had to give way to others, was fighting not to capsize. Laura Schewe (Kiel), Josh Armit (NZL) and Ludvig Lindqvist (SWE) did handle the conditions the best.

While Emma Savlon from the Netherlands could keep Laura Schewe at bay in the first race of the day and win, she was disqualified in the second race and thus was on rank 47 overall after the first day. Laura Schewe however did not make any mistakes and improved her result in the second race, did win it and is now also leading the fleet in the overall ranking.

Races are set from Monday, 20. August, until Saturday, 25. August. Each day, there will be two races. After the qualification races, there will be final races in the groups Gold, Silver and Bronze starting on Thursday. For this, all qualification groups will have to sail four races (including a discard). The minimum of four races is also a prerequisite to assign the title World Champion.

Results: manage2sail.com/de-DE/event/WM#!/

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In This Issue
URGO Le Figaro: In Place In Le Havre
5.5 Metre World Championship
Sailmaker vacancy
Snipe Women's Worlds
Snipe European Championship
Per Elisa Consolidates Lead on Day Two of Half Ton Classics Cup
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Concise 8 - Stronger the other side
Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week
Australian Squad For Olympic Test Event Announced
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Richard M. Nixon

URGO Le Figaro: In Place In Le Havre
The 36 skippers from five different nations, France, Switzerland, Great Britain, the USA and Ireland who will start La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro next Sunday (26th August) have arrived in the start town of Le Havre to make ready for the annual French multi stage solo offshore racing classic.

This year's edition of the race, the last to be sailed in the Beneteau Figaro 2 before the Figaro 3 is introduced for next year, comprises four stages. Sunday's first 570 nautical miles stage finishes in Saint Brieuc (to the west of Saint Malo) but passes across the Channel to the Owers mark to the east of the Isle of Wight, west down the Channel to Wolf Rock, to Grande Basse de Portsall on the NW corner of the Breton peninsula, passing Guernsey to starboard before the finish. The second stage crosses Biscay to a finish in Ria de Muros-Noia in the NW of Spain. The third leg is back across the Bay to Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, home of Beneteau, prior to Stage 4, a 24 hour 165 nautical mlles loop.

Cherry Back For One Final Bite At La Solitaire

They say 'never say never' but when British solo racer Nick Cherry starts La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, next Sunday (26th August) he firmly believes it will be his last attempt at the French based annual solo multi stage offshore race. But with five previous La Solitaire challenges under his belt, the 37-year-old who has been progressively diversifying his racing interests into crewed racing, is ready to give this edition one big final effort.

A back injury has recently reduced his potential training and racing time. But Cherry says the pressure is off, he is heading out on to his La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro swansong feeling like he wants to enjoy the event for the challenges it presents, in the full knowledge that if he sails his best and manages himself well into the closing stages of each of this race's four stages, he may well deliver his best overall finish yet.

Former match racing champion and top dinghy racer Cherry's first La Solitaire was in 2012 when he finished 25th. His high water mark so far is the 17th in 2013, one place better than his last attempt at the race in 2016. But, as often the case, the finishing number belies the fact that Cherry can usually match any of the top group sailors for speed and tactical nous in the short to medium term, it is the long game, the ingrained ability to grind out consistently good finishes leg after leg, when extreme tiredness and accumulated fatigue are attacking every decision, gnawing away at even the simplest of speed skillsets.

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5.5 Metre World Championship
Defending world champions, John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) put on the best performance on the second day of the 2018 International 5.5 Metre World Championship at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes with a first and a second place to move to the top of the leaderboard. Last week's winner of the Scandinavian Gold Cup, Artemis XIV, NOR 57, (Kristian Nergaard, Kristoffer Spone, Trond Solli-Saether), remain in second while Marie-Françoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jurg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Bo Selko) climb to third after winning the second race of the day.

Tuesday threw another wide range of conditions at the 5.5 Metre fleet. Threats of rain didn't materialise but the wind went from a very light southerly to a moderate south-westerly during the first race, and with clearing skies and high temperatures, it was a perfect day to be sailing.

The fleet includes seven Evolution boats (those built between 1970 and 1993) and two Classic boats (those built before 1970). One of them is Auguste 1er, FRA 47, (Gurvan Jaouen, Anne Jaouen, Mael Duigou). Designed by Jean Berret and Olivier Racoupeau and built in 1992, she is reputedly better in a breeze than flat water, something that Duigou confirmed.

Racing continues on Wednesday with two more races scheduled from 1100. The world championship consists of nine races, and end on Friday 24 August.

Results after Race 3
1 John B, BAH 22, (Gavin McKinney, Lars Horn-Johannessen, Mathias Dahlman) 6
2 Artemis XIV, NOR 57, (Kristian Nergaard, Kristoffer Spone, Trond Solli-Saether) 8
3 Marie-Francoise XIX, SUI 218, (Jurg Menzi, Jurgen Eiermann, Bo Selko) 12

Full results: www.rys.org.uk/regattas/5-5m-worlds/

Sailmaker vacancy
Ullman Sails St. Maarten is a full service loft on the island of St. Maarten (Dutch side) in the Caribbean, offering services that include sail repairs & alterations, new sails & all types of canvas products.

We are currently looking for a qualified sail maker for our upcoming season from November 2018 to May 2019.

The applicant would be responsible for all types of sail repairs & alterations, removing & re-installing sails. The fitting of new sails & U-Stack covers. Experience in canvas work would be a plus.

The successful applicant must-

1) Be a qualified sailmaker capable of high quality repairs & alterations to all types of sails, ranging from board sails to superyachts.:
2) To be able to work independently or as part of a team:
3) Possess a positive attitude.:
4) Ideally be active in racing /cruising.

Employment would be full time for the above dates with the possibility of a longer contract.

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Snipe Women's Worlds
Photo by Matthew Cohen, www.cohenphotography.com. Click on image to enlarge.

Carol Cronin (Jamestown, RI) and Kim Couranz (Annapolis, MD) won the 2018 Snipe Women's World Championship, a nine race series hosted by Sail Newport. Four different countries (USA, POR, NOR, BRA) took the top four places, and ten countries were represented in the 32 boat fleet.

"We didn't win a single race," Cronin explained, "but great speed and a little luck turned a very consistent scoreline into a regatta win." Cronin and Couranz have been sailing Snipes together for eight years, and the team counted no score worse than fourth.

The race course was inside Narragansett Bay north of the Newport Bridge, and a hot westerly the first day provided an endless series of shifts and puffs to manage. On the second day a steadier five to eight knots from the south rewarded those who played the strong current (and managed the heat/humidity) correctly. Day three brought a little more breeze, and sailors stretched their hiking legs while trying to stay in phase for all three races.

An overnight cold front changed the picture completely, and sailors arrived for the final day to find a zesty 12-18 knot northeasterly blowing right down Newport Harbor. After a short postponement ashore to check conditions on the race course, Cronin/Couranz dominated the first leg of the final race. Even after teams from Brazil and Portugal passed them on the first reach, their third was enough to take the championship by one point.

The Snipe class motto is "Serious Sailing, Serious Fun," and competitors' ages ranged from 16 to 66. The shared challenge of getting the fifteen foot boat around the race course in such a wide variety of conditions built new friendships and cemented old ones. "We've sailed the Snipe all around the world," Cronin said, "but it was fantastic to come home and win a world championship on Narragansett Bay."

Final results: www.snipetoday.org

Snipe European Championship
Pori, Finland: The Snipe European Championship is starting tomorrow on the west coast of Finland. More than 40 entries from 10 nations will be racing this week by the scenic sandy beaches of Yyteri, in the city of Pori.

Snipe European Championships goes back this year to the place where it was held back in 2006. The event is hosted by the oldest sporting and sailing club in Finland, Segelforeningen i Bjorneborg - BSF r.f., in cooperation with Snipe Class International Racing Association SCIRA.

"Finland has a great experience in organizing big sailing events, it proved it after having hosted the Senior Europeans in Hanko in 1974, in Kokkola in 1992 and in Pori in 2006" says Pietro Fantoni, Commodore of SCIRA.

Snipe is one of the most popular two persons dinghy around Europe and the World. In Finland, it's been the most popular two person dinghy for the past 71 years.

At the Snipe European Championships this year, the high level of competition is guaranteed by the presence of Olympic gold medalist from 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, Ángela Pumariega Menéndez (ESP), among other very strong teams like European title holder Gustavo and Rafael Del Castillo Palop (ESP).

A Spanish team has been the winner of every Euopean Championships for the past seven editions.

Event Schedule:
Aug 20 10-20 Registration and measurements
Aug 21 9-17 Registration and measurements / 19.00 Opening Ceremony
Aug 22 11.00 First race of the day / 19.00 Sailor's Forum
Aug 23 11.00 First race of the day
Aug 24 11.00 First race of the day / 19.00 National Secretary Meeting
Aug 25 11.00 First race of the day /19.00 Prize Giving Ceremony and Gala Dinner

www.snipeeuropeans.org

Per Elisa Consolidates Lead on Day Two of Half Ton Classics Cup
Nieuwpoort, Belgium: Light airs continued to plague the Half Ton Classics Cup 2018 on day two of the regatta where, in spite of the often extremely fickle conditions, Race Officer Paul Charlier and his team did a superb job to achieve races two and three of the series.

There was a deceptive light breeze blowing in the marina as the boats left the dock, but in the race area there was virtually no wind, leaden skies, glassy seas and murky visibility. Up went the postponement flag and the waiting began. Fortunately Half Ton Sailors are a resourceful lot and various coffee parties and swimming sessions sprang up to keep everyone entertained.

As the boats came to the finish line for race two the slowly emerging sunshine killed the breeze and so another postponement was hoisted. Fortunately the cloud returned and the wind filled in again allowing race three to be run.

In the overall standings Per Elisa now has a perfect 1, 1, 1 scoreline to lead the regatta by six points from Waverider, who has jumped up from fourth place, leapfrogging Red Cloud who remains in third with eleven points. Having gone into the day second overall, David Cullen's Checkmate XV was very consistent with two sixth places, but drops down into fourth overall on fourteen points. Superhero was also extremely consistent with two fifth places, which added to yesterday's fifth place means that she remains in fifth overall, just one point behind Checkmate XV.

Waverider continues to lead the Vintage Division for unmodified boats, where Skippy's Ton, the 1984 Briand design owned by Nicolas Lejeune, is lying second and Fantasy third.

Looking ahead the wind is due to increase over the remaining days of the regatta. Day three promises eight to ten knots from the west, increasing further into the mid to upper teens for Thursday and Friday.

The championship continues until Friday 24 August and will feature a mixture of windward/leeward, short coastal and long coastal courses, with a maximum of three races being sailed each day.

Full results: halftonclassicscup.com/results-2/

www.halftonclasssicscup.com

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

Less of a gamble
Dongfeng navigator Pascal Bidegorry and onshore met man Marcel Van Triest explain their overall race 'process' as well as the certainties - or not - behind winning Leg 11

No coincidence
The success of the Class40 has not happened by chance and there are good lessons to be learnt. Tom Humphreys on managed evolution

Lab or ocean?
It's too easy to spend all your time in the lab when developing technical clothing but, as Musto likes to remind its customers, at some point you do also need to get wet. And when Musto says wet, it means very, very wet

Pondering
When to push for change and when it's (probably) better to leave well alone... Rob Weiland

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Flashback
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Concise 8 - Stronger the other side
Tony Lawson's Class40 Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger, finished the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race on Monday 20th Aug at 22:39:20, less than six hours after Phil Sharp's record-setting Imerys Clean Energy. A huge welcome party greeted the youngest team in the race after they crossed the finish line, including RORC Commodore Steven Anderson, RORC Racing Manager Chris Stone, and Phil Sharp and his entire crew. Concise 8 had chased Imerys Clean Energy around the 1,805 nautical mile course until a broken forestay forced Concise 8 to reduce sail.

Sixteen teams were still racing in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. All bar Charlene Howard's Sun Odyssey 45 AJ Wanderlust have rounded Muckle Flugga and are heading south in the North Sea.

During the past 24 hours there has been little wind, however this morning (21August), breeze had returned to the race course. Charles-louis Mourruau's Colombre XL/The Lost Boys is expected to finish the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race this afternoon, to take the last podium position in the Class40 fleet. Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra is match racing Colombre XL to the finish line. At 0700 the two yachts were approximately 100 miles from the finish. Pata Negra is on target to take line honours for the IRC fleet and set the bar for the corrected time to win the race overall.

Currently the French/Chinese duo of Benjamin Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao, racing the smallest boat in the fleet, Figaro 2 El Velosolex SL Energies Group, is the provisional leader and has 253 miles to go to finish the race.

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Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week
After winning the Official Practice Race, on Monday Quantum Racing proved they are probably the form team to beat on the Bay of Palma when the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES starts.

With owner driver Doug DeVos back on the helm at his first regatta since June's Zadar Royal Cup, Quantum Racing led off the start line and could not be caught in the light sea breeze conditions.

Making his 52 SUPER SERIES debut on Tony Langley's Gladiator was New Zealand's America's Cup winner and Olympic 49er champion turned Volvo Racer, Peter Burling, sailing as tactician. Gladiator was very much in the mix for the practice race, crossing fifth with young Feargal Finlay deputising on the helm before Langley arrives.

On Tuesday....No wind, no racing. Keep your fingers crossed for the three races scheduled for Wednesday, starting at 13:00 CEST.

Entries:
Alegre - Andy Soriano (USA/GBR), 2018 Botin:
Azzurra - Roemmers Family (ARG/ITA), 2018 Botin:
Gladiator - Tony Langley (GBR), 2017 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 Muller-Spreer (GER), 2018 Vrolijk:
Provezza - Ergin Imre (TUR), 2018 Vrolijk:
Quantum Racing - Racing Doug DeVos (USA), 2018 Botin:
Sled - Takashi Okura (USA), 2018 Botin

52 SUPER SERIES 2018, Overall ranking::
1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) 96 points 2. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) 115:
3. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto and Pablo Roemmers) 125:
4. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) 126:
5. Platoon (GER) (Harm Muller-Spreer) 129:
6. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andrés Soriano) 133:
7. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) 147:
8. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) 163:
9. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) 184:
10. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) 218

www.52superseries.com

Australian Squad For Olympic Test Event Announced
Australia's squad for the first official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Test Event next month will be headlined by six of the seven sailors who won medals at the 2016 Rio Games, Australian Sailing announced today.

The strong squad of 19 also features rising stars Natasha Bryant and Annie Wilmot, who qualified Australia for an Olympic quota place in the 49erFX at the recent World Championships at Aarhus in Denmark.

The Test Event - which doubles as the first round of the 2019 World Cup Series - will take place at the Olympic venue at Enoshima, 70 kilometres south of Tokyo, from September 9-16.

Performance Director Iain Murray said the regatta would provide Australia's representatives with valuable experience of conditions in and around the Olympic venue.

The Team for Enoshima was selected in two portions. The first was based on criteria around recent results and the second was decided by a three-person panel and confirmed by the Board of Australian Sailing.

The panel consisted of Murray, three-time Olympian and Youth Olympic Games sailing team coach Karyn Gojnich, and former World Champion and Australian Sailing Team lead coach Emmett Lazich.

The sailors selected by the panel were Nathan Outteridge and Haylee Outteridge (Nacra 17), Bryant and Wilmot (49erFX), Nia Jerwood and Monique de Vries (470W), Chris Charlwood and Josh Dawson (470M), Elyse Ainsworth and Zoe Thomson (Laser Radial) and Jake Lilley (Finn).

Those team members will be joined by those selected before the World Championships - Tom Burton and Matt Wearn (Laser), Lisa Darmanin and Jason Waterhouse (Nacra 17), Mat Belcher and Will Ryan (470M), and David Gilmour and Joel Turner (49er).

Team members for the Test Event will begin arriving in Japan from September 3 to start localised training for the regatta.

wcs-enoshima.org
www.australiansailingteam.com.au

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In This Issue
Martin Le Pape wins Figaro Prologue
Quantum Racing Lead on the Bay of Palma
Southern Spars to supply INEOS TEAM UK rig for the 36th America's Cup
Pearson Potts Wins Chicago Grand Slam Grade Two
2018 International 14 World Championships - Day 6
Racing Services Manager
Open Etchells European Championship
Industry News
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Haile Selassie

Martin Le Pape wins Figaro Prologue
In sunshine, on flat calm seas and in a pleasant 10-12 knot breeze the 36 skippers competing in the Solitaire Urgo-Le Figaro enjoyed themselves this lunchtime. The prologue in the bay off Le Havre was raced at good speed with the course completed in less than ninety minutes. Martin Le Pape, (Skipper Macif 2017) was the winner, just 27 seconds in front of British sailor, Alan Roberts (Seacat Services). Sebastien Simon (Credit Mutuel Performance) took the remaining place on the podium while in the rookies category, the sailor from Granville in Normandy, Calliste Antoine came out on top aboard his "Sponsor Wanted". Calliste's blank hull will be painted pink by Sunday to display the colours of his new partner, ImmoNew.

The start of the first stage of the 2018 La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro is next Sunday, August 26 in Le Havre. All 36 La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro skippers, the support personnel and boats have assembled. The race village in Le Havre opened Tuesday, August 21 at 1000hrs for a busy week of entertainment.

www.lasolitaire-urgo.com

Quantum Racing Lead on the Bay of Palma
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

After a breezy, spectacular Rolex TP52 World Championship in Cascais last month, the Bay of Palma served up a typical Pandora's Box of sea breeze delights for the first three races of the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week.

Although the general trend was for the gains to be made on the right side of the upwinds on the three windward-leeward races contested, it was never that simple and straightforward and there were small gains and losses to be made all the way through each race.

Three different teams won races today: Platoon, Provezza and Azzurra, but it is the 2018 circuit leaders Quantum Racing that top the regatta leaderboard. After a second, fourth and a second, the crew, which is led by owner-driver Doug DeVos is four points ahead of a logjam of four boats that all accumulated 12 points over today's first three races of this, the fourth regatta of the five that constitute the 2018 52 SUPER SERIES.

Regatta standings after three races:
1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (2,4,2) 8 points
2. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (4,1,7) 12
3. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (6,5,1) 12
4. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andres Soriano) (3,6,3) 12
5. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) (5,3,4) 12
 6. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) (7,2,6) 15
7. Platoon (GER) (Harm Muller-Spreer) (1,10,8) 19
8. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (8,9,5) 22
 9. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (10,7,9) 26
 10. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) (8,9,DNF11) 28

www.52superseries.com

Southern Spars to supply INEOS TEAM UK rig for the 36th America's Cup
Southern Spars, the worlds leading bespoke carbon fibre spar maker, has announced it will be supplying the rig to the INEOS TEAM UK for the upcoming America's Cup.

The company is thrilled to partner with this first class team, who will be using the very best of British technology and boat construction to bring back the trophy to Britain.

On designing the rig for INEOS TEAM UK, Southern Spars will push the performance of monohull yachts to the limit to create a foiling AC 75 that will be both challenging to sail and exhilarating to race - opening new horizons for racing yachts and being a remarkable boost for British sport.

Commenting on the partnership, Grant Simmer, INEOS TEAM UK CEO said: "When it came to choosing a rig supplier capable of helping INEOS TEAM UK bring the America's Cup back to Britain, Southern Spars were an obvious choice. We are delighted to be working with a company who will be able to draw on their profound experience, as well as bringing their distinctive innovative approach. We are positive that together with Southern Spars' expertise and INEOS' world class technology we can mount a successful challenge in 2021."

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Pearson Potts Wins Chicago Grand Slam Grade Two
Chicago, IL - The US Grand Slam Grade 2 Series kicked off this weekend in Chicago, and Pearson Potts, from Newport, RI won the 2018 Chicago Grand Slam by defeating Chicago-regular, Chris Poole in Finals. Potts sailed a great series and was at the front of the pack the whole regatta. Poole, however made quite the comeback from 7th place in the round robin. In the petite-finals, last year's winner, Will Holz defeated Aussie Finn Tapper for 3rd place. The fleet of sailors included thirteen skippers from all over the world, ten of which were ranked in the top 100 World Sailing International Match Racing Rankings.

Sunday's breeze was light and unstable, and the sea state was extremely choppy from the motorboat wake of hundreds of Chicago Air & Water Show spectators. The quarter-finals were quick and easy, when all four pairs were decided 2-0: Tapper over Lowery, Potts over Curtiss, Poole over Boulden and Will Holz over Peter Holz. Poole's experience in these challenging Chicago conditions proved a weapon over Boulden. But Poole's skills weren't enough to defeat Potts in the Finals, and Potts won 2-1 over Poole to take the overall win. Will Holz made an impressive comeback in the elimination rounds as well, starting in 6th place at the beginning of the day and ending in 3rd when he won the petite-finals 2-1 over Finn Tapper of Australia.

Full Results Chicago Grand Slam 2018:
1. Pearson Potts, Max Lopez, Bryce Kopp and Bobby Savoie
2. Chris Poole, Marcus Edegren, and Patrick Norris
3. Will Holz, Matt Clark and Tim Siemers
4. Finn Tapper, Harry Price and Cameron Seagreen
5. Will Boulden, Taylor Blaugh and Taylor
6. Will Curtiss, Alex Curtiss and Wade Wagner
7. Peter Holz, Meg Six and Alex Post
8. Steve Lowery, Jacob Bruce and Jon Noller
9. Clare Costanzo, Jess Angus, Hannah Lanz and Ruby Scholten
10. Nick Egnot-Johnson, Sam Barnett and Zak Murton
11. David Wood, Mike Pinckney and Daniel Pegg
12. Jeffrey Petersen, Porter Killian and Tyler Wolk
13. James Wilson, Marco Hull, Connor Mashlan

chicagoyachtclub.org

2018 International 14 World Championships - Day 6
Air of tension within the boat park - things are getting serious and the winds dropping allowing the lighter crews the chance to hit the front.

After a postponement ten seconds before the start of Race 5, which would have been a general recall, the fleet turned around for the restart. Left or right or up the middle? Most of the fleet hit the left and a few intrepid skiffs went right - left won and plenty hitting the port lay line. Dan Holman/ Alex Knight (GBR 1556) came in hot and tacked just in front of Andy and Tom Partington (GBR 1559) - their lead didn't last long as 'Penguin Dance' quick stepped over the top of them down the first run.

Tight covering by the Partingtons, father and son duo, allowed the British team to haul in another win - their third in five races. This leaves them fourth overall and discards come into play after the next race. Currently Neale Jones/ Ed Fitzgerald (GBR 1553) are heading the overall table with two Aussie skiff teams alongside them on the podium for now. The German crew, Borkenstein/Dietrich (GER 28), built for heavy winds, had a mid fleet performance but still very much in contention (if the breeze follows through as forecasted). -- Simon Butterworth

Results - Overall

Racing Services Manager
Salary: £42,500 - £47,500 per annum
Location: Southampton, UK

The RYA is seeking to appoint an individual to lead, manage and provide strategic oversight to its Racing Services Team, which covers three main areas; (1) Regulatory & Technical; (2) Yachting Keelboats, Offshore and Universities Racing; and (3) Events.

We are looking for an individual to become our Subject Matter Expert in relation to MCA, World Sailing and other relevant bodies legislation, rules and regulations and to work as our representative and negotiator regarding technical legislation, standards and other regulations at National and International level. In addition the Racing Services Manager would work in developing initiatives and programmes aimed at attracting & developing new keelboat sailors, and coordinating bids to relevant Event Organisers, such as UK Sport and World Sailing, with regards to securing key International events and funding.

Interested?
You should have the ability to understand and interpret complex information (i.e. rules, regulations and legislation), with the ability to communicate this to others in a clear and concise way, as well as be able to effectively build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You should also have demonstrable experience in effectively negotiating and resolving conflict as well as experience of leading and developing a team. Current knowledge and understanding of World Sailing regulations and committee rules & regulations would be an advantage.

To apply please visit the RYA website, www.rya.org.uk, to view full details of this role.

Closing date: Tuesday 4th September 2018

Open Etchells European Championship
Nineteen teams representing nine yacht clubs from around the world will compete at the 2018 Etchells European Championship, hosted by the Royal London Yacht Club in conjunction with the Cowes Etchells Fleet. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, 24-27 August, up to eight races are scheduled in the Central Solent to decide the Open and Corinthian 2018 Etchells European champions.

Outstanding performers from the 2018 British Etchells Championship will be in action including the open winner, Lawrie Smith with Alfie (Glandore Harbour YC), and the Corinthian Champion Ante Razmilovic with Swedish Blue (YCCS). Runner-up and third place for the 2018 British Championship will also be racing, Marco Pocci with Les Freaks Sont Chics/Bon Vivant (Royal Hong Kong YC) and Peter Rogers with Highlife (Royal London YC). American skipper, Peter Duncan will be in action with Mans Best Friend, and 2011 and 2012 Etchells European Champion, Shaun Frohlich with Exabyte 5 (Royal Southern YC). Cowes local Graham Sunderland will be driving Strait Dealer (Royal London YC), and from Australia Chris Hampton will be in action with Tango (Royal Brighton YC).

Four youth teams, which have all learnt their skills through the Royal London Etchells Youth Academy will be in action. Ellie Cumpsty will skipper an all-women team racing Mano, William Bedford will skipper Shamal , Ted Blowers will be racing Sumo, and Andrew Wishart will be racing Ziggy.

Racing for the 2018 Open Etchells European Championship is scheduled to start at noon Friday 24th August, and conclude on Monday 27th August with a Prize Giving at Cowes Yacht Haven after racing.

For more information including the entry list:
yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=6018

Follow the 2018 Etchells European Championship from the Cowes Etchells Fleet Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/groups/etchellscowes

www.etchellsukfleet.co.uk

Industry News
Media Accreditation for Yacht Racing Forum 2018 is now open.

The Yacht Racing Forum 2018 will take place on 22-23 October in Lorient, France.

This is a must attend event for media representatives, yacht racing photographers, cameramen and TV production companies from all over the world:

The conference will focus amongst others on youth sailing, risk management & safety, new classes and events, social networks and new media, the latest technologies and much more.

An intense social programme will also give everyone the opportunity to have fun and provide numerous networking opportunities.

For more information and registration: www.yachtracingforum.com

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The winner of the Gdynia President's Award for the best sailing yacht design at the Wind and Water Boat Show in Poland this year was the N'Fun 30 sailing yacht, locally made in Poland by N'Fun Yachting from Gizycko.

Markek Stanczyk, one of the owning partners of N'Fun Yachting, is a national sailing champion in Poland and the winner of World Cup Match racing regattas.

"It may sound strange, but N'Fun 30 is a yacht for sailing - not for tourism, living on or display in the port," said Stanczyk at the awards ceremony. "It weighs only 2,300kg, it is stable but fast, has a black mast, black sails, a lot of carbon fibre inserts. The most beautiful view is outside. Its interior can be custom finished to the owner's requirements. The Gdynia Yacht Design 2018 award is our assurance that what we do, we do well."

Speaking to IBI at the show, Stanczk said: "The project started with three friends who have been sailing together since we were young. The business started four years ago with our own factory and we have a target to build five boats per annum.

"The boat is not a race boat but designed as a fast, fun boat suitable for shallow waters. It looks sporty but is easy to sail - the equivalent in car terms to an Audi A5.

The N'Fun will be exhibited at the Southampton Boat Show in the UK in September and dealers have already been established in France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and the UK.

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After 20 years, the Auckland On Water Boat Show will return to The Viaduct Basin and Te Wero Island in 2019, the NZ Marine Industry Association announced today.

Events manager Stacey Cook said that the return to where the show started 20 years ago is fitting tribute to the success of New Zealand's largest on-water boat show.

The 2018 Auckland On Water Boat Show, which runs from September 27-30, is the last time the show will be held at the Viaduct Events Centre, as Team New Zealand will be taking over the site as its America's Cup base.

They have already taken occupancy of the top floor and will be moving into the remainder of the Events Centre immediately after the show.

The MIA has been working hard planning for 2019 and beyond, and securing the new show site at The Viaduct Basin and Te Wero Island.

The 2019 show will be held around the same time in September.

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Pendennis Shipyard (Holdings) Ltd, the parent company of the UK group associated with superyacht new-builds and refits, has reported a record turnover of £52m for 2017 - a 12% increase on the previous year. In 2017, 87% of the turnover came from exports compared with 69% in 2016.

In a year in which the shipyard experienced its busiest winter refit season with 11 projects running simultaneously at one point, the group saw its profit arising from 'normal operations' increased by 3.6% to £3.4m, representing 6.5% of turnover. This corresponds with a profit of £3.3m in 2016, equivalent to 7% of turnover.

In the annual accounts filed with Companies House, the UK businesses registration office, Pendennis reported that there were one-off items in 2017. These were respectively, again on the disposal of surplus assets of £828,514, and a provision included in creditors amounts falling due within one year of £2.2m for settlement of a long-term incentive share plan, the targets for which have been satisfied post year-end.

Out of the 2017 turnover, the cost of sales accounted for £39.9m compared with £35.7m in 2016. This resulted in Pendennis's 2017 gross profit rising to £12.5m against £11.1m in 2016. After taxation and the two exceptional items, the group ended 2017 with a net profit of £1.6m compared with £2.8m in 2016.

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Team Paradise Sailing in Miami, FL has developed a steering system that enables quadriplegics and other severely disabled individuals to sail and control the helm of a small sailboat. The system is light weight, reliable, cost effective and can be installed by a layman in less than 1-minute and it removes just as quickly. The 4-Helm360 has been tested on the weighted centerboard version of RS Venture with great success.

For some background information on development of the 4-Helm360 please refer to the article "Life after the Paralympic Games - Plotting a new course for sailors!" published in Scuttlebutt Sailing News in October 2016. Several versions later, the 4-Helm360 is now Patent Pending. "Our goal is to provide exciting and thrilling state-of-the-art performance sailing for people with disabilities, without necessarily having the entire crew being disabled," says Magnus Liljedahl, Executive Director of Team Paradise Sailing.

For more information on the 4-Helm360, please contact Info [AT] teampardise [DOT] org

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Today Doyle Sails announced the exciting news that World Class sailor Tony Rey is joining Doyle Sails as a Partner to the US business and opening a new Doyle sales office in Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode Island. Tony will work in partnership with Founder Robbie Doyle as well as Mike Sanderson and the management team of Doyle Sails International.

Tony Rey, American, is a world class tactician, coach and race team leader with years of experience on the winner's podium in racing yachts from 15-200 feet. He is a veteran of the America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race and Olympics and has raced at the highest levels of Grand Prix circuits from TP52s to maxis and Superyachts.

Tony starts his involvement with Doyle Sails immediately and plans to open the new Doyle Sales Office in Newport Shipyard on 1 September 2018.

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2012 Spirit 60DH - SPIRIT OF RANI. 1780000 EUR. Located in Cogolin, France.

Captivatingly good looking sailing yacht from the Spirit stable, built for regattas and family sailing. She accomplishes both tasks with total panache. British yacht building at its very best and she is maintained to the highest standards. Exceptional Spirit 60DH - the head turning is free. The yacht is recently varnished with Awlgrip 2 Pack varnish which has great endurance properties.

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Swan 60-909 'Windward'. 3,300,000 EUR. Located in Hong Kong.

‘Windward’ was launched in May 2014 and is ready for racing or cruising. Currently lying in Hong Kong, she is available for immediate delivery.

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Tel. +377 97 97 95 07
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1996 Eric Goetz Maxi 80. 320,000 EUR. Located in Kiel, Germany

One of the original Iconic Maxi yachts is now available. She was originally built as the world famous 'Boomerang' under an IMS rating rule. Then converted to life in the Maxi fleet where she achieved first class honours for many years on the circuit.

Still maintained to the highest of quality, this is a really attractive all round proposition and offers a truly huge amount of bang for your buck!!

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The Last Word
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph. -- Haile Selassie

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In This Issue
Quantum Racing and Phoenix Mastering Unusual Palma Seabreeze Conditions
Long Inshore Race Brings Challenges and Changes at the Half Ton Classics Cup
The magnificent fightback
Chris Poole and Riptide Racing Takes Early Lead In Detroit Cup
Two handed warriors battle to the finish
Speed records fall in ideal Masirah Island conditions
Laser Radial Youth Worlds
Launchings
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Galileo Galilei

Quantum Racing and Phoenix Mastering Unusual Palma Seabreeze Conditions
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Thursday's two races contested by the ten TP52s at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week proved particularly hard to read.

The fact that is was difficult to retain a high level of consistency across both races is perhaps best illustrated in today's results of the usually super consistent Sled, who won the first race, but finished tenth in the second, and in those of the Italian America's Cup challengers Luna Rossa, who came back from a weighty ninth in the first race to win the second race.

Over the two races, of which take the regatta past its midpoint, the best were the circuit leaders Doug DeVos's Quantum Racing, and Tina Plattner's Phoenix. Both scored an aggregate seven points over Races 4 and 5, and so lie first and second on the event leaderboard.

Regatta standings after five races
1. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (2,4,2,5,2) 15 points
2. Phoenix (RSA) (Hasso/Tina Plattner) (5,3,4,4,3) 19
3. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (6,5,1,6,4) 22
4. Luna Rossa (ITA) (Patrizio Bertelli) (7,2,6,9 Penalty 2,1) 27
5. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (1,10,8,2,7) 28
6. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (4,1,7,10,6) 28
7. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andy Soriano) (3,6,3,8,8) 28
8. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (8,9,5,1,10) 33
9. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (10,7,9,7,5) 38
10. Onda (BRA) (Eduardo de Souza Ramos) (8,9,DNF11,2,9) 40

For full results, visit: bit.ly/2MznlZR
To watch the race: bit.ly/2e6o3tR

www.52superseries.com

Long Inshore Race Brings Challenges and Changes at the Half Ton Classics Cup
Nieuwpoort, Belgium: Day four's Long Inshore Race at the Half Ton Classics Cup 2018 in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, proved to be both an incredibly closely fought battle between the top boats and a game changer in the overall standings. With the race carrying a weighting of 1.5 points and being non-discardable, and with only two further races still to sail the pressure was on everyone to achieve good results.

The morning dawned overcast once again, but as the boats arrived in the race area the wind was already at 8-10 knots from the south west and building. Race Officer Paul Charlier set a course which would take the boats back and forth along the Belgian Coast going as far west as the Nieuwpoortbank Buoy and as far east as the Binnenstroombank Buoy off Oostend, giving a course of 32 miles, which took the leading boats over five and a half hours to complete.

The final beat west back to finish at the Westroombank against the tide gave the option of sailing up the middle of the beat over the bank or going left and hitting the shallows inshore. A+ chose the shore and more than 20 gruelling tacks later they had passed five boats.

At the line General Tapioca led the fleet home followed by Checkmate XV and Harmony, but on corrected time Checkmate XV had taken a comfortable victory by a minute and fifty two seconds. It wasn't until the boats were ashore that second place could be confirmed with Harmony beating General Tapioca by just two seconds.

In the Vintage Divison for boats still sailing in largely IOR format (limited modifications to their rigs and foils are permitted) Waverider continues to lead the fleet and now has an almost unassailable lead of 9.5 points.

The championship concludes tomorrow, Friday 24 August. Although technically three races remain to be sailed, the fact that racing can't start before 10.30 and that there is a final race start cut off time of 13.00 means that in reality only two races are really possible to decide this closely fought series and decide who will take home the Half Ton Classics Cup this year.

Provisional Top Five After Seven Races

1. Checkmate XV - 2, 6, 6, (11), 2 , 1, 1.5 = 18.5
2. Per Elisa - 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, (20), 12 = 23
3. Harmony - 6, 8, (8), 1, 3, 2, 3 = 23
4. Waverider - 4, 3, 2, (10), 5, 3, 7.5 = 24.5
5. Red Cloud - 3, 4, 4, 3, (6), 4, 9 = 27

Full results: halftonclassicscup.com/results-2/

halftonclasseurope.net

The magnificent fightback
After the hurricanes few thought that organisers would even run most of their 2018 regattas, let alone so successfully. Sailors and locals worked together to rebuild, because when you love something, you fight for it.

In late 2017 hearts sank for millions of people who know and love sail racing in the Caribbean as they watched the desperate news roll in hour after hour. Three major hurricanes tore an ugly path of destruction through the Leeward Islands during September and October. Two of them, Hurricanes Irma and Maria, both reached the highest measurable wind rates, revolving up to a level of Category 5 in strength. Those who observed the satellite meteorology were shocked to see the deeply-distressing images of three major hurricanes progressing in a merciless line through the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The sight of the tiny islands of Barbuda and St Barts, clearly identifiable and visible in the eye of these monstrous systems, was genuinely heartbreaking.

Considering how much catastrophic damage and devastation was caused to the civil and marine infrastructure in some areas, and considering how this destruction occurred only a matter of weeks before the opening of the Caribbean sailing season, one was left in little doubt that the CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association) regatta year would be somewhat different in 2018, to say the least. How could the various regatta organisers even hope to arrange racing in the face of such overwhelming logistical challenges?

The season was different and in a number of ways. Some events were indeed cancelled and there can be no doubt that a number of vessels chose to follow a different agenda during the 2018 season, excluding their usual Caribbean participation.

However given the monumental odds against, few would have believed early in 2018 that there would be a such a supreme effort made to rebuild the infrastructure so quickly in the many islands affected.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Chris Poole and Riptide Racing Takes Early Lead In Detroit Cup
Chris Poole from New York and his Riptide Racing team is leading the pack of ten teams after the first day of racing at the 11th annual Detroit Cup. Eight flights were raced today under beautiful sunny skies and light to moderate winds with three flights and one match remaining to complete the first Round Robin tomorrow. Racing will be held daily though Sunday, August 26th, with two Round Robins planned, followed by Semi-Finals and Finals over the weekend.

Poole is tied on 5 points in six matches sailed with one of two local Bayview YC favorites, Ryan Seago, but in having defeated Seago in their match he wins the tie-break in the current standings. Nick Egnot-Johnson and his team from New Zealand is also on five points, but he too lost to Poole in their match.

Tomorrow similar weather is expected but the breeze will shift from the west to the south, making for more interesting and challenging conditions here on the Detroit River. -- Dobbs Davis

Complete results are posted online at www.matchracingresults.com, as well as on the event website at www.detroitcup.com

Standings after 8 flights:
1. Chris Poole (USA), 5-1
2. Ryan Seago (USA), 5-1
3. Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL), 5-2
4. Will Boulden (AUS), 4-3
5. Pearson Potts (USA, 3-3
6. William Curtiss (USA), 3-4
7. Finn Tapper (AUS), 2-4
8. Clare Costanzo (AUS) , 2-4
9. James Wilson (NZL), 2-4
10. Will Cyr (USA), 1-6

Two handed warriors battle to the finish
Benjamin Schwartz and Chen Jin Hao's Figaro 2 El Velosolex SL Energies Group finished the 2018 Round Britain and Ireland Race on 23rd August 2018 at 05:01 42 BST in an elapsed time of 10 days 17 hrs 01 mins 42 secs.

The French and Chinese co-skippers had become friends as part of Dongfeng Race Team, winners of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race. Horace (Chen Jin Hao) has competed in the last two editions of the round the world race and was competing in the Sevenstar Round Britain Race for the second time, having come third in class with Dongfeng's VO65 in 2014. For the 2018 edition, their Figaro 2 is the smallest yacht in the race and they have secured second overall and won both IRC Two Handed and IRC Two.

The French and Chinese duo put in a massive effort showing immense skill and determination. Having led overall for long periods of the race, their Figaro 2 was hampered by electronic issues which affected their autopilot, but they continued to push hard right to the end of the 1,805 nautical mile marathon.

Twelve teams are still racing in the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster and Ian Hoddle's Sun Fast 3600 Game On (Virgin media Business) are less than 50 miles from the finish. Class40 Aparito, skippered by Elin Haf Davies, with Chris Frost and Pip Hare, has retired. The boat and all of the crew are safe and well.

Tracking

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

Speed records fall in ideal Masirah Island conditions
American kiteboarder Rob Douglas took his third Kite Speed World Championship crown after racing in perfect conditions at the Masirah Island event in Oman earlier this week.

The only racer to reach a top speed of over 50 knots in ideal kiteboarding conditions on the island's flat and shallow lagoon, Douglas pipped French defending world champion Alex Caizergues to the title, with British rider Dave Williams repeating his third-place finish of last year.

Robert Harding (USA) and Enrico Giordano (ITA) completed the top-five positions in a competitive international field. Douglas' US compatriot Mandi Browning won the women's class ahead of Britain's Anna Weld.

A total of 15 of the kitesurf circuit's highest profile riders had gathered in Oman for the high-adrenaline event, which again built on the Sultanate's growing reputation for ideal kiteboarding conditions.

Hosting the championship for the second successive year, Masirah Island also saw riders from Sweden and New Zealand among the entries.

Provisional Results

Laser Radial Youth Worlds
The day started again with waiting. A covered sky and limp flags due to the lacking wind were dominating the picture of the marina in Schilksee on Thursday morning. So the first start of the Laser Radial Youth Worlds was postponed for two hours.

In the boys' fleet, the leading three sailors started with only one point of difference into the final races. The Italian sailor Francesco Viel only had one point more than his fellow countryman Guido Gallinaro and Julian Hoffmann from Oberstdorf, who had the same point score and has the writing "Rio2016" on his boat. Background: It is the Laser from Philipp Buhl, which he had sailed at the Olympics. "I know him from our club. It is cool to sail with the boat of a good friend, who has sailed the Olympics with it", said the 15-year old. But he did not just benefit from the boat of the friend, that had already successfully passed the Olympics test, but also gets tips from the World Championship bronze medal winner from Aarhus, said Hoffmann.

"Until now everything went so well" was Race Organizer Fabian Bach's summary so far. "We had completely different conditions so far. Much wind on Monday and then light winds the last days - for each sailor something." With the shifts from 10 to 20 degrees, the experienced teams on the race courses had to puzzle a bit, but that's part of the game. "With the stable conditions, we in the race committee are very satisfied." For the following days, they are expecting more wind again. "For tomorrow, the forecast is really good. More in the upper part."

Top five, girls:
1. Matilda Talluri, ITA, 31 points
2. Matilda Nicholls, GBR, 40
3. Ana Moncada Sanchez, ESP, 41
4. Julia Buesselberg, GER, 45
5. Valeriya Lomatchenko, RUS, 55

Top five, boys:
1. Uffe Tomasgaard, NOR, 35
2. Guido Gallinaro, ITA, 39
3. Cesare Barabino, ITA, 47
4. Josh Armit, NZL, 51
5. Michal Krasodomski, POL, 53

Full results: manage2sail.com/de-DE/event/WM#!/

Launchings
Leaving the CDK Technologies yard: the 60-foot monohull CHARAL ready to head out to sea!

The IMOCA 60 Charal left the yard in Port-La-Foret, Brittany this Tuesday 21 August 2018. Over the past 12 months, the Charal Sailing Team, partner Charal, naval architects VPLP and the CDK teams have become one behind the doors of CDK Technologies, where they have been working very hard to achieve the perfect osmosis.

This time, foils take center stage in design and construction. These are the centerpiece of the IMOCA 60 CHARAL. They determined the rest of the monohull; the hull will be adapted to the functioning under foils, an essential evolution which will make it possible to gain in performance.

The previous experience of Jeremie Beyou on the Vendee Globe was decisive in the design of the cockpit. The latter, adapted to the gauge of Jeremie Beyou, determined the positions of bar, watch and maneuver or the viewing angles of the sails.

www.charal.fr/page-voile/imoca-60-charal/

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Carkeek Design Partners achieved their third podium takeover in round 4 of the FAST40+ series at the Lendy Cowes Week (August 4-7).

Three generations of Carkeek boats now occupy the top 4 places in the overall leaderboard of this high-performance planing monohull class.

Niklas Zennstrom's newly-launched Carkeek-designed Ran VII made it four regattas from four in their debut season, but they were pushed harder than ever in Cowes. The Swedish Ran VII had to come from behind on the last day of racing to beat Girls on Film. Hitchhiker got better and better over the regatta and followed their second place in the last round with a third in Cowes.

Peter Morton, the owner/skipper of Girls on Film, was unequivocal when asked about whether they thought they were going to win in Cowes. "No, they are significantly faster upwind and unless they make a mistake it's no contest," he said.

Under a blazing sun but stable north-easterlies, Ran VII could only manage two fourth places in the first two races. But followed that with three wins with Girls on Film second each time. In race 6, Girls on Film, a point ahead overall, could only manage sixth. They went into the final race level on points, but Ran won with Girls on Film fourth.

The FAST40+ Class limits the number of professional on board. Zennstrom had amateur navigator, Tom Needham, on board and for him it has been a dream. "It's been amazing, it is a really lovely boat," Needham said.

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The new Hylas H48 is on her way. The latest build from Hylas Yachts has departed Queen Long Marine in Taiwan and will make her world premiere at the Newport International Boat Show and the United States Sailboat Show Annapolis in September and October respectively.

For the H48, the security of the deep center cockpit makes it the ideal on-deck gathering place for skipper and guests, with space for lounging and conversation. Wrap-around cushioned seating is served by a centerline drop-leaf table forward of the centerline helm station.

Control of the yacht is centralized in the cockpit, thanks to a powerful sail plan that's easily managed, with an optional self-tacking jib on the inner forestay of the cutter rig, and use of only primary winches, which helps keeps deck spaces clear and uncluttered of unnecessary lines and with thoughtful considerations such as shrouds that don't interfere with the wide side decks. The design allows for safe movement fore and aft, both for the work of sailing the boat and relaxing at sea or at anchor. Wide transom steps lead to a swim platform within the scoop transom.

To make the most of her length overall of 48 feet, Hylas and Dixon have created a hull with abundant volume, thanks to a 14-foot, 6-inch beam that carries well ab. Constructed of solid hand-laid fiberglass isophthalic gelcoat, the H48 has solid lead fin keel, and a sturdy semi-skegged rudder, which combines strength and performance. Additionally Hylas has incorporated a saildrive, which improve the positioning of the engine within the hull, reduces the amount of space required and also helps to further reduce vibration under power.

Below decks, there are two- or three-stateroom layouts available, both with two large heads/ shower compartments.

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Brooklin Boat Yard completed delivery this summer of the $7.1 million Sonny III, a highly customized high-performance 91-foot yacht designed for day sailing and blue-water passages. The owner is 94-year-old Albert Phelps, who said, "I need a project."

The yard's delivery crew landed the yacht in Jamestown, R.I., where owner Albert Phelps, who is 94, keeps his boats.

Yard owner Steve White told Mainebiz that Phelps is a retired real estate developer with homes in Norwalk, Conn., and Boynton Beach, Fla., and he keeps his boat in Jamestown.

Brooklin Boat Yard built the Sonny and Sonny II, both 70-footers designed by Dieter Empacher of Marblehead, Mass.

The biggest challenge was a shorter time frame than usual for the size of the job.

"Because he was 93 when we started, the contract said he wanted to have his boat before he died," said White. "We were literally building the boat as we were designing it, trying to stay ahead.

Sonny III provides numerous solutions to the owner's mobility concerns, including chair lifts at each companionway, a power reclining chair in the master cabin, a side-boarding ladder and a transom-boarding platform.

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2015 KER 56 Canting keel - VARUNA VI. 1,750,000 EUR. Located in North Germany.

Custom built in 2015 at Knierim Individual Yachts in Germany and design by Jason Ker. There is currently hardly an offshore yacht in this size on the world-wide regatta circus, which in recent years has caused more sensation with its successes and extreme design than "Varuna VI"! The ship is uncompromisingly optimized for IRC and competitive at the highest level for all international ocean races. "Varuna VI" is an ultra-light high-tech carbon racer of the latest generation with Canting Keel and Dagger boards with maximum speed potential. Top speeds of over 30kn are possible. A long list of top scores and various wins at some famous offshore races of recent years speak for themselves! The ship is currently fully serviced and ready for transport to a new port of destination. It comes on own transport cradle incl. service container.

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2007 Club Swan 42-010 ' Quintessence'. 285,000 EUR. Located in

Quintessence has been professionally and meticulously maintained since new. The deck has been recently painted with Non-skid with additional non-skid areas tastefully added.

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Contact
Nautor's Swan Brokerage - Giorgio Passarella
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Tel. +377 97 97 95 07
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2012 Carkeek 40 - GALAXY. 495000 USD Located in Japan.

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+442380 016582
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The Last Word
Wine is sunlight, held together by water. -- Galileo Galilei

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In This Issue
La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro
Quantum Racing Win Their Third Regatta of the 2018 52 Super Series Season
Ryan Seago Wins Detroit Cup
Not just a (very) fast sailor
Double capsize on penultimate day of Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff
Hooligan VII wins De Guingand Bowl
Zhik Poole Week: Wet and Windy Weather Fails To Suppress Sailors' Spirits
Steady Sailing Lifts New York Yacht Club to Grandmasters Crown
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Marcus Aurelius

La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro
The first stage of this 49th edition, La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, is the longest of the four legs and it will be something of a baptism of fire for the 36 solo racers. They may have a relatively straightforward first afternoon after the start Sunday at 1300hrs but there will be a fast crossing of the Channel under spinnaker as a fast moving and active front passes over the fleet at the start of this evening.

It will be a pretty tough, challenging first night at sea with little chance to rest. But by Monday afternoon it there will be a big change in the weather as the anticyclone re-establishes itself and with that comes a measure of uncertainty, bringing light and unsteady winds. To get to Wolf Rock off the tip of Cornwall first and then across to the Portsall mark off the Breton peninsula in good shape, up to Guernsey and in to the finish in Saint Brieuc, it looks like a long, hard and very open game.

Unfortunately Stage 1 of his La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro only lasted about 90 minutes for the Irish solo racer Thomas Dolan (Smurfit Kappa). He has been forced to retire in to Le Havre because of a damaged starboard spreader. Dolan informed Race Direction that he was returning to the race start port where he is expected to repair and head directly to Saint-Brieuc to be ready for Stage 2. Abandoning the leg means his elapsed time is calculated at that of the last skipper to finish plus an additional two hours.

Only six and a half hours after leaving the La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro start line in Le Havre the leaders have already turned west, upwind at the Pullar mark, to the west of Owers. Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer-Secours Populaire) lead at South Pullar at 1930h French time (1830 BST) being chased hard by Gildas Mahe (Breizh Cola), Tanguy le Turquais (Everial), Sebastien Simon (Bregagne Credit Mutuel Performance), Eric Peron (Finistere Mer Vent), Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF )and Vincent Biarnes (Baie de Saint-Brieuc). Brit Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) is tenth at 1.3nm behind leader. The fleet now race upwind leaving the Isle of Wight to starboard. Low water at Saint Catherine's point was around 1720 BST/1820 French time and so they will be sailing against the building flood tide.

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Quantum Racing Win Their Third Regatta of the 2018 52 Super Series Season
The Bay of Palma served up a week of mostly atypical, unsettled and changeable summer sea breeze conditions for the fourth regatta of the 2018 52 Super Series season, the Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week.

The challenges to the tacticians, helms and speed teams of the ten TP52s were more frustrating than the usual Palma one-sided strategy, even a little random at times. But Quantum Racing proved the most adept in every department, winning their third 52 Super Series regatta of the four contested so far this season, the first with owner-driver Doug DeVos on the helm.

The season championship leaders not only won in Mallorca, but have extended their 52 SUPER SERIES circuit lead from 19 to 32 points over the nine races sailed.

The circuit standings promise a great fight in Valencia next month for second and third on the podium, Azzurra now in second are five points clear of Platoon and Sled, who are both tied on 168 points, with Luna Rossa in fifth now on 175 points.

Puerto Portals 52 Super Series Sailing Week Final Standings
1. Quantum Racing, USA, Doug DeVos, 35 points
2. Azzurra, ARG/ITA, Alberto/Pablo Roemmers, 38
3. Platoon, GER, Harm Muller-Spreer, 39
4. Phoenix, RSA, Hasso/Tina Plattner, 42. 
5. Luna Rossa, ITA, Patrizio Bertelli, 49 
6. Provezza, TUR, Ergin Imre, 52
 7. Sled, USA, Takashi Okura, 53 
8. Alegre, USA/GBR, Andy Soriano, 57
9. Onda, BRA, Eduardo de Souza Ramos, 64
10. Gladiator, GBR, Tony Langley, 69

2018 52 Super Series Overall Standings After Four Regattas:
1. Quantum Racing, USA, Doug DeVos, 131 points
2. Azzurra, ARG/ITA, Alberto and Pablo Roemmers, 163
  3. Platoon, GER, Harm Muller-Spreer, 168
 4. Sled, USA, Takashi Okura, 168
 5. Luna Rossa, ITA, Patrizio Bertelli, 175
6. Phoenix, RSA, Hasso/Tina Plattner, 189 
7. Alegre, USA/GBR, Andy Soriano, 190
8. Provezza, TUR, Ergin Imre, 215 p.
9. Onda, BRA, Eduardo de Souza Ramos, 248 
10. Gladiator, GBR, Tony Langley, 287

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Ryan Seago Wins Detroit Cup
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Detroit, Michigan, USA: With impressive display of match race sailing over four days in the double Round Robin (14-4), Petit-Finals (3-0) and Finals (2-0), and in wind conditions ranging from drifting to scary, local-based Ryan Seago and his crew of Chris Cyr and Matt Graham have won the 11th edition of the Detroit Cup. Their win in this Grade 2 international event was among a field of ten teams from the USA, Australia and New Zealand and is the first victory of a team representing the host of the event, Bayview Yacht Club.

And while a veteran of four past Detroit Cups and the qualifying events leading to them, which he credits for his team's prowess in the Ultimate 20s used in this event, this is the first time Seago has captured the main prize.

Seago's decisive victories in the first-to-two point Final over rival Will Boulden from Australia were consistent with many of his performances all week: start strong to take an early lead, and extend to defend that lead throughout the match. Except for a tight concluding match with Semi-Final rival Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team, Seago did just this well in today's warm and hazy 5-7 knot conditions for the Finals. Yet even in yesterday's brisk 12-20+ knot conditions, Seago and his team's showed mastery of the of the boat and the race courses set on the current-strewn Detroit River.

In the Petit-Finals, Poole took an early lead and held this until the final downwind run, when rival Nick Egnot-Johnson and his team from New Zealand managed to catch the Riptide Racing team and with the smallest overlap drive them past the corner of the course and lead them back to the finish.

Next stop on the Grade 2 USA Grand Slam tour is at Oakcliff Sailing Center, followed by the Thompson Cup at Seawhanaka YC, both in Oyster Bay, NY. Winner of the USA Grand Slam gets an invitation to the 2019 Grade 1 Congressional Cup in Long Beach, CA. -- Dobbs Davis

Final Results:
1. Ryan Seago (USA)
2. Will Boulton (AUS)
3. Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL)
4. Chris Poole (USA)
5. James Wilson (NZL)
6. Pearson Potts (USA)
7. Finn Tapper (AUS)
8. William Curtiss (USA)
9. Clare Costanzo (AUS)
10. Will Cyr (USA)

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Not just a (very) fast sailor
The sheer extent of microplastic pollution in the world's oceans has been making global headlines. What you may not know is that a lot of the raw data behind the headlines was provided by one extremely busy woman

Google "microplastic pollution" and you'll be served up a dire litany of deeply-concerning articles about a type of pollution we didn't even know existed five years ago. Plastic in oceans has delivered a highprofile shaming of our poor ecological husbandry since the discovery in 1997 of the Great Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Gyre. What we now know is that this plastic breaks down into tiny fragments less than 5mm long and ocean currents distribute it so efficiently that there is not a single unpolluted patch of ocean left anywhere. And we know this distressing fact because of the innovative science programme launched and implemented by the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 – with Liz Wardley as a hands-on collector of some of these ubiquitous, yet elusive, plastic particles.

Wardley was the boat captain on the Volvo Ocean 65 Turn The Tide On Plastic, racing in the Volvo Ocean Race. During legs she collected samples and data for the race's science programme. This formed an important part of the Volvo Ocean Race sustainability programme developed with founding principal partner 11th Hour Racing to support UN Environment #CleanSeas, the race's official sustainability campaign.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Double capsize on penultimate day of Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff
Cardiff Bay was alive with action today, as two boats capsized within moments of each other on the Extreme Sailing Series racecourse.

Charging downwind on the third race of the day (race 19), the Omani boat and Team Wales were both caught by strong 20 knot gusts that caused their hulls to become submerged and a cartwheel capsize to ensue.

All crewmembers on Team Wales were accounted for and there were no injuries to anyone onboard. Although the boat was righted quickly, foil damage unfortunately prevented the local wildcard team from competing for the rest of the day. With their boat recovered to shore, the Extreme Sailing Series technical teams began work to ensure the Welsh crew can compete on home waters on the final day of the event, Monday 27 August.

Just metres away, safety teams tended to the capsized Omani boat. The crew's mainsail trimmer, Pete Greenhalgh, was taken to shore to receive medical attention for an injury, whilst the Extreme Sailing Series safety teams swiftly righted the boat.

With no further injuries or boat damage sustained, the undaunted Omani team radioed for a reserve sailor to join their crew, in the hope that they could continue to race. Being a boat down but not done fighting, Team Wales skipper Adam Piggott answered their call, jumping on board the Omani boat to end the day on a high.

The final day of racing is due to get underway tomorrow at 10:00 BST/UTC+1 for the Flying Phantoms and 14:00 for the GC32s. With the last race of the day worth double points for both fleets, the teams at the top can't yet sleep easy – the Extreme Sailing Series is anyone's game.

Cardiff standings after Day 3, 21 races (26.08.18)

1. SAP Extreme Sailing Team (DEN) Rasmus Kostner, Adam Minoprio, Julius Hallstrom, Herve Cunningham, Richard Mason: 220 points

2. Alinghi (SUI) Arnaud Psarofaghis, Nicolas Charbonnier, Timothe Lapauw, Bryan Mettraux, Yves Detrey: 213 pts

3. Oman Air (OMA) Phil Robertson, Pete Greenhalgh, James Wierzbowski, Stewart Dodson, Nasser Al Mashari: 205 pts

4. INEOS Rebels UK (GBR) Will Alloway, Leigh McMillan, Oli Greber, Adam Kay, Bleddyn Mon: 204 pts

5. Red Bull Sailing Team (AUT) Roman Hagara, Chris Taylor, Ed Powys, Neil Hunter, Dan Morris, Rhys Mara: 187 pts

6. Team Mexico (MEX) Erik Brockmann, Tom Buggy, Alex Higby, Tom Phipps, Danel Belausteguigoitia Fierro: 155 pts

7. Team Wales (GBR) Adam Piggott, Alain Sign, Martin Evans, Gareth Fowler, Peter McCoy: 140 pts

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Hooligan VII wins De Guingand Bowl
The Royal Ocean Racing Club's offshore racing season continued over the Bank Holiday Weekend with the 11th race of the RORC Season's Points Championship. The 2018 De Guingand Bowl Race was won overall, under IRC, by Ed Broadway's Ker 40 Hooligan VII. Ross Hobson's Seacart 30 Buzz took Line Honours in the Multihull Class, and Ker 46 Lady Mariposa, skippered by Nigel King, took Line Honours in the Monohull Class.

Hooligan VII is now leading IRC One for the RORC Season's Points Championship with two races remaining.

Congratulations to all of the Class Winners in the De Guingand Bowl Race: IRC One, Sailing Logic's First 40 Lancelot II, skippered by Peter Burwood. IRC Three and IRC Two-Handed, Louis-Marie Dussere's JPK 10.80 Raging-Bee² - SL energies Groupe, sailed by Charmy Laurent. IRC Four, Noel Racine's JPK 10.10 Foggy Dew. Class40, Tony Lawson's Concise 8, skippered by Jack Trigger.

The 2018 RORC Season's Points Championship continues with the Cherbourg Race, starting from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line on Saturday 7th September. This year the ever popular Cherbourg Race will also include the offshore element for the Double Handed National Championships.

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Zhik Poole Week: Wet and Windy Weather Fails To Suppress Sailors' Spirits
For much of this season the met men have struggled to predict what's going to happen barely 12 hours in advance: those of us on the central south coast would have been better off ringing granny in Penzance (or Brightlingsea, depending on the wind direction) and asking her to look out of the window.

As far as this Sunday was concerned, however, the forecasters seemed to be in no doubt several days ahead. It was going to be wet. And windy. And generally 'orrible as far as any form of boating was concerned. And they were right.

Unfortunately, Sunday was also the first day of Zhik Poole Week. By the time the competitors had gathered at Parkstone Yacht Club for the briefing at 11am, the rain had already set in (slightly early – the met men weren't that good). The wind, on the other hand, wasn't frightening, even if rain always makes it feel at least 10 knots stronger than it really is. Parkstone's starting platform was registering a manageable 17 knots gusting 23, but much more was promised. Principal Race Officer, Steve Tyler, announced that a decision would be made about the day's racing at 12:00, by which time gusts over 30 had been recorded. Flags N over A (no racing) were duly hoisted, much to the relief of those competitors who had already made the decision to stay ashore but were pleased not to see their chances of success during the week compromised.

Some people went home while others stayed at the club to eat, drink and be merry, looking out through the rain-lashed windows as Brownsea Island and Sandbanks disappeared in the murk. Most were pleased not to be out there especially when, during the afternoon, the wind in the harbour averaged 25 knots for a while and peaked at 39 knots.

The loss of a day's racing in Poole Week doesn't mean there won't be a prize-giving, however, because the random draw for the day's Zhik goodie bag goes ahead regardless and any competitor can win. This brought everyone back to the club for the evening, many taking advantage of the food and drink vouchers included with their entry.

Zhik Poole Week continues until Friday, with conditions looking much better for the rest of the week. -- David Harding

Full entries/results on www.pooleweek.org

Steady Sailing Lifts New York Yacht Club to Grandmasters Crown
Newport RI, USA: A year ago, the host New York Yacht Club won the Grandmasters Team Race for the first time by the thinnest of margins. This year, the home team emphatically defended the title, compiling the most points in the round robins and then losing just one of six races in the knock-out portion of the event.

The New York Yacht Club Grandmasters Team Race was first run in 2010. Skippers must be at least 60 years of age while crew must be 50. The Grandmasters Team Race is sponsored by AIG Private Client Group.

Originally the Grandmasters regatta was sailed three-on-three in Sonars with just the jib and main. This year, in a nod to the increasing competitiveness of the event and skill of the sailors, spinnakers were used in light and moderate winds.

With eight teams competing, including squads representing clubs from Louisiana, California and Sweden, there was little down time. En route to its win, the New York Yacht Club team sailed 31 won races, winning 25.

After three full round robins and then a mini round robin with the top five teams, New York Yacht Club was two points ahead of Newport Harbor, with Southern Yacht Club in third and St. Francis Yacht Club in fourth.

While New York dispatched St. Francis in two races in the semifinals, Southern came back from a loss in the first race to beat Newport Harbor 2-1 to advance to the finals. There New York proved too strong, however, taking the championship by a 3-1 score.

Noroton Yacht Club won the Grandmasters Regatta the first six times it was sailed. New York finally broke that streak a year ago. This year, in addition to the convincing win in the Grandmasters Team Race, the New York Yacht Club also won the Peter Wilson Trophy, which is awarded to the club that performs the best in all the grandmasters team races around the country.

Winning team from New York Yacht Club: Commodore Phil Lotz (skipper), Zach Leonard, Wendy Lotz, Peter Benedetto, Bill Trip (skipper), Chip Whipple, Danielle Tripp, John Hele, Ted Moore (captain, skipper) Sal Altreuter, George Hinman, Amy Drinker.

Gold Knock-Out Round Results
Finals: New York (N.Y.) Yacht Club d. Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans), 3-1
Petit-Finals: St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco, Calif.) d. Newport Harbor Yacht Club (Newport Beach, Calif.), 2-1
Semifinals: New York YC d. St. Francis YC, 2-0; Southern YC d. Newport Harbor YC, 2-1

Round Robin Results
1. New York Yacht Club, 20-5
2. Newport Harbor Yacht Club, 18-7
3. Southern Yacht Club, 17-8
4. St. Francis Yacht Club, 15-10
5. Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.), 13-12
6. Annapolis (Md.) Yacht Club, 6-18
7. Gamla Stans Yacht Sallskap (Stockholm, Sweden). 4-20
8. Storm Trysail Club (Larchmont, N.Y.), 4-20

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In This Issue
Swiss seize success from clutches of the Danes in Cardiff final
Simply the best
Sailmaker vacancy
Stalking The Wolf
Checkmate XV Makes It A Victory Double At Half Ton Classics Cup 2018
Racing Services Manager
40th J/24 World Championship
Italian engineering (at its best)
For the Record
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Andy Warhol

Swiss seize success from clutches of the Danes in Cardiff final
Having climbed the ranks throughout the Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff Act, Alinghi - the Swiss kings of foiling - seized victory from the clutches of SAP Extreme Sailing Team on the final day of the event.

In a nail-biting finish to an incredible four days of racing, Arnaud Psarofaghis, Yves Detrey, Nicolas Charbonnier, Bryan Mettraux and Timothe Lapauw headed into the all-important double points final race just one point ahead of their Danish counterparts. A third place finish saw them crush SAP Extreme Sailing Team's hopes of an Act victory, securing Alinghi's fourth Act win of the season - the first time the Swiss have won in Cardiff in the six years that they've competed in the Welsh capital.

It was a gutting end to what looked like an otherwise promising competition for SAP Extreme Sailing Team. Having led the regatta since the first day, the Danes were hopeful for a taste of the glory. However, an OCS (over the starting line early) on the final race cost them dearly, relegating them to the back of the fleet for much of the race. They eventually crossed the line in fourth, securing them second place on the Act podium.

Final results:
1. Alinghi, 307
2. SAP Extreme Sailing Team, 304
3. Oman Air, 303
4. INEOS Rebels UK, 282
5. Red Bull Sailing Team, 275
6. Team Mexico, 218
7. Team Wales, 202

Full results: www.extremesailingseries.com/results

Simply the best
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Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra is the overall winner of the 2018 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Pata Negra scored the best corrected time for yachts racing under the IRC Rating Rule for the 1,805 nautical mile non-stop race.

Pata Negra: Giles Redpath, James Crampton, Chris Hanson, William Harris, Oliver Heer, Antoine Magre, David Thomson, Richard Tricker and Donald Wilks.

Phil Sharp, skipper of Class40 Imerys Clean Energy and crew Julien Pulvé, Pablo Santurdé and Sam Matson have entered the record books with a new Guinness World Record, following ratification from the World Speed Sailing Record Council ("WSSRC") for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. The team broke the record time for boats 40ft and under by some 15 hours in an elapsed time of 8 days 4 hrs 14 mins 49 Secs. Sharp commented on this remarkable achievement:

Class Winners:
Class40 and Line Honours: Imerys Clean Energy (Phil Sharp - GBR)
IRC One: Pata Negra, Lombard 46 (Giles Redpath - GBR)
IRC Two and Two Handed: El Velosolex SL Energies Group, Figaro 2 (Benjamin Schwartz & Chen Jin Hao - FRA/CHN)
IRC Three: Game On (Virgin Media Business), Sun Fast 3600 (Ian Hoddle & Ollie Wyatt - GBR)
IRC Four: British Beagle, Sigma 36 (Charles Emmett & Tim Winsey - GBR)

A glittering array of trophies for the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race will be presented at the Royal Ocean Racing Club Annual Dinner & Prize Giving on November 17th, 2018.

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Stalking The Wolf
With just under 70 nautical miles to race to the turn southwards at Wolf Rock the four leaders of Stage 1 are still in close company as they sail into their second night at sea. Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF) still holds the nominal lead from Sébastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance). Still working upwind there is now some 17 nautical miles of lateral separation, north south, between Corentin Douget making 3.8kts closest to the Devon shore in seventh position with Pierre Quiroga ninth, and a breakway trio including Thierry Chabagny and Erwan Tabarly who have opted to go offshore

The leading pack are more or less in the middle as speeds drop away in the fading breeze. Brit Alan Roberts is 12th and has been slightly slower than the leading group at 5.5 nautical miles behind the pacemakers. Hugh Brayshaw is further offshore and about 1.5nms behind Roberts.

According to our reporter on the Etoile support boat this evening, the passage of Start Point this afternoon was made in 15kts and a chunky leftover swell, watery sunshine but still remaining chilly after the passage of the front. Pierre Quiroga (Skipper Espoir CEM) reported by VHF 'The box marked 'first night' was well and truly checked'

Meteo France say the high pressure ridge will arrive in the western channel Tuesday morning and so may pretty much stop the fleet before the passage of the perennial favourite Le Figaro mark. Aboard the sailors are still in foul weather gear although since the 1900hrs safety call lifejackets are no longer mandatory.

Rookie Calliste Antoine (Immonew) became the second Rookie and the sixth skipper to abandon Stage 1 late this afternoon due to problems with his halyards and losing his heavy spinnaker.

Top five at 28/08/2018 04:53:00
1.Corentin Douguet, NF Habitat, 294.1 nm to leg finish
2. Sebastien Simon, Bretagne CMB Performance, 0.74 nm to leader
3. Xavier Macaire, Groupe SNEF, 2.01
4. Alexis Loison, Custo Pol, 2.60
5. Charlie Dalin, Skipper Macif 2015, 3.12

Tracking: www.lasolitaire-urgo.com/en/cartographie

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Checkmate XV Makes It A Victory Double At Half Ton Classics Cup 2018
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Nieuwpoort, Belgium: With a convincing win in the final spectacular race run in glorious sunshine and big seas off Nieuwpoort, Checkmate XV (1985 Humphreys) and her crew of owner David Cullen, Darragh O'Connor, Nin O'Leary, Jonathan Sargent, Aidan Beggan, Niki Potterton and Frank Rothchild of the Howth Yacht Club claimed a well deserved overall victory in the 2018 Half Ton Classics Cup. For Checkmate XV this was the third time she had earnt the right to have her name engraved on the Half Ton Classics Cup (equalling the legendary Swuzzlebubble's record) and for David and his team is was their second win, the first also being here in Nieuwpoort in 2015.

The final race was a cracker, sailed in a 14-16 knot westerly, huge seas and glorious sunshine.

At the finish Checkmate XV took the race by 52 seconds, with Harmony second from Per Elisa and General Tapioca fourth. Sadly a technical issue with the committee boat's anchor made a second race impossible and so the championship closed with eight races completed.

In the Vintage IOR Division Albert Pierrard & An Callens' A+ (1985 Nissen) had a superb last race loving every minute of the downwind sleigh rides, with Waverider second by 47 seconds and Nicolas Lejeune's Skippy's Ton (1984 Briand) third. At the Prize Giving it was confirmed that the first ever winner of the new Vintage IOR Trophy was the local Belgian boat Waverider sailed by owner Jaques Lemaire, Michael Gendebien, Thibout de Kenchous, Michel Lefebure, Stephove Putseys, Winnie Berteloot and Pascal Aboosha. Ivan Van Burm's Fantasy (1980 Humphreys) took second place by a mere half point from A+ in third.

Alongside the main trophies two further special prizes were also announced. The first was the Half Ton Classics Cup Corinthian Trophy, which goes to the top performing all amateur crew and was won by Rampage (1985 Briand) sailed by owner John Hicks, Rod Wootton, Will Parkinson, Mike Chamberlain, Becky Leach, Jane Hicks and Joe Cable from Cornwall, UK.

The final prize presented is always the Spirit of Half Ton Trophy and it goes to the team who best embody that certain hard to define something that sums up the true heart of the Half Ton Class. For rescuing and totally rebuilding their boat against all the odds after she was almost completely destroyed when a crane fell on her some three years ago, this year the Spirit of Half Ton Trophy was presented to Nicolas Lejeune and Waverider. Waverider is a truly special Half Tonner; designed by Laurie Davidson in 1977 she won two consecutive Half Ton Cups in 1978 off Poole and in 1979 off Scheveningen. Her reconstruction has been a work of love and dedication by Nicolas and his friends and family, with the support of boat builders and fellow Half Ton sailors Tom Florizoone (Red Cloud) and Ian Van Burm (Fantasy). -- Fiona B rown

Final Overall Results

1. Checkmate XV - 2, 6, (6), (11), 2 , 1, 1.5, 1 = 13.5
2. Harmony - 6, (8), (8), 1, 3, 2, 3, 2 = 17
3. Per Elisa - 1, 1, 1, 4, (4), (20), 12, 3 = 22
4. Waverider - 4, 3, 2, (10), 5, 3, 7.5, (9) = 24.5
5. Red Cloud - 3, 4, 4, 3, (6), 4, 9, (5) = 27

Final IOR Vintage Division Results
1. Waverider - 1, 1, 1, (2), 1, 1, 3, (2) = 8
2. Fantasy - 2, (6), 2, 1, 3, 5, 4.5, (5) = 17.5
3. A+ - 3, 3, (4), (4), 2, 3, 6, 1 = 18

Full results: halftonclassicscup.com/results-2/

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Closing date: Tuesday 4th September 2018

40th J/24 World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Lake Garda lived up to its "bucket list" reputation on the opening day of the J/24 World Championship in Riva del Garda, Italy. Eighty-nine teams from 14 countries (Australia, Brazil, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden and United States) descended on the picturesque lake for the 40th edition of the Championship. With sunny skies and breeze at 10-15 knots, American Will Welles' Kaster got out of the gate with the early advantage, posting 2,5,2 for nine points in the three races. Hungarian Tomai Bala'zs' J.Bond 037 started the day strong with 1,2, but a 13 in race three left him with 16 points for second place. Travis Odenbach's Honeybadger of the USA rests in third place with 29 points.

Bala'zs opened the regatta with a victory, ahead of Welles and Italian Ignazio Bonanno's La Superba. Keith Whittemore's Furio, USA, took the next battle, as Bala'zs dropped to second and Duncan McCarthy's Madeleine of Great Britain put another nation on the leaderboard. The final contest saw McCarthy, Welles and Whittemore comprise the top three.

Racing continues through Friday from Fraglia Vela Riva del Garda.

Complete results may be found at www.j24worlds2018.it/results/

Italian engineering (at its best)
Racing at 30 knots round the world or cruising a giant Superyacht in the Mediterannean, Cariboni has long been the trusted partner for innovative and reliable solutions in the complex field of performance hydraulics

If by a man's works shall we know him, you're already well acquainted with Gianni Cariboni. His company has been involved with Wally Yachts since its inception, supplies all the Volvo Ocean 65 hydraulics, and has been involved in every America's Cup cycle since 2000. He's just returned bronzed and relaxed after a holiday in Spain and he's already back on the case. 'When I got back this morning I spoke with the New Zealand America's Cup team, with Luna Rossa and with other customers. The factory is running well. We've just started testing a new system for the Solaris yard and we're also delivering a very interesting system for Vismara's Nacira V69, a canting and lifting keel - and it's nearly Friday so everybody's happy.'

This family-run company's position at the apex of marine hydraulics has a long backstory, peppered with groundbreaking innovations, but it all began very modestly. 'My first job was teaching, but I was sailing all the time and in 1972 I got a job as director of production for Canclini, building 4,500 aluminium masts a year for Ton classes and European production boats. I left the company in 1984 and opened a design office. The following year I opened a small workshop making aluminium daggerboards for multihulls,' Gianni continues, 'and, in 1986, we made our first aluminium mast, for a C-Class catamaran. Our first hydraulic components were built for the 36m ketch Magdalus III in 1987, two big stainless steel power packs, one for the captive winches and another for the backstay, vang and outhaul.'

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

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

Record: Around Britain and Ireland. 40 ft and under
Yacht: "Imerys Clean Energy"
Name: Phil Sharp. GBR
Dates:.12th to the 20th August 2018
Start time: 11; 00; UTC on 12/08/18
Finish time: 15; 14; 49 UTC on 20/08/18
Elapsed time: 8 days 4 hours 14 minutes and 49 seconds
Course length: 1773 NM
Average Speed: 9.03 kts.
Comments: Previous record: "Swish". Roderick Knowles. GBR. Aug 14. 8d 19h 6m 49s

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council
sailspeedrecords.com

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1998 AKRON AOTON ORMA 60 Trimaran. 450,000 EUR. Located in Greece.

Originally launched as GROUPAMA 1 and renamed HIQ later on Winner Orma Cup 2000, 2001, 2003 & 2004 as GROUPAMA 1

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2007 BOOGALOO Open 50. 295,000 EUR. Located in Brittany, France

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1997 CHESSEA Volvo 60. 390,000 EUR. Located in Sete, South of France.

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The Last Word
There is beauty in everything, Just not everybody sees it. -- Andy Warhol

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In This Issue
Figaro: North Option Pays For Briton Roberts, Third At Wolf Rock
Lawrie Smith 2018 Etchells European Champion
New Double-Handed Class to Feature at Antigua Sailing Week
Freshwater finish to saltwater series at Hamilton Island Race Week
Racing Services Manager
Volvo Ocean Race RAW: All Or Nothing
Sharing the love
Industry News
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Douglas Adams

Figaro: North Option Pays For Briton Roberts, Third At Wolf Rock
An audacious northerly option, an opposing strategy to some of the top seeds' choice to stay offshore, has paid a continued dividend for British solo racer Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) on Stage 1 of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro.

Rewarded with a better, slightly stronger more lifted breeze as he raced closer to the Devon and Cornwall coast - slightly further from the calm winds in the central axis of the high pressure ridge - since the leaders had just passed Lizard Point from 0600hrs this morning Roberts has risen from 12th place, eight nautical miles behind leader Corentin Douguet (NF Habitat) to round Wolf Rock in third place, less than one mile behind Douguet.

Roberts has made opportunities work for him, his strategy yesterday mirroring that of Douguet whose career best finish was third in the 2010 La Solitaire du Figaro. Douguet was one of the few to put their faith in the north yesterday as well and went from seventh in the evening to this morning lead the 30 skippers who remain on the 543 nautical miles stage from Le Havre to Saint Brieuc.

After a long shut down in the breeze during the early hours of this morning, lasting through until just after midday, Douguet finally lead around the emblematic Wolf Rock - a regular fixture on La Solitaire courses and the midpoint of this course- at 1549hrs (CET/1449hrs BST).

Though the top five appeared to have escaped with the best of a new, light breeze, Douguet struggled to round very close to the rocky light in very fickle winds, monitoring the speedy arrival of one of the top seeds Sebastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance) who rounded Wolf Rock exactly ten minutes later.

The Top 10 (at 18h) :

1. Sebastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance) at 252 miles to finish
2. Corentin Douguet (NF Habitat) at +0.1 miles
3. Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF) at + 0.8 miles
4. Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) at + 0.8 miles
5. Pierre Quiroga (Skipper espoir CEM) at + 1.2 miles
6. Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer - Secours Populaire) at + 2 miles
7. Alexis Loison (Custo Pol) at + 2.6 miles
8. Martin Le Pape (Skipper Macif 2017) at + 2.8 miles
9. Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) at +3 miles
10. Tanguy Le Turquais (Everial) at +3.2 miles

www.lasolitaire-urgo.com

Lawrie Smith 2018 Etchells European Champion
The 2018 Open Etchells European Champion is Lawrie Smith racing Colin (Glandore Harbour YC ) with Gonçalo Ribeiro, Ella Bennett and Pedro Andrade. The 2018 Corinthian European Etchells Champion is a team from the Royal London YC Etchells Youth Academy, skippered by Will Bedford, racing Shamal with Fraser Woodley, Nik Froud, and Henry Collison.

During the eight races, held in a variety of conditions, three teams led during the regatta. Peter Duncan won the first two races, but Lawrie Smith fought back, and was top of the leaderboard after six races. Going into the last race, Ante Razmilovic was leading by a single point, with all three teams vying for the European title.

Lawrie Smith won the 2018 Open Etchells European Champion in the very last race, after strong competition from Ante Razmilovic's Swedish Blue (YCCS), and American skipper Peter Duncan, racing Mans Best Friend, which were second and third respectively. On the last run in the final race, Lawrie Smith team came from behind to pass both Swedish Blue and Mans Best Friend to secure the championship by a single point.

Will Bedford's team have all come through the Royal London YC Etchells Youth Academy, and in a strong field of experienced Etchells sailors, topped the Corinthian ranking for the 2018 Etchells European Championship.

Final top five:
1. Colin, Lawrie Smith / Goncalo Ribeiro / Ella Bennett / Pedro Andrade, GBR, 19.0 points
2. Swedish Blue, Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley / Andrew Mills, GBR, 20.0
3. Mans Best Friend, Peter Duncan / Andrew Palfrey / Sasha Ryan / Victor Diaz-de-Leon, USA, 24.0
4. Tango 1990, Chris Hampton / Charlie Cumbley / Sam Haines, AUS, 30.0
5. Les Freaks Sont Chics/Bon Vivant, Marco Pocci / Marty Kaye / Ben Cornish, HKG, 33.0

Full results: yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=6018

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Bareboat and mothership charters can all be arranged through our sponsor Dream Yacht Charter plus numerous race charter options are available from reputable partners.

Freshwater finish to saltwater series at Hamilton Island Race Week
Fifteen divisions, 233 boats and close to 2,000 sailors from Australia, New Zealand and around the world spent Hamilton Island Race Week in the Whitsundays dashing around tropical islands with only saltwater hitting the decks, until the final afternoon rainstorm offshore broke the sunny and dry winter spell.

Sou'east tradewinds built to their peak of 25 knots on Monday August 20 and close to that number the following day. Layday on Wednesday was ideal pool and Whitehaven Beach weather with little breeze and cloudless skies, and the second half of the week brought lighter ESE winds between 6-12 knots on average, and just the one shower in the closing hours of Saturday August 25, 2018.

The supermaxi battle required an on-water umpire to be brought in on day four of racing, to monitor the pair. The Oatley family's Wild Oats XI (HIYC) convincingly beat Peter Harburg's same-length Black Jack (RQYS) in terms of first over the line results; now both crews return home to mull over where a few more seconds-per-mile can be teased out before the December ocean classic, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.

A six-day arm-wrestle between the TP52s resulted in Marcus Blackmore's Hooligan (RPAYC) scooping the IRC Division 1 prize from Matt Allen's Ichi Ban (CYCA), with a day to spare.

Team Hooligan added yet another victory to the owner/skipper's tally, which includes the arbitrary division win at the first Hamilton Island Race Week way back in 1984.

In between the 100-footers and TP52s, Phil Turner's RP66 Alive (DSS) finished third overall and banked some crucial time on the water as part of their Sydney Hobart warm-up.

Like Ray Roberts' Team Hollywood (IRC Div 2 winner, CYCA) and Gerry Hatton's Bushranger (IRC Div 3 winner, RPAYC), Hooligan elected to sail out the regatta they'd wrapped up on the penultimate day.

IRC Division 4 top place went to Graham Furtado's X41 Matrix from Queensland and he and all the division winners will gather at Hamilton Island's Convention Centre this evening for the gala awards ceremony.

Results for all divisions

Racing Services Manager
Salary: £42,500 - £47,500 per annum
Location: Southampton, UK

To apply please visit the RYA website, www.rya.org.uk, to view full details of this role.

Closing date: Tuesday 4th September 2018

Volvo Ocean Race RAW: All Or Nothing
Watch the official film of the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 now!

45,000 miles, 7 teams, 1 trophy: watch all the highs and lows from sport's toughest test of a team in the official film of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race.

It's a dictum in life that you can't get something for nothing and nowhere is that more true than modern performance catamaran design. The trade-offs in weight, trim, performance and cost are nearly absolute, even with clever innovations in layout and design. Where you save in one parameter, you lose in another, so the challenge for builders and designers is finding a solution that optimised all those parameters without being too compromising for an increasinglydiscerning marketplace.

Hudson Yacht Group may have found a new sweet spot in this space with the recent introduction of the new Ocean Series of blue water luxury performance catamarans, billed as "ocean tough, muscular yet graceful, and ready to take you cruising... in comfort and ease". While the HH line of big cats - the HH50, HH55 and HH66 - are now well-established in the genre of nocompromise performance and luxury without too much constraint in cost, a place where only the finest in all aspects of build materials, quality and high-technology solutions are permitted, Hudson has realised there is room in the market for another level that, with a few compromises, can bring big cat luxury and performance to a much wider audience.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Industry News
With perfect timing for the Yachtmarket.com Southampton Boat Show, the CA has entered into a new clothing partnership with the global sailing clothing brand Gill.

CA members can place orders from an initial selection of technical and leisure items at a discounted rate from the 2019 Gill range and more products will be added to the CA's Online Shop in good time for pre-Christmas delivery.

The Gill/CA range comprises Men's and Women's Ocean and Coastal waterproofs, a variety of technical jackets and gilets, fleeces, thermals, sailing boots, sailing gloves and bags.

To celebrate the launch, the CA is running an on-stand competition throughout the Yachtmarket.com Southampton Boat Show to win a set of Gill's OS2 waterproofs, in Blue for Men and White for Women, valued at £500.

The Show competition prize is a set of Gill OS2 Waterproofs including Jacket & Salopettes

Celebrating its 110th Anniversary this year, the Cruising Association (CA) returns to Ocean Hall with a new, larger and even more eye-catching stand to welcome members. The CA is also looking forward to attracting more cruising enthusiasts to discover the delights of cruising whilst flying the CA burgee and offering many reasons for them to take out membership whilst visiting the Show.

www.theca.org.uk

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The second edition of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award is underway and it is time to prepare your best sailing video filmed this year (since November 1, 2017).

The award rewards the best sailing video produced by a professional filmmaker. A special prize will also be awarded to the sailor who produces the best video on board his sailboat.

There is one month left before the registration deadline. Videos must be submitted before September 24, 2018 at midnight (GMT). Find out all the details of the contest on:

www.sailingvideoaward.com
www.facebook.com/sailingvideoaward/

The purpose of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award is to celebrate the best sailing videos as well as their authors.

The dates for the 2018 edition are as follows:

Videos must have been filmed between November 1, 2017 and September 24, 2018
Videos can be submitted now, until September 24, 2018 at midnight GMT
Public voting will be open from September 28 to October 15, 2018.
We also remind you the following two criteria:

- Video length: 1'30 (max)
- Royalty-free soundtrack

Click here to read the detailed Rules

Submit your video: www.sailingvideoaward.com/registration.html

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The inaugural Abu Dhabi International Boat Show has already met its targets for the opening launch

The Abu Dhabi International Boat Show (ADIBS) has already met its targets for the launch of its first edition, having exceeded the amount of exhibitor space and exhibits initially planned.

Speaking to IBI, show director Alex Nicholl said: "We are now over 100% sold with regard to exhibit space, with 195 companies from 18 different countries and 75 yachts and boats booked for the show.

Show director Alex Nicholl told IBI that ADIBS will embody the theme 'Uniquely Abu Dhabi'. "We are creating an environment that uniquely blends luxury yachts and international leisure marine alongside the rich maritime history of the Emirates," he says. "Visitors and exhibitors attending the launch show will be left in no doubt about where and why they visited ADIBS."

The 2018 Abu Dhabi International Boat Show is organised by the government-owned Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) and will take place from October 17-20 in Abu Dhabi with all the exhibits, yachts and activities taking place at the bespoke ADNEC Marina. The show will comprise both an on-water marina section and an air-conditioned, on-land exhibition space.

plus.ibinews.com

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The Yacht Racing Forum announced today a three-year partnership with 11th Hour Racing, a global organization that establishes strategic partnerships within the sailing and maritime communities to integrate sustainability into their values and operations while educating, innovating and inspiring people with the critical message of ocean stewardship.

The two organizations will be collaborating on how to incorporate relevant sustainability content and messaging throughout the conference programming, with the overall goal to advance sustainable practices within the marine industry, sailing event management and team operations.

The Yacht Racing Forum is the leading annual conference for the business of sailing and yacht racing. The event will take place on October 22-23, 2018 in Brittany, in the town of Lorient, at the heart of the mythical Sailing Valley, one of the world's most dynamic venues for the sport and the industry of sailing and yacht racing.

11th Hour Racing establishes strategic partnerships within the sailing and maritime communities to promote collaborative, systemic change benefitting the health of our ocean.

www.11thhourracing.org

www.yachtracingforum.com

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Marlow Ropes is delighted to announce Ben Saxton and Nikki Boniface as its latest brand ambassadors. The British Sailing Team Nacra 17 sailors will fly the flag for Marlow Ropes during their bid for Tokyo 2020.

Paul Honess, leisure marine sales director at Marlow Ropes said: "As the Nacra 17 boat is relatively new to the circuit, Marlow Ropes is keen to research, design and develop new products to improve some of the systems within the foiling class. Ben and Nikki are the perfect team to help us achieve this. We wish them continued success in their bid to represent Team GB in 2020."

The pair achieved early success together scooping silver medals from their first two events. This convinced them to make their partnership official for a Tokyo 2020 campaign. More recent successes include third place in the Sailing World Cup Final, fourth in the European Championships, sixth Overall European Championships and tenth in the World Championships.

Serendipitously, Nikki is also a local sailor from Hailsham, East Sussex where the Marlow Ropes UK factory and head office is based.

Marlow Ropes is the competitive sailor's brand of choice, proudly manufactured in Hailsham, East Sussex. It is the official partner to the USA and UK sailing teams, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, TFW Foiling Week and The Offshore Academy amongst others.

www.marlowropes.com

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Ocean Pearl Maxi Catamaran. 3500000 EUR. Located in Spain

OCEAN PEARL is the ex Club Mediterrannee winner of the Race in 2001 (around the world regatta) with New Zealand skipper Grant Dalton. She had a fantastic track of records and prize list before she undergone similarly to her sistership ex Swift, a complete refit and conversion project into a fanta

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2006 GP42 - Wan Ma Rang. 200000 USD. Located in Thailand.

"Wan Ma Rang" is a well optimised and cared for GP42 design, that offers huge potential under IRC and ORC racing, through a wide range of wind conditions. Continually upgraded throughout her life.

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2013 NOMAD IV. 5,900,000 EUR. Located in South France.

NOMAD IV is a fantastic sailing yacht that functions superbly for either racing or cruising. She is built entirely out of carbon by the famous shiphard Maxi Dolphin in Italy from a design from the well-known architects Finot Conq. NOMAD IV is a 100ft extrapolation from the Vendée Globe Imoca 60,

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The Last Word
Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. -- Douglas Adams

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In This Issue
Local Hero Marchand Wins Figaro Stage 1
Finn U23 Worlds
Harken Tech Team on Duty at 2018 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Gustavo and Rafael Del Castillo Palop are Snipe European Championships... Again!
Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
Classic Boat Museum is flying with wings!
Sailmaker vacancy
Blind Match Racing World Championship
Lab or ocean... or both
Ferretti in talks to buy Wally
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: H.L. Mencken

Local Hero Marchand Wins Figaro Stage 1
For Anthony Marchand, who won the 464 nautical miles Stage 1 of La Solitaire du Figaro at 22:54:28hrs (French Time/UTC +2hrs) this Wednesday night, there is something a Hollywood fairytale to his first ever Leg win, coming as it does on his eighth attempt at the legendary multi stage solo offshore race.

Marchand, 33 years old sailing Groupe Royer-Secours Populaire clung on to a tiny lead to score dream into his own home waters when the famous race visits the town of his birth, Saint Brieuc, for the very first time in its 49 year history, triumphing in what was one of the closest finishes for many years.

Triumphant Marchand said on the dock, "It was only in the last mile that I started to think of winning. But now I am satisfied. You see everyone behind you and say, 'it is not possible' Now you just want to start again and not to stop."

After 3 days 09hrs 54mins 28 secs of racing since leaving Le Havre on Sunday, Marchand finished just three minutes and six seconds ahead of second placed Thierry Chabagny (Gedimat) and 3 minutes and 38 seconds ahead of Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) who staged a remarkable recovery from 11th at Wolf Rock to lead 90 miles later at Portsall off the north tip of Brittany.

British skipper Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) and Hugh Brayshaw (KEMAT) secured their best ever finishes. With 28 year old Roberts crossing the line off Saint Quai-Portrieux in fifth, six minutes and 18 seconds behind Marchand and Brayshaw, 25 years-old in seventh, eight minutes and 32 seconds behind the winner, it proved an historic night for British solo racing, the first time two British skippers have made the top ten on any Le Figaro stage.

At one point during the final stage of this first of four legs, 25 of the 29 solo racers were compacted on to a 1.4 nautical miles long patch of water. The top ten finished tonight within seven short minutes. With so little time between the top skippers the second stage, which starts Sunday racing 520 nautical miles to Ria de Muros-Noia in NW Spain, will ensure this will be the most open race for years.

Top Ten Stage 1 Finishers, Le Havre to Saint Quai/Saint Brieuc
1- Anthony Marchand / Groupe Royer-Secours Populaire, finished at 22h 54m 28s
2- Thierry Chabagny / Gedimat at 22h 57m 34s
3- Charlie Dalin / Skipper Macif 2015 at 22h 58m 06s
4- Sebastien Simon / Bretagne CMB Performance at 22h 58m 53s
5- Alan Roberts / Seacat Services at 23h 00m 41s
6- Erwan Tabarly / Armor-Lux at 23h 02m 01s
7- Hugh Brayshaw / Kamat at 23h 03m 00s
8- Alexis Loison / Custo Pol at 23h 04m 18s
9- Tanguy Le Turquais / Everial at 23h 04m 27s
10- Xavier Macaire / Groupe SNEF at 23h 05m 27s

www.lasolitaire-urgo.com

Finn U23 Worlds
Hector Simpson found his pace on the third day of the 2018 U23 World Championship for the Finn Silver Cup in Koper, Slovenia, to win the day after taking three second places. He moves up to fifth overall, while Ondrej Teply extends his lead at the top to 10 points. Joan Cardona also had a good day after three good finishes to move up to second, while Nils Theuninck narrowly holds onto third after a day of mixed fortunes.

The third day of the championship was another hot and sunny day. The sailors were held on shore with a one-hour postponement to wait for the arrival of the sea breeze, which appeared to be more promising, but again never quite materialised in the way everyone hoped for, and ranged from 4-10 knots. Its direction meant a one-way track up the Koper shoreline, to find the stronger breeze and escape the current. Those who had a good line to the left always came out looking strong, though most of the fleet got it wrong at some point during the day.

After six races, there is a possible five more to sail over the next two days. None of the forecasts show much wind, so the hope remains for a solid sea breeze, especially as temperatures will remain in the high 20s.

Top ten Results after 6 races
1. Ondrej Teply, CZE, 14
2. Joan Cardona, ESP, 24
3. Nils Theuninck, SUI, 30
4. Oskari Muhonen, FIN, 31
5. Hector Simpson, GBR, 36
6. Georgii Paches, UKR, 37
7. Lars Johan Brodtkorb, NOR, 37
8. Simon Gorgels, GER, 39
9. Federico Colanino, ITA, 51
10. Can Akdurak, TUR, 57

Full results: 2018.finnsilvercup.org/results/

Harken Tech Team on Duty at 2018 Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
The Harken Tech Team will keep the fleets race-ready and flying during the 2018 edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Porto Cervo, Italy. Service will be available on site from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Saturday morning, Sept. 8. Call on the Harken Tech Team for regatta assistance and emergency spare parts. You will find the Tech Team's contact number at the regatta office.

The Harken Tech Team will also be present at these summer 2018 events:

Swan Cup/Porto Cervo, Italy (Sept 10-16) TP52 Super Series Sailing Week Valencia, Spain (September, 17-22)

The Harken Tech Team is a group of technicians who come together from Harken facilities throughout the world to support grand prix racing events. Harken At The Front.

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Gustavo and Rafael Del Castillo Palop are Snipe European Championships... Again!
Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo Palop (ESP) are the Snipe European Champions for the second time in a row.

The European Championship 2018 of the two persons dinghy finished last night in Pori, on the West coast of Finland: 41 entries from 10 nations had 10 amazing races this week in ever changing conditions.

The event was hosted by the oldest sporting and sailing club in Finland, Segelforeningen i Bjorneborg - BSF r.f., in cooperation with Snipe Class International Racing Association SCIRA. The scenic sandy beaches of Yyteri served as a beautiful backdrop to the Snipe European Championships this year for the second time, the first one being in 2006.

The second time Snipe European Champions, Spanish brothers Gustavo and Rafael del Castillo Palop were in total control of the regatta winning half of the races. The 'Spanish Armada', Europe's biggest Snipe fleet, covered top five positions.

The next European Championship will be held in Split, Croatia, in 2020.

Final top ten:
1. Gustavo del Castillo Palop / Rafael del Castillo Palop, ESP, 16 points
2. Jordi Triay Pons / Arturo Barranco Salamanca, ESP, 27
3. Victor Perez / Dries Crombre, ESP, 33
4. Jose M. Guerrero Macias / Pablo Martínez Iribarne, ESP, 33
5. Juan Cajade / Alexandre Tinoco, ESP, 41
6. Yannick Laumans / Dirk De Bock, BEL, 42
7. Manu Hens / Maj Kristin Hansen Borgen, BEL, 58
8. Paolo Lambertenghi / Antonio Bari, ITA, 59
9. Karl Otto Book / Maren Magda Book, NOR, 74
10. Juan Deben Tíscar / Jose Ramon Pardo Galdo, ESP, 79

Full results: www.regattanetwork.com

www.snipeeuropeans.org

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month

Last month's winner:

Carolijn Brouwer (NED)
'Carolijn exceeded my expectations in Dongfeng, she was more than just a crew, a mentor, a role model, I am so happy she was in our team!' - Bruno Dubois; 'The best sailor and the sweetest human being I know' - Marie Cerbelle; 'She is the best, in Moths to Maxis' - Stacey Jackson; 'The most incredibly goal-focused woman in sailing' - Esther Kruijver; 'I am in awe of Carolijn!' - Karyn Gojnich; 'There's no one quite like Carolijn!' - Jeroen van Catz; 'Big respect for mother Carolijn!' - Hans Klippus; 'Correction! Carolijn sailed every leg except the motor delivery to China!!!' - Darren Bundock .

This month's nominees:

Karl Kwok (HKG)
Victory at the offshore worlds in The Hague was one of numerous successes for one of the most enthusiastic yacht racers on the planet. Kwok has supported many sailors through their careers and he has also been quick to back a new designer he feels worthy of support. Many established names in the yacht racing industry owe this quiet Hong Kong businessman a great deal. And straight after winning the worlds he rushed to Palma to win IRC1 at Copa del Rey. Irrepressible

Lucy Macgregor (GBR)
Racing in Russia with Annie Lush, Nicky Walsh and her younger sister Kate Macgregor, Lucy Macgregor won her second women's match race world title in a row to add to her first championship win in 2009. And topping up this year's tally was getting through to the final four at the Argo Gold Cup in Bermuda - becoming the first woman skipper ever to do so. Being knocked out in the end by open world champion Torvar Mirsky isn't so bad...

Seahorse Sailor of the Month is sponsored by Henri Lloyd, Harken McLube & Dubarry. Who needs silverware, our prizes are usable!

Cast your vote, submit comments, even suggest a candidate for next month at seahorsemagazine.com/sailor-of-the-month/vote-for-sailor-of-the-month

View past winners of Sailor of the Month

Classic Boat Museum is flying with wings!
Click on image to enlarge.

The Museum have taken delivery of the the huge solid wing used on a test boat and in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup during the 35th America's Cup from Ben Ainslie. The wing joins the hull which arrived a few months before the opening of the new Museum ' Boat Shed'. This solid wing combined with the huge carbon fibre foils enabled Ben and his team to perfect 'flying' on foils which enabled the team to successfully compete in Bermuda in 2017.

The hull and wing create an interesting and historic story, which will take visitor to the museum back to another era when Saunders - Roe, manufacturers of marine aircraft in East Cowes, built the incredible flying boats of the time. The link between sailing and flying is closer than many may realise both use principles of aerodynamics and hydrodynamics to generate lift either in the air or the water. Ben Ainslie's America's Cup catamaran was almost the perfect combination of the two principles whilst not completely leaving the water!

Mark Mc Neill commented, " It has been a fabulous summer for the Museum, we have opened our new 'Boat Shed' on the opposite bank of the Medina river to our East Cowes Gallery and hosted out first party during the Cowes Classic Week. The Boat Shed opening allowed us to take delivery of the final part Ben of Ainslie's test catamaran and the enormous solid wing is now proudly on display in the new Shed. Interesting flying boats are all part of the Cowes heritage and it's over a century since the first Saunders-Roe flying boat was launched from docks in East Cowes"

He added, "I would like to thank Ben's team for their generosity in allowing the museum to continue immortalising the history of the America's Cup in its original home of Cowes" with a special thanks to the shore team for all their help in delivering and assembling the wing with our volunteers". -- Stuart Greenfield

www.classicboatmuseum.com

We are currently looking for a qualified sail maker for our upcoming season from November 2018 to May 2019.

The applicant would be responsible for all types of sail repairs & alterations, removing & re-installing sails. The fitting of new sails & U-Stack covers. Experience in canvas work would be a plus.

The successful applicant must-

Employment would be full time for the above dates with the possibility of a longer contract.

Please send resume to:
Rob Gilders,:
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Blind Match Racing World Championship
The Blind Match Racing World Championships will take place at Rhu Marina, Helensburgh from Monday 3 - Friday 7 September 2018.

The 2018 event marks the first time blind sailing world championships have been held in the UK. The event has attracted the best blind and visually-impaired sailors from Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States of America.

Find out more about the Championship at www.rncyc.com/bmrwc2018 or follow us on Twitter at @rncyc.

Lab or ocean... or both
It's too easy to spend all your time in the lab when developing technical clothing but, as Musto likes to remind its customers, at some point you do also need to get wet. And when Musto says wet, it means very, very wet

The most physically demanding Volvo Ocean Race of recent times has just finished and there are some young (and older) sailors with a new appreciation of just how unyielding the seas can be. The incredible drone footage of the Volvo Ocean 65s piling along through the Southern Ocean and across the Atlantic at recordbreaking speeds has really brought home just how unrelentingly brutal and wet these boats are. Too wet, some would argue, especially when you compare the Volvo Ocean 65 with the sheltered comfort of a cockpit on a modern Imoca 60.

In the absence of much shelter from the one-design Volvo Ocean 65, the next best thing is to make sure you're suitably equipped for the firehosing that you're about to receive as you venture out on deck for your watch. Three of the seven teams in this lastest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race opted for Musto technical clothing, which has been worn by more sailors in the 45-year history of this famous race than that of any other brand.

In 1994, Musto was originally established as one of the most reliable and peer-recommended brands in offshore sailing, yet it was the formation of a partnership with Gore in 1991 that really led to a significant development in the performance of modern offshore garments such as HPX, which was launched in 1994. It should be said that Gore-Tex fabric is by no means unique to Musto. In fact, it's used by many of the world's most trusted outdoor apparel brands as their pinnacle technology for waterproof, windproof and breathable protection.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Ferretti in talks to buy Wally
CEO Alberto Galassi confirms plans to acquire the Monegasque brand

According to Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, the Ferretti Group is in negotiations with Wally to acquire the Monegasque brand of sailing yachts and powerboats founded by Luca Bassani in 1994.

"We have been in negotiations for months," Feretti CEO Alberto Galassi told the paper. "We strongly believe in this acquisition, because the brand is extraordinary and in strong synergy with the other brands of Ferretti Group. But it is a very complicated operation.

"The agreement could be signed by beginning of next year, if all the necessary conditions are reached," he said.

The investment, which according to Il Corriere della Sera amounts to some €25m-€30m, would signal the Ferretti Group's debut in the sailing world - a key move for the Italian company, which is majority owned by China's Weichai Group (Piero Ferrari owns a 13.2% share).

The Ferretti Group has a portfolio of brands encompassing Ferretti, Pershing, Itama, Mochi Craft, Riva, CRN and Custom Line, and a production value of around €623m in 2017.

The news is expected to be officially announced in September at the Cannes Yachting Festival. -- Fulvia Venturi in IBI News

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2012 Swan 53-521 'Puffy'. 1,161,000 EUR. Located in New England, USA.

Puffy is a fantastic example of the Swan 53. It has been specified with only the very best of everything available and has some very tasteful custom touches.

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The Last Word
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. -- H.L. Mencken

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In This Issue
Opening Day at 2018 Melges 32 World League in Cagliari
36th America’s Cup Overture at Cowes
Future Fibres: the chosen supplier of one design rigging for the 36th AC
Bike4Bart
Zhik Poole Week Day 5
Le Trophee des Muticoques
Launchings
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
Back on Tuesday The Last Word: Winston Churchill

Opening Day at 2018 Melges 32 World League in Cagliari
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Cagliari, Italy: The final stage of the 2018 Melges 32 World League officially got underway today on the spectacular regatta race course at the foot of Sella del Diavolo, the heart of Cagliari.

The conditions were perfect with fourteen knots of breeze at 200 degrees. Two races were completed and the great balance that reigns in this One Design Class prevailed.

Organized by Yacht Club Cagliari in collaboration with Melges Europe, the winner of opening day on countback goes to Germany's Fritz Homann at the helm of WILMA (Nico Celon, tactician).

Thanks to a strong 2-4 daily scoreline, World Champion Pavel Kuznetsov racing TAVATUY (Evgeny Neugodnikov, tactician) sits in second place, sharing equal points with Homann.

The next two days will provide him his best chances for overtaking either Balstrero or Onorato.

Martin Reintjes and tactician Gabriele Benussi aboard CAPIRINHA currently lead the Corinthian Division, happily seated fifth overall.

The Melges World League is supported by Moby, Tirrenia, Helly Hansen, Garmin Marine, North Sails, Toremar, Norda, Lavazza, Rigoni di Asiago and Melges Europe.

Top Five Results (After Two Races)
1. Fritz Homann/Nico Celon, Wilma, GER, 6 points
2. Pavel Kuznetsov/Evgeny Nuegodnikov, Tavatuy, RUS, 6
3. Matteo Balestrero/Branko Brcin, Giogi, ITA, 10
4. Lupi & Pessina/Bressani, Torpyone, ITA, 10
5. Martin Reintjes/Gabriele Benussi, Capirinha, ITA, 11

Full results

36th America’s Cup Overture at Cowes
On Friday, 31 August the America’s Cup will be back in Cowes where it all began in 1851 The Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand and Challenger of Record - Luna Rossa, as well as New York Yacht Club American Magic and INEOS TEAM UK will gather collectively for the first time to kick off the next edition of the sailing’s most historic and iconic event.

But this is an on-shore event, so do not get too excited - But there might be a fly-past by the INEOS Team UK test boat to show-off their progress ?

The 36th America’s Cup Overture is where the race area for the 2021 Match will be announced.

The teams are also due to receive the drawings of the one design mast and the specifications for the mast's standing rigging.

Each team will build their own masts. The rigging will be supplied by ETNZ.

It is not expected that any official news about the 2019 AC World Series will be released on Friday as the Protocol gives them until 31 March 2019 to announce those details.

There might well be updates from the teams about their plans, and there is to be a new America’s Cup logo announced.

The 36th America’s Cup Overture precedes the 2018 America’s Cup Hall of Fame Induction ceremony and black tie dinner at the Royal Yacht Squadron.

www.sailweb.co.uk

Future Fibres: the chosen supplier of one design rigging for the 36th AC
America’s Cup Event Limited (ACE) and the Challenger of Record (COR) have engaged Future Fibres to supply its new AEROrazr rigging to all teams competing in the 36th America’s Cup Presented by Prada.

Future Fibres is the world’s pre-eminent supplier of composite rigging, with creativity and high performance driving its continued growth. With the America’s Cup sharing these same values, this is a platform for a strong alliance. For the 36th America’s Cup, Future Fibres will supply their latest design, AEROrazr. This newly developed aerofoil shaped solid carbon rigging is created especially for elite grand prix racing.

Speaking about selecting Future Fibres, Martin McElwee, Head of Emirates Team New Zealand rigging said:

“With Future Fibres’ reputation and experience in the grand prix racing arena, we believe they are the perfect choice to supply the rigging for the upcoming America’s Cup. Their new AEROrazr product is pushing the boundaries of innovation and we believe that using this rigging will push the AC75s performance to its maximum. Having already worked so successfully with Southern Spars, their parent company, we know that our partnership with Future Fibres will bring the same results.”

With the America’s Cup showcasing the most advanced and technically progressive yachts on the planet, their selection of AEROrazr acknowledges the commitment Future Fibres has made through their ground-breaking design innovations placing them at the very cutting edge of the sport of sailing.

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Bike4Bart
Sir Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy OBE and Philippa York, one of Britain’s most successful cyclists of all time, are among those riding in Bike4Bart in Dorset on Sunday 2nd September!

We are delighted to announce that in just under a week, Philippa York will be joining British Cycling Performance Director Stephen Park OBE, Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy OBE and participating in Bike4Bart! Philippa York is a Scottish journalist, a former professional road racing cyclist and one of Britain’s most successful cyclists of all time!

As the Andrew Simpson Foundation’s inaugural event, the Bike4Bart Charity Sportive will take place on Sunday 2nd September 2018 and start from the iconic Olympic venue of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, Portland.

Riders have a choice of tackling three different routes ranging from 26-95 miles with varied terrain and breath-taking panoramas of the Dorset coast and with wider family activities on offer, it’s an event for all ages and abilities!

All proceeds from the entry fee go back into the Andrew Simpson Foundation to enable the Charity to continue to increase participation and improve lives through their five Key Charitable Activities: Bart’s Bash, Research, Community Sailing Programmes, Volunteer Training and Grants.

Event Timings:
07:30 - 09:20- Registration Opens
08:00 - Photo Opportunity with Sir Ben, Iain Percy, ASF Team and young riders
08:00 - 08:45- Epic Rider Start Time
08:30 - 09:15- Standard Rider Start Time - Sir Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy OBE Start
09:00 - 09:30- Short Rider Start Time
09:30 - 16:30 - Family Fun Day Activities
Last Finish Time: 16:30
Post-Race (Time TBC) Q&A Sessions with Ben, Iain and Philippa York hosted by PKF Francis Clark
Last Finish Time and end of family fun day event: 16:30

Find out more at www.bike4bart.com

Zhik Poole Week Day 5
Photo by David Harding, sailingscenes.co.uk. Click on image to enlarge.

Some days you know you’re going to be lucky to get any wind. On the south coast, for example, when the pressure chart indicates a light northerly gradient and the temperature over the land is high enough to suck in a sea breeze, northerly fights southerly. All too often, neither wins and sailors are definitely the losers.

That’s pretty much what everyone was expecting on the fifth day of Zhik Poole Week. The flags in Parkstone Yacht Club's dinghy park initially fluttered to a zephyr from the north before hanging limply as boats started to launch at around 13:30. But then there was a faint stirring from the south. Although any sun was mostly milky and the weather far from scorching, was enough of a sea breeze going to fill in?

The fleets starting from the Parkstone Platform - Darts, XODs, Wayfarers, Handicap (fast and slow), Dolphins and Shrimpers - wafted gently back and forth while Bob Jennings, facing the unenviable task of managing them, worked out where they could go.

He gave the Wayfarers what seemed like an adventurous course in the conditions - a shortish beat, followed by a reach to RoRo (whose name is a clue to its position) and another beat to Piccadilly off the western end of Brownsea Island.

In the XODs, John Edmonds in Skiffle and Crispin Tombs in Ariel took the top two places. Edmonds led the fleet most of the way and extended further when many following boats misjudged the cross-current on the run and ended up fighting it to the leeward mark.

All this action centred around the Parkstone Platform was in contrast to a distinct lack of action in the harbour’s Top Triangle. There was nothing David Lush, race officer on the committee boat, could do after a couple of completely windless hours but send the fleets home.

On-the-water battles will recommence on Friday for the final day of racing in Poole Week. -- David Harding

Provisional results on www.pooleweek.org

Le Trophee des Muticoques
Created in 1980 at the initiative of ESIEA in partnership with La Société Nautique de La Trinite / Mer (SNT) and the National Union of Multihulls (UNM), the Multihulls Trophy marked a key moment in ocean racing. . On the initiative of Marc Guillemot and Dominic Bourgeois, this rendezvous will be reborn in late August 2018 to gather the maximum of multiple hull sailboats just over two months from the start of the Route du Rhum.

From the first edition of the Multihulls Trophy in May 1980, they were twenty-two to take the start of the four races run in three days in the bay of Quiberon: ten racing multihulls including the future winner of the OSTAR (English transatlantic), the American Phil Weld on his trimaran Moxie , Eric Loizeau winner of this first meeting on Gauloises IV or Eric Tabarly on the Paul Ricard foiler which will be the first, the same year, to break the historic record of the crossing of the Atlantic owned by the schooner Atlantic led by the legendary Charlie Barr (1905) ...

Multihull Trophy, day 3. Alain Gautier's entry on Sensation Ocean (ex-Foncia) came to spice up the game this morning on the side of the big multis, launched on a 38-mile course to Belle-Ile. The decidedly fast Formula 40 Irvi (Jacques Vapillon and Christophe Boucault) dominated the Group 3 debates in real time on both rounds of the day and won the second in compensation. And if Acapella-Soreal-Proludic (Charlie Capelle) was awarded the first race, Irvi's men retain the general tonight. In Diam 24 OD, a great tie today as each of the two crews has signed a victory. The Multihulls Trophy has also seen many of the old pillars of the circuit find their element and attend the afternoon races in the bay of Quiberon ...

On this third day of competitive festivities (and vice versa), the breeze has once again emerged late - holidays oblige - allowing a smooth entry for the crews. 7 knots this morning, strengthening gradually to reach 13 to 15 knots during the second round of the Multi 2000 and Diam 24 OD. In the first, the Formula 40 confirmed his domination in real time in both races, while compensated the victory went to Charlie Capelle (Acapella-Soreal-Proludic) ahead of Loïck Peyron in the first leg - as well as the passes weapons on the side of the "little yellows" were nothing short of intense. At Diam 24 OD, Cyrille Legloahec (Batistyl) was able to qualify the Beijaflore wave by winning a race ... even if in general the situation remains unchanged.

www.tropheedesmulticoques.com

Launchings
Grand Soleil’s new Custom 80-footer marks both a significant step up and a major new collaboration for this experienced and successful Italian yard ‘Che

Speed, power, beauty. That is the essence of the Grand Soleil 80 Custom, the first of a series of custom and semi-custom projects to emerge from an ambitious new endeavour by Cantiere del Pardo.

The new facility in Fano, Italy, announced by Cantiere del Pardo in May 2017, is about to bear its first, rather impressive, fruit. The Grand Soleil Custom Yard will build special one-off projects too large and specialised to be handled by the main Cantiere del Pardo yard where Grand Soleil’s production yachts are built. In a partnership with the Adria Sail shipyard, a yard synonymous with high-tech custom boats in Italy, the construction of the new 80ft high-performance racer-cruiser was managed by Adria Sail’s master builder, Maurizio Testuzza, while Giovanni Ceccarelli took care of design, working closely with Cantiere del Pardo and the boat’s owner.

‘Cantiere del Pardo commissioned Ceccarelli Yacht Design for the naval architecture, exterior and interior styling for the new Grand Soleil 80,’ says Ceccarelli. ‘I was given a design brief, drawn up together with the owner and his consultant, Paolo Semeraro, for an 80ft highperformance custom-built sailboat for cruising and for racing in IRC or ORCi against other similar racercruiser yachts. Cantiere del Pardo wanted to explore the possibility of building a limited series of these yachts, updated from time-to-time to reflect an owner’s particular requirements. In the brief, certain basic parameters were fixed for this boat. It specified light displacement of about 33 tonnes and a keel weight of roughly 12 tonnes.’

For the hull, Ceccarelli gave himself a head start by unleashing the full analytical arsenal available to him and by narrowing the design options based on known performance. ‘Extensive use was made of CFD and VPP to design the hull and appendages, and the hull and structures were all validated by Italian structural designers Advanced Mechanical Solutions with FEM verifications. The brief drove me towards a hull form with high righting moment and a considerable beam. I’ve designed similar boats and the best five were CFD-tested, simulating a range of sailing conditions and wind angles, without appendages. Then we CFD-tested the best again, with a range of appendages added.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

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Just months after a team of shareholders took control of the business, South Africa’s Southern Wind Shipyard (SWS) has been commissioned to build the new RP Nauta 100’ custom yacht for an experienced yachtsman.

The owner had initiated the design process of the 30m high-performance cruiser in 2017 with Nauta Design and soon after with Reichel Pugh Yacht Design. SWS, builder of performance sailing yachts from 90ft-120ft, was selected for its construction among other reputable shipyards.

The new SWS custom 100ft yacht will be a 63-tonne full carbon racer cruiser with a lifting keel (max draft 6.1m) A sleek and elegant flush deck will be combined with a large sail area for performance.

Jim Pugh, president at Reichel/Pugh Yacht Design, says the company is pleased to be collaborating once more with Nauta Design and SWS on this project. “The build of the R/P90, the first custom yacht for SWS with interior styling by Nauta Yachts, was an overwhelming success.

The yacht is already under construction at Southern Wind’s facility and is scheduled for delivery in spring 2020.

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The HH Oceans Series Catamarans are ultra-modern, e-glass cruising catamarans, built strong, elegant and safe, with sailing systems perfectly tailored for ease of use. This new line is aimed at audiences familiar with the award winning, all carbon HH Catamarans, who want a cruising focused vessel from the same industry leading designers and builders as HH Catamarans.

The design brief for the HH Ocean Series allows for significant cost reduction in comparison to the all-carbon HH Catamarans models. Composite sandwich construction with e-glass, rather than carbon fiber, hull and deck will be standard, with all high load areas reinforced with carbon fiber.

All HH Oceans Series catamarans will have fixed keels allowing the boat to comfortably navigate shallow waters.

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New For 2019: The Sun Odyssey 410

The contemporary Sun Odyssey 410 benefits from all the latest technical and technological advances in architecture:

- a hard chine running the full length of the hull, for a more powerful and stable hull;
- an inverted bow, for fine entry, better weight distribution and a distinctive look;
- the bow stands clear of the water, for less drag and greater speed;
- self-aligning twin rudders, with self-aligning bearings, for an improved feel of the helm;
- retractable bowthruster, ultra powerful for greater manoeuvrability;
- cathedral standing rigging,
- an L-shaped keel,
- and an integrated bowsprit.

Preliminary specifications:
Overall length with bowsprit: 12,95 m / 42’6”
Overall length: 12,34 m / 40’6”
Hull length: 11,99 m / 39’4”
Beam: 3,99 m / 13’10’’
Long draft: 2,17 m / 7’1”
Small draft: 1,62 m / 5’4”
Displacement: 8 962 kg / 19 758 lbs

* From Louise Morton: re Lucy Macgregor (from this month's Seahorse Sailor of the Month contest):

Nicky Walsh is nee Magregor so Lucy was sailing with both her sisters at the recent Match Racing Worlds in Russia. When all three come racing with me - it is known as a 'Triple Mac'.

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2009 Reichel/Pugh 82 Custom - HIGHLAND FLING XI. 2499000 EUR. Located in Palma de Mallorca.

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2018 Swan 115-004 Odin; 15,000,000 EUR. Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Carbon SPRINT Pre-preg sandwich hull and deck

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Back For The Tuesday Issue
Your humble narrator is going to take full advantage of the USA's Labor Day holiday and get caught up on yardwork, reading, vodka lemonade and hammock time. No Monday issue ... back for Tuesday. Hope you all have a happy and safe weekend.

The Last Word
A nation that forgets its past nas no future. -- Winston Churchill

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In This Issue
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Figaro Leg 2: Downwind Across Biscay
Find the time!
Optimist Worlds: Team Thailand wins Team Racing Finals
Sailors' wisdom wanted!
International 6 Metre European Championship
Grand Prix Valdys - Arkema Team wins the Grand Course
"We've Done a Lot of Swimming" - Ben Ainslie
America's Cup: More interest still lurking
George Miller's 'Pixie' Wins International 12 Irish Championships
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Adolph Hitler

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Porto Cervo, Italy: The first day of the 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Maxi 72 Rolex World Championship, organised by the YCCS with the support of the IMA and the collaboration of title sponsor Rolex, saw Sardinia at its best. More than 40 participating maxi yachts enjoyed perfect sailing conditions with a mistral wind of 12 to 16 knots, with gusts of up to 18 knots at some points on the coastal route of approximately 35 miles that was set for three out of the six classes. The Mini Maxi groups 1 and 2 had a very similar but slightly shorter course, while the Maxi 72s, competing for their World Championship, faced two windward-leeward races on a different regatta course.

Reigning champion Momo, helmed by YCCS member Dieter Schoen with Marcus Wieser on tactics, immediately racked up two consecutive victories, followed by another Club member, Dario Ferrari at the helm of Cannonball, who took two second places. In third place on equal points are the American boats Lucky and Proteus.

The Super Maxi category sees three J-Class yachts competing: Topaz, Velsheda and Svea, which respectively occupy the top three positions in the classification followed by the two modern Super Maxis, Vittorio Moretti's Viriella and Pier Luigi Loro Piana's My Song, the fastest boat on the water - but penalised in compensated time. Tactician Alberto Bolzan - the only Italian sailor to have taken part in the past two editions of the VOR, the tough round-the-world race - explained: "Unfortunately, the corrected time result didn't reflect the way the day went, we're really happy with how the group worked, with how the boat sailed and the choices we made so we're heading home with a smile. Over the next few days we will be working on the numbers to improve our performance on a boat that is already fantastic.

In the Wally Class Magic Carpet Cubed, clearly the star of the Wallycentos, dominated. Given the difference in length, the Wallycentos soon stretched away from the rest of the fleet doing battle on the course through the La Maddalena archipelago. As they approached the finish line a spectacular skirmish took place between J One and Lyra, however a subsequent protest led to the disqualification of J One, initially class leader. The new owner and helmsman of Lyra, Terry Hui, a Canadian born in Hong Kong, had an excellent debut.

Among the Maxis it was the Southern Wind Grande Orazio owned by YCCS member Massimiliano Florio that took the best corrected time ahead of the fastest yacht of the fleet gathered in Porto Cervo, Rambler, which finished in second place on corrected time. Third place went to Inti-3, the Wally 94 owned by Lauro Buoro.

In the Mini Maxi 1 group, the defending champions on SuperNikka immediately made their intentions clear on the regatta course, winning ahead of Wallyño and Lorina 1895. Roberto Lacorte, helmsman and the owner of SuperNikka: "A beautiful but challenging day, Spectre gave us a hard time, this year they have updated their sails, but that makes things more fun. We did what we promised to do and got the result. Our meteorologist Riccardo Ravagnan perfectly forecasted both the direction and intensity of the wind, in every part of the day. We had an average wind that went from 14 to a maximum of 18 knots, there were drops, passing inside the islands, but the intensity and direction were what we expected, and this allowed us to race with the right configuration."

On this first day, the defending champion also won in the Mini Maxi 2 class: H2O, the Vallicelli 80 owned by Riccardo De Michele with Lorenzo Bodini on tactics, took victory ahead of two Swan yachts: the 65 ketch Shirlaf and the 651 Lunz Am Meer.

Tomorrow crews will meet at 9 a.m. in Piazza Azzurra for the daily weather briefing from Quantum Sails. Racing will continue at 11.30 am with a forecast of very light and unstable breeze. The Wally Class will be given a windward-leeward course, while all other classes will complete a coastal race. As usual, on their return to shore crews will gather for after-race refreshments in the Piazza Azzurra.

www.yccs.it/en/

Figaro Leg 2: Downwind Across Biscay
Stage 2 of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, 520 nautical miles from the bay of Saint Brieuc to Ria de Muros-Noia in Galicia, Spain started on time Sunday at 1400hrs CEST (+2hrs TU) under beautiful late summer skies and bright sunshine in seven to eight knots of NE'ly breeze. In front of a big spectator fleet including everything from canoes, RIBs, cruisers and sailing dinghies.

The first 24 hours of the second stage of La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro, racing from the Bay of Saint Brieuc to Ria de Muros Noia in Galicia, proved as difficult and demanding as the forecasts predicted. But the just rewards arrived this afternoon off Ushant, on the NW corner of France as the wind steadied and built allowing speeds to rise.

After a long, exacting, sleepless night negotiating the north coast of Britanny in light northeasterly winds of just 4-6kts and strong tidal currents the 36 solo racers on their 32ft one design Figaro Beneteau 2s making between 3 and 4.5 knots for much of the time, the leaders were in more solid, regular downwind conditions.

Late this Monday afternoon, 26 hours after yesterday's light winds escape from Saint Brieuc, the leaders were covering ground at more useful speeds across the early stages of the 370 nautical miles passage across the Bay of Biscay, typically 11kts for closely grouped pacemakers Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer-Secours Populaire) and Pierre Leboucher (Guyot Enevironnement), all in sight of each other.

Britain's Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) has made wise strategic choices and held excellent speed through the day to establish himself in an excellent fourth place, in close company with his training group partners from the Pole Finistere, Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) and Sébastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance). Southampton trained naval architect Dalin is the four times podium finisher who, is bidding , one last time, for his first overall win before moving to the IMOCA 60 class.

It is very early in the four stage race, which finishes in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie - home of Beneteau - on Friday September 14th, but Anthony Marchand has already proven himself something of a strong title contender who is currently thwarting Dalin's ambitions.

Standings at 1815hrs UTC +1hr - French unless stated

1. Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer-Secours Pompier) 350.6nms to finish
2. Pierrer Leboucher (Guyot Environnement) + 0.3nms behind leader
3. Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) +0.5nms
4. Alan Roberts, GBR, (Seacat Services) +0.5 nms
5. Sébastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance) +0.6 nms

Internationals
9. Justine Mettraux SUI (Teamwork) +2.1nms
23. Hugh Brayshaw GBR (KAMAT) +10 nms
28. Nick Cherry GBR (Redshift) +11.5nms
29. Thomas Dolan IRL (Smurfit Kappa) +11.9nms
34. Joan Mulloy IRL (Taste the Atlantic A Seafood Journey) +22.4nms behind leader.

www.lasolitaire-urgo.com

Find the time!
This year's Rolex Swan Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia looks set to become the most popular edition yet of this 'busy' celebration of Swan ownership

If you could capture the essence of the world's best-loved regattas and incorporate them into one event, you'd have something like the Rolex Swan Cup. Over the last two decades or so, word of this happy synergy has spread beyond the hard core of veteran Swan owners because this year's event, hosted as ever in Porto Cervo by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, is anticipating its largest ever entry list. Between 9-16 September, organiser Nautor's Swan is expecting a record 125 yachts flying flags of 23 nations across five continents for this biennial festival of racing, relaxing, meeting old friends and making new ones.

To make the celebration even more special, this year marks the 20th anniversary of Mr Ferragamo taking the helm at Nautor's Swan, sparking a rapid revival in the marque's fortunes and an infusion of Italian design flair into recent launches.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Optimist Worlds: Team Thailand wins Team Racing Finals
Yesterday was a great day of competition in Team Racing Finals at the 2018 Optimist World Championship. A medium breeze of 10 to 12 knots allowed the teams to battle it out until the end.

There were great match-ups and performances for Teams THA, ITA, ESP, USA, ISR, ARG and many more with the first three prevaling. Thailand and Italy managed to moved to the final that took place in light wind. Big advantage for the Thailand Team which sailed great throughout the series and deserved to win the valuable title leaving the Italian Team to second place and Spain as the second runner-up.

Congratulations to all the teams for the great performance and the spectacular sailing they presented to everyone, in a venue so close to the spectators.

A great end to Team Racing competition brings the begininng of a great final series of fleet racing today. -- Stelios Charalambous, ICARUS Sports

In the open championship, gold fleet, top five after 7 races, 1 discard (66 entries):

1. Marco Gradoni, ITA, 6 points
2. Panwa Boonnak, THA, 12
3. Stephan Baker, USA, 16
4. Richard Schultheis, MLT, 17
5. Tommy Sitzmann, USA, 19

Results

2018worlds.optiworld.org

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International 6 Metre European Championship
Photo by Fiona Brown. . Click on image for photo gallery.

La Trinite Sur Mer, France: Glorious sunshine and light airs were the order of the day for the opening two races of the International 6 Metre European Championship in La Trinite Sur Mer on Monday 3 September. As the 38 boats from 10 nations came to the race area there was a light but steady north easterly blowing and the Race Committee was able to get the first or the two planned races underway promptly.

Whilst initially the wind was relatively steady, it wasn't long before the battle between the sea and land breezes began in earnest making conditions for both the competitors and the race committee somewhat challenging. The early north easterly just about held up for the first race, but the committee then had to delay the second start for a while as the sea breeze tried to fill in. Eventually the north easterly regained control and the committee got race two underway.

The Open Division were somewhat over eager to get proceedings underway for the first race and as a results Beat Furrer in Temptation 3, Jamie Hilton racing Matt Brook's Scoundrel, Claus Henningsson's Notorious and Paul Wealick's Max'Inux were all disqualified for being on course side at the start. All four of these boats appeared to do well on the water, but it was Fredrick Dahlman's Nivola from Switzerland helmed by Reinhard Suhner who sailed superbly to win by a two minute forty seven second margin. Peter Harrison's St Francis IX, being helmed by Andy Beadsworth, ultimately took second place with fellow Brit Robin Richardson sailing St Kitts third and Patrick Monteiro de Barros from Portugal aboard Seljm fourth.

The Classics has obviously learnt from watching their younger sisters and the entire fleet managed to start on the correct side of the line. Eric Jespersen at the helm of Rainer Muller's Llanoria, a stunning 1948 Sparkman & Stephens design and build which has won Olympic Gold twice, the One Ton Cup twice and the legendary Seawanhaka Cup twice, sailed a beautiful race to win by a minute exactly from His Majesty King Juan Carlos's Bribon Gallant with Violetta Alvarez's recently restored Charles Nicholson designed 1938 Erica third.

Tuesday's second day of racing promises a little more wind in the morning with a north easterly or 12 to 15 knots, however, it is due to drop again in the afternoon so everyone will be hoping that the two planned races can be completed before it starts to die. The regatta continues until Friday 7 September. Two windward leeward races a day are scheduled until Thursday 6 September with Friday 7 September being a reserve day. -- Fiona Brown

www.6mr-european2018.fr

Grand Prix Valdys - Arkema Team wins the Grand Course
We were expecting the match and we were served! The great 150-mile Grand Prix Valdys - Multi50 race, which was played between Roscoff and Douarnenez via the Ouessant and the Chaussée de Sein, has, in fact, offered an incredible scenario with unstable light airs, Abominable algae fields, strong currents and crossings galore. The key: a lot of twists, gaps that were made then defeated and, on arrival, small differences between the boats. The first four boats arrived on the line in just ten minutes on Monday, late morning. Better, only 30 seconds finally separated the winner, Lalou Lucayrol, from Erwan Le Roux.

Ranking of the big race:

1. Arkema arrived at 11.35'09
2. WindowA-Mix Buffet at 11:35'39
3. Chocolate Rite 11:40:54
4. Solidaires in Peloton at 11:45:34
5. Ciela Village at 12:12:50
6. The French Tech Rennes Saint-Malo at 13:33'46.

General classification (after 4 races):

1. Arkema (Lalou Roucayrol) 13 pts
2. FenêtreA - Buffet Mix (Erwan Le Roux) 14 pts
3. Solidaires in Peloton (Thibaut Vauchel-Camus) 19 pts
4. Chocolate Rite (Armel Tripon) 21 pts
5. Ciela Village (Thierry Bouchard) 31 pts
6. French Tech Rennes Saint-Malo (Gilles Lamire) 31 pts.

Tuesday's program:

10.00 am: Start of the first race of the Triple A Trophy
18:00: Award ceremony for the Triple A Trophy and the Grand Course

www.grandprix-valdys.com

"We've Done a Lot of Swimming" - Ben Ainslie
Asked during the AC Overture what he was willing to reveal about their test boat, Ben Ainslie replied, "We've done a lot of swimming."

Jack Griffin at Cup Experience notes this unofficial video showing a capsize

And this from World Sailing last January:

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America's Cup: More interest still lurking
The 2021 America's Cup could swell with a potential six other challengers eyeing involvement in the 36th edition in Auckland.

Currently there are three confirmed challengers – Luna Rossa, American Magic, and INEOS Team UK – seeking to oppose Cup holders Emirates Team New Zealand.

However, Italian challenger of record Luna Rossa, who will handle the Prada Cup challenger series in Auckland, confirmed there was interest from several start-up teams to get involved.

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George Miller's 'Pixie' Wins International 12 Irish Championships
The term 'vintage' is rarely used in respect of racing dinghies, however, in 1920 the Olympic Federation were felt that a suitable dinghy should be used in addition to the 40m.2, 30m.2, 15m., 12m., 10m., 8m., 7m., and 6m. keelboat classes. The International 12-foot dinghy was selected.

This class is still active in Ireland, in two forms, the original single sail rig, and the later Dublin Bay Sailing Club innovation of moving the mast aft and providing a jib, but with no increase in total sail area. The Royal St. George Yacht Club organised the fifth Irish Championship of recent years, on 2nd September 2018. Entries came from far and wide including one UK entry, one dinghy from Clew Bay and one from Lough Ree. Four races were held in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Full results

www.rsgyc.ie

* From Laura Dekker: re: the shipwreck of her ship "Guppy" on Manihiki Island. Click on image to visit her blog post.

Initial Damage Report of Guppy's grounding in Manihiki Isl.
Based on information gathered from different sources.
Vessel Particulars when leaving Whangarei Harbour May 2018
Build in 1978
Designer: Michel Joubert
Length: Originally 11.40 m now 12.30 m ( professionally extended)
Beam: 3.76m
Draft: 1.90m
Weight: 11 ton
Cruising Speed: 6-7 kn
Bridge Clearance: 18.70 m

She was first thrown on the reef during a squall in the night which is very common throughout the whole pacific. The place of initial stranding was between rocks with big surge

She was being bounced up and down for a few days before being thrown further onto the reef during another squall.

Estimate of repair costs ex-Salvage cost (details in Laura's blog post)

Total: €385.000
This is exclusive of salvaging costs, shipping, environmental costs ( already going on) It shows clearly that Guppy is a total loss already and not worth fixing - especially considering the fact that she will never be as safe as she ones was and LifeSails intention is to sail with kids. LifeSail should have Guppy insured according to our agreement, however the insurance probably won't pay out more then the market value - which is around €70.000. In this particular case I don't know how the insurance will handle the situation since Guppy was anchored purposely on a very dangerous spot.

LifeSail is still under the impression that they can salvage Guppy, but after making this damage report and cost involved it's clear to me that this is not an option. With a heavy heart and many tears in my eyes I've come to the conclusion that the best thing to do is get her of the reef as soon as possible to limit more damage to the coral and environment and then scrap the boat.

Details, photos and updates at lauradekker.nl

During rescue attempts the yacht moved resulting in her bow being completely under water.

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In This Issue
Figaro: Five In The Frame At Seven Miles To Finish
Racing Cancelled In Porto Cervo
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Bart's Bash
Lusitania Deck Chair At Blasket Islands
Whitfield retains Harken Youth Match Racing title
Ray Davies gets excited about the #AC36 Race courses
Less than a thousand days to go
Industry News
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Winston Churchill

Figaro: Five In The Frame At Seven Miles To Finish
At less than eight nautical miles to the finish, the transition zone at the foot of the hills on the turn in to the Ria de Muros Noia has slowed the leaders right down and suddenly leader Sebastien Simon is on the defence. He had slowed to speeds of less than two knots and is closest inshore while Anthony Marchand and Charlie Dalin try to go around the outside. From a lead of over five nautical miles late this afternoon, shared along with his 'shadow' Eric Peron, Simon now has four rivals within one mile and Xavier Macaire has just moved into second. Marchand, Stage 1 winner, is a big threat looking to profit offshore in what may be a steadier breeze. This stage is not over yet. GBR's Alan Roberts is in the mix, tussling over sixth and seventh with Thierry Chabagny

Earlier on Tuesday: Sebastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance) is still being shadowed by Eric Peron (Finistere Mer Vent) who is less than 0.3 of a nautical mile behind as the easternmost duo require a second gybe to clear the headlands after La Coruna. Their first gybe back to the west cost them a mile on third placed Pierre Leboucher (Guyot Environnement) and Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF) and although they have been quicker than their rivals to their west, it looks certain they will lose more of their four nautical miles or so lead. Latest routings show two different outcomes, Simon winning by less than one minute, or - from the more westerly position, Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer-Secours Populaire) winning by a similar margin. Under the circumstances that is based on two different models which will struggle to preict the local effects on the last miles in to the finish which is right off the harbour wall up at the RCN Portosin. Certainly Marchand and Thierry Chabagny (Gedimat) - first and second on the first leg - are staking their faith in having the fastest angle, slightly further offshore to get the most undisturbed breeze.

Tracking: www.lasolitaire-urgo.com/en/cartographie

Racing Cancelled In Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo, Italy. 4 September 2018. Unstable weather conditions, with various storm pockets moving around the regatta course, forced the Race Committee led by Peter Craig to abandon today's race shortly after the start.

Racing is postponed until Wednesday in this 29th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, with the same schedule as today: windward-leeward races for the Wally Class and a coastal course for the other five divisions. The forecast for Wednesday shows a south-easterly breeze of 7 to 14 knots.

Today's meteorological conditions had been predicted by the forecasting models for several days, however the complexity of the situation and the numerous variables at play meant that various scenarios were possible.

The Race Committee raised the AP flag ashore to postpone racing this morning, signalling to competitors to wait at the dock for further developments. At 1 p.m. the flag was lowered and the start for the first group, the Maxi 72s, was scheduled for 2 p.m. A solid thermal breeze from the south of approximately 12 knots was blowing on the regatta course when, just minutes before starting procedures were about to get underway, a storm moved in from the Bocche di Bonifacio straits, blocking the thermal breeze and leaving the fleet windless.

The Race Committee tried to get starts underway on both the coastal and windward-leeward courses at 4 p.m. with a northerly wind coming from the great black clouds. However shortly after starts were given for the Maxi 72 and Wally Classes, racing had to be cancelled due to a massive shift to the right of over 50 degrees followed by a complete absence of wind.

www.yccs.com

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

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Find the time
This year's Rolex Swan Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia looks set to become the most popular edition yet of this 'busy' celebration of Swan ownership

RORC news - Rude to say no
Eddie Warden-Owen

Sailor of the Month
Well who would you have picked this month?

Winner
Dongfeng team manager Bruno Dubois sat down with Patrice Carpentier to talk through the story of this year's Volvo Race win

IRC - First among equals
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Bart's Bash
Empty your boatpark, have a great day on the water and join the sailing community for the fifth edition of the global sailing event Bart’s Bash.

Founded in 2014, Bart’s Bash honours the life and legacy of British Olympic Gold Medalist and America’s Cup Sailor, Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. Funds raised through the event enable the charity set up in his name to continue developing young people’s skills and making sailing accessible to all.

All sailing clubs, yacht clubs, schools, universities, scout groups, sea cadets, windsurfing clubs, individuals and any venue globally that is inspired to take part can sign up to take part.

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Lusitania Deck Chair At Blasket Islands
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A deck chair from the Lusitania which was salvaged by Blasket islanders more than 100 years ago has been restored with a view to having it put on public display.

The folding deck chair was salvaged by the islanders in 1915 following the sinking of the ill-fated liner.

More than 1,198 people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-Boat eight miles off the Old Head of Kinsale in Co Cork on 7 May 1915.

The deck chair, along with some other flotsam from the vessel, was recovered by the islanders shortly afterwards.

The deck chair continued to be used on the island as a fireside armchair until the Great Blasket was evacuated in 1953.

It remained in a shed on the mainland for decades before it was donated to the Blasket Centre by relatives of one of the islanders.

As luck would have it, the deck chair features in an iconic photograph of the islanders as they evacuated the Blasket in 1953.

The deck chair is made of beech and the woven seat is made of rattan, a vine found in the Far East. The deck chair has been carefully restored by master craftsman Pat Broderick.

"The deck chairs on the Lusitania and the Titanic were made by the same company in Liverpool. I was able to save most of the original timber and paintwork, copper screws and hinges. The woven rattan seating had to be replaced as it was rotten. However, I managed to source the same material and the pattern I have woven is identical," Mr Broderick said.

"This chair has seen so much and has a fantastic story to tell. I often wonder about the people who sat on it on the Lusitania. And then on the Blasket itself, can you imagine all the beautiful Irish folktales and songs it heard by the fireside on the Blasket island," he added.

www.rte.ie/news/munster/2018/0829/988306-lusitania/

Whitfield retains Harken Youth Match Racing title
Six teams assembled at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy this weekend to fight it out for the RYA/Eric Twiname trophy at the Harken UK Youth Match Racing Championships.

Teams gathered on the Friday afternoon for some open training to refresh their Elliott 6.5m sailing skills before heading to Portland house for supper and the first briefing and a discussion on the quirks of match racing rules.

With the draw for boats completed on Saturday morning the teams headed out in to Portland Harbour in a gentle easterly breeze with a threat of the sun making an appearance at some point. Racing got underway with some tight battles from the very beginning.

Defending champion Matt Whitfield started to assert his dominance laying down win after win but the rest of the racing was very tight. In one early match between Octavia Owen and Ted Blowers the lead changed on every leg and three times on the final run with Blowers taking the win in the last fifty metres.

By the end of the day and after ten races each, Whitfield was leading the pack undefeated, Joe Burns was in second place having lost both matches to Whitfield and one against Alaric Bates, and Bates finished the round robin in third having lost one more match. Ted Blowers had done enough to secure the remaining semi-final spot.

Sunday promised to be a better day on the water with slightly more wind than Saturday and so the teams eagerly headed afloat, ready for the action. Semi-final one was a head to head between Matt Whitfield and Ted Blowers with Whitfield continuing his undefeated streak. Semi-final two saw Alaric Bates lining up with Joe Burns with Burns coming out on top winning his place in the final 2-0.

In the final Whitfield kept his impeccable score line beating Burns 3-0 but the umpires were kept busy in the battel for third place. Five closely fought races between Ted Blowers and Alaric bates saw Blowers take the final place on the podium 3-2.

www.rya.org.uk

Ray Davies gets excited about the #AC36 Race courses
Emirates Team New Zealand's Ray Davies knows about sailing in Auckland better than most. He went for a spectator's view of the close in race courses that will see the revolutionary AC75's flying around the Waitemata Harbour in 2021

Less than a thousand days to go
So 917 days to go until the 36th America's Cup kicks off in Auckland at 1600 local time on 6 March 2021 with most of the early races happening over weekends.

The 'Overture' in Cowes Yacht Haven was more a gathering of the clans, the presentation enlivened by an awesome hologram with the only news being the date and the reveal of the er... logo.

Prada is title sponsor of both AC (so the ghastly 'presented by Prada' moniker) and the challenge selection series. Plus Yanmar has come on board as event sponsor as Grant Dalton put it "having spent so long chasing them around" referring to the Japanese engine maker backing Oracle Team USA in San Fran.

Max Sirena from Luna Rossa talked about their youth program (400 applicants whittled down to 7) and Pirelli coming on board, Terry Hutchinson spoke about the return of the New York Yacht Club, having Dean Barker on board and wouldn't tell me about his the American Magic test boat, Ben Ainslie gave away as little as possible about their T5 test boat, the former Quant 28 fitted with an AC75 foil style package, revealed formally today.

Dalts was on top form. How to win the America's Cup? "Get the right people and feed them a lot of money!" He revealed some information about the courses which will all be off downtown Auckland so that it can be watched from on land (unlike 2003) the high ground are all accessible "provided we talk nicely to the Moaris" Interestingly, racing will start at 1600 daily - best for sea breeze and least bad for international TV audiences.

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Industry News
The Yacht Racing Forum is the leading yacht racing industry conference. This year’s event will include a number of new, exciting features and a world class speaker line-up. The conference and exhibition will address the major challenges in the yacht racing world and reassemble the key players from yacht racing event organisers, sponsors, teams, venues, yacht clubs, agencies and sailors.

Seventeen leading sailing brands have already booked a stand. Space is limited; make sure to secure your exhibition space rapidly ! The programme and speakers list are online

Latest speakers confirmed: Charles Caudrelier, Adrienne Cahalan, JB Braun, Merfyn Owen, Emmanuel Bachellerie, Jonathan Duval, Michel Kermarec, Bruno Dubois, Brian Carlin, Thierry Verneuil, Yann Dolo, Herve Favre, Nicolas Henard, Andy Claughton, Joe Hall, Damian Foxall, Jeremy Pochman and many more.

The Yacht Racing Forum 2018 will take place at the heart of the city of Lorient, in the Palais des Congrès.

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Bainbridge Marine has signed to distribute Jotun Leisure Yacht products from September 1 2018.

The deal will see the full range of Jotun Leisure Yacht products stocked by Bainbridge and offered out nationally to its retailers and dealers.

Jim Brickwood, UK business development manager for Jotun Yachting added: “It is exciting to be entering a new phase in the growth of the Jotun Leisure Yacht business, working with Bainbridge to build our presence across the chandlery network in the UK.

“We look forward to working alongside the respected and knowledgeable team at Bainbridge.”

The Jotun product range includes antifouls, varnishes and topcoats.

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Future Fibres is to supply its new AEROrazr rigging to all teams competing in the 36th America’s Cup.

The newly developed aerofoil shaped solid carbon rigging is created especially for elite grand prix racing.

With the America’s Cup using advanced and technically progressive yachts, the selection of AEROrazr acknowledges the commitment Future Fibres has made with its design innovations, said Sam Watson, CEO of Future Fibres and parent company Southern Spars.

“With the introduction of aerofoil profiles to our already successful RAZR rigging product we have taken another significant step in our high-performance rigging offering,” he said.

The AEROrazr rigging is pushing the boundaries of innovation added Martin McElwee, head of Emirates Team New Zealand rigging and will push the AC75s performance to its maximum.

Future Fibres’ solid carbon RAZR rigging was custom designed and supplied to all nine newly built TP52 boats currently competing in the 52 Super Series.

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The Cowes Harbour Landmark Design Competition has been launched to find an inspirational design idea for an iconic “welcome” landmark to be sited on the detached Cowes Breakwater at the mouth of Cowes Harbour on the Isle of Wight.

Organisers Cowes Harbour Commission have created this free-to-enter competition for students across the Isle of Wight aged between 14 and 18 years old. Students are being asked to come up with an exciting design idea for a prominent and striking piece of artwork, sculpture, installation, or architectural fabrication to go on the 350 metre long manmade Cowes Breakwater.

Entries to the competition should be submitted to Cowes Harbour Commission by 1700hrs on Friday, 11th January 2019. An exhibition of the short-listed entries is due to be held in Cowes, prior to an Awards Ceremony in March 2019 where the final winners will be announced. Prizes will include a day trip to the London Design Museum, art materials, and a boat trip around Cowes Harbour. There are plans for the winning design or designs to be re-worked by an art, design or engineering team for a semi-permanent or permanent installation (finance dependent) on the Breakwater in the future.

To find out more, and to download the Cowes Harbour Landmark Design Competition entry documents, please go to: cowesharbourcommission.co.uk/competition

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A new owner for Bavaria Yachtbau looks to be in sight, with reports that a bidder’s binding offer is on the shipyard’s desk with specifics of the sale already having been negotiated.

According to reports in the daily regional newspaper Mainpost last Friday, the offer allows for the continuation and expansion of what was once Germany’s largest series production shipyard.

Bavaria’s cooperation partner is said to be an Italian manufacturer of luxury yachts that wants to expand its product portfolio into a cheaper price segment.

A spokesman for the new investor told the paper that the investor wants to remain anonymous until the contract is finally signed. The purchase price is said to be paid in cash.

The terms of the sale, according to the source, were negotiated on Thursday 30 August. According to the paper, the completion of the sale “only require the final legal examination and the approval of the creditors committee." The contracts are due to be signed this week. The management of Bavaria Yachtbau has neither confirmed nor denied the statement.

It is highly unusual for a potential new owner of a shipyard to present plans to the public before a contract is signed. This is also the opinion of Bavaria’s interim managing director, Tobias Brinkmann, who was appointed in April to sell the shipyard. “However, this shows at least a serious interest in the continuation of the shipyard,” Brinkmann told the Mainpost.

Bavaria told Germany’s float magazine that further information could not be provided at this time. “It remains the case that the sale of Bavaria Yachtbau will take place in September.” It is not known which potential investor is behind the newspaper interview.

plus.ibinews.com

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BWA Yachting, is expanding its operations into North Africa by opening a new office in Tunisia.

This is the latest move by BWA Yachting and it adds to their strong presence in the Western Mediterranean, as they already have offices in Spain, France, Monaco, Corsica and Malta.

With its beautiful beaches extending endlessly along the Mediterranean and its guaranteed sunshine, Tunisia is an ideal yachting destination. But in addition to sand, sea and sunshine it has much more to offer: the fertile country in the north, the lonely hill and desert regions, the picturesque towns and charming villages of the interior, and in addition to all this, the traces of a long and eventful past.

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The Last Word
Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut. -- Winston Churchill

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In This Issue
Simon Wins Stage 2 Of La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro
King of The Classics at 2018 International 6 Metre European Championship
Harken Tech Team on Duty at 2018 Rolex Swan Cup
Velsheda prevails on Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup coastal course
Hat trick for MOMO as Lyra scores two bullets
Future Fibres: the chosen supplier of one design rigging for the 36th AC
Longboard is 50th entry to the 50th Transpac
Bacardi Cup Winners Sponsored to Compete at Star Class Worlds
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The Last Word: Samuel Pepys

Simon Wins Stage 2 Of La Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro
Driven in part by his disappointment at his fourth place finish on Stage 1 Sebastien Simon, 28 years old skipper of Bretagne CMB Performance, won the second stage of the 49th La Solitaire URGO Le Figaro when he crossed the finish line off Portosin on Galicia's Ria de Muros Noia at 04:05.55' Wednesday morning. Winning the 515 nautical miles stage from Saint Brieuc by 19 minutes and 57 seconds, securing the second leg win of his career after his Stage 2 triumph in 2015 from La Coruna to Concarneau, Simon takes the overall lead of the four stage race which finishes in Saint-Gilles-Croix-De-Ville on Friday 14th September.

His elapsed time for the second stage of the four which comprise this edition of the famous annual solo multi stage is 2 days 14hrs 05mins 55 secs.

When four of his nearest rivals caught up from more than five nautical miles behind to challenge less than half mile astern, during a sticky transition zone of calm winds just seven miles from the finish, Simon held his nerve through a long final late afternoon and evening of the 520 nautical miles stage from Saint Brieuc across the Bay of Biscay.

Britain's Alan Roberts (Seacat Services) this morning added an excellent seventh place to the fifth on Stage 1 to lie seventh overall on the leaderboard after two stages, 49 mins and 13 seconds behind leader Simon. The 28 year old Roberts whose career best overall finish in La Solitaire is ninth in 2015, was up to third earlier on the Bay of Biscay and spent most of the final day oscillating between fourth and sixth.

But the top British solo skipper lost out on the final hours, knocked over momentarily in the inky darkness and 30kts under spinnaker close to Cape Finisterre. Latterly he was passed by Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) and Thierry Chabagny (Gedimat) who took fifth and sixth.

Ireland's Thomas Dolan (Smurfit Kappa) arrived in Galicia in 25th, fourth Rookie, completing his first ever La Solitaire leg, "I have been more wasted at the end of a leg before but ask me after the next stage. After Fromveur I felt I sailed well, like I was quick enough downwind but that was the wrong decision. In all our briefings and routings before the start that was what was said, and Chenal de Four was Plan B, but there you are it was wrong."

First ten finishes, leg two:

1. Sebastien Simon (Bretagne CMB Performance), finished at 4h05'55
2. Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF) at 19'57 after first
3. Eric Peron (Finistere Mer Vent) at 20'06
4. Anthony Marchand (Groupe Royer - Secours Populaire) at 35'16
5. Thierry Chabagny (Gedimat) at 35'42
6. Charlie Dalin (Skipper Macif 2015) at 36'56
7. Alan Roberts GBR (Seacat Services) at 47'25
8. Benjamin Dutreux (SATECO-Team Vendee Formation), at 48'20
9. Thomas Cardrin (Team Vendee Formation), at 49'55
10. Corentin Douguet (NF Habitat) at 52'55

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King of The Classics at 2018 International 6 Metre European Championship
La Trinite Sur Mer, Brittany, France: Day three of the International 6 Metre European Championship 2018 brought three, three lap windward leeward races, races four to six of the eight race series, grey skies and a north easterly breeze which ranged from just under ten to almost twenty knots in strength. Whilst the sun might not have been shining the conditions were a welcome change after the preceding two days of light airs and the 6s revelled in a chance to stretch their legs. The Race Committee did an excellent job of keeping the programme rolling and their mark layers were kept busy as the wind shifted with a series of mini squalls which rolled down across Quiberon Bay.

In the Classic Division His Majesty don Juan Carlos's two wins in Briband Gallant have secured him the International 6 Metre Classics European Championship Trophy with a day to spare. No doubt the trophy will sit nicely alongside the 6 Metre World Championship Trophy which he won in Vancouver last year. His Majesty only took up serious 6 Metre sailing for the 2017 season, so his achievement is impressive in this notoriously hard to master class.

The battle for the remaining podium places will go down to the wire. Overnight leader Llanoria discards her OCS disqualification to claim second place by seven points from Astree with Cream just one point further back in fourth. Now lying in fifth is Mauricio Sanchez-Vella's Titia, who was involved in a nasty incident on the start line of race five with Abu, which left both boats disqualified for being over the line and Titia with a hole in her topsides in the vicinity of the starboard shroud plates. After racing the Jury found in Titia's favour and awarded her average points for race six which she was unable to start. Every effort is being made to achieve at least a temporary repair to the boat overnight, but it is not yet certain that she will be able to race tomorrow.

Two races remain to sail. Thursday's forecast is for a gradually decreasing nine to twelve knot northerly whilst Friday is looking very light and shifty. All fingers are crossed that it will be possible to complete the final two races on Thursday so that the Friday reserve day does not have to be used.

Results

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Harken Tech Team on Duty at 2018 Rolex Swan Cup
The Harken Tech Team will keep the fleets race-ready and flying during the 2018 edition of the Rolex Swan Cup, Porto Cervo, Italy. Service will be available on site from Sunday, Sept. 9 through Sunday morning, Sept. 16. Call on the Harken Tech Team for regatta assistance and emergency spare parts. You will find the Tech Team's contact number at the regatta office.

The Harken Tech Team will also be present at the TP52 Super Series Sailing Week Valencia, Spain (Sept. 17-22) The Harken Tech Team is a group of technicians who come together from Harken facilities throughout the world to support grand prix racing events. Harken At The Front.

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Velsheda prevails on Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup coastal course
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The J Class raced a 34.5 mile anti-clockwise lap of the La Maddalena archipelago in northeasterly to easterly winds that rarely exceeded 10 knots on day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. Since 1980, this event has been the highlight of the maxi yacht calendar, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the officially-recognised body that promotes maxi yacht racing globally and to which the J Class is affiliated.

Today the J Class yachts, competing within the Super Maxi class, were the second start after the Maxi 72s.

In reality all was decided at the start and on the first beat. Velsheda got away reasonably, starting close to the pin, and made gains on the left side of the first upwind leg. "We wanted the left side," explained tactician Tom Dodson. "The wind was supposed to go right, but there was more pressure offshore and we ended up getting into that and that's what got us into the lead."

From the weather mark, the course took the Js on a reach up the seaward side of the Costa Smeralda's spectacular off-lying island chain, before returning south with a dog-leg around Monaci and then on to the finish.

Further coastal racing continues tomorrow for the Js with a first warning signal at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup scheduled for 11:30. According to Peter Holmberg more breeze is forecast and he is looking forward to it. "We will all probably learn a little more about our boats - I think we will like more breeze." -- James Boyd / www.sailingintelligence.com

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Hat trick for MOMO as Lyra scores two bullets
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For day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup and Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, it was the turn of the Wally class to sail windward-leewards, while the rest of the maxi yacht classes were sent on an anti-clockwise lap of the La Maddalena archipelago. In northeasterly to easterly winds that rarely exceeded 10 knots, the bigger classes sailed a 34.5 mile course while the Mini Maxis raced 3.5 miles less, missing out Isla Plana at the top of the course. Since 1980, this event has been the highlight of the maxi yacht calendar, run by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the officially-recognised body that promotes maxi yacht racing globally.

Today the Maxi 72s were first away, with an upwind leg followed by a broad reach up the seaward side of the Costa Smeralda's spectacular off-lying island chain, before returning south with a dog-leg around Monaci before heading on to the finish.

Dieter Schön's MOMO led around the top mark and remained clear ahead for the remainder of the race to finish 2:52 ahead of George Sakelaris' Proteus (ex-Ran V) under IRC corrected time.

One of the top performances of the day came from Peter Harrison's Sorcha (ex-Ran II), which until Isla Plana was holding second, the 10 year old Maxi 72 ultimately claiming third in the six-strong fleet. "She is a good boat and we have good sailors on board," said Harrison, racing his first ever Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship this week. As to why Sorcha had managed to punch above her weight, Harrison attributed this partly to their flying their Code 0, rather than their spinnaker, on the run. "I'm really pleased, overall it was fine. It was nice tacking in flat water and we managed to stay out of the way of My Song [Pier Luigi Loro Piana's colossal Baltic 130 stormed through the fleet, overtaking all but MOMO on the water]."

Sailing on board is navigator Steve Hayles who was part of the original Ran II crew, winner of the World Championship here in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Since then the boat has gone from 4.8 to 5.4m draft and has a new rig. "This is one of my favourite boats and she has a super owner and a good bunch of people on board." Hayles was surprised they did so well in the reaching conditions which favoured the more powerful, modern Maxi 72s. They had made "a little error" at the top which had let Proteus though.

In Mini Maxi Group 1 it was the turn of Aldo Parisotto's Mylius 65 FD Oscar 3 to win ahead of Roberto Lacorte's Supernikka, with Peter Dubens' Frers 60 Spectre ahead on the water. To win a race in this, just his second occasion at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Parisotto and his crew (including recently crowned J/24 World Champion Andrea Casale) were delighted. "It was fantastic. The racing is at a very high level and we managed to maintain a good distance on our competitors," Parisotto explained. He added that at one point they had even managed to get ahead of Carlo Puri Negri's Atalanta II, rated 40 points higher than her. "Downwind today was amazing because we used our A0 and our speed was 11-12 knots."

In the Mini Maxi Group 2 Riccardo de Michele's Vallicelli 80 H2O scored her second bullet of the regatta with Guiseppe Puttini's Swan 65 Shirlaf once again second.

Racing continues tomorrow with the Mini Maxi classes sailing windward-leewards and further coastal courses for the remainder. -- James Boyd / www.sailingintelligence.com

Full results

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Longboard is 50th entry to the 50th Transpac
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Los Angeles, California: In the build up to what could be one of the most popular Transpac races in its 112-year history, organizers from the Transpacific Yacht Club have just received their 50th entry to next year's 50th running of this 2225-mile classic biennial ocean race from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Never before has there been this many entries this far in advance to the first start planned for July 10, 2019.

"This has been a long term dream of mine to do this race, and I'm thrilled to have this opportunity," said Peter Salusbury from Vancouver, who has entered his Paul Bieker-designed Longboard, a Riptide 35 Mk II built by Jim Betts in 2012. "This race is what this boat was designed to do, so we are really looking forward to it!"

Longboard represents an innovative and collaborative effort between Bieker and Salusbury to fulfill the vision of an offshore-capable race boat that can be sailed with fewer crew and still achieve high performance. Besides having a carbon mast, lots of sail area and high-tech design and construction for a light weight of just under 3 tons, Longboard also features 1200 lbs of water ballast positioned in outboard tanks. This helps offset the weight of 4 additional crew who would normally be racing on a boat of this size and type, allowing Longboard to race with only 4 or 5 on the team.

And unlike human crew that needs to aboard throughout the race and needs to be watered and fed (and housed ashore and given a plane ticket home), water ballast can be added and subtracted as needed to achieve optimal trim depending on wind direction and strength.

As for preparation for the race, the Longboard team will not be training or racing in Southern California, but instead plan on a regimen of medium-distance offshore races in the Pacific Northwest, such as the Southern Straits Race and Swiftsure Race in the Spring, and the Round the County Race in mid-November. - Dobbs Davis

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Bacardi Cup Winners Sponsored to Compete at Star Class Worlds
Almost six months have passed since the Bacardi Cup 2018 crowned the winners of the 91st edition in Miami, USA. In 2018, for the first time in the Cup's long history, an Italian team earned the engraving of their name on the prestigious Cup, as Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi stepped up to the podium and placed their names on one of the sport's most iconic prizes.

2018 Bacardi Cup Champions, Negri and Lambertenghi will now head to the 2018 Star Class World Championship as Bacardi ambassadors. This new initiative between Bacardi and the Star Class, will see each year's Bacardi Cup winners represent the Bacardi Company while competing at the next Star Class World Championship.

The Italian duo will head to Oxford, Maryland in the USA to race at the ISCYRA World Championship, 5-15 October 2018, and as reigning Bacardi Cup champions hold the honour of racing as the 'Bacardi Team of the Year', with the Bacardi logo on their hull and mainsail. A perfect synergy between Bacardi and the legendary Star Class and sailors.

The 92nd edition of the 2019 Bacardi Cup will take place between Coral Reef Yacht Club, Biscayne Bay Yacht Club, Shake A Leg Miami and the United States Sailing Center from March 3-9 2019. In the meantime, you can follow Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi, the 2018 Bacardi Cup winners and 'Bacardi Team of the Year' at the ISCRYA World Championship. -- Icarus Sports

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The Last Word
I know of nothing that can give a better notion of infinity and eternity than being upon the sea in a little vessel without anything in sight but yourself within the whole hemisphere. -- Samuel Pepys

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In This Issue
Optimist World Championship
Monaco's Nocher Marks Comeback by Grabbing World Series' Opener
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Sailors' wisdom wanted!
Leaderboard Starts To Take Shape
Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry Pausing for a Reset
Melges 40 Grand Prix Announces 2018 Finals in Lanzarote
Barts Bash 15-16th September
The World Sailing Show
Laser Masters World Championships
Letters to the Editor
Featured Brokerage
The Last Word: Douglas Adams

Optimist World Championship
The closing day arrived at the 2018 Optimist World Championship, in Limassol, Cyprus. With wind up to 16 knots, Italian Marco Gradoni wrapped up an impressive victory with 9 bullets in 11 races, followed in 2nd place by American Stephan Baker and Thailand's Panwa Boonnak.

Maria Perello from Spain finished 14th overall and first in the Girls, followed by Faith Hailey Toh from Singapore and Anjan Von Allmen from Switzerland.

Team Thailand won both the Team Racing Competition, followed by Italy and Spain, as well as the Nations Cup with Italy again in second and Brazil in third.

Gold Fleet top five:

1. Marco Gradoni, ITA, 11 points
2. Stephan Baker, USA, 44
3. Panwa Boonnak, THA, 48
4. Richard Schultheis, MLT, 69
5. Tommy Sitzmann, USA, 71

Full results at: 2018worlds.optiworld.org/en/default/races/race-resultsall

Monaco's Nocher Marks Comeback by Grabbing World Series' Opener
Multiple world title holder, Monaco's Maxime Nocher, signalled his comeback to form by clinching the opening round of the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) KiteFoil World Series in Weifang Binhai, eastern China.

Nocher's performance over the regatta's five scintillating days of competition and a remarkable 22 races was characterised by steady progress that saw him only top the leaderboard on the penultimate day, matched by a cautious error-free final day in which he sealed victory.

Reigning IKA Formula Kite World Champion, France's Nico Parlier, pushed Nocher all the way. He moved steadily up the order as the regatta progressed, taking three wins from three in the final day's 8kts to 11kts breezes blowing over the smooth Yellow Sea track that gave him second spot on the podium.

Parlier appeared to struggle for consistency at the start of the tour stop due to a lack of training and unfamiliarity with new kites and foils the racers may use in the "open", unregulated IKA KiteFoil events. But increasingly-quick and consistent by the close, he narrowed the gap to Nocher.

Britain's Connor Bainbridge paid the price for the growing pace and consistency of both Nocher and Parlier. Bainbridge had a lock on the leaderboard's top spot for the opening three days and looked unassailable, racking up win after win.

But over the final two days of the competition Bainbridge began to falter, surrendering his second spot to Parlier when he posted two low-placed finishes on the final day. Still, the Briton took heart from his dominant early showing and the third podium, his highest-place finish of the year.

Top three men after 22 races (three discards)
1. Maxime Nocher, MON, 42.0pts
2. Nico Parlier, FRA, 55.0pts
3. Connor Bainbridge, GBR, 64.2pts

Top three women after 22 races (three discards)
1. Daniela Moroz, USA, 250.0pts
2. Elena Kalinina, RUS, 330.0pts
3. Kirstyn O'Brien, USA, 428.0pts

Full results: http:/www.kitefoilgoldcup.com

* Editor: Yes... there is a relation. Nico Parlier is the son of Yves "ET" Parlier.

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

Less of a gamble
Dongfeng navigator Pascal Bidegorry and onshore met man Marcel Van Triest explain their overall race 'process' as well as the certainties - or not - behind winning Leg 11

No coincidence
The success of the Class40 has not happened by chance and there are good lessons to be learnt. Tom Humphreys on managed evolution

Pondering
When to push for change and when it's (probably) better to leave well alone... Rob Weiland

Seahorse build table - Room at the inn?
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Flashback
Those final hours... Patrice Carpentier

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Leaderboard Starts To Take Shape
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Porto Cervo, Italy: The fourth day of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup & Rolex Maxi 72 World Championship, an event organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda with the support of the International Maxi Association and title sponsor Rolex, saw the fleet complete a 22.1-mile coastal course. With a south-easterly breeze of 12 to 14 knots the fleet rounded the islands of Soffi and Mortoriotto before rounding an offshore mark and returning to Porto Cervo on a reaching leg. The Mini Maxi fleet raced two windward-leewards, which saw Supernikka victorious again in group 1 and H2O score another win in group 2. With the exception of the Super Maxi group, where the points are very close, the top players in each division are now becoming clear and the leaders of the provisional classifications are consolidating their positions.

Momo continues to dominate among the Maxi 72s, and today took their fourth victory out of four races run. However the German boat had a battle on their hands right to the end with English boat Sorcha and only managed to take the lead on the approach to the finish line thanks to a good call from tactician Marcus Weiser who timed their gybe perfectly. Second place went to Cannonball who moved up during the race to pass Sorcha - who finished third today - using a similar tactics to Momo.

The Wally 80 Lyra is in complete control in the Wally Class with their third consecutive victory and an overall score of just 5 points, less than half that of Magic Carpet Cubed, in second place, who despite sailing a perfect race today could not threaten the reign of Lyra.

In the Super Maxi class, the win of the day went to the J-Class yacht Svea with former Luna Rossa skipper Francesco De Angelis and Ken Read at the afterguard. Svea sits third in the overall classification behind the J-Class yachts Topaz and Velsheda, with just four points separating the top three boats. The International Jury granted Topaz redress for an OCS penalty awarded incorrectly and the boat was assigned the first place finish that they would have achieved had they not had to restart.

In the Mini Maxi group 1, SuperNikka's leadership is indisputable, while behind her Lorina 1895 moves up to second place, pushing Wallyño back to third. In group 2 H2O continues to excel with a clear run of wins in all four races ahead of Shirlaf in second and Lunz Am Meer in third.

Racing will continue tomorrow as scheduled at 11.30 a.m. with a mistral wind gusting at up to 20 knots forecast. The Maxi 72 class will be set windward-leewards while the other classes will sail a coastal course. Crews will meet as usual at 9 a.m. in Piazza Azzurra for the daily weather briefing by Quantum Sails.

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Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry Pausing for a Reset
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Newport, Rhode Island, USA: Rhode Island's Official Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry is taking a pause while the non-profit organization Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island (OHPRI) rethinks its strategy for the ship's financial sustainability. The 200 foot three-masted sailing school vessel, which was seven years and $12 million in the making when she embarked on her maiden sail in 2015, will not journey south next Spring as it has done the past two years but instead remain in Rhode Island at a soon-to-be-announced location.

"We were not able to sell enough programs to make traveling south a financial reality this year," said OHPRI Executive Committee Member Avery "Whip" Seaman. "We felt it was prudent to take some time operationally and organizationally to decide what the best use of the ship is moving forward. This may involve entering into different types of partnerships or programs than we've run in the past or even selling the ship to a corporation or an educational institution. OHPRI is still committed to marine stewardship and sail training, but we are deciding the best way to deliver those programs to the most people."

Collectively, over 1,000 young people's lives have been changed by Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island's sail training and education-at-sea programs from Canada to Cuba and many points in between. This Spring, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry participated in the Tall Ships America event on the Gulf Coast, and with stops in Pensacola, Galveston and New Orleans, more than 40,000 visitors were able to tour the ship and learn about its education-at-sea mission. With 10,000 nautical miles under her keel, the ship has performed extremely well in diverse weather conditions. It passed its most recent Coast Guard inspection "with flying colors" yet the necessity of hauling it next Spring for another USCG inspection also figured in to OHPRI's thinking.

September's scheduled trip to Boston and day sails during the Newport International Boat Show have both been canceled.

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Melges 40 Grand Prix Announces 2018 Finals in Lanzarote
Lanzarote, Canary Islands/Spain: The Melges 40 Class is proud to announce that the final event and location for the 2018 Grand Prix circuit will be Calero Marinas | Marina Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain.

Marina Lanzarote and the onsite Calero Marinas Shipyard, conveniently situated in the island's capital, Arrecife, will serve as the teams' logistics headquarters as they prepare for this year's culminating event, scheduled to take place from November 8-11, 2018. The Real Club Náutico de Arrecife will co-organise the racing, set to take centre stage right in front of the town and has cordially invited participants to enjoy their comfortable club facilities during the events.

The Lanzarote Melges 40 Grand Prix marks the final act of the 2018 season, which started last May as part of PalmaVela, then continued with the One Ocean Grand Prix in Porto Cervo, and the third event at Copa del Rey Mapfre 2018.

Lanzarote has also been selected to host the first two Melges 40 Grand Prix events of 2019 - a warm-up on January 24-27, and a season opener on March 21-24.

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Barts Bash 15-16th September
We hope all British Finn members will want to support the fifth annual Bart's Bash, in memory of the great Finn sailor Andrew 'Bart' Simpson, who was tragically killed during an America's Cup training session.

We're counting down the days to Bart's Bash 5. This well-established fixture in hundreds of sailing club calendars over the world is all about increasing participation and we are going all out to make sure we inspire even more people to get on the water in Bart's name.

This year we plan to go even bigger than 2014 and break our GUINNESS WORLD RECORD that was achieved in our first year. When registering, your club can choose if you would like to join in the World Record attempt. Eitherway we would encourage you to sign up now to be part of this incredible global sailing event!

Most clubs are holding their own Bart's Bash race event over the weekend, so use it as an opportunity to take a friend along and ideally to introduce them to Finn sailing. A recent British Marine survey has identified a huge drop off on 'Millennials' engaging in water sports, so we owe it to the sport to encourage as many 18-35's to get afloat.

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The World Sailing Show
The Hempel Sailing World Championships was always going to be a big deal, but it wasn't just the silverware and the sailors that drew the crowds in Aarhus, Denmark.

With two years to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, this was the first opportunity for nations to qualify for the Games and a key opportunity to start putting theory into practice for teams. Make no mistake, Aarhus was a big deal for all and the World Sailing Show was in the thick of it.

This month we also head to Portugal for the TP52 World Championships and an exclusive guided tour of the world's most advanced keelboats, as well as checking in with the Extreme Sailing Series in Cardiff.

- Hempel Sailing World Championships Part 1
- The rise of Japan
- New to the podium
- TP52 World Championships
- Extreme Sailing Series Cardiff
- Hempel Sailing World Championships Part 2

Laser Masters World Championships
Another Pirate from Penzance. Click on image to enlarge.

A star-studded fleet of 301 competitors from 25 countries will begin competition on Dublin Bay this weekend (Saturday 8th September 2018) as the annual Laser Masters World Championships sponsored by DLR gets underway. Olympians, multiple world champions and local talent will contest the seven-day event that is co-hosted by the Royal St. George YC and National YC.

The field of men and women is spread across five divisions plus Standard and Radial rigs and is grouped by age ranges: Apprentice age 35 and over; Master age 45 and over; Grand-Master age 55 and over; Great Grand-master age 65 and over; Legend age 75 and over.

Britain and United States have the largest numbers entered but other countries such as Japan and Argentina as well as many European nations are also represented.

Amongst the Great Grand Masters, two-times Australian Olympian Mark Bethwaite will be racing and aiming to better his 2017 result when he missed out on first place by a single point. In the Radial Masters fleet, New Zealand's Scott Leith is a six-times World Champion and must be a favourite for 2018.

Ireland's Denis O'Sullivan from Cork is one of the dozen Legends taking part having competed in multiple previous events.

In the Standard Apprentice fleet, David Hillmyer from the United States has sailed on Dublin Bay before and could easily challenge a very strong Irish contingent that includes Dave Quinn, Pete Smyth and Roger O'Gorman.

After Saturday's practice race and opening ceremony, racing begins in earnest on Sunday afternoon with a continuous fleet series concluding on Saturday 15th September.

Entry list

2018masters.laser-worlds.com

Editor: Irish officials need to be on the lookout for John Roberson (AUS and Cornwall), pictured above. He claims to be in the Great Grand Master category. No senior citizen would ever wear a jacket as that pictured. Clearly he's travelling with a forged passport. He appears to be in his mid-40s. Approach with caution.

* From Euan Ross:

An open letter to authors of race reports in the development classes

Recently, with the 5.5 metres and now with the 6 metres, we have accounts of championships that make no reference to the designers of these quirky and rather wonderful old dinosaurs. The unique selling point of development classes over one-designs is that the competition on the water is effectively a team effort between the crew and the designer, albeit that the latter may be long-dead. For the general yachting public, who often have no idea who the sailors are but are familiar with the pantheon of famous yacht designers, race reports are considerably more interesting when this information is included. And, if the reporter can take the time to dig a little deeper, information on hull mods, keels, rigs, etc enriches an account immeasurably.

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