Scuttlebutt Europe #4254 - 15 January

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Offshore Nirvana
With just over a month to go until the start of the RORC Caribbean 600, 77 teams from across the world have already entered the spectacular 600-mile offshore non-stop race around 11 Caribbean islands. The overall win under IRC for the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy over the past decade has been dominated by teams from the United States. This year, at least 17 teams will be flying the Stars and Stripes and the vast majority will be racing under IRC. In the Class40 Division, the 2018 Route du Rhum and the forthcoming 2019 Le Défi Atlantique have assisted in creating a record 10 entries, nine of which will be flying the French Tricolour in the 11th edition.

The RORC Caribbean 600 has been an epic offshore combat zone for the Maxi72 Class and Hap Fauth's Bella Mente (USA) and George Sakellaris' Proteus (USA) have both won overall on two occasions. Both teams are back again this year, and alongside Peter Harrison's British Maxi72 Sorcha, they are among the favourites.

This will be the first RORC Caribbean 600 for the new Botin-designed Bella Mente built by New England Boatworks, Rhode Island, USA.

Charlie Enright will skipper David and Peter Askew's American Volvo 70 Wizard (USA) and like Bella Mente will be flying the burgee of the New York Yacht Club. The Juan K design has supreme pedigree having won the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race as Groupama and the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart as Giacomo. Wizard's crew includes a number of Volvo Ocean Race sailors, including three past winners: Simon Fisher, Phil Harmer and Daryl Wislang.

The competition in the Class40 division is shaping up to be hotter than ever before. A record entry includes the defending champion and race record holder, Catherine Pourre's Earendil (FRA).

Two of the stand-out new entrants are Luke Berry's Lamotte - Module Création (FRA), third for the 2018 Class40 Championship, and Aïna Enfance Et Avenir (FRA), skippered by Aymeric Chappellier from La Rochelle, France. Chappellier was runner-up for the 2017 Transat Jacques Vabre, and last November runner-up in the Route du Rhum. -- Louay Habib

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Athens selected to host 2019 Finn European Championship
Athens, the birthplace of the modern Olympics, has been selected to host the most important Finn regatta of the year, the 2019 Finn European Senior and U23 Championship, after the previous host in Marsala, Sicily, was forced to pull out following damage to the club after the rough weather that hit the coast of Sicily during December 2018.

The championship is scheduled to take place in May, and the severe damage in Marsala jeopardised the successful organisation of the event. Regretfully, the host club, Circolo Velico Marsala, had no option but to withdraw.

After extensive discussion and consultation following the withdrawal of Marsala, the International Finn Association (IFA) Executive has decided to allocate the 2019 Finn European Championship to Athens.

The IFA is very grateful to the many clubs around Europe that promptly came forward to help the Finn class in such an emergency situation. Finally, the Hellenic Sailing Federation in the Athens International Sailing Centre, host of the very popular Finn training this winter, as well as past events, has been chosen.

The Finn Class is delighted that Peter Reggio, PRO at the last three Olympic Games for the Finn, has been appointed as Principal Race Office for the championship.

The 2019 Finn Open European championship, which will be held from the 10 to 18 of May in Athens, will also be the second Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification event for the Finn with four places to be allocated. The last Olympic selection opportunities will be the continental qualifications with one place remaining per continent.

With Olympic qualifications and many country internal selections being decided at the 2019 Finn Open Europeans, the event is expected to attract one of the largest and most competitive fleets ever. -- Robert Deaves

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Xabi Fernandez: "We Should Be In The Next Ocean Race"
Xabi Fernandez sounds determined to be on the start line of The Ocean Race again leading a MAPFRE team. It would be his sixth racing circumnavigation, his successes to date including his two handed IMOCA debut with Iker Martinez on the 2010-11 Barcelona World Race. Now doubtless spurred on by having finished so close to victory on the last race – his first full race in the skipper's role – Fernandez, now 42 years old, is in the early stages of planning for The Ocean Race and is embracing the change to the IMOCA. Right now he is working again with Sir Ben Ainslie, as a member of INEOS Team UK.

Having had time to digest the Volvo Race and move on, how is life now? Was it easy to put the race to bed with no regrets?
It has been OK, we did quite a bit of corporate sailing to finish off and then I did a bit of sailing and I joined Ineos Team UK working with them part time, doing all I can with them and trying to be at home as much as possible. I try to help on the technical stuff and work with Iain Jensen as much as possible with my experience in bigger boats. So I am just starting to find my feet there as well. It is flexible that means I will be involved until the nationality rule and be forced to be there full time, but right now the design team is working full on and it is not so busy. Right now I am in Portsmouth ten days a month.

How do you look back at the race?
I think it was a very good race for us. It was pretty painful afterwards to have got so close, to finish how we did. But the organisation and the feedback after the race was super-good for us and we are more than happy. I don't think we have any specific regrets. We always say we changed nobody on the water or on the shore and we stayed close together. We knew the competition would be very hard and we look at the trouble we had on the Southern Ocean leg but I am sure we were lucky other times. I have tried hard to see all the good things we did, so we did a good preparation before the race. We sailed quite a lot but not too much, the experience on board was good to guide the training and we all enjoyed the race quite a lot. It is not worth dwelling on mistakes, if you did you would not do it.

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Fareast Boats at BOOT Dusseldorf
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During 2018, Fareast upgraded the production facilities north of Shanghai to be state-of-the art in the business. Major investments into new technology has increased the product quality, shortened lead times, and minimized waste during production. All under ISO 9001. Later this spring 2019 Fareast will launch the FAREAST 37R. A real Performance-Racer for full crew racing, as well a shorthanded. During BOOT Düsseldorf we are showing our entry level club keelboat, the FAREAST 19R. A perfect boat for clubs that are looking for a high performance boat, for an affordable price, meaning less than USD 20.000!

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11th Hour Racing Announces New Grants
Newport, RI: 11th Hour Racing today announced eight grantees, representing a variety of organizations and projects in the U.S. and the U.K. Funded by The Schmidt Family Foundation, 11th Hour Racing's grant program is committed to mobilizing sailing, marine, and coastal communities to create systemic change for the health of our oceans.

The new projects recently supported by 11th Hour Racing include the following organizations

Clean Ocean Access (U.S.) - This grant will support the newly launched initiative Healthy Soils, Healthy Seas Rhode Island, a collaboration among four local organizations that are establishing composting practices for businesses, residential buildings, and individuals.

eXXpedition (U.K.) - eXXpedition runs all-women sailing voyages designed to educate participants about plastics and toxic chemicals in the oceans.

Final Straw Solent (U.K.) - Final Straw Solent has quickly become a force for increasing awareness of plastic pollution and eliminating single-use plastics within its local community through its beach cleanups and grassroots campaigns.

Hudson River Community Sailing (U.S.) - This grant is launching a second Sail Academy for middle school students in Northern Manhattan, NYC, building off Hudson River Community Sailing's successful youth development program focused on environmental education and STEM curriculum for students from underserved neighborhoods in Lower Manhattan.

Ocean Conservancy (U.S.) - Through this grant, Ocean Conservancy's Global Ghost Gear Initiative will remove approximately 5,000 pounds of derelict fishing gear from the Gulf of Maine.

Sail Newport (U.S.) - This grant will support Sail Newport's Pell Elementary School Sailing Program including staffing, sailing instructors, teaching supplies, and transportation for the students to and from school.

The Ocean Foundation (U.S.) - This grant will support The Ocean Foundation's Seagrass Grow program to offset the footprint of Vestas 11th Hour Racing's 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race campaign.

World Sailing Trust (U.K.) - The Trust promotes participation and access to the sport, supports young athletes, and develops programs to safeguard our planet's waters. =

If you are interested in learning more about any of the grantees, or 11th Hour Racing's mission, please contact us. 11th Hour Racing holds at least two grant reviews a year, the next deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2019.

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Wendy Tuck guest speaker for Port Phillip Women's Championship series and Australian Women's Keelboat Regatta
Wendy Tuck, winner of the 2017-2018 Clipper Round the World Race, is to be the guest speaker at Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS), for the start of the Port Phillip Women's Championship series for the Jennifer Goldsmith Perpetual Trophy.

Tuck the only female to ever win an around the world race when she skippered a near-novice crew to win the Clipper Round the World race this year, was named Australian Female Sailor of the Year and inaugural Offshore Sailor of the Year for 2018, and was a finalist in the Rolex World Sailor of the Year.

The yachtswoman will speak at the RMYS on Thursday 31 January at 7.30pm in the Harbour Room. For those wanting to make a night of it, dinner will be available at the Club beforehand. Those wishing to attend can register at: www.rmys.com.au

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* From Malcolm McKeag:

As will have been the case with so many sailors around the world I was shocked by the news of the death of Jeff Martin: he was no age at all! At the end of the Seventies the predominantly young sailors of the still relatively new Laser had earned such a reputation for lawlessness and disregard for the Yacht Racing Rules (as they were then called) that many clubs were reluctant to host events and serious sailors were either leaving or not joining the class.

I covered one such event at Burnham-on Crouch and reported that at the downwind turns the mark would simply disappear under the press of boats sailing round, over and inside it. Upwind most of the fleet simply rocked their way to the top mark. Yachts and Yachting had barely hit the bookstalls when I had a call from Jeff, newly employed (and that itself was unusual in those days - most were part-time volunteers) as the full-time class secretary.

He was not complaining: he wanted as much information as possible about the event and the behaviour of the sailors. He was only too well aware of the reputation the class had already gained and knew that unless discipline were quickly imposed the class would implode. In his quest he volunteered himself for protest committees, arranged rules briefings and brooked no nonsense. He quickly became an International Judge - I believe he was the UK's youngest IJ at the time. The Laser class in the UK - and subsequently internationally - owes him a huge debt, as indeed does sailing in general. His death is a great loss to the sport.

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In This Issue
• Golden Globe: Mark Slats closes to within 50 miles of Van Den Heede
• Etchells Australian Championship
• Fareast Boats at BOOT Dusseldorf
• The Olympian creating a new sailing dynasty
• The Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club has been put up for sale
• Industry News
• Robert Hathaway
• Letters to the Editor
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Golden Globe: Mark Slats closes to within 50 miles of Van Den Heede
With less than 1,700 miles back to the finish in Les Sables d'Olonne, 2nd placed Dutchman Mark Slats has sliced a further 393 miles out of Jean-Luc Van Den Heede's lead In terms of distance to finish over the past 8 days. At 08:00 UTC today, the gap was just 49 miles, Slats having gained 205 miles in the past 48 hours.

Jean-Luc, whose Rustler 36 Matmut has led the Golden Globe Race since passing the Cape of Good Hope and at one stage held a 2,000 advantage, has seen his lead being whittled away ever since the 73-year-old Frenchman suffered a knock-down and sustained damage to his mast during a Southern Ocean storm in the South Pacific in November 1.

Van Den Heede still holds a weather advantage and once passed the influence of the Azores high pressure system, should be first to benefit from the reaching winds that will give him an easier passage north towards the Bay of Biscay.

But Slats is pushing hard despite a few problems of his own. In a satellite call to Race HQ on Monday, the Dutchman reported for the first time that he ran out of fresh water supplies a week ago, and is now using his emergency desalinator to turn salt water into fresh. It is hard work. An hour of pumping with both hands produces just 750ml of water - barely a cup full. The average daily intake is 2.5litres - 3 hours pumping!

Third placed Estonian skipper Uku Randmaa whose Rustler 36 One and All, has also been beset by barnacle growth since crossing the Indian Ocean, is today caught in calms in the South Atlantic, some 3,000 miles behind the leading duo. He dived yesterday, and reported: "I'm swimming with dophins." We hope he recognises the difference between these mammals and their more agressive distant cousins!

800 miles to the South, American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar is making great progress northwards in his Tradewind 35 Puffin, seemingly having overcome his self-steering problems.

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats are expected to finish in Les Sables d'Olonne sometime between 1st-2nd February.

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Etchells Australian Championship
This really is something you looked forward to. It was on the same racetrack as the super-successful 2018 Etchells Worlds. It was being staged out of the same club; namely at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron. By and large, many of the same competitors were back for more. Well those who live nearby in a global sense, anyway.

Yes, all of these ingredients, plus some more tremendous weather, had the 27 entrants for the 2019 Etchells Australian Championship totally geared up.

Light Easterlies greeted the humid morning in Brisbane. Indeed the parts of Moreton Bay leading up to the docks that service the city would have been happy to have those almost zephyr like gentle wafts wandering in towards them, for they had a glass out. Still, as the morning progressed, so too did the strength and determination of the breeze to let all go racing, so by the time everyone was well and truly on station by the middle of the day, the Answering Pennant really did not spend a lot of time aloft before the first of three races for the day got underway.

It is always good to see a famous boat keep on keeping on. In this case it is John Bertrand's old Triad, AUS 1383. She won a race at the 2018 Worlds under skipper William Voermann, and now has a new owner in Kirwan Robb, who picked her up a week ago, no less. Sailing with him for this regatta are the youngest ever winning skipper of the Australian Cadet title, Hugo Allison (he's also won a World title as crew), Sam Tiederman (an SB sailor from Tasmania), and the very experienced, Darren Jones.

Racing continues tomorrow, with timing and number of races to be determined based on the weather.

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The Olympian creating a new sailing dynasty
As the starters' gun fires in the country's largest keelboat regatta next week, three generations of Ferris women will race together for the very first time.

For skipper Sharon Ferris-Choat - a two-time Olympian and round-the-world sailor - drawing family together in an all-female crew for Bay of Islands Sailing Week is one way to thank her mum for supporting her, as she's dashed off to sail around the globe over the last 25 years.

And it's also a way for Ferris-Choat to show her own daughters, aged 10 and five, that sailing isn't "the devil".

Ferris-Choat, who turns 45 this week, is still a seriously competitive sailor.

Her incredible sailing resume includes competing for New Zealand at the 1996 and 2004 Olympics, sailing in the Volvo Ocean Race on all-women's team Amer Sport II, and breaking four world records on board multihull Maiden 2 on its non-stop circumnavigation of the globe.

These days she revels in offshore racing (it's her goal to establish an offshore academy in New Zealand), and she's a strong advocate for advancing women's sailing.

"I want to show my girls that racing doesn't have to be all at Olympic or world championship level. It can also be a lot of fun, quality family time."

That's why she's taking them racing, along with their grandmother Pauline. As far as the regatta organisers know, they will be the first all-women's keelboat crew in the regatta's 17-year history.

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The Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club has been put up for sale
Plymouth's historic Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club is set to go up for sale.

Built in 1688 as part of the Royal Citadel, the imposing property that has its own access to the water, has been used as a club house since 1896 and it is the first time on living memory it has ever gone on the market.

It is looking for bids above the guide price of £750,000.

Michael Easton, Director at JLL in Exeter, which is handling the sale, said: "The sale will attract considerable interest due to its truly outstanding position on the waterside. This is to secure the long-term future of the club and members will be looking for alternative premises, or to continue in some capacity in the existing building if the marketing programme allows for this."

The Royal Plymouth Corinthian Yacht Club has a long history of organising Dinghy and Yacht racing in and around Plymouth.

The yacht club is thought to be one of the last remaining privately owned freehold sites on the water's edge in Plymouth Sound. It has direct access to the water from its own dinghy park and has outstanding 180-degree views across the sea from Mount Batten to Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall.

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Industry News
North Technology Group (NTG) has purchased MBrands International BV, owners of the Magic Marine technical sailing apparel brand and Mystic kiteboarding accessories, creating a new division of NTG called North Actionsports Group.

Located in The Netherlands, MBrands International was successfully developed by the Blom family over the last 15 years and Magic Marine is one of the premier brands in technical sailing wear.

NTG is also the parent company of North Sails, Southern Spars, Future Fibres, Edgewater Boats, North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT), and North Sails Collection.

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After a run of 63 years, the January London Boat Show is no more. IBI speaks to four companies which traditionally would have been displaying their products this week at an event which at one time drew over 325,000 visitors.

The specialist London National Boat Show was launched in 1955 at the Olympia exhibition centre before moving to its spiritual home at Earls Court where it opened for a 10-day run on the 30th December 1959. This iconic exhibition hall – with its Olympic-sized pool – provided a great setting for the show managed by Alan Jones and subsequently David Hough during the boom years of boating in the UK, but also attracted large numbers of international buyers who enjoyed its proximity to the West End of London and the January sales.

Initially funded and then sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper and organised by the Ship and Boat Builders National Federation, a forerunner of today's British Marine, it was a must-see event for vast numbers of enthusiasts. However, with attendances sliding in the 1990s and talk of redevelopment of the site, the show directors evaluated a number of alternatives including the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, before deciding to move in 2004 to the new Excel centre in East London – with high hopes for a revival.

The first 10-day edition in the new venue was considered a success with the show filling most of the North and South Halls and a credible uptick in visitor numbers at around the 200,000 mark, but subsequent shows saw both floor space bookings and visitor numbers falling regularly until eventually in 2018, the then five-day show was confined to the South Hall only and attracted less than 60,000 visitors. Having lost money for a number of years, its fate was sealed.*

The manager of Boot Dusseldorf Petros Michelidakis, while regretting the loss of the London show for the industry in general and as a catalyst for getting new people into boating, has readily accepted the challenge of making as much space as possible available to British companies this year but with the promise of substantially more once a new hall comes on stream next year.

*In November the Informa group, the largest exhibition organisers in the world, announced it had purchased the summer in-water London Yacht Show which was created by Peter Bryant in 2014. The industry association British Marine has now become a partner in the event which is due to be held in St Katharine Docks near Tower Bridge from May 8-12. In time the show could act as a replacement for the traditional London indoor winter exhibition, but berthing space is limited and it will need the commitment of some key UK-based companies for it to succeed. Informa already owns the Monaco Yacht Show, the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show, The Miami Yacht Show, the Palm Beach International Boat Show, the St Petersburg Power and Sailboat Show, the Suncoast Boat Show in Sarasota and are also co-owners of the Shanghai Boat Show with Sino Expo.

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Boot Dusseldorf and European Boating Industry (EBI) have announced that the fourth edition of the International Breakfast Meeting will be held at boot Dusseldorf on Tuesday 22 January from 08:45-10:30.

The focus of the 2019 International Breakfast Meeting will be on the booming business of charter boats and its challenges.

Boot Dusseldorf director Petros Michelidakis, Robert Marx, president of boote Dusseldorf, and Piero Formenti, EBI president, will welcome the participants and introduce the panel as well as the topics.

The keynote address for the conference will be from Felix Leinemann, Head of Unit, DG Mare, and European Commission who will address the lack of recognition between the different national qualifications of professional skippers and how this constrains the potential of the charter market.

The main session of the conference will focus on the issue of how the charter business is impacting boatbuilders, how they are adapting to the new demands of charter customers, and the specifications required and future trends. This session will include presentations from Josie Tucci, vice president of sales and marketing at The Moorings and Sunsail, Fabian Escude, sales manager of Spanish charter firm Hermanos Guasch, and David Irvine, co-founder and chief technology officer of the Enaviga boat rental platform.

The International Breakfast Meeting will take place at boot Dusseldorf on Tuesday 22 January in the Congress Centre Dusseldorf (CCD) East Room M from 08:45-10:30.

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International boat show producer, Informa Global Exhibitions, has promoted Andrew Doole to head up its boat shows in the US, including the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Miami Yacht Show and Palm Beach International Boat Show, as well as the St. Petersburg and Sarasota Suncoast shows in Florida.

Doole immigrated to Florida from London in 1982 where he joined Show Management, previous owners of the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami yacht brokerage shows. Informa purchased Show Management in 2017 and named Doole vice president/general manager of US Boat Shows.

He is also an active member of Florida's marine industry as a member of the International Super Yacht Society's board of directors and has served on the boards of the Marine Industries Association of South Florida and Fort Lauderdale's Winterfest.

Informa's Fort Lauderdale-based US Boat Shows division employs a full-time staff of 60, which rises to more than 200 with part-time staff during the shows.

Informa also owns the Monaco Yacht Show and announced in October that it would be organising the new London Yacht Show in cooperation with British Marine and scheduled May 9-12, 2019 at St Katherine Docks.

Informa Exhibitions is a part of Informa PLC a leading, international Business-to-Business Information Services Group, operating in over 30 countries, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

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Two Turkish boat shows whose February dates overlap - the CNR Eurasia Boat Show and the newly launched Boat Show Eurasia - have made changes to their respective events following poor attendance and confusion amongst visitors and exhibitors at last year's shows.

Boat Show Eurasia, which launched last year, has changed its name to the Tuzla Boat Show to end confusion about the show's location. The organisers claim that many of their visitors went to the CNR Eurasia Boat Show last year by mistake due to the similarity in name.

The two shows are held on opposite sides of Istanbul, with a distance of 58.5km between them.

Meanwhile, the 14th CNR Eurasia Boat Show, Turkey's second biggest boat show after Istanbul, will be held much later in the month - beginning on 23 February instead of its usual start date of 10 February.

The organiser says the change is not related to the rival show; dates for all of its exhibitions have been reorganised in relation to other international events. They are now expecting more international visitors this year and are projecting a 60% increase in online ticket sales.

The 2019 Tuzla Boat Show runs from 16-25 February, and the CNR Eurasia Boat Show will be held from 23 February to 3 March.

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The Solent Cruising & Racing Association (SCRA) Council is pleased to announce two new appointments for vacant positions that will become effective after the SCRA AGM on 26th January.

Laurence Mead is to become Chairman; he is the Regatta Director of Cowes Week Limited and is a highly experienced sailor and racing yachtsman. As Chairman he will actively represent the SCRA and its members, which include most of the clubs and classes around the Solent, as well as the individual members.

He will also become a member of the Solent Area Safety Advisory Committee (SASAC).

The new Honorary Secretary Adrian Saunders is the current Commodore of the Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club and since 2014 Adrian has been leading the organisation of the Portsmouth Regatta which is now established as the largest multi class event in the Eastern Solent, growing 100% from 2017 to 2018.

He brings his extensive digital experience to the SCRA which is currently updating and increasing its on-line services for all its members. Jonathan Peel, President of the SCRA and Chairman of SASAC, comments: "In the past the SCRA and Cowes Week were joined at the hip, and we very pleased to re-kindle this relationship given the complex safety issues that have to be resolved due to developments in size and restrictions in manoeuvrability of modern shipping that will affect Solent sailing."

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Robert Hathaway
A former UK marine industry businessman, Robert Hathaway, has reportedly been murdered on the Caribbean island of St Lucia. The 66-year-old was manager of the island's Marigot Marina between 2006 and 2014.

Prior to moving to St Lucia, Hathaway had been involved in the leisure marine industry in the UK and Mediterranean for 15 years. He was technical director of Victoria Yachts in Warsash, England from 1990 to 1999, and worked with North Wind Yachts of Spain from 2003 to 2006.

IBI understands that he was also manager of a leading Mediterranean marina able to berth large superyachts which led, it is believed, to his employment at Marigot. He had an engineering degree from Cambridge University.

In terms of the alleged murder, St Lucia Police are now investigating after Hathaway's body was found at his home in Grand Riviere, Gros Inlet on St Lucia.

Keats Compton, president of the Marine Industries Association of Saint Lucia (MIASL) and a close friend of Hathaway, described the death as "horrific".

Compton commented: "Apart from anything else, Bob was a pal of mine. He was on the executive committee of the MIASL and he was an integral part of it. I'm also concerned because the yachting fraternity is very close-knit, and the fact that this kind of thing can happen… if it's not reported properly, it can do the industry quite a lot of damage."

Marigot Marina is described on its website as St Lucia's 'premier marina'. The Marina Bay Resort & Marina is a luxury destination offering a wide range of facilities in addition to the marina. It has 42 berths and 20 mooring balls for yachts and superyachts up to 85m (280ft). The marina is a recognised hurricane hole and one of the Caribbean's safest anchorages during rough seas.

* From Alessandro Castelli: re: Jeff Martin

He sure had a very important role in growing many racing sailors.

I remember Jeff used to write articles on "Beam Reach" on how to present, discuss and win protests.

One was about the propulsion rules, that in the 80s had to be lodged by competitors, not the jury.

At a national regatta in Italy I remember having followed his procedure step by step, and I came out from the jury room with the protestee (a much older and more famous sailor than I was at that time) dsq.

I applied the same procedure in many more protest hearings in the following years, mostly with success.

Thanks Jeff. You will be very missed.

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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. Since New the boat has been professionally maintained and has wanted for nothing. Every year the mast has been taken apart for maintenance and re-built. The centerboard has also been removed and serviced.

Contact
Giorgio Passarella
Nautor's Swan Brokerage
T. +377 97 97 95 07

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2013 100ft Maxi Dolphin Cruiser Racer 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 Vendee Globe Imoca 60.

Contact
BERNARD GALLAY Yacht Brokerage
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http://www.bernard-gallay.com
Tel +33 (0)467 66 39 93

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Spindrift starts Jules Verne Record Attempt
• A new eighth IMOCA under construction
• Marlow Shares Sustainability & Ropecare Lessons At Boot, Dusseldorf 2019
• Panerai is the Official Sponsor of Luna Rossa
• Nab Tower Pursuit
• Bigger fleet, rebrand and two new venues for the RC44s in 2019
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• British Marine responds to Brexit vote
• Sir Robin Knox-Johnston To Kickstart 50Th Anniversary At Boot Dusseldorf
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Sam Ervin

Spindrift starts Jules Verne Record Attempt
Yann Guichard and his crew started their world tour at Ushant today, Wednesday, January 16 at 11h 47min 27sec UTC. To win the Jules Verne Trophy they have to recross the line by February 26 at 11h 16m 57sec UTC to break the record, held since 2017 by Francis Joyon and his crew, of 40 days 23h 30m 30s.

The weather conditions were favourable at the Creac'h lighthouse, which marks one end of the start and finish line of the Jules Verne Trophy course, the round the world sailing record via the three Capes. A southwesterly breeze of 20 knots and calm seas allowed the giant black and gold trimaran to head quickly towards a front off Ushant and pick a good system from the north-west. It is these strong winds that Spindrift 2 will be able to pick up to take them quickly down to Madeira, the Canaries and the Cape Verde archipelago.

According to the routing of the team's onshore weather router, Jean-Yves Bernot, the team could reach the equator during the night of Sunday to Monday, January 21, after less than five days at sea. Once over this imaginary line between the two hemispheres, Yann Guichard and his crew must continue to speed on, with the aim of crossing the longitude at the Cape of Good Hope in about twelve days. This challenge is very possible as Francis Joyon and his crew reached the African cape in 12d 21h 22m.

By adding all the best reference times since the first attempt on the Jules Verne Trophy in 1993, the crewed world tour from Ushant to Ushant could potentially be completed in 38 days.

The first stretch towards the equator looks very favourable, but it is still too early to anticipate what follows. If a depression moves away from Brazil during the passage off Salvador de Bahia, the weather configuration could allow the team more options to sail more directly towards the South without having to go around the St. Helena anticyclone.

Afterwards it will be the depressions to the south, their trajectories, north-south positioning and speed that will determine if the Indian Ocean can be crossed in less than 5d 21h 08m and the Pacific in less than 7d 21h 13m.

The Jules Verne Trophy:

Start and finish: a line between Creac'h lighthouse (Isle of Ushant) and Lizard Point (England)
Course: non-stop around-the-world tour travelling without outside assistance via the three capes (Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn))
Minimum distance: 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 kilometres))
Ratification: World Sailing Speed Record Council, www.sailspeedrecords.com)
Time to beat: 40 days, 23 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds)
Average speed: 22,84 knots
Date of current record: January 2017
Holder: IDEC Sport, Francis Joyon and a 5-man crew
Start date for Spindrift 2: 16 January 2019 at 11h 47min 27sec UTC

clipper-ventures.com
www.clipperroundtheworld.com

A new eighth IMOCA under construction
There will be at least eight IMOCA of the last generation at the start of the Vendée Globe 2020! The latest announcement came from Nicolas Troussel, who will launch in about a year "Corum l'Epargne", a Kouyoumdjian plan with foils. Double winner of the Solitaire du Figaro and a Transat AG2R in double with Armel Le Cléac'h, the Morlaisian concretizes a long-standing dream by integrating the IMOCA circuit and engaging in the solo and nonstop world tour.

Corum was your partner in Class40 last year. How did you manage to convince this sponsor to join the IMOCA circuit, despite your abandonment on the Route du Rhum?

"The bosses of Corum wanted to check that sailing is a good vector of communication to increase its notoriety. The project in Class40 enabled them to measure the media impact of a sailing project. The 2018 season has been positive with successful RP operations and good results in prep races. The Route du Rhum unfortunately ended earlier than expected, but they have taken into account that sailing is a mechanical sport and that the breakage is part of the game They also understood that to make a name in the world of offshore racing, we must be part of continuity. The project in IMOCA went up very quickly, between the end of the Route du Rhum and the holidays. "

You will have a new IMOCA. For the Vendée Globe 2020, four architects are on the ranks. Why did you choose Juan Kouyoumdjian?

"We've looked at all the options, including buying a good used boat. Safran and Hugo Boss was still on the market. But we wanted to have a boat still competitive until the end of the project, in 2022. We therefore focused on the construction of a new IMOCA, which also allows to secure the selection in the Vendée Globe. We studied the different possibilities and finally decided to work with Juan Kouyoumdjian. I had already had contacts with him, we get along well and he is ready to put a lot of energy into winning the Vendée Globe."

Full interview: www.imoca.org

Marlow Shares Sustainability & Ropecare Lessons At Boot, Dusseldorf 2019
Marlow Ropes are delighted to offer visitors attending BOOT, Dusseldorf 2019, the opportunity to expand their seamanship skills with daily splicing tutorials with professional rigger Holger Lehning from Ready 4 Race. Holger has worked with Marlow Ropes for 5 years on a variety of top projects including the rigging of Platoon who won 2nd place in the TP52 Super Series 2018, Maxi World Champions MOMO (Maxi 72) and Varuna (KER 51) who were the overall winners of the Antigua to Bermuda Race.

This year, Marlow are encouraging visitors to develop their sailing knowledge with aninteractive Technical and Innovation zone on Stand 11D25, opposite German Distributor Gotthardt. Here, visitors can try various knots, test which ropes work best in cleats, spot rope fatigue and lifetime indicators and learn about Marlow's technical innovations included in their Grand Prix range; used by the US & UK America's Cup Teams, Maxi World Champions MOMO and the top three winners of the TP52 Super Series. Splicing workshops and ropecare advice will be scheduled at 11am, 2pm and 4.30 pm daily.

Marlow will also be taking part in the Re-Fit Hall 11 speaker's programme every day during the BOOT Show at the following times to give practical rope care advice suitable for every sailor.

19th January: 16.15 - 16.30
20th January: 10.45 - 11.00
21st January: 15.45 - 16.00
22nd January: 11.30 - 11.45
25th January: 10.45 - 11.00
26th January: 16.00 - 16.15
27th January: 16.00 - 16.15

In addition, the UK rope manufacturer will be showcasing their new eco-conscious Blue Ocean Dockline for the first time to the international Boat Show audience, and they'll be introducing it on the 'Love Your Oceans stage' in Hall 3 at the following times. Come along to find out more about their new sustainable product made from 100% recycled plastic.

25th January: 16.45
27th January: 13.45

www.marlowropes.com

Panerai is the Official Sponsor of Luna Rossa
An exciting new Italian story associated with the sea, with excellence and with technical innovation is taking place thanks to the partnership between Panerai and Luna Rossa, Challenger of Record of the 36th edition of the America's Cup.

The agreement, signed by Panerai's CEO Jean-Marc Pontroue and Patrizio Bertelli, President of Luna Rossa and CEO of the Prada Group - title sponsor of Luna Rossa together with Pirelli - provides that Panerai will be the Official Sponsor of Luna Rossa. Panerai will create a series of watches directly inspired by the technologies and materials used in the America's Cup, which is the oldest sports competition in the modern world, but also one of the more advanced in terms of research and innovation.

The new Panerai Luna Rossa watches, perfect instruments for life at sea, will be worn by the members of the Luna Rossa Sailing Team headed by Massimiliano "Max" Sirena - who has already won the America's Cup twice - and by many sailing enthusiasts who are eagerly awaiting the America's Cup World Series, the preliminary races which will precede the final in New Zealand in 2021.

The first watch inspired by the partnership between Panerai and the Challenger of Record of the 36th America's Cup is the SUBMERSIBLE LUNA ROSSA, a diving watch water-resistant to a depth of 300 metres (30 bar) with a case made of carbotech, the innovative material based on carbon fibre introduced into the world of high quality watchmaking by Panerai.

lunarossachallenge.com

Nab Tower Pursuit
The Nab Tower Pursuit, Gosport Marine Scene's annual charity pursuit event for sailing yachts of all different shapes and sizes, will take place on Saturday 15 June, 2019. It's open to all; full details of the event and conditions of entry are available online at https://gosportmarinescene.com/events/nab-tower-pursuit-2019

The Nab Tower Pursuit is always a memorable day out on the water. The course takes the fleet out to round the Nab Tower and back to finish around Fort Gilkicker, at the eastern end of Stokes Bay. The event is rounded off with a prize giving and celebratory barbecue hosted at the Hornet Services Sailing Club, Haslar Creek.

This charitable event has raised over £18,000 in the past three years. 100% of the entry fee goes directly to funding Marine Futures which aims to fund 10 young Gosport people each year to experience the fun and challenges of sailing 60-foot sail training yacht, SY Discovery. While skippers can choose which charity to raise money for, Gosport Marine Scene encourages support of Marine Futures as it also provides young people a chance to experience the local Gosport marine industry. To date, 18 young Gosport people have benefited from this experience, of which four have now taken up employment in local marine businesses.

More information about the Nab Tower Pursuit is online at www.gosportmarinescene.com (Pursuit), including an entry form.

Bigger fleet, rebrand and two new venues for the RC44s in 2019
For its thirteenth season, the RC44 Championship Tour has been given a makeover and has been rechristened the 44Cup with a more modern logo in carbon black and neon yellow.

Frequently at this stage of their lives one design classes get superseded, often wrongly. However a strong, enthusiastic group of owners including Bake, 2018 circuit winner Nico Poons, reigning World Champion Vladimir Prosikhin, plus Artemis Racing's Torbjörn Törnqvist, Team CEEREF's Igor Lah, Peninsula Petroleum's John Bassadone, Bronenosec Sailing Team's Vladimir Liubomirov and Kirill Frolov, Aleph Racing's Hugues Lepic, among others, remain staunchly committed to both the 44Cup and the Russell Coutts inspired one design yacht they still very much enjoy racing on it. For this season they will be joined by new boat Tavatuy Sailing Team.

For the first time the circuit will visit the country at the opposite end of former Yugoslavia from Slovenia - Montenegro. Taking place over the second week of April, the 44Cup Porto Montenegro will be hosted by the world-renowned superyacht marina.

Porto Montenegro is situated in Tivat on the Bay of Kotor, virtually landlocked from the sea. Its setting is spectacular, nestled between mountains and vast fjords to Venetian hamlets and untouched parks. Home to two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Montenegro is firmly on the ascent as a tourist destination.

The fifth and final event of the 2019 44Cup will take place in a venue that is extremely well known in the yacht racing community, but where, surprisingly, the RC44s will be making their debut - Palma de Majorca, Spain.

44Cup Events Schedule 2019

44Cup Porto Montenegro - Montenegro - April 10 to 14
Adris 44Cup - Croatia - May 29 to June 2
44Cup Marstrand - Sweden - July 9 to 13
44Cup Cascais - Portugal - October 2 to 6
44Cup Palma - Spain - Nov 13 to 17

www.44cup.org

Seahorse January 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Update
First came the CFD (or at least first came all the pretty pictures) and then came the simulation - with Emirates Team New Zealand leading the way - and now comes the simulator. Plus the remarkable Dr Stuart Walker, breaking an Ultime from one who knows, first days with the Mule and ‘going back to San Francisco’. Jack Griffin, Adrian Thompson, Malcolm Page, Terry Hutchinson, Dobbs Davis

Unprecedented
Remarkable as it is the 2018 Route du Rhum marked the first time in recent memory that Francois Gabart lost a major ocean race. But losing to Francis Joyon can sometimes feel like an honour... as he tells James Boyd

Going native
Another Imoca, yes, but the new Charal signifies a wholesale change in design philosophy. Paolo Manganelli and Katia Merle

Man and dog
Peter Harken

Watching the show Places to be (and not to be). Rob Weiland

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British Marine responds to Brexit vote
Following UK Parliament's overwhelming rejection of the EU Withdrawal Agreement yesterday, industry association British Marine today responded to the outcome of the vote.

Commenting on the possibility of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, Lesley Robinson, CEO at British Marine, says: "Like many industries up and down the UK, we do not support the idea of the UK leaving the EU in a 'No Deal' scenario. It is vitally important that our members have stability for their businesses while the UK and EU negotiate the details on the future relationship.

"There are still many unanswered concerns for our industry, like the future of VAT Paid Status on vessels already placed on the market in the EU. It is crucial that we have answers on these issues and time to implement the solutions."

British Marine is calling on all members of UK Parliament to put aside their political differences and work together to find a plan that offers security to UK marine businesses and protects jobs, growth and investment.

britishmarine.com

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston To Kickstart 50Th Anniversary At Boot Dusseldorf
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the first person to sail solo non-stop around the globe, is to appear at Boot Dusseldorf, the biggest trade fair in the world/ On Monday 21 January, Sir Robin will be taking to the Sailing Stage in Hall 15 at 14:30 (UTC+1) to talk about his record-breaking achievement ahead ofits 50th anniversary in April this year.

One of Sir Robin's legacies has been to make sailing accessible. By founding the Clipper Race, the biggest round the world yacht race, now in its twelfth edition, some 5,000 non-professional crew members from all walks of life achieve the remarkable.

Chris Kobusch, Clipper 2017-18 Race Skipper, originally from Herford, Germany, is fresh from leading the Qingdao Clipper Race team to a place on the the overall podium. Chris will be speaking on Friday 25 January at 16:30 (UTC+1) on the Sailing Stage in Hall 15.

Clipper Race At Boot Dusseldorf - Hall 15 A03

Sailing Stage Hall 15 Schedule:
Monday 21 January - 14:30 - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston 50th Anniversary talk
Tuesday 22 January - 12:30 - Della Parsons, Clipper Race Crew Recruitment Director, Clipper Race talk
Thursday 24 January - 15:30 - Della Parsons, Clipper Race Crew Recruitment Director, Clipper Race talk
Friday 25 January - 16:30 - Former Clipper Race Skipper Chris Kobusch talk
Saturday 26 January - 12:00 - La Course de Leur Vie film showing
Sunday 27 January - 15:30 - Della Parsons and Chris Kobusch talk

Clipper Race Stand
Monday 21 January - 15:00 - 15:45 - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Meet and Greet - PUBLIC
All week - Drop by the Clipper Race stand Hall 15 A03 to meet former Clipper Race crew and find out what it takes to embark on the race of your life.

Featured Brokerage
2016 Black Pepper Code 2. 1,790,000 EUR. Located in Nantes, France.

Awesome Marc Lombard IMOCA 60-inspired offshore speed machine in full carbon with centreboard, water ballast, easily-managed rig-plan and benefit of comprehensive 2018/19 winter refit.

Contact
GRABAU INTERNATIONAL
Lead broker - Alex Grabau
Tel: +44 (0)1590 673715
Email: alex [AT] grabauinternational [DOT] com

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2002 Maxi 86. 700,000 USD. Located in the United States.

WINDQUEST is an immaculate Maxi 86 owned by one of the premier families in our sport. used only a few weekends a year, she lacks for nothing and is always a 1st to finish contender as well as a always in the corrected time hunt Call for her full details

Contact
William Jenkins
410 267 9419
410 353 7862
bill [AT] tysonline [DOT] com

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2007 X-Yachts X-41 - Bandit. 160000 GBP. Located in Lymington, UK.

The best X-41 on the market. A large refit in 2017 with standing and running rigging, upholstery, instruments and interior re-varnish, she looks like a new yacht. Four out of the top 10 at the ORC worlds in 2018 were X-41s; priced in sterling she offers a very good opportunity.

Contact
Ben Cooper
Telephone: +44(0) 1590 679222
ben [DOT] cooper [AT] berthon [DOT] co [DOT] uk

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The Last Word
The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock. -- Sam Ervin

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In This Issue
• Another sign of the Apocalypse: Mount Gay Rum distillery catches fire
• OC Sport opens international base for offshore sailing campaigns
• Latitude Kinsale 3D Maps at BOOT
• Volvo Irish Sailing Awards
• Tim Magennis of Dun Laoghaire is Honoured By Classic & Traditional Boat Movement
• 2019 Star Europeans and SSL Breeze Grand Slam (Ssl 2500): Registration Is Open
• Launchings
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Thomas Jefferson

Another sign of the Apocalypse: Mount Gay Rum distillery catches fire
Fans of Mount Gay Rum may soon be mourning a potential deficit of the spirit after the brand's Barbados distillery caught fire, effectively destroying 150,000 gallons of rum.

On Jan. 16, a portion of Mount Gay Rum's St. Lucy distillery went up in flames just after 2 p.m., The Drinks Business reports. Thirty-five firemen and five trucks from the Barbados Fire Service responded to battle the blaze, Loop News Barbardos reports.

According to the outlet, officials were forced to break through the tank's roof to further release the flames.

No one was injured, but two individuals were hospitalized as a precaution for medical attention, Henderson said.

Later that day, reps for Mount Gay Rum confirmed news of the fire at their "distillery home" and echoed their gratitude that no one was injured.

www.foxnews.com

OC Sport opens international base for offshore sailing campaigns
OC Sport, the international event organiser and rights holder, has opened a new base in Lorient, France. Managed by the company's French subsidiary OC Sport Pen Duick, 'Le HUB by OC Sport' will draw on the company's successful track record in the organisation of major offshore events and team management, to offer a full-service solution for international offshore sailing campaigns.

One of the first to take advantage of the new facilities at Le HUB is 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper Charles Caudrelier, who won the race at the helm of the OC Sport-managed Dongfeng Race Team.

Continuing their successful partnership, Caudrelier will take the helm of the OC Sport Figaro Beneteau 3 for the next two seasons.

Alongside Caudrelier initially will be two alumni of the successful Franco-Chinese Dongfeng Race Team, Fabien Delahaye and Benjamin Schwartz. Both will benefit from the resources and skills available on site, ranging from logistical know-how and technical services through to sponsorship and communications support, for their new Figaro Beneteau 3 campaigns.

OC Sport was founded in 1998 to promote and manage the stellar sailing career of Dame Ellen MacArthur, including her record breaking round the world voyage.

In her wake, Nick Moloney (IMOCA Skandia - 2004), Sebastien Josse (IMOCA BT - 2008), Samantha Davies and Sidney Gavignet (IMOCA ARTEMIS - 2009), have also benefited from the expertise of OC Sport in running their campaigns.

Most recently, the company celebrated its biggest ever team management success with the victory of Dongfeng Race Team in the Volvo Ocean Race, solidifying OC Sport's credentials as industry leading campaign managers.

Owned by the French media conglomerate, the Telegramme Group, OC Sport has the biggest portfolio of offshore sailing events in global sports management. These include four-yearly The Transat, the four-yearly Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, the annual Solitaire URGO Le Figaro and the Transat AG2R La Mondiale.

cowes.ocsport.com

Latitude Kinsale 3D Maps at BOOT
Click on image to enlarge.

Latitude Kinsale will be exhibiting at the Dusseldorf BOOT show which starts Saturday January 19th and runs until January 27th. This is a fantastic boat show, if you have never been before then I can guarantee you that you are in for a treat, be advised that you will not see it all in one day - plan what you want to see !

In this letter I will preview what will be on display. There will be special prices for the pieces on display at the show so if you are interested then contact me and we can discuss.

There will be a show offer of 10% off all commissions taken at the exhibition.

My stand will be in hall 7 very near the main entrance, stand number 70 D 09 I look forward to meeting you there.

Here is a full list of the piece on display:
Bahrain Island colour 960*760mm (Shown at right)
EMS river estuary classic B&W 1000*930mm
Lake Leman (Geneva)colour 900*650mm
British Virgin Islands colour 1320*680*mm
Wadden Islands classic B&W 1000*930mm
Corfu to Paxos classic B&W 870*780mm
Lefkas Kefalonia classic B&W 870*780mm
Split Brac Hvar classic B&W 990*730mm
Bosporus classic B&W 1190*910mm
St Barts & St Martin ORIGINS
Seychelles ORIGINS
Bermuda ORIGINS
Light Chart Majora & Minorca
Light Chart Ibiza & Formentera
Gold Coast Cap Ferrat
Gold Coast St Tropez to Iles de Hyeres
WENGE Chart Table Bonifacio Strait

latitudekinsale.com

Volvo Irish Sailing Awards
Join Irish Sailing for an evening of celebration at the Volvo Irish Sailing Awards, taking place on Friday 8 February at the RDS, Dublin when the country's finest sailors are recognised for their achievements.

There are also awards for Training Centre, Senior Instructor, Inclusion, Sustainability and Youth Sailor.

There are limited tickets available – to register please email communications [AT] sailing [DOT] ie and you can check out our website page for updates, photos and videos here: https://www.sailing.ie/Events/Awards

Tim Magennis of Dun Laoghaire is Honoured By Classic & Traditional Boat Movement
Tim Magennis, the doyen of the traditional and classic boat movement on Ireland's east coast, and one of the main movers in many significant historic sailing events in Ireland and the Irish Sea, was acclaimed with elevation to Honorary Life Membership of the internationally-represented Old Gaffers Association at its Annual General Meeting in London at the weekend writes W M Nixon.

It was a significant annual occasion from which the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers Association has returned with three major awards. Led by President John Wedick with Honorary Secretary Mark Sweetnam masterfully presenting the DBOGA case, the Irish contingent came back with Honorary Life Membership for Tim Magennis, plus the Cape Horn Trophy for Seamanship which went to Darryl Hughes for his already and deservedly widely-honoured Round Ireland Race with the gaff-rigged 81-year old ketch Maybird, and the "Grumpy Two" Cups, which went to DBOGA member Paddy Murphy of Renvyle in Galway, and his 16-year-old grandson Conor.

The "Grumpy Two" Cups are for a successful gaff-rigged venture by a senior skipper and a junior crew, and Paddy and Conor were awarded for their success in completing a round Ireland cruise with the restored 1916 Manxy Nobby Aigh Vie. This was a circuit which eventually brought Aigh Vie from the Connemara coast southabout of Ireland to her birthplace of Peel in the Isle of Man in time for the Peel Traditional Boat Festival, then northabout back to the Atlantic and Connemara. It was a major challenge, yet having met them during their circuit cruise, I can assure you that far from being grumpy, Paddy and Conor were notably cheerful in getting on with the task they'd set themselves.

WM Nixon's full story in Afloat:
afloat.ie/sail/

2019 Star Europeans and SSL Breeze Grand Slam (SSL 2500): Registration Is Open
Registration for the 2019 Star European Championship / SSL Breeze Grand Slam in Riva del Garda (SSL 2500), Italy, is open online, and you shouldn't waste time and go to the International Star Class website and sign up for one of the best sailing event of 2019.

The Star Sailors League will organize the regatta together for the first time and the traditional format of the Star Class Silver event will play as qualification round to the thrilling knock-out round of the final day, where the top ten team will start by sailing the quarter final, then the semi and the final during which the first team to cross the line will be crowned 2019 European Champion and winner of the first SSL Breeze Grand Slam, bringing home the biggest share of the 100,000$ prize pot.

The format is the one used by the Star Sailors League in the yearly SSL Finals in December, and previously adopted also in Grandson, Switzerland, for the Lake GS in 2015, then in Hamburg, Germany, for the City Grand in 2016 and this coming Spring for the Breeze Grand Slam. The sailors love it as you can never relax and after the qualification round the top ten teams are playing the game at the same level as no points are carried on.

The program will start on Saturday May the 11th with the opening of the registration in Fraglia Vela Riva, which will go on until Tuesday the 14th at 1pm with the start of the Practice Race.

Racing will begin on Wednesday the 15th at 1pm with the qualification round/all teams races that will resume on Sunday May 19th in the morning with the last scheduled start. Then in the afternoon, the knock-out round will be on from 1pm, with the top 10 teams sailing very close to the shores of Riva del Garda: quarter final, semi final and the final, followed by the Podium Ceremony.

A great number of teams are expected to take part at the 2019 Star Europeans/SSL Breeze Grand Slam, and many VIPs have already confirmed their attendance, one of the reason being that 2,500 SSL points are at stake for the winner of the event, and they could make someone in or out the Star Sailors League Finals in December. Robert Scheidt (BRA), Paul Cayard (USA), Diego Negri (ITA) and many other champions will be on the starting line of the event and among them there could be you, just like it happened to almost 200 sailors in both Grandson and Hamburg, experiencing the excitement of challenging their all-time heroes on the same racecourse!!

To get there well prepared you can join the training sessions organized by the SSL Training Center in Riva del Garda, you can find the schedule here.

Launchings
January 16th marked a key milestone for the Gunboat team, as they rolled the first Gunboat 68 out of the factory to the marina for her first splash and mast stepping on January 17th. Since the brand was acquired by Grand Large Yachting in 2016, the newest Gunboat series was conceptualized, designed and built by Gunboat in just two and a half years – a 16-month build time of 6801 from the first carbon laid on September 15th, 2017.

Before rolling out of the factory, the protective coverings were removed and reveal a first look at the thorough level of design detail. More photos and news will follow during commissioning and sea trials, and her first sailing adventures in 2019.

The Gunboat 68 incorporates generations of owner experience and exciting partnerships to deliver more seaworthiness, luxury and performance, built by an expert team and with the sound financial backing of the Grand Large Yachting parent company. The launch of 68-01 marks the most important milestone yet in building this great new series, the culmination of two and a half years of work and investment into the latest Gunboat, honoring the DNA of the brand while integrating proven industry technologies and the Gunboat community's 16+ years of experience and preferences.

For more detailed information, including specification and pricing, contact the Gunboat sales team: sales [AT] gunboat [DOT] com.

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The new Hylas H48 made her world premiere at the Newport International Boat Show and the US Sailboat Show - Annapolis Designed in collaboration with Dixon Yacht Design to achieve a mix of comfort, style and utility in a blue water cruising yacht under 50 feet LOA.

Hylas Yachts is proud to introduce the H48 to sailors around the world, and to enhance and continue its legendary reputation for building offshore performance cruising yachts that appeal to blue water sailors. Hylas worked with designer Bill Dixon of Dixon Yacht Design to achieve this mix of comfort, style, and utility in a semi-customblue water cruising yacht under 50 feet LOA.

Designed to appeal to couples and families who wish to answer the siren call of true offshore sailing or to give accomplished yachtsmen a way to upgrade their experience, the new H48 offers a spacious and comfortable evolution fromHylas's legacy models while taking sailing simplicity to a new level.

Dixon's design stays true to the builder's mission to create semi-customocean-ready cruising boats with a focus on simple sailing and interior comfort. "The H48 uses some elements from the proven quiver of Hylas attributes, including true oceangoing capability, the center cockpit, the large windows, and the swim platform," Dixon says. "But this model changes the flow on board, whether the owners and guests are moving about the spacious decks or relaxing together in the bright saloon, making the most of the onboard volume while factoring in the need for human-size spaces." Hylas Yachts and Dixon also worked together on the recently introduced design for the new H57 of which a number have already been sold off-plan.

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* From Paul Henderson:

To Concerned Sailors:

Now that I have been told by the World Sailing Executive Staff resident at Paddington Station that I have no status whatsoever, although I finished 3rd in Shark Int. Class World's last year EH!, let me relate for their edification the history of IYRU/ISAF/World Sailing and my fixation on communicating openly and transparently by E-Mail and the Internet.

I got elected in November 1994 as President of ISAF.

Within a few weeks I got a telephone call from Bernie Stegmeier, IBM Suisse President SYA. Bernie is his usual convincing way demanded ISAF get into the new exploding Internet. Not wanting to go against Bernie I told Arve to explore it.

Arve got quotes from UK Geeks and the cost was to be about 1million pounds and since ISAF was out of money (sound familiar) I reneged.

Bernie kept after me and by my usual luck I ran into Peter Harken who said that they had found a really good Geek in Ithaca New York who would do it really well at a good price.

I phoned David McCreary and what a character and good friend.

McCreary said he would do it for $50,000.00 US and got us sailing.org.

We had an Executive meeting in San Fran and Bernie and McCreary presented the concept to the Executive.

They turned it down but Bernie was adamant so I personally paid McCreary.

Bernie and I for 2 years edited each morning McCreary's editorials.

Then due to another lucky break I met Paul Pascoe another IBM Geek, Hobie 16 sailor, and got him to look at the website for Savannah 96 which he found was a disaster and wrote his own program for Sailing. McCreary and Pascoe took over all the Sailing Internet services in Savannah working out of the IBM trailers washroom.

Bob Fisher and the media gang complained bitterly about not having internet input in their tent so Pascoe at the exorbitant cost of only $600 US solved the whole problem with two modems. The second day of Atlanta 96 the whole IBM Olympic Internet feed collapsed.

Only Sailing's feed worked thanks to Pascoe and McCreary.

By the way ISAF never paid me back for what was paid to start this so I feel I have the complete right to communicate this way even though World Sailing has relegated me to a lowly competitive sailor. "If you do not respect history you are bound to repeat it" A Nony Mouse"

Happy New Year!
Paul Henderson OLY
Unrequited World Sailing Life Member (Paid for that designation also)

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The Last Word
Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. -- Thomas Jefferson

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In This Issue
• Spindrift Crossing the Doldrums
• 18ft Skiffs: Australian Championship
• Dutch to announce Base
• Outlaw Wins Farr 40 One Design Trophy
• Pineapple Cup is just one week away
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• 90-year old Marblehead Trophy surfaces
• Martin Bookman
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Edmund Burke

Spindrift Crossing the Doldrums
Yann Guichard and his 11 crew on the 40 meter trimaran Spindrift 2 are maintaining a record pace in their quest win the around the world Jules Verne Trophy. They have an advantage of 214.4 nm having covered 734.9 nm in the past 24 hours (as of 20:45 UTC). They are currently just north of the equator and sailing at nearly 13 knots as they make the transition through the doldrums.

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV=

Tracker: www.spindrift-racing.com/jules-verne/en/live

18ft Skiffs: Australian Championship
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Sydney Harbour: The Winning Group team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton took the honours after extremely light winds created a drama packed day one of racing at the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour today.

A lack of wind forced a 45 minutes delay to the programmed start time and very little wind (5-7 knots) was all the teams had to work with over the windward-return course.

With two races scheduled to be sailed on the opening day, the race officials shortened the course of the first race from three laps to two laps in an attempt to get a second race sailed.

When a large cruise liner sailed out of the harbour as the officials prepared for the second race, the wind disturbance the liner created then forced them to abandon the attempt.

The Winning Group's margin was1m57s from Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Marcus Ashley-Jones), with The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone (Jordan Girdis, Tom Quigley, Lachlan Doyle) a further 31s back in third place.

The Australian 18ft Skiff Championship will be sailed over nine races and will conclude on Sunday, February 17. Race dates are; Sundays January 27, February 3, February 10, February 17. The JJ Giltinan Championship will be sailed on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10. -- Frank Quealey

www.18footers.com

Dutch to announce Base
ClubRacer.be a long established sailing website focussing on the sport in Belgium and The Netherlands reports that the Dutch Challenger "Team The Netherlands" will stage the opening of the team Base in Scheveningen on 23 January 2019.

The announcement was confirmed to Sail-World in the early this morning (NZT) by a team spokeswoman for Team The Netherlands.

She confirmed that the event would take place on January 23, 2019, when they would be opening their Headquarters in Scheveningen, which is a town and large marina on the Dutch coast near The Hague, and was the venue for the finish of the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race in

ClubRacer.be also makes mention of an America's Cup World Series event being sought by the Dutch team for Scheveningen in 2020. That would appear to tie in with comments made by Emirates Team New Zealand on November 30, 2018, when they announced that eight late Notices of Challenge had been received, and mentioned that some were conditional.

Since that statement, three late Challenges were accepted, Royal Malta Yacht Club (Malta Altus Challenge) and Long Beach Yacht Club (Stars & Stripes Team USA) were made unconditional, and the information from ClubRacer.be confirms that it is likely to be the Dutch team who are seeking an ACWS event. It is not clear how that will be dovetailed into the ACWS calendar - which had three events scheduled for 2020, along with one or two which may be held in 2019. So far only one ACWS event has been scheduled for Cagliari, Sardinia in October 2019.

ClubRacer.be also reports two other key signings by skipper Simeon Tienpont, skipper of Team The Netherlands, with Dirk Kramers, a longtime and highly respected America's Cup composite and structural engineer reported to joining the team along with Peter van Niekerk, as crew manager. The latter was part of the crew of Alinghi for their 2003, and 2007 America's Cup wins. He has also sailed three Volvo Ocean Races, the last being as part of the crew of Team AkzoNobel skippered by Simeon Tienpont. -- Richard Gladwell

www.sail-world.com

Outlaw Wins Farr 40 One Design Trophy
After hours of chasing breeze all over Sydney Harbour, PRO Phil Yeomans was only able to get one race away before calling it a day. "There was not much from anywhere. We had contacts up and down the harbour and even made a call to Tathra down the coast before hoisting AP over A and sending the fleet back to MHYC".

Congratulations to Tom and Alan Quick's Outlaw for winning their fourth regatta this season, making them the hot favourite going into the NSW State Title and National Championships being held in the coming weeks.

Rob Reynolds and the Exile crew landed on the podium for the first time this season just three points behind Edake. Tactician Gary Gietz is pleased to have a set team for the States and Nationals. "Not changing crew every regatta is always a benefit. Last year we had a change of two people every regatta".

Gietz commented on Exiles crew work. "Our teamwork yesterday wasn't up to scratch. We lead the fleet in the first couple of races and crew work let us down which was costly. We had a good start in today's race. There was a very high tide of 193meters and we were the first to tack soon after the start and stayed on the western shore with the current. Rob (Reynolds) steered well today and was more accurate in the lighter air which is tough".

Exile appears to be peaking right on time with the States and Nationals looming. Gietz continued, "We have some new sails coming, which coupled with a bit of training should put us where we need to be for the States and Nationals".

The Farr 40 NSW State Title will be held 2 & 3 February 2019 at MHYC and the following nine boats are confirmed for racing:

1. Double Black (MHYC & SYC)
2. Edake (MHYC)
3. Exile (MHYC)
4. Forty (RSYS)
5. Good Form (NCYC)
6. Nutcracker (SYC)
7. Outlaw (CYCA)
8. Solymar (CYCA)
9. Zen (MHYC)

Results: www.farr40.asn.au/results

Pineapple Cup is just one week away
2019 marks the 34th edition of the 811 nautical mile Caribbean Classic

After two years of preparations, we are just under one week away from the Class A warning signal on Sunday, January 27th 2019 and the start of the 34th edition of the Pineapple Cup!

In this edition of Pineapple Cup news, we are excited to announce that the Hard Rock Cafe - Montego Bay and Juici Patties join the Pineapple Cup as Official Race Partners.

Hugh Piggin, Race Director - Manuka Sports Event Management, said, "With only one week remaining until the start of the 34th edition of the Pineapple Cup we're excited to see returning competitors and welcome new teams to this classic offshore race. We've actively worked to take this historic race and make it easier both in terms of time and logistics while being just as fun and rewarding for participants as it ever was"

Lindsey Duda, Skipper, Sin Duda!, said, "We're excited to compete - the warmer weather is always welcome and it's true that the logistics and timing of the event is a perfect way to kick off a Caribbean circuit. It's also a pretty gorgeous way to get the boat south for other events, like the RORC Caribbean 600. Outside of the wonderful things we have heard about the quality of racing, it was one of the primary considerations on our end. We're excited to represent the Chicago Yacht Club and want to thank you all for how well this event is organized.

www.pineapplecup.com

Seahorse February 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Extraordinaire
The exception that proves the rule? Whatever the underlying reasons no modern raceboat has proved as enduringly successful, and as enduring, as Idec Sport. Jocelyn Bleriot, Vincent Lauriot Prevost and Xavier Guilbau

A quiet year?
Olympic gold medallist and Artemis America's Cup helm Nathan Outteridge certainly expected 2018 to play out more gently... There you go! Andy Rice talks foils... and the future

Rod Davis Objective>Gameplan>Execution
Keep it in the right order and it'll work out fine

Seahorse build table - Something different
This one surely is? Tommy Gonzalez

(Thoroughly) recommended
Remembered in (fine) style -Mike Plant

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90-year old Marblehead Trophy surfaces
A small controversy has erupted over a sailing trophy that originated in and is named for Marblehead, but left for Europe some 90 years ago and hasn't been back since.

Historical Commission Chairman Chris Johnston said he received an email out of the blue from a European sailor about the Marblehead Trophy, which he had never heard of before.

"This is an interesting historical question; although it may seem like a 'tempest in a tea pot,' it is very important in international sailing circles," Johnston said. "We're not interested in getting involved in a dispute between sailors, but we do have an interest in assuring that the Marblehead Trophy's Deed of Gift is being respected."

In 1929, the Board of Selectmen wanted to do something big to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the town so they asked the Harbormaster to create an event. He came up with an international race, The Marblehead Trophy, with the Marblehead Cup to be held first by the foreign yacht club with the highest number of points.

"It was intended to go overseas," Johnston said, adding that "the celebration was a big deal here in town."

And the cup has remained in Europe every year since. Over the years, the International Dragon Class has guided the race, which requires each sailor taking part to be sponsored by a yacht club. The cup, which resembles a silver bowl with legs and the word Marblehead engraved across the front, goes to the winning yacht club, not the individual sailor -- until last summer that is.

Last summer the trophy was won by a Russian team that had listed Yacht Club de Cannes as its sponsor. Technically, the Marblehead Trophy should have gone to Cannes and the YCC would sponsor the 2019 race. Instead, the Russian sailors took the trophy back to St. Petersburg.

According to Johnston, the YCSP website (in Russian, translated with help from Google Translate) announces that the "Yacht Club de Cannes, in collaboration with the Yacht Club of St. Petersburg, is honored to host the Marblehead Trophy 2019." It should be noted that the organizing committee for the racing is entirely Russian, with no YCC participation, Johnston added.

"In addition, the YCSP is holding the Marblehead Trophy racing as a separate event as a lead-in to a subsequent Russian Open Dragon championship, far superior to the 2018 racing setup," Johnston said. "The only addition that I would like the YCSP to take is to include a copy of the Marblehead Trophy Deed of Gift with the challenge application form and to include acknowledgment of those requirements as part of the challenging yacht club signature."

Johnston said there will be further discussions to determine if the Deed of Gift needs an amendment to assure that future Marblehead Trophy competitions meet the intent of the Deed of Gift. But that being said, Johnston also believes the race has been doing exactly what its creators intended it to do; celebrate Marblehead and keep the town in the minds of Europeans.

"It's easy to see what their intent was," Johnston said. "And I think we should continue to honor that."

northofboston.wickedlocal.com

Martin Bookman
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Martin Boatman, who died this week following a two-year battle with cancer, will be remembered as one of the most influential and inspiring coaches of youngsters the sailing world has seen.

A talented sailor, Martin was snapped up by the RYA in 2008 to work as the assistant zone squad coach in the North region assisting Dave Hivey, developing young racing talent in the Topper dinghy class.

Martin's skills quickly came to the fore and he soon took the lead of the Northern Topper Zone Squad himself.

He blended his day job as a primary school teacher with coaching brilliantly, and it soon became clear Martin had a gift for getting the very best from his sailors.

Few could have predicted the impact he would have on countless young sailors over the following decade.

Renowned for his humour, knowledge, straight-talking and humility, Martin was loved and respected in equal measure – and quickly became integral to the development of the UK's most talented young sailors.

In 2014 he was promoted to the role of national coach for the Laser 4.7 squad, charged with developing world class racing sailors.

As well as coaching sailors, Martin became a valued leader within the RYA Pathway team, helping to coach and develop colleagues within the youth and senior programmes.

But in September 2016, Martin was given devastating news.

Suffering from severe headaches and blurred vision, Martin had a scan which revealed multiple tumours on his brain.

He was given just weeks to live, and family, friends and colleagues said their goodbyes.

But then came another twist to the story: having agreed to try a round of trial therapy his cancer was held at bay.

While the disease would remain terminal, Martin responded with typical positivity, throwing himself back into coaching.

"After his diagnosis Martin could have drawn up a bucket list of things to do but he didn't," said Mark Nicholls, the RYA's Youth Racing Manager. "Instead he went back to the sport he loved and carried on inspiring young sailors to be the absolute best they can be. That was incredibly selfless, but so typical of Martin."

Shortly after his diagnosis Martin was named Performance Development Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards, and was presented with the honour by HRH The Princess Royal.

On 13 January 2019 the inevitable happened, and, aged just 34, Martin passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and family.

"Put simply, Martin was one of the best development coaches we have ever had," Matilda Nicholls said. "He blended his teaching skills with sailing perfectly, and that is reflected in how respected and loved he was both on and off the water. He may be gone, but his legacy lives on in those he taught, coached and inspired."

rya.org.uk

* From Don Street: Thank God for Paul Henderson. He is a one -off, and unfortunately after god made Paul he broke the mold.

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The Last Word
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. -- Edmund Burke

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In This Issue
• Jules Verne Trophy: Equator Record
• Van Den Heede regains the initiative... for now
• Windy with 7 races in run-up to 35th Primo Cup in Monaco
• Monique becomes first female winner of Bloody Mary
• America's Cup World Series 2019
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• 49er added to Pan Am Games
• Best Practices for Race Management Forum
• Inland Waterways Guide to France & Belgium
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Dave Barry

Jules Verne Trophy: Equator Record
On Monday 21 January at 07h45 UTC, Spindrift 2 broke her own record by just over an hour, by crossing the Equator in 4 days 19 hours 57 minutes. This also gave the black and gold team an advantage of more than 23 hours (180 miles) over the current holders of the Trophy Jules Verne, IDEC Sport. This is the first challenge in the team's quest to beat the round the world record. The time for the passage from Ushant to the Equator still has to be officially ratified by the WSSRC (the international organisation that oversees records), but Yann Guichard and his crew can be pleased with this first section of the course, and bettering their own record time, set in 2015 (4d 21h 45'), by 1 hour and 48 minutes.

Spindrift 2 crossed the line in front of the Creac'h lighthouse on Wednesday 16 January at 11h 47 '27' UTC and quickly took advantage of the favourable conditions. The crew had to gybe the 40m trimaran about a dozen times to ensure that they stayed in the trade winds as they passed through the Canary Islands and and the island of Hierro.

"We entered the Doldrums at 2° North: they were not very active, so we had to get through in relatively little breeze, but it was especially nice to have the full moon when we crossed the equator: we even saw the eclipse! It was beautiful for a good hour ... Everyone has really been on the pace and the modifications that we made to the coach roof have been a real bonus - we are definitely less exposed. The route to the equator was not easy: we had quite lumpy seas in the lead up to the islands, then we had to gybe a lot and pass right through the Canaries and Cape Verde archipelagos." Commented Yann Guichard, a few moments after crossing the equator, the 'line' separating the north and south hemispheres.

However, the team is not out of the Doldrums yet, as they are currently stretching some 120 miles to the south of the Equator. The team will have a challenging six hours or so before they can hook into the south easterly trade winds blowing off Brazil. But the good news is that a strong front is due to leave Cape Frio (off Rio de Janeiro) on Tuesday.

To beat the record, Spindrift 2 needs to complete the course before February 26 at 11h 16m 57sec UTC
Crew Split Times References
Ushant-Equator: 4d 19h 57 '(Spindrift 2 in 2019)
Equator-Cape Aiguilles: 6d 08h 55 '(Banque Populaire V in 2012)
Cape Aiguilles -Cape Leeuwin: 4d 09h 32 '(IDEC Sport in 2017)
Cape Leuuwin-Cape Horn: 9d 08h 46 '(IDEC Sport in 2017)
Cape Horn-Equator: 7d 04h 27 '(Banque Populaire V in 2012)
Equator-Ushant: 5d 19h 21 '(IDEC Sport in 2017)

WSSRC crewed records
Crossing the North Atlantic (Ushant-Equator): 4d 19h 57 (Spindrift 2 in 2019)
Crossing the Indian Ocean (Cape Aiguilles-S Tasmania) : 5d 21h 07' 45'' (IDEC Sport in 2017)
Crossing Pacific Ocean (S Tasmania-Cape Horn) : 7d 21h 13' 31'' (IDEC Sport in 2017)
Equator-Equator- : 29d 09h 10' 55'' (IDEC Sport in 2017)
Around the World (Jules Verne Trophy) : 40d 23h 30' 30'' (IDEC Sport in 2017)

spindriftracing.com

Van Den Heede regains the initiative... for now
The elastic between Jean-Luc Van Den Heede and Mark Slats has stretched in the Frenchman's favour over the weekend allowing him to open up a 215-mile lead over his Dutch rival. A week ago, the difference in terms of distance to finish was just 28 miles. Both skippers have used up what remained of their 160 litre supply of diesel fuel, with Slats expending the last drop pushing his way through the windless high pressure system sitting over the Azores. The two are now within the same weather system.

Slats is currently 330 miles south of Van Den Heede's upwind position at the start of what could be a straight drag race to the finish. The unknown factor is the forecast - especially for these two skippers, for both have been cut off from weather feeds from the Ham Radio Net community for using unlicensed call signs throughout the Race. This came to light last week when Dutch and St Lucia radio authorities issued warning notices against the skippers. Licenced Ham radio operators who communicate with them not only face losing their licences, but the threat of a large fine and possible prison sentence!

Forecasting is particularly acute for Van Den Heede whose Rustler 36 Matmut has the prospect of running straight into another high pressure system predicted to form to the north east by Wednesday. It could affect Slats too, but not before his yacht Ophen Maverick has closed the distance.

The question then for Jean-Luc is whether to push hard for the finish and run the risk of breaking Matmut's damaged mast, or settle for second place. The fact that 3rd placed Estonian Uku Randmaa trails 3,450 miles behind, could well persuade the Frenchman to push all out for a win, knowing that if the worst happens, he could still finish 2nd under a jury rig.

Plans are now well in hand for a festival to welcome the first finishers back to Les Sables d'Olonne with Jean-Luc Van Den Heede is now predicting a January 31st finish,

The finish of both skippers and press conferences will be broadcast live on the GGR Facebook page, and TV VNRs and copyright free photographs will be made available shortly after.

goldenglobe.com

Windy with 7 races in run-up to 35th Primo Cup in Monaco
The weekend offered proof if needed that the J/70 fleet is thriving, judging by the number that turned out for Act III of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series, with 40 boats entered.

"Conditions were top with a steady wind and flat sea. I was especially impressed by how responsive the Race Committee and staff were in managing races in such quick succession," said Ian Wilson, World J/70 Class President, competing on Soak Racing to see the YCM organisation, ahead of the J/70 World Championship in Monaco in 2021.

After 7 races, a leader emerged in the Russian Andreï Malygin (Maria) who also won the Corinthian category. Flanking his team on the podium were the two YCM boats, Loïc Pompee's Allo Ill and Ludovico Fassitelli on Junda, leader of this winter championship, who despite his tactician's absence proved combative and quick. A result that bodes well for the rest of his season.

In the Melges 20s, the Russian Alex Team helmed by Alexander Mikhaylik won the day, followed by Marina Kaverzina (Marussia) and Monegasque resident Valentin Zavadnikov (Synergy) in a close-fought battle for 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

All meet again 7-10 February 2019 for the 35th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse, with SLAM garments for the top 3 teams in each class.

There is still time to register for this one-design regatta that has been opening the Mediterranean season for the last 35 years.

Classes: J/70, Melges 20, H22 and Longtze Premier.

Monique becomes first female winner of Bloody Mary
Monique Vennis-Ozanne and John Mather sailed their 29er skiff to victory at the 242-boat GJW Direct Bloody Mary, round five of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series.

Monique Vennis-Ozanne has become the first ever female winner of the legendary pursuit race, the GJW Direct Bloody Mary. Saturday produced a good breeze in West London, with some spiky gusts for the 242 entries, representing 56 classes from 98 clubs. The force three, gusting four and later five made for a lively outing that tended to favour the faster boats who started later in the afternoon.

Topper sailor James Crossley led from the second mark for two hours followed by Cameron Sword and Andy Peng also in Toppers. After two hours the 420 of Jack Lewis and Fraser Hemmings overhauled the Topper. Their lead only lasted 15 minutes until Monique Vennis-Ozanne and John Mather in their 29er flew past them. As the clock ran down to the two and half hour finish, the 49er or Rick Peacock and Nick Murray was closing fast only 20 metres behind. The younger crew kept their heads to become the first 29er ever to win the Bloody Mary... and winning first Junior, first Lady helm, first 29er class prize and winners overall.

The Top 10 places were:
29er (2661) Monique Vennis-Ozanne and John Mather
49er (224) Rick Peacock and Nick Murray
29er (2433) Oliver Evans and William Garman
420 (54487) Jack Lewis and Fraser Hemmings
420 (55242) Megan Ferguson and Bettine Harris
RS800 (1166) Ralph and Sophie Singleton
2000 (22334) Simon Horsfield and Katie Burridge
Laser (214100) Jack Hopkins
Musto Skiff (544) Ben Schooling
Osprey (1356) Ben and Simon Hawkes

First Lady Helm: 29er (2661) Monique Vennis-Ozanne
First Queen Mary Helm: RS400 (1441) Mark Oakey
Grand Master: Merlin Rocket (3764) Tim Fells
First Junior Helm: 29er (2661) Monique Vennis-Ozanne

selden.sailracer.org

America's Cup World Series 2019
There will be only one ACWS in 2019 - already announced for October, no exact dates set, in Cagliari, where Challenger of Record Luna Rossa has their base. How many teams will race? The Protocol requires all teams to compete, but what if the new challengers from Malta and The Netherlands cannot have their boats ready in time? And what about the Foil Cant System? This is to be supplied equipment. Structural problems surfaced when the first foil arms were tested. Will ETNZ and Luna Rossa be able to deliver seven sets of Foil Cant Systems in time for all teams to race in October?

America's Cup World Series 2020: The Protocol calls for three ACWS regattas in 2020 plus the Christmas Regatta in Auckland, and specifies that the venues (but curiously not the dates) are to be announced by 30 November 2019. If it is true that the Dutch challenge is conditional on adding a fourth ACWS in The Hague, Luna Rossa's approval will be required. -- Jack Griffin

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Seahorse Sailor Of The Month

Last month's winner:

Boris Herrmann (GER)
'I like Paul just as much but his win was a present from Alex and, hey, who else could a German vote for?' - Jochen Rieker; 'Good sailor, inshore and offshore which is not usual' - Max Wentzel; 'Boris is not only an excellent yachtsman but he also managed to get the finance... which is now perhaps more challenging than the sailing' - Uwe Hollenbach; 'Best German sailor ever!' - Andreas Elwe; 'Boris is just a fantastic sailor and also a great guy!' - Bendix Hempel; 'The clear winner, Boris and Team Malizia all the way, he is incredibly well-organised and works very hard to keep all his fans in touch... He's a top chap!' - Sophie Hunt.

This month's nominees:

Glenn Ashby (AUS)
By the end of the Australian A-Class Nationals the rest of the fleet warming up for the worlds the following week must have already been throughly grumpy, the 'nine-time' world champion winning with 5 bullets in 8 races. It got worse... after the first day of the worlds Ashby came back ashore with three wins in three races (amazing no one else went home really). Did we say that last year he skippered the America's Cup winner?

Jorge Zarif (BRA)
Talk about the man of the moment. Zarif has a long history of success in the Finn class including winning the Gold Cup aged 20 while holding the Junior Silver Cup (still the only person ever to do so). Then in 2018 he paid the Star class some attention, winning the worlds and, perhaps even more impressive, seeing off the most star-studded fleet ever to win the Star Sailors League and become the closest thing to sailing's International Champion of Champions

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49er added to Pan Am Games
The Pan Am Sailing Federation (PASAF) is pleased to announce that Pan Am Sports with the Organizing Committee of the Lima 2019 XVIII Pan American Games (COPAL) have increased the Athlete Quota for the Sport of Sailing for Lima 2019 by 20 athletes.

The athlete quota increases from 148 to 168 in order to increase the number of boats in the Mixed Two-Person Multihull - Nacra 17 from eight to ten and to add an additional 11th event, the Men's Two-Person Skiff, the 49er with eight boats.

The Country Qualification regatta for the 2019 Pan Am Games for both the 49er and the Nacra 17 will be the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series - Miami, to be held January 27-Febuary 3, 2019 in Miami, Florida, USA.

PASAF is also pleased to announce that World Sailing will utilize the 2019 Pan Am Games as the Regional Games Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 in these two events:
Men's Singlehanded - Laser
Women's Singlehanded - Laser Radial

And also, as the Continental Country Qualifier, in these three additional events:
Men's Two-Person Skiff - 49er
Women's Two-Person Skiff - 49erfx
Mixed Two-Person Multihull - Nacra 17

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Best Practices for Race Management Forum
The Best Practices of Race Management Forum was held on January 12, from 9-5 at Charleston Yacht Club. The forum can be attended via Zoom Web-conferencing at zoom.us/j/401266410.

Topics covered included: Starting Best Practices; Course Management; Mark Management; On Water Safety; On Water Umpiring; and Race Management Operations.

Watch the entire forum on video here.

The Cruising Association publishes new edition of the Inland Waterways Guide to France & Belgium
The 2019 edition of the Cruising Association's guide Cruising the Inland Waterways of France and Belgium has just been published.

This authoritative 204-page guide, edited by Gordon Knight and Dr Roger Edgar, is now in its 23rd edition and available directly from the CA's online shop at https://www.theca.org.uk/catalog as well as from the Lulu.com bookstore, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

Described as their 'Bible' by regular users and yacht skippers planning routes to and from the Mediterranean, the guide contains a wealth of information on cruising routes, cruising preparations, supplies, equipment, licences and documents, useful addresses, books and websites as well as listing around 250 mooring places throughout France and Belgium. The listings include comments on facilities, depths, prices, closest shops, restaurants and nearby attractions. The latest edition also includes details of fuel locations, either alongside or within easy jerrycan distance.

Produced by the CA's European Inland Waterways Section, the Guide is updated annually from reports contributed by CA members who are actively cruising the waterways, over 150 of which were submitted for the latest edition alone.

Priced at £25 plus p&p, the Guide includes a 25% discount offer on first year membership to purchasers applying online for CA membership during the year. CA members have access to the online edition of the guide, which is updated up to three times a year and contains hyperlinks to the CA's proprietary CAptain's Mate app, enabling users to access the most up to date information on mooring locations.

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Marten 67 - Ancasta

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In This Issue
• Team New Zealand begin historic construction on America's Cup boat
• World Sailing puts Prize Money on the line for 2019
• The Basics - IMA
• Opportunity Knocks for Antigua Bermuda Race
• Industry News
• Michael Koppstein
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Barry Miles

Team New Zealand begin historic construction on America's Cup boat
For the first time in the history of Emirates Team New Zealand, the team has begun construction of its own America's Cup boat in their own purpose-built boatyard on Auckland's North Shore.

Led by Team New Zealand Build Operations Manager Sean Regan, the facility which has been a long-term vision of the team, starting from the ground up and turning a clean factory floor into one of the most up to date, purpose-built composite boat building facilities in the country.

The layout of the vast 1800 sqm building has been extensively considered with the view to putting together the most effective and comfortable workspace possible. The team has sought feedback from some of the industry's best boatbuilders as well as many of our valued team suppliers.

The real performance benefits of bringing the boat building 'in-house' for Team New Zealand is the ability to shift resources and schedules to suit the team's operations which enables a more efficient link between the designers at the team base in the Viaduct and the production team on the North Shore.

The America's Cup world now eagerly awaits the first boat to emerge from the boat build facility towards the middle of 2019.

World Sailing puts Prize Money on the line for 2019
...but not for World Cup sailors.

World Sailing released the 2019 eSailing World Championship as the second season was officially launched at Boot Düsseldorf in Germany.

Following a first season that saw 169,000 eSailors from 74 nations compete over six months, the second will see the introduction of prize money, a new competition format, National Championships and more global live events.

You could say, everything World Sailing has struggled to provide for their mainstream business as the world governing body for the sport of sailing.

eSailing has the advantage of being organised by the leading digital sailing platform, Virtual Regatta, founded by former pro-sailor Philippe Guigné, and started with the 2006 edition of the Route du Rhum.

The company now organizes more than 15 races a year, including the Vendée Globe, the Route du Rhum, and the Solitaire du Figaro. In addition, Virtual Regatta is the official and exclusive game of major sailing events including the Ocean Race, Extreme Sailing Series and the Star Sailors League.

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The Basics - IMA
Pragmatic thinking followed through with confident application is paying good dividends in Maxi world.

Broadly speaking there seems to be a general decline in the numbers taking part in competitive sailing, with just a few exceptions. There are of course multiple reasons playing into this and it is true of many other sports in this day and age. In the UK cricket, golf and rowing are all in decline- only cycling is growing. Perhaps the noncompetitive culture in junior schools is having an effect but it seems more likely that the competitive bar has been raised so high that unless you are in an Olympic medal-targeted elite you fall out of any sport quite early.

There are now more Maxi yachts in the world than ever before. Most new builds, however, are multi-purpose yachts and not pure racers. Relatively few are competing or if competing they do so in just a few events per year. Clearly there is a change in focus.

Andrew Mcirvine's full article in the February issue of Seahorse

Opportunity Knocks for Antigua Bermuda Race
The Antigua Bermuda Race is organised by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club in association with Antigua Sailing Week. The oceanic race will start from Fort Charlotte Antigua, just after Antigua Sailing Week on Wednesday 8th May. The 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race will be the third edition of the 935 nautical mile race through the Atlantic Ocean to Bermuda.

Twenty yachts from seven different countries have already expressed their intention to compete and form a diverse fleet. A number of yachts are offering charters, including single berths for sailors who want a memorable experience. The Antigua Bermuda Race is supported by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and Goslings Rum which guarantees a rousing send-off in Antigua and a warm welcome at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.

Tim Gollin's stunning Lombard designed 67-foot sloop Arara is new to the race. Tim is a member of the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club, Martha's Vineyard, USA and recently purchased the carbon flyer.

"Arara is coming out of the yard in France around mid-Feb with a new look before we sail her to the Caribbean," commented Tim Gollin. "The crew is likely to include American, French and Italian sailors. Arará was built by Black Pepper Yachts, a boutique French yard. She has an IMOCA 60 style hull with a square top main, water ballast and has a very light displacement at under 13 metric tons. So she is fast off the wind and fun in an Atlantic swell. Until now I only know about the swell off the Spanish and Portuguese coasts! I am really looking forward to sailing her in the Caribbean."

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Industry News
UK Sailmakers is re-opening in Ontario under the ownership of long time Canadian sailor Randy St. Jacques. Randy has 50 years of both racing and cruising on many boats under his belt. For the last 10 years Randy as sold sails for several brands, but he decided to move to UK Sailmakers because the brand provides the best products and reputation for service on Lake Ontario. It has been a year since Brian Chapman unexpectedly passed away leaving Toronto sailors at a loss. "Brian Chapman set the bar incredibly high for quality sails and service," said Randy. "He will be a tough act to follow and I hope that I can live up to the expectations he created with sailors on Lake Ontario."

With the formation of the new loft happening so recently, there was no time to prepare a booth for this year's Toronto International Boat Show, but UK Sailmakers Ontario will be offering Boat Show Pricing for all new sail orders placed by Thursday, January 31st.

UK Sailmakers Ontario will continue to provide UK Sailmakers customers top quality Sails and Repair Service. Please call or e-mail Randy to discuss your repair or new sail requirements.

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In 2019, Banque Populaire will celebrate 30 years of sailing sponsorship. On the occasion of this anniversary, it reaffirms its commitment to this sport, with which it shares the values of courage and entrepreneurship, by developing an ambitious program that will lead it to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris 2024, of which it is premium partner.

A few weeks after the accident of the Maxi Banque Populaire IX which led to its capsizing and its destruction during the Route du Rhum, the Sailing Bank renews its confidence in Armel Le Cleac'h and launches the construction of the Maxi Bank Popular XI, a new Ultim that should be launched in the winter of 2020/2021. More motivated than ever, the of Banque Populaire will align with the races of the Ultim class program from the season 2021.

This maxi-trimaran, the fourth built or developed by the Banque Populaire team, reflects the spirit of innovation and the search for performance that has always animated the Sailing Bank. This boat will be designed with the support of the architectural firm VPLP Design for the platform and GSea Design for the structure, in collaboration with the engineers of the design office of Team Banque Populaire. The construction will be entrusted to the two largest French shipyard specialist offshore racing: Multiplast and CDK Technologies, the latter providing full project management of the future Maxi Banque Populaire XI.

Clarisse Cremer will join Team Banque Populaire next July at the end of the Solitaire du Figaro that she will run under the colors of Everial. She will participate in the Transat Jacques Vabre in November aboard the Monocoque Banque Populaire X (Ex-SMA). In the process of learning and cooperation that is at the heart of this project, it is naturally Armel Le Cleac'h who will be the co- of the boat from Le Havre.

Clarisse Cremer will benefit from all the expertise of Team Banque Populaire and will be accompanied in its progression by the last winner of the Vendee Globe.

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A new Venice Boat Show has been announced and will take place in the Arsenale, in the nautical heart of the historic city, from June 18-23. The announcement was made this afternoon at the Düsseldorf boat show in a joint press conference that included representatives from three Venetian marinas, the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, and Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi.

Galassi highlighted the city's unique characteristics that, coupled with its direct access to the Adriatic, give it the potential to become "fundamental" in the annual European show calendar. Venice was the location for the Italian's builder's 50th anniversary celebrations last year, and Galassi indicated the new show would have the builder's full backing, adding that the event would be the only Italian show it would invest in in 2019. He added that Riva's new 50m in steel would be presented there and urged other builders to join the event.

The new show, organised in association with Vela, a company responsible for various commercial projects in the city, will be situated in the Arsenale, which features a 40,000sq m water basin with 500m of wharfs and piers; up to 100 moorings and 100 ground standings. There's 5,000sq m of indoor and a further 5,000sq m of outdoor exhibition spaces.

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As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, Mercury Marine unveiled an all-new 5hp propane-powered outboard at the Toronto International Boat Show on Friday evening, marking the company's first venture into the propane outboard market.

"Propane is a clean, energy-efficient power source that is easily transportable," said Mercury Marine senior director, marketing and strategic planning, Adrian Rushforth. "The portability of this engine is just fantastic. The engine weighs less than 60 pounds and a tank of propane weighs less than 20 pounds, so it allows you to access places that you really can't get into with gasoline-powered engines, whether a person is camping, fishing, hunting or just exploring remote waters."

Rushforth notes that the new engine generates 30% lower exhaust emissions than comparable gasoline outboards and is CARB three-star rated. A standard 20-pound (five gallon) propane tank is said to provide up to 10 hours of run time at full throttle.

The new four-stroke engine utilises a 7.5 cubic inch (123cc), single-cylinder powerhead, and is available in both 15-inch and 20-inch shaft lengths. An easy-to-reach shift lever provides F-N-R switching, while six tilt positions including a shallow-water drive setting allow operators to adjust to engine for a variety of applications.

The propane engine will also be offered in Sail Power models intended for use on smaller sailboats. Weighing in at 63 pounds, the propane Sail Power model is offered in a choice of 20-inch or 25-inch shaft lengths and includes additional application-specific features such as reverse-thrust exhaust relief, a high-thrust propeller and an integral four-amp/50-watt alternator for battery charging. Engines are expected to begin shipping in late Q1 or early Q2.

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After months of negotiations, Italy's Ferretti Group today announced that it has acquired the Wally yacht brand through an exclusive license agreement. The news will be officially presented at boot Dusseldorf

"There has long been a mutual fascination between us and Wally and from today we will continue to develop this extraordinary brand with method, vision and investments. And with the same energy and creativity that have led Ferretti Group to the top of the yachting world," says Ferretti CEO Alberto Galassi.

"As a yachting enthusiast, I'm looking forward to discovering the boats that will come from the exclusive collaboration with Luca Bassani," he adds. "It is easy to foresee that they will push the frontiers of innovation and aesthetic avant-garde to new echelons."

The Ferretti Group has a portfolio of brands encompassing Ferretti, Pershing, Itama, Mochi Craft, Riva, CRN and Custom Line. With the addition of Wally sail and powerboats, Ferretti now claims to have the widest range of brands in the entire Italian industry.

Ferretti says it plans to invest more than €84m over the next four years- €70m in the first two years- in the development of the Wally brand and in the design and construction of new product ranges.

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One of the world's leading offshore sailing teams, Alex Thomson Racing, has renewed its partnership with international rope manufacturer Gleistein Ropes for a further two years.

Having penned an initial partnership back in 2014, Alex Thomson Racing and Gleistein Ropes will now work together to develop and install a complex rigging system onboard the ocean racing team's new IMOCA 60 race boat. The yacht, which is set to launch this summer, is being designed and built with one key objective in mind- to win the 2020-2021 solo, non-stop round the world Vendée Globe race.

Dr. Heide Giese-Bothe, Market Manager Water Sport at Gleistein Ropes, added: "Offshore racing is arguably the most gruelling discipline in yachting, taking man and material to their absolute limits, and leaving virtually no room for second chances.

"The partnership we have enjoyed since 2014 with Alex Thomson Racing has been as enriching as it has been challenging. Besides providing rope solutions that achieve an unsurpassed level of performance, our primary task is to ensure complete reliability- under some of the toughest conditions that yachts are ever subjected to. We are delighted to be continuing as the Official Rope Supplier to Alex Thomson Racing and aim to jointly bring the team's new HUGO BOSS yacht across the finishing line in first place at the next Vendée Globe".

Founded in 1824, Gleistein Ropes is a leader in the development, manufacture and distribution of high quality ropes. Operating from two of the world's most modern production plants, in Bremen and Trencin, the business produces a multitude of synthetic fibres into more than 5,500 different kinds of rope.

Michael Koppstein
On Monday 21 January, it was announced that Michael Koppstein, 65, a long-serving and much-loved member of the yachting fraternity, had passed away.

After graduating in Engineering Design and Construction at the Institute of Technology in his native Australia, Michael drew upon both his passion and his academic training to forge a lifelong career in the yachting industry.

As a professional sailor, Michael logged some 200,000 nautical miles, which included many offshore regattas and culminated in an extensive four-year circumnavigation whilst working as the captain on board 31m Whirlwhind XII.

Michael served a brief tenure with Ron Holland Design before accepting an invitation from Wolter and Alice Huisman in 1992 to become the Royal Huisman shipyard's Technical and Commercial Representative in the USA. Michael worked at Huisman for some 25 years, ending his career as its representative in the US, before moving to Lürssen in 2017 as the German yard's United States Promoter.

Our thoughts are with Michael's wife Cathy, his son Justin and all those who had the pleasure of knowing him.

http://www.superyachtnews.com

* From Helen Elliott: re: Rolex Fastnet Race

The RORC 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race was oversubscribed so many skippers were left disappointed. However, the sailing school that I've signed up with, Sailing Logic, are definitely in and I've discovered a bit more about the boat I'm going to be racing on. 'Lancelot II' is a Beneteau First 40 (so 40 feet long or 12.24m) and I was pleased to learn that the crew will be half male and half female, 5 of each. I've signed up for a RYA First Aid at Sea course which will be the first Sunday in February; this is not obligatory for every participant but one person per boat must have completed the course. I'd have done it anyway just to give myself confidence.

The RORC website says "The Rolex Fastnet is not a race for novices" and as such there are qualification criteria. As a housewife unconstrained by paid work, I am luckily able to sign up for the full campaign rather than the compact one. Before showing up on the start line in front of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes on August 3rd I will have undertaken one training weekend and one RORC race in May, one training weekend and one RORC race in June, and 2 RORC races in July. I'm feeling more daunted by this adventure than on the day I signed up for it.

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* From Alessandro Castelli: re: Laser Future

Whatever the future of the Laser will be, we Laser sailors want and have the right to decide it, as it has always been.

Good thing that ILCA here came out with a clarifying statement, because to see the president speaking about new fancy rigs that we never heard of before has been a bit worrying.

Personally, as actual master and former youth and senior Laser sailor, I'd rather keep an easy to use and long lasting equipment rather than sail 10% faster.

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The Last Word
I think of the 60s as a supermarket of ideas. We were looking for new ways to live. -- Barry Miles

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In This Issue
• Golden Globe Endgame is Masterclass by Veteran Van Den Heede
• Grael and Bank will face off at 12 Metre Worlds
• Harken Tech Team will be at Hempel World Cup Series Miami
• Disharmony in the Laser World
• Australia invests $6.7 million into replica Endeavour circumnavigation
• Correction
• Classes Already Committing to The International Paint Poole Regatta 2020
• Defi Atlantique
• Time to think of sailing like television?
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Bill Nye

Golden Globe Endgame is Masterclass by Veteran Van Den Heede
Veteran French skipper Jean-Luc van den Heede (73) has been giving a strategic sailing masterclass in the final 1500 miles of the Golden Jubilee Golden Globe Race writes W M Nixon. A week ago, after enduring flukey and unfavourable conditions all the way northward from the Equator, his distance from the finish was barely 50 miles less than that of second-placed Mark Slats, although the two boats out in mid-ocean were never within two hundred miles of each other.

This was because van den Heede was making every effort to get himself northwest towards the slowly approaching more favourable winds. In the end he made so much westing that he passed through the western passage of the Azores, and soon found himself making excellent speeds in the right direction well north of the islands, despite his boat's damaged rig.

Meanwhile, it was Slats who was now drawing the short straw in terms of the developing wind situation. His position well to the southeast meant he was on the wrong side of the new weather setup which was favouring van den Heede, and in the end he passed the Azores to the eastward, hard on the wind.

Van den Heede is only 700 miles from the finish, right on line for Les Sables d'Olonne in the Bay of Biscay on port tack in northwest to north winds, and making 6.8 knots in his "Little Snail", as he has nick-named his Rustler 36 Malmut.

But Slats in his sister-ship is close northeast of the Azores, hard on the wind at only 5 knots on starboard tack, and all of 1020 miles from the finish. It's looking good for van den Heede. Yet we mustn't forget that he's racing with that roughly-repaired rig, even if - despite it - he was making 7.9 knots in the right direction north of the Azores. -- WM Nixon in Afloat

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Grael and Bank will face off at 12 Metre Worlds
Brazil's Torben Grael and Denmark's Jesper Bank, who have eight Olympic sailing medals between them, will face off in the 2019 12 Metre World Championship, joining sailing royalty from around the globe for the largest-ever gathering of 12 Metres in the U.S.

Scheduled for July 8-13 in Newport, R.I. the 12 Metre Worlds is hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club, the International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) America's Fleet and the 12 Metre Yacht Club and takes place on the same waters where the America's Cup was held in 12 Metres from 1958 to 1983, adding further historical significance to this fleet racing competition planned for two dozen teams representing seven countries in four divisions.

Grael, winner of five Olympic medals (two golds and two bronzes in Star class and one silver in Soling class) will skipper Italian Patrizio Bertelli's KA-12 Kookaburra II in the seven-boat Grand Prix Division while Bertelli's second boat, US-12 Nyala, will defend its World Title from Barcelona 2014 in the four-boat Vintage Division.

"I am looking forward to some action in these beautiful and historical boats and to sailing them in a special place like Newport," said Grael, whose past 12 Metre experience includes winning the 1999 12 Metre Worlds in Saint Tropez with KZ-7 Kiwi Magic (also competing in the Grand Prix Division) and sailing Nyala in the America's Cup Jubilee in Cowes in 2001.

And while Grael adds relevant 12 Metre experience to his accomplishment of being one of the most successful sailors in Olympic history, he nevertheless has enormous respect for Bank's sailing accomplishments. "I know Jesper well; we have sailed Solings against each other on many occasions. He is a great sailor."

It is expected that Patrizio Bertelli, CEO of the Prada fashion group and primary backer of the Challenger of Record (Luna Rossa) for the 36th America's Cup, will join Grael's team aboard Kookaburra II. The rest of Grael's team will consist of sailors from past Luna Rossa America's Cup campaigns (2000 through 2015), while Mauro Pelaschier, skipper of the Azzurra America's Cup campaign in '82, will skipper Nyala with some original Azzurra sailors and ex-Luna Rossa sailors aboard. Kookaburra II and Nyala will arrive in Newport near the end of June to compete in the Pre-Worlds and will sail in the "12 Metre Jubilee" at the New York Yacht Club's 175th Anniversary Regatta (July 15-20) after the Worlds.

Harken Tech Team will be at Hempel World Cup Series Miami
World Sailing's Hempel World Cup Series tour makes its only stop in the Americas from 29 January through 1 February in Miami. Harken will be there.

The tour is the premiere competitive circuit for sailors aspiring to represent their country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Sailors will find innovative new and replacement products - as well as a chance to talk to experts - at Harken's trailer, which will be on site from 23-30 January.

"This has always been a great way for us to get close to the best dinghy sailors in the world, who use our hardware every day," said CEO Peter Harken.

Sailors will have a chance to check out Harken's line of high-load Fly™ blocks, which were specifically developed for use with today's small diameter low-stretch line. Efficient, with an incredible working load for their small size, Fly blocks give sailors the power they need and are perfect for use on foiling dinghies, sportboats and in cascade-rigged systems aboard Grand Prix racers. Their weight savings alone promises an instant uptick in racing performance. Harken Fly blocks offer the strength and efficiency of larger blocks, but are much smaller because new high-tech lines require smaller sheaves.

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Disharmony in the Laser World
The dysfunction within the World of Laser Sailing has a long history. There are design rights, boat builders, and one design class administration that's not always in harmony. Like now.

The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) currently has three approved builders – Performance Sailcraft Japan, Performance Sailcraft Australia, and LaserPerformance (Europe) Limited – that each have their territory, with the largest creating the most angst.

LaserPerformance lists its territories as Europe, North America, South America, Africa and most of Asia, so their business practices can impact a lot of sailors. Supply issues have been on the forefront which has fostered copycat equipment that, while not class legal, is often permitted to ensure active participation in regattas.

There's been a number of updates recently which began with LaserPerformance offering a lengthy State of the Union Address, followed by the ILCA clarifying some of their details, and now the ILCA is disputing other facts.

Details in Scuttlebutt www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

Australia invests $6.7 million into replica Endeavour circumnavigation
The 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's first voyage to Australia and the Pacific will be marked by a series of events and a retracing of the route.

The government will spend $6.7 million to sail the replica of the Endeavour around the country next year to mark the anniversary of Captain James Cook's first voyage to Australia and the Pacific.

Arts Minister Mitch Fifield says the circumnavigation would be managed sensitively, and will present both the view from the ship and the view from the shore of Cook's historic voyage.

The circumnavigation is being funded from the existing nearly $50 million set aside to mark the anniversary, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying the events would offer new generations an insight into Captain Cook, the Endeavour and the experiences of Indigenous Australians.

"As the 250th anniversary nears we want to help Australians better understand Captain Cook's historic voyage and its legacy for exploration, science and reconciliation," Mr Morrison said in a statement on Tuesday.

"From Far North Queensland and the Cooktown 2020 Festival across to Bunbury and down to Hobart, our government will ensure Australians young and old can see first-hand the legacy of Captain Cook and the voyage of the Endeavour."

Projects for the Cooktown 2020 Festival will receive $5.45 million for the development and upgrade of sites but also to celebrate local Indigenous culture as the region becomes the focal point of the anniversary.

The Endeavour will depart Sydney in March 2020, heading south to Hobart before turning north and sailing right around the country's coastline.

It will call in at some ports, anchor at others or sail by specific locations, with 39 stops proposed where it will host a series of events and activities.

www.sbs.com.au

Correction
We excerpted an article from SailWeb last issue; World Sailing has contacted us about a correct that Gerald has made to the story which we wish to pass along.

World Sailing has not put up the prize fund for the championship. Virtual Regatta are providing the prize fund.

"The eSailing World Championship – the official World Sailing eSailing game – puts Prize Money on the line for 2019.

A prize fund of $10,000 USD, provided by Virtual Regatta, will be up for grabs and will be awarded to the 2019 champion.

World Sailing released the 2019 eSailing World Championship as the second season was officially launched at Boot Düsseldorf in Germany.

www.sailweb.co.uk

Classes Already Committing to The International Paint Poole Regatta 2020
The International Paint Poole Regatta 2020 is still 17 months away, but that has not stopped many sailing classes committing to making Poole a significant event in their 2020 racing calendars. It is already confirmed that the J24 and J80 National Championships will be held at the Regatta, prior to the J24 worlds being hosted in Poole shortly after.

Discussions are also at an advanced stage with the Fast 40+, Performance 40, HP30 and Quarter Ton fleets to hold championships during Poole as well. The International Paint Poole Regatta also plans to host the 2020 IRC Southern Area Championships. 2018 was a fantastic weekend of racing and 2020 looks to be unmissable. That is before even considering the social side of the weekend. For those who have not previously competed at Poole Regatta, the evening social events are considered as important as the racing.

Preparations are well underway for the 2020 event which will be held across the May bank holiday from 23rd to 25th May. In 2018 over 1500 crew on nearly 160 yachts competed in 15 classes and enjoyed four post racing social gatherings; figures expected to be surpassed next year. The historic Canford Cup, which will be awarded again in 2020 to the overall regatta winner, was presented to Richard Powell, sailing SB20 - Marvel in 2018.

The regatta will once again be hosted by the combined yacht clubs of Poole, which sees the eight clubs based in Poole harbour come together to organise and run one of the largest, best managed and most well known regattas in the UK.

Time passes rapidly, so save the date and make sure the International Paint Poole Regatta is in your calendar for 2020.

For more information visit www.pooleregattta.co.uk

Defi Atlantique
Ocean racing is back in force in La Rochelle with the setting up of the Defi Atlantique Guadeloupe > Horta > La Rochelle reserved for Class40 by Grand Pavois Organisation. This new event is the first of its kind to offer a departure from Guadeloupe with an arrival in La Rochelle, after a stopover in Horta in the Azores. It should be noted that this new race, which features on the Federation Francaise de Voile's annual programme, will depart from Guadeloupe on Saturday 23 March so that the crews (minimum of 2 people aboard) arrive in Horta in the Azores, then in La Rochelle, on approximately Saturday 13 April/Sunday 14 April 2019.

Organised by Grand Pavois Organisation and under the race management of Denis Hugues, the stopover in Horta offers many advantages. It will allow the fleet to meet up after two-thirds of the Atlantic crossing have been completed, before heading for Europe and the Gulf of Gascony. A major stopover that will allow the skippers to change crew, swap over crew members, and offer those who wish the opportunity to complete their two-man team qualification for the forthcoming Transat Jacques Vabre.

Another advantage is that it will offer the chance for a second sailing highlight with a genuine close contact regatta over the last 1,200 miles of the race. As a result, the arrivals should be grouped together in La Rochelle and we will be able to enjoy genuine "match-races" in the Pertuis Charente on the approach to the finish line.

Finally, this stopover in Horta will allow the Class40 to avoid the sometimes violent weather conditions at this time of the year on the final section of the race. Remember that the likelihood of having to deal with a very active low pressure system is very high in this sailing area at this season. Three reasons which explain why a stopover in Horta is a genuine asset for this new event.

14 crews are currently registered for this first Defi Atlantique, bearing in mind that registrations are still open. We can already confirm the presence of:

Loïc Fequet (Tibco - 123)
Aymeric Chappellier (Aïna Enfance et Avenir - 151)
Marc Dubos (Esprit Scout - 81)
Miranda Merron (Campagne de France - 147)
Franz Bouvet (Yoda - 65)
Morgane Ursault-Poupon (Fleury Michon Bio - 30)
Arthur Hubert (Espoir pour un Rhum - 152)
Mikael Riking (Talenta - 95)
Emmanuel Le Roch (Edenred - 100)
Charles-Louis Mourruau (Lost Boys - 101)
Luke Berry (Lamotte Module Creation - 153)
Catherine Pourre (Earendil - 145)
Kito De Pavant (Made in Midi - 142)
Andrea Fantini (55)

www.class40.com/fr/courses/188-le-defi-atlantique.htm

Time to think of sailing like television?
Joe Cline is Editor of 48° North, which serves the Pacific Northwest sailing community. In his column for the December 2018 issue, he suggested a need to redefine success for the sport of sailing.

When I find myself having a recurring conversation with sailors, that's often pretty good fodder for this page. The latest discussion-on-repeat seeks to understand sailing by considering it through the prism of the modern television market.

This conversation started at the recent meeting of the yacht clubs who help us put out the Seattle Area Racing Calendar (SARC) in the January issue. That meeting is full of movers and shakers from all over the PNW – from Portland to Bellingham. If there's a group of people more invested in increasing sailing participation in the PNW than these folks, perhaps you could introduce me!

The flip side of this is that this is also a group who palpably feel the effects if racing participation is down. It's a concern from a yacht club budget standpoint, but it's also a concern about the well-being of a sport that we love.

If a regatta used to have 100 boats and now it has 30, can the club afford to put it on? What can we do better? How can a club organizer feel as though they're delivering on their herculean efforts? The most important question, to me, is: how do we define success for sailing events in 2019?

That's what made me think about television. Somehow, someway, TV producers have re-envisioned what success looks like, even though in our lifetimes, the number of channels has gone from 3 to 37 to 900. A smash hit TV show 30 or 40 years back would have had viewership in the tens of millions.

Full article in Scuttlebutt

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The Last Word
The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it. -- Bill Nye

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In This Issue
• France SailGP Team unveils boat and goes into action in Sydney
• Nations Cup Grand Final
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• New Working Group Formed To Tackle Lobster Pot Hazard
• Round the Island Race Entry fees to remain at 2018 level
• Junior Star Worlds 3-6 February
• America's Cup: Lottery fund chips in with almost $10m for Protectors
• Launchings
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Richard P. Feynman

France SailGP Team unveils boat and goes into action in Sydney
With just three weeks to go before SailGP's international debut, the France SailGP Team today unveiled its boat on Sydney Harbour. The new F50 catamaran is the world's fastest and most technologically advanced race boat, and will feature prominently in SailGP, a global racing championship premiering in Sydney on 15 and 16 February.

The first F50 to sail on Sydney Harbour, the French boat boasts a predominantly blue livery, and proudly features the flag of France. This first launch leg in Sydney heralds the start of a whole new era of sailing and competition, which will be shown to audiences around the globe for the first time next month.

During this sea trial period, each boat will be tested by a rotating crew made up of sailors from all the teams. When Besson and Riou arrive in Sydney, they will join the test team piloted by Australia SailGP Team helmsman and Olympic champion Tom Slingsby.

sailgp.com

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Nations Cup Grand Final
San Francisco, USA: The St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, USA has been selected by World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, to host the 2019 Nations Cup Grand Final April 9-14, 2019 and will use its matched fleet of J/22s. St. Francis Yacht Club previously hosted in 1995 using J/24s.

Ten Open and ten Women's division skippers have registered for the Grand Final, including some of the top world-ranked from various countries.

As winners of the last Nations Cup Grand Final, USA's Nicole Breault earned a spot in the Women's division and Russia's Vladimir Lipavsky a spot in the Open. World Sailing Member National Authorities (MNA) filled out the field by nominating their most recent National Match Racing Champions in each division. Nominations were allocated by region to Africa, Asia, Europe, North America & Caribbean, Oceania and South America, and the event will have ten countries represented in the Open and eight countries in the Women's.

Vladivostok, Russia hosted the last edition of the Nations Cup in 2015. Russia's Vladimir Lipavsky took the title in the Open division and Nicole Breault from the United States of America claimed the Women's title.

Roster and NOR

Seahorse February 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Brazil 1-2
Wowza... this kid Zarif is hot. Drops in to race the 2018 Star Worlds and wins, rolls on to the Star Sailors League Finals in Nassau and wins again. James Boyd looks up from his parasol

Update
Welcome return to Cup world and full focus on the new (old) boat (watch this space). Plus things that go crunch... during the day. Jack Griffin, Terry Hutchinson and Neil Harvey

ORC - A place in the sun
... and you also get to take along your favourite toys (and pals) to play with. Shaun Carkeek

Hard at it
North's answer to the cable-less question

Floating butler
Bar-keeping and pre-preg... Rob Weiland

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New Working Group Formed To Tackle Lobster Pot Hazard
Following previous work by the RYA coupled with the campaign and petition pursued by the Cruising Association, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has convened the first meeting of the Lobster Pots and Small Craft Safety Working Group.

The meeting resulted in a multi-stakeholder consensus that existing approaches to fishing gear marking and hazard reduction needs to be reviewed and new approaches explored in the interests of small craft safety.

The relevant government agencies, The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations, the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and the Cruising Association have agreed to work together to better understand the causes of small craft entanglement and to develop solutions based on best practice in the UK and elsewhere, and to support innovative development.

Stuart Carruthers, RYA Cruising Manager, explains: "Poorly marked fishing gear that poses a hazard to navigation because it cannot be readily seen has been a major concern for the RYA and for recreational boaters for many years. Through this newly established working group we will continue to seek better ways for avoiding entanglement and improved enforcement action for those who ignore the law."

The Working Group has prioritised its tasks and intends to meet again in the coming months once it has established the regulatory baseline and had time to assess the effectiveness of existing powers across the whole of the UK.

www.theca.org.uk

Round the Island Race Entry fees to remain at 2018 level
Entries will open at midnight on 25th January, when participants will be able to take advantage of an early bird online entry discount. The race is popular with everyone from world-renowned, professional sailors to families and first time racers, and it boasts a range of classes including monohulls, multihulls, Gaffers, Classics and dayboats.

Organised by the Isle of Wight's Island Sailing Club since 1931, the Round the Island Race is one of the UK's largest participation sporting events and is expected to attract over 1,500 boats. It will begin and end in Cowes, and, as in previous years, the race will be supporting The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust as the official race charity.

The Round the Island Race is creating two new double-handed trophies for the IRC Class and the Multihull Grand Prix and Racing Class in 2019. Overall nearly 200 prizes are awards for the event, with boats of every shape and size competing to win individual class and overall trophies. An entertainment programme will provide a festival of sailing at the race village and this will start at midday on Friday 28th June 2019.

The Round the Island Race is being sponsored by Helly Hansen, Raymarine, MS Amlin and Chelsea Magazines.

Sailors interested in participating in the event will be able to enter online (roundtheisland.org.uk) or by postal entry. Early bird entries are available until 28th February.

Race records
The current monohull race record: ICAP Leopard (Mike Slade) in 2013 with a time of 3hr 43m 50s. The multihull race record: Concise 10 (Ned Collier Wakefield) in 2017 with a time of 2hr 22m 23s.

www.roundtheisland.org.uk

Junior Star Worlds 3-6 February
The entry list of the 2019 Star Junior World Championship is shaping up as we are getting closer to the first warning signal of the week in Miami's magnificent Biscayne Bay.

More than 30 under30 skippers are signed up and will try to win the first ever Junior trophy of one of the oldest and most prestigious sport association in history, the International Star Class, and with them more than 30 crews, some of whom just as young, some other more experienced but also some real champions.

That is for the Star Sailors League Finals 2017 winner and 2014 Star World Champion, Frithjof Kleen (GER) who will join the event helping young talented Italian Laser Radial World Champion Guido Gallinaro on waters he should know very well after winning in Miami the Bacardi Cup in 2016.

Frithjof is also one of the three board members of the Star Class Legacy Foundation that really worked hard to have this first Junior World Championship, with him there are Larry Whipple from USA and Alberto Zanetti from Argentina. -- Rachele Vitello

2019jrworlds.starchampionships.org
starclass.org

America's Cup: Lottery fund chips in with almost $10m for Protectors
The Royal New Zealand Coastguard is set to benefit from the Lottery Fund for Community Benefit related to the 2021 America's Cup to the tune of $9.8 million. The fund will see a fleet of 26 boats, 24 Rayglass RIBs (rigid-inflatable boats) and two Salthouse powerboats, being built for the on-water operations running the 36th America's Cup presented by PRADA.

At the conclusion of the America's Cup Match in March 2021 the fleet will be distributed to Coastguard units throughout the country benefitting the safety of boaties around New Zealand's vast coastline, major rivers and lakes.

Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton said, "We are delighted this grant from the lottery fund will ultimately benefit Coastguard. They are the unsung heroes of our waters around the country and the timing of the delivery to Coastguard after the America's Cup is ideal due to the combined fact that we will have no immediate use for the fleet post racing in 2021 but more importantly, a number of the Coastguard boats are due to be decommissioned in the same year."

The Royal New Zealand Coastguard is staffed by volunteers stationed at 63 units around the country with 82 vessels in its current fleet. Coastguards rescue vessels operate in challenging conditions and although carefully maintained, have a limited working life so by 2021, many will be nearing the end of their operational life.

The boats to be used by America's Cup Event Limited will have a logo in recognition of the Lottery contribution to the event and Coastguard.

www.sail-world.com

Launchings
The concept of the Bente 24 is tailored to sailing in coastal waters, however, the new 11.90 metre long Bente 39 is based on the French Open Class concept and is designed for long and blue water cruises, and thanks to the design of judel/vrolijk & co it offers significantly more living comfort than the French models.

Striking features, such as the hull design with a negative double-bend bow and double chines, by judel/vrolijk & co, and the borrowings of modern ocean-going regatta yachts, such as the wide stern with double rudder system with two steering positions, which can optionally be replaced by a double tiller steering system, and the omission of teak on deck in favour of super non-slip surfaces, for safe movement on deck in all weather conditions. The Bente 39 is planned in three initial versions: as a standard boat, as a regatta version and as an Ocean Challenger.

www.boat-duesseldorf.com

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The all new X4° is a forty-foot performance cruising yacht and will thus be the smallest model in the pure X range; blending quality, performance and styling with cruising capability.

The X4° contains the DNA of the other models in the Pure X range: a fast and comfortable yacht which is easily managed, a clean and functional deck layout, sleek, elegant lines, and a spacious and modern interior rich with clean lines and luxurious finishes, all contained within a small, affordable package.

In the X4° all weight saved is used to increase the yacht's stability enabling the crew to have a more relaxed time and to feel safer and more comfortable. The Pure X models are for those who want to be on board the most modern and comfortable hybrid between those two extremes.

Design Director Niels Jeppesen explains: "One of the details we have spent months perfecting is the entrance washboard system. Instead of a traditional lifting/lowering washboard system, we have designed a pair of side-hinged doors which work nicely to conceal the halyards and trim lines in the purpose-built halyard recesses either side of the entrance. We haven't seen this anywhere else, and we believe that we have perhaps once again created a unique new feature".

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Germany's largest catamaran builder, TOPCAT - which has recently opened a showroom, warehouse and office at Inning on the shores of Lake Ammersee - is once again launching a world premiere at the 50th international water sports exhibition in Dusseldorf. The 17-foot-long (5.17 metre) K2X model is conceived as a sporty, fast and reliable allrounder. Not only can it be sailed in typical two-crew mode, but - thanks to its hull shape which offers a high degree of buoyancy - is equally capable with a family of four on board or for single-handed sailors. This newcomer completes the now fully revamped model range in time for the 40th anniversary of the company. At 'boot Dusseldorf', which takes place from January 19 to 27, the K3X and K4X will also be exhibited on stand number G58 in Hall 15.

The TOPCAT K2X completes the relaunch of the model range. After the 18-foot-long K1 flagship had already led the way as a class recognised by World Sailing in 2014, the K4X and K3X followed in 2017 and 2018. The relocation of the whole company from Gilching to Inning on the shores of the Lake Ammersee was associated with this. The modern production facilities and large warehouse are now co-located with the sales department at a single site. The newly constructed building also offers a showroom in which special events are held in addition to a display of all models. Meanwhile, the concept of simplicity for centreboardless GFRP double-hulled boats with an attractive price/performance ratio is set to continue uninterrupted.

Specifications TOPCAT K2X
Length: 5.17 m (17 feet)
Beam: 2.44 m
Mast height: 8.2 m
Mainsail: 13.5 m2 (Classic) / 15.9 m2
Furling jib: 4.2 m2
Furling gennaker 17.7 m2
Overall weight: app. 160 kg (depending on version)
Number of crew: 1 - 4 (1-2 for regattas)

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With the new OVNI 450, Alubat is launching the next generation of innovative and at the same time elegant aluminium blue water yachts. The aluminium yacht specialist Alubat from France has announced a completely new yacht concept which clearly stands out from its predecessors in terms of construction and design: the OVNI 450. As usual for Alubat's blue water yachts, the OVNI 450 succeeds in combining safety at sea with good sailing performance and the comfort necessary for long-distance cruising.

Designed by Mortain & Mavrikios, the 450 distinguishes itself from the OVNI 395 by a very voluminous bow section, which allows for more living space below decks. The double steering system and a cabin construction which has glass all around and is quite massive, are innovations at Alubat; this provides a pleasant standing height and plenty of natural light in the saloon. The swivel keel, on the other hand, which allows to reduce the yacht's draught to just 98 cm, thus making shallow waters accessible and allowing to fall dry in tidal waters, is part of Alubat's usual standard.

www.sailingtoday.co.uk/news/alubat-ovni-450-boat-show-2019/

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The Last Word
The highest forms of understanding we can achieve are laughter and human compassion. -- Richard P. Feynman

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In This Issue
• Hempel World Cup Series Miami
• 18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Races 3 and 4
• Everyone’s (hard) at it - North Sails
• World Sailing Show
• Dutch Challenge Celebrates Base Opening
• Pineapple Cup PHRF Fleet Start
• 2019 WASZP Games
• N2E 2019 - Better Racing with ULBD Classes
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Hyman G. Rickover

Brought to you by Seahorse magazine and YachtScoring.com EuroSail News (formerly Scuttlebutt Europe) is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor [AT] eurosailnews [DOT] com

Hempel World Cup Series Miami
The 2019 World Cup Series Miami, held out of Coconut Grove from 29 to 3 February, will see nine defending champions return to Biscayne Bay determined to defend their titles.

2019 marks the 30th edition of an Olympic sailing regatta in Miami and, with 650 sailors from 60 nations registered to race across ten events, it’s expected to be another strong year of competition.

Of the 2018 Miami gold medallists, Giles Scott (GBR) is the only athlete not competing this year. Across the ten events, there are 34 Olympic medallists racing alongside numerous World and World Cup podium finishers, and the best sailors will be vying for a World Cup medal as the race to Tokyo 2020 continues.

Australia’s Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin will come into Miami as favourites in the Nacra 17 after securing gold at the first round of the Hempel World Cup Series in Enoshima, Japan last September.

Waterhouse and Darmanin overthrew Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti (ITA) in the Medal Race to claim a hard-earned title - but exactly one year ago, the competition was slightly less stressful for the Aussies. Racing on the Biscayne Bay waters in 2018, Waterhouse and Darmanin controlled the fleet all week long and simply needed to finish the Medal Race to secure gold. They did that with ease and are back to defend their title.

Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG) and Thomas Zajac and Barbara Matz (AUT) joined them on the podium in 2018 and also return this year.

Further contenders in the 31-boat Nacra 17 fleet include Samuel Albrecht and Gabriela Nicolino de Sá (BRA), Iker Martinez and Olga Maslivets (ESP), John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR) and Bora Gulari and Louisa Chafee (USA).

Racing is scheduled to commence on Tuesday 29 January and run through to Sunday 3 February.

Results page: sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php

18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Races 3 and 4
Click on image for photo gallery.

Sydney Harbour: In contrast to the almost non-existant wind which ruined the first day's racing in the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour last Sunday, a southerly wind of more than 25-knots today provided excellent conditions for some fast, action-packed racing on Day 2.

Winds were so strong that every team had problems during the two windward-return races staged in Rose Bay.

The strong Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey handled the conditions brilliantly while many others around them floundered or capsized.

After trailing Bing Lee (Micah Lane) at the windward mark early in the race, Smeg's downwind speed enabled her to grab the lead and the skiff was not headed over the rest of the course.

At the end of the three laps, Smeg crossed the finish line 1m58s ahead of second placed The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines (Aron Everett, Tom Clout, Reece Goldsmith), with Appliancesonline.com.au (Brett Van Munster, Phil Marshall, Kurt Fatouris0 another 35s back in third place.

As the battered fleet regrouped for the second race of the day, four of the original 18 starters were missing.

Once again, Bing Lee and Smeg led the fleet to the first windward mark but an unexpected capsize by the Smeg crew left Bing Lee to try and fend off the challenge by the Winning Group skiff.

The experience of John Winning Jr., Sam Newton and Seve Jarvin was clearly on display and the Winning Group was soon in front, then led the fleet over the next two laps of the course.

With victory in sight the Winning Group's crew prepared for the final gybe only to capsize and leave Micah Lane, Peter Harris and Scott Babbage to take the honours in Bing Lee.

Despite the mishap in Race 4, Winning Group leads the points on 8, followed by Bing Lee on 11, The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone on 12 Smeg 13, The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines 18 and Appliancesonline.com.au on 21.

Race 5 of the championship will be sailed next Sunday. -- Frank Quealey

The JJ Giltinan Championship will be sailed on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10.

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Everyone’s (hard) at it - North Sails
There are few areas of raceboat technology harder to keep secret than the latest sail designs and engineering solutions. One of the hottest - and most publicly visible - areas of development right now is perfecting a cable-free headsail that not only goes fast… but that also lasts

There has been a significant amount of hype and hyperbole about the development of headsails without furling torque-cables, and, like most good ideas, this concept has been around for a while. At North Sails their designers began working on this concept with Oracle Team USA and Emirates Team New Zealand during the 34th America’s Cup, when radical boat designs placed extreme loads on the 3Di headsails. The design and engineering challenge was to deliver a solution where headsail loads were redistributed from the torque cable/headstay and shared with the sail. Known within the North offices as Load Sharing Technology this feature, when paired with a 3Di Helix Luff, is North Sails’ answer to what others may call the cable-less headsail concept.

North’s head of engineering and design JB Braun explains, ‘trying to reduce loads on boats and rigs while maintaining headstay tension has begun a trend and has opened up design ideas to rethinking the significance of luff cables, and in the case of Helix sails, to transition load out of a traditional anti-torsion cable and redistribute it into the sail. 3Di technology is better suited to the sharing application because all 3Di sails are engineered with tapes laid in varying orientation and depth to optimise load distribution throughout the sail. 3Di’s intrinsic load sharing properties, coupled with a Helix Luff effectively move load reliance away from a cable/headstay and into the sail structure thus potentially reducing the overall loading.

Full article in the February issue of Seahorse

World Sailing Show
In 1968, one race changed the world as nine skippers headed off into the unknown in their bids to be the first and the fastest solo sailors to complete an unaided lap of the planet under sail.

Fifty years later, a re-run of the Sunday Times Golden Globe looks set to make headlines once again as the first two skippers head towards the finish after 29,000 miles and over 200 days alone. We look back at this extraordinary event, as well as the race that started it all.

We also find out what the next fully crewed race around the world will look like as race formerly known as the Volvo Ocean Race announces big changes ahead.

Plus, the fastest cats in sailing get released into the wild as SailGP prepares for its inaugural event in Sydney. Staying in Australia we look back at the battle of the big guns in this year’s Rolex Sydney-Hobart Race.

This issue:
The Golden Globe - The race that changed the world
IMOCA & the new Ocean Race goes public
SailGP - The fastest cats into the wild
Battle of the big guns - The Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

Dutch Challenge Celebrates Base Opening
Team The Netherlands celebrated the opening of their base in Scheveningen / The Hague on 23 January. Skipper Simeon Tienpont announced that Carolijn Brouwer will helm. Brouwer and Marie Riou became the first women to win the Volvo Ocean Race, on board Dong Feng for the 2017-18 edition.

The team hopes to sign America's Cup veteran Dirk Kramer, yacht designer and structural engineer, to head up the design team. The Dutch challenge has strong support from several research organizations in The Netherlands, which will reduce their cash needs. The team will be in a race against time to have an AC75 ready for the first AC World Series regatta, announced for October 2019 at Luna Rossa's home port of Cagliari, Sardinia.

There has been no confirmation of whether the team's challenge is contingent upon an America's Cup World Series being awarded to The Hague.

Since last week, the America's Cup website added a link for the team, pointing to the website of the Royal Maas Sailing and Rowing Association. -- Jack Griffin

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Pineapple Cup PHRF Fleet Start
6 teams started the 2019 Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race at 11:05 ET today under cloudy skies in 20 knot southerly with 5-7 foot swells. The Class40 Dragon was first across followed closely by Senara and Sin Duda! Over 120 sailors from 13 countries including Volvo Ocean Race and America's Cup champions are taking part in this 34th edition of the 811-nautical mile race. Tracking will update every 30 minutes at: http://pineapplecup.com. The IRC and Multihull fleets start tomorrow at 2pm ET.

Nigel Knowles, Commodore of the Montego Bay Yacht Club “Because we have a two start race, I'm thrilled to be able to see the first start and then be a participant in the second start tomorrow. To have 13 countries competing alongside the number of Jamaicans including the team [Conviction] from Royal Jamaica Yacht Club and my yacht club is fantastic. I am very much looking forward to seeing all the teams in Jamaica as we give them our world famous Montego Bay Yacht Club welcome.”

Hugh Piggin, Race Director, “The teams are off on a screaming reach through the Gulf Stream for the next six hours...it's going to be fast and wet. The big question mark is the passage of the front sitting just off the Florida coast and when it will overtake the fleet. Once the front passes, there will be a transition period to westerly winds the teams will have to deal with."

One of the oldest offshore races on the calendar, The Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race started in 1961, making 2019 the 34th edition of the venerable 811 nautical mile race.

Immediately after the start, racers cross the Gulf Stream for the Northwest Providence Channel. The middle of the race offers a fetch down the eastern side of the Bahamas Island Chain toward the tip of Cuba. The final stretch is typically a sailor’s dream: a 240-mile downwind sleigh ride from Cuba’s eastern tip, known as the Windward Passage, to the finish at Montego Bay.

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2019 WASZP Games
After celebrating Australia Day in Perth the only way the WASZP fleet knows how, we launched back into racing today. Australia Day was a real treat, with Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club providing a party yacht for the WASZP fleet to enjoy a raft up in Rocky Bay, a Perth tradition. The culture in this fleet is amazing and the tight knit community is one that is quite unbelievable given the fleet is only 2 years old!

With a beautiful seabreeze coming in again (it does this every day), the race officer Geoff Brown made the wise decision to complete 3 races, leaving only 1 to sail tomorrow and it is all to play for. The standard has lifted incredibly over the past 8 days since the beginning of the Australian Nationals, with today providing 3 separate heat winners and leaders Rory Hunter and Tom Trotman not having a race win.

In the first race of the day Hunter sailed conservatively and kept a loose cover on Trotman around the course resulting in a 7th and 9th for the pair. However this manoeuvre nearly backfired with Alexander Hogheim from Norway moving into contention. This suddnely meant Hunter had to sail aggressively again and with Trotman finishing 2nd to Hogheim and Hunter in 3rd. Trotman, then finished the day with a 2nd to keep the pressure on Hunter going into the final day.

The pressure will be on from the start with placings able to shuffle right through the top 6 to sort out the final podium positions. In other divisions, Brad Devine is leading the over 45 masters, Elise Beavis is leading Female, Hunter is 1st Junior under 21 and young Tommy Devine is leading the 6.9m rigs.

Top five after 11 races
1. Chris Thomas the 2nd, Rory Hunter, GBR, 26 points
2. Diversity, Tom Trotman, AUS, 29
3. Forward WIP, Alexander Hogheim, NOR, 35
4. Maungauika , Bruce Curson, NZL, 41
5. Kriszti, Tamas Szamody, HUN, 46

Full results

www.rfbyc.asn.au

N2E 2019 - Better Racing with ULBD Classes
Newport Beach, California: To give racers the opportunity to sail with boats that perform most similar to their own at the upcoming Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race, officials will create ULDB and non-ULDB classes.

The Newport Ocean Sailing Association, organizers of the coastal classic, typically provides tight class breaks simply because it is a major event with a lot of boats. But the separation of planing and non-planing boats will account for the large variety of sailboats that perform very differently from each other when wind conditions change.

For participants, tighter ratings mean that sailing skills will have more effect on the outcome than random weather events, which of course means more fun and well-earned wins.

“This is just one of several innovations we are adding to this year’s Newport to Ensenada race,” said Commodore Daniel Hodge. “Quality of race results is important to a lot of our participants. It cannot be called fair handicapping when the wind picks up and the light boats in your class take off. We think the new ULDB classes will provide for much better racing.”

The 72nd running of the iconic N2E includes a choice of three courses to meet every sailor’s skill level, distance goals, desires, and capabilities; Newport to Ensenada (N2E), Newport to San Diego (N2SD), and Newport to Dana Point (N2DP). Trophies are awarded to racers in more than 40 classes of cruisers, multihulls, monohulls; ocean and nearshore sailboats or every type.

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Van Den Heede - Last 100 miles to finish
• San Francisco SailGP's inaugural season
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• 95 Clubs In 2019 Sailing Champions League Qualifiers
• Nuvolari Lenard founder embarks on solo transatlantic crossing
• Video - SailGP F50 Controls
• Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta opens to multihull entries
• ORR or ORR-Ez? Which Handicapping Rule is Right for Your Event?
• Seeking membership in the South West Shingles Yacht Club...
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Art Land

Van Den Heede - Last 100 miles to finish
ETA - 08:00 UTC Tuesday 29th January 2nd placed Mark Slats trails 321 miles

Les Sables d'Olonne, FranceL Jean-Luc Van Den Heede endured another tough night with 45knots winds and 6-7m seas but his Rustler 36 Matmut is now within 100 miles of the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne and the 73-year old Frenchman is expected to arrive to a huge welcome at 08:00 UTC tomorrow (09:00 French time)

His great rival, Dutchman Mark Slats sailing a second Rustler 36 Ophen Maverick, narrowed the lead by 91 miles over the weekend, but remains 312 miles astern. He is not now expected to finish until late on Thursday, experiencing another Bay of Biscay gale just before his arrival.

The weather in the Bay of Biscay is forecast to moderate today, and barring light winds at dawn, should provide good sailing conditions all the way to the finish.

3,600 miles astern, Estonian Uku Randmaa sailing a third Rustler 36 One and All, is making the most of his last day of SE trade winds, sailing at 6.6 knots today, and is expected to run into the Dolrdums sooner than he expected. This marks the start of a frustrating period of calms, squalls and thunderstorms as he makes his way to his next goal, the Equator 500 miles north

Fouth placed American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar sailing his Tradewind 35 Puffin is still enjoying the SE tradewinds but making 4.6knots because the Trades are lighter than usual. These will hold for a few more days, so he has a chance to close on Randmaa once more.

Finland's Tapio Lehtinen is still in the Southern Ocean sailing at 4.4knots some 850 miles from Cape Horn. There is plenty of strong Southern Ocean weather blowing at 45knots+ but his Gaia 36 Astreria is covered in barnacles which is slowing her progress. Today, this additional drag has cost Tapio the lead in his virtual race against Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Suhaili from 50 years ago. Suhaili's relative position on 26th January was just 8 miles behind Asteria in terms of distance to finish, and she would now be more than 100 miles ahead.

Follow the drama as it unfolds on GGR Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/goldengloberace/ Further updates will be posted at 12:00 on Friday and Saturday and at frequent intervals thereafter.

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San Francisco SailGP's inaugural season
SailGP, now embarking on its inaugural season, today revealed new details of its highly anticipated San Francisco event, which will take place on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, introducing U.S. audiences to a redefined form of sailing while showcasing the members of the national team on their home turf. Tickets will go on sale on Thursday, February 21, at SailGP.com/SanFrancisco.

As SailGP's first grand prix in the United States, the San Francisco engagement will be the second in a series of five events happening throughout the inaugural year and around the world in 2019. Spearheaded by Sir Russell Coutts and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, SailGP is officially sanctioned by World Sailing.

Each of this year's events will feature teams representing six countries – the United States, Australia, China, France, Great Britain and Japan – all racing on identical 50-foot foiling catamarans, known as the F50 – the world's fastest, most technologically advanced flying catamaran.

On Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5, San Francisco SailGP will take place from 12 to 2 p.m., just off the Marina Yacht Club Peninsula, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay, and with the Golden Gate Bridge serving as a stunning backdrop. Each national team will compete in a total of five short-format fleet races, culminating with the top two teams facing off in a match race finale to determine the event winner on Sunday afternoon.

U.S. fans will be treated to the stateside debut of the U.S. SailGP Team. As announced in October 2018, the five team members are: Rome Kirby, 29, of Newport, Rhode Island (helmsman); Riley Gibbs, 22, of Long Beach, California (wing trimmer); Hans Henken, 26, of Coronado, California (flight controller); Mac Agnese, 24, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (grinder); and Dan Morris, 31, of Newport, Rhode Island (grinder).

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month

Last month's winner:

Jorge Zarif (BRA)
Jorge has friends, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them! 'Very nice!' - Maria Gilka da Cunha Ferreira!!! 'He follows a great father who we still miss' - Erika Lessmann; 'Jorginho this year made magic' - Juliano Rosas; 'A great sailor from a sailor's family' - Theodoro Rombauer; 'He is a champion on the water as well as in life' - Alex Luiz; 'He helped me to enjoy sailing again' - Patrick Oberholzer; 'A showcase talent' - Wietze Zetzema; 'Jorge is today the best sailor in the world' - Angela Brun; 'A great sailor like his father and his grandfather' - Raymond Grantham; 'I take my hat off a million times!' - Bernardo Okada Ahmed.

This month's nominees:

Simon Fry (GBR)
Ok, a second Dragon world title in a row meant we finally had to give in and allow a little credit to one of the most ubiquitous and best-liked sailors in the world who is also- it breaks our heart to admit it - quite good as well. Stirfry raced a One Tonner with the editor in the year of our Lord 1989 so, in spite of what you may think, he's not a young man… But he is a top bloke with more big wins under his (ample) belt than he would most probably ever own up to.

Demolar Du (CHN)
The chairman of Far East Boats in Shanghai has made a gesture towards supporting disabled sailing that deserves widespread international recognition, committing to selling the first 1,000 examples of the innovative and long awaited new Simonis-Voogd S\V14 dinghy design for an astonishing price of just US$3,000. It gets better… this price will be fixed for any more boats sold in 2019 with subsequent price rises limited to increases in material costs.

Seahorse Sailor of the Month is sponsored by Musto, 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

95 Clubs In 2019 Sailing Champions League Qualifiers
Hamburg, Germany: Ninety-five clubs from the National Sailing Leagues will participate in the SAILING Champions League 2019 qualification process that culminates in the SCL Finale to be sailed, yet again, in St. Moritz, Switzerland in August.

The first qualifier will be hosted by the Club Nautic S'Arenal in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from May 9th to 12th in their fleet of J/80s.

Two weeks later, from May 23rd to 26th, the second regatta will take place in Porto Cervo in Sardinia, Italy. For the fifth year in a row, the Italians from Yacht Club Costa Smeralda are hosting an SCL event as one of their top sailing regattas in their matched fleet of one-design J/70s.

The third qualifier will take place from July 4th to 7th in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Russian city and Saint Petersburg Yacht Club are hosting the SAILING Champions League for the fourth year in their fleet of matched one-design J/70s.

In this year's qualifying events, the SCL will grant "wildcard slots" to the new National Sailing Leagues from Estonia, Portugal, Spain and Belgium.

At the SCL final in the Swiss Alps, 24 clubs will compete for the trophy. The fleet will include three clubs with wildcard slots; the hosting club Segel-Club St. Moritz, one club from Australia and one from New Zealand/ Oceania.

Livestream and results by SAP
As with all SAILING Champions League events, the racing will be live broadcasted by SAP, with expert commentators providing blow-by-blow analysis of the racing, aided by the detail provided by SAP Sailing Analytics. The SAP Sailing Analytics provide 24/7 additional statistics and data for sailors, fans, spectators and media. Watch how your favorite team performs with GPS tracking, real-time analysis, and the live leaderboard combined with 2D visualization. You will find all results on SAP SAILING

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Nuvolari Lenard founder embarks on solo transatlantic crossing
Dan Lenard, founding partner of superyacht design firm Nuvolari Lenard, has set sail on a solo transatlantic expedition to raise awareness of global ocean pollution.

Lenard left Cadiz on January 20 in Scia, a 10 metre "repurposed" sailing yacht designed by Lenard himself and constructed from the remnants of five abandoned projects.

Lenard, 50, is now tasked with sailing the 4,800 nautical mile journey to Miami without the help of a GPS, autopilot or engine.

Lenard hopes to arrive in Miami to coincide with the Miami boat show, where Scia will be exhibited.

The non-profit solo transatlantic expedition is called La Vite e Vela and has been entirely funded by Lenard in the hope of raising awareness of the worsening state of the world's oceans. By making the journey completely unaided by technology, Lenard hopes to promote the "pure form" of sailing "where the whole idea is about the wind, nature and a connection with the marine environment."

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Video - SailGP F50 Controls
It will be months before we see the revolutionary AC75's sailing, and months more before we see them racing. But the F50 catamarans are an evolution from the AC50's that raced for the America's Cup in Bermuda. Tom Slingsby, skipper of the Australia SailGP Team recently made a video showing the controls of the F50. -- Jack Griffin, https://club.cupexperience.com

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta opens to multihull entries
Porto Cervo, 28 January 2019. This year multihulll boats will be able to participate in the Loro Piana Superyacht regatta for the first time. The Yacht Club Costa Smeralda is pleased to announce that multihulls of over 50 feet in length will be allowed to enter the event to compete in a dedicated division.

Classifications will be styled using the new ORCmh rating system specially developed for these types of vessels.

For further information please consult the Notice of Race online.

ORR or ORR-Ez? Which Handicapping Rule is Right for Your Event?
If you are responsible for organizing a sailboat race or regatta for boats of varying speeds and design, you need to use a handicapping rule to fairly score the racing. At the Offshore Racing Association, we're commonly asked which of our two popular rules should be used – ORR or ORR-Ez? Let's start by summarizing the rules.

What is ORR?
ORR is a measurement rule that accounts for various speed-affecting factors such as displacement, draft, stability, propeller drag, sail plan and sail inventory. All of these items are professionally measured. All are processed through the ORA's Velocity Prediction Program (VPP), yielding predicted speeds and different ratings for different uses. The cost is higher, but there is much higher confidence in the ratings. ORR is a pure measurement rule and no subjective factors are allowed. Lastly, with professional data, rating protests are easier to resolve.

What is ORR-Ez?
ORR-Ez takes all of these same things into account, but allows lower-cost owner-declared measurements in place of professional measurements. For designs where designer lines are no longer available, the Ez team will approximate a hull shape. The same VPP is used. However, for ORR-Ez, if the predicted speeds appear either too fast or too slow, the ORR-Ez administrators may apply subjective factors to adjust the predicted speeds as needed. Because ORR-Ez allows owner-declared measurement, costs are much lower.

Which rule should we choose for our race?
The answer of course is, "It depends." ORR is more accurate; ORR-Ez is more accessible. Here's our best advice to organizing authorities considering the question:

If you manage a prestigious event with long-established trophies, our experience is that you should probably consider a measurement rule such as ORR. This is especially the case if competitors are likely to spend significant amounts on sails, boat prep, travel, crew expenses, etc, and where, the higher cost of a professionally measured ORR certificate is relatively small as a percentage of the entire event cost. (As a stand alone sentence it may not be super clear)

For sailing regattas and distance races where minimizing costs and maximizing entries are more important than the highest accuracy ratings, organizing authorities should consider a lower-cost "Owner Declared" data rule, such as ORR-Ez. -- Bill Lee

Full article at offshoreracingrule.org

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A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine has been involved in a near-miss with a ferry in the Irish Sea.

An investigation has been launched into the incident, which occurred on November 6th.

The ferry was Stena Superfast VII, which operates between Northern Ireland and Scotland.

It has a capacity for 1,300 passengers and 660 cars.

The submarine was submerged at the depth needed to extend its periscope above the surface of the water.

The Royal Navy would not confirm which of its 10 submarines was involved. A navy spokesman said: "We can confirm the sighting of a Royal Navy submarine between Belfast and Stranraer on November 6th, 2018. We are co-operating with the MAIB's investigation."

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Issue #4265 - 30 January

In This Issue
• Van Den Heede receives huge welcome back in Les Sables d'Olonne
• Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week
• Marlow Ropes Announces Official Supplier Status To 36th America's Cup Challengers INEOS Team UK
• Spindrift Jules Verne Record Attempt: The First Cap
• Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
• Match Race Super League
• Ian Walker Among The 100+ Entries For Tiger Trophy
• King Bungaree - the first Australian to actually circumnavigate the country
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Klingon Honor Guard Manual

Brought to you by Seahorse magazine and YachtScoring.com EuroSail News is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to editor [AT] eurosailnews [DOT] com

Van Den Heede receives huge welcome back in Les Sables d'Olonne
Photo by Christophe Favreau/PPL/GGR. Click on image to enlarge.

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede wrote his name into the record books by not only winning the 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world race today, but becoming the oldest in history to complete such a race. The 73-year old French veteran of six solo circumnavigations takes over both titles from Britain's Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, the sole finisher of the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race 50 years before. Until the finish gun fired at 09:12 UTC, Sir Robin had held the title as the oldest solo circumnavigator in a race, after completing the Velux 5 Oceans Race in 2007 at the age of 68.

Age is clearly no barrier, for Van Den Heede has led this race ever since rounding the Cape of Good Hope. At one point he and his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut had built up a 2,000 mile lead over second placed Dutchman Mark Slats, until pitch-poled during a ferocious southern ocean storm some 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn. He and his yacht survived the ordeal but when she righted herself, Jean-Luc was devastated to find that the pressure on the bolt holding the lower shrouds had torn a 10cm long hole down the mast section.

His first reaction was to head north to the Chilean port of Valparaiso to replace the mast, which would have put him out of the running for the main prize, but two days later, he had worked out a way to repair the damage and headed back towards Cape Horn once more under reduced sail.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, one of the first to welcome Van Den Heede at the finish, said: "Jean-Luc is to be congratulated for a magnificent performance, made all the greater by the jury repairs he had to make to his mast to stay in the Race. I'm sorry to lose my record as the oldest to race solo around the world, but it couldn't go to a better person."

The original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968/9 had 9 entrants and only one finisher - Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who became the first to sail solo non-stop round the globe. This race has also had a high attrition rate with five of the original starters still in the hunt. Jean-Luc's performance has beaten Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's time by 100 days - a remarkable achievement. Four gave up for personal reasons, one suffered steering failure and five were rolled, dismasted and rescued in the Southern Ocean, including British yachtswoman Susie Goodall. Another set a jury rig and successfully made it to Cape Town unaided, and two more were forced by circumstances to stop in Australia.

Position of skippers at 17:00 UTC 29.01.19

Skipper - Distance to finish
1. Jean- Luc VDH (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut, Finished
2. Mark Slats (NED) Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick, 349
3. Uku Randmaa (EST) Rustler 36 One and All, 3520
4. Istvan Kopar (USA)Tradewind 35 Puffin, 4389
5. Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Gaia 36 Asteria, 7797

Chichester Class
1. Igor Zaretskiy (RUS) Endurance 35 Esmeralda - stopped in Albany, W Australia

Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week
Photo by Tim Wright, www.photoaction.com

Racer were welcomed to Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2019 at Camper & Nicholson's Port Louis Marina with Skippers Briefing and Welcome Party. 43 boats have registered from 14 different countries locally, regionally and internationally. This year sees's the first Grenada Sailing Association National Youth Team made up of 16 - 18 years from local youth sailing teams around the island.

The first days racing was on the west coast protected from the easterly Trades but racers still saw a good F5 out on the water, making for an exciting days racing.

Overall Race Results for Monday 28 January

Racing:
1st Nickatime - Jason Fletcher - Grenada
2nd Liquid - Pamela Baldwin - Antigua
3rd Taz - Bernie Evan-Wong - Antigua

Racer/Cruiser
1st Jaguar - Peter Morris - Trinidad
2nd Julie Rule - Peter Evans - Grenada
3rd C-MOS - Norman Decosta - Trinidad

Classics:
1st Galatea - Judd Tinius - Grenada
2nd Shangri La - Jonathon Gittens - Barbados
3rd The Blue Peter. - Mathew Barker - UK

J24:
1st Attitude - Fredrick Sweeney - St Lucia
2nd Die Hard - Robbie Yearwood - Grenada
3rd Hawkeye - Stephen Bushe - Trinidad

grenadasailingweek.com Marlow Ropes Announces Official Supplier Status To 36th America's Cup Challengers INEOS Team UK
Marlow Ropes, the World-leading British manufacturer of high-performance rope is delighted to announce official supplier status to the British Challenger for the 36th America's Cup INEOS Team UK. This announcement marks the continuation of the relationship that Marlow have had historically with the British challenger, following their Technical Partnership for the 35th America's Cup cycle.

This relationship continues to thrive and Marlow will once again be working with the British America's Cup team led by Sir Ben Ainslie and his technical team to develop bespoke, sustainable rigging solutions to race the latest generation of 75' monohull foiling Americas Cup Class boats.

INEOS Team UK is skippered by Sir Ben Ainslie, whose relationship with Marlow stretches back many years from its his days of competitive British sailing and Olympic successes, which culminated in winning four Olympic Gold medals for Great Britain.

Innovation is key to the Marlow and INEOS relationship as Leisure Marine Director, Paul Honess comments: "We are very proud to be the official supplier to INEOS TEAM UK. Our collaboration with the America's Cup teams in the past has contributed to the development of the Marlow Grand Prix range that is used on the wider race boat circuit at all levels. Developing sustainable products and bespoke rigging solutions that are tested on some of the most demanding systems found on yachts today is crucial to Marlow's future product innovation."

Sustainability is of great importance for both the UK rope manufacturer and INEOS Team UK, and 2019 sees Marlow pushing for greater change in the rope industry to drive their reuse, repurpose, recycle mission. This year sees the launch of the first eco-conscious dockline range made from 100% recycled plastic, and the company will be reporting sustainability KPIs for the first time.

Chris Noble, INEOS TEAM UK rigger commented, "It was an easy decision to partner with Marlow Ropes in our challenge to win the 36th Americas Cup. As a world leading rope manufacturer the quality of their standard product and development capabilities allows us to work together to fully optimise the rigging on all our platforms.

Noble added; "As a British team it also makes it that much better to partner with a UK manufacturer - we look forward to developing the relationship further over the next few years as we head towards New Zealand"

Marlow's history in world class British rope manufacturing dates back over 200 years, and has earned its reputation as the world-leading manufacturer of high performance rope. Now the premier sailing rope brand will again be featured in the heart of the most spectacular sailing competition in the world.

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Spindrift Jules Verne Record Attempt: The First Cap
After 12 days, 14 hours, 58 minutes, Spindrift 2 reached the longitude of Cape Agulhas on Tuesday at 0240 UTC (0340 French Time), sailing from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Whilst maintaining the lead on Francis Joyon and his teams' world record of 6 hours 43 minutes. In order to reach this point of Africa, Yann Guichard and his eleven crew members had to sail around the Saint Helena anticyclone to be able to benefit from the downwind sailing of the Southern Ocean, in other words, a 700-miles round tour...

The first of the three symbolic Capes of this round the world sailing race, the Cape of Good Hope, was reached after just 12 days 13 hours 8 minutes: one of the best ever times of the Trophee Jules Verne, which first started in 1993. But it was several miles away to the South East, at Cape Agulhas, where the time reference comes into its own as this point of Africa marks the entrance into the Indian Ocean. However, in order to reach it, Spindrift 2 had to navigate around the Saint Helena anticyclone, go through an oceanic ridge and finally, take a left before heading towards Cape Agulhas.

Despite this detour, which forced the black and gold trimaran to dive South up to 43 degrees, Yann Guichard and his 11 crew members keep a lead: 6 hours and 43 minutes, (equivalent to 300 miles) on the reference time of IDEC Sport, the current record holder. As a result, Spindrift 2 took 12 days, 14 hours, 58 minutes from Ushant to reach Cape Angulhas, and from the equator, 7 days 17 hours to go beyond this point in Africa.

If this southerly course enables the team to shorten their route while benefiting from a sustained current, going down to 53° South would present them with the problem of drifting ice and where a number of icebergs have been clearly located by the CLS satellites. On this stretch of the route, Spindirft 2 needs to be very fast because Francis Joyon and his crew made the Indian Ocean crossing extremely quickly as they still hold the WSSRC record (5d 21h 8m)! Having said that, the capabilities of the black and gold trimaran in the breeze give hope that it will retain the lead on IDEC Sport's timing to South of Tasmania, the hot spot between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific.

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Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
The 2019 Warren Jones International Youth Regatta began today with ten flights of four races completed. All twelve teams got to experience typical swan river sailing conditions, the sun was shining and at 39 degrees, the heat was on. The racing started in a light eight knot seabreeze which waxed and waned as the day went on, creating perfect match racing conditions.

Half way through the first round robin there are five stand out teams. KNOTS Racing from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron Performance Program and Team Dutch Wave from Vereniging Watersport De Twee Provinciën won all of their matches today with six wins each. Following closely is Tom Grimes from The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia who won seven out of eight matches. Harry Price, world ranked number four and the current defending champion, from The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia and Will Boulden, the runner up from last years Warren Jones International Youth Regatta, from Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club are also showing strong performances.

Clare Costanzo and her all female team showed that they are to be taken seriously with three wins on the board after today...

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Match Race Super League
Founded in 2017, the Match Race Super League (MRSL) was able to attract 7 similar minded events around the globe to join the inaugural league season.

In the 3rd season of the Match Race Super League international top teams will be showing up on on 4 continents again this year, fighting for the crown and valuable points for the Match Race Super League. The defending champions have already announced their participation on the MRSL at this early stage. The Swiss Match Race Team headed by skipper Eric Monnin will be the benchmark for all challengers in 2019. The team won Match Race Germany 2018, the European Championships 2018 and the Thompson Cup 2018. Thus, the Swiss also laid the foundation for the overall victory in the Match Race Super League 2018 with three wins on the tour, also winning the League for the second consecutive time. The season winners prevailed against 78 opponents including sailors from 30 nations in a total of 13 events in twelve countries around the world.

The annual calendar of all regattas of the Match Race Super League is almost complete and will be finalized in the coming weeks. The organizers of at least ten, but probably up to 15 regattas want to be part of the 2019 Match Race Super League.

Definitive Tour members are

Szcecin Match Race (May, Poland)
NJK Open Spring Match Race Cup (May, Finland)
Koper Match Race Challenge (July, Slovenia)
Baltic Match Race (August)
Internationaux de France Match Racing (July, France)
Oakliff International (September, USA)
Thompson Cup (September, USA)
DBS Marina Bay Cup (September, Singapore)
Kingdom Match Race (December, Bahrain).

More well-known and also new regattas in Russia, Greece, Italy, New Caledonia and Brazil will be added in the coming weeks. The announcements of the respective organizers are planned for February/March.

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Ian Walker Among The 100+ Entries For Tiger Trophy
Round six of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series, the John Merricks Tiger Trophy, is looking set for a challenging weekend for Ian Walker and the other legends getting ready for racing, not least an unlikely appearance from the commissioner of Hazzard County...

The John Merricks Tiger Trophy this weekend at Rutland Water could prove the most challenging yet, as the Selden SailJuice Winter Series reaches event six in the midst of an increasingly chilly start to 2019.

To get the early discounted entry, make sure you sign up at www.sailjuiceseries.com by this Thursday evening, to join in with more than 100 boats already registered for a weekend of tight, handicap competition. It looks set to be windy on Saturday and softer on Sunday for the no-discard Pursuit Race, so predicting a winner will be tricky.

Biggest and potentially hardest one-design battle in the fleet will be between the 20-plus 420s that have entered, a welcome return for the class from where the Tiger Trophy originated. Son of Rutland, the late Johnny Merricks, won the first ever Tiger a quarter of a century ago in a 420 and went on to win the 420 World Championships. Johnny also happened to win an Olympic silver medal in the 470, and his old crew Ian Walker is making a return to Rutland crewing for Jess Lavery in the very same 470 that he and Johnny won their silver medal.

As ever, the Series welcomes all kinds of small sailboats, with the National 18 and Norfolk Punt represented along with the Challenger trimarans, and two Moths, one foiling and one non-foiling.

The famous Tiger Dinner, tickets just £10, has the added draw of Ian Walker as guest speaker, followed by a charity auction that will include signed items from Sir Ben Ainslie and his America's Cup campaign, Ineos Team UK.

With SailRacer providing GPS tracking for the first time at the Tiger Trophy, this event will now also serve as a qualifier for the Great British Sailing Challenge which culminates with a Grand Final at Rutland Water in late September.

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King Bungaree - the first Australian to actually circumnavigate the country
The Prime Minister's promise of $6.7 million to send a replica of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour on a trip around Australia has drawn some ridicule, particularly since he initially referred to it as a 're-enactment'.

An actual circumnavigation re-enactment would involve Matthew Flinders, but how many Australians could as quickly name the Indigenous sailor who accompanied him, King Bungaree?

Co-chair of the National NAIDOC committee, John Paul Janke, says all Australians are missing out when we don't know our full history.

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In This Issue
• Mod70 Argo takes line honors in 34th Pineapple Cup
• Hempel World Cup Series Miami
• D-Marin ORC Worlds
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• OptiOrange Valencia regatta 2019
• J/121 Speed Guide
• World Sailing National Judges Seminar
• Entries Now Open Volvo Dun Laoghaire To Dingle (D2D) Race 2019
• Kimberly R. Woodhouse
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Robert Redford

Mod70 Argo takes line honors in 34th Pineapple Cup
Montego Bay, Jamaica: Jason Carroll's Argo crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 14:12:44 ET this afternoon to capture line honors and a new course record in the 34th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race. Argo's elapsed time of 2 days 7 minutes 44 seconds slashed the previous record by 10 hours 16 minutes and 58 seconds. Their time also breaks the multihull record set by Steve Fosset's Lakota in 1999 by 20 hours 21 seconds.

Currently in the PHRF division, Sin Duda! leads for line honors, however the Farr 395 Senara is leading on corrected time. The first finisher in PHRF is expected Thursday.

This is the first time since 2003 that multihulls have competed in the Pineapple Cup. Argo broke the multihull course record set in 1999 by the late Steve Fosset's Orma60 Lakota by 20 hours and 21 seconds

Argo's time also sets the outright course record at 2 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes minutes and 44 seconds besting Titan 12s record set in 2005 by 10 hours 16 minutes 58 seconds.

Titan 12's record of 2 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds still stands as the monohull record.

Tracking can be found here: yb.tl/pineapple2019

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Hempel World Cup Series Miami
It was a rich get richer sort of day at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami, and during each of the first two races for the Women's 49erFX fleet, Alex Maloney and Molly Meech (NZL) found themselves in very liquid situations - financially speaking - converting strong starts into race wins with relative ease.

Their result in today's third race was a 10th, but with the throwout applied and yesterday's second added to the total, the antipodean pair find themselves 11 points clear of second place after two days of racing. Sophie Weguelin and Sophie Ainsworth (GBR) and Stephanie Roble and Margaret Shea (USA) are tied with 15 points, with the British team technically in second due to the tie-breaking protocol.

After three races yesterday, the 49er was able to squeeze in just a single race. Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl (AUT) won that lone race, but a tough first day has them mired in 15th place. The big winners of the day were Nevin Snow and Mac Agnese (USA) who finished second in the race and jumped into the overall lead, with Day 1 leaders Sime Fantela and Mihovil Fantela (CRO) in second by a point and James Peters and Fynn Sterritt (GBR) in third, two points further back.

The Laser fleet finished its qualifying series with two more races and will start Gold and Silver Fleet racing tomorrow.

The light wind specialists in the Men's and Women's RS:X came to the forefront in challenging light breeze on Biscayne Bay.

Chinese racers have always been known to excel in light wind and Mengfan Gao was the personification of this statement out on the race track.

The 27-boat Finn fleet were only able to sail one race in 6-8 knots of breeze. The phrase, "snakes and ladders," could not be more appropriate for the fleet as sailors shuffled throughout the race.

In the end, Anders Pedersen (NOR) took the race win to advance up to second overall. Tapio Nirkko (FIN) snapped up a second and holds top spot after two races.

The Finn fleet will sail three races on Thursday, starting at 10:00 local time, in a bid to catch up on races.

The Nacra 17 class was able to squeeze in two races toward the end of the day. The Brazilian team of Samuel Albrecht and Gabriela Nicolino de Sá (BRA) continued to control the fleet with a fourth and a first and now has an eight-point lead over defending regatta champions Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin (AUS) and Rio 2016 gold medalists Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG). Both teams have 15 points.

The Men's and Women's 470 were unable to get a race in today due to the light winds.

Racing continues on Thursday 31 January at 10:00 local time with another packed schedule in a bid to catch up on races lost.

Results: sailing.org/worldcup/results/index.php

D-Marin ORC Worlds
Sibenik, Croatia - Event organizers from D-Marin, Sailing Club Val, the City of Sibenik and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) have decided to extend for an additional month the deadline for early entries to receive a discount to the 2019 D-Marin ORC World Championship. Now after March 1st entry fees will increase by €200-250, depending on which class is entered in the event, being held this year over 31 May - 8 June 2019 in the ancient and beautiful city of Sibenik on Croatia's scenic Dalmatian coast.

Already 64 entries from 12 nations are already signed up, with up to 120 expected. Among those who have made early commitments to compete are a few winners from previous ORC Championship events, such as Aivar Tuulberg from Estonia, whose custom Cossutti 36-footer Katariina II is the reigning Class C ORC European Champion, having dominated the 2018 edition of this event sailed in Limassol, Cyprus last September.

The event program includes three days of registration, inspections and practice races, followed by a long offshore race that lasts 30-36 hours, two days of inshore races, a short 10-12 hour coastal race, and a final day of inshore racing. A total of eight races are planned. Three new World Champion titles and podium finishers will be awarded in Class A, Class B and Class C, along with top all-amateur Corinthian teams in each class as well.

More on ORC rating systems, ORC certificates and events can be found at www.orc.org

Seahorse February 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Details
The last 36 hours of Alex Thomson's Route du Rhum campaign got more than its fair share of airplay... though for all the wrong reasons. But the story was not as cut and dried as it looked to some of those observing. Fred Augendre

A whole new language
Following the 2017 Cup Artemis took a major swerve and once the die was cast for AC36 there became no looking back. John Nicholls and James Boyd

The basics
Pragmatic thinking followed through with confident application is paying good dividends in Maxi world. Andrew Mcirvine=

Way to go
Good race-winning tools can be subtle...

Snorkel time
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OptiOrange Valencia regatta 2019
The new sailing season is quickly approaching and the first to hit the water are happy entries of the second season of the new OptiOrange Valencia regatta. Organized by the St.Petersburg Yacht Club and Real Club Náutico de Valencia OptiOrange was successfully inaugurated in 2018 and now entries are quickly filling for the second edition to be held 7th – 10th March.

The Valencia sailing area is famous for having organized the 32nd & 32nd America's cup edition.

St.Petersburg Yacht Club and Real Club Náutico Valencia have made OptiOrange Valencia really fun and interesting happening for young sailors. The 2019 program has it all: pre-training regatta on 7th March, limit of participants, meals provided and unlimited oranges supplied.

More than 250 sailors from 13 nations entered so far and still there is room for more. With "early bird" entry fee discount still available until 15th Feb , the enrollment limit is 330 competitors.

The timing of the event is perfect , March starting the season of the south-east Termic wind . Besides this is the start of the season, right at the regatta time there is famous fire festival in Valencia – Las Fallas that will be interesting to witness for both kids and adults.

Before and during the prestigious optimist coach Pieter Van den Bossche will be available to assist and conduct clinics for competitors. Founder of "8 Days a Week" coaching team. His OptiOrange Valencia clinic will last for 3 days, on 5th–7th March.

The OptiOrange Valencia organizing committee is happy to assist entries with every matter: training, accommodation and transport. NOR is available at optiorange.com

Pieter Van den Bossche clinic's page www.8daysaweek.be

J/121 Speed Guide
North Sails experts Kimo Worthington and Chuck Allen answer questions in this speed guide for the J/121 class.

Who sails a J/121?
There are several distinct types of people who sail a J/121, and most are experienced sailors. Some race the boat one design, some race shorthanded or fully crewed offshore, and some head south and cruise the Caribbean. Many are individualists who have been changing keels and adding sails. In the 2018 Newport Bermuda Race, four J/121s raced in three different configurations. The point is, the J/121 is a versatile boat that's ready to sail offshore, and the sailors who do buy one all seem to agree that they'd rather do something other than race windward-leeward course configurations.

What's the ideal J/121 crew size?
That's a trick question for this boat. The most crew you'll ever need is five or six, total, for an event like Block Island Race Week, but the boat was designed for sailing doublehanded. It sails well without water ballast, but it really shines when you fill the windward tank with 850 pounds of water; that's like having four or five extra people on the rail. Testing in a strong breeze, we have found the performance is spectacular with a reefed main and inner jib.

See northsails.com/sailing/en/resources/j-121-speed-guide

World Sailing National Judges Seminar
Last weekend Irish Sailing initiated the first ever World Sailing National Judge (NJ) Seminar in Europe in conjunction with the Royal Cork Yacht Club and the facilities of the Irish Coast Guard Station in Crosshaven. Co Cork

The Seminar was led by Chris Watts (GBR) and supported by Michael O'Connor (IRL) both International Judges from World Sailing. Irish sailing created the initiative in conjunction with the Royal Cork Yacht Club to increase the number and standard of judges and in particular to bring younger racing sailors U30 and more women into this discipline.

Ninteen participants enrolled for a full 2 days with an array of sailing experience from around the world and one person travelled internationally to attend. Five clubs were represented and it was great to see have five enthusiastic under 30s in attendance.

Following 16 hours of intensive training and working in teams the participants move forward to be judges and umpires to Irish Sailing and Club events starting with 2019 Irish Sailing Youth National Championships in April.

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Entries Now Open Volvo Dun Laoghaire To Dingle (D2D) Race 2019
The 2019 Volvo Dun Laoghaire to Dingle "D2D" Race starts from the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Wednesday June 12th 2019. The 300 mile race along the Irish coastline is a great mini-offshore challenge for Cruisers and Racing boats racing in separate divisions under IRC. Dingle provides a wonderful finishing location for crews and visiting friends and families.

The 2019 race is also on the RORC (www.rorc.org) and ISORA (www.isora.org) race calendars and offers boats in those series to accumulate qualifying offshore racing experience for crews participating in the RORC Fastnet Race in August.

The timing of the 2019 race is designed so boats participating in the IRC Nationals in Dun Laoghaire (June 7 – 9) can use the race to get south in time for Sovereigns Week in Kinsale (June 26 – 29) and then be back in Dun Laoghaire for the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (July 11 -14).

The Notice of Race is now available to download at www.d2drace.ie and entries can be made online via the website.-- Adam Winkelmann, Race Chairman - National Yacht Club

Kimberly R. Woodhouse
62 years old, passed away on January 29th, 2019 surrounded by family in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, after a decades-long battle with cancer. Despite her illnesses, which she faced with tenacious optimism and resilience, Kim remained positive and enjoyed life. She was a faithful daughter, sister, wife, and a friend to many.

Born on June 8, 1956 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Kim graduated from Our Lady Star of the Sea High School. She earned a degree in Fashion Merchandising from Marymount College of Virginia and started her career as fashion director at Saks Fifth Avenue in Detroit.

Kim married John T. Woodhouse IV (Tim) in 1979, and they later moved to Marblehead, MA, where Tim worked for Hood Sailmakers and Kim worked at Lord & Taylor in downtown Boston. In 1989, Tim became president and owner of Hood Sailmakers and moved the company to Newport, RI where they lived for the next 28 years.

Their home was often filled with family and friends, many of them sailors (but not required!), and a succession of their favorite Vizsla dogs (Chenyi, Chappy, Hamo and Rika). Kim worked for Saks Fifth Avenue in Boston, as director of the 5th Avenue Club. In 1999 she traded in the commute to Boston for work closer to home.

From 2000 thru 2015, Kim worked with Farr International/Stagg Yachts on the annual Farr 40 World Championship, liaising with teams, sponsors, and event hosts. Her attention to detail and gift for working with people made her a natural fit. Alongside this, and until this past month, Kim managed logistics for a number of professional sailing teams and super yacht owners in the U. S., Europe, and the Caribbean.

With her love of sailing and time spent on or near the water, Kim was an enthusiastic supporter and volunteer at Sail Newport. Here she served two terms on the Board of Directors at this community-based sailing organization. Kim was a member of the Ida Lewis Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club.

Predeceased by her husband John (Tim) Woodhouse IV, her father, Donald Anthony Rosati, and her stepfather Dominic Palazzolo, Kim is survived by her mother, Carol Rosati Palazzolo, sisters Renee (Chris) Dasaro, brother Stephen (Dana) Rosati, and Sharon (Michael) Peters, and many nieces and nephews who loved to visit, and be visited by, their gregarious and fun-loving "Auntie Kimmie."

Kim leaves many friends of all ages, throughout the sailing world – her style, sense of humor, and steadfast friendships will be genuinely missed.

A mass will be held at Noon on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 (instate 11:30am until the time of Mass), at St. Joan of Arc Parish, 2412 Overlake St, St Clair Shores, MI 48080; a Celebration of Life will take place in Newport, RI in June 2019.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions, in Kim's name, to Sail Newport, 72 Fort Adams Drive, Newport, RI 02840

* From Adrian Morgan:

I don't think "100 Days Faster" does justice to Jean-Luc's (or Sir Robin's) achievements, and arguably undervalues the former's by characterising his feat simply as another record broken. Both his and Sir Robin's achievements are worth more than a headline. The two voyages are quite simply incredible, in the true sense of the word: almost impossible to credit or believe in this day and age of automation and technology. Both boats were products of older eras, their skippers likewise.

Instead of highlighting any records broken, we should simply applaud two sailors who, many decades apart, have pushed the boundaries of human endurance to the limits. If there are records to be celebrated, then Sir Robin's comment is much more pertinent: "I'm sorry to lose my record as the oldest to race solo around the world, but it couldn't go to a better person..."

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In This Issue
• Hempel World Cup Series Miami a test of mental fortitude
• 2019 EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour
• Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week
• Superyacht Challenge Antigua
• Sundance: 'Maiden' documentary pushes feminism to the spotlight
• Seize the Opportunity - Youth in the RORC Caribbean 600
• RYA Scotland Annual Awards
• Dave Lenz Takes On The Merlin Rocket
• Letters to the Editor
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• The Last Word: Eamon de Valera

Hempel World Cup Series Miami a test of mental fortitude
Today's second race for the Finn class at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami was something of a microcosm of the regatta so far. It was all about surviving the storm and limiting the damage.

Only this wasn't the traditional sort of storm, with the thrashing wind and the waves crashing over the deck. Rather, it was a sudden deluge of rain that sent the breeze into a game of hide and seek during the crucial first leg.

So far it's been that sort of an event for the 29 sailors competing in the Finn. Light air limited the Finn sailors to just two races over the first two days. Today was better, but with the rain cells rolling through the second of three races, the regatta has been a test of mental fortitude more than physical strength.

Salminen, who won a gold medal as a Star class crew at London 2012 and finished sixth in the Finn at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is tied on points for the overall lead with fellow Scandinavian sailor Tapio Nirkko (FIN). Jonathan Lobert (FRA), Nils Theunnick (SUI) and Luke Muller (USA) round out the top five.

Racing resumes once again at the earlier time of 10:00. The 49er, 49erFX, Nacra and RS:X fleets will sail their final day of qualification ahead of Saturday's Medal Races.

Top three by class:

470 Men
1.Stuart Mcnay / David Hughes, USA, 10 points
2.Anton Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 10
3.Naoki Ichino / Takashi Hasegawa, JPN, 13

470 Women
1. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 7
2. Hannah Mills / Eilidh McIntyre, GBR, 10
3. Fabienne Oster / Anastasiya Winkel, GER, 14

49er Men
1. Erik Heil / Thomas Ploessel, GER, 45.3
2. Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell, GBR, 52
3. Sime Fantela / Mihovil Fantela, CRO, 62

49erFX Women
1. Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech, NZL, 19
2. Charlotte Dobson / Saskia Tidey, GBR, 24
3. Victoria Jurczok / Anika Lorenz, GER, 36

Finn
1. Max Salminenm, SWE, 18
2. Tapio Nirkko, FIN, 18
3. Jonathan Lobert, FRA, 21

Laser
1. Hermann Tomasgaard, NOR, 16
2. Sam Meechm, NZL, 37
3. William De Smet, BEL, 45

Laser Radial
1. Alison Young, GBR, 25
2. Paige Railey, USA, 30
3. Dongshuang Zhang, CHN, 32

NACRA 17
1. Jason Waterhouse / Lisa Darmanin, AUS, 31
2. Samuel Albrecht / Gabriela Nicolino de Sa, BRA, 36
3. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR, 45

RS:X Men
1. Radoslaw Furmanski, POL, 23
2. Mattia Camboni, ITA, 27
3. Pawel Tarnowski, POL, 30

RS:X Women
1. Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, POL, 17
2. Charline Picon, FRA, 19
3. Katy Spychakov, ISR, 23

Full results: site-isaf.soticcloud.net/worldcup/results/index.php

2019 EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour
The 2019 edition of EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour (SATT), organised by Oman Sail, has brought together a highly competitive mix of experienced stars of the international racing world, challenging young talent and the best of a remarkable generation of Omani sailors. Running for the ninth year, the Gulf region's premier offshore yacht race features as the first event of the established World Diam Tour

In a repeat of last year's successful new-look event featuring the high-performance Diam 24 trimaran, the event will take a 10-strong fleet on a course from Oman's capital Muscat to seven different venues, culminating with a finale in Salalah, in the far south of the country.

Among the high-profile sailors likely to play a leading role as the drama unfolds is defending SATT champion Valentin Bellet, skipper of the Beijaflore entry. Managed by the renowned Pierre Mas, the squad used their impressive early season victory in Oman as a springboard that took them to the runner-up spot in last year's Tour Voile.

Out to stop a repeat performance will be EFG Bank Monaco, who had to settle for second place last year. The team and event sponsor will be hoping for a return to SATT success with the high-profile combination of skipper Franck Cammas, Oman Sail regular Thierry Douillard and Omani dinghy ace Hussein Al Jabri.

Strong competition though will come from the newly-formed Oman Shipping team. Skipper Stevie Morrison took fourth place in the Tour Voile alongside Douillard, but the British Olympian will give his former teammate a run for his money racing with Quentin Ponroy and the experienced Oman Sail instructor Raad Al Hadi.

In what looks like another formidable combination, match racer and four-time Tour Voile winner Damien Iehl skippers MOOD, a SATT first-time entry, and is reunited with Tour Voile teammates Benjamin Amiot and Aurélien Ducroz, a former world champion freeride skier. To add even more strength in depth, Team Oman Sail skipper Pierre Le Clainche is also in the squad.

Meanwhile Swiss racing legend Bernard Stamm will manage the reliably consistent and competitive Cheminée Poujoulat team, this time led by skipper Robin Follin, hot off the GC32 circuit and a leading light of the Team France Jeune project.

Another famous figure is 1985-86 Whitbread Race winner turned project manager Lionel Pean, who heads a Seaflotech entry skippered by French Olympic 470 sailor and Tour Voile veteran Sofian Bouvet.

EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour gets underway with a practice race in Muscat on February 2nd, followed by 14 intensive days of inshore and coastal racing, interspersed by days relocating to the next venue along Oman's striking coastline.

Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week
The fleet enjoyed some idyllic conditions on Tuesdays Race Day sponsored by Secret Harbour Marina. Racing started on the protected west coast then moved with a nice long romp from Grand Anse to the more challenging south coast with the transition race.

Wednesday was a lay day to let racers catch their breath. Lay Day activities included Hobie Cat & Open Bic racing. The classic Yawl Galatea celebrated her 120th birthday with a fantastic dock party and live music. Later in the evening we showed the award winning film Vanishing Sails - the story of saving the tradition of boat building on the small Caribbean island of Carriacou.

Overall Race Day Results for Tuesday 29 January

Racing Class
1st Nickatime - Jason Fletcher - Grenada
2nd Credit Mutuel - Claude Granel - Martinique
3rd Liquid - Pamela Baldwin - Antigua

Racer Cruiser
1st - Julie Rule - Peter Evans - Grenada
2nd - Emily of Cowes - Richard Oswald - UK
3rd - Kali - Benedick Clauberg - Switzerland

Classics
1st - May Jong - Alex Goodhill - USA
2nd - Galatea - Judd Tinius - Grenada
3rd - Arrluuk - Steve Frary - USA

J24
1st - Attitude - Fredrick Sweeny - St Lucia
2nd - Hawkeye - Stephen Bushe - Trinidad
3rd - Die Hard - Robbie Yearwood - Grenada

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Superyacht Challenge Antigua
Racing at the 9th edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua is underway with the fleet enjoying spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua. Race One was approximately 23 nautical miles with seven legs providing a full range of wind angles in solid trade winds. In the Corsairs Class, Nilaya won the first race by just 64 seconds after ORCsy time correction after a great battle with Rebecca. The 112ft (34m) German Frers designed sloop Spiip was third. In the Buccaneers Class, Kawil made the best start of the day and went on to win from Catalina. John McMonigall's Oyster 82 Zig Zag was third.

The 112ft (34m) sloop Nilaya, with Filip Balcaen at the helm, had a close battle with the 140ft (42m) German Frers ketch Rebecca. The Superyacht Challenge Antigua uses a staggered start, Nilaya was the last off but passed all of the fleet to take Line Honours, just in front of Rebecca.

Nilaya's afterguard includes the Volvo Ocean Race legend Bouwe Bekking. Nilaya and Rebecca both made strategically good moves during the race, especially in Rendezvous Bay. Rebecca made one good call to stay offshore early in the race, with Nilaya making the right call inshore on the second beat in the same area.

The 112ft (34m) Sparkman & Stephens sloop Kawil was just three seconds shy of the line for Race One, extremely impressive for a superyacht with a displacement in excess of 100 tons. Kawil was an impressive sight achieving double-digit boat speed for most of the race. After over three hours of racing, the 148ft (45m) Dubois ketch Catalina was just five minutes ahead of Zig Zag after time correction.

Racing is scheduled to continue on the second day, Friday 1st February. -- Louay Habib

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Sundance: 'Maiden' documentary pushes feminism to the spotlight
Tracy Edwards did not form an all-women yacht sailing crew with the intent of becoming a symbol of feminism. In fact, as she claims in the film "Maiden," she disliked the term feminist. She simply wanted to do what she loved and accomplish her aspirations.

Edwards' struggle to realize her dream of participating in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Race is depicted in the documentary "Maiden," which is set to premiere in the U.S. during the Sundance Film Festival. Edwards faced a sailing community that was vocally against her and her team's determination, as well as personal doubt about her own abilities. She became an image of feminism.

Alex Holmes, who directed and wrote the script for the film, first heard about Edwards' story when she spoke at his daughter's graduation from elementary school. Holmes was moved by Edwards' "remarkable story" and her "engaging character," but also the fact that the barriers Edwards had to break through were still the ones Holmes was reminding his daughters to conquer.

"It's astonishing that, even after all these years, the world somehow tries to limit our daughters and not present them with all the opportunities that they should have available to them," he said.

He knew the world needed to be reminded of Edwards' experience. So he walked up to her after her speech and told her he was interested in portraying her story in a film.

Holmes was continuously impressed by Edwards as he learned more about her story, as well as the story of the other 12 women on the Maiden crew. He interviewed each of them for the documentary.

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Seize the Opportunity - Youth in the RORC Caribbean 600
Young up-and-coming sailors will be racing alongside and against some of the world's best professionals in next month's RORC Caribbean 600. The race is a huge opportunity for their growth, to learn and master the sport.

"Any young sailor who has been given the opportunity to do this race is clearly already a good sailor, so now it's up to them to see where this talent will take them," commented Mike Sanderson (NZ), crew boss of Maxi 72 Bella Mente (USA) and twice winning skipper of the Volvo Ocean Race. "My advice is be the hardest worker on the team, both on the water and on the shore. Do the jobs nobody else wants to do, be the first on the bow for a sail change, be the first to bail out the bilges and tidy the boat. Don't be the one who turns up at the boat having had a late night. Too often I see young people get the opportunity and then just immediately hang out with the guys who have been there forever. Take a local Antiguan, Louis Sinclair who is now a Volvo and America's Cup legend. Still to this day he is always one of the hardest workers on the boat and ashore - it's worked pretty well for him!"

Pete Redmond (GBR) is the project manager for the British TP52 Tala for the RORC Caribbean 600. The 24 year-old will be trimming main and also one of the drivers. Pete has already taken part in two editions of the race, four Rolex Fastnet Races and the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race. On board Tala for the race is a wealth of talent including Volvo Ocean Race sailors, Campbell Field (NZ), Paul Wilcox (RSA), and a number of highly experienced sailors.

Bernie Evan-Wong (ANT) will skipper RP37 Taz for the 11th edition of the race. Bernie is the only sailor to have competed in every RORC Caribbean 600 as skipper. This year, the Antiguan dentist has some "secret weapons" on board his Antiguan carbon flyer in the form of seven promising sailors, all around 18-22 years old with ambitions to get into the Volvo Ocean Race under 35 category. They are: Elad Jaegermann (ISR), Jelmer Van Beek (NED), Rosalin Kuiper (NED), Jorden Van Roiijen (NED), Niels Van Raam (NED), Joakim Romell (SWE) and Nicolas Hein (USA.),

Greg Williams (GBR) is just 18 years old and will be racing as part of his traineeship on Performance Yacht Racing's British Grand Soleil 43 Quokka 8. Supported by his parents, Greg took a job delivering milk to fund the investment for the course with the Cowes-based yacht racing school. -- Louay Habib

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RYA Scotland Annual Awards
The RYA Scotland Annual Awards, the annual celebration of the successes and people involved across recreational and competitive boating, took place at The Chartroom in Kip Marina on Saturday the 19th of January.

Across the ten categories there were plenty of inspiring individuals and teams who make a massive difference to the sport. Many of the guests travelled far to attend the event and were rewarded with a Burns themed night of shared experiences across a broad representation of all kinds of boating in the nominations and awards.

The event was sponsored by Ocean Sailing Scotland and principal skipper Glenn Porter opened the award touching on the connection between all those present, volunteering.

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The winners of each of the categories presented on the evening are as follows:
- Volunteer of the Year - Craig MacDonald
- The Elizabeth Mackay Award- Laura Carrick of Able 2 Sail
- Young Person of the Year Oban Duncan
- Instructor of the Year - Cameron MacIntyre of Prestwick SC
- Coach of the Year - Iain McGonigal of East Lothian YC
- Official of the Year - Peter Wright of Fairlie YC
- Class Academy Sailors of the Year - Rowan Hayes and Charlotte Henry
- Youth Sailor of the Year - Islay Watson
- Performance of the Year - Celtic Commodores Cup team led by Jock Wishart
- Club of the Year - Solway Yacht Club
- Lifetime Commitment Award - Terence Brownrigg

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Dave Lenz Takes On The Merlin Rocket
As the Head of European Design for North Sails, Dave Lenz likes making sailboats go a little faster. He spends his workday with his "fingers in lots of pies," developing sails for big boats like the TP52 and Fast 40. Now, on the weekends, he'll be trying to make a Merlin Rocket go a little faster - with his wife as crew.

Dave was a member of a top Melges 32 team in the late 2000s. "We won a European championship, and the combined winter championship at Key West, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale. Second and a third in Key West; good, solid results."

The Merlin Rocket appeals to Dave because it is a development class and tweaky enough to keep his interest. "You can work on sails or rig or foils for slightly different crew weights. There's lots of controls to power up and depower the rig. And it isn't as weight sensitive as some other classes." Newer designs with less rig controls come and go, Dave says, because a lot of people like to be able to fiddle with their boat.

For a sail design expert, there's also a fresh challenge written into the class rules.

"It has a combined sail area between mainsail and jib, so how you distribute the area between the two sails can vary. There's definitely development to be done there. We're also working on developing a 3Di mainsail, and longer term I think we'll try a jib. The Merlin is a class that lends itself to that technology, and lessons we learn there will be very applicable to the rest of the things we do. It's a good area for us to grow."

Yet another appeal is fleet size and quality around the UK. "They have a seasonal circuit of open meetings, you'll get between 30-60 boats at those events. National championships will be about 70-80 boats. Every year, there's a regatta in Salcombe, a very nice town; they limit the entries to 120 boats. The boats are cool. And because it appeals to lots of good sailors, it appeals to lots more good sailors which means it is very competitive."

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* From Damian Byrne MVO:

I read with interest Adrian's thoughts on two of the greatest sailors of our age.

What joy it was to see them both sharing the past days together and we too should celebrate the two sailors together.

JLV for his lifelong passion, hard won seafaring wisdom and defiance of the bounds of age: RJK for his youth and courage to be the first that inspired so many to follow.

On land age is seen as a barrier to much ... too young ... too old. The sea casts this away and is the master here. Both men in their time were challenged by an alien world and won out by virtue of their great seamanship and quiet wisdom.

We are fortunate to live at a time when both great sailors continue to inspire so many others.

Let's raise a glass to JLV and RKJ

* From Ginny Jones

I so agree with Adrian Morgan about the respective accomplishments of Sir Robin Knox-Johnson and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede in the RTW solo race still underway, but which Heede has completed. The numbers help to tell the story as you consider how many have been forced to retire from the race by one thing or another.

Van Den Heede is my age and I cannot imagine mustering the level of effort necessary to sail around the world in any vessel at any age, let alone at his!

Please do accord them the respect and commendations that they both so richly earned, and deserve!

You go guys!

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In This Issue
• Calling the shifts equals success at Hempel World Cup Series Miami
• Lady Mariposa Wins The 2019 Pineapple Cup
• Spindrift 2 Forced To Abandon Record Attempt
• Thoroughly Recommended - Coyote
• Hardy Cup hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
• Don Mcintyre: "The Next Golden Globe Winner Might Be 21 Or Younger"
• Valencia to host One Person Dinghy sea-trials
• Debut Of The 470 Mixed Event
• Women & Youth Team Opportunities for J/24 Worlds
• American Challenger Announces Active Coed Recruitment
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Phil Connors

Calling the shifts equals success at Hempel World Cup Series Miami
Correctly calling first shift is great. Plenty of sailing races have been won by the person or team who anticipates the first wobble in the breeze and positions correctly to best take advantage of it.

But sometimes, it's the last shift that provides the more enduring laugh. That was the case in the Women's 470 Medal Race, which kicked off the final day of racing at the 2019 Hempel World Cup Series Miami on Biscayne Bay.

Frederike Loewe and Anna Markfort (GER) started the race with a slim lead in the overall standings. Not only was their gold medal position at risk, there was a legitimate possibility they could slip off the podium entirely as fourth place was just eight points at the start of the race. After a bad start at the pin end, the German duo spent the majority of the race in a virtual fourth place.

Local favorites Stu McNay and David Hughes ended the regatta with a wire-to-wire win in the Men's 470 Medal Race. But, with Naoki Ichino and Takashi Hasegawa (JPN) crossing the finish line right on the American's heels, it was only good enough to move McNay and Hughes into fourth place. Ichino and Hasegawa held on to the bronze medal position they had at the beginning of the day and the same was true of the two teams ahead of them on the leader board. Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergström (SWE) were sixth in the Medal Race and claimed sliver while Jordi Xammar Hernandez and Nicolas Rodríguez García-Paz finished third in the Medal Race and won gold.

Genoa, Italy will host the third round of the Hempel World Cup Series from 14 to 22 April followed by the Final in Marseille, France early June.

Top three by class:

470 Men
1. Jordi Xammar Hernandez / Nicolas Rodríguez García-Paz, ESP, 48 points
2. Anton Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 58
3. Naoki Ichino / Takashi Hasegawa, JPN, 60

470 Women
1. Frederike Loewe / Anna Markfort, GER, 60
2. Fabienne Oster / Anastasiya Winkel, GER, 62
3. Fernanda Oliveira / Ana Luiza Barbachan, BRA, 64

49er Men
1. Erik Heil / Thomas Ploessel, GER, 72.3
2. Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell, GBR, 91
3. Sime Fantela / Mihovil Fantela, CRO, 99

49erFX Women
1. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 58
2. Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech, NZL, 60
3. Charlotte Dobson / Saskia Tidey, GBR, 63

Finn
1. Max Salminenm, SWE, 47
2. Oskari Muhonen, FIN, 50
3. Luke Muller, USA, 53

Laser
1. Hermann Tomasgaard, NOR, 50
2. Sam Meechm, NZL, 97
3. Tom Burton, BEL, 121

Laser Radial
1. Dongshuang Zhang, CHN, 81
2. Paige Railey, USA, 95
3. Vasileia Karachaliou, GRE, 98

NACRA 17
1. Jason Waterhouse / Lisa Darmanin, AUS, 50
2. Samuel Albrecht / Gabriela Nicolino de Sa, BRA, 58
3. Santiago Lange / Cecilia Carranza Saroli, ARG, 72

RS:X Men
1. Bing Ye, CHN, 62
2. Radoslaw Furmanski, POL, 67
3. Pierre Le Coq, FRA, 69

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 42
2. Katy Spychakov, ISR, 50
3. Charline Picon, FRA, 54

Full results: site-isaf.soticcloud.net/worldcup/results/index.php

Lady Mariposa Wins The 2019 Pineapple Cup
The Ker 46 Lady Mariposa crossed the finish line in Montego Bay at 08:33:05 ET this morning with an overall elapsed time of 3 days 18 hours 28 minutes 5 seconds. The Silver Pineapple Cup Perpetual Trophy is awarded to the IRC boat with the best corrected time. As of right now Lady Mariposa's corrected time of 4 days 21 hours 36 minutes and 30 seconds puts them 6 hours 4 minutes and 17 seconds ahead of the Volvo 70 Wizard which confirms their win of the 34th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race. The trophy will be awarded this evening by the Honorable Custos Rotulorum Bishop Conrad Pitkin.

The crew of Lady Maripsoa was thrilled with their finish in what was a new race for their Ker46 based out of the United Kingdom. It was also a new race for many of the crew competing however tactician and former Olympic campaigner Kalle Coster won the race in 2005 onboard Thin Ice.

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Spindrift 2 Forced To Abandon Record Attempt
At 19h UTC Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift 2, contacted his technical team ashore to report damage to the structure of the starboard rudder. Spindrift racing is challenging for the Jules Verne Trophy.

Having made a full assessment of the damage and possible repairs, the team has reluctantly concluded that they are unable to make the necessary repairs without compromising the safety and performance of the 40m trimaran.

"Because of this technical problem we have no choice but to stop this record attempt. It is a huge disappointment to all of the crew. We are now heading to the south east coast of Australia and expect to reach there in the next four days," confirmed Yann Guichard

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Thoroughly Recommended - Coyote
Here's a sneak preview of the just-released documentary film about Vendee Globe competitor (and one time Seahorse contributor) Mike Plant. It's an amazing, probably unrivalled glimpse into the psyche of a solo sailing icon

Mike Plant was one of the most remarkable and fascinating figures ever to compete in solo ocean sailing, widely admired for his prodigious talent, superhuman toughness and single-minded determination. He burst onto the scene out of nowhere in the mid-1980s, built his own Open 50 on a shoestring and won his class in the first race he entered, the 1986- 87 BOC Challenge. In a career that spanned just five years before he was lost at sea while sailing his radical new Open 60 Coyote to the start of the second Vendee Globe, Plant achieved more - against all odds, sailing around the world three times by the seat of his pants - than most professional sailors do in a lifetime.

Plant's bold exploits and great sportsmanship made him a hero and a source of inspiration to many sailors around the world. The darker shades of his larger-than-life character make his incredible story even more fascinating. All is revealed in a riveting new documentary film, Coyote: The Mike Plant Story, directed by Plant's nephew, Thomas Simmons. If you've ever wondered about the rumours of cocaine smuggling that clashed so strangely with Plant's clean-cut image, or the real story behind his arrest in the Azores on an Interpol warrant in 1986 and the mystery of his release from a Portuguese jail just in time to start the BOC Challenge, you'll have to watch the movie.

Hardy Cup hosted by Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron
The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is ready to host the annual Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta, the next stop in the established Trans-Tasman youth match racing summertime series which starts in Australia's west and travels east, all the way to New Zealand.

One of two international teams coming off the Warren Jones Regatta finale in Perth on Friday is Nick Egnot-Johnson and his Knots Racing team representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Knots Racing head to Sydney buoyed from their fourth overall at the popular west coast regatta.

Egnot-Johnson is the Hardy Cup's top-ranked skipper based on world standings. He'll meet the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's current Open Match Racing champion James Hodgson, the highest-ranked Aussie skipper on the starter's list, and other names recognised in youth match racing circles like Finn Tapper (CYCA).

Charlie Welsh's Red Star Sailing team from the New York Yacht Club is the second overseas entry to contest the Warren Jones and Hardy Cup double.

In 2018 Clare Costanzo's Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club all-women team made history when they broke an 18-year run of male skippers adding their name to the under 25 trophy. Final 2018 highlights video. In 2019 the host club's Charlotte Griffin is the only female skipper, and she knows the teams coming off the Warren Jones have the advantage of being in-phase.

Sunday February 3, 2019 is a dedicated weigh-in and practice day and Monday morning all teams head out on Sydney Harbour aboard the host club's fleet of Elliott 7s to begin the rigorous four-day series. Racing is due to commence off the Squadron clubhouse at Kirribilli from 1020hrs on Monday February 4 and 0920hrs thereafter. The five-stage competition is as follows: stage 1 - a single round robin, stage 2 - a single round robin, stage 3 - quarter final knockout & semi-final knockout, stage 4 - petit final knockout and stage 5 - the final knockout.

After the Hardy Cup the youth match racing caravan continues east, to New Zealand and Wellington's Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's CentrePort Youth Match Racing Championship February 13 - 17. Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup in Auckland, February 21 - 24, marks the fourth and final event in the series before sailors return to work and study.

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Don Mcintyre: "The Next Golden Globe Winner Might Be 21 Or Younger"
Don McIntyre is the founder, chairman and CEO of the Golden Globe Race. The charismatic, outspoken Australian adventurer and circumnavigator has realised many of his dreams over the course of his career. When he set out to replicate and honour the original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race 50 years after Sir Robin Knox Johnston became the first sailor to complete a solo non stop circumnavigation, he achieved a groundswell of support. But even then not even he would have dreamed of the popularity and success of the race reflected by 73 year old veteran Jean Luc Van Den Heede's win on Monday. The race has been the subject of considerable scrutiny due to the high rate of attrition. After VDH finished only five of the original 18 skippers remain on the race course. Tip & Shaft spoke with McIntyre after the VDH victory.

The VDH finish was reminiscent of a big Vendee Globe finish, how did that compare to your original vision of the race?
It was twice what we could have ever dreamed of, thousands and thousands of people out and hundreds of boats out It all went like a dream and Jean-Luc, what a great ambassador he is and an incredible achievement.

Has it exceeded your own original vision?
I have to say so yes. The original reason the race was started was because I wanted to sail in it. Back then people would say 'but the boats will just sail over the horizon and never be seen again. But the reality is different with the mix of daily tweets, the soundcloud phone calls and the tracker, and it all just stayed alive all the time. So many people have told me that our event is more alive, more real because people can dream. I always said it had to be a very human race.

What about the number of abandons, the attrition rate? It is high.
That was a surprise to many. I have to concede there are less finishers than what I even thought. I expected around half to finish. There are lessons to be learned. I don't want to hide behind the words bad luck but some of the rigs were built by the best in the world and they knew what they were building for and they lost them. We had well prepared boats, top sailors and they came unstuck but I think it will be a different story in 2022. Everyone who is entering for 2022 has already learned a lot.

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Valencia to host One Person Dinghy sea-trials
Valencia, Spain has been selected by World Sailing to host sea-trials for the selection of Equipment or the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition Men's and Women's One Person Dinghy Events.

Real Club Nautico de Valencia will host sailors 11-15 March 2019 who will sail and test the four boats shortlisted during the Re-evaluation procedure.

World Sailing received 8 bids for the selection of equipment for the Men and Women One Person Dinghy, none of which were deemed invalid.

The Re-Evaluation Working Party reviewed the bids and concluded that the following should be shortlisted to Phase 2:

D-Zero, presented by Devotti Sailing s.r.o. Laser Standard and Laser Radial sailboat, presented by ILCA Melges 14, presented by Melges Boat Works Inc., NELO and Mackay Boats Ltd. RS Aero, presented by RS Sailing.

World Sailing's Member National Authorities are now invited to nominate their top three male and top three female One Person Dinghy Sailors from which the Evaluation Panel will select from.

Criteria for selection includes:
Applicants must be available on the selected dates
Weight range men: 75kg to 90kg
Weight range women: 55kg to 70kg.
Ages over 18
Top level One Person dinghy sailors, providing career highlights
Funding is available to support MNA's who aren't able to cover these costs, please contact the technical team for more information.

Click here for the MNA sailor nomination form.

All nomination forms should be sent to technical [AT] sailing [DOT] org no later than 11 February 2019.

Debut Of The 470 Mixed Event
The 50 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar will see the debut of the 470 mixed event with views to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

The Majorcan regatta begins the implementation of the gender equality requirements demanded by the International Olympic Committee

From 29th March to 6th April around one thousand sailors from approximately 55 nations will meet in the bay of Palma, distributed in the traditional ten Olympic fleets. But in this edition, the 470 Men and Women will be joined by the 470 Mixed, with crews formed by one male and one female, acting either as skipper or crew.

This new category that will sail with the 470 men at the Sofia Iberostar will have its world debut in Majorcan waters. It will be the first key test towards the Paris 2024 Olympics where, for the first time, it will be included in the Olympic programme following the IOC guidelines to foster gender equality in sport.

Club Nautic S'Arenal will be the venue for the 470 fleet at the 50 Trofeo Princesa Sofía Iberostar, together with the Finn, 49er and 49er FX and, as a novelty this year, it will also host the RS:X men and women. Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa (venue for the Laser, Laser Radial and Nacra 17) and Real Club Nautico de Palma (ORC and One design) are also organisers and venues of the Majorcan regatta that will celebrate this year half a century of life in a historical edition: at sports level for the exceptional participation expected, both in quantity and quality and in the social area with the celebration of several parallel commemorative events.

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Women & Youth Team Opportunities for J/24 Worlds
J/24 Worlds berths for women and youth(Newport, RI)- The International J/24 Class Association Regatta Regulations allow opportunities for Women and Youth in the J/24 class at any major event.

One all-female crew per country, to be selected by each governing J/24 national authority, will be eligible to sail the J/24 World Championship to compete for the Jaeger J/24 World Championship Women's Trophy.

One Under-25 crew per country, to be selected by each governing J/24 national authority, will be eligible to sail the J/24 World Championship to compete for the Under-25 Turner Trophy. The crew members shall all be 24 years of age or under on the first day of championship racing.

The 2019 J/24 World Championship will be held in Miami, Florida from October 19th to 26th, 2019, with sailing taking place on the beautiful azure waters of Biscayne Bay.

The US J/24 Class is accepting applications for the Women and Youth berths. Interested parties should click on and complete the following forms in their entirety by April 1st, 2019.

2019 US J/24 Women's Worlds Berth Application

2019 US J/24 Under-25 Worlds Berth Application

American Challenger Announces Active Coed Recruitment
In keeping to its mission of building an all-American team, Stars + Stripes Team USA, challenger for the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada, today announced an open application process for athletes and professionals applying for positions on the team's sailing roster and on-shore roles.

"Our goal is to modernize the typical America's Cup sailing team selection process and we couldn't be more excited to roll-out this initiative," said Mike Buckley, co-founder and skipper of Stars + Stripes Team USA.

"In the last America's Cup, the athletes were required to sail the most complex sailboats ever designed while sustaining their max heartrate for more than 20 minutes."

"We are anticipating that the physicality of our new AC75 race boat will exceed that and are looking to build the most fit, skilled and inclusive team possible."

Stars + Stripes Team USA will offer two paths for athletes wanting to join the sailing roster.

The first of these paths will be an open combine tour across a broad cross-section of sports to review American athletes wanting to participate in the America's Cup; similar to the way other professional sports teams recruit for their teams.

The second path will be foiling camps for American sailing talent that will be held in Long Beach using the team's GC32 tryout platform.

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The Last Word
When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. -- Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day

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In This Issue
• EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour
• Mark Slats secures 2nd place finish in Golden Globe Race
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Superyacht Challenge Antigua
• Marsden & Mcgovern Blast Their Way To Tiger Trophy Victory
• Final Race Day & Overall Results For Grenada Sailing Week 2019
• 18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5
• M32 Mast Design Update
• Happy 90th Birthday Transpac Yacht Club!
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Marcus Aurelius

Leaders are only seconds apart as EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour holds first coastal raid off Muscat
Only seconds separated the leading yachts on the first coastal raid of EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour as the international fleet took to the waters off Muscat, Muttrah and Bandar Al Khiran on Monday.

After almost two hours and 36 minutes of racing the French team of Cheminee Poujoulat took the win just 15 seconds ahead of the Oman Shipping Company entry, with EFG Bank taking the third spot on the podium.

Their impressive result in the opening coastal race of the two-week Oman challenge - along with second place in the flurry of stadium races on Sunday - moved Cheminee Poujoulat to the top of the overall EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour table, with the Oman team in second spot.

In contrast to the strong winds and high-speed racing of Sunday, the 23 nautical mile coastal course started in a light and unstable breeze, the 10 teams working hard to get every bit of boatspeed out of their lightweight Diam 24 trimarans.

Racing in EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour is scheduled to resume in Sur with a second coastal raid on Wednesday 6 February, followed by stadium racing the following day, before the fleet moves again to Masirah Island.

Overall standings after two days of racing:
1. Cheminee Poujoulat
2. Oman Shipping Company
3. Mood
4. Golfe du Morbihan
5. Beijaflore
6. Seaflotech
7. EFG Bank
8. CER Geneva
9. Renaissance
10. DB Schenker

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Mark Slats secures 2nd place finish in Golden Globe Race
42-year old Dutch sailor Mark Slats and his Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick took second place overall in the 2018 Golden Globe Race Saturday night, and despite the late hour, received a rousing welcome from Dutch, French and British supporters there to applaud his super-human efforts in trying to overhaul race winner Jean-Luc Van Den Heede back up the Atlantic Ocean.

Slats, a record breaking Atlantic rower, was challenging for the lead from the start, but a tactical decision to follow the traditional clipper ship route on a wide sweep round the western side of the South Atlantic, left him at a 900 mile disadvantage to his French rival by the time he had reached the Cape of Good Hope. Van Den Heede then extended that lead to 2,000 miles through the Southern Ocean before his yacht Matmut, another Rustler 36, was pitch poled some 1,900 miles west of Cape Horn which left the Frenchman with a damaged mast to nurse for the rest of the circumnavigation.

That gave Slats an opportunity - which he grasped with both hands. By the time he rounded Cape Horn, the Dutchman had regained 500 miles, and by the time they had reached the Azores, the difference between them in terms of distance to finish was less than 50 miles. That was when Slat's luck ran out. Questions over the validity of his Ham radio licence, left him ostracised by the amateur net and without regular weather updates at a critical period. "I didn't get forecasts for 7 days and ran straight into calms."

For Slats, the most frightening moments came in the Indian Ocean when caught in the same 60-70knot storm that put paid to Ireland's Gregor McGuckin and Indian Abhilash Tomy's challenges.

Mark Slats set a time of 214 days, 12hours, 18minutes 43seconds but carries a 36 hour penalty for improper contact over the Sat Phone by his team manage which leaves him with a race time of 216 days 00hours 18minutes 30 seconds.

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Seahorse February 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

World news
Bits of boat floating everywhere... that 'Ultimate' question, Francis heads back to sea (obviously), turning things inside out with Daniel Andrieu and Guillaume Verdier, Rob Shaw and Greg Elliott back cutting wood again, the unstoppable Glenn Ashby, plus Barry Carroll catches up on some much missed soapbox time. Patrice Carpentier, Ivor Wilkins, Blue Robinson, Dobbs Davis

Champion
Jud Smith is the (mostly) gentle giant of one design keelboat sailing... racing and sailmaking. And in 2018 he moved aft in the J/70 to knock his previous skipper off his perch. Carol Cronin

RORC news - Novel
Eddie Warden-Owen drops the lead

Sailor of the Month
Put these two on a boat and it's time to give up

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Superyacht Challenge Antigua
After four days of exciting racing and fabulous parties the 9th edition of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua came to a conclusion on Sunday 3rd February. The Notice of Race for the 10th edition was announced with the 2020 edition moving to a new date 11-15 March.

"The change in date is better for all sorts of reasons including the fact that in late January accommodation in English Harbour is very much in demand. Next year the regatta will be held just before St. Barths Bucket, when many superyachts are already in race mode, and they can come and have a regatta with us before the bucket." commented Paul Deeth. "The format of racing and parties will be the same but we also have a provision to include a Round Antigua Race, should conditions permit."

The fourth and final race for the 2019 Superyacht Challenge Antigua was held in a light to moderate breeze with flat seas. Principal Race Officer John Coveney selected a shorter course of approximately 18nm for both classes. The final race produced more thrilling action, especially at the start. The 112ft (34m) sloop Spiip was just 3 seconds shy of the starting gun, the 140ft (42m) Frers ketch Rebecca was 2 seconds from the line but the 148ft (45m) Dubois ketch Catalina topped them all, starting just one second before the gun.

The 112ft (34m) Sparkman & Stephens sloop Kawil, scored a perfect four bullets to win the Buccaneers Class. Kawil was the best starter of the entire fleet over the four races and also picked up a barrel of rum as winners of the best theme for the Cook Off. The crew of Kawil received their prizes resplendent in bright pink Caribbean shirts and also won the loud shirt prize from the Caribbean night.

The Gosnell Trophy is the main prize of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua, each boat and the race committee have one vote each for the yacht that has competed in the Spirit of the Regatta, both afloat and ashore. The loudest cheer of the night was reserved for Rebecca, winning the Gosnell Trophy for the first time since competing in the regatta since 2012.

Marsden & Mcgovern Blast Their Way To Tiger Trophy Victory
Round six of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series, the John Merricks Tiger Trophy, attracted 118 boats to the start line despite the horrendous wind chill factor. Old boys Neil Marsden and Jonny McGovern showed the nippers how to race a 420 at warp speed...

Neil Marsden and Jonny McGovern turned in a barnstorming performance to plane their 420 to victory at the John Merricks Tiger Trophy last weekend at Rutland Water. The sixth event in the Seldén SailJuice Winter Series was the toughest yet, with a severe wind chill for three strong-wind back-to-back handicap races on Saturday, followed by a gentler breeze for the pursuit race on Sunday.

There were 137 entries at the Tiger this year. Because of the severe weather down South there were 19 that could not make it North to Rutland, so it was a fleet of 118 that made it to the start line, with 48 classes representing 78 different sailing clubs around the country.

Principal race officer David Wilkins was delighted with the evening meal held in John Merricks' honour. "The Tiger dinner was a great social occasion with over 120 diners enjoying the 'John Merricks favourite meal' and a great talk from Ian Walker. He talked about the history of the Tiger Trophy, told a few stories about their successful partnership, including the last race of the 1996 Olympic Games. Ian explained the work of the JMST and his new RYA role and GBR's Olympic prospects for Tokyo 2020." This was followed by the auction of many goodies provided by Ian, Ben Ainslie, JMST Trust and Selden masts (and others). This raised close to £2000 for the JMST.

With SailRacer providing GPS tracking for the first time at the Tiger Trophy, this event also served as a qualifier for the Great British Sailing Challenge which culminates with a Grand Final at Rutland Water in late September.

List of prize winners at the Tiger Trophy

Overall and winner of the "John Merricks Tiger Trophy" - 420 - Neil Marsden & Jonny McGovern - Blackpool SC
Tony Everard Trophy (Lowest score for fleet races, no discard) - 420 - Neil Marsden & Jonny McGovern - Blackpool SC
John Merricks Pursuit Trophy (Winner of Pursuit Race) - 2000 - Simon Horsfield & Katie Burridge - ASA
Shere Khan Trophy (Best placed helm over 60) - RS400 - Mike Simms & Jack Holden - Carsington SC
Lady Tiger Trophy (First all Female crew) - 420 - Eleanor Keers & Faye Chatterton - ISC
John Merricks Junior Trophy (U16 ) - 420 - Jamie Cook & Will Martin - CBYC
John Merricks Youth Trophy (U19) - 420 - Jack Lewis & Fraser Hemmings - Draycote Water SC
Tiger Club Trophy (Club with most entries excluding Rutland) - Draycote Water SC

Class Winners (excluding winners of above trophies) with 6 or more entries
420 - Aaron Holman & Pablo Garcia (2nd after Neil Marsden)
Fireball - Ian Dobson & Richard Wagstaff
Blaze - Eden Hyland
Osprey - Terry Curtis & Peter Greig
Laser - Eleanor Craig
RS Aero 7 - Richard Pye

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Final Race Day & Overall Results For Grenada Sailing Week 2019
Friday 1st February saw the final race day for the 7th edition of the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2019. Once again the fleet saw spectacular conditions out on the water. The balmy early morning calm fortunately gave way to a good breeze as the trade winds kicked in. Competitors made their way to the start line with everything still to race for.

In Racing Class Jason Fletcher's Caribbean 33, Nickatime managed to hold on to first place overall despite being beaten by Claude Granel's Class 40, Credit Mutuel (1st), Pamela Baldwin's, Liquid (2nd) and Rob Butler's, Touch2Play Racing (3rd) in Fridays racing.

In Racer/Cruiser Class Peter Morris' Jaguar continued to dominate with an impressive run of first places, taking top spot in every race on the final day and winning first in class overall.

The classics Galatea and Mah Jong battled it out with the closest racing, with Galatea winning overall by just 1.75 points making it a victory for Judd Tinius for the third year in a row.

Fredrick Sweeny's Attitude, Robbie Yearwood's Die Hard and Stephen Bushe's Hawkeye lead the way in the J24 class. But it was Attitude with 10 wins out of 18 that took the final honours.

The final nights prize giving and the Mount Gay Wrap Up party was held at the upper restaurant of Secret Harbour Marina over looking stunning Mount Hartman Bay. Nearly US$1000 was raised during the event to support the first GSA Youth Sailing Team who competed in the J24 class and had an excellent time out on the water. The Organising Committee wants to thank everyone involved and hopes to see everyone again next year.

Overall Race Day Results for Friday 1st January 2019.
Racing Class
1st Credit Mutuel - Claude Granel - Martinique
2nd Liquid - Pamela Baldwin - Antigua
3rd Touch 2 Play Racing - Rob Butler - Canada

Racer/Cruiser
1st Jaguar - Peter Morris - Trinidad
2nd Julie Rule - Peter Evans - Grenada
3rd C MOS - Norman Da Costa - Trinidad

Classic Class
1st Galatea - Judd Tinius - Grenada
2nd Mah Jong - Alex Goldhill - USA
3rd The Blue Peter - Mathew Barker - UK

J24s
1st Die Hard - Robbie Yearwood - Grenada
2nd Attitude - Fredric Sweeney - St Lucia
3rd Hawkeye - Stephen Bushe - Trinidad

Overall Results:
Racing:
1st - Nickatime - Jason Fletcher - Grenada
2nd - Liquid - Pamela Baldwin - Antigua
3rd - Touch2Play Racing - Rob Butler - Canada

Racer/Cruiser
1st - Jaguar - Peter Morris - Trinidad
2nd - Julie Rule - Peter Evans - Grenada
3rd - CMOS - Norman Da Costa - Trinidad

Classic Class
1st - Galatea - Judd Tinius - Grenada
2nd - Mah Jong - Alex Goldhill - USA
3rd - Arrluuk - Steve Frary - USA

J24
1st - Attitude - Fredrick Sweeney - St Lucia
2nd - Die Hard - Robbie Yearwood - Grenada
3rd - Hawkeye - Stephen Bushe - Trinidad

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18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Race 5
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Sydney Harbour: The Smeg team of Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge and Mike McKensey showed their class in the 17-20-knot North-East wind when they scored a spectacular win in Race 5 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour.

Smeg held the lead for most of the race, but had to withstand a powerful finish from Finport Finance (Keagan York, Matt Stenta, Charlie Gundy) before crossing the finish line line 26s ahead of Finport.

Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Dan Phillips) was always in the top three or four boats throughout the race and finish 58s behind Finport, in third place.

Smeg shares the lead after today's racing with Winning Group (John Winning Jr.), which finished fourth in today's race.

The consistent Bing Lee (Micah Lane) and Appliancesonline.com.au (Brett Van Munster) were in fifth and sixth places respectively and also feature in the top six placings overall.

After discarding each team's worst result so far, Smeg and Winning Group are on eight points, followed by Asko Appliances on 9, Bing Lee on 10, The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone (Jordan Girdis) on 13 and Appliancesonline.com.au on 16.

Following two weeks of extreme wind conditions, today's nor'easter was perfect for all the teams to show their boat speed and boat handling skills.

The race was a great hit-out for all teams in preparation for next month's JJ Giltinan Championshp.

Races 6 and 7 of the championship will be sailed next Sunday, and the Australian 18 Footers League's spectator ferry will be there to follow all the action. The ferry will leave Double Bay public wharf at 2pm..

The Australian 18ft Skiff Championship will continue on the following dates;
Sundays February 10, February 17.

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The JJ Giltinan Championship will be sailed on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10. -- Frank Quealey

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M32 Mast Design Update
Aston Harald has designed and built a new mast with the same overall tube size as the current rigs, but with a different shroud geometry. The hounds have been moved about 2/3 of the way up the mast, towards the gennaker halyard exit point. It is also marginally heavier (2kg) as a result of additional carbon stiffening in the lower section. Aston Harald is looking to achieve a decrease of ~50% of the maximum bending moment in the mast caused by the high loads on the gennaker luff cable. This together with the reinforcement increases resistance against local buckling and ovalization by ~160%.

The total added weight of the rig is ~2kg
Mast junction and spreader fittings moved 500mm upwards.
Forestay attachment and top diamond fitting moved 1130mm upwards.
Mast joint 500mm higher.

The new mast has been tested in November in Sweden and during the first two events of the Miami Winter Series where the new rig was racing against existing rigs. The tests have been positive with the rig showing significant improvements in stability. It is well adjusted to the existing sail plan and has little or no performance differences compared to the current version. Based on this testing, the Class has approved this as the new rig to be delivered from now and going forward. Old rigs will be grandfathered in until further notice. The mast development has been a long process, and the class is grateful to the builder, testing teams and other parties for cooperating. It is always a difficult decision to upgrade equipment in a one-design boat but the class board feels confident that this is the right thing to do for the future development and growth of M32 sailing.

M32 Sail Design Update
With the adoption of the new mast design, the current sail plan is working well, so the class board, together with the builder has decided that there will be no upgrades to the sails for the 2019 Worlds. The class, along with partners, may test new sail designs for future use. Any introduction of new sails will be made with a schedule giving owners sufficient time to evaluate their inventory and place orders in advance of the major championships.

Based on owner interviews and web surveys, it is the opinion of the class that sails should be strict one design with a single supplier with strong quality control. The main and gennaker may be tested and updated separately and in the future may not necessarily have to be from the same supplier.

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Happy 90th Birthday Transpac Yacht Club!
Not every yacht club is founded by a man lying down. It was, however, a man lying down on February 3, 1928 who brought forth the Transpacific Yacht Club. We might add that the man was a serial founder. It was true in his profession of radiology, also in his field of passion, sailing, where he had already founded the Newport Harbor Yacht Club, Southern California Yachting Association and Pacific Coast Yachting Association. A contemporary said of him, "Al Soiland never seemed to rest," and that was also true. On February 3, 1928 our man was in a hospital bed recuperating from an appendix operation, and Al Soiland had to be doing...something.

What he started, these many years later, now supports Transpac 50, coming up in July with a record 97 entries so far.

Almost forgotten, but now remembered as a visionary, Dr. Albert F. Soiland, MD had met a certain Clarence MacFarlane in 1906, when the instigator of the Transpacific Yacht Race sailed into Los Angeles Harbor looking for a race home to Honolulu. Well-known history tells us that MacFarlane had expected to join a race starting from San Francisco - he had sailed over to promote a race and his beloved Hawaii - but the earthquake got to San Francisco ahead of him. He arrived to find a city still smoldering, a hotter fact and a hotter topic than yacht racing, so his 48-foot schooner, La Paloma, sailed on to Los Angeles. There the boat, her crew, and the vision of a great ocean race were quickly embraced by South Coast Yacht Club.

On March 1, 1928, at a Transpac race planning meeting chaired by Race Chairman Soiland at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, George Vibert formally moved, and Joe Beek seconded, the formation of Transpacific Yacht Club. Clarence Macfarlane was named the first Commodore in absentia and largely honorary and Al Soiland, Vice Commodore.

Today we have 574 members, and we make the Transpacific Yacht Race happen every two years. To some of us, it's kind of a big deal, and 2019 is looking good. --Kimball Livingston

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The Last Word
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts. -- Marcus Aurelius

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In This Issue
• Guest Editorial: John Heyes
• Star Junior World Championship
• Rookies and Returnees to Clash in 55th Congressional Cup
• Detroit Cup Joins Match Race Super League
• Tracy Edwards Documentary To Have 'Maiden' Screening In Cork Next Month
• Oxford Pirates Win 'Reactivate Your Topper' Competition
• Venezuelan pirates - the new scourge of the Caribbean
• Industry News
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• The Last Word: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Guest Editorial: John Heyes
The final months of 2018 will be recorded in the history of the International Finn class as when World Sailing chose to replace the class for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a new and un-tried Mixed Offshore Keelboat event. In truth the Finn wasn't so much voted out as lost in the process to secure gender equality within the 10-medal format. However a trawl through the WS committee minutes reveals that the real reason for the switch was more to do with money - specifically growing the revenues of the ailing World Sailing coffers.

The minutes of the Equipment committee meeting reveal that one of the prime movers behind the vote was Matt Allen, President of Australian Sailing and a renowned offshore owner, (not a member of the Equipment Committee but was somehow allowed to speak as a substitute for Chairman of the Oceanic and Offshore Committee, Stan Honey from USA). Allen's pitch was that 'the event had the potential to meet the demands from the IOC hopefully enabling World Sailing to move from group D to groups C or B. The importance of the number of viewers for the IOC was acknowledged and the event was presented as a unique opportunity to meet these demands'.

For London 2012, Athletics in Group A was awarded $47 million, Group B Sports $22 million and sailing in group D just $14 million - so it is all about the money!

Much of what Matt Allen says is laudable - to grow sailing and its media penetration but much of his views are based on the strong media coverage achieved by the last Volvo Ocean Race. Assuming that the same level of resources and media rights sales can be achieved with Olympic sailing is a rash and unfounded jump too far. Each Volvo boat had a dedicated professional onboard reporter, state-of-the-art equipment, remote-control cameras, microphones and custom-designed media stations as well as Sky TV as a media partner. The pressure was on to provide compelling daily content, with lucrative prizes for best media coverage and demanding sponsors to keep happy with brand awareness to justify their big investments.

The result was some great footage and regular social media updates but also some disturbing trends. During quiet stages of the race, crews were reduced to trying to create storylines - one witty duo became the 'Ant & Dec' of the Volvo race with their downstairs banter but when the crew of Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag tried to emulate such repartee it backfired badly. Pushed into allegedly sexist quips about applying rash cream to a crewmember to enliven the daily broadcast in the doldrums, the crew's efforts escalated into a Rule 75 protest brought by a distant online follower in Australia - resulting in one of the crew having to leave the boat. Sailors train as athletes - not entertainers or media specialists. The scary fact was that the Scallywag team management were more proud of the fact that they won the overall Inmarsat Team Communications award than they were of their overall result - last. Is Olympic sailing to become the sport of 'It's not the winning that counts but the media coverage'?

Proponents will point to the improved tracking software and large numbers playing the virtual Volvo Race as evidence of the huge potential of online coverage of offshore sailing. World Sailing held their first e-Sailing World Championships at the November conference, but how many armchair sailors does it actually convert to real sailing? With sport funding increasingly concentrated on mass participation events that get more people moving and reducing the obesity crisis, e-sailing is unlikely to grow an NGA's or WS's funding.

Much has already been written about the last minute submission by World Sailing to replace the previously agreed Mixed One Person Dinghy event and how the subsequent tight voting was incorrectly recorded by the electronic voting system. The WS President and his followers seemed hell bent on rail-roading this through and ignoring any cries of dissent - the Minutes simply state: Post meeting note: Peter Hall, Pablo Masseroni and Georgy Wossala proposed that the draft minutes be amended on the grounds their votes had been incorrectly recorded. Having considered the proposed amendment and a review of the voting records, the Chairman has approved the minutes without amendment.

It was also sad to see the UK and Ireland delegates at the Conference voting to remove the Finn from the Olympic slate. You might think that a country that won the last 5 Finn Gold medals would wish to hang onto the expertise they have developed in the class, but apparently not. Exactly why UK Rep Dick Batt voted (or was instructed) to reject the Finn is not clear, although it does give the RYA the political high ground that the British Sailing Team is now representing a wider spectrum of its 110,000 paying members.

So what of the new, untried Mixed Offshore Keelboat event? All we know is that it will include a 48 hr Offshore race for, perhaps, only 12 nations off the coast of Marseille in 2024.

Presumably the mixed crew will be filmed from every angle and be expected to send exciting and attention grabbing interviews every few hours whilst trying to win a gold medal? How will Olympic broadcasters be able to sustain the excitement and coverage for 48hrs with potentially no other boats in sight or in little wind? How will the security of the athletes be maintained over such a racecourse and how will officials stop any out of sight cheating? Is this really going to grow the sport and appeal of sailing?

Of the 12 elite nations able to afford a campaign, who will they select to represent them as their best medal bet? A young pair of aspiring athletes from a keelboat academy, a U23 Finn sailor teamed with a top female dinghy sailor with transferable skills or an older, proven professional offshore sailor with huge technical and weather routing experience such as the likes of Phil Sharp, Sam Davies, Alex Thomson, Dee Caffari, or a Michel Dejoyeaux - who would be able to afford the necessary multi boat campaign? Will 'Swifter, Higher, Stronger' be replaced by 'Older, Richer, Communicator'?

Close boat-on-boat action of top athletes racing Finns in big waves and winds does makes a great spectacle, as evidenced by the great footage from the offshore courses at the Rio Olympics, but was surprisingly never shown during the Games. By developing onboard and drone footage, aided by on-screen tracking, bringing Finn racing to life for spectators is now much more attainable and cost effective. It is much easier to maintain an audience's excitement and attention span over 40 minutes than it is over a 48 hour race - half of which is in the dark!

As Paul Henderson suggested recently, by all means trial the Mixed Offshore class as a demonstration event at Paris 2024, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater - in case it fails to deliver and leads to sailing losing its Olympic status.

In the UK sadly several Olympic hopefuls have already quit the class, Ben Cornish has sold his boat, Silver Cup Bronze medalist Hector Simpson and Cameron Tweedle have also put their campaigns on hold. The British Finn Association is working with the remaining GAC Pindar U23 squad to build some keelboat experience into their training, to help keep them in the class whilst also helping them make a break into professional sailing. Supporters of the Finn worldwide are still working hard to overturn World Sailing's decision and until the IOC ratifies World Sailing's proposals in 2020 (or even early 2021) to change the Olympic slate then nothing is set in stone.

John Heyes
Chairman, British Finn Association.

Star Junior World Championship
It was a typical Biscayne Bay kind of day; sunshine and breeze going from 6-7 knots in the morning up to 10-12 in the afternoon. Three races were sailed as scheduled, thanks to a great job by the Race Committee with PRO Carl Schellbach, and the 36 teams, with their '30 and under' skippers who really enjoyed the second day of the inaugural Star Junior World Championship hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club.

With today's three races completed the Championship is back on schedule with the provisional leaders, after four races, American Charlie Buckingham - who moved to the Star after finishing fourth in the Laser at the recent World Cup Series event - and Star US Olympian, Austin Sperry. The American team posted a bullet in today's last race, while the other two race wins went to Star Sailors League Finals 2018 winner Pedro Trouche (BRA) crewing for American Tomas Hornos, sitting in second place overall, and to 2017 Star World Champion crew Joshua Revkin (USA), at the helm, with Arthur Anosov as crew. Third overall are Americans Luke Lawrence with Alexey Selvanov, winners of yesterday's only race.

The conditions tomorrow look to be the same as today with the first start confirmed at 12pm, two races scheduled with no warning sequence starting after 2pm.

The first Star Junior World Champions will be crowned tomorrow after racing with the prize giving ceremony held at the beautiful Coral Reef Yacht Club.

Top ten teams in the provisional ranking after four races:

1. Charlie Buckingham - Austin Sperry, USA
2. Tomas Hornos - Pedro Trouche, USA
3. Luke Lawrence - Alexey Selivanov, USA
4. Juan Ignacio Perez - Mark Strube, MEX
5. Jake Lilley - Lewis Brake, AUS
6. Robert O'Leary - Peter O'Leary, IRL
7. Nick Pellicano Grael - Samuel Goncalves, BRA
8. Facundo Olezza - Frederico Melo, ARG
9. Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini - Brian Fatih, GBR
10. Leandro Altolaguirre - Lucas Altolaguirre, ARG

Full results

Rookies and Returnees to Clash in 55th Congressional Cup
The Long Beach Yacht Club Congressional Cup regatta, April 3 to 7, 2019, promises rousing competition, as past champions Ian Williams, GBR, and Johnie Berntsson, SWE, return to face challenges by newcomers Will Boulden, AUS, Nicklas Dackhammar SWE, and Nick Egnot-Johnson, NZL; along with the most decorated Ficker Cup titleholder in history, Scott Dickson, USA.

The Congressional Cup was founded by LBYC in 1965 and is recognized as the 'grandfather' of modern world-class match racing. One of the leading yacht clubs in the nation - celebrating its 90th anniversary this year - LBYC set the standard for premier-level match racing worldwide, and pioneered the concept of on-the-water umpiring.

Six skippers have been named to the field so far, to compete in the 55th running of the five-day event, which culminates with the winner receiving the coveted Crimson Blazer.

Three-time Congressional Cup victor Ian Williams will return with a bid to recapture the title he last won in 2017. Ranked No. 1 in the world of match racing, Williams is a six-time World Champion and formidable opponent.

Johnie Berntsson also comes back with the hopes of repeating his Congressional Cup victory of 2009. Last year he nearly did: scrapping his way through the Ficker Cup qualifier, and making it all the way into the Congressional Cup semi-finals.

Congressional Cup Skippers
Ian Williams (GBR)
Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE)
Will Boulden (AUS)
Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL)
Johnie Berntsson (SWE)
Scott Dickson (USA)

www.thecongressionalcup.com

Detroit Cup Joins Match Race Super League
The Bayview Yacht Club, organizers of the Detroit Cup, a grade 2 event with a 12 year history in match racing has joined the Match Race Super League 2019, making it 11 events worldwide on the League.

The event, organized by the Bayview Yacht Club (BYC) and supported by the City of Detroit, will be held over 21-25 August 2019.

MRSL director Harald Thierer said: "It (the Detroit Cup) is one of the most coveted trophies in match racing, and a fantastic addition to the Match Race Super League, particularly as a new League event in the United States. On top of that we continuously work on adding the fifth continent to the MRSL schedule in the hopefully not too distant future"

2019 MRSL Events:
1. Szczecin Match Race, POL, 3.-5. May
2. NJK Open Spring Match Race Cup, FIN, 17.-19. May
3. Match Race Germany, GER, 5-10. June
4. Koper Match Race Challenge, SLO, 11.14.July
5. Internationaux de France Match Racing, FRA, 25.-28.July
6. The Detroit Cup USA, 21.-25. August (NEW!!!!!)
7. Baltic Match Race, EST, 21.-25. August
8. Oakliff international, USA, 2.-4.September
9. Thompson Cup, USA, 6.-8. September
10. DBS Marina Bay Cup, SIN, 19.-22.September
11. The Kingdom Match Race, BHR, 11.-15. December

The MRSL was founded in 2018 under the slogan: Make Match Racing Great Again, in order to unite organizersaon an international stage, promoting classic match racing worldwide. Sanctioned by the Match Race Association (MRA) and supported by World Sailing 8WS). The format is aimed at 20000 active match race sailors in the world. Back in 2018, 78 teams including sailors from 30 nations in a total of 13 events competet on the MRSL in twelve countries around the world.

www.mrsuperleague.org

Tracy Edwards Documentary To Have 'Maiden' Screening In Cork Next Month
Cork's Gate Cinemas will stage a special screening of the new Tracy Edwards documentary Maiden, followed by a satellite link Q&A with Edwards herself, on Thursday 7 March.

Edwards was a 24-year-old cook on charter boats when in 1989 she became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race, the precursor to the Volvo Ocean Race.

Maiden charts Edwards' struggle against the odds - facing chauvinism in the yachting community, and rejection from sponsors - to put a team on the water.

afloat.ie/sail/

Oxford Pirates Win 'Reactivate Your Topper' Competition
On Saturday 02 March (3pm) the winners of the 2018 Topper International Limited 'Reactivate your Topper' competition will be presented with their new race-ready Topper at the RYA Dinghy Show, in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki (Alexandra Palace, London).

Jonathan Tweedle and his Oxford Pirates team from Oxford Sailing Club, clinched the winners' title after they 'reactivated' four old army Toppers. "The judges at Topper International felt the Oxford Pirates really demonstrated how old Toppers could be brought back to life with a bit of expertise, elbow grease, teamwork and love. Well done to all the team!", commented Roger Proctor, International Topper Class Association (GBR).

The 'Reactivate your Topper' initiative aims to help clubs put value back into old and unused Topper hulls and get them back on the water.

If you would also like the chance to win a brand new race-ready Topper for your club, all you have to do is re-activate an old Topper.

Drop by the Topper International Ltd stand (B58) to find out more about the Topper class and the 'Reactive your Topper' programme and don't forget to join them at 3pm on Saturday 02 March, for the 2018 winners' prize giving.

You can also find out more by contacting the Topper Class Association at secretary [AT] itca-gbr [DOT] co [DOT] uk or visiting www.itca-gbr.co.uk

Venezuelan pirates - the new scourge of the Caribbean
As Venezuela's economy collapses, a tide of lawlessness is spreading to the nearby island of Trinidad. Its fishermen now live in fear of Venezuelan pirates, discovers Colin Freeman, while Venezuelan smugglers exchange drugs and guns for basic necessities.

If your idea of a tropical paradise is based on what you've seen in tourist brochures, the coastline of south-west Trinidad will not disappoint. Golden beaches and coconut groves? Tick. Sleepy villages, full of fishermen snoozing under palm trees? Tick. A relaxed, laid-back vibe? Hmm. Actually, no.

Take a closer look in villages like Fullarton, and you'll notice a few things seem out of place. For one, why have so many of the fishermen got 200 horsepower engines on their boats, when 75 is more than enough? And why, when they go out fishing at night, do none of them put lights on any more?

The answer, as fisherman Gerry Padarath explains from his beachside hammock, is pirates.

www.bbc.com/news/stories-47003108

Industry News
Two US companies have joined forces to develop advanced hydrofoil craft. Bieker Boats has years of experience designing fast foil-born boats, including work on the foils for the America's Cup boats, while Glosten has worked on the design of passenger vessels for public and private clients over the past 50 years.

The joint venture team claims that their ultra-efficient concept requires less than half the installed power of a typical passenger catamaran, resulting in a 50% reduction in fuel consumption. When compared to the latest foil-assisted, low-wake small passenger vessels, the design achieves three times the passenger miles per gallon. The design team achieved this by combining the proven technologies of ultra-efficient hydrofoils, lightweight carbon fiber hull construction, and modern geared propulsion equipment.

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Perini Navi, is pleased to announce the appointment of Camilla Calza as its Head of Communications, Marketing and Events.

Boasting a solid background in the luxury industry through her work with leading events organisation companies, Ms Calza was previously Head of Business Department at FeelRouge Worldwide Shows and Business Manager at Balich Worldwide Shows. She also has extensive experience in the fashion sector, having spent, most notably, seven years in London working with Dolce&Gabbana and Burberry. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Management from Milan's Catholic University of Sacro Cuore.

In her new role, Ms Calza will work alongside Simona Del Re who remains in her role as Perini Navi's Communications and Branding Manager with responsibility for related areas.

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The ninth edition of YARE, the international aftersales and refit event dedicated to the superyacht sector, is returning to Viareggio next month for another four-day run. From March 20-23, around 100 superyacht captains will descend on Italy's yachting capital for a series of B2B meetings with Italian and international aftersales and refit companies.

Viareggio itself is home to 13 shipbuilders and around 700 companies from five industry sub-sectors - shipyards, refit, suppliers, ground and marine services. The Tuscany region, which is almost exclusively dedicated to the superyacht supply chain, comprises 4,000 nautical/marine companies (3,000 in yachting), 18,000 workers, 70 specialist branches (production and services) and a sales volume of €2bn.

Once again, YARE will host a workshop to discuss the latest market news and trends. The Superyacht Captains' Forum, organised by The Superyacht Group, will engage around 500 insiders and analyse the state of the industry, its dynamics and outlook, while looking at data from an international point of view.

YARE is organised by NAVIGO, a research and innovation service centre for the nautical sector, supported by the Distretto della Nautica e della Portualita Toscana (Tuscany's port and nautical district authority), endorsed by SYBAss, the international superyacht builders association, and by other important partners and sponsors.

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The Royal Torbay Yacht Club is pleased to announce the appointment of GAC Pindar as the Event Shipping and Logistics Provider for the J/70 2019 World Championships being held in Torquay August 29th to September 6th. The event is expected to attract over 100 entries from across the world and to have GAC Pindar involved in the event as sponsors and logistics partners is a great boost for the organisers.

Headquartered in the UK sailing hub of Southampton, GAC Pindar is trusted to deliver complex logistics services for the world's biggest sailing events and is the official logistics provider for World Sailing. It made history in 2017 when appointed Official Logistics Provider for the Volvo Ocean Race for the second consecutive edition of the race, a first in the event's 45-year history.

GAC Pindar is a strategic partnership combining the global service expertise of the GAC Group with the Pindar brand's knowledge and understanding of the yachting world. Established since 1956, GAC employs over 9,000 people in more than 300 offices worldwide.

The same team that delivered the Volvo Ocean Race around the world can offer transport solutions for boats coming from Europe and worldwide advising on the best option to fit competitors' needs. They have both containerised and 'roll on, roll off' (for boats transporting on trailer alone) sea freight and road haulage solutions and can also assist with boats towed behind vehicles, on curtain-sided lorries and ferry crossings. GAC Pindar can provide loading and lashing services where required and will handle all customs clearance procedures into post-Brexit UK, being an AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) approved customs broker.

For further information on logistics' solutions and pricing please contact: Diogo Diniz - J70worlds [AT] gac [DOT] com or call the team on +44 (0)2380 489 924

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The Last Word
Poetry is the shadow cast by our imaginations. -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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In This Issue
• Star Junior World Championship
• Argo Group Gold Cup
• On track toward the Indian Ocean
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Hamble Classics Regatta moves to the Royal Air Force Yacht Club
• Round Martinique Regatta, a year of regeneration
• Starling Match Racing Nationals
• Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium
• M32 Events: Europe
• DutchSail Video
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Dean Wormer

Luke Lawrence and Alexey Selivanov win Star Junior World Championship
American sailor Luke Lawrence is, with crew Alexey Selivanov, the first Star Junior World Champion Under 30 after a six race regatta in the water of Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, successfully hosted by the Coral Reef Yacht Club and organized by the International Star Class.

The championship started off well for the team who won the inaugural race of the series on Monday, then handed the lead last night to Charlie Buckingham and Austin Sperry (USA) and even today, on the last downwind they were second to Tomas Hornos (USA) and Pedro Trouche (BRA). But the finish line was upwind and they managed to pass a couple of boats, all they needed to conquer the first ever Star Junior World Championship title.

Luke Lawrence is 28 years old and has been sailing for most of his life, first the Laser then his real passion the Finn, and in the past few years he fell for the Star attending the main events such as the Worlds and the SSL Finals in 2014. A little break from sailing in the past year or so, before the great comeback winning the first Star Junior World Championship in the familiar waters of Biscayne Bay.

For most of the fleet is now time to move to the next event starting tomorrow here at the Coral Reef Yacht Club; the Walker Cup on Thursday and Friday followed by the 2019 Midwinters on Saturday and Sunday. While the next Silver Star is set for May 11th to the 19th at the Europeans in Riva del Garda, first time organized together with the Star Sailors League for what it will also be the SSL Breeze Grand Slam. At the end of the month of May the Western Hemisphere in San Diego, California, and in June the Star World Championship 2019 in Porto Cervo, Italy.

Top ten teams:
1. Luke Lawrence - Alexey Selivanov, USA
2. Tomas Hornos - Pedro Trouche, USA
3. Robert O'Leary - Peter O'Leary, IRL
4. Charlie Buckingham - Austin Sperry, USA
5. Nick Pellicano Grael - Samuel Gonçalves, BRA
6. Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini - Brian Fatih, GBR
7. Guido Gallinaro - Frithjof Kleen, ITA
8. Jake Lilley - Lewis Brake, AUS
9. Juan Ignacio Perez - Mark Strube, MEX
10. Facundo Olezza - Frederico Melo, ARG

Event website: 2019jrworlds.starchampionships.org

America's Cup Team, Open, Women's and Youth World Champs Among Early Entries to 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup
Hamilton, Bermuda: A sterling collection of past champions that also includes the top three skippers in the World Match Race Rankings, the reigning Open, Women's and Youth World champions and the America's Cup Challenger of Record are among the first eight entrants to the 2019 Argo Group Gold Cup, the oldest match racing regatta for one-design yachts and offering a $100,000 prize purse.

Scheduled May 6-11, the Argo Group Gold Cup is pre-dated by only the America's Cup. The Gold Cup trophy was first presented in 1907 by King Edward VII at the Tri-Centenary Regatta, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the first permanent settlement in America in Jamestown, Virginia. The Gold Cup was awarded as a match racing trophy in 1937 and this year marks the 69th running of the event organized by the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club.

"We are proud to sponsor Argo Group Gold Cup for the tenth year," said Mark E. Watson III, CEO, Argo Group. "This event attracts the world's best skippers and crews with experience competing in a wide variety of prestigious races."

Preliminary Entry List
Johnie Berntsson (SWE) - two-time past champion (2008, '14)
Ettore Botticini (ITA) - reigning Youth Match Racing World champion
Francesco Bruni (ITA) - Luna Rossa Challenge, past champion (2013)
Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE) - sixth place in 2018
Lucy Macgregor (GBR) - reigning Women's Match Racing World champion
Torvar Mirsky (AUS) - past champion (2011), reigning Match Racing World champion
Eric Monnin (SUI) - World No. 2-ranked match racer (as of Jan. 25, 2019)
Ian Williams (GBR) - past champion (2006), six-time Match Racing World champion
Bermuda National Match Racing champion - to be named
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined

argogroupgoldcup.com

On track toward the Indian Ocean
Alex Alley (GBR) remains on track in his pursuit to break the Solo Non-Stop Around the World Record in his 40-foot yacht - Pixel Flyer. Located at 35°S (at 20:00 UTC) in the South Atlantic, his southeasterly course has him avoiding the St. Helena High aiming toward Cape Agulhas and into the Indian Ocean.

With the help of crowdfunding, Alex Alley (GBR) is aiming to break the Solo Non-Stop Around the World Record in his 40-foot yacht - Pixel Flyer.

His goal is to better the 2013 record set by Guo Chuan of 137d 20h 01m 57s, beginning his quest December 31 when he crossed the official start line between the Créac'h lighthouse on the island of Ushant and the Lizard lighthouse in Cornwall in the English Channel.

With his start at 14h 31mins 09 sec (subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council), if he is to beat Chuan's record (and he has to beat it by at least one minute), then his deadline is to cross the line again going the other way, on at 10h 32mins 06 secs on May 18, 2019.

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/02/05/track-toward-indian-ocean/

Seahorse February 2019
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

A whole new language
Following the 2017 Cup Artemis took a major swerve and once the die was cast for AC36 there became no looking back. John Nicholls and James Boyd

The basics
Pragmatic thinking followed through with confident application is paying good dividends in Maxi world. Andrew Mcirvine=

Way to go
Good race-winning tools can be subtle...

Snorkel time
Jeremie Beyou

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Hamble Classics Regatta moves to the Royal Air Force Yacht Club
The Hamble Classics team of Jonty Sherwill and Vicki Weston are delighted to announce that the 2019 Hamble Classics Regatta is to be hosted by the Royal Air Force Yacht Club in Hamble, 20-22 September.

The RAFYC is a superb Hamble yachting venue with excellent waterside facilities and an enthusiastic membership who are very keen to host this much-acclaimed classic event. With direct access to the MDL Port Hamble Marina, its own smaller section of the Prince Philip Yacht Haven, a launch service for river berthing and a spacious car park, the club is well placed to deliver the 2019 Hamble Classics Regatta to the same high standard previously enjoyed by entrants.

The Hamble Classics welcomes all types of classic style yachts and since 2016 has attracted serious contenders each year for its Concours d'Elegance Awards. Uniquely to the event there are four separate categories to reward the diversity of entries, with prizes for historic wooden-built classics, Spirit of Tradition and the best GRP yacht.

Racing for all classes is to be organised in the central Solent on Saturday and Sunday with two course areas to suit the various types of boats, plus for the first time an extra day's racing on Friday 20th for the IRC Zero class including the big Spirit Yachts. The PRO for this year's Hamble Classics will be Peter Bateson, as in each of the previous regattas, with an experienced RAFYC team and additional support from Hamble River Sailing Club, this year celebrating its Centenary.

With continued support from Spinlock, Performance Rigging, Classic Marine, The Sandeman Yacht Company, Ratsey & Lapthorn Sailmakers and A-Plan Marine Insurance the stage is set for a superb Hamble Classics Regatta at the RAFYC: rafyc.org.uk

You can follow Hamble Classics on Facebook: www.facebook.com/hambleclassics/

Round Martinique Regatta, a year of regeneration
Having been cancelled last year, largely because of the effects of Hurricane Irma, the Round Martinique Regatta Crédit Mutuel AG is back once more and from next Friday February 8th, the racing format established in 2016 returns to offer the 29 entries ideal conditions for racing along the shores of Martinique.

The full programme of activities which run from Friday 8th through to Sunday 10th of February was announced at the opening press conference held in Fort de France today:

"This format of three-day races makes the event more attractive," explains Claude Granel, Communications Manager of the Round Martinique Regatta. "The Martinique Yacht Club, in collaboration with Ven Dan Vwèl 972, the Club Nautique le Neptune (CNN), the Club Nautique de Martinique (CNM) and Open The Bar (OTB), has designed an attractive event for both amateur and seasoned professional sailors.

Leg 1: Fort de France
The event starts on Friday in the picturesque bay of Fort de France, considered to be one of the most beautiful bays in the world. The Bay will effectively be transformed into a sailing stadium and host the very technical inshore part of the competition, "the Round Bay" which will run a number of courses between 6 and 12 miles long.

Leg 2: Fort de France - the Marin
Depending on what teams will want to do, there will be the choice of either competing in "The Round Rally" on the Caribbean side of the island or tackling "The Round Raid", a more demanding and challenging 80-mile course on the Atlantic side.

Leg 3: Marin - Anses d'Arlet
The last stage, "The Round Rock", gives competitors the chance to sail a lap around the iconic Diamond Rock before a final run to the pretty beach of Anses d'Arlet for a fun lunch.

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Starling Match Racing Nationals
The 2019 Starling match racing national championships threw up yet another surprise result, writes Brian Peet.

The 28-year history of the event has had more than its share of broken dreams from pre-contest favourites. Even during regattas, strong contenders in the early round robins are not immune to the fickle finger of fate and this year's event was no exception.

In the fresh conditions of day one, Emily Overend (Marlborough) performed in a class of her own with intelligent tactical selections and powerful upwind sailing, totally dominating the fleet and finishing the day on 11 wins and no losses.

Behind her were Max Scott (Auckland) and Lachlan Dillon (BoP) both with nine wins and two losses. Fourth on the leaderboard was her Nacra sailing partner Harry Edwards (Wildcard) with seven wins and four losses.

All points were set aside after day one and a series of semifinals, then finals races followed.

The final between Scott and Edwards saw Edwards score three wins from four races and, in the process, add his name to a trophy studded with who's who of New Zealand yachting.

Results from the Starling match racing national championships at the Glendowie Boating Club recently:

1. Harry Edwards (South Island Wildcard 2)
2. Max Scott (Auckland)
3. Emily Overend (Marlborough)
4. Lachlan Dillon (Bay of Plenty)
5. Peter Eaglen (North Island Wildcard 1)
6. Cailen Rochford (North)
7. Ella Wilcox (South Island Wildcard 1)
8. Fergus Baxter (Wellington)
9. Jordan Dakins (East)
10. Georgia Schokking (Nelson)
11. Jack Webber (North Island Wildcard 2)
12. Antonia Hill (Canterbury)

www.yachtingnz.org.nz

Registration now open for 23rd Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium
Annapolis, Maryland - The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) has opened online registration for the 23rd edition of the Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium (CSYS), held again this year at the US Naval Academy (USNA) over March 15-16, 2019. This triennial event features research papers presented by academics and practitioners from around the world in a variety of fields related to the design, engineering, performance and fabrication of sailing craft.

The research papers presented at this year's symposium are from researchers based all over the world: France, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Thailand and the USA. The topics presented are also extremely varied, ranging from hydrodynamics of slender Polynesian canoe hulls, to foiling behaviors in dinghys and Open 60's, to the science of Olympic 470 sailing performance. A complete list of papers, authors and abstracts can be found on the CSYS website.

This year's Keynote Speaker will be a frequent contributor to CSYS, Andy Claughton. He is one of the most experienced Americas Cup designers, having been involved with the competition since 1983.

He is now an independent Naval Architect and remains a long time member of the International Technical Committee working on the ORC rules for racing yachts, superyachts and now multihulls. He has published numerous papers, and won awards that include the Royal Institute of Naval Architects Small Craft Group Medal.

The schedule for the 23rd CSYS includes two days of talks and presentations held in Chauvenet Hall Room 100, a tour of the USNA Hydro Lab on Friday and a Cocktail Reception at Severn Sailing Association on Saturday evening.

For a complete list f paper titles, abstracts and to Register for the 23rd Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposium, visit the event website at www.csysonline.com.

M32 Events: Europe
M32 Europe will visit amazing locations in 2019 as the fleet builds up to the World Championship. M32 owner and multiple Match Racing World Champion, Ian Williams, is taking an active role in designing a series that returns to some proven locations while introducing a mix of new destinations. Class Manager and PRO Mattias Dahlstrom, will be overseeing the series stops to ensure top international standards of race management, umpiring and safety.

2019 Events
-San Remo, Italy 22-24 March
-Marina di Pisa, Italy 24-26 May
-Holland 21-23 June
-Gothenburg, Sweden 19-21 July
-Stenungsund, Sweden 15-17 August (two days of fleet racing followed by the around Tjorn race)
Contact: ian [AT] williamssailracing [DOT] com

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DutchSail Video
Simeon Tienpont introduces Team The Netherlands in this video. Helm Carolijn Brouwer, sailor Peter van Niekerk and designer Dirk Kramer all show their support for the Dutch challenge. But at 2:35 into the video, the narrator says there will be an America's Cup World Series in Scheveningen in 2020. Does this mean that the challenge is conditional? The Protocol gives Challenger of Record Luna Rossa the responsibility to organise the ACWS - will they agree to an event in Scheveningen? -- Jack Griffin, CupExperience, club.cupexperience.com

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

Originally built for a round world race, she was conceived by renowned architect and sailors. Perfectly suited for solo and double handed race, she is in good condition and ready to race the next Route du Rhum. Fast and reliable, clear deck layout, sleek lines, all is thought to sail her easily.

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2013 IMERYS Class 40. 320,000 EUR. Located in Lorient, France.

Winner of the 2018 and 2017 Class 40 Championship, Imerys is fresh back from a podium in the Route du Rhum in great condition for immediate sale.

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In This Issue
• Hardy Cup
• SailGP nations line up for the first time
• 5 classes & 90+ boats set to do battle for 35th Primo Cup
• Australian Wooden Boat Festival
• Australian Finish For Spindrift 2
• 16th Edition Of Transpac Tahiti Race To Start May 2020
• M32 Events: North America
• The OCC Announces Awards for 2018
• Launchings
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Richard Feynmann

Knots Racing from Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron win Hardy Cup in Sydney
For the fifth time since the inaugural Hardy Cup Sydney International Match Racing Regatta in 2001, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's match racing prowess proved unrivalled on Sydney Harbour.

In a classic Sydney summer sea breeze gusting to 20 knots - two Black Hawk choppers cruising the skies and SailGP's F50s passing impressively by the race track returning to base - the all-international final went to the Kiwis 3 - 0 over the Chris Weis-skippered Del Rey Yacht Club team from California.

Namesake and Patron Sir James Hardy spent the final day of the series with friends watching the thrilling action from his striking 1933-launched classic yacht Nerida.

Next for those teams continuing across the Tasman are the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club's CentrePort Youth Match Racing Championship, February 13 - 17, followed by the RNZYS's Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup, February 21 - 24.

Meanwhile the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron is gearing up to host the much-anticipated launch of SailGP, when six foiling F50s take to the harbour February 15 and 16. -- Lisa Ratcliff

Overall placings
1. Nick Egnot-Johnson - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL
2. Chris Weis - Del Rey Yacht Club, USA
3. James Hodgson - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, AUS
4. Finn Tapper - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, AUS
5. Patrick Harris - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL
6. Nick Rozenauers - Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, AUS
7. William Sargent - Derwent Sailing Squadron, AUS
8. Charlie Welsh - New York Yacht Club, USA
9. Alistair Reed - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, AUS
10. Jed Cruickshank - Darwin Sailing Club, AUS
11. Charlotte Griffin - Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, AUS

SailGP nations line up for the first time
Sydney, Australia: Sydney Harbour was awash with colour today as the revolutionary SailGP F50s of Australia, China, Great Britain, France, Japan and the United States lined up on the water together for the first time just one week out from the inaugural Sydney event.

The teams hit the water in their identical, supercharged catamarans as part of the first official Sydney SailGP rehearsal. The spectacle included a practice start, before the teams completed laps of the race track.

With today's race rehearsal, the stage is nearly set for Sydney SailGP, which will see six nations compete on Sydney Harbour before the global championship heads to San Francisco, New York City, Cowes (UK) and Marseille (France), where the champion will be crowned.

Sydney SailGP will take place 15-16 February in Sydney Harbour. Tickets for a variety of exclusive spectator experiences are still available for the world-premiere SailGP event at SailGP.com/Sydney

5 classes & 90+ boats set to do battle for 35th Primo Cup
The 35th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse, organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco, kicks off today. Launched in 1985, the Primo Cup is the opening meeting of the season in the Mediterranean for one-designs.

This year again, some 500 sailors from 12 nationalities number many of the best European sailors, including Laser star Jean-Baptiste Bernaz, with three Olympic preparations under his belt, Sebastien Col, former America's Cup helmsman, Roberto Spata, one-design specialist with six European Champion and five World titles to his name, and a host of amateurs who love sailing and racing.

With 60 entrants, the J/70 is the biggest fleet at this event and continues to grow, boding well for a potential record participation when Monaco hosts the class's World Championship in 2021 (18-23 October).

The Rob Humphreys-designed H22s are back, alongside the always twitchy and quick Longtze Premiers, Primo Cup regulars Melges 20 and the enduring Smeralda 888 class, designed by German Frers and famously helmed by "gentlemen" amateur sailors.

A popular feature of the Primo Cup-Trophee Credit Suisse is that it rewards team-work, with every crew member on the top three boats for each class receiving a garment from SLAM's Advanced Technology Sportswear range.

"For the moment, our focus is on understanding why the rudder broke: aside from cost, there is also the delay in building a new rudder and the simple fact that boatyards are very busy at this time of year. If we have to build a new one [rudder], then that will take time. So, it is still too early to know what we are going to do. First we will meet with our stakeholders and look at all the facts and then we will then take time to consider whether we continue with the Jules Verne Trophy programme next winter, or not."

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

Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Over 500 beautiful wooden boats will be the main attraction at Australia's most popular salute to wooden boats and the biggest maritime event of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere - the biennial MyState Bank Australian Wooden Boat Festival.

Visiting tall ships including the James Craig, Soren Larsen, Young Endeavour, Bark Endeavour, Enterprize and One And All will lead the ever-popular Parade of Sail to mark the opening of the festival on Friday 8 February and then gather in Hobart for the four days of the event. These will be joined by Tasmanian-based tall ships Julie Burgess, Rhona H, Yukon, Lady Nelson and the brigantine Windeward Bound, celebrating her 21st birthday.

Boats Ashore are always a major attraction at the festival. In February, the main Boats Ashore draw-card is likely to be the inaugural Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race participant Mistral II. At 64 ft long, Mistral II will certainly be the largest boat on display on land and, given her history, there will be significant nostalgic interest in her. Another historic racing yacht, Tassie Too, will be on display as well.

www.australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au

Australian Finish For Spindrift 2
Shortly after arriving into Fremantle on Wednesday morning (French time) Yann Guichard, the skipper of Spindrift 2, spoke about the situation that led to the team's retirement from their Jules Verne Trophy record attempt, following the breakage of the boat's starboard rudder stock.

After spending five days nursing the boat back to land with the constant worry as to the viability of the damaged rudder, the black and gold trimaran is now safely docked in Fremantle (near Perth, Western Australia) and, after much consideration, the team has decided that the quickest and best solution to repatriate Spindrift 2 back to its home port in Brittany, will be by cargo ship.

"We will remove the rudder and organise the boat in readiness for the cargo ship. We also have a concern over the port rudder, so it could be complicated to get back to our base [in Brittany, France] by sea, especially as we are on the other side of the world. The whole crew, and an additional five from our technical team, will focus attention on preparing the boat for the return trip. We will have to remove the mast and ensure that she is fully ready for the journey," commented Yann Guichard a few hours after arriving in the Australian port.

"The starboard rudder stock broke shortly after the Kerguelen Islands. We do not know when exactly, but Thierry Chabagny was helming, said it suddenly felt very heavy. I am positive that we didn't hit anything. We were on port tack heading east-northeast with the downwind gennaker. As it happened at night we tried to establish what the issue might be - whether the rudders were parallel, the tension of the steering cables, or just something stuck on the rudders. But nothing. When we changed helmsman, it was exactly the same - difficult to round up or bear away. It was becoming even more difficult to steer as the boat was doing what it wanted. At first light we were able to see that the starboard rudder stock had broken between the two bearings. The rudder was useless and kept moving sideways - it just did what it wanted," continued the skipper of Spindrift 2.

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16th Edition Of Transpac Tahiti Race To Start May 2020
The Transpacific Yacht Club and Archipelagoes Tahiti are pleased to announce their plans to organize the 16th edition of the Transpac Tahiti Race in late May 2020. This is one of the world's longest classic ocean races, a 3570-mile voyage from Los Angeles to Papeete first sailed in 1925, with a small but influential group of boats and sailors counted among its alumni. Only 72 entries have raced to Tahiti in its entire history, with the last edition held 7 years ago in 2012.

Yet now the interest is strong, with over 40 guests attending a press announcement this evening at Los Angeles Yacht Club.

The first start of the Transpac Tahiti Race 2020 will be on May 28, 2020, with possible other start dates depending on the size, speed and style of yachts that enter. The details of the Notice of Race are still being refined, but the basic structure is in place: the race is open to Monohulls of at least 40 feet in length and Multihulls at least 45 feet in length, the start held south of Point Fermin in Los Angeles and finish in Papeete in Tahiti.

John Jourdane is one of the most respected navigators in trans-Pacific ocean races, having amassed an outstanding list of 18 Transpacs, four Pacific Cups, three Vic-Maui and three Tahiti races, and has some thoughts about this race.

"The Hawaii Transpac is a sailor's delight. Other than a possible rough, cold first two or three days, it is a warm, fast downwind run to Hawaii. The navigation is pretty straightforward: a close reach to the desired waypoint to cross the north Pacific high ridge to a chosen isobar (Stan Honey calls it the 'slot'), then run down the slot across the Pacific until you reach your desired layline into the finish. Every day it gets warmer and the trade winds supply great wind and waves for surfing.

"It's a much longer race, and can be rougher, but it is well worth the adventure. Even though Papeete is busy with tourists and cruise ships, it is still beautiful, and once you leave Papeete, the other islands are like Hawaii was 50 years ago."

Jourdane plans to do both races in this next cycle: the 50th Transpac this year on Mr Bill, an Andrews 70, and the 2020 Tahiti Race with a team yet to be named.

www.transpac-tahiti.com

M32 Events: North America
The M32 North America class continues to grow with three additional boats joining the fleet this fall. We would like to welcome Team Hedgehog and Midtown Racing. The fleet is currently enjoying the Miami Winter Series and will head up the East coast this spring, stopping at Charleston Race Week, the largest one-design event in the US. Then we will move to Newport, RI for the New York Yacht Club Regatta in June, followed by the Midtown Cup in July.

The fleet is arranging the schedule around and providing a discounted shipping/logistics package to join our European friends at the Worlds this August. We then plan to host the North America Championship later in the fall of 2019 and the 2020 Worlds Championship the following fall, both in Miami.

2019 Events
-Event 3, Miami, FL, US 8-10 February
-Event 4, Miami, FL, US 15-17 March
-Charleston Race Week, Charleston, SC, US 12-14 April
-NYYC Annual Regatta, Newport, RI, US 14-16 June
-Midtown Cup, Newport, RI, US 12-14 July
-Deadline to ship North American M32s to Italy 17 July
-North American Championship, Miami, FL, US November

2020 Dates
-Winter Series Event 1, Miami, FL, US Jan
-Winter Series Event 2, Miami, FL, US Feb
-Winter Series Event 3, Miami, FL, US March
-M32 Worlds, Miami, FL Fall

Contact: dave [DOT] doucett [AT] astonharald [DOT] com

The OCC Announces Awards for 2018
Dartmouth, Devon, UK: The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC), the Worldwide Community for Adventure Sailing Since 1954, has announced the recipients of awards that recognize achievements in blue water sailing over the past 18 months.

The Club's premier award, the OCC Barton Cup, named after OCC founder Humphrey Barton, goes to Australian member Bill Hatfield, s/v L'EAU COMMOTION, for his recently-completed westabout single-handed circumnavigation, which included a particularly difficult and protracted passage around Cape Horn.

Aged 79, Bill Hatfield arrived at Southport Yacht Club on Monday 10th September 2018 after spending 414 days at sea, becoming the oldest solo sailor to circumnavigate the world west-about. https://www.sailblogs.com/member/leaucommotion/407102/

The OCC Lifetime Cruising Award is awarded to Lin Pardey (a member since 1977) and her husband Larry (non-member), for their 50 plus years of ocean cruising, two engineless circumnavigations, and inspirational books and DVDs.

It is 50 years since SERAFFYN was launched and, though sadly Larry now has dementia and is no longer able to sail, Lin continues to sail and write from her home in New Zealand. Over those 50 years their lives revolved around boats and the sea, and they have become legendary wherever cruising sailors congregate. Their biography, As Long as It's Fun, was written by Herb McCormick and released by Paradise Cay Publications in 2014. It would be hard to imagine a couple more deserving of the OCC Lifetime Cruising Award.

Website: www.landlpardey.com
Lin's podcast: landlpardey.com/POD.html

The OCC Seamanship Award, which recognizes acts of bravery or extraordinary seamanship, goes to Dustin Reynolds, s/v TIAMA, for his outstanding courage and tenacity as a double amputee in setting out to circumnavigate alone. So far he has made it halfway around the world.

Website: www.thesinglehandedsailor.com
Dustin's trip is featured in a documentary film in the series The Folks of the Ocean

The OCC Jester Award is presented to Szymon Kuczynski, s/v ATLANTIC PUFFIN, for his 270-day solo unassisted circumnavigation in a boat just under 21 feet in length, securing a new world record.

Website: www.zewoceanu.pl
Photo gallery: photos.app.goo.gl/iMO5DfXcCkfWzPTt2

Further awards made for 2018 are:

- THE OCC VASEY VASE - Sue & Andy Warman
For their exploration of Japanese waters, described in a very informative report for the OCC Forum, followed by their passage north to Alaska and then on to British Columbia.
- THE OCC AWARD (member) - Dick Guckel
Primarily in recognition of his more than 20 years' service to the OCC
- THE OCC AWARD (non-member) - Des Cason
For the highly professional weather and routing assistance, free of charge, to yachts approaching the coast of South Africa
- THE OCC WATER MUSIC TROPHY - Mike Norris
For the practical information incorporated in their two articles about cruising Greek waters
- THE OCC EVENTS AND RALLIES AWARD - Jose Azevedo
For his pivotal role as owner of Peter Cafe Sport in facilitating last June's Azores Pursuit Rally
- THE OCC PORT OFFICER SERVICE AWARDS - Mary Schempp-Berg, Dianne Tetreault & Agustin Martin For their friendly and helpful attitude towards visiting OCC members
- THE OCC DAVID WALLIS TROPHY - Ellen Massey Leonard
For her article A PENCHANT FOR THE PRIMITIVE: REFLECTIONS ON SPENDING MY TWENTIES AT SEA
- THE OCC QUALIFIER'S MUG - James McCaughan
For his transatlantic passage as skipper of Seamogs, a family-owned Nicholson 48.

www.oceancruisingclub.org

Launchings
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As part of an ongoing commitment to customers, RS Sailing are always developing and perfecting their products. Their latest project has focussed on the RS Tera. After many successful years of manufacturing they have decided to upgrade the moulding and production process of the RS Tera.

Read the update document here

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Haines Boatyard, nestled on the foreshore at Itchenor, is well known for its highly skilled wooden keelboat and GRP dinghy repair and boatyard services. Recently the company has been undertaking some more unusual work in renovating and maintaining wooden and GRP rowing boats.

The full range of skills and experience of the in-house shipwrights have been engaged in the renovation of a Solent Galley. Originally built for racing in Portsmouth Harbour and its environs, the Solent Galley is a 30ft long, clinker-built, fixed seat rowing boat with 4 oars and a cox. They are light, slim and fast and have some notable achievements to their names including holding the record for the circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight.

Southsea resident, the late Pat Sherwin was passionate in his wish to preserve the few remaining examples of these boats and established the Pat Sherwin Rowing Trust, who own and operate a number of galleys, some of which are lent to local organisations to encourage recreational rowing.

Solent Galley, 'Bembridge', arrived at Itchenor Sailing Club in late 2016 from Langstone Cutters Rowing Club where she had participated in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in 2012 and a number of Great River Races. Bembridge and her sister boat, Sallyport, have been rowed across the Channel from Cherbourg to Portsmouth and Ouistreham and Caen to Portmouth! Bembridge was built in 1960 by George Feltham of Old Portsmouth.

'Iccanore', a new GRP Celtic long boat arrived at Itchenor in June 2018 to substitute for 'Bembridge' while she went through a major refurbishment in July and August that involved the replacement of 24 wooden ribs by the shipwrights at Haines Boatyard. The Celtic Longboat was chosen as its rowing characteristics are very close to those of a Solent Galley and allowed the very popular Chichester Harbour outings to continue uninterrupted.

www.hainesboatyard.com

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Beneteau recently announced the creation of an all-new 53 footer that will be the flagship of the completely re-imagined First line of performance cruisers. The First brand has long been popular worldwide because the designs -36.7, 40.7, 47.7 among them—can be raced in one design fleets, can compete successfully in rated events under the various rating rules, have been successful in long offshore events such as the Newport-Bermuda Race and the designs also double as fun family cruisers.

The new boat was design by Roberto Biscontini and Lorenzo Argento who have extensive experience designing custom racing boats and America's Cup boats. The new 53 has the sleek lines of a true thoroughbred, with a low cabin top, straight sheer, plumb bow, long bow sprit and broad, powerful transom. It comes with a carbon rig and can be setup with a full racing package that includes an iron-lead deep keel. The working sail area of the standard boat is a whopping 1,800 square feet.

The inside of the boat is open, simple and looks very comfortable for a racing crew or a family out cruising. The whole package truly expresses Beneteau's new branding slogan: "Beneteau, the Avant Guard in Boating."

The First Yacht 53 will be introduced at the Cannes (France) boat show in September 2019 and should make its American debut soon thereafter.

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Southern Wind Shipyard has announced that 32-meter sailing yacht Power of 2 is successfully launched, being the #3 hull of SW105 series. She has interior and exterior design by Nauta Design, with the Farr Yacht Design responsible for the naval architecture. This cooperation has met recognition from the industry, as 29-meter Seatius with their design has won Neptune Award for the 2019 Best Sailing Yacht Interiors at the Boat International Design and Innovation Awards.

Her twin rudder system combined with the lifting keel (3-5m) allows access to more remote shallower ports and anchorages, and with the keel down this configuration provides excellent upwind light air performance. Her fixed bowsprit with an integrated anchor arm makes for easy anchoring.

She is built with a Deck Saloon configuration that was specifically designed by Nauta Design and Southern Wind Shipyard. The yacht's coachroof coamings create a protected guest cockpit and integrate with the deckhouse lines seamlessly.

The lifting keel's design allows light to cross the saloon joining both sides of the yacht. The interior features Southern Wind Shipyard's most popular owner's cabin, with the forward layout. This comprises three comfortable en suite guest cabins amidships with crew quarters and galley aft; a layout that allows maximum privacy for crew and guests.

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* From Euan Ross:

Monopoly Money: For those sad armchair sailors such as mygoodself who find this stuff interesting, the article referenced here from the 'Law in Sport' website, sets out rather neatly the concerns many of us have long held about the favoured monopolies tucked under the wings of World Sailing. The Laser is under particularly critical review in the blogosphere at the moment, but the 49er variants and others are also within reach of the long arm of the law. Apparently, the cosy relationship World Sailing has with its 'suppliers' has been reconceptualised as "activation". So, perhaps we can add 'crimes against the English language' to whatever else might come up in the European courts.

www.lawinsport.com

Did I miss the story about the rebranding?

Featured Brokerage
2002 Swan 45-001 Kyknos. 310,000 EUR. Located in Cesenatico, Italy

Swan 45-001 left Finland during the spring of 2002 and within two months was collecting silverware as the overall winner of the 50th Anniversary Giraglia Cup. She still has everything it takes to be competitive in the Swan 45 one-design class and is offered for sale at a very attractive price.

Contact
Giorgio Passarella
brokerage [AT] nautorswan [DOT] com
Tel. +377 97 97 95 07

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2006 Spirit 54 - 007 Yacht - SOUFRIERE. 595000 EUR. Located in Howth, Ireland.

Spectacular looking Spirit 54. Epic regatta yacht and also famous as the `Bond Boat' in Casino Royale. Gleams.

Contact
Ben Cooper
+44 (0) 1590 679 222
ben [DOT] cooper [AT] berthon [DOT] co [DOT] uk

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2007 Farr 100 - LEOPARD 3. 2,950,000 EUR. Located in Palma de Mallorca.

Farr 100 LEOPARD 3 is the ultimate charter yacht. Hugely competitive for line honours racing and a very comfortable charter yacht operating with a very successful package.

Full results in YachtScoring.com

Contact
Ben Cooper
Telephone: +44(0) 1590 679222
ben [DOT] cooper [AT] berthon [DOT] co [DOT] uk

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In This Issue
• Symonite OK Dinghy Worlds
• Paul Cayard Is The Winner Of The Star Winters Series
• Hotly contested 35th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse
• EFG Sailing Arabia
• Round Martinique Regatta Credit Mutuel AB
• Way to go - Buell Software
• SailGP: The Skippers Show
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Meher Baba

Symonite OK Dinghy Worlds
Auckland, New Zealand: Kiwi sailors filled the top three places in the only race sailed on the opening day of the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club in Auckland, New Zealand. Andrew Phillips led all the way to win from Dan Slater and Luke O'Connell.

The forecast for the day was at best changeable, but was ultimately challenging for race officer and sailors alike. The fleet launched on time but after arriving in the race area there were several large wind shifts and position changes before a course was laid.

In the end it took five attempts to get the fleet away in a patchy 5-8 knots. Two general recalls under black flag left 18 boats with a BFD score to start their championship, including a few big names.

Racing is scheduled to continue on Monday at 13.00. The series consists of 10 races and concludes on Friday 15 February.

Results from Race 1
1. Andrew Phillips, NZL
2. Dan Slater, NZL
3. Luke O'Connell, NZL
4. Fredrik Loof, SWE
5. Steve McDowell, NZL
6. Nick Craig, GBR
7. Jorgen Svendsen, DEN
8. Rod Davis, NZL
9. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE
10. Rohan Lord, NZL

Full results

Paul Cayard Is The Winner Of The Star Winters Series
Finishing second in the Midwinter Regatta, Paul Cayard is the overall winner of the Star Winter Series that consits of 5 events held at Coral Reef Yacht Club from Novembre to February.

Races 7 & 8 of the Star Midwinter regatta were held today in perfect Star Sailing conditions of 12-14 knots from the southeast. Warm air, warmer water, nice waves for surfing downwind and plenty of sunshine.

Irishman Peter O'Leary and his brother Robert sailed steadily, never finishing better than third in any one race, and won the regatta with 46 point. Josh and I finished strong and moved up to second place with 60 points in this regatta. By virtue of moving up today, we won the Star Winter Series. The Star Winter Series is the cumulative score of 5 events starting in November and concluding in February. I had two crews sailing with me over four of the five events; Magnus Liljedahl and Josh Revkin. Both are great Sailors and even better friends.

Eric Doyle won both races today and moved up to third place with 62 points passing Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada. Josh and I were fast and had a 5, 2 today while Augie Diaz and Bruno Prada had a 3, 17 to finish 4th.

The racing was very tight and the lead changed hands several times in all races. Eric Doyle rounded the last mark of the final race in 5th and managed to grab the win.

Final Top Ten
1. Paul Cayard / Magnus Liljedahl, uSA, 27
2. Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise, uSA, 27.4
3. Peter O'Leary / Robert O'Leary, IRL , 45
4. Tomas Hornos / Pedro Trouche , uSA, 56
5. Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada, uSA, 58
6. Jake Lilley / Lewis Brake, AuS, 90
7. Ante Razmilovic / Brian Hammersley, GBR, 91
8. Jørgen Schönherr / Jan Eli Gravad, DEN, 91
9. Arthur Anosov / Mark Dolan, uSA, 91
10. Jennings / Jon Von Schwarz, uSA, 93

www.starsailors.com

Hotly contested 35th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse
Billed as the meeting that opens the Mediterranean season for Europe's one-design elite, the 35th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse organised by the Yacht Club de Monaco attracted 400+ sailors on 93 one-designs in five classes. All were competing for the Primo Cup awarded by Credit Suisse, with garments from SLAM for the top three teams in each class.

Eight races were run in the J/70 and Melges 20, and seven for Longtze Premier, H22 and Smeralda 888.

With the J/70 World Championship set to descend on Monaco in October 2021, the fleet topped 57, with local Ludovico Fassitelli (Junda - Banca Sempione) creating the surprise in 1st ahead of Irishman and J/70 International Class President Ian Wilson (Soak Sailing) who was 2nd winner of the Corinthian category. The Swiss Thomas Studer (Jerry) finished 3rd.

After winning five races in the Melges 20s, Valentin Zavadnikov's Synergy swept the board, with Orel Kalomeni (Team Arcora) putting in a fine performance, thanks to coaching from Sebastien Col, to take 2nd ahead of Alexander Mikhaylik (Alex Team).

In the Smeralda 888, Vincenzo Onorato (Mascalzone Latino) won a tough battle ahead of Prince Charles de Bourbon des Deux-Siciles (Vamos mi amor) and 2018 trophy holder Timofey Sukhotin (Beda) in 3rd.

In the H22, despite three wins and four seconds, Benedetto di Venosa (Adreanalina) only pipped to the post by one point his compatriot Roberto Iorio (Splinter).

And in the Longtze Premier it was mission accomplished for Swiss Jarmo Wieland (Shensu), 2nd last year, who beat German Thomas Begher (Corvus) and Steffen Schneider (Outsider) 3rd.

Registrations for one-design classes wanting to compete in the 36th Primo Cup - Trophee Credit Suisse are now open, and a date set: 6-9 February 2020.

www.yacht-club-monaco.mc

EFG Sailing Arabia
The EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour fleet had a packed programme on the final day in Masirah, with no fewer than six Stadium races producing five different winners. Once again the island venue produced highly competitive racing, with a shifting and changeable wind testing the skills and adaptability of the 10 international crews taking part in the two-week challenge down Oman's striking coastline.

When the spray settled after a Sunday of high-intensity racing, the Beijaflore and Oman Shipping Company teams were tied on points. Both had a race win and two second places to their credit, with Beijaflore just taking top spot on the countback system with an additional third place.

Achieving first and second on Sunday has moved Beijaflore and Oman Shipping Company up to first and second overall after five days of mixed Stadium racing and coastal Raids in Muscat and Masirah.

Early leaders Cheminee Poujoulat have now slipped to third, tied on points with Seaflotech, while Mood stays in fifth though now closer to the leaders.

Golfe du Morbihan remains sixth, and EFG Bank has swopped places with CER Geneva ahead of the all-Omani Renaissance team and DB Schenker.

The EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour fleet moves to Duqm on Monday for two more days of racing, before a last relocation to Salalah for the finale.

Overall standings after three stages:

1. Beijaflore (Bellet) 15 points
2. Oman Shipping Company (Morrison) 17,5 pts
3. Cheminees Poujoulat (Follin) 19 pts
4. Seaflotech (Bouvet) 19 pts
5. Mood (Ihel) 22 pts
6. Golfe du Morbihan (Robert) 25,5 pts
7. EFG Bank (Cammas) 32 pts
8. CER Geneva (Mettraux) 34 pts
9. Renaissance (Al Wahaibi) 42 pts
10. DB Schenker (Ogereau) 49 pts

www.sailingarabiathetour.com

Round Martinique Regatta Credit Mutuel AB
Following three days of intense racing, the Round Martinique Credit Mutuel AG concluded on Sunday with four class winners being crowned champions. The racing was close and the finishes tight evidenced by the narrow margins seen at the conclusion of racing on the longer courses set Saturday and Sunday.

Race favourites have, in each of the 4 groups competing, managed to hold their lead. The 28 crews now have a chance to catch their breath celebrate the end of an event that has seen all kinds of courses and races. Martinique provided a stunning backdrop, beautiful seas, strong breeze and bright sunshine and with the Round Martinique Regatta can offer a great attraction for sailors and tourists alike.

Nicolas Gillet (GFA Caraïbes) in the Racing Class, Tristan Marmousez (La Morrigane) in the Surprise Class, Max-Volny Anne (Foxy's) in the Racing Cruising, and Vincent Lindor in Cruising claimed their overall event wins having completed the "Round Rock", the 22-mile race between Sainte Anne and Fort de France.

The 22-mile race to Fort de France in the 26 knots gave rise to a number of twists for the fast sailing Racing Class boats. Nicolas Gillet on GFA Caraïbes, blew out his spinnaker early on and saw the Sun Fast 32 SGS Credit Mutuel and also the Jean-Michel Figueres; Farr 40 Persevarare Diabolicum catch up. These three teams, leaders overall, remained in close contact right through to the final stages in the Fort de France Bay for a very close finish. Persevare Diabolicum claimed line honours in real time, but the margin is not enough for Claude Granel and his crew on SGS Credit Mutuel, who wins the race today or the overall winner, Nicolas Gillet on the J 111 GFA Caraïbes who leads the standing at the end of the three-day regatta.

Overall results in compensated time:
Racing:
1. GFA Caraïbes - Nicolas Gillet: 5 points
2. SGS Credit Mutuel - Claude Granel: 7 points
3. Perseverare Diabolicum - Jean Michel Figueres: 13 points

Surprise :
1. La Morrigane - Tristan Marmousez: 7 points
2. Digilife - Vianney Saintenoy: 11 points
3. Denebola/Didier - Delice Nouel: 17 points

Racing/Cruising :
1. Foxy's - Max Volny-Anne: 6 points
2. Ocean Two : Philippe Volny-Anne: 7 points
3. Lautane - Jean-Francois Terrien: 13 points

Cruising :
1. Valentin Lindor: 3 points
2. Thunderboat - Frederic Dupont: 8 points
3. Canquin/Artechna-APIPD - Valery Platon: 10 points

For full results check website:
www.theroundmartinique.com/en/results.html

Way to go - Buell Software
Ever since Ingo Buell's routing system helped Jochen Schumann plot his route to Olympic victory in his Soling at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Buell Software has been developing tactical technology to help sailors win

As its name implies, SailTokyo is a system aimed at those looking to win gold at the next Olympics in Enoshima less than two years from now. Among its clients Buell Software can count the Olympic sailing teams of Belgium, Germany, Switzerland (and some larger sailing nations who prefer to keep their anonymity) along with the host nation of Japan, whose sailors surely know the venue better than anyone. Yet SailTokyo's application is much broader than Olympic sailing or the next Olympic venue.

For any race venue in the world, SailTokyo creates the means for sailors, coaches and support staff to build a clearer picture of what the current and the wind are doing, and how the two forces are interacting with each other. The tool can be applied as much to the realms of big boat racing, and even the America's Cup, as to the high-performance dinghy scene of the Olympic classes. And its scope is not just Tokyo but any racing venue in the world.

Full article in the February issue of Seahorse

SailGP: The Skippers Show
Ahead of Sydney SailGP all six helmsman sat down together for the first time in the Fox Sports studio to talk about their expectations for the first event, and of course a bit of banter.

Industry News
The team at Jotun Yachting is searching for the most interesting and historically significant restoration to assist with in 2019. They invite everyone undertaking a project which involves paint to submit a proposal outlining the paint supplies they require and what they can do to promote Jotun Yachting in return for support. One lucky project will be selected as the 2019 restoration sponsorship beneficiary.

Regardless of whether you are a professional or amateur restorer Jotun would like to hear from you about your plans. Applications close on the 28th February. Send your proposal to yachting [AT] jotun [DOT] co [DOT] uk.

Make sure to include some detail on the history of the vessel, a brief outline of your plans, some information about yourself, including your involvement with the project and finally, how you would promote Jotun if successful. If you have any photos, please include one or two to help show the boat. The Jotun Yachting team look forward to hearing from you and maybe you will be the lucky winner.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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In an Australian bareboat industry first, Sunsail Whitsundays will commence professionally led bareboat flotilla sailing adventures exploring the outer Great Barrier Reef and Queensland coast as far north as Magnetic and Dunk Island.

According to Sunsail Whitsundays General Manager, Sedron Hooper, this initiative makes it possible for charterers to explore well beyond the existing boundaries of bareboat operation.

Bareboat flotillas are a long established sailing holiday option in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Participants can skipper their chartered vessel in company with other chartered bareboats, with the confidence of knowing they are guided by a lead vessel, skippered by an experienced Master Mariner with extensive local knowledge.

Pre-departure route planning, daily navigation and activity updates, on call support from the lead vessel and open channel radio communications contribute to greater safety. It also creates opportunities for the kind of camaraderie experienced by likeminded people exploring new boundaries together.

Sunsail Whitsundays Coral Coast & Great Barrier Reef Flotilla Sailing Adventures are open for bookings with the first departure next month. For more information you can visit www.sunsailwhitsundays.com.au

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SailGP, the new global championship debuting next week featuring the world's fastest race boats, will rely on Oracle Cloud to deliver real-time data to racing teams and fans alike. The information derived from 1,200 sensors placed on the supercharged F50 catamarans and the athletes, plus onboard cameras and microphones, will bring viewers closer to the action, help teams analyze their performance and give remote umpires the details they need to make calls with confidence.

Taking advantage of Oracle Cloud's security and unmatched performance, approximately 20 megabytes of information-rich data will be streamed to SailGP's onshore base from each of the six boats and be made available to teams, fans and umpires within 200 milliseconds.

Coaches will analyze the data to monitor the teams' health and performance to inform strategic and tactical decisions throughout the race. The F50s are a one-design class, so each national team competes on an identical boat. Therefore, races will be decided by the skill and performance of the crew. Any improvements teams can make based on the data could be the difference between winning and losing each race, or the final prize of $1 million, decided in a winner-takes-all final race.

Broadcast and streaming details will be announced shortly, along with the launch of the app. Sydney SailGP kicks off on February 15. Tickets for a variety of exclusive spectator experiences are available at SailGP.com/Sydney

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The newly relaunched London Yacht Show, to take place from May 8-12 at St Katharine Docks in the heart of London, is being billed as a 'boutique' event, with a VIP preview day very much setting the tone for the show that will focus on high-end luxury products.

In the two weeks since the event was relaunched as London Yacht Show, Sunseeker, Princess and Fairline have joined more than 10 brands that have signed up to exhibit their boats & yachts including: Azimut; Bayliner; Bavaria Power & Sail; Chris Craft Boats; Discovery Yachts; Greenline; Hallberg Rassy; Malibu Boats; Sunsail Yacht Ownership and Sealine. More brands are expected to be announced in the coming weeks, with the organisers in close discussion with at least another eight builders.

Addressing media at a press conference in London, Andrew Williams, president, Maritime, Informa Markets, said: "The decision to completely relaunch this event was not taken lightly so to get the immediate support of such significant brands is a true reflection of the confidence the industry has that London Yacht Show will be an important platform in the international boat show calendar."

The relaunched show replaces the London On Water Boat Show, which was acquired by Informa in late 2018, and will be organised by Informa Markets with partners, British Marine and St Katharine Docks.

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MS Amlin Yacht the boat insurance specialists are delighted to announce their continued partnership with The Round the Island Race in 2019. As official insurance partners, MS Amlin will extend racing cover to all their policy holders competing in the race at no additional cost.

Having sponsored the race for the 17th consecutive year, MS Amlin are one of the longest standing sponsors, fully understanding how much the whole boating community enjoy getting involved in, or watching this key annual event.

To benefit from our extended race coverage at no additional cost for Round the Island Race, get in touch with our friendly sales team for a quote today. You can phone on 01732 223650 or visit our website boatinsure.co.uk

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Cowes Week Ltd is delighted to announce that Westerhall Rums have renewed their sponsorship for a further year as Lendy Cowes Week Official Rum. Westerhall, who are now in their 3rd year of sponsorship, have brought their Caribbean party spirit to the event and introduced the delicious Pink 'n' Stormy to the sailors and spectators of Lendy Cowes Week.

Westerhall's planned activation for 2019 will see the return of their Caribbean Rum Shack on Cowes Parade. The Rum Shack provides a welcoming area for everyone to meet up with friends and relax after racing. They will also be supporting the Lendy Cowes Week Cocktail Party and Ladies Day celebrations plus hosting a "Welcome Party', which was a huge success in 2018, on the first Saturday on Cowes Parade.

lendycowesweek.co.uk

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