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In This Issue
• Ragtime becomes 100th entry in Transpac 50
• Irish Sailor Of The Year Award
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• America's Cup arbitration panel called in
• A First for N2E - A Near Shore Finish in Ensenada
• Navigation Through the Ages
• Lineup Set For 55th LBYC Congressional Cup
• Two handed training introduced at April's RORC Easter Challenge
• 18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Races 6 & 7
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Richard Daley

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Ragtime becomes 100th entry in Transpac 50
In a record year of interest, it’s perhaps fitting that the 100th entry to the 50th edition of the Transpacific Yacht Club’s biennial 2225-mile race from LA to Honolulu is at 55 years old one of the oldest in the race yet also one of the most innovative in the last half-century of yacht design.

Chris Welsh’s Spencer 65 Ragtime will be making her 17th race to Hawaii in July, more than any other yacht in the history of this race. Welsh has been an owner of Ragtime since 2004, and since then has raced three Transpacs (2005, ’07, ’09), one race to Tahiti (2008) and the Sydney-Hobart Race (2008). “It’s been ten years since we last sailed to Hawaii,” said Welsh, “so we’re looking forward to having some fun again.”

From its very beginning, this long, narrow, low-freeboard and lightweight black beauty with the reverse shearline and hard chines has been a recognizable Pacific ocean racing classic. Designed and built by John Spencer in New Zealand in 1963 for first owner and race car driver Tom Clark, she was meant to be simply the fastest boat boat of the era, something proven years later by her second owners who were from Long Beach and beat the legendary Windward Passage across the finish by only 4 minutes and 31 seconds to set a new course record in the 1973 Transpac. And to prove this was no fluke, she won the Barn Door Trophy again in 1975.

Since then there has been several owners, with each making tweaks to this double-ply plywood yacht: upgrades of new rigs, sails, keels, rudders, bulbs, deck hardware, etc. have all been in her history.

For this tour there will be another upgrade: a new carbon mast that will be higher and lighter than the current one, which he would have used in Transpac this year except there is no time to oversee the additional structural work needed to secure this rig properly to the hull and deck. Nonetheless, Welsh expects to be fast and have a shot at the King Kalakaua Trophy awarded to the race’s overall winner.

2019.transpacyc.com

Robert Dickson & Sean Waddilove Share Irish Sailor Of The Year Award For 2018
Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove have been named Afloat Irish Sailors of the Year for 2018 in recognition of their gold medal victory in the 49er U23 Junior World Championships, amid another landmark 12 months for inspiring performances in Irish sailing.

September’s Olympic Sailors of the Month were presented with their prize by Minister of State Mary Mitchell-O’Connor at the Volvo Irish Sailing Awards gala in Dublin’s RDS Concert Hall this evening (Friday 8 February).

Robert Dickson (21) of Howth and Sean Waddilove (20) of Skerries rose to the challenge in Marseille last August and September as they battled a strong international field - and a Mistral at full strength - to score their first world gold, and their first major win.

To confirm a suggestion proffered by the 49er class, the investment made in creating Olympic contenders like Laser Radial silver medallist (and 2016 Sailor of the Year) Annalise Murphy has indeed - in the success of Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove - been leveraged in bringing the next generation of youth and junior talent into the top levels of their age categories.

afloat.ie/sail/

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!

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America's Cup arbitration panel called in
Up to three of the six challengers for the 2021 America's Cup in Auckland are the target of legal action to be heard by the Cup's arbitration panel.

Emirates Team New Zealand yesterday released a brief statement confirming the panel will address a "case underway involving applications in relation to requested Protocol Amendments and the validity of Late Entry Challenges".

Further detail was not disclosed; America's Cup teams go into communications lockdown when the Cup's arbitration panel is called into action.

However, yachting sources indicate the case involves late payments by up to three teams - certainly the Dutch challenge, possibly that of Malta and even the US's Stars & Stripes. -- Paul Lewis in The New Zealand Herald

www.nzherald.co.nz

A First for N2E - A Near Shore Finish in Ensenada
Another new for the 72nd Newport to Ensenada International Yacht Race; the finish line will be positioned just south of the Hotel Coral Marina breakwater, yet about a half-mile north of its position in recent years. One end will be a buoy, the other a raised platform on the breakwater, manned by the finish crew. The move will provide a more stable finish line thanks to the unwavering landside position and spectacular viewing from the Hotel Coral.

The finish line crew is responsible for recording each boat’s official finish times; however, they’ll use YB Tracking data as a backup. YB Trackers, introduced just last year, were very popular with racers. Pleased with the performance of the innovative safety equipment, along with positive feedback and the fun of sharing the race in real time with friends and family the Newport Ocean Sailing Association has decided to bring back the trackers every year for the foreseeable future.

The N2E event offers racers a choice of three courses, Newport to Ensenada (N2E), Newport to San Diego (N2SD), and Newport to Dana Point (N2DP). It offers classes for racers and cruisers, multihulls and ocean sailboats of every size and type for sailors who would like to join the action and race April 26 off the Balboa Pier.

www.nosa.org

Navigation Through the Ages
Last summer, during a transatlantic crossing aboard the 50-fooot sloop Maverick, I had the good luck to sail with a guy who is something of an expert in ancient forms of navigation, particularly the methods used by the Vikings. We played with a lot of fun old fashion tools like a sun stone and a shadow board that Mark had brought along and discovered that the Vikings must have done a lot of eye-ball navigation because their instruments were pretty basic.

I’ve always been interested in navigation and spent a lot of time years ago trying to master the techniques used by Polynesians to cross the huge distances in the Pacific Ocean. They were a lot more sophisticated than you might think and there are still techniques they developed that can apply to coastal and offshore navigation today. For example, if you are sailing among low lying coral atolls that may not be visible from more than 10 miles away, you can still ”see” an atoll over the horizon when you see a turquoise color on the bottom of the clouds above the turquoise water in the otherwise unseen lagoons.

So, it was with pleasure that I sat down last night to read Dag Pike’s brand new book The History of Navigation, published by the Pen & Sword Press in England. Dag is an old salt and a veteran of many ocean passages. Plus, he is the author of 40 plus books. His history does not go into a huge amount of detail about ancient techniques, but it is a fun and instructive tale of how early instruments evolved and bit by bit became the extraordinary navigation tools we have today. The first time I sailed across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, I used a sextant, a stopwatch, a chronometer and the time signals received on an HF radio receiver. No one does that in the age of GPS but I am glad I know how to do it, if everything else fails. And, if you are as interested in navigation as I am, you’ll enjoy Pike’s new book. -- George Day of Blue Water Sailing

www.bwsailing.com

Lineup Set For 55th LBYC Congressional Cup
Reigning Congressional Cup Champion Taylor Canfield, USA, has announced he will return to the course April 3 to 7, to defend his title in this sensational Grade One Match Race regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. France’s Maxime Mesnil, No. 5 in World Sailing Match Race rankings, will round out the roster.

Also joining the Congressional Cup lineup is Maxime Mesnil, who has earned his No. 5 ranking by triumphing in a host of Grade 2, 3 and 4 match racing events. He makes his Congressional Cup debut after competing in Ficker Cup last year.

“Ficker Cup is a Grade 2 event, but the competition is A-1 quality,” said Tolle. “Due to our limit of eight invitations to Congressional Cup, many highly qualified and highly ranked teams recognize Ficker Cup as an alternative path to a direct invitation to Congressional Cup.”

“There is no question a first-timer in Ficker Cup, Congressional Cup or Long Beach has a learning curve with regard to the boats, venue and conditions,” Tolle added. “I anticipate Maxime’s second appearance will be much more familiar and competitive. We look forward to seeing what he can do!”

The final two skippers in the Congressional Cup roster will be the winner and runner-up of the Ficker Cup, March 29 to 31. It is both a qualifier to Congressional Cup, and an aggressively sought-after and fought-after title in its own right. -- Betsy Crowfoot

Ficker Cup Skippers
Joachim Aschenbrenner (DEN)
David Hood (USA)
Charles Lalumiere (USA)
Chris Nesbitt (USA)
Chris Poole (USA)
Pearson Potts, Jr. (USA)
Harrison Price (AUS)
Tom Spithill (AUS)

Congressional Cup Skippers
Ian Williams (GBR)
Maxime Mesnil (FRA)
Nicklas Dackhammar (SWE)
Will Boulden (AUS)
Taylor Canfield (USA)
Johnie Berntsson (SWE)
Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL)
Scott Dickson (USA)

thecongressionalcup.com

Two handed training introduced at April's RORC Easter Challenge
While mixed two handed offshore racing is set to be a new Olympic discipline for Paris 2024, closer to home and more immediately, the Royal Ocean Racing Club continues to see a surge in doublehanded participation in its events. Last month entries opened for the club's pinnacle event, the Rolex Fastnet Race and the maximum limit of 340 slots sold out in just four minutes 37 seconds. Of these, 68 are currently entered in the IRC Two Handed class, a significant step-up from the 57 that competed in 2017.

To acknowledge this trend, the RORC has introduced, via the Royal Yachting Association, specialist two handed coaching for its RORC Easter Challenge training regatta over 19-21 April.

"In the past two-handed crews haven't been able to get involved and we are well aware how important our two handed fleet is," says RORC Racing Manager Chris Stone. "So we are offering them coaching at the RORC Easter Challenge for the first time."

Open to all (not just RORC members), the RORC's first race of the domestic season makes coaching uniquely possible as the racing rules of sailing covering 'outside assistance' are relaxed for it. This permits coaches not only to offer advice from their RIBs, but to come on board or for crews to step off their boat and on to a coach RIB to check trim, sail shape, etc -during races.

As ever, the RORC coaching team will be led by the 'legend' in this field Jim Saltonstall, ably assisted by Mason King and former America's Cup coach and sailmaker, Eddie Warden Owen, now RORC CEO, plus the talented staff from North Sails UK.\

While the majority of the RORC's two handed racing is in its extensive offshore program, it also organises the IRC Double Handed National Championship, the first part of which will take place this year on the Solent over 14-15 September. At the RORC Easter Challenge competitors in this and also the Rolex Fastnet Race have the opportunity to learn valuable skills thereby enhancing their performance.

As usual, the Club's Race Team will set a variety of courses around the Solent and will lay on practice starts and the opportunity for much mark rounding practice and speed testing. The three day event will conclude on Easter Sunday with a prizegiving at the RORC Cowes Clubhouse where the silverware is usually overwhelmed by the hundredweight of Easter eggs that are liberally given out as prizes.

www.rorc.org

18ft Skiffs Australian Championship, Races 6 & 7
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The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone and Bing Lee teams shared the spoils of victory in the two races sailed on Day 4 of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship, on Sydney Harbour today, but Asko Appliances holds the barest of leads going into next Sundays final two races of the championship.

Jordan Girdis, Lachlan Doyle and Tom Quigley sailed superbly to take out Race 6 of the championship in The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone, then went down by just 6s to Bing Lee (Micah Lane, Peter Harris, Scott Babbage) in the following race.

NSW champion, Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas) continued the consistency the team has shown throughout the championship to record a second, then third placing today, to hold a one point lead over the hard-charging The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone and Winning Group (John Winning Jr.).

Asko Appliances has a net total of 14 points, dfollowed by The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone and Winning Group on 15, Bing Lee on 17 and Smeg (Michael Coxon) on 18, and The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines (Aron Everett) on 27 points.

The final two races of the Australian 18ft Skiff Championship will be sailed next Sunday, February 17.

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV

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

www.18footers.com

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Olympians rule third day at Symonite OK Dinghy Worlds
• NZ Women's Match Racing Championship
• Jimmy Spithill gets Oracle coach Philippe Presti for America's Cup challenge
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Brest Oceans 2019: Machines of Madmen
• Myanmar Yachting Federation's Approach To Youth Sailing
• America's Cup sailors and designers win big at 2018 Foiling Awards
• The Cutting Edge of the RORC Caribbean 600
• Sail Racing PalmaVela
• GC32 Racing Tour
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Stephen Fry

Olympians rule third day at Symonite OK Dinghy Worlds
Olympians Dan Slater and Fredrik Lööf took the race wins on the third day of the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club, in Auckland, after two more races in a very shifty offshore breeze. Josh Armit ended the day in second with Andrew Phillips in third.

Early morning showers gave way to a beautiful, hot and sunny day by race time, though the offshore wind caused its fair share of tears through the fleet with many favourites deep at times and many sailors scratching their heads in frustration. But many of the same sailors also made it to the front each race, while others made it look quite hard at times.

Former world champions, Nick Craig and Thomas Hansson-Mild had better days, both moving into the top 10 after some forgettable races on the second day of racing. However the Kiwis can still boast seven out of the top 10, which is pretty impressive given the quality of the fleet here.

With five races and a valid series now sailed, the fleet can have a well-deserved day off on Wednesday. Racing is scheduled to continue on Thursday at 13.00.

The series concludes on Friday 15 February. -- Robert Deaves

Results after Day 3
1. Dan Slater, NZL, 7
2. Josh Armit, NZL, 16
3. Andrew Phillips, NZL, 18
4. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 18
5. Luke O'Connell, NZL, 20
6. Steve McDowell, NZL, 20
7. Nick Craig, GBR, 39
8. Ben Morrison, NZL, 44
9. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 45
10. Rod Davis, NZL, 49

Full results: 2019.okworlds.org

NZ Women's Match Racing Championship
Auckland, New Zealand: Celia Willison and her RNZYS Youth Training Programme NZ Women's Match Racing Team have taken out the NZ Women's Match Racing Championship after four days of intense match racing at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron.

Willison started the day two-nil up against the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club team helmed by Juliet Costanzo, but it was the Australian Costanzo who started the day strong by picking up an important victory over her kiwi opponent, keeping her teams hopes alive. The next match was an absolute beauty and potentially the best of the entire regatta, with plenty of lead changes and close racing ensuring the umpires had plenty of work to do. Willison's vast experience sailing at the RNZYS shone through in the end though, as she went on to take a tight win and secure her finals berth.

The final was then a fairly one sided affair, with Willison and her team outclassing Blecher in the pre starts and sailing fast around the track. Blecher was no match for Willison who went on to win three races on the trot, claiming the Leith Mossman Memorial Trophy and the title of 2019 NZ Women's Match Racing Champion.

Final results:
1. Celia Willison, NZL, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
2. Allison Blecher, USA, California Yacht Club
3. Susannah Pyatt, NZL, Murrays Bay Yacht Club
4. Juliet Costanzo, AUS, Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
5. Jess Tavener, AUS, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
6. Marilyn Cassedy, USA, California Yacht Club
7. Megan Thomson, NZL, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
8. Taramati Matiwald, IND, Royal Global Yachting Association

www.matchracingresults.com

Jimmy Spithill gets Oracle coach Philippe Presti for America's Cup challenge
America's Cup challengers Luna Rossa have signed Philippe Presti, the coach who helped mastermind the 2013 San Francisco comeback that denied Team New Zealand.

Frenchman Presti has come across to the challenger of record to link up again with Jimmy Spithill who signed with the Italian syndicate last year.

Presti described it has a "back to the future" move for him, having worked with Spithill during Luna Rossa's 2007 Cup campaign in Valencia where they lost the challengers final to Emirates Team New Zealand.

Spithill moved to Oracle Team USA for the successful 2010 multihull challenge against Alinghi and Presti joined him there for the successful defence in 2013 and Bermuda 2017 where the Kiwis were able to extract revenge for that heart-breaking loss in San Francisco where they surrendered an 8-1 lead.

Presti, Spithill and Oracle chief executive Sir Russell Coutts were the brains behind the incredible turn around.

www.stuff.co.nz

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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Brest Oceans 2019: Machines of Madmen
There's a 60-mile stretch of France's Brittany coast, between La Trinité-sur-Mer and Port la Forêt, where something in the drinking water causes certain individuals with high concentrations of salt water in their veins to want to go to sea, alone, aboard such monstrous and radical craft. Here, too, French corporations and private individuals, apparently drinking from the same fountain, are willing to bankroll the sailors and their Ultime 100 trimarans, which have already proved capable of 850 singlehanded miles in a day.

While it seems likely six new maxi-trimarans, known in France as Ultimes, could be on the Brest Oceans start line, there are at least 10 other such large multihulls in existence, designed for singlehanded round-the-world sailing, that, in theory, could compete in the race as well. Because of severe breakages and one disastrous capsize in the Ultime fleet during the 2018 Route du Rhum, Brest Oceans organizers have good reason to pause and consider the sanity of such a contest of wits and engineering, but the future of high-speed global pursuits is now, and there is no turning back.

Ultimes have the simplest of box rules, parameters intended to create boats that are vaguely similar and capable of racing without escalating costs. Length overall must fall between 24 and 32 meters. Beam must be less than 23 meters and freeboard no less than 1.4 meters. Mast height can be no more than 120 percent of the length of the longest hull. Those that meet Brest Oceans entry requirements include Thomas Coville's Sodebo Ultim, to be launched in 2019; Francois Gabart's solo round-the-world and 24-hour record holder MACIF; Seb Josse's Maxi Edmond de Rothschild; Yves le Blevec's Actual (nee-Sodebo), which launched in 2014; and, potentially, Armel Le Cléac'h's maxi Banque Populaire IX, launched in 2017, but which broke and capsized catastrophically in the early stages of the 2018 Route du Rhum Destination Guadeloupe and whose fate, at the time of writing, remains uncertain. One other, belonging to 62-year-old Francis Joyon (winner of the 2018 Route du Rhum), is the present Jules Verne Trophy record holder (fastest nonstop round-the-world fully crewed). Joyon has said he won't compete in Brest Oceans, but perhaps after his Route du Rhum victory he might change his mind, or his 2006-vintage IDEC Sport will be taken round by someone else.

James Boyd's full article in Sailing World:
www.sailingworld.com/brest-oceans-2019-machines-madmen

Myanmar Yachting Federation's Approach To Youth Sailing
Sports plays a crucial role in our children's lives and sailing is probably one of the best examples out there!

Having to face the uncertainty of nature in open waters will certainly be a challenge for any new sailor to take on the sport. As tough as it may sound, if the youngster manages to overcome his fears and take on this challenge with proper guidance and support, it will lead to many possibilities of expanding their character.

Lessons of discipline, respect and responsibility are some of the key things they will pick up along this journey which will play a crucial role later on in their lives. Have a listen to what the Myanmar sailors have to say about the sport in their own words and what sailing has brought to them apart from just having fun. This video is a message to any new parent, teacher or kid that might be interested in taking on the sport of sailing. It is meant to communicate how sports can bring a positive change to any youngster.

America's Cup sailors and designers win big at 2018 Foiling Awards
The foiling awards 2018 ceremony was held on February 11th in a location where the history of foiling was hovering directly above the crowd: the majestic Luna Rossa AC72 from San Francisco cup edition was in fact just meters away at the "Leonardo Da Vinci" Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia in Milan, allowing guests to appreciate the catamaran silver livery.

The evening was also the opportunity for Foiling WeekTM to launch the Projects S.A.S., the world first foiling boat allowing able and disabled sailors to fly together.

The idea, devised by Foiling WeekTM, was introduced to demonstrate the FW core values: Safety, Accessibility and Sustainability. Designed by foiling guru Guillaume Verdier, the first prototype, the IRUS 5.5, is under construction in Lorient: the boat is a mini-IMOCA with dali foils, swing keel and double T rudders .

Once tested with modified seats and controls the new boat will be built at the world class facilities of Persico Marine.

The award winners:

Foiling Sailor presented by GAC Pindar for best foiling sport achievement
- Glen Ashby

Foiling Design presented by Persico Marine projects still in design or in early production phase
- America's Cup Ac75 (Emirates Team New Zealand – luna Rossa Challenge)

Production Foiling Boat presented by Gurit foiling craft already in production and being sailed
- Manta Moth

One Off Foiling Boat presented by Gurit foiling craft not intended for production, being sailed
- Monofoil Gonet

Foiling Innovation by Foiling WeekTM foiling design solutions applied to flight control / design / construction, excluding hull construction
- America's Cup AC75 Foil set up (Emirates Team New Zealand – luna Rossa Challenge)

Foiling Sustainability presented by Torqeedo ideas, inventions, design, initiative that will have a beneficial impact on environment
- Autonomous Sailing Vessel by Artemis Technology

foilingweek.com

The Cutting Edge of the RORC Caribbean 600
Multihulls have been racing in the RORC Caribbean 600 since the very first race in 2009 when Claude Thelier's (FRA) Region Guadeloupe, skippered by John Burnie (GBR), set a record that was not bettered until 2015. In recent years the multihull fleet has been on the rise and the current race record is most definitely under threat. For the 11th edition, the fleet has a huge variety of designs racing under the MOCRA rating system to decide the class winner. The non-stop race around 11 Caribbean Islands has attracted multihull crew from Antigua, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United States.

Maserati Multi70, skippered by Giovanni Soldini (ITA) will be taking part in their second race. Maserati is turbo-charged with T-Foils and is the hot favourite for Multihull Line Honours, along with Argo, skippered by Jason Carroll (USA), winner of the 2018 GC32 Owner-Driver Class. If the conditions are right, both teams are capable of eclipsing the Multihull Race Record set by Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo3 in 2016 (31 hours, 59 minutes, 04 seconds).

This will be the first RORC Caribbean 600 for Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo, but all of the crew have done the race before, including Brian Thompson (GBR), who was co-skipper for the record run by Phaedo3. Argo Boat Captain, Chad Corning (USA) is relishing the prospect of hurtling around the course at speeds in excess of 30 knots.

Greg Slyngstad (USA) will be racing his Bieker 53 Fujin with a top crew, including America's Cup winner Peter Isler (USA) as navigator, and Olympic Gold Medallist Jonathan McKee (USA). Fujin made the headlines in last year's race for the wrong reasons, capsizing on the first night at sea

The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 Race will start on Monday 18th February 2019

caribbean600.rorc.org

Sail Racing PalmaVela
The Real Club Nautico de Palma's regatta, to be held from 8th to 12th May 2019, has already registered nine different participating countries.

The sixteenth edition of Sail Racing PalmaVela, organised by the Real Club Nautico de Palma, has kicked off with the publication of the Notice of Race and the pre-registration of the first 31 boats, already representing nine different nations. The competition will be held in the Bay of Palma at its traditional time of year, between 8th and 12th May, and will be hosting many different kinds of sailboat, ranging from the smallest adapted class for the disabled, to the great over 30-metre "maxis."

As a new feature this year, the One Design class will be including the Viper 640 alongside the J80, Dragon and the Flying Fifteens. The Viper is 6.40m long and 2.5metre wide, cabin-less and is sailed by two to four crew members.

The sheer number and types of boats involved, make the organisation of Sail Racing PalmaVela a true logistical challenge for the Real Club Nautico de Palma, with up to four different race course areas, and up to 150 people involved in the shore crew and on the water teams.

www.palmavela.com

GC32 Racing Tour
For its sixth season, the five event series for ultra-high performance one design catamarans will once again visit venues mostly likely to offer the stable wind and flat water that enable the nimble GC32s to fly at 30+ knots. In addition, the GC32 Racing Tour's organisers are investigating options for concluding the season, for the first time, outside of Europe.

For a third year, the GC32 Racing Tour will start in Italy, but this time in Villasimius on the southeasternmost tip of Sardinia. This will be the third time the GC32 Racing Tour will have visited this popular holiday destination, renowned for its azure waters, exotic marine life and pink flamingos. Racing at the GC32 Villasimius Cup will take place off the Marina di Villasimius near the protected maritime area of Capo Carbonara.

While in 2018, the GC32 teams were rudely awakened when they started their season with a World Championship, this year they should be slightly better prepared. Taking place at the end of June, the GC32 World Championship in Lagos, Portugal will be only the GC32's second World Championship since becoming a World Sailing International Class. The southern Portugal event will double as the second event on the Tour.

For its third event, the GC32 Racing Tour will once again visit Palma for 38th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, the Mediterranean's most well established multi-class regatta. While other Tour events are stand-alone, in Palma the Tour gets to showcase itself to the cream of international monohull fleets such as the maxis,

No GC32 Racing Tour season is complete without visiting Lake Garda. Here the foiling catamarans will again be hosted by Fraglia Vela Riva at the lake's northern end. The GC32 Riva Cup will take place mid-September rather than its usual beginning of season slot. At this time of year the temperature is warmer and the northerly Péler wind more dominant.

The location of the final event of the season is yet to be announced.

www.gc32racingtour.com

Featured Brokerage
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The Sly 53 is a very, very good option for both regatta sailing, and family sailing. Fast and strong due to her carbon construction, she is available at a fraction of the price of a Swan, Solaris, etc.

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1989 ROTHMANS 1989 Whitbread Maxi. 190,000 EUR. Located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Bring a piece of history home! Race ready.

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2010 Petite Flamme, 1,500,000 EUR. Located in Scarlino, Italy.

Petite Flamme is the second Swan 60 to be delivered and was launched in 2010. Currently lying in Scarlino. She is available to visit by appointment

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Contact
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The Last Word
An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them. -- Stephen Fry

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In This Issue
• Sailing Arabia - The Tour's close encounters of the Duqm kind
• SailGP launches next generation mobile app
• SailGP and Harken: At the Front at More Than 50 Knots
• French Canadian Team Take the Spoils in Kraken Cup
• Battle lines for the RORC Caribbean 600
• Safety Preparation for the RORC Caribbean 600
• Industry News
• Correction on yesterday's Brest Oceans article
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: George Washington

Sailing Arabia - The Tour's close encounters of the Duqm kind
EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour returned to the cut and thrust of intensive Stadium racing in Duqm on Wednesday, with the impressive port's inner harbour the arena for five high-speed encounters between the international teams. A solid breeze of up to 24 knots powered the Diam 24 trimarans around the tight courses, with four different winners again highlighting the competitive nature of the world-class fleet.

At the end of play honours went to the distinctive yellow liveried Cheminees Poujoulat entry, with a supremely consistent performance that included a race win and three other podium places on a day that saw five teams black-flagged for early starts, each earning a heavy points penalty. Their result moves the Bernard Stamm managed team up to second overall, with thoughts now turning to the two-day finale in Salalah which will feature both a Raid and then a last burst of Stadium racing.

Second place on Duqm's final day went to the Golfe du Morbihan team, who bounced back after having to retire from Tuesday's coastal Raid. Two race wins around the harbour helped them stay in sixth place overall, but able to close the gap on the Mood team who are just ahead, and stretch their lead on EFG Bank.

The EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour fleet now faces a 600 km relocation to Salalah on Thursday, and preparation for the all-important coastal race on Friday.

Overall standings after seven days of racing:

1. Beijaflore 21 points
2. Cheminees Poujoulat 26
3. Seaflotech 27.5
4. Oman Shipping Company 30.5
5. Mood 32.5
6. Golfe du Morbihan 41
7. EFG Bank 47.5
8. CER Geneva 49.5
9. Renaissance 64
10 DB Schenker 73

www.sailingarabiathetour.com

SailGP launches next generation mobile app
SailGP today released a next generation mobile application as advanced as the supercharged F50 boats taking flight this week on Sydney Harbour. Fans will be in full control of the way they consume the world's fastest on-water racing, with the ability to personalize the boats, camera angles and data that feature in their feeds.

With instant access to more than 1,200 data points from the fastest and most technologically advanced race boats and the world-class athletes who pilot them, fans will have unprecedented insight into the revolutionary new sailing league.

The SailGP APP allows fans to choose what to watch and which boat to follow, bringing them closer to the sport than ever before. They will be able to view live data and video (subject to regional restrictions), track performance, compare athletes, change viewing angles, zoom in on the action and watch replays. The unique split screen feature enables the viewer to compare two teams side by side, and delve into the detail of what makes the unique super boats fly.

Three customizable modes are designed to cater to all levels of knowledge of the sport, from emerging fans to sailing aficionados. The standard view is focused on visuals streaming in live from 11 feeds via helicopter, drone, and on-water and onboard cameras, displayed alongside key race statistics. Tips are offered to assist users in understanding the terminology and relevance of the data.

The SailGP APP is available on all Apple iOS devices via the App Store. An Android version will be available later in the season.

sailgp.com

SailGP and Harken: At the Front at More Than 50 Knots
Harken® will be front and center when the SailGP sailing league premieres Feb. 15-16 in Sydney. Teams from six countries will compete in supercharged F50 foiling catamarans, engineered for intense racing at speeds exceeding 50 knots (nearly 60 mph/100 kph).

Harken has supplied pedestals, Air 50 wing winches, custom hydraulic cylinders, V blocks, V sheaves, and CRX travelers for the six identical F50s, which are powered by a 24-meter wingsail. The F50s were derived from the AC50 used in the 36th America's Cup. The fleet has been extensively modified with new foils and board cases, new rudders and elevators, new hydraulics and electronics, a new cockpit layout for five crew members, a new steering system, and a new flight control system operated by a joy stick. Foil rake, cant, wing twist and jib sheet adjustments are powered electrically, and not subject to the need to ration pressure as much as the previous generation of hydraulics. Adjustments can be made by at least three crew members. The wing sheet adjustment will be powered by two grinders.

The racing takes place in Sydney, San Francisco, New York, and Cowes, culminating in a $1 million winner-takes-all match race in Marseille.

Watch a walk-through of the F50.

harken.com

French Canadian Team Take the Spoils in Kraken Cup
Kraken Cup winners. Click on image to enlarge.

This week on the 8th January saw Team Village Monde crossing the finish line as winners of the Kraken Cup (sponsored by Garmin) one of the World's most adventurous, yet basic, sailing races.

Whilst most of us were nursing hangovers, New Year's Day in Zanzibar saw an international field of 22 teams (made up of 66 sailors), set sail in the Kraken Cup, which, in the modern age of fibreglass hulls and carbon fibre sails, strips things back to basics.

The Cup tests the seamanship of sailors to the max as it races in Ngalawas, traditional African fishing boats whose hulls are carved by hand from mango trees and outriggers lashed on. To add to the adventurous spirit of the race, the course, which is made up of a series of compulsory checkpoints, includes a of couple 'free-sailing' sections. Sailors not only have to contend with the challenges of sailing ngalawas but also find somewhere to sleep for the night - roughing it on uninhabited islets, camping on islands with inquisitive locals or staying in a traditional fishing village. Racers are encouraged to 'bring a hammock'.

The sixth edition of the Cup wound its way 500km around the coast of Tanzania, between the Zanzibar Archipelago and the stunning Lindi region. The route takes in some of best sailing in the Indian Ocean and, for the first three days of the race, it appeared some of the calmest sailing too, with little wind and still seas. Then things changed dramatically, with ferocious gusts and big swells rolling in.

The change in weather resulted in numerous capsizes and battered and broken boats and crew, and with one team diverting course to help rescue three local shipwrecked sailors, with only 13 teams remaining in the main race on the final day. It was Team Village Monde, made up of Canadians Charles and Bastien Mony, a father and son pairing from Quebec, and Gilles Lamire from Brittany in France, who managed to make the most of the treacherous conditions. Their ability to handle the primitive boats in rough waters resulted in them crossing the line as victors, ahead of Team Southern Exposure from the USA, who just pipped British team Krakin' Up for second place.

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Battle lines for the RORC Caribbean 600
Seventy-eight yachts have entered the eleventh edition of the RORC Caribbean 600, where in excess of 700 sailors from six continents and yachts from over 20 nations will compete in the thrilling race around 11 Caribbean islands starting on Monday 18th February. Winners from the Olympic Games, America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race and multiple world champions have gathered in Antigua and will be competing alongside passionate corinthian sailors, both young and old.

Ten multihulls will be racing, boasting phenomenal talent among the crews. Jason Carroll (USA) will be racing MOD70 Argo with Francois Gabart, winner of the 2012-13 Vendee Globe, and Jules Verne winner Brian Thompson (GBR). Giovanni Soldini's (ITA) Multi70 Maserati has been in fine form taking line honours in the Rolex Middle Sea Race and the RORC Transatlantic Race. The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 is the first time that Maserati and Argo have lined up. If the conditions are right, both teams are capable of eclipsing the Multihull Race Record set by Lloyd Thornburg's Phaedo3 in 2016 (31 hours, 59 minutes, 04 seconds).

IRC Zero is the largest class competing this year with 15 teams. The quest for Monohull Line Honours is wide open. A trio of Maxi72s are likely contenders to be first home and to win the race overall. Hap Fauth, two-time winner of the RORC Caribbean 600 (2015 and 2017) is racing the brand new Bella Mente (USA) with a stellar crew including; Terry Hutchinson (USA) skipper for American Magic in the 36th America's Cup. The formidable afterguard includes two-time Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper, Mike Sanderson (NZL), three-time round the world winner Brad Jackson, and Adrian Stead (GBR) who has been on winning teams for the '600 more than any other sailor.

Peter Harrison's British Maxi 72 Sorcha will be lining up for the first time this season against the other Maxis and it will also be their first time in the race. The crew includes numerous past winners of the RORC Caribbean 600: Willy Beavis (GBR), Mo Gray (GBR), Steve Hayles (GBR), Andy Meiklejohn (NZL), Tim Powell (GBR), Freddy Shanks (GBR) and Niklas Zennstrom (SWE).

David and Peter Askew (USA) racing Volvo 70 Wizard will be skippered by Charlie Enright (USA) and three past winners of the Volvo Ocean Race: Simon Fisher (GBR), Phil Harmer (AUS) and Daryl Wislang (NZL).

The two largest yachts in the race; JV 115 Nikata and Will Apold's Canadian Southern Wind 96 Sorceress will be hoping for full-on conditions. Nikata and Sorceress are expected to have a magnificent superyacht battle around the 600-mile course. -- Louay Habib

caribbean600.rorc.org

Watch The Start On Facebook Live!
Live on Monday 18 February 10.50 local time (14.50 UTC)
Live coverage with commentary from Fort Charlotte, Antigua will be streamed from the official website and the Royal Ocean Racing Club Facebook Page.
www.facebook.com/RoyalOceanRacingClub/

Safety Preparation for the RORC Caribbean 600
The RORC Caribbean 600 is once again attracting the elite of the international ocean racing fleet for whom pushing to the limits is the name of the game. That's why safety, as always, is top of the list when it comes to preparation. Ocean Safety offers the full inventory of safety equipment required to meet the Cat 3 event which includes Cat 2 Liferaft, EPIRB, AIS Transponder and RORC Prescriptions.

Sailing in the sub-tropical climate of the West Indies conjures blissful visions of blue seas and soft breezes but the 600 mile course which winds around eleven Caribbean islands north and south of Antigua can be anything but. Crews relish the strong winds and big seas which frequently characterise the event whose multiple manoeuvres are a constant challenge amidst the backdrop of spectacular scenery. So it's a good thing that staying safe by keeping a lifejacket on for long periods isn't a problem.

Ocean Safety's uniquely sculpted high performance lifejacket, the Kru Sport is the choice for optimal comfort and movement due to its minimalist scoop back neck design and slim line construction. The choice of liferafts has gone through a revolution too. Developed for the Volvo Ocean Race, the Ocean Safety's compact Ultralite liferaft, certified to international SOLAS standards, is housed in a space saving carbon composite canister, reducing weight by more than 20%, a real boost in the search for speed.

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Industry News
Japan's Yamaha Motor Co. released year-end and 4th quarter results showing a 6% rise in marine sales reaching ¥344.7 billion (US$ 3.13bn) for 2018, representing 20.6% of total company sales. The Marine division includes outboard motors, personal watercraft (PWCs), boats, FRP pools, fishing boats and utility boats.

According to Yamaha Motor, unit sales of outboard motors, personal watercraft and sports boats increased year-on-year, together with revenue gains. The outboard engine business grew 5.6% to ¥185.1 billion ($1.68bn) for the year and account for 54% of sales in the Marine division. PWC, boats and other marine products grew 7.5% to ¥159.6 billion ($1.45bn) and account for 46% of segment sales.

North America makes up 60% of Yamaha's total Marine sales, followed by Europe with 15% of sales. Europe yielded the stongest growth for the marine division - up 15% - in 2018, but the company said sales and profits were enhanced by product mix of large model outboard motors in North America.

www.ibinews.com

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The RYA Dinghy Show 2019 is less than a month away.

Highlights from the stages

Be inspired by Team UK Invictus Games sailors; Andrew 'Pav' Taylor and Sadie Melling as they share their life-changing Invictus experience (Main Stage, Saturday 11:45).

Roger Barnes the Dinghy Cruising expert - with over 150,000 followers on YouTube find out what it is that is captivating so many people (Main Stage,11:15).

British Sailing Team Meteorologist, Simon Rowell shares his wisdom on how to get a good forecast and how to apply it (Main Stage, Saturday 13:30, Sunday 14:30).

Can anyone really foil? Dinghy foiling coach, Paul Outram; and instructor, Phoebe Twigg; talk about first time foiling and how getting airborne might be easier than you think (Main Stage, Saturday 14:15, Sunday 12:45).

Dinghy historian, David Henshall will be looking back and exploring 90 years of continuous innovation - 'The Story of the International Moth' on Sunday (Main Stage, 13:45).

In the Knowledge Zone, Olympians Saskia Clark, Paul Brotherton and Simon Hiscocks will all be sharing their expertise and British Sailing Team, Laser sailor, Sam Whaley will be demonstrating how to get the most out of your Laser.

Tickets
Beat the queues and take advantage of RYA member and club discounts, saving up to 35%, by purchasing your tickets in advance.

To buy your tickets visit www.rya.org.uk/go/dstickets or call the ticket hotline on 0844 858 9069

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Nautor's Swan is delighted to confirm the appointment of Vortec Marine as their Brokerage partner for used Swan Yachts in the UK and Ireland.

South Coast based Vortec Marine has been Nautor's Swan Approved Service partner for Swan yachts since 2015. The business has three bases on the UK South Coast - Swanwick Marina (Hamble), Port Solent (Portsmouth) and Endeavour Quay (Gosport). With immediate effect Vortec Marine will now handle Nautor's Swan Brokerage sales where their expertise and access to Nautor's production database and client list will enable them to effectively represent existing Swan owners looking to sell and buyers alike.

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Bainbridge has officially opened its trade shop.

The shop, located at Bainbridge's Hedge End distribution centre, was opened by MD Andrew Smith.

"Bainbridge International has always prided itself on offering great logistics and delivery and is now complimenting this service by adding the flexibility of a shop," said marketing manager Hermionie Barfield. "Customers will be able to walk in, order and collect any stocked line with minimum waiting times."

Andrew added: "Our trade shop further enhances our offering to the marine industry and shows our on-going commitment and dedication to customer services. This service particularly gives our local customers the ultimate flexibility, if they've forgotten a crucial item in an order, they now have the opportunity to come and collect it and not have to wait for the next delivery."

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Groupe Beneteau has presented its full-year outlook for 2018-19.

A statement issued by the group states that the global recreational boat market shows a slowdown and it expects to see growth of +2% compared with +3 to +4% in 2018.

This is affected by the inboard motorboat segment's slowdown - down 3.2% - across all hull lengths.

For the financial year 2018 -2019, the order book as of January 31, 2019 is up +4.1%, compared with the same period the previous year, helped by its sailing segment order book up by +12.3%.

The group is being hit by EU and Canadian trade tariffs on motorboats produced in the US which are having a negative impact on international sales and leading to increased competition in the United States' domestic market.

For the 2018-19 season, the group's 11 brands will launch 32 new models aligned with demand from growing market segments - monohull and multihull sailing yachts and outboard motorboats.

The group currently offers more than 200 recreational boat models.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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The South Coast Boat Show is being held at Ocean Village Marina, 17-19 May 2019. This brand-new event will feature the marine industry's most exciting and innovative global power and sail brands. There will be over fifty new boats on display for serious buyers to explore. The show is timed perfectly for those wishing to get afloat this season in a stunning 20-60 foot sail or power boat.

Over twenty top brands are already confirmed as exhibiting with more to come.

Exhibitors include: Arcona Yachts, Axopar London Group, Bavaria, Beneteau power and sail, Dehler, Dragonfly, Dufour Yachts, Elan, Fjord, Fleming, Fountaine Pajot, Galeon, Hallberg-Rassy, Hanse, J-Boats, Jeanneau power and sail, Lagoon catamarans, Marlin, Najad Yachts, Nautitech, Ocqueteau, Rhea, Sasga Yachts, Sargo and X-Yachts.

The South Coast Boat Show has been set-up to facilitate serious boat buyers who want to experience a high-quality range of product in stunning surroundings. With an extensive selection of leading global power and sail brands on show, it will appeal to those who are looking to purchase a brand-new vessel immediately, or within the next 6-18 months.

For more information about The South Coast Boat Show keep an eye on: southcoastboatshow.com or contact info [AT] southcoastboatshow [DOT] com

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Danish deck hardware and rigging manufacturer BSI A/S has acquired Hundested Propeller A/S, a Danish supplier of controllable pitch propellers and gearboxes, and tunnel and retractable swing thrusters. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

BSI's product range consists of BSI rod and wire rigging, the Moonlight, Easy & Skylight range of hatches and portlights for the yachting and wind power industries, as well as Gori propellers, Jefa steering systems, and now Hundested propellers.

Hundested Propeller will operate as a separate business unit of BSI and remain at its existing location in Hundested, Denmark. Former owner Mogens Christensen is now a minority owner and will continue in his role as general manager of the company for a few years, reporting to Madsen.

www.ibinews.com

Correction on yesterday's Brest Oceans article
Since publishing this article the organiser of Brest Oceans, Brest Ultim Sailing has announced that it has postponed the start of their non-stop singlehanded round the world race for the Ultime class. This follows consultation between the various teams, sponsors and stakeholders after the carnage sustained by the giant trimarans in November's Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe.

This will not affect the continued calendar of racing for the Ultimes. In 2019 this will culminate in the two handed Transat Jacques Vabre.

Sodebo's Co-President, Patricia Brochard, also President of the Ultim Class stated: "The Ultim Class is going through an obviously complex period following all the damage in the last Route du Rhum. Periods of major technological evolution regularly result in these phases. They are painful but make it possible to learn and to improve reliability. There is much discussion talking place at the moment and it is essential we take into account all the technical, economic and personal factors."

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2011 MOD 70. 1200000 EUR. Located in Lorient, Bretagne, France.

The MOD 70 class is born in 2009 with the experience gained in the Orma 60 trimaran class, from an association between 3 passionate entrepreneurs & sailors: Marco Simeoni, Steve Ravussin and Franck David.

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2005 Frers 57 Day Sailer - SASKIA TOO. Located in South Coast, France.

Drop dead gorgeous day sailor, a mini Wally in every sense.

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Contact
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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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The Last Word
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. -- George Washington

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In This Issue
• Sydney SailGP: Race One
• RORC Caribbean 600 race
• Athos and “Flying Machines” Prepare for Caribbean 600
• Golden Globe: The Race for 3rd continues
• America’s Cup challenger partners with Sail Newport
• The untold story of 'The Waka'
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Game On for Liga Vela Portugal in 2019
• New Team Challenges For The Australian 18 Skliff Championship
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Howard Beale

Sydney SailGP: Race One
Asia dominated the opening race of SailGP on Sydney Harbour, Nathan Outteridge’s Japan SailGP Team commanding the fleet of F50s to lead China SailGP Team through the finish in light ENE winds.

Phil Robertson at the helm of the Chinese F50 put together a high-risk dream start which paid off as he claimed 2nd place.

Outteridge said his winning move was the first jibe inside the fleet. This led to a close encounter with the Great Britain F50 and from there it was about keeping the fleet in check while enjoying clear air at the front of the pack.

“It was really good to post the first win,” Outteridge said in his post-race interview. “I’ve been waiting for this event for the best part of 8 months; there’s no better way to reward the crew and the short team than win a win. We are stoked with the result and we are looking forward to two more races today.”

Third to finish was the Great Britain SailGP team.

Results
1st Japan SailGP Team 10pts
2nd China SailGP Team 9pts
3rd Great Britain SailGP Team 8pts
4th United States SailGP Team 7pts
5th Australia SailGP Team 6pts
6th France SailGP Team 5pts

Sydney SailGP: Race Two
Tom Slingsby at the helm of Australia SailGP turned a disappointing fourth in race 1 into a win in race 2 of SailGP Sydney.

Second place went to Japan after the Nathan Outteridge skippered F50 made a huge comeback from an OCS at the start, closing right up on the rival Australian skipper but not able to get in front of Slingsby who was controlling the situation from the front.

Results
1st Australia SailGP Team 10pts
2nd Japan SailGP Team 9pts
3rd United States SailGP Team 8pts
4th Great Britain SailGP Team 7pts
5th France SailGP Team 6pts
6th China SailGP Team 5pts

sailgp.com

RORC Caribbean 600 race
The Maxi72 Proteus has officially withdrawn from the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 after breaking her mast during training on Wednesday 13 February 2019.

No one was hurt in the incident and the RORC look forward to seeing Proteus and the team racing with the Club in the future.

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. Bella Mente's owner Hap Fauth concurrently spearheads the New York Yacht Club American Magic challenge for the 2021 America’s Cup. The afterguard for the RORC Caribbean 600 includes multiple 52 Super Series World Champion Terry Hutchinson, two-time Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper Mike Sanderson and Adrian Stead, who has been on winning teams for the '600 more than any other sailor.

The race starts on Monday 19th February.

caribbean600.rorc.org

Athos and “Flying Machines” Prepare for Caribbean 600
Royal Ocean Racing Club is preparing for the 11th Caribbean 600, which features a tortuous 600 nautical mile course that starts 18 February off Antigua and heads north to St Martin and south to Guadeloupe, taking in Barbuda, Nevis, St Kitts, Saba and St Barth’s.

Among the entries is the 203' schooner Athos, returning after her round-the-world adventure. Three of the world's fastest trimarans will be taking part: Argo, Maserati, and PowerPlay.

Argo - fresh off a record-breaking Pineapple Cup finish - recently completed a refit project at Gorilla Rigging in Newport. Rigger Jim Stone said they used Harken for 100% of the fittings because “Harken products are really good, reliable, and we can get whatever we need in 24 hours.” More than 40 blocks were replaced with Harken V™ blocks and Fly™ blocks.

In designing the V blocks, Harken engineers combined the axial and thrust bearings into a single bearing set of V-shaped titanium rollers. The result is a strong, lightweight block that offers unmatched efficiency at high loads, while spinning freely at low loads for smooth easing in light air. The high-load Fly blocks were developed specifically for use with today’s high-tech line.

Read more at caribbean600.rorc.org and Harken.com.

Golden Globe: The Race for 3rd continues
There has been good and bad news from 3rd placed Uku Randmaa and his Rustler 36 One and All. Now within 2,500 miles of the Les Sables d’Olonne finish line, the Estonian skipper has solved his immediate hunger problems by catching two large marlin during the past week, which should extend his meagre supplies of basic freeze dried food to the end of the race.

Not so good, was news that one of his running backstays supporting the mast broke on February 9, which lost him vital miles over 4th placed Istvan Kopar who is now enjoying the same Tradewind conditions 433 miles astern in terms of distance to finish. As One and All’s course meandered around on the tracker, Randmaa was forced to climb the mast twice to set up a replacement adjustable stay, and in doing so, gashed a finger badly. The deep cut has been festering since, which led him to seek medical advice from the GGR 24hr tele-medicine team at MSOS last weekend. He is now treating the wound daily and doctors are monitoring the situation.

Kopar, who is looking to take advantage of any situation to overtake Randmaa, is also fighting health issues. The American/Australian is suffering a recurring abscess under one tooth and a fungal infection under his nails. He too has called on the MSOS doctors for advice and is now taking a course of antibiotics to combat the toothache and applying antiseptic cream to his digits.

“I could not ventilate the boat in the Southern Ocean and the interior is now covered in black mould.” He reported on Monday, adding: “The black stuff is everywhere: on the plywood, sail bags, just everywhere. It is becoming a serious health issue, which could weaken my resistance to infections. I am washing everything down with bleach, but so far this doesn’t seem to be having much affect.”

Position of skippers at 08:00 UTC 13.02.19

1. Jean- Luc VDH (FRA) Rustler 36 Matmut Finished
2. Mark Slats (NED) Rustler 36 Ohpen Maverick Finished
3. Uku Randmaa (EST) Rustler 36 One and All 2544 nm to finish
4. Istvan Kopar (USA)Tradewind 35 Puffin 2977 nm to finish
5. Robin Knox-Johnston (GBR) Suhaili virtual race position in 1969 (9th Feb) 6570 nm to finish
5. Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) Gaia 36 Asteria 6283 nm to finish

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

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America’s Cup challenger partners with Sail Newport
New York Yacht Club’s American Magic, a U.S. challenger for the 36th America’s Cup, announced Sail Newport as a Sailing Community Partner on Wednesday.

The two organizations will work together to enhance and promote Sail Newport’s youth and community programs and sailing activities with special events, sailor appearances, lectures and digital media content.

As part of the partnership, American Magic sailors will visit Sail Newport’s Pell School Sailing Program in the spring, also making special appearances at other youth programs.

The first event for the Community Sailing Partnership, titled “Sail Newport Presents American Magic,” will be held on Tuesday, March 19, at 5:30 p.m. at the Jane Pickens Theater.

Tickets for the “Sail Newport Presents American Magic” event are available at sailnewport.org. Tickets cost $20 per person, $15 for Sail Newport members or $5 for students under the age of 21. For more information, call 846-1983.

www.newportri.com/news/

The untold story of 'The Waka'
Auckland, New Zealand - 15th February 2019

In late August 2012, a grainy photo of a boat emerged online.

Most hardened America’s Cup followers will clearly remember the image that was the talk of the sailing world for many weeks. A high angle shot, looking down on a giant 72 foot red and black Emirates Team New Zealand catamaran seemingly flying above the waters of the Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour.

An image that was so far outside the realms of the imagination of most people- but not those inside the base of Emirates Team New Zealand.

The cat was out of the bag, foiling had arrived. But there had been many months of secretive R&D meetings at Emirates Team New Zealand that went into developing a concept that would transform the world of America’s Cup racing forever.

Rewind to 2011, two years out from the 34th America’s Cup in San Francisco. A time of any campaign where teams are thinking outside the square with weird and wonderful ideas having been studying the AC72 class rule, looking for loopholes and testing or attempting to validate some of the most innovative theories

A crazy concept was continuing to circle within Emirates Team New Zealand.

“What if we could make the AC72 catamaran fly above the water?”

Glenn Ashby was relatively new to the team back then and quickly understood that foiling was not just a whacky fad but something that had to be kept under wraps.

“We made sure we were not in branded team kit. To anyone walking the dog around the lake, we probably just appeared like a few old battlers towing a beat-up old catamaran down the lake for fun.” Said Ashby

“We just had quite a few people with cameras and pelican cases in tow.”

It wasn’t an instant success, but it didn’t take long for the gigantic gains that foiling presented to emerge.

“After a couple of weeks of tuning and building new foils we got to the stage where we were able to tow the boat and pop out of the water and fly stably.

The Waka was a fantastic boat to learn all about foils, to understand what you could and couldn’t do, and potentially what the future could hold for us.”

www.emiratesteamnz.com

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

Making the unfamiliar familiar
Not long ago, solid carbon rigging was only seen on the edgiest of grand prix racers... Carbo-Link has helped transform the sector. Now this most advanced of racing products is used on many large, high-end superyachts

Market disrupter?
J/Boats is one of the world’s most successful brands, turning out a string of IRC winners. The new J/99 looks set to follow suit. In the shorthanded arena this one could be a killer… in the best possible way, of course!

The Figaro milieu
Be there or, well, at least be ready to get left behind. And this year an extraordinary influx of great champions of shorthanded ocean racing will only make your task harder, but potentially also more instructive. Marcus Hutchinson

Fresh start?
Offering your best critical, high performance foils to regular racing customers is really not smart. Caspar Nielsen And Oyvind Bjordal

Coal face
Buying a new Mini Scow is not the answer in itself... just the first step on a complex journey Joe Lacey

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Game On for Liga Vela Portugal in 2019
Cascais, Portugal: Portugal is joining the group of twenty countries running National Sailing Leagues in 2019. The concept is generating the fastest growth in sailing worldwide, and it now arrives in Portugal supported by the Sail Cascais organization.

3,000 sailors from 300 clubs currently take part in more than 100 events organized by SAILING Champion League participating nations all year long. Beyond Europe, National Sailing Leagues are being implemented in the USA, Australia and New Zealand. The concept, a simple one, replicates the model of other sports. All racing will be sailed in one-design classes (virtually all J/70’s), and will give the opportunity to the Portuguese clubs to compete against each other and fight for a spot in the SAILING Champions League!

The first event will take place from 20 to 22 September and a Junior event will be sailed from 27 to 29 August. Both events will be hosted by Club Naval de Cascais, Wild Card winner for SAILING Champions League 2019 alongside Club de Vela de Lagos.

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New Team Challenges For The Australian 18 Skliff Championship
One of the highlights of the Australian 18 Footers League’s 2018-2019 Season has been the emergence of a young The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone team as a leading contender for the top honours in the major championships on Sydney Harbour.

Skipper Jordan Girdis, sheet hand Lachlan Doyle and for’ard hand Tom Quigley were all rookies in the 18s just two years ago, now they are only one point from the lead heading into the final weekend of the 2019 Australian Championship.

Jordan and Lachlan are now having their third season together after joining the 18s in 2016-2017. Along with Nathan Edwards, they won the 2017-2018 Spring Championship in Panasonic Lumix and were rewarded by a move into their current skiff, The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone.

Tom Quigley came into the 18s at the same time as part of a crew skippered by his father, Stephen Quigley.

Steve is not only a former JJ Giltinan (world) champion, in 1996 in AEI-Pace Express, but is one of Australia’s most respected yachtsmen. He has been in a technical and performance advisory role, sailing with the incredibly successful Sydney-Hobart maxi, Wild Oats XI team for the past six years.

Tom was a member of the 2017-2018 NSW Championship-winning The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone team, which was led by former JJ Giltinan champion Scott Babbage, who is now sheet hand on another top contender, Bing Lee.

When Girdis and Doyle moved into The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone, they joined with Tom for the first time and the new team immediately showed its capabilities with some consistently impressive performances.

Now the team could become Australian 18ft Skiff champion by Sunday.

The final two races of the nine-race Australian Championship will be sailed on Sydney Harbour next Sunday (17 February) and the title is still very much up-for-grabs with only four points separating the top five teams. -- Frank Quealey,

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The Last Word
I'm as mad as Hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! -- Howard Beale

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In This Issue
• Australia wins inaugural SailGP in Sydney
• Beijaflore crowned EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour champions
• Still the greatest game in town
• Dan Slater secures Symonite OK Dinghy World title
• Australian 18ft Skiff champions Dorron, Bethwaite and Barnabas
• Clare Olding skippers Vertigo to Women in Sailing Challenge win
• Boat builder Southern Spars three years deep in America's Cup construction projects
• Build your own Nigel Irens 14ft skiff
• Mariners' Museum Chosen As Stewards of U.S. Lighthouse Society Library Collection
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Bebop Loco

Australia wins inaugural SailGP in Sydney
Sydney, Australia: The first ever SailGP was witnessed by more than 20,000 people who took to the water on the spectacular Sydney Harbour, providing the perfect amphitheater for the season kick off.

Two intense days of racing saw six national teams do battle in the world's most technologically advanced catamarans, competing to get the first points on the leaderboard and closer to the $1 million Season 1 prize.

In front of cheering crowds, the green and gold F50 race boat of the Australia SailGP Team, helmed by local hero Tom Slingsby, won the final race of the day to earn the title in the opening event over Japan.

A second and a third for Outteridge's Japan team guaranteed their place in the final match race and a chance to go head to head against the home team and line up against a close friend and fierce rival. The Australian team's practice over the last few weeks paid off, and they lead the Japanese off the start and never looked back.

Next stop for SailGP is San Francisco, May 4-5, 2019, when the young guns of the United States Team will be hoping to emulate Slingsby's success and score a victory on home waters.

Overall Leaderboard Sydney
1st // Australia // 48pts
2nd // Japan // 45pts
3rd // Great Britain // 36pts
4th // China // 33pts
5th // France // 33pts
6th // United States // 31pts

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Beijaflore crowned EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour champions
Beijaflore have been crowned champions of EFG Sailing Arabia - The Tour, repeating their success of last year to take back-to-back victories in the Middle East's premier yacht racing event.

The French team produced a remarkably consistent performance on their Diam 24 trimaran during the two-week marathon along Oman's coastline, gradually building and extending a lead over nine other international teams across five venues and a mix of inshore Stadium races and long coastal Raids. Overall, they finished seven points clear of their nearest challenger, and also won the standalone Stadium Racing trophy.

Coached by Pierre Mas and helmed by Valentin Bellet the Beijaflore crew held off a determined challenge by the Cheminées Poujoulat team, who had taken an early lead in the Tour after a strong performance at the first venue in Muscat.

For Cheminées Poujoulat the runner-up spot marks a significant improvement on their fifth-place finish on last year's Sailing Arabia adventure.

Helmed by Robin Follin, and managed by another sailing legend, Switzerland's Bernard Stamm, the French team further demonstrated their form when they won the final day of Stadium racing in Salalah.

The final place on the Tour podium was taken by the international crew aboard the Oman Shipping Company entry, with British Olympian Stevie Morrison teamed with French tactician Quentin Ponroy and Oman Sail instructor Raad Al Hadi.

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Still the greatest game in town
Hello, Mr Bond... a new boat from the east and a 'new' crew put to the test.

The challenge for the 2019 52 Super Series title promises to be the most open since the circuit started in Barcelona in May 2012. Quantum Racing, so long the grand prix circuit's benchmark team, are making their biggest ever set of changes to their crew line-up. Vladimir Lyubomirov's Russian-flagged Bronenosec return armed with the only new-build boat this season, and a winter of fine-tuning and optimisation to seven of the nine boats that were new for 2018 (Luna Rossa is for sale and Onda has recently changed hands) will only ensure that racing is tighter than ever.

It may seem inconceivable to consider the TP52 class racing as a fleet in Europe without the presence of either Terry Hutchinson or Vasco Vascotto, but the five regattas that will comprise the 2019 season will represent a golden opportunity for new or different talent to shine. For sure, there will be no reduction in the level or the intensity of the racing.

Andi Robertson's full article in the March issue of Seahorse

Dan Slater secures Symonite OK Dinghy World title
Dan Slater has won the 2019 Symonite OK Dinghy World Championship at Wakatere Boating Club after a challenging final day of racing with at first light winds, then breezy conditions, but always difficult and shifty. Fredrik Lööf almost did enough to pass Slater, but finished four points back in second, while a magnificent final race win for Josh Armit brought him back up to third overall. The first race of the day was won by Steve McDowell.

Sailing on home waters, Slater has hardly put a foot wrong all week, but today he made it look hard, even though he didn't look particularly rattled by two scores in the 20s.

Rod Davis was the first Master in the fleet in ninth overall,

Final top ten results after 9 races
1. Dan Slater, NZL, 37
2. Fredrik Loof, SWE, 41
3. Josh Armit, NZL, 44
4. Luke O'Connell, NZL, 50
5. Andrew Phillips, NZL, 57
6. Nick Craig, GBR, 58
7. Steve McDowell, NZL, 64
8. Thomas Hansson-Mild, SWE, 91
9. Rod Davis, NZL, 122
10. Eric Rone, NZL, 141

Veteran: Dan Slater, NZL
Master: Rod Davis, NZL
Grand Master: Bob Buchanan, AUS
Junior: Josh Armit, NZL
Women: Olivia Christie, NZL
Elvstrom Trophy: Fredrik Loof, SWE
Geest Trophy: Bruce Schofield, AUS
Clive Roberts Trophy: Dan Slater, NZL

Full results

Australian 18ft Skiff champions Dorron, Bethwaite and Barnabas
Click on image for photo gallery.

The Asko Appliances team of James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite and Trent Barnabas became the 2018-2019 Australian 18ft Skiff champions after a wonderful day of action-packed racing on Sydney Harbour today.

Going into today's final two races, only four points separated the top five teams.

With a 13-15-knot North East wind, and a brilliant, sunny Sydney day, the conditions were perfect for a spectacular finale to the championship.

Asko Appliances revelled in the conditions for the first race (Race 8) and the team quickly went to the lead on the windward leg from the start off Clark Island to the windward mark off Nielsen Park.

Asko's domination was soon evident and the team held a 35s lead over Einning Group (John Winning Jr., Sam Newton and Euan McNicol) as spinnakers were set for the run back down the harbour to the bottom mark.

The first casualty of the day happened at the start when defending champion, Smeg was recalled for being over the start line too early.

On the short 2-lap windward-return course, this spelt the end of Smeg's chances of retaining the title.

Asko continued to lead throughout the race and finally crossed the finish line a 20s winner over Winning Group, which had pushed the winner all the way around the course.

The final points in the championship were: Asko Appliances (17 points), Winning Group (20), The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone (31), Bing Lee (35), Smeg (36), The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines (39).

Next Sunday is the last race of the Club Championship and the final hit out for the JJ Giltinan (world) 18ft Skiff Championship, which begins on Sydney Harbour on March 2. -- Frank Quealey

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV
www.18footers.com.au

Clare Olding skippers Vertigo to Women in Sailing Challenge win
Photo by Bruce Cocozza. Click on image for photo gallery.

Royal Yacht Club of Victoria member, Clare Olding, has skippered Vertigo to an overall win in Race 3 of the Port Phillip Women's Championship Series sailed in light air on Port Phillip today.

The Women in Sailing Challenge (WISC), hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club in Melbourne, consisted of three windward/leeward races, the first of which was delayed until the breeze filled in at around 4 knots from the west, but clocked east as racing settled in. It was a long day afloat for all- experienced and inexperienced.

Olding won PHS, the scoring system used to determine the overall winner. Back at SYC for the prize giving, she was ecstatic with her win "Pretty light day - the wind gradually increased - it was a very technical sort of day. It glassed out completely, so there was a short delay before started."

By the last run of the last race, the breeze finally increased to 10 knots. Too little too late- but not for Olding and crew who sail shorthanded, five-up on the Summit 35.

Monica Jones and her Adams 10 won IRC overall. She seems to be the benchmark of the fleet, according to a number of competitors.

Megan Aulich, co-ordinating the event ashore, commented: "The Race Committee did good job getting the three races in at all, considering the conditions. The first two races were two lappers and the third just one lap, due to light winds and time running out."

Aulich also said the SYC's speaker's night, held in conjunction with the PPWCS and featuring high-profile sailors Stacey Jackson, Jade Cole and Sophie Ciszek, on 6 February, was very successful.

"Around 90 turned up- more than we expected, as there was a storm front coming through. We also had a lot watching on Facebook, as we streamed it live. Stacey, Jade and Sophie (the trio recently finished second overall in the Rolex Sydney Hobart) were wonderful and so down to earth and relatable."

Hobsons Bay Yacht Club will host Race 4 of the PPWC when the Shirley Freeman Trophy is held on Sunday 3 March. -- Di Pearson

www.womenandgirlsinsailing.com.au

Boat builder Southern Spars three years deep in America's Cup construction projects
Southern Spars has a busy couple of years ahead but a "chronic" labour shortage may stall the speed of progress.

The West Auckland-based boat manufacturer is not only building the masts and rigging for Team New Zealand's giant foiling monohull for the 2021 America's Cup in Auckland, it is also doing the same for most competing teams.

In addition to work for America's Cup, the company is working on a "big project" believed to be for a superyacht owned by one of the world's wealthiest.

Mark Hauser, Southern Spars co-founder and managing director, says his team of 250 will be "all-go" in the two-and-a-half-year up lead up to the regatta.

Hauser says labour is an issue currently with a shortage of staff. The company is looking overseas to bring in the at least 30 workers needed.

"It's going to slow us down - it's going to hold us up," he says.

"Unemployment here is so low and the construction industry has taken a lot of our people.

"We're looking everywhere."

www.nzherald.co.nz

Build your own Nigel Irens 14ft skiff
When Nigel Irens designed the Western Skiff 22 years ago, boatbuilding as a hobby was enjoying a modest but significant revival in the UK.

Designers such as Iain Oughtred, Selway Fisher and Andrew Wolstenholme were developing expanding portfolios of plans for amateur construction, and a highly successful amateur boatbuilding competition (ABBA) was established, which is still going to this day.

Not content with just creating a dinghy for amateur boatbuilders, however, Nigel Irens, the designer of record-breaking multihulls such as B&Q, ENZA and Cable & Wireless decided that kit boats would be the logical next step forward.

Over the next few months PBO will be following the construction of the first Jordan Western Skiff kit by PBO reader Jeremy Butler in Devon.

Although Jeremy was a boatbuilder for a few years and is therefore familiar with the techniques needed for epoxy ply construction, he now works as an IT consultant and hasn't messed with the 'sticky stuff' for quite a while.

You can see how he gets on in the next few issues of PBO- or you can build one yourself 'in parallel' by getting the free plans, available from 19 February, 2019 from the link below, or ordering a kit from Jordan Boats.

Full article in Practical Boat Owner

Links for plans and kit

Mariners' Museum Chosen As Stewards of U.S. Lighthouse Society Library Collection
Newport News, Virginia: Earlier this year, The Mariners' Museum and Park was officially chosen as the new caretakers of The United States Lighthouse Society Wayne Wheeler Library (USLHS) collection. The Museum is honored to accept this incredible collection of books, journals, and lighthouse reports.

The United States Lighthouse Society issued a national search to find a proper home for the impressive library. USLHS was looking for an institution to house their materials because their current facility ran out of storage space. USLHS reached out to The Mariners' Museum through the Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) to begin the conversation of the Mariners' housing the collection.

The USLHS collection was delivered to The Mariners' Museum on November 12, 2018, and is a little less than 400 linear feet that holds 4,000 volumes. The materials include books, journals, postcards and lighthouse reports. Most materials are related to United States lighthouses, but a segment includes international lighthouses. It is believed to be one of the largest lighthouse libraries in existence.

The Mariners' Museum Library holds the largest maritime history collection in the Western Hemisphere. With its rich collections and international scope, the Library is a premier resource for maritime research. The Library collections consist of over two million items including books, magazines, manuscripts, maps and charts, vessel plans, newspaper articles, rare books, photographs, Chris-Craft archives, and The Mariners' Museum's archives. Although current storage for the Library does not include public space, Library staff is able to complete patron research requests.

For more information about the Library, please visit MarinersMuseum.org/library. For research and collection questions, please email library [AT] MarinersMuseum [DOT] org

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Re the letter from Adrian Morgan about Tool Station checking the identity of customers before despatching scrapers and blades to them. Rather than criticising the company, it should be commended for acting responsibly in the campaign to reduce knife crime. The inconvenience to customers of having to provide identification is surely minimal.

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The Last Word
Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death. -- Bebop Loco

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In This Issue
• Blast Off for the RORC Caribbean 600
• National 18 Prevails At Light Airs 160-Boat Finale In Oxford
• Superyachts to Gather in St. Barths for Bucket Regatta
• SailGP Sydney - Key Moments Analysis
• Bay of Islands MACH 2 foiling week
• Entry open for 2019 Finn Europeans and Tokyo 2020 Qualifier
• Torbay Royal Regatta
• SeaBubbles shows off its 'flying' all-electric boat in Miami
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Nick Danger

Blast Off for the RORC Caribbean 600
The 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 kicked off in spectacular conditions off the south coast of Antigua with the magnificent fleet starting the 600 mile non-stop offshore race in bright sunshine, full-on gusting tradewinds and two-metre high waves. The 11th edition of the race featured 76 starting yachts from 20 different countries. The Caribbean Classic made headline news before the start; MOD 70 Argo flipped during practice on Friday, but miraculously made the start line just three days later. The majority of the fleet are racing under IRC for the overall win and the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, plus a record Class40 Division and one of the finest multihull fleets ever assembled for the race. Early in the race for the overall win, Volvo 70 Wizard, TP52 Tala, and Botin 65 Caro are estimated to be the top three after IRC time correction. Bella Mente was the shock early retirement.

In IRC Zero, Volvo 70 Wizard owned by David and Peter Askew (USA) got a great start and powered up the beat to be the first in class to Green Island. Fully launched downwind in a show of immense power, Wizard pulled out a substantial lead on superyacht JV115 Nikata. Wizard was caught on the YB Tracker speed camera doing well over 20 knots on a screaming reach. Hap Fauth's Maxi72 Bella Mente (USA) was a shock early retirement, pulling up just after passing Willoughby Bay to return to Antigua. In the big sea state, the new design showed phenomenal speed, but the pounding proved too much, and having shipped a ton or more of water down below, turned for home. All of the Bella Mente crew are safe and well.

Showing enormous respect for their opposition, Giovanni Soldini's Maserati Multi70 (ITA) agreed to a delay to the race by just two hours to allow Jason Carroll's Argo (USA) just enough time to finish repairs to their MOD 70. The match race kicked off two hours after the rest of the fleet. At the start, Argo got away well, but Maserati was soon snapping at their rivals, playing the bays along the coast of Antigua. Snarling into an epic duel with the gloves full off. At Green Island, Maserati hit the after-burners, aided by their fully-foiling set up, screeching away at over 30 knots of boat speed. Maserati made Barbuda in 107 minutes, averaging an astonishing 26 knots.

The Multihull Class racing under the MOCRA Rule got away well with the two Gunboats, Chim Chim, owned by John Gallagher (USA), and Arethusa owned by Phil Lotz (USA) hitting the line with pace. Beiker 53 Fujin, owned by Greg Slyngstad (USA) showed the fleet the way and at Green Island, Fujin was substantially ahead, unfurling downwind sails to blast towards Barbuda at over 20 knots of boat speed. Falcon skippered by Shannon Falcone (ANT) was in the mix at Green Island, having overhauled the two Gunboats on the water.

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Pip Hare checks in from Class40 Hydra

National 18 Prevails At Light Airs 160-Boat Finale In Oxford
Peter Gray, Richard Pepperdine and Simon Forbes powered their way three-up to victory in a National 18 at last Saturday's Oxford Blue, concluding the 2018/19 edition of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series.

Farmoor Reservoir was like Piccadilly Circus, with 160 boats of various shapes and sizes packed on to the reservoir. A big chunk of the entries, almost a third of the total number, were RS Aeros competing in their Winter Championship. The light airs prevailed for most of the day until the tail end of the third and final race saw the gusts kick up to 18 knots and caught a few people napping, with capsizes ensuing.

The fluky conditions tended to favour the hiking singlehanders and slower boats like the Comet Trio and 2000 who made the most of the short, sharp gusts. Gray kept the big, powered-up National 18 trucking along nicely, with Simon Forbes on the trapeze when most other trapeze sailors were still crouching on the side.

The 2000s have performed well throughout the season, and Jasper Barnham and Serena de Nahlik finished just two points off victory, winning the middle race of the day. Finishing tied with the 2000 but losing out on tiebreak was the Comet Trio Mk2 sailed by Alex and Bob Horlock with Andrew Snell's K1 keelboat just a point off the podium.

The winning National 18 was the only trapeze boat in the top 10 overall, the next best being another N18 skippered by Colin Barry to 13th overall, one place ahead of an Osprey that has competed at all seven events this season, sailed by the son and father duo of Ben and Simon Hawkes.

The final prizegiving for the Selden SailJuice Winter Series takes place at 1030am on Saturday, not long after doors open at Alexandra Palace in London for this year's RYA Dinghy Show on 2 March. While Oxford marked the end of the Winter Series, it was also part of the Great British Sailing Challenge, a brand new series which moves on to north London on 16 & 17 March for the King George Gallop. The Gallop first took place last year on very short notice when the club launched the race from a standing start, and received rave reviews from those who came to race at King George. This year it progresses from a single pursuit race to a full-on weekend of handicap racing.

www.sailjuiceseries.com

Superyachts to Gather in St. Barths for Bucket Regatta
Every March superyachts gather for the prestigious three-day St. Barths Bucket Regatta, which features racing and social events. The invitational regatta, scheduled for March 21-24, is for yachts 30.5 meters or greater, or yachts meeting the SYRA 90' Class criteria. It is an event conceived and hosted for the pleasure of sailing superyacht owners.

Among those participating is last year's overall winner, the Baltic 112 Nilaya. She is fresh off a Corsair Class victory in the Antigua Super Yacht Challenge, and is equipped with Harken winches, tracks, cars, blocks, padeyes, and a 32 mm Switch Track mast system with a halyard locking car. The mainsail has a custom Harken hydraulic outhaul control system.

Nilaya is skippered by Ryan Donaldson.

"Harken has always been my 'go to' for deck hardware since sailing Optimists," Donaldson said. "Now, sailing Nilaya the loads are slightly higher. At the top of this game we rely on Harken equipment with our lives. Their service is always prompt, reliable and innovative. You know you're dealing with the most experienced people in this industry and there's never a lack of knowledge shared."

Harken's Tech Team will be at St. Barths. Email technicalservice [AT] harken [DOT] com if you need assistance.

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SailGP Sydney - Key Moments Analysis
Mark Chisnell looks at what gave the Australians victory on their home turf in the inaugural SailGP event

ailGP has opened for business; the brand-new professional sailing circuit launching on a beautiful summer's day on Sydney Harbour on the 15th February. The home team fronted by skipper and helmsman Tom Slingsby came away with the win and we're going to look at the key moments on the Aussie's road to victory.

Anyone that watched the last America's Cup in Bermuda will be familiar with the race course; a reaching start takes the boats to a windward mark and onto a downwind leg. They then complete a number of laps of the windward/leeward course (with a gate at both ends) selected to match the race length decided by officials. The overall SailGP competition format is explained in this video .

The breeze in Sydney Harbour was light for this opening weekend, down to five knots at times, but it was mostly enough to get the boats foiling. This put a premium on getting and staying airborne, particularly through the manoeuvres - a race winning skill that we saw from the get-go.

Race 1

Clear cut favourites going into the event were Nathan Outteridge representing Japan; and Tom Slingsby and the Australian boat. Neither looked like regatta winners off the start line of Race 1. They both got much too close, too early as we can see in Image 1, both boats luffing hard to kill speed while the rest of the fleet were already rolling down to accelerate.

Commentary on all the races and links to the videos: www.bandg.com/sailgp/news/mark-chisnell-blog--sydney/

Bay of Islands MACH 2 foiling week
The scene is set for a stunning week of sailing at the inaugural Bay of Islands MACH 2 foiling week starting today , hosted by the Bay of Islands yacht club.

All manners of foiling vessels will be on show at the event's first edition in Bay of Islands waters, including Nacra, Moth, Waszp, and Kiteboard. Foiling is a process whereby a vessel's hull is lifted up and out of the water by wing-like foils mounted under the hull to decrease drag and increase speed.

About 40 vessels had entered and would take part in a variety of different events across the week. Today and tomorrow would be used as practise days where contestants could get a feel for the area. Tomorrow also featured a speed test to see who could move the fastest through the water.

Wednesday would be a rest day for competitors as well as a demonstration of different foiling techniques, before a race to Urupukapuka Island on Thursday and the fleet regatta starting on Friday and ending on Sunday.

Sailing enthusiasts could tune in to hear the action on 88FM from 4pm to 6pm on Monday to Thursday, relayed by renowned sailing commentator Randy Cunningham. A number of international sailors, including Olympic and world champion windsurfers, would also be attending the event.

www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/

Entry open for 2019 Finn Europeans and Tokyo 2020 Qualifier
Entries are invited for the 2019 Finn Open and U23 European Championship in Athens, Greece.

The championship has recently received approval from the IOC as the second Finn class qualification event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.

It is expected to be the largest and most competitive Finn event of the year, with four places on the start line in Tokyo 2020 up for grabs, as well as acting as a national selection event for a number of countries.

Online entry can be made through the event website at: 2019.finneuropeans.org

Registration for coaches is also open.

An Emerging Nations Programme will be in place for this event. Applications should be sent directly to the IFA office.

Torbay Royal Regatta
August 24th to 26th over the Bank Holiday Weekend

Three great days of racing for IRC and Cruiser Classes, Sportsboats, PY Dinghies and Junior Classes with racing taking place on the fine sailing waters of Torbay on the English Riviera.

The Regatta Notice of Race is now published and together with On-Line Entry can be found at rtyc.org/event/torbay-royal-regatta-2019/

This year features the J/70 UK Class National Championships as part of the regatta. Racing takes place on its own course area and is expected to attract J/70 sailors from around the world, keen to spend time in Torbay in preparation for the J/70 World Championships, also in Torbay during the following week.

The J/70 Nationals Notice of Race is now published and together with On-Line Entry can be found at rtyc.org/event/j70-uk-national-championships/

Free berthing for yachts and dinghies is included in the entry fees and from the sheltered harbour there is quick and easy access to the race areas. The town offers an enviable range of accommodation within walking distance of the club and harbour.

Torbay offers a spectacular venue and The English Riviera is just a great place to be during August. Competitors and their families can be sure of a very warm welcome and will enjoy a friendly atmosphere, cordial hospitality and great shoreside entertainment featuring regatta welcome night and other themed party night.

rtyc.org/event/torbay-royal-regatta-2019/

SeaBubbles shows off its 'flying' all-electric boat in Miami
We were promised flying cars but, as it turns out, flying boats were easier to build.

SeaBubbles, a "flying" boat startup that uses electric power instead of gas, hit Miami this weekend to show off one of its five prototype boats - or six, if you count an early, windowless white boat they've lovingly dubbed the "soapdish." This innovative boat design combines technology from nautical industries and aviation and intelligent software to raise the hull of the boat out of the water using foils, which helps it consume less energy by allowing it to travel on rougher waters with reduced drag, while also keeping the passenger cabin relatively comfortable.

When raised, the boat is "flying" above the water, so to speak.

Founded only three years ago in Paris, the idea for SeaBubbles was dreamed up by Alain Thébault, a sailor who previously designed and piloted the Hydroptère, an experimental hydrofoil trimaran, using a similar system that lifts the boat in order to reduce drag. That boat went on to break the world record for sailing speed twice, at 50.17 knots. Meanwhile, SeaBubbles' co-founder Anders Bringdal is a four-time windsurfing world champion, who also set a windsurfing world record at 51.45 knots.

Together, the two have envisioned SeaBubbles as a way for cities to reduce traffic congestion and help the environment by taking advantage of the area's waterways to move people around in fast water taxis.

techcrunch.com

Industry News
A resurgent sailing yacht market?

In light of the increased primacy of the green agenda, is the sailing yacht market the natural choice for today's environmentally sensitive UHNWIs…

Few in recent years would have refuted the claim that the 30m-plus sailing yacht market is in decline. By stark contrast, the rhetoric that presently surrounds the motoryacht market is that of consolidation. Yes, there has been a year-on-year decline in annual delivery figures within the motoryacht market, but the top yards are still performing admirably, and the order book looks strong which is cause for cautious optimism. However, the sailing yacht market has reduced to less than a third of the size it was in 2009. And yet, there may still be cause for optimism.

The reasons why the sailing yacht market declined so rapidly are open to interpretation. Obviously, the global financial forces that had such a profoundly negative effect on the wider market are partially to blame. However, for lack of qualitative evidence, my gut tells me that the decline has much to do with relationship between being cash rich and time poor and the contemporary perception of luxury. -- Rory Jackson, Superyacht News

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MDL's Hythe Marina is delighted to announce its next boat jumble will take place on the morning of Saturday 13th April 2019. The boat jumble is an annual event which draws sellers and buyers from across the South Coast in search of a bargain and is run by MDL and Hythe Marina Association.

Entry is free for visitors, who are welcomed from 9.30am.

Always popular, those who wish to set up their stall (be it out of their boot, or on a table) are advised to be at Hythe Marina Village, Shamrock Way, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6DZ by 8am in the morning.

Fees for selling are: car £10, 4x4s / vans £15, and car + trailer £20.

All profits from this great event will go to local good causes.

Phil Bridges, Hythe Marina's Night Lock Keeper, says: "The boat jumble is one of the events of the year. We normally get around 40 people selling goods, from inflatable ribs to oars and outboards. There is always a bargain to be found. And, once you've finished shopping, visitors are more than welcome to stay for lunch at our great restaurants, the Boathouse and Marine Seventeen."

Pitches can be booked by emailing p [DOT] bridges [AT] mdlmarinas [DOT] co [DOT] uk, or calling the Lock Office on 023 8020 7073. Limited short stay visitor berthing is available for this event, but please phone ahead to confirm a berth as they're subject to availability (£9.25 up to 15m - or at no cost to MDL Freedom Berthing customers).

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BHG Marine and Willow Marine have been sold to Lymington Marina for an undisclosed sum.

BHG and Willow Marine were owned and run by father and son team David and Paul Martin. David - who has spent 62 years working in the marine industry - will now retire, with Paul staying on as consultant to both businesses.

Both BHG Marine and Willow Marine - trading as BHG Service - will retain all staff and existing operations.

The Lymington BHG site will move from its Bridge Road home in Lymington over the next few months to a new showroom in Bath Road.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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UK-based deck hardware manufacturer Barton Marine has chosen EP Barrus and SailForce to distribute its products in Britain, effective March 29.

The new partnership looks to build on Barton's current market position and provide ever-increasing levels of technical support, customer service, stock availability and merchandising improvements for in-store presence, says the company.

Barton was previously represented in the UK by Marathon Leisure, which will continue to fulfill existing orders placed with them until the March 29 handover.

An extensive inventory of products from the Barton range will be stocked at the Barrus warehouse in Bicester, Oxfordshire, supported by an online ordering platform that provides visible real time stock figures for trade customers.

Barrus and SailForce are both UK companies committed to high-quality service levels. Following a detailed training program, the SailForce team will assist with all deck hardware requests, backed up by the Barton technical team in Whitstable, Kent.

www.ibinews.com

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Torqeedo's new Deep Blue 100i integrated inboard electric propulsion system was honored today with a 2019 National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) Innovation Award at the Miami International Boat Show. The Innovation Awards were judged by a team of experienced marine-industry journalists from Boating Writers International (BWI).

"Torqeedo keeps turning up the juice with electric propulsion for two new target markets - one for large torque needs as well as one for high-speed applications like tow boats," said BWI judge Pat Rains.

Torqeedo's new Deep Blue 100i is the first fully integrated inboard electric propulsion system for larger and faster planing and displacement boats. This new efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly electromobility solution incorporates a combination of innovations never before offered in the boating industry.

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AkzoNobel NV, the Dutch-based multinational maker of decorative paints and performance coatings, has reported mixed 2018 results due to adverse currency movements, pricier raw materials and lower volumes.

It put 2018 operating income at €798m, down from €905m in 2017.

Yet CEO Thierry Vanlancker called 2018 "a landmark year" for AkzoNobel, highlighted by the sale of its Specialty Chemicals division for €10.1bn to Carlyle Group and Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund.

The sale generated a net profit of €5.8bn. It was part of AkzoNobel's defense against a €26bn takeover bid in 2017 from US rival PPG Industries.

AkzoNobel is bullish on its newly introduced Paint the Future challenge, an outreach to startups. AkzoNobel uses it to leverage its scale and expertise with "ingenious solutions of startups and scale-ups" in the paints coatings sector to make the company a reference in innovation.

www.ibinews.com

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Multihull Spaghetti Western
• Maserati Multi 70's solent is damaged
• New Event for Match Race Super League
• Making the unfamiliar, familiar - Carbo-Link
• Clues About the Arbitration Case
• Wild Rides in Vilamoura Kick Starts European Season
• Foil Cant System Update
• World Match Race Rankings
• Rolex Giraglia 2019: open for entries and Notice of Race online
• Palamos Optimist Trophy-14 Nations Cup
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: George Leroy Tirebiter

Multihull Spaghetti Western
Multi70 Maserati (ITA) and MOD70 Argo (USA) have been ripping up the RORC Caribbean 600 race track, blasting around the course at phenomenal pace and well over 30 knots of boat speed has been recorded on the YB Race Tracker. Both teams are set to break the multihull course record, but the winner is still yet to be decided. Maserati, skippered by Giovanni Soldini led at Guadeloupe by 12 miles, but in terms of time, that is less than 30 minutes ahead of Jason Carroll's Argo. The two rocket ships are expected to finish the race around sundown today, Tuesday 19 February. Maserati is estimated to be three hours inside record pace.

In IRC Zero, David & Peter Askew's Wizard, skippered by Charlie Enright has been eating up the miles in the perfect environment for a Volvo 70. Wizard pulled the trigger yesterday afternoon on the blast reach up to Barbuda and the rev. counter has been red lining ever since. Wizard passed the halfway mark in less than 24 hours, smashing through well over 300 miles of Caribbean surf. Wizard is currently four hours outside the monohull race record set by George David's Rambler 88 last year. However, Wizard is the hot favourite for 2019 Monohull line honours and is estimated to be leading the fleet for the overall win under IRC for the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy.

Greg Slyngstad's Beiker 53 Fujin (USA) with a Seattle-based crew is owning the MOCRA Class. On the morning of the second day of the race, Fujin was 25 miles ahead of their nearest competitor, Shannon Falcone's Falcon, and estimated to be over four hours ahead after time correction. The Fujin team rounded Saba last night and must have reflected on last year's capsize and rescue. After MOCRA time correction, John Gallagher's Gunboat 62 Chim Chim (USA) is second, with Phil Lotz's Gunboat 60 Arethusa (USA) third.

In IRC Three at dawn on the second day, Jonty and Vicki Layfield's Swan 48 Sleeper X (GBR) had a four mile lead and was estimated to be leading the class by three hours after IRC time correction.

In IRC Two, Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster (GBR) was three miles ahead on the water and estimated to be three hours ahead on corrected time, followed by Performance Yacht Racing's First 47.7 EH01 skippered by Andy Middleton (GBR)

In IRC One, the crew from Lake Constance, Germany racing Giles Redpath's Lombard 46 Pata Negra had a superb first night and is battling for the class lead with Bernie Evan-Wong's Antiguan RP 37 Taz.

Three teams are racing in the IRC Two-Handed Class; James Heald's Swan 45 Nemesis (GBR) leads on the water but 7 miles astern, Jeremi Jablonski's Hanse 430 Avanti is leading after IRC time correction. At dawn on the second day, Johannes Gerssen's Olson 35 Cabbyl Vane (NED) was heading for Saba and about to dig in for the beat to St. Barths.

A battle royal is raging at the front of the Class40s as the fleet rounded the most north western part of the course this morning. Catherine Pourre's Earendil leads the fleet into the Anguilla Channel, but only just, stitched together with Aymeric Chappellier's Aïna Enfance Et Avenir. -- Louay Habib

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Maserati Multi 70's solent is damaged
This morning (local time) Maserati Multi 70 suffered a quite significant damage: the torsional cable zip socket of the solent (the main headsail) broke down.

Giovanni Soldini explains from aboard: "We haven't been able to use the solent for a few hours. With strong wind and big waves it's a mess, but we're working on it and we think we can make a makeshift repair".

At 13.30 local time (17.30 UTC) Maserati Multi 70 is still in the lead, with 10 miles of advantage over Argo, sailing at 18 knots of speed 146 miles away from the finish line.

maserati.soldini.it

New Event for Match Race Super League
The Match Race Super League is proud to announce that the AIRCALIN Match Race in Noumea (NCL) will be the sixth event of the 2019 season, making it to 12 events worldwide in 10 countries on 4 continents.

The organizing CNC Yacht Club is an association with a legacy of 70 years, having 1800 members located in a little sailing paradise. It manages a marina with 600+ berths and operates a fleet of 10 Elliott 6 boats in which the match race will be sailed.

The 2019 Grade 3 Aircalin Match Race in Noumea, New Caledonia, will be held from 14 to 18 August and will welcome 12 international skippers.

The 8th AIRCALIN Match Race will be part of the Match Race Super League for the second time after the inaugural season 2017, providing important ranking points towards the MRSL- and World Sailing rankings.

Events in 2019

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. AIRCALIN Match Race, NCL, 14.-18. August (NEW !!!!!)
7. The Detroit Cup USA, 21.-25. August
7. Baltic Match Race, EST, 21.-25. August
9. Oakliff international, USA, 2.-4.September
10. Thompson Cup, USA, 6.-8. September
11. DBS Marina Bay Cup, SIN, 19.-22.September
12. The Kingdom Match Race, BHR, 11.-15. December

www.mrsuperleague.org

Making the unfamiliar, familiar - Carbo-Link
Not long ago, solid carbon rigging was only seen on the edgiest of grand prix racers... Carbo-Link has helped transform the sector. Now this most advanced of racing products is used on many large, high-end superyachts

The performance-enhancing benefits of Carbo-Link's solid carbon rigging are becoming more widely known, with a broad variety of highperformance racing yachts - Ultime trimarans, Imoca 60s, AC50s and AC72s, leading contenders in the Maxi 72 and Wallycento classes, plus some of the world's fastest superyachts - achieving substantial reductions in both weight and wind resistance. But for many owners and skippers one key question remains: what's it like to live with?

It's actually a lot easier than most people think. You don't hear much about service and maintenance of Carbo-Link rigging because it's inherently durable, very reliable and surprisingly simple to repair. A specially developed, toughened resin system - which is unique to Carbo-Link -accounts for much of the durability. Stepping up to solid carbon means fewer hassles and, after the initial investment, a lower cost of ownership going forward.

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse:

Clues About the Arbitration Case
As of today, 19 February 2019, the America's Cup website "Teams" menu for "Team The Netherlands" links only to the Royal Maas Sailing and Rowing Association, but not to Royal Netherlands Sailing and Rowing Association Muiden and not to DutchSail.com. The Deed of Gift has no provision for a challenge coming jointly from two clubs. Could that be an issue in the arbitration?

A perhaps more important clue can be found on DutchSail's site in the Timetable section. They plan to launch their AC75 in March 2020. Even if the October 2019 AC World Series gets cancelled, will DutchSail be ready to race in the first ACWS of 2020? If they were to miss an ACWS, they would be disqualified from the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series, unless the Protocol is changed.

But wait, there's more... DutchSail's Timetable also shows an AC World Series in Scheveningen in June 2020. If that is a condition of their challenge, then COR Luna Rossa would have to agree to it. Cagliari, Newport, Long Beach and Hong Kong have all been mentioned as potential ACWS venues. Scheveningen is the fifth candidate. But the Protocol currently calls for only three ACWS in 2020. The schedule for the 2020 ACWS events is due 30 November 2019.

RNZYS has said they expect a decision from the Arbitration Panel in late April. Stand by for more information. -- Jack Griffin in CupExperience.com

Wild Rides in Vilamoura Kick Starts European Season
Vilamoura, Portugal, has been growing as a winter destination for the past few seasons. Regattas in December and now February attracted 109 and then 116 boats respectively across 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17.

The regatta this past weekend was a doozy, with big breeze and waves each of the days. Check out this video of 2018 European Champions Helene Naess and Marie Ronningen (NOR) in absolute survival mode heading downwind as they navigate a growing graveyard. That's skiff sailing at it's best!

The 49er fleet was the largest and deepest. Diego Botin and Iago Marra (ESP) hardly made any mistakes in the tough conditions, and had only one race outside of the top 10 to compliment three race wins to take the overall victory. They were pressed hard by James Peters and Fynn Sterritt (GBR) who was the only team to stay in the hunt with the Spaniards. Both teams had disappointing conclusions to the Miami World Cup only 10 days ago, being over early in the medal race, but rebounded in the much fresher conditions.

The 49er fleet was somewhat depleted by the number of teams participating in Sail GP, which overlapped, and a very healthy down under circuit in both Auckland and Australia.

The 49erFX racing was a three way battle royale for the win. Going into the final race it was the 2018 World Champions, Bekkering and Duetz (NED), on 13 points, Dobson and Tidey (GBR) on 14 points, and Nielsen and Olsen (DEN) on 20 points.

The Danish multiple European Champions, took the final race, their second in a row to keep the pressure on, but it was the 2018 World Champions from the Netherlands who managed a second in the race to claim the title. Dobson and Tidey finished in 8th, and subsequently had to be satisfied with third overall after leading for much of the regatta.

The Nacra 17 regatta the toughest to read into of the bunch. The Nacra 17 fleet is scattered all over the place, with some teams involved in Sail GP, others in Punte Del Este, Uruguay, plenty more training in Auckland, and then the further group who were in Portugal. There were still 28 teams participating, but many are new to their campaigns, including 2016 Gold medalist, Igor Marenic (CRO) who crewed the 470 to gold in Rio with Sime Fantela, and has now recently begun a Nacra 17 campaign.

At the front was Ben Saxton with Nicola Boniface (GBR) who were clearly on form, with 4 race wins from 8 races. It's been a revolving door of crews for Ben since Rio 2016, with five forward hands sailing with him at various times.

In second was Paul Kohloff and Alica Stuhlemmer (GER), who have finally completed their studies and are getting geared up for a full effort to Tokyo.

Full results

Foil Cant System Update
Designers from American Magic, INEOS Team UK and Luna Rossa recently visited Emirates Team New Zealand to see the test rig for the hydraulics of the Foil Cant System (FCS). Remember that this is one design "supplied equipment" that ETNZ and Luna Rossa will build for all the teams. It's amusing to hear the designers' reaction to how big the test jig is and how big the AC75's will be.

If the production version of the FCS hydraulics exists, it is not shown in this video. And the latest design of the FCS foil arms reportedly won't be tested until late March. It seems that we will not see any AC75's in the water until a few months after the April first launch date that the Protocol allows. -- Jack Griffin in CupExperience.com

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World Match Race Rankings
Ian Williams (GBR) maintains his position at the top of the Open rankings, followed by Eric Monnin (SUI) in second and Ettore Botticini (ITA) in third. Among the women, Pauline Courtois (FRA) also remains at the front of the field with Anna Oestling (SWE) in second and Trine Palludan (DEN) in third. Top North Americans are Taylor Canfield (USA) and Nicole Breault (USA) in 11th and 13th, respectively.

Top ten, Open
1. Ian Williams, GBR
2. Eric Monnin, SUI
3. Ettore Botticini, ITA
4. Harrison Price, AUS
5. Maxime Mesnil, FRA
6. Torvar Mirsky, AUS
7. Mati Sepp, EST
8. Nicklas Dackhammar, SWE
9. Patryk Zbroja, POL
10. Will Boulden, AUS

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

www.sailing.org/rankings/fleet/index.php

Rolex Giraglia 2019: open for entries and Notice of Race online
There will be an innovation in edition number 67 of the Rolex Giraglia 2019 with the finish of the offshore race in the waters of the Principality of Monaco and plenty of news also in St Tropez

In its long history, the Giraglia has started from Cannes, Le Lavandou, Toulon, Sanremo and St. Tropez; it has finished in: Monaco, Le Lavandou, St. Tropez, Toulon, Genoa and Sanremo. The distance of the long race remains 241 miles.

With the publication of the Notice of Race for the Rolex Giraglia 2019, online entries have been activated. The Notice and entry forms can be downloaded from the official race site: rolexgiraglia.com

The 67th edition of the offshore classic organised by the Yacht Club Italiano with the collaboration in French waters of the Societé Nautique de Saint Tropez, will be held from June 9-11 with the coastal races in St Tropez and the start of the offshore St. Tropez-Giraglia-Monaco on Wednesday the 12th. As usual, there will also be the by now traditional Sanremo - St.Tropez race with its suggestive night start on June 7 organised in collaboration with the Yacht Club Sanremo.

Among the innovations, a "priority lane" for all yachts entering by March 31, 2019, both for the inshore races in St Tropez and the offshore St.Tropez - Giraglia - Genova; they will be guaranteed a priority mooring.

As always, many high-performance yachts are expected thanks also to the support and involvement of the IMA, the International Association of Maxi Yachts, which has included the Rolex Giraglia in the nine races of the Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge, and the Swan One Design Class (50'-45'-42'). In this case to the coastal races of the Rolex Giraglia will constitute a leg of The Nations Trophy Med League.

For the Maxi 72 and Swan One Design classes special and much more technical and spectacular upwind/downwind courses will be prepared off the beaches of Pampelonne while the big ORC and IRC fleets will sail their coastal races in the Bay of St Tropez.

rolexgiraglia.com

Palamos Optimist Trophy-14 Nations Cup
Palamos, Spain: Latvian Sailor Martin Atilla revalidates victory at the Palamos Optimist Trophy after winning the event for second consecutive year. Germany has been the best nation and has been awarded the Nations Cup Trophy.

Attilla finishes tied with Israeli sailor Maayan Shemesh but claims victory with more first places

Atilla was undefeated the first two days winning all races and was crowned absolute winner. But what looked like a clear victory ended in a struggle on the final day for the Latvian sailor with Israeli sailor Maayan Shemesh climbing to the top and both sailors tied in points.

Third place on the podium was for Sebastian Kempe from Bermuda at 8 points from Atilla and Shemesh.

The Nations Cup trophy, awarded to the sailors with the best results by nation, went to Germany that takes over Spain being the best nation out of the 30 participating in this edition.

The 30 Palamos Optimist Trophy-14 Nations Cup marked the end of the Excellence Cup circuit organised by the Spanish Optimist Class Association - AECIO formed by the Spanish regattas held in Vigo, El Puerto de Santa María, Torrevieja and Palamos. The winner of the circuit has been Miguel Campos (RCR Alicante) with 286 points followed by Martin Atilla with 270 points in second place and third for María Perello with 264 points.

Overall Results Top 10
1. Martin Atilla, LVA, 36 points
2. Maayan Shemesh, ISR), 36
3. Sebastian Kempe, BER), 44
4. Alex Demurtas, ITA), 48
5. María Perello, ESP), 48
6. Leon Jost (GER), 54
7. Rocco Wright (IRL), 56
8. Pau Mesquida (ESP), 61
9. Caspar Ilgenstein (GER), 66
10. Carl Krause (GER), 71

www.palamosoptimisttrophy.org

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1952 Bagliettto 64 Ft Marconi Cutter - EA. 700,000 EUR. Located in Italy

EA is at the same time both glamorous and functional – Vittorio Baglietto designed in EA a yacht that won the Giraglia Race 4 times and absolutely dominating Mediterranean racing during this period.

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2011 Shipman 63. 775,000 ex VAT EUR. Located in Corfu, Greece

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Swan 82-010 Grey Goose. 3,500,000 EUR. Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

This Nautor's Swan 82 FD "Grey Goose" is the perfect combination of performance cruising, easy and safe boat handling with a shorthanded crew and blue water sailing capability.

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The Last Word
I don't know why you people seem to think this is magic. It's just this little chromium switch here. -- George Leroy Tirebiter

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In This Issue
• RORC Caribbean 600 Race Record for Maserati
• Monohull line honours for Wizard
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Steinlager back onboard as Official Sponsor
• Diam 24 One Design Spring Boat Trial Invitation
• League sailing hits Australian shores
• Golden Globe: Uku Randmaa handed 72 hour penalty for weather routing violation
• Dinghy dynamo at 75? We'll try what GPs give Curley
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Firesign Theatre

RORC Caribbean 600 Race Record for Maserati
Maserati Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini (ITA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 at 20:49:00 AST on Tuesday 19 February 2019 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 06 hours 49 minutes and 00 seconds, taking Multihull Line honours and setting a new Multihull Race Record in the 11th edition of the race; beating the previous record by just over one hour.

Maserati Multi 70 crew: Giovanni Solidni (ITA), Vittorio Bissaro (IT), Guido Broggi (IT), Carlos Hernandez Robayna (ESP), Oliver Herrera Perez (ESP), Nico Malingri (IT), Matteo Soldini (IT) Claude Thelier (FRA).

The extraordinary events surrounding the battle for Multihull Line Honours will be remembered for years to come. Just 48 hours before the start of the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600, Jason Carroll's MOD 70 Argo (USA) capsized at high speed in training. It seemed impossible that Argo would be racing, but after a monumental effort by the sailing community in Antigua, Argo's crew and shore team, Argo miraculously made the impossible a reality.

On the day of the race start, Giovanni Soldini agreed to a two hour delay at Argo's request. An epic match race was to follow over 600 miles around 11 Caribbean islands, racing day and night, both multihulls recording over 30 knots of boat speed. At Redonda, the final island of the course, Argo made a great tactical move to close the gap on Maserati and an intense match race provided the final twist to this fantastic story. Soldini's Maserati held off Argo to win by just over seven minutes, after 30 hours of explosive action. Both Maserati and Argo broke the race record and the former champion skipper, Lloyd Thornburg congratulated both skippers on their achievements as they arrived back on the dock in Antigua.

"Offshore sailors have to deal with situations that are beyond their control and when we had the capsize, nobody's head went down, we simply worked hard at finding the solutions to get Argo back on the race track. The crew has really bonded through the experience," commented Argo's Brian Thompson -- Louay Habib

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Monohull line honours for Wizard
David & Peter Askew (USA) racing their Volvo 70 Wizard have taken Monohull Line Honours in the RORC Caribbean 600 crossing the finish line on Wednesday 20 February at 07:08:44 AST in an elapsed time of 1d 19h 38m 44s. Wizard has set the bar for the overall win under IRC for the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy.

Greg Slyngstad (USA) racing his Bieker 53 Fujin finished the race just over 20 minutes after Volvo 70 Wizard, and after MOCRA time correction has beaten both Maserati Multi70 and Argo to lead the class. Six multihulls are still racing, including John Gallagher's Gunboat 62 Chim Chim, which is still very much in contention for the class win. Fujin made headlines in last year's uber-windy race, dramatically capsizing at night off the island of Saba. This year, Fujin finished the race and showed the amazing capabilities of both type boat and the crew.

Peter Isler, America's Cup winner and navigator on Fujin was full of praise for both the team and the Beiker-designed Fujin. Giving details on the upwind start that put Fujin in a superb position from the get-go, he said: "We had a great first leg. Jonathan (McKee) and Greg (Slyngstad) did a great job plugging us in for the race and the whole team was masterful handling the boat in tight corners. The most important thing was knowing when to put the bow down with a little boat and go for it, and we took a perfect lane and hit that inner layline cutting off an immense amount of distance, putting us way ahead at Green Island."

Runner-up for Monohull Line Honours was the magnificent 115ft Baltic sloop Nikata, who completed the race in almost exactly 48 hours. Nikata's owner, guests and crew were greeted dockside by Eddie Warden Owen, Chief Executive of the Royal Ocean Racing Club and dozens of well-wishers gave three cheers to the team.

At 1100 AST on the third day of the RORC Caribbean 600 - Wednesday 20th February - 63 boats were still racing, with the majority of the fleet in the southern part of the course. The Antigua Yacht Club is bracing itself for hundreds of sailors to return to Antigua. Every boat is met by enthusiastic volunteers with a warm welcome and cold beer, and the Yacht Club is open 24-7 throughout the race.

An epic finish is on the bill for the Class40 fleet, with just 16 minutes separating the leading three yachts. Aymeric Chappellier's Aïna Enfance Et Avenir is just in the lead; in his rear view mirror Chappellier can see Catherine Pourre's Eärendil and Luke Berry's Lamotte - Module Création blast-reaching at 20 knots in hot pursuit. The leading Class40s are 140 miles from the finish. The intense battle is due to come to a conclusion in the early hours of tomorrow (Thursday 21 February).

caribbean600.rorc.org

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

Lifesaver
Remember the simple head torch... well this really is nothing like it. It all started with a simple yet remarkable torch, cleverly designed and purpose-built to solve one of the most intractable problems in offshore sailing. When someone falls overboard at night, the chances of getting that person safely back aboard can be frighteningly low.

Start as you mean to go on
McConaghy Boats has only ever built one type of watercraft... very quick ones. The current list of monohull elapsed time records for offshore races reads like an alumni book for McConaghy Boats - more first-to-finish line honour awards have gone to yachts from this builder than any other.

Mr Rules
And not just rules, Luis Saenz could surely write an 'interesting' book of America's Cup tales

Anatomy of a project
Take a detailed brief from an experienced client who knows exactly what they want, but nobody really knows how to get there... Eric Goetz

Sailor of the Month
Couldn't be less similar but both are making an indelible mark (also less similar...) on sailing

Sneak preview
Jeremie Beyou

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Steinlager back onboard as Official Sponsor
Emirates Team New Zealand is proud to have Steinlager return as an Official Sponsor and Official Beer Partner of Emirates Team New Zealand's for the defence of the 36th America's Cup - here on home waters in Auckland in 2021.

Steinlager has been a long time supporter of Emirates Team New Zealand dating back to New Zealand's first attempt at America's Cup glory in 1987 in Fremantle.

Grant Dalton, Team New Zealand's CEO, says: "Steinlager is a truly iconic Kiwi brand that has always stayed strong and believed in Emirates Team New Zealand and our quest for the America's Cup. They've been on the boat for every win we've had, and we had Steinlager in our hand when we grasped the Cup in Bermuda in 2017 - a ritual we plan to keep alive in March 2021. Although it is always about the end result when we're on the water, Steinlager helps to remind us to enjoy the journey."

In 2021, it will be over two decades since Emirates Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup on home waters. History now has the chance to repeat itself at one of New Zealand's most iconic sporting events and Steinlager will be there on the boat again, and as the cold one that crew and fans can celebrate with when the hard work is done.

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Diam 24 One Design Spring Boat Trial Invitation
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Hamble - Solent: For the first anniversary of the UK Class, we are very happy to organise a sailing week-end with demos and trials on Diam 24. We would like you to feel speed on water, safely.

This one design"has known a successful growth all over the world.

The Diam 24 boatyard, in association with UK Class, is proud to invite you at a sailing trial through a week-end of march 2019. Do you like fun sailing, race at good speed, come and try this exiting international series.

From Hamble point marina, we will take you on board.

Come with your team of 3 or 4 people. If alone, we will compose a crew for you! Tell us what type you are : owner, crew member, helm or tactician….

Dates: 23rd & 24th March 2019
Navigation Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00am to 4:30pm
Number of space are limited, booking is free but obligatory!

1h30
Sailing time for each team. Up to 4 rotations/day
We welcome you at the marina and take care of you all day! Complete schedule after confirmation of your booking

Cocktail offered
Presentation of the boat, first anniversary of the UK class at 6:30pm Ketch Rigger restaurant, located at the marina

How To Sign Up
1- Fill in the contact form online
2- Get an answer from us with availabilities
3- Confirmation of booking
4- Reminder 8 days before with instructions

www.diam24onedesign.com/en/infohamble2019

League sailing hits Australian shores
In the northern hemisphere the Sailing Champions League is a winning concept, taking off from the start-up league in Germany in 2013 to involve 21 nations and more than 300 clubs in 2019. Now it's the southern hemisphere's turn.

Mark Turnbull OAM, gold medal winner in the 470 class at the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and Howard Elliott have teamed up to bring the national league concept of clubs fighting for the title of best sailing club of the year to Australian shores.

Invites to the inaugural National Sailing League - Oceania Final are with yacht clubs across Australia and New Zealand, and the response and number of follow-up enquiries bodes well for the opening final.

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, host club of the recent SailGP world premiere, is the launchpad for the first-ever NSL event April 25 - 28. The format is three days of one design keelboat racing using six Elliott 7s and a maximum 24 teams competing in 45 races of 12-15 minutes each to find the top two clubs in the women's, youth and open divisions.

The top Australian and New Zealand open teams automatically qualify for a spot at the Sailing Champions League (SCL) final at St Moritz, Switzerland in August.

The top two youth teams will be eligible to compete at the SCL Youth Event at Kiel in June and the top two female team at the SCL Women's Final in 2020.

The Elliott 7 chosen for the first event in April will carry a maximum four crew, one of those female for the open division, and a maximum of five in the youth and women's division.

The regatta is a short-course umpired fleet racing event. At the end of the flight racing series the top four teams qualify for the final series, then it's the first boat to score two wins. The ultimate series winner is the victor in the deciding race.

www.australiansailingleague.com.au/content/

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Golden Globe: Uku Randmaa handed 72 hour penalty for weather routing violation
Third placed Estonian skipper Uku Randmaa has escaped disqualification from the Golden Globe race after breaching the strict rules forbidding outside assistance, but has been handed a 72-hour penalty for asking and receiving weather routing information during radio contact with a Ham radio operator.

Race Chairman Don McIntyre explained: "This is a retro race with skippers restricted to using a sextant, paper charts and wind-up chronometers just as Sir Robin Knox-Johnston used in the first Sunday Times Golden Globe Race 50 years ago. All digital equipment is banned, including sat phones and GPS. Skippers can only communicate via Single Side Band (SSB) radios and amateur Ham radio net, which the whole world can listen in to if they wish. The GGR has attracted hundreds of Ham Radio operators around the world who are listening in and connecting with the skippers, and they play a valuable part in providing a communication network for the Race. But the skippers know that while they can ask for public weather information, weather routing - given directions on where to go - is strictly banned.

The Race Committee has accepted Uku Randmaa's explanation that he did not fully appreciate that the information he received was routing and reduced the penalty from disqualification to a 72-hour penalty.

He served part of this penalty at sea overnight, but following a plea for mitigation on the grounds that he has very little food left for the final 2,000 miles to the finish in Les Sables d'Olonne, the Race Committee has agreed that Randmaa can continue racing and the remainder of his penalty time - 65hrs 40 minutes - will be added to his finish time."

Uku caught another Marlin last weekend, which will have given him 3 days nourishment, but his basic stocks onboard now consist of:
60 spoons of rice,
20 packets of dried soup,
23 freeze dried meals,
15 tea bags
Four spoons of sugar

The latest ETA for Uku's return to Les Sables d'Olonne is now March 13, so this has to last him 21 days!

goldengloberace.com/news/

Dinghy dynamo at 75? We'll try what GPs give Curley
It's often said that sailing is a 'sport for youth of all ages', but there can't be too many septuagenarians around who'll readily test their joint replacements to the limit by springing into a dinghy on a cold winter's morning.

It's a measure of Curly Morris's legendary status on the GP14 scene that when he turned 75 at the start of January, no-one considered not staging a birthday regatta. Winkie Nixon and Andy Johnston recount how more than 20 sailors from across the country turned out to celebrate with the East Antrim dynamo.

Full story in Afloat: afloat.ie/sail/

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2015 King Marine Botin 65. 2900000 EUR. Located in Spain.

There were no costs spared in building this magnificent racer, from her design and construction to the addition of high tech equipment. During the winter of 2016, she was intensively prepared for racing. She now has a stable heading in any wind and easily hydroplanes in 10 knots.

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2018 Grand Soleil 34. 185,000 tax not paid EUR. Located in Cowes, Isle of Wight.

A re-styling of the original Grand Soleil 34, the Skyron designed 2018 model is a sleek performance cruiser.

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2008 Swan 90-703 'B5'. 4,500,000 EUR. Located in Genoa, Italy

The yacht has been bought one year ago after a successful previous life as a racing yacht, which proved to be the best way to contain her usage and preserve her systems along the years, as the real time spent at sea has been reduced to a minimum.

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The Last Word
When you clock the human race with the stopwatch of history, it's a new record every time! -- Firesign Theatre

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In This Issue
• Wizard Wins the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy
• RORC Caribbean 600: Class40 Fight to the Finish
• US Sailing's 2018 Rolex Yachtsman And Yachtswomen Of The Year
• Market Disruptor - J-Boats
• OceanCat crosses the finish line in Guadaloupe
• RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards
• Cowes Classics Week welcomes Red Funnel
• 12 Metre Pre-Worlds Regatta and 12 Metre World Championship
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Phil Proctor

Wizard Wins the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy
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David and Peter Askew's American Volvo 70 Wizard has won the 2019 RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy, scoring the best corrected time under IRC. Wizard put in a near faultless performance to complete the 600 mile non-stop race in 43 hours 38 minutes and 44 seconds.

"That's awesome," commented David Askew on receiving the news. "This is the first time we have done this race and to win it overall is beyond our wildest possible dreams. It's a race we have followed and we have always wanted to be in Antigua, but we wanted to have the right boat to do the really prestigious ocean races; the races we dreamed about when we were younger. We really didn't have any expectations, but we prepared ourselves to perform as best as we could. I am in shock, I really can't believe it."

"Outstanding, really special," commented Peter Askew. Both myself, my brother and all the Wizard team are very competitive, so to start the year with a big win and part of our commitment to the Transatlantic Ocean Race Series, is just fantastic." Peter confirmed that the schedule for Wizard includes the Transatlantic Race, The Rolex Fastnet Race and the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

Wizard's crew led by the Askew brothers was skippered by Charlie Enright (USA), Richard Clarke (CAN), Simon Fisher (GBR), Phillip Harmer (AUS), Robbie Kane (USA), Chris Maxted (AUS), Mark Towill (USA), Phil Trinter (USA), John von Schwarz (USA) , Mitchell White (AUS), Daryl Wislang (NZL).

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RORC Caribbean 600: Class40 Fight to the Finish
In the early hours of Thursday 21 February, after two and a half days and nights of intense competition and over 600 miles of racing, it all came down to just a few minutes. Catherine Pourre's French Class40 Earendil won Line Honours for the Class40 Division for the second year in a row, this time defeating two of the rising stars of offshore racing. Hammering around the course was not enough; guile and tenacity also played their part.

Aymeric Chappellier's Aïna Enfance Et Avenir was second by just 3 minutes and 20 seconds. "It was an incredible race, a good fight on the water," commented Aymeric on arrival. "All three boats were close all the time, there was never time for a rest as we had to think about strategy and manoeuvres. Earendil made less mistakes than us, they played a good game and they are worthy winners. Our next race will be Le Defi Atlantique and the '600 has been a great way to get the crew together and to get everything right on the boat. We have had a few breakages and the race has been a good test of the new equipment installed after the Route du Rhum.

Earlier on the fourth day of the RORC Caribbean 600, John Gallagher's Gunboat 62 Chim Chim (USA) finished the race in an elapsed time of 2 days 2 hours 14 minutes and 12 seconds. After MOCRA time correction, Chim Chim has won the MOCRA class. Chim Chim hails from San Diego California and this is the first season in the Caribbean for the owners.

Potential class winners are emerging in the IRC Classes. IRC Zero has been won by David and Peter Askew (USA) racing their Volvo 70 Wizard. Two of the smallest boats in the class have also made the podium. British TP52 Tala is runner-up and Ker 46 Lady Mariposa, skippered by Nigel King (GBR) complete the class. podium. In IRC One, Gibb Kane's Bounty finished the race this morning and has set the bar for the class to better. -- Louay Habib

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US Sailing's 2018 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswomen of the Year
J/70 World Champion, Jud Smith (Gloucester, Mass.), and Girl's International 420 Youth Sailing World Champions, Carmen and Emma Cowles (Larchmont, N.Y.), were selected as Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswomen of the Year for their remarkable sailing performances in 2018.

The selection follows the announcement in January of the three men and three women who were shortlisted for these prestigious awards and recognized as sailing's top performers of the year by US Sailing.

The slate of finalists, nominated by members of US Sailing and determined by US Sailing, was presented to a panel of 28 accomplished sailing media professionals and past winners of the awards, who analyzed the merits of each finalist and individually voted to determine the ultimate winners using a weighted point system (1st place vote - 5 points; 2nd place vote - 3 points; 3rd place vote - 1 point).

Jud Smith tallied 116 points, including 20 first place votes. Placing second was 2018 J/22 World Champion, Zeke Horowitz (Annapolis, Md.), with 86 points and seven first place votes. Will Welles (Portsmouth, R.I.), 2018 J/24 World Champion, finished third with 50 points and one first place vote.

Carmen and Emma Cowles collected 88 points and nine first place votes. The sister tandem narrowly edged a pair of past winners of the award, Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.), 2018 Laser European Championship Silver Medalist, and Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, Calif.), 2018 Women's Formula Kiteboard Sailing World Champion. Railey and Moroz each had 82 points. Railey led all Yachtswomen finalists with 11 first place votes and Moroz had eight first place votes.

www.ussailing.org/news/rolexyofy-2018winners/

Market Disruptor - J-Boats
J/Boats is one of the world's most successful brands, turning out a string of IRC winners. The new J/99 looks set to follow suit. In the shorthanded arena this one could be a killer... in the best possible way, of course!

The new J/99, built by J Composites in France, is J Boats' answer to extensive customer demand for a smaller 'adventure racer.' True to this globally successful brand's fundamental philosophy, it has an allround performance hull, rather than a boxy, hard-chined body with squat, Open-style stern sections like so many boats on the racecourse today.

The 32.6' J/99 is equipped with a powerful, easily controlled keelstepped rig, which optimises the boat's reaching and downwind sail configurations. As a result, the J/99 is designed to plane in 17+ knots of breeze, but won't drag extra wetted surface in light airs. It is designed to be IRC/ORC rating friendly, not too far from the successful J/97 but longer on the waterline with less overhang. The trial certificate for boat number one, which we sailed at the turn of the year on the Solent in seven to 10 knots of chilly breeze, comes in at 1.015, comparing favourably in between the JPK 1010 (about 1.006) and the Jeanneau SunFast 3600 (around 1.040).

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

OceanCat crosses the finish line in Guadaloupe
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Yesterday afternoon OceanCat has finally reached Guadalupe, bringing the attempt to break the Atlantic crossing record on a non-habitable 20 foot catamaran to a conclusion, the team traveled the 2551 nautical miles that separate Dakar from Guadaloupe in 14 days 3 hours and 40 minutes, a time that unfortunately didn't allow to break the record established in 2017 by Vittorio and Nico Malingri on Feel Good.

The protagonists are Tullio Picciolini, oceanic navigator and pilot in Alitalia, with over 50 thousand nautical miles in his career and Gianmarco Sardi, an athlete in the formula 18 and Mini 6.50 class.

OceanCat has passed the finish line around 3.30 pm (in Italy), ending a challenge that presented many difficulties in its path, in fact, in the previous days, the two navigators had to deal with the damage suffered in the collision with a floating object and the 180° overturning of the boat.

The 20-foot ocean catamaran designed by Studio Balance Arquitectura Naval from Sito Aviles Ramos is made entirely of carbon and characterized by the presence of 14 watertight compartments that ensure its unsinkability.

Among the on board equipment also two SP23 ALLinONE flexible solar panels produced by the Turin-based company Solbian, which in addition to using back-contact monocrystalline silicon cells capable of converting 24% of sunlight into electricity, have the peculiarity of integrating, within an aluminum cover, a sophisticated charge controller with MPPT algorithm capable of raising the voltage value to the level required by the battery.

The energy produced by the panels has ensured the correct functioning of the on-board instrumentation: compass, speed and wind detection systems and safety systems.

www.oceancat.it

RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards
Eleven promising sailors and windsurfers from across the UK have been revealed as winners of the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards.

Each of the regional and home country champions and their families have been invited to the official awards presentation taking place at 13:30 on Sunday 03 March, at the RYA Dinghy Show. The awards will be presented on the Main Stage by double Olympic silver medallist and RYA Director of Racing, Ian Walker.

Launched in 2014, the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards recognise the outstanding dedication, achievement and performance of talented young people in sailing, windsurfing and powerboating.

This year's winners are:
South - Alice Davis
South West - Noah Rees
London and South East - Freya Black and Millie Aldridge
East - Joseph Drake
Midlands - Lydia Barber
North East - Beth Miller
North West - Lorcan Knowles
Cymru Wales - Rhys Lewis
Scotland - Islay Watson
Northern Ireland - Erin McIlwaine

www.rya.org.uk/go/youthchampion

Cowes Classics Week welcomes Red Funnel as new signature sponsor and opens for entries
Cowes Classics Week, the largest classic yacht regatta in the world is delighted to announce today that Red Funnel has taken the role of Signature Sponsor for the event. Red Funnel will be providing invaluable support for both the organisers and competitors, enabling sailors and spectators to enjoy a week of competitive and fun racing in Cowes, the traditional home of yacht racing in the UK.

Cowes Classics Week runs from 27th July to 2nd August, with racing from Monday 29th July onwards. Run by sailors for sailors, the event is organised by the Royal London Yacht Club supported by the Royal Ocean Racing Club, Royal Thames YC, Cowes Corinthian YC, Royal Victoria YC and the Island SC.

The online entry system will be open from 7th March when regatta information and the Notice of Race will be available on www.cowesclassicsweek.org

12 Metre Pre-Worlds Regatta and 12 Metre World Championship
July 5-13, 2019
Newport, R.I

Pre-Worlds
Friday, July 5 - Sunday, July 7 (racing July 6-7)

World Championship
Monday, July 8 - Saturday, July 13 (racing July 9-13)

The 12 Metre Pre-Worlds Regatta and 12 Metre World Championship (organized by the International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) America's Fleet and hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club and the 12 Metre Yacht Club) promises the largest-ever gathering of historic 12 Metre yachts in the U.S., with two dozen teams from seven countries competing. Entries include Italian Patrizio Bertelli's US-12 Nyala, the defending world champion, and four yachts that have successfully defended the America's Cup: US-16 Columbia (1958), US-22 Intrepid (1967 & 1970), US-26 Courageous (1974 & 1977) and US-30 Freedom (1980).

Newport hosted nine America's Cup competitions in 12 Metres from 1958 to 1983 and is world renowned for its connection to one of the oldest trophies in sporting history.

During the Worlds and the Pre-Worlds, most of the fleet will be berthed at Fort Adams where visitors will be able to view the yachts before and after racing. A large on-water spectator fleet is expected, and land-based spectators can catch the fleet sailing to and from racing at vantage points along the shores closest to Narragansett Bay's East Passage, including Fort Adams, Beavertail Light and Castle Hill.

12mrworlds.com

Industry News
The only show in the world dedicated to dinghy sailing, the RYA Dinghy Show in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki will return to Alexandra Palace on 02-03 March.

Among this year's exhibitors are more than 80 class associations, providing visitors with insights into the class, the boats and the many activities they have lined up each year.

The RYA launched the Class Association Stage at the 2018 RYA Dinghy Show, featuring various different classes, spread throughout the weekend. The stage gave a platform to all exhibiting class associations, enabling them to speak to visitors about everything their class has to offer, and what was in store for the year ahead.

A resounding success, the Class Association Stage will be making a comeback at this year's show.

Classes will be presenting throughout the weekend so please take note of the timings below and don't miss your chance to hear all about what's going on in 2019. You can also view the schedule by picking up a copy of the official Show Guide (page 12) or downloading the Dinghy Show App.

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Michael Muller has been appointed Bavaria CEO, responsible for the activities of the entire group, including Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH in Germany and Nautitech Catamarans SAS in France.

The move follows on from a three-month tenure for Michael as MD for sales and marketing for the group. This position was previously vacant.

"At the moment our whole team is focussed on preparing for the 2019 delivery season. We will meet our quality pledge as well as our promised delivery dates, so that the boats on order get into the water for the spring."

And he said technological improvements are being incorporated into Bavaria's production lines.

To continue this, the management team has been strengthened by the addition of two product managers: Pascal Kuhn for sailing yachts and Siep Keizer for motor yachts.

Both will report to Erik Appel, the MD responsible for production.

The Bavaria Yachts Group currently employs 800 people with 550 permanent employees Giebelstadt, as well as around 50 temporary employees. Nautitech Catamarans SAS employs 250 people in Rochefort in France.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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Maine state representative Joyce "Jay" McCreight, Maine House District 51, has introduced an act that would establish and promote a system of safe disposal for expired marine flares, potentially solving an age-old disposal issue for the Pine Tree State's 100,000-plus registered recreational boat owners. Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS) applauds the introduction of the LD 430, the Safe Disposal of Expired Marine Flares Act, and supports its passage.

A hearing to discuss the bill is slated for Monday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m. in the Public Safety Committee Room at the Maine State House in Augusta. BoatUS urges recreational boaters to attend in support of the bill.

Due to the mandated 42-month expiration date from date of manufacture, most boaters need to replace their boat's emergency flares after three seasons of boating. However, without a system to safely accept and dispose of outdated flares, they continue to present a safety and storage hazard for boat owners. In normal operation, flares can burn as high as 2,900 F, and they commonly contain perchlorates that are a groundwater contaminant and health hazard.

The act would employ, on a voluntary basis, a network of local fire departments, marinas and municipalities, as well as groups that organize flare-disposal events to become collection points for the "timely pickup of the collected expired marine flares." It would also provide guidance on short-term storage of flares, develop a statewide education campaign, and require nonpolluting disposal of "all types of expired marine flares." The program would be available to recreational and commercial vessel operators.

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A new marine distribution company has been formed - set up by former Ocean Safety directors Charlie Mill and Richard Besse and business partners Simon Sheehan and Glynne Benge.

SeaFront Marine Group encompasses three subsidiary companies: C-Front Trading, Spares Marine and YouBoat and will focus on the distribution, sales and servicing of marine products and spares.

C-Front Trading distributes boat maintenance products and paint consumables. It is headed by Jack Sharland and Finley Mill and has been appointed as a Hempel paints distributor for commercial and professional applicators.

Spares Marine is an online company offering product information, support and spares. It is run by Steve and Nikki Walker and can provide detailed technical drawings for many brands' spare parts to be identified and provided.

In addition to spare parts, the company is also a service agent for McMurdo and Navionics. YouBoat chandlery is headed by Simon and Jayne Sheehan, who have more than 25 years' experience in marine retail. The shop, based in Gosport, is supported by a 10,000sqft warehousing facility.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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Barton Marine has signed a distribution partnership with E. P. Barrus and SailForce.

The agreement - to take effect from March 29 2019 - is aimed at building on Barton's current market position, providing increased levels of technical support, customer service, stock availability and merchandising improvements for the company's deck hardware range.

An extensive inventory of products from the Barton range will be stocked at the Barrus warehouse, supported by an online ordering platform. Orders placed before 3pm will be eligible for next day delivery.

There will be a transition period with Marathon Leisure fulfilling orders placed with them until March 29 after which Barrus will be the point of contact for new Barton orders.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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After having launched the Malvaux Interior Agency brand at the Equip'hotel Show in late 2018, the Group took advantage of Boot Dusseldorf to announce the launch of its Malvaux Marine brand.

By combining all the accumulated knowledge and skills of its subordinate companies, Malvaux Panels, Naviline, ST Bois and Barbeau, Malvaux Marine can promote a truly ‘vertical’ service dedicated to the design and production of boat and nautical interiors.

Malvaux Marine employs more than 400 staff on 4 production sites dedicated to working with the sector’s major players. Starting with its international sales team and in-house design office, it can produce everything from veneered or technical panels to finished furniture along with the ability to work in other the complimentary materials required for a high quality product. By combining these skills the brand reinforces the Group's desire to enhance its expertise in the boat building sector.

Malvaux Group was founded in 1928 with the constituent parts of Malvaux Marine having over 40 years of experience in carpentry, cabinet making and solid surface resins.

Come and visit their stand at the British Marine Expo in Southampton on March 26/27th.

For further information contact:
Central Sales: thibaut [DOT] chretien [AT] navi-line [DOT] com UK Sales : david [DOT] lewin [AT] navi-line [DOT] com

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2006 Corby 37 - "Aurora". 115000 GBP. Located in the UK.

PRICE DROP - One of the top boats in the IRC 2 class and taking an impressive 5th place at this years IRC Europeans, shows "Aurora" is still bang on the money. Some new sails for 2018 and upgraded keel work from Corby, makes her easier to handle for an owner-driver. Great package all round!

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1996 Nautor Swan 48R - ASSUAGE. 220,000 GBP. Located in Lymington, UK

Top performer at Championship level and also enjoying blue water cruising, the Swan 48 is one of the evergreen yachts of the range. ASSUAGE has had a very successful career and is ready for the next owner for racing or cruising.

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In This Issue
• It's a wrap - 2019 RORC Caribbean 600
• Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup
• Lifesaver - Exposure Marine
• 18ft Skiffs Club Championship, Race 16
• First Thoughts: The Figaro 3 Is Both Physical And Technical
• Collaboration Between Gitana And Sebastien Josse Draws To A Close
• World Sailing Show
• Vale Donald M. Green
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: James Joyce

It's a wrap - 2019 RORC Caribbean 600
The 11th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 attracted 76 teams from 21 countries and crews from six continents. The highly diverse fleet were challenged by the tough conditions and captivated by the beauty of a stunning race course. The non-stop 600 mile race around 11 Caribbean islands is unique and very much on the bucket-list of any offshore sailor.

For the 2019 edition, David and Peter Askew's Wizard (USA) is the first Volvo 70 to win the race and the eighth team from the USA to lift the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy.

Maserati Multi 70 skippered by Giovanni Soldini (ITA) crossed the finish line of the RORC Caribbean 600 in an elapsed time of 1 day, 06 hours 49 minutes and 00 seconds, taking Multihull Line honours and setting a new Multihull Race Record. Jason Carroll's MOD70 Argo (USA) also beat the previous record, but finished the race just seven minutes behind Maserati.

The overall winner of the MOCRA Class was John Gallagher's Gunboat 62 Chim Chim.

Ten teams from France, Norway and Brazil formed a race record entry for the Class40 Division. After two and a half days and nights of intense competition and over 600 miles of racing, it all came down to just a few minutes. Catherine Pourre's French Class40 Eärendil won Line Honours for the Class40 Division for the second year in a row, defeating two of the rising stars of offshore racing who had both led for parts of the race.

IRC Zero accounted for the top three yachts overall under IRC. Wizard was first, with two British based yachts filling the podium. Botin 52 Tala was second, with Ker 46 Lady Mariposa, skippered by Nigel King, in third. The magnificent Baltic-built superyacht Nikata was the winner of the Superyacht Class, Will Apold (CAN) racing Southern Wind 96 Sorceress was runner up.

Gibb Kane's Swan 66 Bounty (USA) was victorious in IRC One, with Andrew Berdon's Marten 49 Summer Storm (USA) in second and Pata Negra, chartered by Daniel Heine and skippered by Andy Liss (GBR) was third with a crew from Lake Constance, Germany.

IRC Two was won by Scarlet Oyster, this is the sixth class win for the Oyster 48 and the seventh for the Oyster 48's skipper Ross Applebey (GBR). Scarlet Oyster was also the winner of CSA 2. Performance Yacht Racing's Beneteau First 47.7 EH01, skippered by Andy Middleton was a close second, with Pamala Baldwin's J/122 Liquid (ANT), skippered by Julian White (GBR) taking third place in the competitive class.

IRC Two was won by Scarlet Oyster, this is the sixth class win for the Oyster 48 and the seventh for the Oyster 48's skipper Ross Applebey (GBR) © Ted Martin/RORC

Jeremi Jablonski's Hanse 430 Avanti (USA) was racing in IRC Three and scored the best corrected time for teams racing two handed, completing the race in an elapsed time of 3 days, 13 hours, 50 minutes and 47 seconds.

IRC Three was won by Vicki and Jonty Layfield's S&S Swan 48 Sleeper X (GBR). Trevor Middleton's Sun Fast 3600 Black Sheep (GBR), skippered by Jake Carter (GBR) was second, and Constantin Claviez's Swan 441 Charisma (GER) was third.

The 12th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 will start from Fort Charlotte on February 24, 2020.

For results, all the latest race reports, videos, photos and news go to: caribbean600.rorc.org

Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup
Nick Egnot-Johnson and his RNZYS Performance Programme KNOTS Racing Team - Zak Merton, Sam Barnett & Alistair Gifford - have notched up another big victory, taking out the 2019 Nespresso Youth International Match Racing Cup.

Egnot-Johnson eased through his semi-final 3-0 against Callum Radford's Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club team from Wellington to cement his spot in the final.

He was made to wait for an opponent though, with the semi-final between Jordan Stevenson's RNZYS Youth Training Programme Vento Racing team and Tom Grimes' team from the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia going right down to the wire. It was Grimes who was sitting in the box seat, taking the first two matches and leaving himself needing only one more victory to meet Egnot-Johnson in the final. Stevenson wasn't going to have a bar of that though, and as he has done before, pulled up his socks and pulled off an amazing comeback - winning the next three matches to send Grimes reeling into the petite final and himself into the big dance.

Final results:
1. Nick Egnot-Johnson - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron:
2. Jordan Stevenson - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL:
3. Callum Radford - Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, NZL:
4. Tom Grimes - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, AUS:
5. James Wilson - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL:
6. Tom Picot - Cercle Nautique Caledonien, FRA:
7. Oakley Marsh - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL:
8. Juliet Costanzo - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, AUS:
9. Patrick Harris - Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL:
10. David Wood - Balboa Yacht Club, USA:
11. Charlotte Griffin - Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, AUS:
12. Jed Cruickshank - Darwin Sailing Club, AUS:
13. Harry Milne - Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, NZL:
14. Niall Powers - Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, AUS

www.rnzys.org.nz

Lifesaver - Exposure Marine
Remember the simple head torch… well this really is nothing like it

It all started with a simple yet remarkable torch, cleverly designed and purpose-built to solve one of the most intractable problems in offshore sailing. When someone falls overboard at night, the chances of getting that person safely back aboard can be frighteningly low. Rough weather, cold water, doubledigit boatspeeds, spinnakers, lack of practice, panic and many other factors make it even more of a challenge. That said, technology can dramatically improve those odds. Exposure Light's MOB light, which won a DAME Design Award for lifesaving and safety in 2014, was arguably the most significant advancement in man overboard technology since the introduction of affordable, easily portable personal locator beacons. Over the past five years that first innovation has evolved into a full man overboard rescue solution, with further developments now on the horizon.

The best ideas often seem simple and obvious in hindsight. Most sailors were either relying on low-powered lights built into their lifejackets or using cheap, unreliable throwaway torches that weren't designed for marine use. Exposure Light's groundbreaking innovation was to put its powerful, market-leading LED lighting technology into a tiny, robust and reliable waterproof rescue torch that floats, with an immensely powerful searchlight beam and strobe. It switches itself on automatically after a few seconds of immersion, creating a pool of light in the water and its 1,300-lumen strobe can be seen five miles away.

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

18ft Skiffs Club Championship, Race 16
James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas. Click on image for photo gallery.

Sydney Harbour: The Asko Appliances team had to recover from a mid-race capsize before taking out the 2018-2019 Australian 18 Footers League Club Championship in a dramatic day of 18ft Skiff Racing on Sydney Harbour today.

Going into today's final race of the championship, Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas) held a 3.4 points lead over arch-rival Smeg (Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge, Mike McKensey) and had to finish no worse than three places behind Smeg to take their third championship title for the season, so far.

In a 12-15-knot South-East breeze, Smeg grabbed an early lead while Asko Appliances was never further back than third over the first three legs of the course.

Just when everything appeared to be going to the plot, Asko Appliances capsized on the tight spinnaker run from Clark Island to Chowder Bay and the team's championship-winning hopes seemed to out the back door as Smeg held a handy lead over Finport Finance (Keagan York, Matt Stenta, Charlie Gundy) and Bing Lee (Micah Lane).

Winning Group (John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton) was back in fifth place at the Clark Island windward mark, but the team went up a gear over the next four legs of the course and gradually chipped away at Smeg's lead until Winning Group took a 12s lead at Rose Bay on the final lap.

With just one downwind leg into Athol Bay and a windward beat back to the finish off Clark Island, the two experienced teams went leg-for-leg before Winning Group finally crossed the finish line 16s ahead of Smeg.

The consistent Finport Finance finish a further 39s back in third place.

Final points in the championship were: Asko Appliances on 63 points, Smeg on 63.4, third place went to Winning Group on 92, followed by The Kitchen Maker-Caesarstone on 114, Finport Finance 115, and Bing Lee on 121 points.

NEXT WEEK IS THE 2019 JJ GILTINAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Race dates are:
Saturday - March 2
Sunday - March 3
Tuesday - March 5
Wednesday - March 6
Thursday - March 7
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

www.18footers.com.au

First Thoughts: The Figaro 3 Is Both Physical And Technical
Since the first batch were delivered on January 7th now 49 new Figaro Beneteau 3s have been delivered to their proud new owners. More than thirty are sailing now, primarily spread between Lorient, Port-la-Forêt and Saint-Gilles Croix-de-Vie, where skippers are hard at work preparing for the first event of the season, the Sardinha Cup (26 March-13 April ). Tip & Shaft has gathered up the first throughts of several sailors (Loïck Peyron, Fabien Delahaye, Nicolas Lunven, Adrien Hardy, Alan Roberts), and also those of Christian Le Pape, the top dog at the pole Finistère race training centre at Port-la-Forêt, his Lorient counterpart, Tanguy Leglatin, who heads up the training group at Lorient Grand Large, and Etienne Saïz, who is coach of the Team Vendee Formation.

"We are like children at Christmas who are just discovering their new toy" Loïck Peyron hits the nail on the head as he captures the mood of the sailors who have been learning the subtleties and idiosyncracies of the new Figaro 3 and also the problems that come because the boat is so new "We are all in the process of learning and testing the reliability of the mechanics, which is not so simple because it is a series production boat", continues veteran Peyron, skipper Action Enfance. Christian Le Pape agrees: "It's a nice boat not without the problems of its newness in terms of the finish, but these are cosmetic, minor problems, some concern the bowsprit, the set up of the foils, t halyards that rub, just teething issues which are sorted by optimization and a little time in the yard".

But there are bigger issues, according to one who is closely involved, "Most of the skippers at the Pole had their boat scanned and did not notice any major differences in the alignments of the appendages for example, but some hulls are a bit bumpy, you can not really feel it, but the class will have to find solutions, because some people will have a hard time believing thier hull is less efficient. "

As for the performances of the boat all the skippers we questioned agree: the Figaro 3, with its foils, its lack of ballast, a fine, slender keel and more rounded hull is not so easy to sail fast upwind. "It's very light and as there is no ballast, it lacks a little bit of inertia, we will probably have to work a little more and steer more often, depending on the sea state", confirms Loïck Peyron. Fabien Delahaye adds: " Accelerating out of the tack is harder than on a classic boat like the Figaro 2, you have to get the flow attached over the foils, to look for speed, it is an acquired skill we will have to learn."

Full article in Tip & Shaft

Collaboration Between Gitana And Sebastien Josse Draws To A Close
After eight seasons, which prompted the creation of some fantastic craft like the Multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, the eponymous IMOCA 60, not to mention the most recent addition to the saga, the flying Maxi Gitana 17, the owners of Gitana Team and skipper Sebastien Josse have announced the end of their collaboration initiated in 2011.

Recruited back in 2011, Sebastien Josse got the chance to cut his teeth in the multihull world, benefiting from most high-performance platforms of the day. Considered to be one of France's top monohull specialists, with several circumnavigations of the globe to his credit spanning both the Vendee Globe and the Volvo Ocean Race circuits, the sailor made no secret of how amazingly lucky he was to get the opportunity to express himself on another craft. Working alongside the members of Gitana Team for eight years, the sailor racked up a number of seasons and competitions in crewed, double-handed and singlehanded configuration, fleshing out Gitana's incredible and unique track record: Multi70 victory in the Tour de l'Europe and the Transat Jacques Vabre 2013, a very striking 3rd place in the Route du Rhum 2014, the Vendee Globe adventure and the first foray on the giant Gitana 17... Ariane de Rothschild thanks Sebastien Josse for the eight years spent working together.

The five-arrow team is keen to embark on a new, ambitious campaign geared around offshore optimisation with the aim of setting sail on a singlehanded round the world race aboard these giants (the new date for this event will be announced in the coming weeks).

www.gitana-team.com

World Sailing Show
After 211 days at sea, Jean-Luc Van Den Heede completed his solo circumnavigation and took the trophy for the 2019 Golden Globe Race. Among those waiting to greet him was the man who had started it all, the first man to lap the planet non-stop and alone, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. We hear from both, plus the man who just missed out despite a 15,000 mile epic chase - second placed Mark Slats describes his trip around the world.

From the first to the fastest, how Spindrift's campaign to set a new round the world time was delivered a crushing blow…again. Plus, we take a look at some of the coolest kit for 2019. We report on the latest in the America's Cup World and we head to Miami for the Hempel World Cup Series.

The Golden Globe - The first two home
Spindrift - Down and out again
Cool kit - Innovations for 2019
Another Challenger for the America's Cup
Hempel World Cup Series Miami

Vale Donald M. Green
Donald MacKenzie Green, one of Canada's most successful offshore sailors and a key figure in its America's Cup campaigns of the 1980s, passed away at the age of 86 on February 18, 2019.

An inductee in the Canadian Sailing Hall of Fame (August 2018), Don was the recipient of many civic distinctions including Member of the Order of Canada (1980), the nation's most significant civilian honour. "As well as being extremely active in community endeavours," the office of the Governor-General noted of his membership, "he has brought honour to the country as a yachtsman, winning the Canada's Cup in 1978 with his racing yacht Evergreen."

Don developed a passion for racing sailboats when his son, Steve and daughter Sharon - junior sailors at RHYC - convinced him to race his cruising boat, the C&C 35 Motivation, in local keelboat races. With all juniors onboard, Don and his 'Motivation Super Crew' went on to compete triumphantly throughout Lake Ontario. Bit by the sailing bug, he went on to challenge for the 1978 Canada's Cup: the match race competition between Canadian and American yacht clubs on the Great Lakes.

The Canada's Cup had been contested since 1896, but no Canadian club other than Toronto's Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) had participated. In 1978, when Don launched his campaign, the trophy had been held by Bayview Yacht Club (BYC) of Detroit since 1972, after a successful defense against an RCYC challenge in 1975.

Don approached C&C Yachts of Oakville, Ontario, to design and build his challenger, christened Evergreen. As in the previous series, the contest would be held in IOR Two Tonners, approximately 41-foot. He gave the design department carte blanche to come up with a yacht that could win a match-race competition in the predominantly light winds of Lake St. Clair.

Many of her innovative features would soon be outlawed or made prohibitive by changes to IOR, which made Evergreen one of the most technically advanced keelboats of its time.

Don served as Commodore of RHYC in 1978 to 1979, and went on to compete as part of Canada's 1979 Admiral's Cup team, again as skipper of Evergreen. Changes to the IOR designed to discourage further daggerboard designs required Evergreen to be converted to a fixed keel.

That year, the Fastnet Race, a segment of the Admiral's Cup series, was marred by a storm that claimed the lives of 15 competitors. While Evergreen did not complete the course, Don brought Evergreen and crew safely back to harbour from the carnage in the Irish Sea.

After the 1979 Admiral's Cup, Don sold Evergreen, and campaigned Evergreen II, a 45-foot German Frers design, very successfully offshore.

Don is survived by Sandy, his loving wife of 61 years; son Stephen and daughter Sharon; daughter-in-law Christine; and grandchildren Michaela, Kieran, Michael and Rachel. He will also be mourned by his best friend, 'partner in crime' and sailing buddy John Bobyk of Orillia, Ontario, and many others in the boating and local community.

A celebration of life will be announced in the coming weeks.

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

* From Ginny Jones:

As some of you may know several founders of Off Center Harbor: Maynard Bray, Eric Bates and Steve Stone (and perhaps others), have just returned from a trip to New Zealand in which they made about 30 new nautical videos -- documentary in nature -- for the OCH website. Attached is the first to be aired and as I am sure most of you will agree, it is riveting! As some of you also know, Off Center Harbor has now planned, filmed and thus accumulated a treasure trove of amazing videos which preserve all sorts of maritime knowledge and skills in visual (and audio) form. I believe that the current number of videos stands at something over 1000 and counting. When I think of all the other maritime films -- whether documentary, or movies of classics (such as CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS), or out and out fiction SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS) -- which are available, it occurs to me that an index or compilation of names and details (by category, and/or even by location) would be endlessly helpful. This would an admirable topic for a graduate student looking for a project (MIT, Webb, Exeter University or University of Southampton, Mystic Seaport, Maine Maritime, etc.) as having such a research tool would be such a boon to anyone who is interested in classic yachts, traditional working water craft, or any of the associated arts and crafts, skills and knowledge.

There may be such a list, however the lists that I have seen hardly comprehensive (and of course new films and resources are being added daily) while many films are in languages other than English. No problem with that because the visuals provide a lot of information but perhaps sub titles in English provided as well for those of us who are language challenged. If you know of a reasonably complete list please let me know.

I hope that you can access the video because it really is fascinating and listening to (and watching) Maynard describe the construction of VICTORY provides an enormous amount of information in an easily assimilated package. The sight of the magnificent gaff cutters sailing at the beginning is additional eye candy (pardon the vulgar phrase) to entice you to keep watching, but Maynard's commentary ably meets the challenge of how to keep you engaged! Off Center Harbor is more than living up to its mandate and I hope that you will consider subscribing -- you get a whole vast world of superb viewing. If, where you are, it is, like my island, blowing hard out of the SE (gusts to 33 mph) and raining, it is a good afternoon to settle into a comfortable chair with a cup of tea or a glass of something stronger and spend some time learning about New Zealand yacht construction and boats which are now well over 100 years old and still sailing. Then, when you finish that there are about 1000 more videos to watch.

At Home in the Bilge with Maynard Bray, Part 1 - How New Zealand's Classics Were Built

Hitchhiker

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One of the most successful Fast40+ boats in the fleet.

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2003 Swan 45 - Elena Nova. 320,000 VAT.paid EUR. Located in Italy.

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Tel.+49 17632154661
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2917 Italia Yachts 9.98 Club. 178,000 ex VAT EUR. Located in Chioggia, Italy.

Built upon the hull of the all-conquering and multi ORCi World Champion Italia 9.98 Fuoriserie, the Italia 9.98 Club offers rocketship performance with unparalleled ORC and IRC potential and a more cruising-friendly cockpit and interior finish. European Yacht of the Year

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In This Issue
• Windsurfer Presents Its Candidacy For The 2024 Olympic Games In Paris
• Chicago Yacht Club Releases Report on Fatal Accident During 2018 Race to Mackinac
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• Dungarvan Double in Irish Cruising's Top Award
• HRSC Hamble Centenary Warming Pan 2019
• Fully Rigged Ilen - A Sight Not Seen in Limerick City for Over a Hundred Years
• RYA Releases New Foiling Title at RYA Dinghy Show
• Offshore Racing Association Continues 2019 Expansion
• 50th edition of the Solitaire URGO Le Figaro
• Levente Nagy (HUN)
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Albert Camus

Windsurfer Presents Its Candidacy For The 2024 Olympic Games In Paris
The Windsurfer Class has nominated for the Paris 2024 Olympics, taking it back to its roots of Los Angeles 1984 where it was a demonstration discipline.

Simple, spectacular and inexpensive, these are the key words for the Windsurfer LT. The IWCA (International Windsurfer Class Association) announced its candidacy for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris a few days ago to World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport of sailing.

Through the versatility of the Windsurfer equipment, Class competition includes course racing, slalom, freestyle and marathon. This adds a spectacular element to the event with options to hold competition in close proximity to shore - perfect for spectators.

In November 2018, at the annual meeting in Sarasota, World Sailing confirmed the continuing participation of Windsurfing (male and female) at the Paris 2024 Olympics, but at the same time announced a reevaluation of the equipment by a technical commission.

The testing and recommendation will be undertaken by a special technical commission of World Sailing. The criteria include a mandate to reduce the risk of supplier monopolies in the interest of all Olympic sailors.

The sport of windsurfing is composed of a large community that undertakes both recreational and competitive activities, which vary depending on the type of the equipment used. These include wave riding, freestyle, slalom racing, funboard, freeride and regatta sailing. Regatta sailing is represented by the Olympic Class, multi brand racing classes like raceboard and foiling, One Design Classes like Windsurfer, Techno and several others. The characteristics of the longer one design boards have always been identified among those closest to the needs of the Olympic sailing classes.

Windsurfing is an Olympic Sailing Class since 1981 when the IYRU (International Yacht Racing Union), the predecessor of World Sailing, had to appoint the Olympic class, selecting between two sailboards; the original Windsurfer One Design or the Windglider. The Windsurfer was manufactured in several continents under license of Hoyle Schweitzer, where the Windglider was developed and manufactured by Fred Ostermann in Germany only.

Today the characteristics of the Windsurfer are the same as in 1984. The rig has maintained its original form. The board was slightly redesigned and stiffened as it is not manufactured in polyethylene anymore and it is much lighter than its predecessor. For this reason, its new name is Windsurfer LT (Light) and it has been developed as a "White Board". This means that all interested Windsurfing brands can sell this board under their own logo.

The presentation of the Windsurfer Class submitted to the technical committee of World Sailing can be viewed here

www.windsurferclass.com

Here's a video that brings waves of nostalgia for your humble narrator... who got his first Windsurfer in 1979, his first Dufour Wing in 1981, met his wife at a Mistral instructor academy, honeymooned at The Gorge and still has 2 Mistral Superlights on the rack in the garage and a custom shortboard on his office wall. Did you know that Harken made a foiling rig for boards in the 80s? Tough to tack on the foil but long curving foiled gybes? Done that. 35 years ago.

Chicago Yacht Club Releases Report on Fatal Accident During 2018 Race to Mackinac
Today the Chicago Yacht Club (CYC) publicly released the report on the fatal crew overboard accident that took place during the July 2018 Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac (CYCRTM).

The report analyzes what took place during the incident and includes important lessons learned, specifically highlighting auto-inflate personal flotation devices (PFD). The report's goal is to further enhance safety within the boating community and is available here.

On July 21, 2018 shortly after the start of the 110th CYCRTM, experienced sailor Jon Santarelli fell overboard from Imedi, a TP52 sailboat. Santarelli's auto-inflate life jacket did not activate. Despite recovery efforts by the Imedi crew in the challenging conditions (6-8 foot waves and 20-25 knots of wind), they observed him slip under the water. Chicago Police Department recovered his body one week later in Lake Michigan.

The eight-member Safety Enhancement Committee, established by CYC after the accident, developed the report. The members included the chairs of U.S. Sailing's Safety at Sea and U.S. Sailing's Offshore Committees, as well as individuals with extensive high-profile offshore racing and regatta management experience from the America's Cup, Volvo Ocean Race, Transpac, and Races to Mackinac. In addition, CYC worked closely with the U.S Coast Guard.

The report includes an analysis of what took place when Santarelli fell overboard based upon extensive interviews from the Imedi crew, the examination of Imedi's electronic tracking system that details the attempted recovery mission, and input from nearby CYCRTM competitors that assisted in the search, as well as extensive information provided by the U.S. Coast Guard.

As a result of the Committee's investigation, important lessons are shared with respect to malfunctioning personal safety gear, use of additional safety equipment on board, and boat control in challenging conditions. In addition, the report includes:

Detailed recommendations regarding team communication and importance of having clearly identified crew overboard procedures;
Safety gear inspection; Practice drills for boat handling in crisis situations, and for the person in the water; Overall enhanced training and maintenance recommendations for inflatable life jackets. What to watch for in drowning situations.

https://www.chicagoyachtclub.org

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month

Last month's winner:

Simon Fry (GBR)
'It's pretty obvious why, Simon (left, above) and I have achieved a lot together over the past 20 years, originally put together by our great friend and crewmate Glyn Charles' - Andy Beadsworth; 'When someone writes the book of British sailing legends he'll have his own chapter!' - Matt Cornwell; 'Great sailor, weapons grade in the bar' - Magnus Wheatley; 'About time a decent crew man got the award instead of the fly-by-night back end chancers' - Alastair Munro; 'Once a menace always a menace, there is no better man to have on your crew… or standing beside you in the bar' - Ian Walker; 'The best!' - Serhat Altay.

This month's nominees:

Jason Carroll (USA)
Not for that steady flow of results in the Melges 32, GC32 and other classes, this one is for managing to flip your MOD 70 trimaran two days before the start of the Caribbean 600 and then pressing the 'go for it' button so hard that the Argo team got the boat back up, dried out and fixed up enough of the electrics to get them safely round all the rocks. Props also to MOD 70 rival Giovanni Soldini for delaying his own start by two hours to make a race of it

Rod Davis (NZL)
'I'm over the moon…' not surprising after the Olympic gold medallist super-coach won the Masters division at the OK Worlds -much more impressively finishing ninth overall in the 110-boat open fleet. Putting it out there like that is not something every former Cup sailor chooses to do - one or two have come unstuck in the not so distant past. Rod was also happy to be able to follow his own methods as recorded in these pages and see for himself that it works!

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

Dungarvan Double in Irish Cruising's Top Award
Dungarvan in the west of County Waterford is in some ways one of Ireland's best-kept secrets writes W M Nixon. It's big enough to be considered a real town by Irish standards – it's the County Town too - yet it isn't so big as to seem impersonal. There's a real sense of community, while it's set in the midst of quietly beautiful scenery beside an array of spectacular hills and mountains. And though the more sheltered parts of its estuary harbour have a tidal element, it's home to a significant fleet of boats based around the thriving Dungarvan Harbour Sailing Club.

Yet in times past Dungarvan did not figure high in any listing of cruising destinations, as boats on passage along the south coast saw it as being a long diversion from the direct route to and from Cork Harbour, when a very handy overnight berth would be available if you anchored at the entrance to Dungarvan Bay, in the sheltered spot immediately west of the busy little fishing port of Helvick.

And as for carefully finding your route all the way into Dungarvan if the tide suited, it seems that any chance of a convivial evening with local cruising enthusiasts would be remote, for once summer arrives, they're all gone - gone far away to distant parts on fascinating cruises of their own. Or at least that was the impression gained at yesterday evening's AGM of the Irish Cruising Club, chaired by Commodore Stanton Adair from Belfast Lough, and hosted by Howth Yacht Club.

WM Nixon's full article here in Afloat: afloat.ie/blogs/

HRSC Hamble Centenary Warming Pan 2019
The 2019 Hamble Warming Pan will be held on the River Hamble on 9th & 10th March 2019. It will be the first event to celebrate the Centenary of the Hamble River Sailing Club, and it is apt, that this event goes first at a club with so much dinghy history.

Hugh Welbourn writing for the club's Centenary Brochure remembers the event well:

"Just the thought of the Warming Pan brings back great memories of an age in dinghy racing when Hamble River was at the very centre of it all, back in the mid and late 60s. One year we had 5 or it 6 National Champions in different classes all sailing out of the club - and you couldn't help but learn from some of the best in the country."

The event used to be the first on the dinghy calendar for the year and everyone wanted to be there. Hugh continues:

"But the Warming Pan was special – the start of the new season. There were new designs to see every year in the Merlin and 12's, and last minute panics to try and get a winter build ready for the water were always a part of that, and then a couple of days great racing too. Starts were off the Club line and short tacking out of the river still trying to figure out a new boat, in close quarters, could be a bit of a wakeup call."

This year the event will cater for Merlin Rocket, Firefly, Foxer and PY fleets. The Merlin Rockets have of course been there since the start. This will be the 57th running of the event and I'm sure some of the competitors have done all of the 56 preceding editions! The Firefly and Foxer fleets are also regulars, though the Foxers will race in the Warsash Pool opposite the club. No tacking out of the river for them. The innovation this year is the inclusion of PY fleets for the first time, though those with a trapeze will be disappointed as there are far too many things to get caught up on in the river. -- Trevor Pountain

www.hrsc.org.uk/event/306818

Further information: admin [AT] hrsc [DOT] org [DOT] uk

Fully Rigged Ilen - A Sight Not Seen in Limerick City for Over a Hundred Years
Click on image to enlarge.

After an eleven year rebuild, last Saturday offered a first opportunity for sending up 'Ilen's' entire suit of sails, save her square sail - a headwind at Limerick Docks precluded its participation.

When designing the 'Ilen's' rig some five years back the Ilen Project, for better or worse, elected to pay homage to her original Conor O'Brien design rig from 1926. A decision which more than doubled the overall rigging task. Upgrading a traditional coastal ketch rig of three sails to an ocean rig of seven, not to mind all the additional supporting gear, blocks, spars, running and standing rigging is not a small task.

Happily, it has all come together nicely and 'Ilen' looks splendid, and nearly ready to embrace the coming sailing season.

afloat.ie/sail/

RYA Releases New Foiling Title at RYA Dinghy Show
With foiling becoming ever more popular the RYA is pleased to announce that its brand new title, RYA Foiling, will be available to purchase at the RYA Dinghy Show, in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki (02-03 March, Alexandra Palace, London).

The new title is the official supporting text to the RYA's Foiling courses and focuses on the fundamentals of foiling. It outlines the key skills required for both SAILfoiling and WINDfoiling with first half of the book dealing with foiling equipment, control systems and set up as well as launching, leaving, returning and landing. It then goes on to explain how to help readers get started with their first flights and once that's mastered that there are more tips to aid sustained flight. There is also some incredibly useful information to help finesse tacking and gybing.

As well as the official launch of the new Foiling title, visitors to the RYA Publications Stand (F42) will be able to pick up a copy of the recently updated Advanced Sailing. The new addition now includes foiling advice covering topics such as ride height, control systems, take off and sustaining foiling.

In addition to all the great titles on display, when you visit the stand you can try your hand at WINDfoiling, SAILfoiling or even try out an Extreme Sailing Series AC45, without even getting wet, with the 360o Virtual Reality Oculus experience.

Drop by the stand to have a go, chat to members of the RYA's Publications Team or pick up your copy of the latest titles.

www.facebook.com/ryadinghyshow

www.rya.org.uk

Offshore Racing Association Continues 2019 Expansion
The Offshore Racing Association has revamped and expanded its systems and volunteer and staffing resources, and is set for further growth and development during the 2019 season. It also has increased its capacity for ORR-Ez certificate processing, launching custom software for processors in multiple locations to assist with the spring surge in certificate applications and renewals. More than twice as many ORR-Ez certificates (420) were produced in 2018 compared to 2017, and significant further growth is expected.

A key theme encouraged by the successful introduction of ORR-Ez racing in several parts of the country has been retooling the ORA as a full-service information center for organizing authorities and race committees. The formalized and expanded ORR-Ez Operations Committee now has representation across five geographic regions with more anticipated by spring. According to John Horton, ORA Executive Director, "Committee members are drawn from different regions and are involved hands-on, operationally." Several members gathered in the fall for a working session at the first ORR annual conference.

Among other new committees and sub-committees, the Finance Committee, led by 2019 board member Jim Binch, past commodore of the Cruising Club of America, backstops the growing organization, explained visually in the ORA's new organization chart.

offshoreracingrule.org

50th edition of the Solitaire URGO Le Figaro
Following the unveiling of the course on 24 January and the publication of the notice of race, eight skippers have already submitted their pre-registration to the 50th edition of the Solitaire URGO Le Figaro. They are Benoît Hochart, Michel Desjoyeaux, Armel Le Cléac'h, Joan Mulloy, Loïck Peyron, Cassandre Blandin, Mathieu Damerval and Tanguy Le Turquais. Among them therefore: two former winners, two women, two bizuths and a first timer.

The NOR here

www.lasolitaire-urgo.com

Levente Nagy (HUN)
It is with great sadness that World Sailing reports the passing of Levente Nagy (HUN) on 23 January 2019.

Born on 21 January 1923, sailing and Lake Balaton was Levente's true passion. He learnt how to sail on a family owned 22er Schärenkreutzer called Yinx, and as a racing sailor he managed to win a national title and other medals in the class.

He played an active and leading role within the Hungarian Yachting Association (HYA) for close to 50-years. He became a national judge in 1959, was elected as a member of the Board of the HYA in 1967 and in 1972 he was appointed as Chairman of the Appeals Committee.

His work domestically transferred internationally and in 1968 he became an International Judge for the then International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU). From there, he served on the Judges Committee and Racing Rules Committee, using his expertise to develop and grow the sport and he became one of the founders of the IYRU Windsurfing Committee.

Levente was an internationally renowned judge and sat on six consecutive Olympic Juries from 1972 to 1992. He was also a member of the jury at the 27th America's Cup in Fremantle, Australia and acted as Chairman at numerous World and European Championships.

Levente was awarded ISAF Long Service Silver medal in 2000.

www.sailing.org/news/

Featured Brokerage
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The Last Word
Do not wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. -- Albert Camus

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In This Issue
• Meilhat and Cammas set their sights on The Ocean Race
• Qualification route to Tokyo 2020 finalised
• Start as you mean to go on - McConaghy
• World Sailing Job Vacancy - Marketing and Hospitality Executive
• Performance Sailing magazine
• A 'New' Team Of Old Mates
• International 5.5 Metre Australian Championships
• Industry News
• Paul Heys
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Daniel Dennett

Meilhat and Cammas set their sights on The Ocean Race
Two of the top French sailors have set their sights on the next edition of The Ocean Race.

Paul Meilhat, the winner of the most recent edition of the Route du Rhum and Franck Cammas, the winning skipper of the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race, have each told French media they are working on campaigns for the 2021 edition of The Ocean Race.

Meilhat, who won the Route du Rhum in November in his final outing with sponsor SMA, is currently leading the 2018-2021 IMOCA rankings. He spent last week in Alicante at The Ocean Race headquarters with his commercial team to firm up his plans.

Meilhat was interviewed in Le Figaro over the weekend and confirmed he has developed a three-race plan, including the Vendee Globe, The Ocean Race and the Route du Rhum, which he says would result in big efficiencies in costs and return to potential backers.

Similarly, Franck Cammas spoke to the noted French sailing website Tip & Shaft in an interview published on Friday, saying that through his association with Oman Sail, he is working to put together a campaign.

Cammas is well known to fans of the race. He led his Groupama team to victory in the 2011-12 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, and joined Dongfeng Race Team for Leg 4, from Melbourne to Hong Kong, in the last race.

In December, it was announced he would join Oman Sail to lead its offshore racing and training programmes in 2019.

Now, he has told Tip & Shaft he is convinced a team flying the Oman Sail colours could follow a similar template to what Dongfeng Race Team did in terms of developing offshore sailing talent.

www.theoceanrace.com

Qualification route to Tokyo 2020 finalised
World Sailing and the IOC have finally concluded the Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualification system, including continental qualification.

The basic qualification system is one spot in each event for the host nation, then 40% of the national spots were awarded at the Aarhus 2018 Worlds.

The final qualification event is the Olympic Classes World Cup event in Genoa, Italy, from 13 to 19 April 2020. World Sailing will then reallocate all unused quota places on the 10 June 2020.

Britain qualified for each of the ten Olympic events at the Aarhus 2018 Worlds, and thus do not have to worry about being able to compete in all ten events at Tokyo 2020.

Focus for the British Sailing Team members is who will actually represent Team GB in each sailing event at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Deciding this is a function of the RYA Olympic Selection Committee (OSC), who will monitor the performance of eligible candidates over the coming months.

Read more: www.sailweb.co.uk

Start as you mean to go on - McConaghy
McConaghy Boats has only ever built one type of watercraft… very quick ones

The current list of monohull elapsed time records for offshore races reads like an alumni book for McConaghy Boats – more first-to-finish line honour awards have gone to yachts from this builder than any other. The first-to-finish award going to Wild Oats XI once again in the latest Sydney- Hobart race is a testament to the high-quality build of this boat that is now a whopping 13 years old – very few Grand Prix race boats can claim this kind of competitive longevity.

McConaghy has been doing well for more than 50 years, having built more than 150 raceboats over 30ft that have been among the world's fastest and most successful in all competitive contexts: from high-speed keelboat one-designs to custom inshore and offshore yachts of all sizes. The impressive cumulative race results of this enormous fleet likely exceeds that of any other builder in the world.

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

World Sailing Job Vacancy - Marketing and Hospitality Executive
World Sailing, the world governing body for the sport, is currently advertising for a Marketing and Hospitality Executive.

This is a role that will require a broad skillset in all aspects of marketing and event delivery.

The Director of Brand and Marketing requires support in delivering an extensive annual programme of activity. This role will therefore require a can-do attitude to getting work done, the ability to multi-task, prioritise and time plan effectively, and the intuitive understanding of what it takes to deliver a broad list of requirements under pressure and to a high standard.

This individual will work closely with the Director of Brand and Marketing, as well as the Commercial Director. This is a role where responsibilities touch on all aspects of World Sailing's activities so you will need to build effective relationships internally and externally with a broad stakeholder family.

Excellent communication skills, very high attention to detail and a focus on high standards of delivery are all essential.

Job Description

All applications should be sent to: human [DOT] resources [AT] sailing [DOT] org with a CV and covering letter by 28 March 2019.

Performance Sailing magazine
To celebrate the launch of its new website, Allen Brothers is offering its Performance Sailing Magazine as a free download from the new site. The magazine features information on all 2019 product launches taking place at this year's RYA Dinghy Show.

Allen Brothers has recently updated and launched its new website which features 1200+ products for sale online. To celebrate this momentous occasion Allen Brothers is offering a free download of its Performance Sailing magazine. The magazine features an array of information about Allen performance sailing hardware, Team Allen sailors, Allen sponsored events and a handy technical section on how to improve high speed boat handling in performance dinghies.

Allen Brothers new website now gives the public the opportunity to source hardware they otherwise might not have been able to find in local chandleries. The new website doesn't only cater for sailors looking for hardware but also to the avid sailing fans who are interested in the latest news and technical advice.

To download the free Performance Sailing magazine head to the downloads section on www.allenbrothers.co.uk

www.sail-world.com/news/214938/?source=rss

A 'New' Team Of Old Mates
Three long-time friends and sailing champions have all finally come together in the one boat as they set their sights on winning the 2019 JJ Giltinan (world) 18ft Skiff Championship on Sydney Harbour from March 2-10.

Skipper Micah Lane, sheet hand Scott Babbage, and for'ard hand Peter Harris have formed a powerful team in a skiff which has been supported by a first-time 18ft Skiff sponsor, Bing Lee.

Micah Lane and Peter Harris grew up together sailing Sabots and Flying 11s out of the Vaucluse Amateur 12ft Skiff Sailing Club.

Micah won the Sabot Nationals in 1993-1994.

The two young sailors later had their first season in the 18s, when they sailed together on Rosemount Wines in 2002-2003. Micah was on the helm and Peter in the bow.

Over the next few seasons, Peter went on to crew for John Sweeny, firstly with Seve Jarvin on the sheet, before Peter introduced Scott Babbage into the 18s on Churchill's Sports Bar in 2005.

Micah Lane then won the 2006-2007 Australian 18ft Skiff Championship with Macquarie Real Estate, and followed that success with a 3rd place at the 2012 JJ Giltinan Championship in Appliancesonline.com.au.

Peter Harris and Scott Babbage have teamed with great success on a variety of skiffs, and this year, on Bing Lee, is the 7th season together for Peter and Scott.

Their successes began in a three season combination with John Harris (Peter's brother) on Rag & Famish Hotel. The Rag's team won the NSW Championship and had a 4th finish at the JJ Giltinan Championship in 2010, even though they were the only team to win two races during the championship.

The pair teamed up once more in the 2012-2013 Season when they joined Seve Jarvin on Gotta Love It 7. Jarvin, Harris and Babbage dominated the championship scene when they won the Club Championship, NSW Championship, Australian Championship, JJ Giltinan Championship and Mark Foy Trophy.

Peter and Scott had more international success with US sailor Howie Hamlin when they won the European Championship at Carnac, France in 2013, then followed that up when they won the Mark Foy Trophy and European Championship, on Lake Garda, in 2015.

Scott Babbage has a formidable sailing record, both as a top-class sheet hand in the 18s, and a world class Moth sailor.

The 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship is one of the most eagerly awaited regatta in the 18s for many years and a large spectator fleet is expected to follow the racing on Sydney Harbour.

Race dates are:
Saturday - March 2
Sunday - March 3
Tuesday - March 5
Wednesday - March 6
Thursday - March 7
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV www.18footers.com.au/18-footers-sailing/18-footers-tv/

International 5.5 Metre Australian Championships
With the impending 5.5m World Championships to be held in the Palm Beach Circle in January 2020 hosted by the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club, Newport, more and more Fives are being bought and renovated and joining the Australian fleet. This year's 5.5m Championship saw 8 local competitors with one brave visitor; Haydn Skelton in his 1967 Classic Crest racing with his Dad and singlehandedly braving the inclement weather to sail for 9 hours in 3m seas from Cronulla to join the event.

The 'Fives' are a seventy year old, ex Olympic class where Bill Northam won the first Australian Olympic Gold in 1964. All the fleet rate the same under the 5.5m formula and race together. 'Fives' are a development class, each boat is unique and the newer boats tend to be faster than the older boats. Accordingly the class has 3 sub divisions to recognise age and give encouragement to the older boats; Classics (1949-1969), Evolutions (1970-1993) and Moderns (1994 to Present).

Tuesday, the third day, was a classic sunny Pittwater day with a light 6kt North Easterly seabreeze that gradually built in the afternoon to 14kts. Race 7 was a chance for Damian Macey's and Jason Antill's 1968 radical, Classic Baragoola to shine taking out the first race over Ka-Ring-Gai, Rhapsody and then Antares. Rhapsody and Antares were now on equal points with all to play for the final races. It was again Ku-Ring-Gai that showed her superior speed taking out the last two races to comfortably take the overall win to become the 2019 International 5.5m Australian Champion. Antares was fast down the runs in both races, consistently gybing early to the left hand side of the run which paid off and this gave them two comfortable seconds to become the 2019 Evolution Champion over Rhapsody. Baragoola again became the 2019 Classic Champion. The changing of the guard was now complete with Bob Stoddard's stunning 1973 Evolution Skagerak, which has been at the top the Australian Championships for the last 10 years, uncharacteristically 6th overall.

Given the different designs and ages of the boats there was also a performance handicap system prize to compete for which any of the divisional winners were not eligible. Rob Hart's beautifully varnished 1980 Evolution Marotte took out this prize much to the delight of Rob and the competitors.

* Australian Champion AUS60 Kuringgai John Bacon & Team (Modern post 1994)
* First Evolution (1970 to 1994) AUS29 Antares Martin Cross & Team
* First Classic (1949 to 1969) AUS26 Baragoola Damian Macey/ Jason Antill & Team
* First on Performance Handicap AUS59 Marotte Rob Hart & Team

www.5.5class.org

Industry News
Front Street Shipyard officially opened its new 22,500-square foot facility on the Belfast waterfront in January. The new boat shed, "Building 6," is comparable in size to FSS's existing refit shed, yet tall enough to accept the 480-ton mobile hoist inside it, making indoor work more efficient. The official opening follows a November ribbon-cutting celebration with U.S. Senator Susan Collins.

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It put 2018 operating income at €798m, down from €905m in 2017.

The sale generated a net profit of €5.8bn. It was part of AkzoNobel's defense against a €26bn takeover bid in 2017 from US rival PPG Industries.

"We're now a focused paints and coatings company and are channeling all our experience, energy and passion into being recognized as the reference in our industry," said Vanlancker.

Through its Performance Coatings segment, AkzoNobel is a significant supplier to the global boat and yacht sectors. Its key brands include Coral, Flexa, Sadolin, Sikkens, Awlgrip, International and Interpon.

www.ibinews.com/company-financials/

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"Wally has always been about innovation, about combining the latest technology with contemporary design, and about constantly looking at ways to enhance the on-the-water experience through performance, comfort and style," says Luca Bassani, founder of the iconic Monegasque brand.

In fact, since he founded the brand in 1994, Wally has pioneered groundbreaking solutions that have transformed technologies and aesthetics to the extent that today it is hard to identify any aspect of large yacht design, sail or power, that has not been influenced by his creative vision. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and many Wally innovations – from the early use of carbon fibre to the concept of easy sailing and folding bulwarks – have been widely adopted by other boat builders.

Instrumental in continuing Luca Bassani's unique way of thinking is the recent partnership with Ferretti Group."The market today requires significant investment to develop new products and new markets," said Bassani at the official announcement during Boot Düsseldorf. "Ferretti Group has great industrial, organisational and commercial capabilities and will be able to boost Wally. I will continue my design and development activity on an exclusive basis, ensuring the continuity of Wally's DNA."

Luca Bassani returns to Germany in few days for the German Superyacht Conference in Hamburg on 28th February, where for the first time he will present the story of Wally, depicting the innovations that became brand hallmarks and influenced the entire yachting industry.

wally.com

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Over twenty top brands are already confirmed as exhibiting with more to come.

southcoastboatshow.com

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Advance tickets are now on sale for the 2019 Crick Boat Show.

The show is organised by Waterways World magazine in association with the Canal & River Trust and Crick Marina and is expected to attract over 26,000 visitors.

This year there is an additional Trade & Preview Day for pre-booked visitors.

Almost 300 exhibitors will be at the show with dozens of boats to look round, free boat trips, free advice seminars on boat ownership, live music and children's activities.

Peter Johns, show director is looking forward to welcoming visitors to the show which is a 'top destination for waterways enthusiasts looking to upgrade or improve their boat, for newcomers wanting to get afloat for the first time and for those seeking a day out by the waterways'.

"Now in its 20th year, the show hosts the largest display of new inland boats, both narrowboats and wide beams and for three days it becomes Britain's largest chandlery when nearly 300 exhibitors bring together the complete range of equipment and materials for inland boating," he said.

The show takes place at Crick Marina in Northamptonshire from May 25 to 27.

www.boatingbusiness.com

Paul Heys
Hamble-based yacht sales business Key Yachting Ltd, have made the truly sad and shocking announcement that Paul Heys, co-founder and Managing Director, has passed away. Paul was enjoying a much-deserved holiday in the Caribbean with his wife Marie-Claude and came into difficulties while swimming on Monday morning.

Paul was a much-loved Husband, Dad, Brother and Granddad, and was greatly admired in the sailing community; sailing was his life and passion. Paul will be missed terribly by everyone who knew him.

Details of the funeral arrangements will be made available once finalised.

* From: John C. Quigley

re: Chicago - Mackinac Race Incident Report

Making the findings of the Incident Report public is commendable and to be encouraged where ever possible.

Unfortunately the Club website advises that the Report can be viewed 'here' with a link but it appears to be limited to Club Members.

Do we have the ability to have this shared more widely?

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The Last Word
Philosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity. -- Daniel Dennett

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In This Issue
• On the matter of Iker Martinez
• ORA H-Zero Handicap Analysis
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Maiden Documentary
• 2020 Newport to Bermuda Race News
• Phantom announces 2019 sailing events calendar
• Kiel Week
• Father & Son Duo Set To Compete In Final Regatta
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Steven Pinker

On the matter of Iker Martinez
World Sailing has released their report on the matter of a disciplinary process against Spanish sailor Iker Martinez.

On 2 August, Martinez's boat, ESP 70, was inspected in accordance with ER 4.1. During the inspection, the maximum distance that the daggerboard bearing could move (between the back of the bearing and the front of the worm drive), was measured to be 79.5mm on both hulls.

Following a review process, and having carried out checks against a reference sample of 45 boats, the Jury found that ESP 70 had revealed deviation significantly greater than permitted by the manufacturing tolerances under the class rules. As ESP 70 did not comply with the Nacra 17 class rules, a DNE penalty for race 1 was applied because the breach was, in the Jury's opinion, deliberate. ESP 70 did not complete equipment inspection and the subsequent registration so did not sail at the Championships.

The Jury reported the matter to the Event Disciplinary Investigating Officer (EDIO). Following an investigation carried out by the EDIO at the event, the EDIO charged Martinez with misconduct under RRS 69 and a hearing took place before the International Jury.

Following the hearing, the International Jury found that it was comfortably satisfied that Martinez deliberately modified ESP 70 in breach of the class rules and concealed the modification and therefore had committed a breach of good sportsmanship. Further, the Jury found that Martinez did not tell the truth to the EDIO or the International Jury and was therefore in breach of good sportsmanship and had committed unethical behaviour.

The Jury deemed that a significant penalty was appropriate however given the limited range of penalties available to the Jury at the time, they excluded Martinez from the venue and revoked his accreditation.

The decision was reported to World Sailing under RRS 69.2 (j)(2) and World Sailing Regulation 35.4.7.

The DIO has been presented with a statement from a third party, affirmed before a notary public, that they carried out the modifications to ESP 70 and not Mr Martinez.

Having considered this further evidence the DIO concluded that further action was not warranted because it was likely the Independent Panel appointed to consider further charges would not be comfortably satisfied that a case for further disciplinary action had been made out.

This decision is independent of the International Jury's decision, which considered the issues at the event and not the question of further disciplinary action.

Following this decision, World Sailing's Board of Directors has requested the Executive Office to appoint a review group to examine improvements in the investigation and prosecution of equipment cheating, the use of discretionary penalties for equipment infringements, and the consequences for sailors who present boats at inspection which do not comply with the rules.

The Board of Directors has also affirmed its position that owners and persons in charge must be held responsible for the actions of those who work for them. The review group will report to the Board of Directors by May 2019.

The paper in whole: www.sailing.org/tools/documents/MartinezReport-[24818].pdf

Offshore Racing Association Research Announced: The ORA H-Zero Handicap Analysis
The Offshore Racing Association announces the launch of a 2019 research study called "The ORA H-Zero Handicap Analysis," a multi-part project with the Marion Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race Association (MBCYRA) and Newport Bermuda Race Organizing Committee (BROC). The research is led by ORA Technical Director James Teeters and initial funding has been secured.

The purpose of the study is to use existing computer-modeled wind records called H0 (Zero) GRIB files to extract a summary of wind conditions that boats would have experienced in each part of a past race and use the data to enhance current scoring methodologies.

Funding commitments in place to date come from the MBCYRA, the Cruising Club of America (co-sponsor of the Newport Bermuda Race), and individual donors within the CCA.

Last year, Teeters collaborated on a study with the MBCYRA, providing a means of more fairly handicapping the race when light-wind conditions dramatically slow the fleet in the middle of the race. In Phase 1 of the 2019 H-Zero Handicap Analysis, the ORA will monitor the 2019 race from Marion and critique the initial work, suggesting further improvements.

In Phase 2, the ORA will conduct test scoring of the actual Marion to Bermuda Race using the H0 wind records, running competing boats through an optimal routing program to compare a boat's elapsed time against the theoretical best elapsed time it could have achieved with a perfect race. This means that a boat is scored against itself given the conditions that existed on the racecourse. MBCYRA organizers plan to run this as a scoring experiment (without awarding prizes) and then evaluate the results.

In Phase 3, ORA research will retrieve H0 wind records of several past races to Bermuda, run a representative fleet of boats through optimal routing, and compile a table of the combinations of wind angles and wind speeds experienced. The Newport Bermuda Race organizers will use that analysis to consider fine-tuning the assumptions in the Performance Curve Scoring (PCS) system used for the 2020 Newport Bermuda Race.

The ORA H-Zero Handicap Analysis aligns with the ORA's mission to promote sailors' enjoyment of the sport by improving current rating rules. Other study participants and additional research phases may be announced in coming months.

The Offshore Racing Association is a non-profit organization based in Newport, RI. Its family of rating rules - ORR, ORR-Ez, and ORR-Mh (multihull) - are based on a proprietary velocity prediction program the ORA developed, owns and maintains.

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

Update
Sad times -November 1969 and the first edition of Seahorse has just appeared. Now Anthony Churchill who started the whole story off has gone; Tim Jeffery and Lucy Pumfrey remember a polymath with Sydney-Hobart and Admiral's Cup victories on his CV. Plus, just where is that Hobart race headed, who's showing at the party and loving the mule. Jack Griffin, Terry Hutchinson and David Salter

World news
An Imoca explosion... VDH's rearguard action, small race big challenges, Storm Trysail does not stand still, exporting a (rainy) Solent to (balmy) Block Island. Patrice Carpentier, Ivor Wilkins, Blue Robinson, Dobbs Davis

(South Seas) legend
The biannual Transpac too short for you, then why not try the Transpac Tahiti which is more than half as long again. Of course you can always do both, like ocean racing veteran John Jordane...

Paul Cayard - Taking responsibility
Meet the chairman of the board!

(Still) the greatest game in town
Hello, Mr Bond... a new boat from the east and a 'new' crew put to the test. Andi Robertson

RORC news - Fastnet frenzy
Eddie Warden-Owen

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Maiden Documentary
Released on 8 March 2019 to coincide with International Women's Day, Maiden is a feature length documentary on Tracy Edwards.

The film tells the story of 24 year-old Edwards, a cook on charter boats, who became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1989.

Tracy Edwards had her first Whitbread Round the World Race experience working in the galley of the boat Atlantic Privateer. She enjoyed the experience so much that she decided to take part as a skipper and three years later she bought the 58ft yacht Maiden. Edwards put together an all - and first - female crew and entered the race. The crew went on to win two of the Whitbread legs and came second in class overall.

www.ybw.com/features/

2020 Newport to Bermuda Race News
Bermuda Race Night is coming soon either to your yacht club or one nearby: The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee is working with several yachts clubs, ranging from Nova Scotia throughout New England, to the Chesapeake and the Great Lakes, to present a John Rousmaniere-authored piece about the race. If your club would like us to make a presentation to your members, please contact Race Vice Chairman Kenyon Kellogg to make arrangements.

This month, we're highlighting a video interview with Mark Lenci, organizer and leader of the series of Safety at Sea Courses sponsored by The Cruising Club of America. Mark is a firm believer in building a safety ethos that helps a crew avoid trouble in the first place. As a participant at the January course, I can assure you that these courses are extremely worthwhile to all crew, particularly those in leadership positions.

As a reminder for the 2020 Bermuda Race: ALL Captains, and 30 percent of the rest of the crew, must have a current certificate of completion of an International Offshore Safety at Sea Course with Hands on Training. Certificates are issued by World Sailing and US Sailing, and are valid for five years from the date the course is taken. For the Newport Bermuda Race, they are valid for the next three races following the date of the course. So, there is no reason to wait: get your certificate now and avoid the last-minute crowds.

This extension of the validity of the certificate for our race is one of what I hope is many examples of our effort to make it easier for competitors to qualify and participate. Another example, which I've mentioned before, is that we have a new yacht inspection policy for those whose boats have been previously inspected.

We also recently released a Competitor Guide on the Bermuda Race website, making loads of good information available for those planning to sail the next race. And this week we posted a great perspective on the entire race experience, by Finisterre Division competitor, Peter Holmes.

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Phantom announces 2019 sailing events calendar
The 13 events are open to all Flying Phantom Owners: Professional sailors with solid foiling experience and Week-end sailors who are just new to foiling.

"Keeping all events in Europe and Caribbean was a deliberate choice, following FP Series experience on the Extreme Sailing Series where the events were in the four corners of the world, involving high logistics costs", says Charles Hainneville, who manages the FP Elite league. "And most importantly, we wanted to mix professional competitors with week-end sailors. This is is essence of the new format and everyone will benefit from it. The Pros will enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere with less logistics, and the week-end sailors will learn and progress from watching and talking with foiling cat specialists".

Racing will be a mix of long distance, racing and stadium formats, tailored for week-end racers or pro sailors. More details soon with the Racing Rules.

The FP Elite League (ex FP Series) will feature two different rankings :

- the CUP, for Amateur sailors : ranking by skipper, one discard
- the SERIES, for Pro-Am sailors : ranking by boat, no discard

The 2019 calendar does not only include RACING events but also three CAMPS with foiling specialists and training races. Two in April-May on the French coast and one in mid-season in Italy. These camps will help sailors improve their foiling skills.

ACT 1: 5-7th April : ENVSN, Quiberon, France. Camp
ACT 2: 27-28th April, Biscarosse, France. Camp
ACT 3: 2-4th May, Eurocat, Carnac, France. Racing
ACT 4: 10-12th May, Raid Cup Legend, La Baule, France. Racing
ACT 5: June TBC, Finist'Air, Brest, France. Racing
ACT 6: 21-23rd June, Dunkerque, France. Racing
ACT 7: 28-30th June, Raid Emeraude, St Lunaire, France. Racing
ACT 8: Mid July TBC, Lake Garda, Italy. Racing + Camp
ACT 9: September TBC, event in Switzerland. Racing
ACT 10: 27-29th September, Barcelona, Spain. Racing
ACT 11: 5-6th October, Catagolf, Arradon, France. Racing
ACT 12: 19-22nd October : X-Trem Gliss Crozon, France. Racing
ACT 13: 4-11th November : Martinique Flying Regatta, Fort-de-France, Racing

www.phantom-internationalclass.com

Kiel Week
Kiel Week will continue to be international. For the first time, the Marselisborg Yacht Club/Sailing Arhus has joined the organization team of the Kiel Week (22. - 30. June).

"The combination of the World Championships of the Olympic classes in Arhus was a great success, and we have seen great race committees. Therefore we thought about working more closely together with the Danish", said Dirk Ramhorst, Head of Organization of the Kiel Week regattas.

Next to the 'Kiel Yacht Club', the 'Norddeutscher Regatta-Verein' and the 'Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee', it is the first international club joining the organization team at the Kiel Week.

With the Olympic classes, the 2.4mR, the OK European Championship as well as the offshore regattas also 15 international classes are part of the Kiel Week, which is presenting the whole spectrum of sailing from 22. until 30. June.

And while the National German Team is performing its "freestyle" program in Kiel-Schilksee and in the years 2019 and 2020 is looking at the starting spots for the nations in Enoshima, the Kiel Week is looking even more into the future than at the Olympics in Japan. In France 2024, new sailing disciplines will be at the start line. One of them is Mixed Doublehand Offshore.

"In the discussion about the Sailing World Cup, World Sailing criticized our mixture of Olympic, international and offshore events, but especially the last ones now prove to be also perfect for World Sailing. Because we are the only 'classical' event, which can now react immediately on the doublehand offshore format", said Dirk Ramhorst.

The new Olympic discipline from 2024 "Mixed Doublehand Offshore" is in the Kiel Week program from Wednesday until Sunday. Short, medium or long distance tracks are according to the Olympic program, but not only for mixed crews. They will be sailing on yachts with ORC Club measurement. Also the married couple Roland and Nahid Gaebler are among the starting crews.

Kiel is also offering the mixed version for the double hand dinghy 470, because the double hand dinghy sailing in the mixed version shall become Olympic in 2024

The NOR is now posted: www.kieler-woche.de/en/sailing/nor.php

www.kieler-woche.de/en/

Father & Son Duo Set To Compete In Final Regatta
The 2019 49er, 49erFX & Nacra17 European Championship, this year to be competed on the waters off Weymouth, will see Olympic hopefuls pushing to qualify their countries and themselves for the ever nearer Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. There is one team however, who aren't as concerned with qualification, as they are with enjoying the ride.

Father and son duo, Roger (65) and Simon (35) Coles from Lee on Solent Sailing Club will be competing for one last time together in the 49er, before Roger 'hangs up his harness'. First stepping foot on a 49er in 1998, Roger says he's accumulated "about 15 years" in a class that is "simple to setup, physically demanding but very rewarding when you get it right."

In a country such as England, where double handed boats are many and varied, it's a fair question to ask 'Why the 49er?' As the helm, Simon says "Once you have planed upwind on the wire, as a helmsman you won't go back to sitting out. With the upgrades to the carbon rig over the years, the boat just got better and better to sail. It's still one of the few boats that just going for a sail in can be as rewarding as racing." Simon's first foray into 49er sailing was aged 16, and he owned his first boat aged 17, in 2000.

At 65 years young, Roger is a testament to the class and its use-ability for a wide range of sailors. The sheet loads are light and easy to handle, and the ergonomics which set the boat apart when it was first released in 1996, ensure's the potential for injury is minimal compared to other double handed high performance classes. With the introduction of the 49erFX rig in 2012, which is set atop the standard 49er hull, there is also the option for lighter sailors or those wanting a more manageable setup.

The 49er Class wishes the best of luck to Roger and Simon at the 2019 Europeans, and maybe if they're still having fun they will delay retirement until the Masters Worlds, planned for Lake Como in August 2020. With that regatta immediately following a Junior Worlds, there will be plenty of charters available.

www.rya.org.uk/racing-events/2019-europeans

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* From David Harris:

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The Last Word
Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology. -- Steven Pinker

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In This Issue
• The 2019 International JJ Challenge
• Selden SailJuice Winter Series
• The Future Of Dinghy Sailing
• The Science of Sailing
• GBR eSailing National Championship
• HRSC Centenary Warming Pan 2019 - MORE NEWS about PY
• The Real Deal - Star Sailors League
• Gansey Project
• Ramsgate Week
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Douglas Hofstadter

The 2019 International JJ Challenge
After losing the title to the red-hot New Zealand Honda Marine team in 2018, the local Australian fleet has been strengthened, but they will all have to produce their best and most consistent form if they want to repel the challenge from the four nations wanting to grab the honours again.

Leading the international invasion, will be the defending champion Honda Marine team of Dave McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins and the newly-crowned New Zealand champion ASCC, crewed by Josh Porebski, Jack Simpson and Dave Hazard.

Dave and Josh finished first and second in 2018, ahead of Australia's top competitor in the championship, Asko Appliances, skippered by James Dorron.

The two leading kiwi teams were strong all-round competitors and we can expect another tough challenge at the top of the fleet, but the local Asko Appliances, Finport Finance, Smeg, Winning Group and Bing Lee teams are all poised waiting for the world's best 18ft Skiff championship to begin next Saturday.

Katie Love will be representing the US for the second time. She first came to the JJs as skipper of the first all-female team (same time as Alexandra South and her team) in 2013 and decided that she wanted to get more of the same action.

Looking for an even bigger challenge, Katie went one step further this time and has spent the entire Australian summer in the highly-competitive Sydney fleet as skipper of Panasonic Lumix, the skiff she will skipper, with Chad Freitas and Matt Doyle in her team at the JJs.

The UK challenge will come from Jarrod Simpson, who has been a regular challenger over several years, and who is always competitive.

While Jarrod is a long-time competitor, the German challenge rests in the hands of Heinrich Bayern, who is back in 2019 after getting the taste for the challenge in last year's championship.

The regatta will also see the return to the JJs of a young crew from Brisbane, led by Dave Hayter, who won the 2016 Australian International 14 Championship.

Hayter won the championship on Sydney Harbour, so the conditions won't be unfamiliar to the skipper, who won five of the eight races in the I14 championship.

One of the strongest fleets for many years, and representing five nations, will contest the 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship, which begins on Sydney Harbour on Saturday (March 2). -- Frank Quealey

Race dates are:
Saturda - March 2
Sunday - March 3
Tuesday - March 5
Wednesday - March 6
Thursday - March 7
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV
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Selden SailJuice Winter Series
Selden Sailjuice Winter Series Trophy. Click on image to enlarge.

Simon Horsfield and Katie Burridge put together a stellar set of scores in their 2000 dinghy to win the 10th edition of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series. They join an illustrious group of top-class sailors - a mix of national and world champions - who have won in a variety of boats. Nine different types of boat have won over the past decade, the only repeat class being the Merlin Rocket.

Horsfield and Burridge will be the stars of the show at the Selden SailJuice Winter Series prizegiving which will be held at the RYA Dinghy Show, Saturday 2nd March, 10.30. Come along and celebrate all the winners, relive all the action this winter and learn about plans for next winter, as well as the new Great British Sailing Challenge.

The 10th Anniversary of the SailJuice Winter Series saw growing numbers, with nearly 600 entries, 1,000 sailors from 92 different classes, representing over 300 clubs. This year has seen number of qualifiers up 47% to 50, and more people doing all 7 events. This year there were more media activities such as live videos and interviews, with more events being tracked by SailRacer, all meaning more people are following the Series online, with unique site visitors up 17% to 8,336.

The top 10 sees nine different classes represented, including some rare ones like the National 18 which came second, sailed by Peter Gray, Richard Pepperdine and Simon Forbes, and the retro-futuristic Norfolk Punt which father and son team of Colin and Oly Murray raced to 7th overall. They were also the top family team in a growing trend towards parents and children racing together in the Series.

There are many other category winners in the many Series within the Series, so please come along and support them at the prizegiving.

For more info on the Selden SailJuice Winter Series, go to www.sailjuiceseries.com

Great British Sailing Challenge - Some of the events in the Selden SailJuice Winter Series were also part of the new Great British Sailing Challenge. The next event is the King George Gallop (16-17 March). Online entry is open, so book your spot now at: www.sailingchallenge.org

The Future Of Dinghy Sailing
Come And Join The Debate at the RYA Dinghy Show
The world is developing, and the way we access and consume the sport of dinghy sailing is rapidly evolving with it. Join us at the RYA Dinghy Show on Saturday 02 March, for the opportunity to participate in a session where we consider the future of our sport.

Following the recent RYA 'Future of Sailing' webinar series, Mark Jardine, Liz Rushall and Alistair Dickson will be taking to the Main Stage this Saturday to continue the debate and they are looking forward to hearing from you, the participants and volunteers who make it all happen.

The interactive session will also feature a panel of four young sailors, from Olympic medallists to ambitious amateurs and childhood enthusiasts that have fallen out of love with the sport. Audience members are encouraged to join in by submitting questions and voting on topics by using audience participation app, Sli.do.

The interactive Future of Dinghy Sailing session will take place at 12:30, Saturday 02 March on the RYA Main Stage. For those who would like to get involved we recommend downloading the Sli.do app before the session.

Visit www.sli.do or download Sli.do from the app store. To join the session use the code: #R585.

For more information about the 'Future of Sailing' visit www.rya.org.uk/go/futureswebinars

GET YOUR TICKET The RYA Dinghy Show in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki will return to Alexandra Palace, London on 02-03 March 2019. The only show in the world dedicated to dinghy sailing, find exhibitors, expert advice, guest speakers, interactive activities and hundreds of boats all under one roof.

Advance tickets are available at a special discount rate of £10.00 for RYA members and £12.50 for non-members. RYA clubs and large groups can also take advantage of a special discount price of £10.00 when booking six tickets or more. For those wanting a bit more of the action, discounted weekend tickets are available at £15.00 for RYA members and £18.75 for non-members. Don't forget up to four children go FREE with each paying adult.

You can buy tickets here or by calling the ticket hotline on 0844 858 9069.

For all the latest news and information visit www.dinghyshow.org.uk or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ryadinghyshow or on Twitter @dinghyshow. Join in: #DinghyShow #MyDinghyTribe

The Science of Sailing
A 10-part complete guide to the physics of sailing & the Naval Architecture governing the performance of sailing yachts.

Since handing over the daily running of the 'Van Oossanen' group of companies to Perry van Oossanen and Niels Moerke, founder Peter van Oossanen has committed himself to the writing of a book on his favourite subject: "The Science of Sailing"

Ships that are partly or wholly dependent on the wind for their propulsion are unique in the sense that fluid dynamics plays a vital role in their design. Both aerodynamics and hydrodynamics, the science of the motion of air and water around bodies, determine the speed potential of a sailing craft. The flow of the wind around the sails, together with sail area, sail disposition and sail shape, determine the level of the propulsive force while the flow of water around the hull and the hull appendages, together with their size and shape, determine the level of the force resisting forward motion, and the force resisting sideways drift caused by the wind on the sails.

The elements of aero- and hydrodynamics involved in the design of wind-driven boats, yachts, and ships, and the associated naval architectural aspects, form the subject matter of the book. All of the important aspects pertaining to the behaviour and performance of sailing craft are described. The arrangement of this material has been chosen so as to offer a logical order, an order that steadily expands the subject matter, chapter by chapter, so that by the time specific designs and design features are presented all of the science required to understand and follow the reasoning that lies at the base of how specific designs evolved has been explained. The subject matter has been arranged into different parts, each covering a specific topic or theme. Each of these parts constitutes separate publications.

Part 1, 2 and 3, of "The Science of Sailing" are available for order. Part 3 has just been published and defines a new methodology for a reliable prediction of viscous- and wave drag.

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GBR eSailing National Championship To Be Launched at the RYA Dinghy Show
Following the success of last year's inaugural eSailing World Championship, the RYA are pleased to be partnering with World Sailing and Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, to launch the GBR eSailing National Championship at the RYA Dinghy Show (02-03 March 2019).

The free-to-play online game provides players with an opportunity to race against friends, fellow sailors and real-world Olympic champions. All players from the United Kingdom will automatically be entered into the exclusive GBR eSailing National Championship, racing the same challenges, seasons and playoffs as the eSailing World Championship and ranking both nationally and globally.

The inaugural season will end on 01 September 2019 with the top ranking British eSailor crowned the 2019 GBR eSailing National Champion. The top ten British eSailors will automatically qualify for the eSailing World Championship Finals Playoff taking place in early September, with the top eight advancing to the 2019 eSailing World Championship Final in Bermuda.

Aimed at everyone from expert sailors to total novices, the eSailing World Championship is helping to inform, engage and inspire a new community of sailors and sailing fans.

Last year's eSailing World Championship saw 170,000 unique players from 74 nations battling it out to be crowned eSailing World Champion. Inspired by the excitement of sailing, the game aims to reach both sailors onshore, as well as those without access to sailing equipment.

Come along to the RYA Dinghy Show to find out more or simply visit www.virtualregatta.com or download the 'Virtual Regatta Inshore' App from the App Store or Google Play

HRSC Centenary Warming Pan 2019 - MORE NEWS about PY
This year Hamble River Sailing Club's Warming Pan on 9th-10th March is keen to welcome any one-design non-trapeze racing dinghies rating PY between 972 - 1165, as well as the Fireflies, Merlin Rockets, and Foxers. So if you fancy stretching your legs and testing your speed in your favourite boat against other PY entries enter online by Friday 1st March for the discount entry rate or turn up on the day to enter and race. PY classes with more than 7 boats will also get a class start. The Notice of Race and online entry are at http://www.hrsc.org.uk and the first start on Saturday is at 11:30 (briefing at 10:45).

Early bird discounted registration is open until 9am on Monday 4 March: www.hrsc.org.uk/sailing/warming-pan-regatta

The Real Deal - Star Sailors League
Hot on the tail of the brilliantly successful (and important) Star Sailors League comes another zinger of a concept – the Nations Gold Cup

Star Sailors League Nations Gold Cup
The idea for the SSL Nations Gold Cup is one of those ideas that once you have it explained, you wonder why it hasn't already happened. It's a keelboat regatta in identical onedesigns, with a strict nationality rule. The plan is for a maximum of 40 national teams to contest the first ever SSL Nations Gold Cup at a European venue in 2021. Since the concept was announced in November, the SSL phones have been ringing hot with applications and enquiries from around the world.

The SSL stands for Star Sailors League, and the Nations Gold Cup is the latest and grandest vision yet from the people who have delivered the successful Star Sailors League competition over the past five years. You may well have seen the live online coverage of the world's greatest skippers going up against each other in Star class keelboats in the azure blue waters and sunny skies of the Bahamas.

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

Gansey Project
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The Gansey or Guernsey was the main garment for fishermen throughout the British Isles from the 15th century up to the early part of the 19th century. They were also very likely used by crew on large voyages to South America as our Williams crew would have done.

The Gansey was the mainstay of the Guernsey knitting industry and was made from wool imported from England. It is very likely that they were made locally around the British coast by fishing communities.

The Gansey came into being as a garment for fishermen who required warm comfortable yet hardwearing clothing that could repel sea spray. The hard twist given to the tightly packed wool fibres in the spinning process and tightly knitted stitches produced a finish that could repel water.

The Williams Gansey Project started in May 2016 in response to identifying authentic clothing that the original expedition may have worn. The project leaders are Janice Snowball and Astrid Adams, who are both from Blyth, Northumberland and have knitted for most of their lives.

They researched the background of the Gansey and having established that there was no record of a 'Blyth' Gansey, developed a pattern specifically designed for the crew who will sail around Britain and are undertake the voyage to Antarctica in 2019.

After fundraising for wool, needles and expenses, experienced volunteer knitters have been selected from a phenomenal number of applicants. The design includes contemporary features such as the logo of the Blyth Tall Ship Project and the Northumberland Flag.

They have also used traditional patterns, such as cable to depict the ropes, a ladder pattern to represent the rigging and a 'staithes' pattern to represent Blyth Staithes..

Knitters have been invited to add their name to the Gansey on a label that is provided so that the crew member will know who knitted it.

Crew members will be encouraged to contact the knitter of their Gansey at least twice during their leg of the voyage.

The wool is 5 ply Gansey wool, supplied by Frangipani, based in Penzance in Cornwall.

www.blythtallship.co.uk/friends/gansey-project

* This could be the gansey that Sarah Smith of Vineyard Haven (and former owner of The Loft) knitted but I remember that the neck on hers fit much more smoothly when she showed it to us after it was washed, blocked and all ready to send. Because she had yarn left over she also made a hat to match which went with the gansey. This is the gansey that crew members will wear; the folks who were rebuilding and refitting the boat were knitted navy blue ganseys. The logo is a bit mystifying as to me, it looks if the sails are upside down but that is the way it was designed.

As those who knit with the island knitters on Monday night in West Tisbury know, there has been a virtual fleet of ganseys either knit or underway by a number of very talented knitters. And in addition to the ganseys and the hat, one woman (who is up to gansey number 6 or 7) has knitted a beautiful shawl of some of her left over gansey wool. We've got Breton, Claret, several greens, Falmouth Navy, Herring Girl Pink, a purply Heather, and a raft of other colors - all lovely. We have even had communications with folks in Alaska who sponsored a gansey knitting project with their own color of yarn put up by Frangipani in Cornwall.

The project itself is fascinating and has an admirable goal. We all wish them well and, when they do leave for their various passages and adventures: Bon Voyage! -- Virginia Jones

Ramsgate Week
The RAMSGATE Week committee are excited to announce a sponsorship deal will Broadstairs based Euromarine Insurance which is owned by Astonlark Insurance. The Commodore of the Royal Temple Yacht Club Andy Beaumont-Hope said ' We have been looking for a perfect match for a headline sponsor since the days of the Woolwich Building Society in 1999. We are delighted to welcome Euromarine Insurance onboard and hope this is the start of a long mutually beneficial relationship with them.'

Euromarine made the announcement on its website today saying 'Euromarine Insurance is proud to announce it is the headline sponsor for Ramsgate Week 2019. We sponsored the event last year and enjoyed it so much, we wanted to show our support once again this year.

We are specialists in marine insurance for yachts, speedboats, jet skis, personal watercraft and other vessels. We are based in Broadstairs, and have over 25 years' experience in marine insurance. With competitive premiums, excellent customer service and a passion for watercraft, Ramsgate Week is a fitting event for us.'

'We're so pleased to be a part of Ramsgate Week for another year,' says Hayley Avis, Divisional Director at Euromarine. 'We're really looking forward to meeting all the competitors and everyone involved. We're sure it's going to be a week to remember!'

Ramsgate Week has been running a successful formula for over 100 years and has bucked the trend of other regattas by retaining competitors from all over England and the near Europe and have included French man Jean-Marc Devos from Gravelines as part of its committee. The new Chairman of Ramsgate Week Karen Cox says that she hopes to build on her predecessors success and take the event to new strengths. The Early Bird discount is now available for everyone entering before the end of May.

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* From Jamie Leopold:

Regarding the matter of Iker Martinez in EuroSail News # 4286, it seems to me that deliberately modifying a one design boat in breach of class rules, and bringing it to a prestigious regatta is not only a breach of good sportsmanship, it is an obvious attempt to cheat, and had the modifications not been caught when measuring the boat in, Mr. Martinez's would have almost certainly sailed in the regatta.

It's a shame that a very serious intent to cheat apparently can't be punished…If Mr. Martinez were to receive an appropriately long suspension (say 1-2 years) from competing at World Sailing events, it would serve as a very serious deterrent to Martinez and others who would even consider cheating in the future.

It is my firm opinion that cheaters should be banned from the race course!

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The Last Word
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law." -- Douglas Hofstadter

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In This Issue
• 18ft Skiffs 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship, Race 2
• Drone magic clinches YJA Young Blogger award
• A long way from Tokio - Elvstrom Sails
• New "Hybrid Pursuit" Course in the Works at SCRW
• St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
• Team Athena Racing - inaugural recipients of the Ian Atkins Keelboat Award
• An Evening with Dick Carter at Annapolis YC
• Sydney Harbour Regatta
• A Class Catamaran wins Concours d'Elegance
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Tim Minchin

18ft Skiffs 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship, Race 2
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Defending champion Honda Marine won its second race of the Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship today, after another eventful day of racing on Sydney Harbour.

After trailing Winning Group (John Winning Jr.) for half the NE course, Honda Marine (David McDiarmid, Matt Steven, Brad Collins) grabbed the lead when the Winning Group spinnaker was torn, in an incident with a yacht, and the skiff had to retire from the race.

Once in the lead, Honda Marine held a handy lead over the fleet and looked set for a good win, but Appliancesonline.com.au (Brett Van Munster, Phil Marshall, Kurt Fatouris) put in a wonderful last lap of the course to finish just 10s behind Honda Marine in a great finish for the large spectator fleet.

After a dramatic pre-race incident, Smeg (Michael Coxon, Mike McKensey, Ricky Bridge) finished third, 1m20s behind Appliancesonline.

Australian champion Asko Appliances (James Dorron) came in fourth after being well back in the fleet on the first lap of the NE course.

With protests pending from Race 1 of the championship, and another one today by Winning Group requesting redress, the pointscore won't become realistic until after tomorrow's hearing.

With so much depending on the protest hearings tomorrow, then Tuesday's two races over windward-and return courses, there could be a dramatic change in the championship points.

Race dates for the remainder of the championship are:
Tuesday - March 5
Wednesday - March 6
Thursday - March 7
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV
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Drone magic clinches YJA Young Blogger award
James Tomlinson, 19, is the latest Yachting Journalists' Association (YJA) Young Blogger of the Year for his swish drone footage from last season.

James, a first year at Solent University where he's studying Yacht Design and Production, edited drone shots to music from three projects, including a blast on a racing maxi and a holiday in the fjords.

This is the second year of the YJA's Young Blogger award, and Digby Fox, Vice-Chairman of the YJA, said: "We really liked James's use of DJI drones. He's on the money because drones are making such a difference to the coverage of sailing. That three-quarter angle down is made for our sport."

As the top marine media professionals' network, recognised worldwide, the YJA is opening its doors, plus valuable media contacts, to the next generation. "If you're under 21," said Digby, "have a think about sending us an entry this season. It can be in any media or format - print, online, written, visual, podcast, GoPro onboard, you name it - just share your passion. We'll give shortlisted entries a 2020 photo ID Press Card for free access to boat shows, plus a vote on the YJA Yachtsman and Young Sailor of the Year awards."

Send entries by the end of December to bloggercomp [AT] yja [DOT] world Find out more on the YJA site: www.yja.world

A long way from Tokio - Elvstrom Sails
Chris Dickson was actually there first, with a huge sacrificial leech on the 'upwind spinnaker' used by his 1993 Whitbread entry Tokio*. But Paul Cayard's EF Language team developed it into the modern Code Zero...

For 20 years Elvstrøm Sails has been steadily refining its ideas for Code Zero development alongside the advances in design and fabrication. Most recently, Elvstrøm Sails' EPEX Technology of precisely matching film and fibre has been particularly useful for engineering these sails due to their complex shapes and load characteristics. In fact, it is this technology that has enabled the development of the cable-free code sail, where the cable is replaced by load-bearing fibre passes in the luff section. This has been vitally important in Elvstrøm Sails' clever way of working around the restrictions on minimum mid-girth dimensions imposed by the rating rule authorities, who seek to define these sails as spinnakers. For IRC this is 75 per cent and DH in Denmark at 65 per cent, which makes it difficult to have an effective flying shape for a sail this big without having too much roach on the leech. [ORC rates these sails in a separate category, calling them headsails set flying, where there is a more flexible 55 per cent mid-girth minimum.]

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

New "Hybrid Pursuit" Course in the Works at Sperry Charleston Race Week
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There has been much discussion over the years regarding the offshore race courses at SCRW. Many former offshore boats have been choosing to race in the Pursuit class versus the offshore circles. This could be due to a variety of reasons - a later start time; a more flexible course; and an earlier finish time in the harbor, convenient to the regatta headquarters at Charleston Harbor Resort & Marina.

To accommodate the suggestions and desires of offshore boats, the regatta organizers have created another pursuit course called "Hybrid Pursuit." This course will replace offshore Circle Five and be open to racer/cruisers using ORC and One Design. The new course will provide up to three individual races per day as conditions allow. The first race will be a pursuit race starting at the pursuit course starting line (inshore) and finishing out in the ocean where a windward/leeward course will be set up for race number two. Race number three will be a race back into the harbor, finishing at the pursuit finish line, in close proximity to the regatta headquarters. (Sample course diagram below.)

The organizers are looking to have the new format be one continuous race with a scoring gate at the end of each leg, for fairness, while still getting in three races. The race committee will manage the course lengths to allow for a 1600 pm finish. The Pursuit Course for 2019 will be less complicated than in the past (PHRF only with fewer marks), getting back to its original intention of being fun and more racer-friendly for cruisers, novices and boats with non-spinnakers.

This new class/format also brings questions about the number of crew and crew weights. As in the past, the Pursuit Course will not limit crew, as this course is designed to be a fun race for boats that might not normally compete at Race Week (see NOR 4.2). However, the "hybrid course," due to its competitive nature, will have crew restrictions per your ORC certificate's calculated default, and you will need RC/OA for approval and recording. Entries not using their default crew weight shown on their ORC certificate may declare a different crew weight that is +/- 25% of the default weight figure. This must be shown on your valid 2019 ORC certificate. Contact the US Sailing Offshore office to renew or amend your ORC certificate with this or any other new information: offshore [AT] ussailing [DOT] org.

The new "Pursuit Hybrid ORC/One Design" class has been created on the Sperry Charleston Race Week Event Page in Yacht Scoring, and many boats have already been moved over to it. For input or questions about the new class, please don't hesitate to send a note to info [AT] charlestonraceweek [DOT] com, because organizers listen to what competitors have to say! The regatta is tweaked each year to make sure it continues to live up to its great reputation for epic fun and competitive racing!

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St. Maarten Heineken Regatta
It's been four days of awesome sailing, leaving competitors with unforgettable memories of sparkling azure blue seas, sandy white beaches and windswept ragged rocks. The St. Maarten Heineken Regatta delivered on its promise of four days of serious sailing, with upwind legs dousing the crews hiking on the rails with warm water from the waves breaking over them. Spectacular champagne sailing with roller coaster downwind legs, with a myriad of colourful spinnaker kites flying in the trade winds.

For the final day's racing of the 39th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, Race Director Paul Miller and his team devised a format that would create a wall of sails as the boats streamed downwind to the Heineken finish mark. Using two different start areas, the slower boats set off first, with all the boats sailing to the same first windward mark, before heading different course lengths along the south coast and for the faster, classes, up the east coast of St. Maarten, then turning back past Pelikan Rocks on a long spinnaker leg to the finish. "We've set courses of differing lengths, which will get as many boats as possible spinnaker sailing together back towards the finish, creating an amazing and memorable visual image of boats heading back towards the airport and bridge," said Paul Miller.

For many classes, this final race would prove crucial to the overall results. For some, their results had already ensured a place on the podium. With the 15-18 knot trade winds, nearly all the boats chose to close tack up the shore, with the shifting wind and choppy seas approaching the famous Pointe Blanche, providing plenty of opportunities to win or lose places.

For the Inshore Class, sailing in the lagoon in Jeanneau 20's it was Miss Guided who won overall, with Budget Marine in second place and Kidz at Sea third. Miss Guided was helmed by Rien Korteknie, a competitor who has sailed in 38 of the 39 St. Maarten Heineken Regattas, along with crew members Ferdi who has only been sailing for four days and team mate Prince. Prince said, "We like sailing with Rien but we are bad losers so we push it hard to win."

In the Offshore Multihull class, famous catamaran Tryst, helmed by Bernard Stoutenbeek, won with a clean sweep of first places. This is spectacular form for a boat which has been wrecked and rebuilt seven times after hurricanes.

In the Island Time Class, there was a surprise win in today's race by Dobro Dani, the cruising boat which is half way on her route from Croatia to Vancouver. Overall the class results were Avocation in first, Altair second and Cloe Dos third.

In the Offshore Mulithull fleet, it was Team Brasil who got a first today, with Ineffable second and R-Six third - reflecting exactly the same order for the overall results. In Offshore Multihull 2 class, Spellbound won today's race, with Arbuzov second and Sweet Spot third. This was also the final order overall for this fleet.

In Bareboat Class 1 fleet, Dutch team Semper Pro Grediens took second place, but this was enough to put them in the lead overall, with Marinero Sailing School Ukraine in second and Russian Federation crewed Lascaris third.

All results are posted on www.heinekenregatta.com

Team Athena Racing - inaugural recipients of the Ian Atkins Keelboat Award
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The John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST), the charity set up in memory of 1996 Olympic Silver medallist John Merricks is delighted to announce the first recipients of the Ian Atkins Keelboat Award - Team Athena Racing.

Comprising 4 team members: Octavia Owen (Skipper), Hebe Hemming (Main Trimmer), Emma Wrixon (Jib Trimmer), Vicky Cowan (Bow), Team Athena is a British all girls Match Racing team, aged 19-22. Currently 14th in the Women's world rankings the team have an intensive schedule planned for 2019 including:

Nations Cup - 9-14th April 2019 (San Francisco)
EUROSAF Women's Match Racing - 20-23rd June 2019 (Italy)
EUROSAF Youth Match Racing 2019 - 3-6th July (Italy)
Governor's Cup - 15th- 20th July 2019 (San Francisco)
Women's Match Racing Worlds - 5-10th August 2019 (Lysekil, Sweden)
Harken Youth International Match Racing Championships - 20-24th November

Their major goals are to move into the top 8 in the rankings and finish in the top 3 in both the WIM series and the Women's Match Racing World Championships

The award has been sponsored by the owners of the businesses that Ian ran for many years (including the boat sales websites boats.com and YachtWorld) and who wished to recognise his extraordinary career, on his retirement after over 40 years in the marine industry. Ian is well known as an enthusiastic, active, keelboat sailor with an outstanding record of success in yachting both at home and abroad.

The award is open to any sailor or sailors, under 25 years old, who require funding to help them transition from dinghies to keelboats. The award will be a bursary of up to £5000 to be awarded to the sailor(s) who most impress the awards panel consisting of Ian Atkins and the JMST Trustees.

An Evening with Dick Carter at Annapolis YC
Annapolis Yacht Club has just arranged for famed offshore yacht designer Dick Carter to visit on Sunday, March 17 and give a presentation on some of the great boats he designed and sailed in the 1960's and 1970's. His breakthrough design was his 34-footer RABBIT, which won the 1964 Fastnet Race, and five years later his design RED ROOSTER won the Fastnet as well.

Carter designs also won the One Ton Cup five times in seven years beginning in 1966 with the Annapolis Yacht Club entry TINA. FRIGATE, YDRA, WAIANIWA and many others were all successful Carter racing designs. His success on the race course translated into several popular production designs as well, and in Italy his early designs are revered and lovingly restored as classics from the IOR era.

Dick is promoting his new book "Dick Carter, Yacht Designer: In the Golden Age of Offshore Racing," a chronicle of his life in sailing, design and the era of racing in the 1960's thru 1980's.

There will be a one hour reception beginning at 5:00 pm with appetizers and a cash bar followed by his presentation at 6:00 pm which will be approximately one hour in length. Question and answer session to follow.

The event will be held in the Skipjack and there will be no charge for this special opportunity. However, reservations will be required as attendance will be limited to the Skipjack. Please make reservations now by calling the AYC Front Desk at 410-263-9279.

Sydney Harbour Regatta
Winners were crowned on the final day of the Sydney Harbour Regatta, conducted by Middle Harbour Yacht (MHYC), over three days for the Sydney 38s and the weekend for all other classes.

This is the 14th running of the regatta for MHYC, which is in the throes of celebrating 80 years. All competitors were flying Clean Up Australia flags from the backstays in support of the 30th Clean Up Sydney Harbour today. The late Ian Kiernan AO, who would be thrilled to see his legacy continuing to grow.

The Jackal new J70 NSW champion
Jervis Tilly has won his first sailing title as a skipper, sailing The Jackal to a four-point win over the ever-competitive Juno, owned by Reg Lord.

Chris Way all the way in last race to claim Super 12s spoils
Chris Way, renowned for his various boats named 'Easy Tiger', won the Super 12s on countback with his MC38, Easy Tiger VI. It was Way all the way in the final race, which nailed the top spot for him after three boats came into the final day within a point of each other.

Adrian Walters' Rob Shaw 11 Meter, Little Nico, finished second overall on equal points with Easy Tiger VI, finishing ahead of three other MC38s.

Adams 10 NSW Championship goes to Powderhulk
Despite not being able to maintain a top performance in the past, according to Powderhulk's owner, Patrick Delany, he has defied his own statement and sailed Powderhulk to a NSW Championship win in the Adam's 10. Delany beat nearest rival, Backchat (sailed by gun offshore racer Tom Braidwood) by two points. Delany and Braidwood won two races apiece, but Delany, from MHYC, was the more consistent of the two.

NSW Cavalier 28 Championship goes to Scuttlebutt
Greg Purcell has won the Cavalier Championship over John MacLeod's Quambi by three points. Purcell said the racing was, as always, competitive.

Olympian wins Yngling NSW title
Triple Olympian Karyn Gojnich and her Evie crew have won the NSW Yngling title from Hamish Jarrett and his Miss Pibb. Jarrett has been the benchmark in the class in recent years, and Gojnich, who has represented Australia at the Games in the 470 and Yngling classes, did well to finish a clear six points ahead, counting a trio of wins and second places in her tally.

The 2019 Sydney Harbour Regatta included five Championship events - the Yoti Sydney 38 Australian Championship and NSW championships for the Adams 10, J70, Cavalier 28 and Yngling classes - not to mention all the other usual classes.

Ophir tops the Super 30 class by one and a half points
Sailing his Flying Tiger Ophir with wife, Sonia, and two daughters (21 year-old Dana a 470 sailor) and Jessica (an 18 year-old match racing sailor) Bruce Tavener has skated home to claim the Super 30 class by just 1.5 points from Matt Wilkinson's fast finishing Farr 30, Foreign Affair. -- Di Pearson

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A Class Catamaran wins Concours d'Elegance
The 2019 Concours d'Elegance at the RYA Dinghy Show 2019 has been awarded to Pete Jary's foiling A Class Catamaran.

The boat combined stunning looks, super high-tech features, great graphics and no small measure of humour.

Runner-up was Ben Archer's Merlin Rocket 'One Love' which is on display in the Palm Court of Alexandra Palace, complete with carbon decks and a black matt finish on the hull, a stunning example of a class which is renowned for some beautiful designs.

The combination of new paint and vinyl wraps has brought an extra dimension to many boats, with sailors really utilising the technology to good effect.

With new finishes and colour schemes for deck grips which felt velvety and really caught the eye.

Other classes worthy of special commendation were the International Canoe, Osprey, Challenger, Flying Mantis, Solo, OK and Firefly.

Of particular note was the Scorpion 'Tallulah' with superb mainsail graphic, but sadly the boat hadn't hit the water yet, so was ineligible for the Concours trophy.

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The Last Word
I hear the tolling of the bell. And it has a Pellian knell. -- Tim Minchin

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In This Issue
• Defender and Challenger Of Record progress AC36 planning
• America's Cup: AC75 - there's more to the rig than meets the eye
• Double Luff Mainsail - a 1926 Invention
• South Seas Legend - Transpac-Tahiti Race
• Royal Torbay Yacht Club Crowned 2019 Club Of The Year
• Entries up by 10% for O'Leary Life Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale
• 92nd Edition Of The Bacardi Cup
• Farr 40's 20th Australian season pinnacle this weekend
• 2019 RYA Dinghy Show Inspires A New Generation Of Sailors
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Defender and Challenger Of Record progress AC36 planning
The plans for the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada are progressing, with clearer guidelines now set for the future.

Following on from meetings held in Auckland last week between the Defender and Challenger of Record, an agreement has been reached to resolve a series of issues in the best interest of the event.

Patrizio Bertelli, CEO of the Prada Group and Chairman of the Challenger of Record met with the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, in Auckland and an agreement was reached to resolve a number of pending issues, some of which were already before the Arbitration Panel.

Together they have agreed all current outstanding issues including a mutually agreed settlement to the America's Cup Arbitration case filed on the 12th of February 2019 regarding the dispute on the validity of late entries. Under the settlement agreement an amendment to the Protocol allowing the deferred payment of the late entry fee has been agreed and the validity of the three late entry challenges accepted.

The settlement therefore clears the way for the Defender and Challenger of Record to continue to work progressively on planning the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada as well as all associated events between now and the end of the event in March 2021.

Mr Bertelli and Grant Dalton also met with the Hon David Parker and Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff to discuss the plans for the event and presented Mr. Bertelli's vision for the America's Cup village which were well received, details of which will be released in due course.

Download Amendment 03 to the Protocol of the 36th America's Cup

www.americascup.com

America's Cup: AC75 - there's more to the rig than meets the eye
Emirates Team New Zealand sail designer, Burns Fallow says adapting the two skinned mainsail concept to the new class rule for the AC75 foiling monohull came during a 20-minute brainstorming session held a month after the America's Cup win in Bermuda.

"The general concept of double skinned mainsails in the AC-75 style was invented there," he claims. "Hopefully it will prove to be practical and fit for purpose. I would love to see it trickle down, into uses outside the America's Cup, because it was an exciting thing to be part of after being in the industry for 30 years. But I don't think the take up outside of the AC75 will be immediate."

A long time designer with North Sails, Fallow is back with the America's Cup champions, after it was decided that the AC50's used in the 2017 America's Cup would have one design rigs, meaning sail designers were excused.

Stepping back into the team after a four-year absence has been something of a revelation.

"One of the things that was very apparent when I came back into the team, having not been in the last one [2017 America's Cup] was how much trust there is in the modelling. That was a huge advance from 2013 to 2017.

Richard Gladwell's interview with Burns Fallow in Sail-World.com: www.sail-world.com

Double Luff Mainsail - a 1926 Invention
Burns Fallow, ETNZ's sail designer spoke recently with Sail-World's Richard Gladwell about the double luff mainsail for the AC75.

This will be a super interesting part of the AC75 design challenge. The control systems for the mainsail may be as complex as those for the foils - the top four meters can contain systems for controlling twist.

Fallow estimates that the double luff main will generate about 20% less lift than an AC72 wing, but about 20% more than a conventional soft sail. At high speed, reducing parasitic drag may be more important than generating lift. Of course, you need a certain amount of lift to generate the speed to get up on the foils.

Fallow says that the concept of the double luff mainsail came out of a 20 minute brainstorming session. "The general concept of double skinned mainsails in the AC-75 style was invented there," he said. Actually, it seems that L.Francis Herreshoff invented the double skinned mainsail on a rotating D-spar over 90 years earlier.

In his patent, Herreshoff describes joining the leeches of the two skins, but the AC75 Class Rule does not specify whether the two skins are attached to each other. It does not even specify whether they need to be the same size. In fact, the rule allows any number of sail skins, but it's hard to imagine anyone having more than two. Battens may be connected to battens on the other sail skin, but there are some restrictions about where those connections may be rigid and where they must only be tethers.

Jack Griffin in CupExperience.com: club.cupexperience.com

South Seas Legend - Transpac-Tahiti Race
The biannual Transpac too short for you, then why not try the Transpac Tahiti which is more than half as long again. Of course you can always do both, like ocean racing veteran John Jordane…

Few of us have not dreamed about crossing clear blue seas and azure skies to arrive in an archipelago of sandy tropical islands and quiet lagoons framed by forests of palm trees. For three centuries this lure of the South Pacific has captured the imaginations of many generations of westerners who have come to regard this as the very definition of paradise.

It was in 1925 the Transpacific Yacht Club first harnessed this allure to organise a race a bit longer than their biennial 2,225-mile race to Hawaii: a 3700-mile race to Tahiti from San Francisco. With a start of only four entries, this bold adventure race nonetheless marked the start of what has been an enduring tradition among oceanic sailors to challenge themselves in long races to paradise.

Even though the start has since moved to Los Angeles and cut down the number of days getting off the cold coast and into the warm trade winds, the race is still run by TPYC at irregular intervals until the demand builds up to hold another. Regardless, the timing and logistics for this race are demanding, and over its entire history only 76 yachts have ever entered this race.

Full article in the March issue of Seahorse

Royal Torbay Yacht Club Crowned 2019 Club Of The Year
Royal Torbay Yacht Club (RTYC) have been named as winners of the 2019 RYA and Yachts & Yachting Club of the Year Award supported by Gallagher.

The club was one of 11 finalists selected by the RYA Awards Panel and ultimately crowned by the public vote. The coveted trophy was presented by British Sailing Team sailor, James Peters today at the RYA Dinghy Show.

Acknowledged for their achievement in embracing modern facility development, the club were also awarded the 'Fantastic Facilities' recognition.

The South West club has worked hard over the years to have a broad and extensive offer for its members. From the RYA OnBoard programme, to hosting several major sailing events each year and more recently the launch of 'Squadron 13', a pay and play initiative for 08-18 year-olds, the club has been creative in keeping members engaged.

Over the past two years, RTYC volunteers have undertaken a programme of modernisation to make their grand and historic clubhouse a more welcoming, appealing and friendly place for the whole community.

The renovations and relaunch of the club to the local community, a successful RYA Push the Boat Out campaign, open days and improved communications has seen increased engagement within their current membership and an influx of new members.

www.rya.org.uk/cluboftheyear

Entries up by 10% for O'Leary Life Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale
With almost four months remaining to the start of racing, the fleet entered for the O'Leary Life Sovereign's Cup regatta already stands at more than 50 boats, an increase of 10 per cent compared to this time in 2017.

Organisers at Kinsale Yacht Club have confirmed that overseas entries have been received from the UK and The Netherlands as well as from all around the Irish coast.

Contingency planning has started to accommodate a 100-plus boat fleet with at least 600 crew-members expected while visiting family and friends should boost the attendance to 1,000 people each evening of the four-day event.

The biennial regatta aims to showcase Kinsale as the gateway to the West Cork region by combining spectacular and unspoilt natural race courses afloat with world-class hospitality and entertainment ashore.

The open waters around the Old Head of Kinsale offer numerous racing areas for the Irish Half-Ton Cup and Dragon National Championships while the 1720 Sportsboat fleet gather for their European title.

The resurgent growth in offshore racing means added demand for a coastal course and daily races of up to six hours in duration are planned for the bigger entries such as George Sisk's WOW! and Conor Doyle's Freya that will have scenic routes as far west as the Seven Heads and back to the Sovereigns located just off Oysterhaven Bay.

The O'Leary Life Sovereign's Cup Regatta organised by Kinsale Yacht Club will take place from Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th June 2019.

www.sovereignscup.com

92nd Edition Of The Bacardi Cup
Miami, Florida: A sunny and very hot South of Florida morning welcomed the 128 Star sailors at Coral Reef Yacht Club for the first day of the 92nd Bacardi Cup.

In 2018, the Bacardi Cup Organizing Committee extended an invitation beyond the Star Class, to embrace other high-profile one-design fleets, making the Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta one of the most attended spring sailing events. The J/70, Melges 24, Viper 640 and Flying Tiger 7.5 will begin their racing on Thursday, March 7th, but today it was all about the Star Class.

After the skippers briefing, the 64 teams headed to the Biscayne Bay race course for a 11:55 hours start. No surprise the fleet was eager to get going, with PRO Carl Shellbach giving two general recalls before Race 1 got underway. The black flag played its deterrent role and only three boats were over the line, among them Polish Olympic Gold and Star World Champion Mateusz Kusznierewicz, racing with World Champion crew Frithjof Kleen.

The upwind leg opened with a light breeze of 6/7 knots from ashore, with most of the fleet opting for what they predicted was the favorable left side. Letting the fleet know they have every intention of defending their 2018 title, Negri and Lambertenghi kept their lead in front of Augie Diaz/Bruno Prada, with Eric Doyle/Payson Infelise finishing in third. After starting strong, Eivind Melleby/Joshua Revkin could only hold onto an eighth place.

Tuesday another sailing day awaits the 64 teams for Race 2 of the 92nd Bacardi Cup, with an 11:55 starting sequence and more head to head battles set to unfold.

Top ten after one race:

1. Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi
2. Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada
3. Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise
4. John Dane III / Tim Ray
5. Lars Grael / Samuel Freitas Moraes Goncalves
6. Allan Terhune, Jr. / Arnis Baltins
7. Vasyl Gureyev / Shafranyuk Andrey
8. Eivind Melleby / Joshua Revkin
9. Marcelo Fuchs / Pedro Trouche
10. Stefan Lehnert / Kushnit Vitalii

Full results in YachtScoring.com

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Farr 40's 20th Australian season pinnacle this weekend
The Australian Farr 40 class will cap off its 20th successful season at the annual pinnacle event, traditionally held at the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron to the north of one of the city's most famous landmarks, the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Tom and Alan Quick's Cruising Yacht Club of Australia based Outlaw is the hot favourite to take out their first Farr 40 Australian Open Series National Championship: John Calvert-Jones Trophy, having won four from five pointscore regattas across the season which saw the fleet travel between Sydney Harbour (MHYC OD regatta video), Pittwater (Pittwater OD video) and Newcastle.

Racing over three days, March 8 – 10, daily from 11am, the fleet of nine will spend Friday and Sunday inside Sydney Harbour and Saturday offshore on either the Macquarie or Manly circle. A mixed format offers a range of conditions with private and commercial traffic and chop inshore and typically lumpy swell offshore that makes hanging onto the Farr 40s downwind all-the-more challenging for the owner/driver.

Outlaw's convincing result at the Farr 40 NSW State Title and across the summer puts them in the box seat among the full Corinthian fleet. Behind them are a raft of crews who, on their day, are all capable of a bullet and a piece of the trophy action.

Nine entries are confirmed for the 2019 title, named in honour of Australia's first Farr 40 world champion John Calvert-Jones: Edake, Exile, Forty, Double Black, Nutcracker, Good Form, Solymar, Zen and Outlaw. RSYS principal race officer Rod Ridley and his team will conduct up to four races daily.

The long-range outlook shows temperatures in the high twenties and 15 knot nor'easters both Friday and Saturday afternoons and a 10 knot south to south-easterly on Sunday.

www.farr40.asn.au

2019 RYA Dinghy Show Inspires A New Generation Of Sailors
This weekend (02-03 March), saw the RYA Dinghy Show in association with Yachts & Yachting and Suzuki return to Alexandra Palace for two full days of everything dinghy.

The only show in the world dedicated to dinghy sailing did not disappoint, as nearly 8,500 sailors and dinghy enthusiasts gathered under one roof to share knowledge, the latest innovations and to get kitted out for the season ahead.

Successfully reaching a new audience and generation of sailors, one quarter of this year's audience were aged 15 years or under, with many youngsters enjoying the interactive features in Panorama Hall and the Treasure Hunt.

An opportunity for the dinghy sailing community to come together, the annual show features hundreds of boats, expert speakers, sailing brands, clubs, class associations and more.

The weekend also saw several prizes and awards presented, showcasing the fantastic achievement of many deserved winners. Royal Torbay Yacht Club were crowned Club of the Year, seven clubs were presented with coveted British Youth Sailing (BYS) Recognised Club status and 11 talented youngsters were recognised in the RYA Regional Youth Champion Awards.

The Concours d'Elegance was awarded to Pete Jary's foiling A Class Catamaran, and Newcastle University Sailing and Yachting Club were declared the overall winner of the University Sailing Sustainability Challenge.

The RYA Dinghy Show will be back next year, for more information visit www.dinghyshow.org.uk or follow us on Facebook facebook.com/ryadinghyshow or on Twitter @dinghyshow.

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In This Issue
• 18ft Skiffs 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship
• Horses for Courses
• Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Deputy Chief Executive
• Unexpected Day Off at 92nd Bacardi Cup
• Dept. of Homeland Security: Your Old GPS Might Not Work After April 6
• How to improve the racing sailor's regatta experience
• Pleasure vessels visiting Belgium 2019 to pay 100% duty on Red Diesel
• Clipper Race Skipper wins YJA Yachtsman of the Year
• MS Amlin Yacht announced as title sponsor of the YJA Yachting Awards 2019
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Garth Greenwell

18ft Skiffs 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship
Sydney Harbour: With a lack of wind at the scheduled race start time, and the prediction of more wind due later in the afternoon, race officials decided to hold the teams on shore until a firm decision could be made about the day's racing on Sydney Harbour.

When the first wind from the south came in around 2pm the decision was made by the race officials and the race got underway one-and-a-half-hours after the scheduled time.

Following a race which could best be described as 'being in the right place at the right time' the Honda Marine team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins crossed the finish line 1m17s ahead of Smeg, to score their third win of the regatta.

Due to the conditions, race officials decided not to sail the second race, and a decision on when it will be sailed will be made tomorrow.

The Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship
Race dates for the remainder of the championship are:
Thursday - March 7
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV
www.18footers.com.au/18-footers-sailing/18-footers-tv/

The live streaming coverage features pre-race interviews, which go to air at 2.15pm.

The full race coverage of each race commences at 2.30pm, and features a variety of 18ft Skiff greats as guest commentators. Tomorrow's guest commentator is Chris Nicholson.

A full replay of each race is also shown at the same address. -- Frank Quealey

Top five after five races:
1. Honda Marine - David Mcdiarmid, Matthew Steven, Brad Collins
2. Smeg - Michael Coxon, Mike Mckensey, Ricky Bridge
3. Winning Group - John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton
4. Asko Appliances - James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas
5. Bing Lee - Micah Lane, Peter Harris, Scott Babbage

www.18footers.com

Horses for Courses
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Antigua Sailing Week (ASW) Race Manager Lorna Saunders runs through the key changes to racing at the 2019 edition of ASW, including two new classes, four new racing marks, plus information about ASW Minimum Safety Rules. The new classes will be Double Handed and the High Performance Class. The new marks will facilitate longer leg coastal courses and improve options for windward leeward legs for all classes.

Windward Course
The start line for Windward will be further offshore than in previous years by about 200 metres. As yachts tend to start on starboard and head inshore for lifting pressure, it will give the increasingly larger boats more sea room on their first beat. A new leeward mark, 0.60nm from Blacks Point (Lee), will allow the Race Committee to set a square run. A new windward mark, 0.15nm from Nanton Point (Nanton), will provide a third choice for a square beat. For coastal courses, a new mark 1.02nm from Friars Head (Friars), will allow courses of up to 16.50 nautical miles.

Rendezvous Course
A new mark, 2nm from Ffryes Point (Jolly), will allow coastal courses of up to 26 nautical miles. There will be 24 course options so that the length of races can be chosen to suit different classes. Typically, races will be shorter legs than the Windward Courses, where boat handling will be key to performance. For faster yachts, legs of over five miles are possible, with shorter distances for smaller yachts. Some of the new courses have been designed with laps and gates so that they can be shortened if necessary.

All classes switch between the two course areas. The first warning signal for both courses will not be before 10:00 am, and it is intended that the majority of the classes will be out racing for 3-4 hours, and around 2 hours for Club Class. The new marks and courses will provide improved options to get everyone back to Antigua to enjoy the fun ashore.

Two-to-Tango and the Ocean Greyhounds
New classes for Antigua Sailing Week have been launched this year. 2019 is all about raising the awareness of the new elements to the regatta and establishing them for 2020. The new classes for this year are Double Handed and the High Performance Class, which will have courses combining coastal races with round the cans. There will be a maximum of two races a day.

Double Handed racing has become a very popular form of racing throughout the world, from couples who like to race together without the additional expense of a full crew, right through the high-performance classes such as Figaro and Class40. They will be doing a mix of coastal courses and round-the-cans courses. The High Performance Class courses are designed for ocean-going yachts that want longer courses. With a longer first beat, more tactics will come into play and with longer legs off the breeze the chance to set downwind sails and enjoy the thrill of racing at top speed will be exhilarating. This year a number of entries will suit these types of courses and with the new marks, Antigua Sailing Week will provide fantastic racing.

www.sailingweek.com

The third annual Antigua to Bermuda Race starts May 8, 2019. For more information visit www.antiguabermuda.com

Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Deputy Chief Executive
The Academy is creating a new role of Deputy Chief Executive in recognition of the continued growth in activity and the desire to deliver high quality and cost effective services. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent leadership skills in a complex multi activity environment involving several teams of staff.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a high performing team in a dynamic and constantly changing environment where excellence and high standards are the norm.

Purpose
- To provide support to and act as the CEO's deputy
- To ensure the Academy has a qualified, experienced and motivated workforce
- To lead on operational procedures and quality standards
- To ensure the successful delivery of WPNSA events
- To manage the business administration and operating budgets optimising efficiencies and income generation
- To manage the facilities portfolio

Application
The WPNSA actively promotes diversity in its workforce and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. If you would like to join the Academy and feel you have the relevant skills and experience, please email Peter Allam, CEO, at peter [DOT] allam [AT] wpnsa [DOT] org [DOT] uk for further details, including Job Description and Person Specification. If you would like to have an informal discussion regarding the role, please provide a contact number when responding by email.

The closing date for applications is 29th March 2019 and short listed candidates should be available for interview on 23rd April 2019.

wpnsa.org.uk

Unexpected Day Off at 92nd Bacardi Cup
Despite the weather forecast predicting the day's outcome, this morning everyone was still hoping a light wind race would be achievable. But, with no breeze and nothing forecast, the Race Committee called it a day at around 11:30 and hoisted AP over A at Coral Reef Yacht Club.

Dept. of Homeland Security: Your Old GPS Might Not Work After April 6
If you're cruising anywhere on or after April 6, you might want to check your GPS, particularly if it's an older one. It might not be working.

The problem is what is called a Global Positioning System Week Rollover Event on April 6. If your GPS is not designed to handle the rollover, it might revert to an earlier year, in which case it would not be able to calculate your position accurately. This situation should not appear with relatively new GPS devices, but it could appear in older models.

The issue is severe enough that the Department of Homeland Security recently issued a warning about it. Here's what DHS had to say: "GPS devices with a poorly implemented GPS Time-to-UTC conversion algorithm may provide incorrect UTC following a week number rollover. Additionally, some GPS devices that calculate the week number value from a device-specific date rather than the start of the current GPS Time Epoch may provide incorrect UTC at some other device-specific date."

Older devices may need an upgrade or a patch to work. DHS recommends that you contact the manufacturer of your GPS to make sure the proper updates have been installed.

cruisingodyssey.com

DHS document (PDF)

How to improve the racing sailor's regatta experience
US Sailing's Race Administration Committee has a new chairman, Randy Draftz, the Executive Director of Sperry Charleston Race Week. The members of this panel are the chairmen of committees that oversee various aspects of race administration, including race management, judges, umpires, racing rules, appeals and two new committees for measurers and classifiers. Draftz's enthusiasm and tireless effort have been the driving forces behind the growth of Sperry Charleston Race Week over the past few years. He considers his competitors to be customers, and his goal is to send them home raving about their experience.

Draftz is approaching his new position as chairman of US Sailing's Race Administration Committee with the same enthusiasm and effort. Soon after taking it on, he invited several members of his committee to join him for a daylong public brainstorming session in Charleston, South Carolina, in January. He called it "Best Practices of Race Management: What to do when the rules aren't enough and a decision has to be made."

He convened a 12-person panel, then invited racing sailors and anyone else interested in race management to attend.

Dick Rose's full article in Sailing World

Pleasure vessels visiting Belgium 2019 to pay 100% duty on Red Diesel
The Cruising Association (CA) Regulations and Technical Services Group (RATS) understands that Belgian authorities will continue with the agreement for UK pleasure vessels visiting Belgium that they still have to use our red diesel in the engine fuel tanks for propulsion, certainly for this year.

The conditions are the same as before, in that all diesel purchased prior to departure from the UK to Belgium, or other EU maritime States' marinas and ports, must pay the full 100% duty (and not any lower duty rate) on all the fuel and that it is recorded on the signed invoice for the purchase. This invoice must be on board the vessel (such as with the boats log) in the unlikely event any inspecting Customs official should wish to see it as proof of the duty payment.

The agreement was successfully used last year and, should there be any change to it by the Belgian authorities, they have promised the Regulations and Technical Services Group a guarantee that they will be informed of this in good time so that the Cruising Association can share the details with CA members and the wider sailing community.

This agreement will carry forward throughout the 2019 sailing season. For peace of mind, and if owners have any concerns about making a trip, they can ring the staff of the first marina they are calling at to confirm they will have no problem with their visit.

For more information and help, cruising sailors can join the Cruising Association today and benefit from its unique knowledge base and information resources together with the unrivalled expertise of its RATS Committee members here: www.theca.org.uk/join

Clipper Race Skipper wins YJA Yachtsman of the Year
Clipper 2017-18 Race Skipper Nikki Henderson has been awarded the prestigious Yachting Journalists' Association (YJA) Yachtsman of the Year Award after making history when, at 24, she became the youngest ever skipper to compete in the biggest round the world yacht race.

The award, which was presented jointly to the 25 year old, and Tracy Edwards MBE for her work with Maiden, during a ceremony in London.

The accolade also marked Nikki's performance achievements during the 2017-18 edition where she led her Visit Seattle team to second place, just four points behind Australian Wendy Tuck's Sanya Serenity Coast team, securing an all-female one-two on the podium.

The YJA award ceremony also celebrated the achievements of Clipper Race Co-Founder and Chairman, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who will reach two significant milestones over the next month; his 80th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his Sunday Times Golden Globe Race achievement. Speaking about Nikki during the last edition of the race, he said: "One of her strengths is her leadership. She built a happy and cohesive team and made these 50 people, men and women of all ages and from different nations from around the world, buy into her team ethos "sailing with style'. It takes a special kind of person to be a Clipper Race Skipper – part teacher, counsellor and sports coach and so to lead her team to second place (and it was a nail-biting finish) is an amazing achievement."

Over the 11 months of the race, Nikki led her team to three outright race victories and two second place finishes in 13 races. She was able to guide her novice crew safety around the world with little damage to the yacht despite surviving the roughest weather of the fleet through mountainous seas in the North Pacific crossing.

Previous YJA Yachtsman of the Year award winners include Clipper Race crew member Gavin Reid, a profoundly deaf sailor who was instrumental in the rescue of a non-Clipper Race crew off the coast of Australia during the 2015-16 edition and Co-Founder and Chairman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, who has won it four times.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

MS Amlin Yacht announced as title sponsor of the YJA Yachting Awards 2019
MS Amlin Yacht, the boat insurance specialists have agreed to become the title sponsor of the YJA Yachtsman of the Year, Young Sailor of the Year and Young Blogger of the Year awards 2019.

In a change to previous years, the 2019 Awards will be presented at a black tie gala dinner on Friday 13th September during the Southampton Boat Show, where members of the Yachting Journalists' Association will meet with a vast array of sailing talent and key figures from the marine industry to reward the most outstanding accomplishments during 2019.

As the original Yachtsman of the Year Award, first presented in 1955 to Eric Hiscock, for his achievement sailing around the world in Wanderer III, the award has been bestowed upon many UK sailing legends for all manner of feats undertaken on the water. With names such as Ben Ainslie, Ellen MacArthur, Robin Knox-Johnston, Dee Caffari and Alex Thompson engraved on its base, to win it is the highest recognition of sailing talent.

The Young Sailor of the Year is a more recent addition to the awards, starting in 1993. Handed out annually, several winners have gone on to win the Yachtsman award. This coupled with the Young Blogger of the Year, encourage future generations to get involved in sailing and to strive to reach ever greater heights in the world of sailing.

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* From James Dadd:

Interesting the idea that double luff mainsails are a new thing. The concept has been around for a long time and even IRC and before it CHS refers to the option in the rules on Rig Factor. Windsurfers and Moths have also been playing the game to an extent for years. Other rules limiting sail thickening and inflatable sails to control the development have been around for a long time. Having said that, it will be interesting to see what develops this time around with the wider range of options available to the engineers now provided with more funds to use on the topic. Rapid change of shape when going from displacement to foiling mode, and the rapid change in apparent wind angle is I think going to be the telling point for the much larger AC75 mainsails.

* From Laurence Mead :

There are plenty of innovative things in AC36 but double skin / double luff mainsails are certainly not one of them. The idea has been around for donkeys year and multiple sailmakers have made versions thereof. Freedom Yachts even bought to market a complete range of boats with freestanding rigs and wraparound, double skinned sails. Back in the day when I was a sailmaker, we made a windsurfing speed sail at Mead Sails which was single ply at the leech and split halfway across the cord length into two skins, which then came together, one either side of the mast in the luff pocket. Battens alternated one side to the other for stability. It was called Total Flow and designed to be a more user friendly, wing concept. That foiling keel is new, the mainsails not.

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In This Issue
• Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship, Races 6 & 7
• Biscayne Bay At Its Best
• Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy Deputy Chief Executive
• King George Lining Up For A Friendly Gallop
• No plan B for Thomas Ruyant
• Industry News
• Eight Bells: John Thackray
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Greg Iles

Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship, Races 6 & 7
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Sydney Harbour: The New Zealand 18ft Skiff teams ASCC and Honda Marine shared the honours with comfortable wins in Races 6 and 7 on Day 5 of the Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan Championship on Sydney Harbour today.

ASCC (Josh Porebski, Jack Simpson, Dave Hazard), the current NZ champion, easily won the first race of the day, then defending JJ Giltinan champion Honda Marine (David McDiarmid, Matthew Steven, Brad Collins) won the latter race.

With just two more races to be sailed in the championship over the weekend, Honda Marine has a net score of 10 points, and a discard of only 4 points, and holds a strong grip on the title.

Conditions were far from perfect as a light, shifting SE breeze, which faded a little over the day, made things difficult for all teams.

It was an impressive day’s sailing by the kiwis, who proved far too good for their Australian opponents.

Racing continues on Saturday with Race 8 and concludes on Sunday afternoon when the blue ribbon will be presented to the championship winner after Race 9. -- Frank Quealey

The Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship Race dates for the remainder of the championship are:
Saturday - March 9
Sunday - March 10

Top tive after seven races:
1. Honda Marine (David Mcdiarmid, Matthew Steven, Brad Collins), 10 points
2. Smeg (Michael Coxon, Mike Mckensey, Ricky Bridge), 19
3. Winning Group (John Winning Jr, Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton), 21
4. Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas), 27
5. Ascc (Josh Porebski, Jack Simpson, Dave Hazard), 30

Live streaming is available on 18FootersTV
www.18footers.com.au/18-footers-sailing/18-footers-tv/

Biscayne Bay At Its Best
It was one amazing sailing day in Biscayne Bay, with typical Miami winter conditions of strong breeze, sunshine and small chop. Racing doesn’t get better than this for the 165 teams racing at the Bacardi Invitational Regatta. Race day 1 got underway in the J/70, Melges 24, Viper 640 and Flying Tigers 7.5, with the Star Class enjoying race day 4.

Two races for the Star fleet, to make up for no racing on Tuesday. A grueling and challenging day as the Star Class racing here respects the original Bacardi format, used since its inception in 1927, of races legs that are at least 2 miles long, and last up to two hours. With so much depth in performance, there were plenty of lead changes today as the shifty breeze further out on the bay tested the best.

One bullet went to French Olympic bronze medalist and SSL President Xavier Rohart with his crew Pierre-Alexis Ponsot, whilst American sailing legend Paul Cayard and Olympic champion Magnus Liljedahl picked up the other win.

Three races were wrapped up for the J/70 fleet, who are making their second appearance at the Bacardi Invitational Regatta. Three different teams took the race win glory, and it won’t be an easy task to grab victory amongst such super competitive talent.

Sailing resumes Friday with a scheduled 1100 hours start for all fleets.

Top ten, Star class,after four races, no throwout:
1. Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise, USA, 12 points
2. Diego Negri / Sergio Lambertenghi, ITA, 21
3. Eivind Melleby / Joshua Revkin, NOR, 28
4. Xavier Rohart / Pierre Alexis Ponsot, FRA, 32
5. Augie Diaz / Bruno Prada, USA, 36
6. Paul Cayard / Magnus Liljedahl, USA, 38
7. Lars Grael / Samuel Freitas Moraes Goncalves, BRA, 41
8. Allan Terhune, Jr. / Arnis Baltins, USA, 41
9. Jack Jennings / John Von Schwartz, USA, 43
10. Marcelo Fuchs / Pedro Trouche, BRA, 45

Top five, J70
1. Carlo Alberini / Stefano Cherin / Jas Farneti / Marco Furlan, ITA, 9 points
2. Ryan McKillen / Jon Wallace / Mark Mendelblatt / Sam Loughboroguh, USA, 12
3. Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio / Alessandro Franci / Ettore Botticini / Luca Faravelli, MON, 14
4. Joel Ronning / Victor Diaz de Leon / Patrick Wilson / Chris Stoke, U SA, 17
5. Will Welles / Zeke Horowitz / Jake Doyle / Reed Baldridge, USA, 19

Full results of all classes on YachtScoring.com

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King George Lining Up For A Friendly Gallop
The King George Gallop is set to open a whole summer season of handicap competition in the Great British Sailing Challenge when the North London sailing club hosts its event on 16 & 17 March.

Last year the Gallop was launched as an eleventh-hour replacement for the Bloody Mary which couldn’t take place when water levels dropped low on the other side of London. King George Sailing Club received such great feedback from the sailors who took a punt on attending the new event that King George have decided to run it again, this time as a two-day regatta.

Following in the proven footsteps of multiclass handicap events like the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, The Tiger Trophy and the Datchet Flyer, the Saturday will be three back-to-back handicap races with Sunday concluding with a double-points Pursuit Race. The event is open to any monohull dinghy with an equal or faster handicap than a Topper 4.2. Fastest boat at last year’s Gallop was an International 14 sailed by Dan Holman and Graeme Oliver.

Future events: GBSC Calendar 2018/19
King George Gallop, King George Sailing Club - 16 & 17 March 2019
Weston Grand Slam - 20 & 21 April 2019
Derwent Dambuster, Derwent Reservoir Sailing Club - 11 & 12 May 2019
Wilsonian River Challenge, Wilsonian Sailing Club - 1 & 2 June 2019
Bala Long Distance, Bala Sailing Club - 22 & 23 June 2019
Mountbatten Centre, Plymouth - 8 to 10 August 2019
Ullswater Ultimate, Ullswater Yacht Club - 17 & 18 August 2019
Grand Finals, Rutland Water Sailing Club - 28 & 29 September 2019

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No plan B for Thomas Ruyant: “I will be there at the start of the 2020 Vendee Globe"
Early this week, Thomas Ruyant visited the Persico yard in Bergamo (Italy) to see how work was going on his future IMOCA, a Verdier designed boat that is due to be transferred to Lorient in June before she is launched in late July. At the same time, the skipper from the North of France continues to search for more or one headline partners to accompany him during his second attempt at the Vendee Globe

Winner of major events in Class40 (2010 Route du Rhum), in Figaro racing (2018 Transat AG2R with Adrien Hardy) and in Mini 6.50 races (2009 Mini Transat), Thomas is also very experienced in the IMOCA class and is developing a very strong project. He has a lot going for him. We met up with the skipper to find out more.

Last Monday, in the Persico yard, you saw for the first time the hull and deck of your future IMOCA. What were your impressions?
“Fantastic! We’ve been thinking about this boat with the designer Guillaume Verdier for a year. It was great to compare what she really looks like with what we saw in the designs months ago and to be able to share that with my team and the workers in the yard. I am not a specialist in composite materials, but I could see that the quality was remarkable. The level of expertise and technical know-how is extremely high and everything has gone to schedule. This visit confirmed that Persico leaves nothing to chance. Everything is perfectly clean and tidy in the yard and when you enter, it feels like a laboratory. That is very reassuring when you know what this boat will be going through. Persico is one of the best composite yards in the world, so it is logical that today they are building one of the world’s fastest monohulls!”

However, this yard has so far only ever built one IMOCA before - Pieter Heerema’s former No Way Back (which was later bought by Fabrice Amedeo)...
“That’s true, but they have made boats for the America’s Cup, the Volvo and big monohulls like the TP 52s. The expertise in this yard is well-known. They aren’t used to building round the world boats, but we asked them to work on a composite ‘box’ with deck and structure. For the rest, our team will take over.”

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Industry News
Musto, globally renowned for its high-performance sailing gear, has been named the Exclusive Official Technical Sailing Apparel Sponsor of Stars + Stripes, challenger for the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada. Co-founded by world champion sailors Mike Buckley and Taylor Canfield, Stars + Stripes' mission is to build an inclusive, authentic American team to win the America's Cup and inspire the next generation.

Building towards the competition's 2021 start date, the brand will be working closely with the team to develop best in class apparel that both meets and exceeds the demands of the best sailors in the world.

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Orolia is pleased to announce that its McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo Personal Location Beacons now operate with the Galileo GNSS system.

Continuing Orolia’s innovation and leadership role in Safety Electronics, the PLBs have been upgraded to include Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), the European Union's global satellite constellation.

These are the world’s first PLBs utilising the Galileo satellites’ capabilities and are the first of a series of new solutions coming from the EU-funded Helios project, led by Orolia, which has been set up to leverage the power of the new satellite system.

These multi-constellation receivers work with a wider range of satellites, offering increased global coverage and supporting accelerated rescue missions. Location detection is enhanced and can be more precise due to the beacons receiving coordinates from the Galileo satellite network in addition to the tried and tested GPS network. Signals can even be detected in high sided locations, such as canyons.

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The question over which organisation will acquire the long-term rights to manage one of industry’s premier boat shows remains open

The Anglo-Dutch business information and services company Relx PLC, owner of Reed Exhibitions, is pursuing its legal action against France’s Federation des Industries Nautiques (FIN) leaving the latter’s quest to take over the show still in doubt.

The long-running saga over who has the rights to own and manage the Cannes Boat Show is now heading into its third year of litigation. This follows Reed’s decision to lodge an appeal against the January 8th court ruling from the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris which awarded ownership and management rights of the show to FIN.

Reed did not accept the ruling which it claimed to be unenforceable and has now appealed against the decision to the Paris Cour de Appel for a further ruling on the dispute which could ultimately end up the Cour de Cassation (France’s supreme court of appeal) for a final resolution - a process which could take a further 12 to 18 months.

The action has already been through several conflict resolution sessions and court hearings since first raised in 2016, including an attempt at mediation by the mayor of Cannes. The legal costs both sides have incurred will have been considerable and when resolved will also involve compensatory damages for one side or the other.

The FIN’s last communication on the subject in January assumed that it had won the battle following the Tribunal’s ruling that Reed could no longer represent itself as the owners or managers of the show - overturning Reed’s assertion that it had a legal right to manage the show until 2041 based on its existing contract with FIN.

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Turkey’s two rival boat shows have drawn to close, leaving much speculation as to how the events will unfold next year.

The Tuzla Boat Show opened first and ran from February 16-25 at Via Port Marina in Istanbul, followed by the CNR Eurasia Boat Show from February 23 to 3 March at the CNR Exhibition Centre - both on opposite sides of the city.

Nearly 150 exhibitors were in attendance, with a high proportion of sailing yachts on display. Sailing schools were also among the exhibitors.

This was the Tuzla show’s second edition, meaning there was quite a learning curve. Snowy weather in Istanbul created a significant difference in indoor/outdoor temperature, creating high levels of humidity inside the mega structure. On the last day, several exhibitors left the hall saying that physical conditions were not good for the boats on display.

After the difficulties of the Tuzla show, the CNR Eurasia Boat Show made a strong impression on both visitors and exhibitors. The show took place in an 85,000sq m covered area.

This year the CNR Eurasia Boat Show added a new hall for camping and caravan companies, which attracted much interest. Yacht equipment firms were particularly pleased, as many also provide equipment for caravans. Nearly 250 companies joined the exhibition, including 40 camping and caravan firms. Attendance was said to be satisfying.

The common opinion is that two boat shows in Istanbul is not necessary in Turkey’s current economic climate. The shows have also divided the marine sector in the country and created tension within the industry.

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The Royal Torbay Yacht Club are pleased to announce that Darwin Escapes, one of the UK’s leading holiday park operators, has been appointed as headline sponsor for the J/70 2019 World Championship.

The Royal Torbay Yacht Club are pleased to announce that Darwin Escapes, one of the UK’s leading holiday park operators, has been appointed as headline sponsor for the J/70 2019 World Championships being held in Torquay August 29th to September 6th. The club has a long and distinguished history of hosting major international events and is looking forward to welcoming the J/70 class to Torquay.

The J/70 World Championships 2019 will bring elite racing sailors from around the world to the internationally renowned sailing destination of Torbay, on the English Riviera, where they can expect to enjoy a cordial welcome, first class racing and great hospitality.

For more details about the J/70 UK Class: www.j-70.co.uk

2019 J/70 World Championship website: www.j70worlds2019.com

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Following a long career in sailing spanning two Olympic Games, numerous America’s Cup cycles and everything in between, native Kiwi Tom Dodson has rejoined North Sails as a Sales Expert with a particular focus on the vibrant superyacht segment. Based out of New Zealand, Dodson will bring his knowledge and expertise to an already impressive team and will work with superyacht owners and crews around the world including regattas in the Caribbean and Mediterranean, ahead of the expected influx to the Pacific in time for the 2021 America’s Cup in Auckland.

Having first joined North Sails New Zealand as Managing Partner back in 1986, he left to join Team New Zealand in 1998 then joined Southern Spars as President in 2004.

Eight Bells: John Thackray
John Thackray passed away on March 5 after a long battle with cancer, surrounded by close friends and his nephew from England. He was 73 years old.

Born in Kirkby Malzeard (UK), he grew up sailing in the English Channel and the North Sea area where he quickly developed a passion for the sea and the finer points of racing a sailboat.

During his racing career, he raced onboard the famous maxi boats of the day such as Kialoa, Running Tide, and Charisma. His racing resume was extensive with Atlantic and Pacific Ocean crossings, many Bermuda Races and major regattas around the world. He was a superb trimmer and often managed the boat as the chief boat maintenance worker.

In the 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race, then the seventh edition of the around-the-world sailing event, he was assistant shore manger on our Whitbread 60 Chessie Racing, the entry from the Chesapeake Bay and the first American boat finisher in the race.

While sailing Leg 5 from Auckland NZ to Sao Sabastiao, Brazil, through the treacherous South Ocean, Chessie Racing broke its’ donkey engine which was needed to shift water ballast and make fresh water.

JT, as he is known by the sailing community, scrounged the many parts required in Annapolis, also securing charts and other equipment in great need, and then flew to Chile, took a long cab ride to Ushuaia and met Chessie Racing offshore so it could successfully complete the leg to finish third. The extraordinary efforts of JT are remembered fondly by the racing team to this day.

In recent years, JT served as captain on Grand Slam, a 75-foot Feadship and several smaller competitive fishing boats. JT is a member of the Storm Trysail Club and the Royal Ocean Racing Club, and for many years was a member of the Annapolis Yacht Club.

Fittingly, his ashes will be distributed in his favorite seas off Miami, the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, and The Channel. A remembrance will be held in Annapolis at a future date. -- George J. Collins

* From Euan Ross:

Perhaps it’s a symptom of the endemic hyperbole we endure every day in every aspect of modern life, but the arrogance of this generation - always seeking to ‘make history’ without taking the time to read history and learn from it doesn’t bode well for sustainable progress. When I started sailing Merlins as a young lad in the mid-sixties, I got hold of a copy of the class rules. I was intrigued to see that ‘double-luffed mainsails were prohibited’. All the development classes, which shared a common genesis, had this restriction. At that time, the only boats about with such sails were the rare cruisers with eccentric Ljungstrom rigs; so why mention it? However, and unlike many ‘heads-down’ experts today, the guys who formulated class rules through the twentieth century knew their history and were aware of L. Francis Herreshoff’s work in the 1920s and that it had attracted enough attention to trigger a ban. When Sting sang “history teaches nothing”, it was a lament on our inability to learn from experience, not pragmatic advice.

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• 18ft Skiffs JJ Giltinan Championship
• Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Arbitration: Settled & Ongoing
• Paul & Shark Trophy: Dragons are back in Sanremo
• SailGP celebrates role of women in new championship on International Women's Day
• Florida Laser Masters
• Stu Bannatyne: 'Never Say Never...'
• Copa del Rey MAPFRE
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: George Bernard Shaw

18ft Skiffs JJ Giltinan Championship
Sydney Harbour: New Zealand's Honda Marine 18ft Skiff team of David McDiarmid, Matt Steven and Brad Collins became the Winning Group 2019 JJ Giltinan champions today, when they successfully defended the title they won last year on Sydney Harbour.

Honda Marine completed the regatta with an incredible score of 13 points, which was made up of five wins, two second placings, and one fourth placing.

After a last race battle, second placing overall in the championship, finally went to Winning Group (John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin, Sam Newton) on 26.6, followed by Smeg (Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge, Mike McKensey) on 30.

Fourth place in the championship went to ASCC (Josh Porebski, Jack Simpson, Dave Hazard) with a total of 33 points, followed by Asko Appliances (James Dorron, Harry Bethwaite, Trent Barnabas) on 39, and Finport Finance (Keagan York, Matt Stenta, Charlie Gundy) on 57 points.

Not content to sit on the fact that the championship had already been decided yesterday, Honda Marine came from behind ASCC over the final lap of the course to win the last race of the championship on Sydney Harbour today.

ASCC led from midway down the first spinnaker leg and looked a likely race winner, but the incredible Honda Marine team finished too strongly to take out the race by 33s from ASCC.

It was on the final windward leg when Honda Marine made their challenge to ASCC and the two great teams turned for home with just two boat length between them.

Live streaming of the club's 18ft Skiff racing is available on 18FootersTV www.18footers.com.au/18-footers-sailing/18-footers-tv/

A full replay of each race is also shown at the same address

Bacardi Cup Invitational Regatta
Miami and Biscayne Bay today showcased the best day of racing as this iconic racing venue said good-bye to the 500 sailors who competed at the Bacardi Invitational Regatta. A great Easterly breeze of around 10 knots, sun shining warm and wave chop a lot less than the previous days made for a perfect race day. All of the classes finished their scheduled races at this the best spring sailing yacht racing event in the North Hemisphere.

In the Star Class, the charge for the 92nd Bacardi Cup victory came down to an American Gold Star battle. Eric Doyle/Payson Infelise (USA) presented a flawless scorecard with results always in the top 4, but Paul Cayard/Magnus Liljedahl (USA) managed a brilliant come back from a 27th in race 1 and earned a chance to steal the win from Doyle/Infelise. But only if they could maintain the momentum that gave them wins in Race 4 and 5. Both teams started on the right side, with Doyle keeping an eagle eye on Cayard who was almost on pin end and kept following that track. The Southern California partnership of Doyle/Infelise were first to the windward mark, whilst in a surprise turn of form North California legend Paul Cayard rounded at the back, in about 20th position.

The order of play continued at the downwind gate and up the second windward leg. At this point, Doyle/Infelise realized they were safely ensconced as winners of the 92nd Bacardi Cup and could abandon the race and head ashore! Even though Paul Cayard/Magnus Liljedal were slowly climbing back through the fleet, there was no hope of them overhauling Doyle/Infelise's points advantage. Then, on the second downwind, they broke their mast and were forced to be towed back in. Scoring a DNF penalty, they had to re-count their 27th from day 1 and plummeted down the leaderboard to finish in 7th overall.

Standing alongside Doyle/Infelise on the podium were Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL) and Firithjof Kleen (GER), who also gave themselves an uphill start after a UFD in race 1, but won two races from the remaining five and finished only 2 points behind the winners. Another two points back were bronze medalists Eivind Melleby (NOR) and Joshua Revkin (USA). In fourth were defending champions Diego Negri and Sergio Lambertenghi of Italy and in fifth the French Xavier Rohart and Pierre-Alexis Ponsot.

On the race courses closer to shore, action was unfolding for the J/70, Melges 24, Viper 640 and the Flying Tigers 7.5 who contested their last two races of the series.

In the J/70, the winners were the team on Catapult (USA), featuring Joel Ronning, Victor Diaz del Leon, Patrick Wilson and Chris Stoke.

A big fight in the Melges 24, where, despite domination from a 19 boat American team line-up, it was the Italians on Italian Bombarda who claimed the win.

The best of the Flying Tigers 7.5 was Neun (CAN) with Geoff Becker, Richard Griffin, Sabine Griffin, Joe Mele and Adam Spiegel onboard. Finishing in style, they won the last race of the series. Just one point behind, Grassy Manatee (CAN) finished in second, with J.A.C.K.ed (USA) is third.

Top three:

Star
1. Eric Doyle / Payson Infelise, USA, 14 points
2. Mateusz Kusznierewicz / Frithjof Kleen, POL, 16
3. Eivind Melleby / Joshua Revkin, NOR, 18

J/70
1. Joel Ronning / Victor Diaz de Leon / Patrick Wilson / Chris Stoke, USA, 16
2. Ryan McKillen / Jon Wallace / Mark Mendelblatt / Sam Loughboroguh, USA, 32
3. Carlo Alberini / Stefano Cherin / Jas Farneti / Marco Furlan, ITA, 36

Melges 24
1. Andrea Pozzi / Carlo Zermin / Matteo Ivaldi / Nicholas Dal Ferro / Stefano Ciampalini, ITA, 21
2. Brian Porter / RJ porter / Jonathon Mckee / Mat Woodwoouth, USA, 22
3. Bruce Ayres / Mike Buckley / George Pete / Jeff Reynolds / Chelsea Simms, USA, 23

Viper 640
1. Mary Ewenson / Geoff Eweson / Tyler Bjorn, USA, 13
2. Geoff Fargo / Jon Bell / Spencer Steffen, USA, 19
3. Thomas Loutrel / Jeff Frohock / Mitch Hall, USA, 27

Flying Tiger
1. Geoff Becker / Richard Griffin / Sabine Griffin / Joe Mele / Adam Spiegel, CAN, 12
2. Brice Dunwoodie / Brett Bastien / Benjamin Ostroff / Jocelyn Robancho / German Lopez Grimon, CAN, 13
3. Keith Denebeim / Ed Pierce / Chris Thompson / Jim Pearce / Andre De la Reza, USA, 22

Full results available at Yachtscoring.com

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

The real deal
Hot on the tail of the brilliantly successful (and important) Star Sailors League comes another zinger of a concept - the Nations Gold Cup. The idea for the SSL Nations Gold Cup is one of those ideas that once you have it explained, you wonder why it hasn't already happened. It's a keelboat regatta in identical onedesigns, with a strict nationality rule.

A long way from Tokio
Chris Dickson was actually there first, with a huge sacrificial leech on the 'upwind spinnaker' used by his 1993 Whitbread entry Tokio*. But Paul Cayard's EF Language team developed it into the modern Code Zero...

IRC - Breathing new life
Last year's combined offshore worlds in the Hague turned out to be a win-win all round and the benefits keep flowing. Jason Smithwick

Seahorse build table - Look behind the curtain
Patrice Carpentier twists the arm of Pogo Structures founder Christian Bouroullec

Suits you, sir
In very few years foiling has gone from being a single area of focussed development to a sphere of experimentation. Andy Claughton

Life at 40
Room for one more at the inn... Rob Weiland

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Arbitration: Settled & Ongoing
The three late challengers - Malta Altus Challenge, Stars & Stripes and DutchSail - were given more time to pay some of their fees. ETNZ and Luna Rossa announced that they settled at least one of the Arbitration cases and amended the Protocol to give the three late challengers more time to pay their $1 million Late Fee and $1 million Performance Bond.

The late entry fee of US$1m must now be paid in two installments: US$250,0000 paid by April 1, 2019, and US$750,000 by October 1, 2019. The $US1m performance bond is due by April 30, 2019.

The announcement made no mention of the $2 million in regular Entry Fees that were due in December. Sail-World's Richard Gladwell, with inside sources, claims that the $2 million in regular Entry Fees are due by this Friday, 15 March - the Ides of March - ironically, the date that Julius Caesar was stabbed to death in the Roman Senate. Probably just a coincidence, right?

Remember that INEOS Team UK and American Magic have no say in changes to the Protocol, which need only the agreement of the Defender and Challenger of Record. Neither INEOS Team UK nor American Magic would comment on the Protocol change. My sources say that there is still an ongoing Arbitration case about rejecting one or more of the late challenges.

Jack Griffin in Cup Experience: club.cupexperience.com

Paul & Shark Trophy: Dragons are back in Sanremo
From March 14 to 17, a 40-boats strong fleet will visit Sanremo for the Paul & Shark Trophy, second leg of the Open Italian Championship of the Dragon, the boat designed in 1929 by Norwegian Johan Anker and still very popular and much appreciated among sailors from all over the world.

The regatta, sponsored by clothing brand Paul & Shark and organised by the Yacht Club Sanremo in co-operation with IDA, the International Dragon Association, will visit Liguria for the thirteenth time.

Forty teams from as many as twelve different countries have confirmed their participation. Some coming from nearby nations such as France and Switzerland; from Germany and the UK or from further away like Russia, Estonia, Finland and Sweden where Dragons are very popular.

The strong line-up will include British helmswoman Gavia Wilkinson Cox and international renown sailors like German star Jochen Schümann -six participations to the Games and four Olympic medals- or Russian former World Champion Anatoly Loginov while Italy will be represented by seven crews, including Giuseppe Duca, one of the veterans of the class and multiple Italian champion.

From Thursday to Sunday, the fleet will be racing on windward/leeward courses to grab the International Italian Dragon Cup trophy. Prizes will be also awarded to the first five crews and to the winner of the Corinthian division. The first starting signal is scheduled for noon on Thursday, March 14.

The Paul & Shark Trophy is the first event of the season for the class in Sanremo, anticipating the Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta planned for next October on the Ligurian Riviera, the event expected to be one of the top rendez-vous on a national and international level for the quality and number of teams taking part.

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SailGP celebrates role of women in new championship on International Women's Day
SailGP today joins the celebration of International Women's Day by recognizing and saluting the many women who are integral to the new global championship, highlighted by two-time Olympian and member of the France SailGP Team, Marie Riou.

Riou has found significant success in both women's and mixed Olympic classes, winning four world titles and earning two Olympic berths. More recently, she has made headlines for crossing into a realm formerly reserved for her male counterparts, pushing her to pioneer status. In 2018, she was one of the first female sailors not only to compete in The Ocean Race, but to win the grueling round-the-world marquee offshore event.

Now she continues to make waves as the first female sailor in SailGP, which features top sailing talent representing six countries on the world's fastest race boats.

Alongside Riou, many women are steering the inaugural SailGP season to success. Nearly 30 percent of SailGP comprises female team members in a variety of roles across management, technical operations, engineering, finance, race management, race governance, broadcast, hospitality, creative and communications.

"Women play an integral role in all parts of our society, and that is especially true at SailGP," said SailGP CEO Russell Coutts. "Our operation as a whole relies heavily on a diverse set of expertise, and we're fortunate to be one of the few sports in which men and women can compete alongside one another. Marie Riou is a pioneer and role model, and we hope the first of many female sailors in our exciting new professional sports league."

As flight controller and tactician for the France SailGP Team, Riou is responsible for ensuring the boat is foiling and at optimum speed throughout the vital maneuvers the team has to make to get around the racecourse at speeds never before seen in sail racing. She also has to absorb all the data from the environment, the boat and the other five competing national teams to place the French in the best position on the racecourse and get them over the line in front.

Joining Riou as crucial members of the SailGP team are women in every area of the new organization, from all corners of the globe.

Tickets are now on sale for SailGP's second event and U.S. debut. San Francisco SailGP is set for May 4-5, before the annual championship moves to New York (June 21-22), Cowes (UK, August 10-11) and Marseille (France, September 20-22), where the season culminates with a $1 million winner-takes-all match race. Visit SailGP.com for additional detail.

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Florida Laser Masters
Friday March 8th saw 68 Laser Masters sailors aged between 35 and 81 line up for the 43rd edition of the Jack Swenson Memorial Trophy in the Atlantic waters off Palm Beach, Florida. 8 nations were represented: Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and USA.

Final results (8 races scored) with Masters Handicap

Laser
Ernesto Rodriguez - 21
Peter Shope - 33
David Hiebert - 44

Radial
Paul Clifford - 27pts
Christine Neville - 29pts
Peter Seidenberg - 34pts

Full results

The famous Green Jackets were awarded for the second year in succession to both Ernesto Rodriguez and Paul Clifford continuing the tradition started by the late Jack Swenson and the Royal Turkey Yacht Club.

The regatta, hosted by Palm Beach Sailing Club, was generously supported by sponsors Dynamic Dollies, Jarvis Group at Engel & Völkers, North Sails, and Tackle Shack Watersports.

This event proved the slogan on this year's regatta shirt "From Apprentice to Legend...Masters Racing Never Gets Old" with the oldest competitor placing 3rd in the Radial class just behind one of the youngest. There is no doubt that the Laser class have the Masters handicap formula right regardless of the controversy that has surrounded this iconic single handed boat in recent years. The heart and soul of\ this class is clearly the Masters sailors and they will continue regardless.

Stu Bannatyne: 'Never Say Never...'
When Kiwi Stu Bannatyne won the final Volvo Ocean Race with Dongfeng Race Team last year he was completing his eighth Whitbread or Volvo Race. His win rate is probably the best in the business, the 2017-18 success being his fourth after New Zealand Endeavour in 1993-94, Illbruck in 2001-2 and Ericsson 4 in 2008-9. In his capacity with Doyle Sails he has recently been spending time in France with the Figaro Beneteau 3 comes on stream, helping the four anglo-saxon skippers who will be campaigning with Doyle Sails in 2019, seeking to replicate in the Figaro class the success of Alex Thomson - a long time Doyle customer - in the IMOCA 60. Tip & Shaft caught up with Stu to get his thoughts on the early Figaro sail designs, the Ocean Race and his perspective on French racing.

So you have completed the first period of testing on the water, did you feel like you are on the money compared to what others are doing?
It is our first attempt at an inventory for the class and I think we got it about right in terms of what the required sail concepts would be and the crossovers. That is satisfying and we will now refine the next generation of designs, modifying the shapes a little bit. The foils are interesting. It is very early days in terms of figuring out the best way to use the foils. The boats are not inherently fast like bigger boats with foils would be, and so there is a lot of sailing about at relatively low speeds. Sometimes it is about minimising the drag of the foils rather than getting the most out of them. But when wind gets up and you are off the breeze a bit it seems quite fast, the foils lift the boat a bit and you are quite bow up. It is a nice boat off the breeze in a bit more wind.

What skippers are with Doyle right now?
Four boats at the moment, Joan Mulloy, Will Harris, Alan Roberts and Conrad Colman. There has been some interest from others and so we will see how it progresses over the season. In fact they are fairly strict in terms of the sail card allocation and so there is not a lot of opportunity to buy a lot of sails which is good in terms of controlling costs, but it does make it a bit more difficult to break into the class. But with these boats hopefully we will have a good showing and slowly gain traction.

What is the appeal of the Figaro 3 to you right now?
It is a foot in the door to the French market. The style of sails and the sailors we are trying to appeal to is important. The Figaro 3 has attracted some of the best sailors in the class from years gone by are back, some who have gone on to be successful in IMOCAs and Multihulls, pretty much all have come back to have a go in the Figaro. It is an opportunity to show these guys what we can do. We take a long term view, now trying to establish a bit of a foothold there and get people to have a look at what we are doing and hopefully attract interest from some of the bigger boats.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

Copa del Rey MAPFRE
The Notice of Race for the Copa del Rey MAPFRE was published today, Friday 1st March 2019, on the event's official web site, by the organising committee of the regatta, and includes the main changes to the 2019 edition.

New classification system
In an aim to keep expectations running high, ahead of the last few races in the competition, in the new 2019 edition of the regatta classifications will be divided into two phases: the classification, and the Final.

The classification stage will be held between Monday 29th July and Thursday 1st August, with up to eight races held over the four days of competition.

Once six races have been completed in the classification phase, the worst result is to be discarded, and the final phase to be confirmed for Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd August, with three further races disputed without discard.

The Final will only take place if a minimum of six races have been held over the first four days. If this is not the case, the conventional classification system will remain in place as a single racing series.

The point system for the classification phase will be as per usual, with the first placed team of each race awarded one point, the second two points, the third three points, and so on.

The novelty in reaching the Final phase, is that ahead of competing in three races without discard, teams do not enter with the total number of accumulated points from the classification system, but it will depend on the individual team's position on the score board after the classification phase, ie. the first placed team will enter the Final with one point, the second two, the third three etc. As such, the dispute for the final podium will be held on the last two days of racing, with maximum equality between the top classified teams.

New distribution of the ORC class
In an attempt to adjust to the distribution systems of the fleets competing in continental events and world championships, the ORC fleet, which was traditionally the most numerous in the Copa del Rey MAPFRE with over 60 boats registered, will be ruled under the CDL system used by the World Sailing Federation, and divides the fleet into four possible classes depending on boat length and speed criteria.

The 38th Copa del Rey MAPFRE, organised by the Real Club Náutico de Palma, will be held in the Bay of Palma between 27th July and 3rd August.

www.regatacopadelrey.com

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In This Issue
• New Mediterranean inshore series launched
• Scallywag joins the growing fleet Antigua Bermuda Race
• Dragons prepare for Gold Cup 2020
• Defi Atlantique: Guadeloupe - Horta - La Rochelle
• 39th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta - Varsovie
• Outlaw’s clinical Farr 40 Australian National Championship victory
• Local sailing clubs will compete for the Junior Warming Pan Trophy
• M32s coming to Sperry Charleston Race Week
• M32 European Series
• Featured Brokerage
• The Last Word: Galileo Galilei

New Mediterranean inshore series launched
In 2019 the International Maxi Association (IMA) celebrates the 40th anniversary of its establishment by notable maxi boat owners of the day, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, Raul Gardini, John Kilroy and William Whitehouse-Vaux. From its modest, relatively low-key beginnings, today the Association, and the sport it represents, have grown beyond all recognition.

The International Maxi Association is formally recognised by World Sailing as representing the interests of maxi boat owners internationally and it is thanks to this arrangement that two World Championships can be held: for the Maxi 72s and the J Class, both classes officially affiliated to the IMA.

For the last three seasons the International Maxi Association has championed the Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge (MMOC). This annual five event series starts with October’s Rolex Middle Sea Race and concludes with the Palermo Montecarlo the following August. It was designed by the International Maxi Association to encourage maxi boat owners to campaign their giant sailing yachts offshore.

For this, it's 40th anniversary year, the International Maxi Association is introducing a sister circuit, the Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge (MMIC). Unlike its offshore sibling, the MMIC will run over a calendar year, kicking off with the Real Club Nautico de Palma’s Sail Racing PalmaVela in May and concluding in October with Les Voiles de St Tropez. Here the winner will be announced at a special gala dinner.

The 2019 MMIC will comprise:
Sail Racing PalmaVela (Palma, Mallorca) 8-12 May
Rolex Capri Sailing Week - inshores (Capri, Italy) 15-18 May
Rolex Giraglia - inshores (Saint-Tropez, France) 9-11 June
Copa del Rey MAPFRE (Palma, Mallorca) 27 July - 3 August
Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (Porto Cervo, Sardinia) 1-7 September
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (Saint-Tropez, France) 28 September - 6 October

Competitors must compete in at least four of these events to qualify for a position on the MMIC scoreboard. Those who race in more can count their best four scores.

The four remaining events in 2019 will be:
Regata dei Tre Golfi (Naples, Italy to Capri via Ponza and Li Galli - doubling as the first part of Rolex Capri Sailing Week). Start: 10 May 2019
151 Miglia-Trofeo Cetilar (Livorno, Italy to Punta Ala via Giraglia rock). Start: 30 May 2019
Rolex Giraglia (Saint-Tropez to Monaco via Giraglia rock). Start: 12 June 2019
Palermo Montecarlo. (Palermo, Sicily to Montecarlo via Porto Cervo mark and Strait of Bonifacio). Start: 21 August 2019

Competitors must compete in at least three of these events to qualify for the MMIC trophy. Those who race in more can count their best three scores. Past winners have included George David’s Rambler 88 while the present title holder is Carlo Puri Negri and his Farr 70 Atalanta II.

The International Maxi Association has recently acquired two century-old silver trophies that are being repurposed as prizes for its Mediterranean Maxi Inshore and Offshore Challenges. The former will be awarded at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda-hosted IMA members dinner at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, while the latter will be presented at an end of season gala in St Tropez. -- James Boyd

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

Scallywag joins the growing fleet Antigua Bermuda Race
Photo by Dan Ling | Scallywag. Click on image to enlarge.

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.

Two months before the start, 20 yachts have now expressed their intention to race. The 100ft superyacht SHK Scallywag, which will be racing with a full complement of world class sailors, has confirmed participation. The smallest is the Open 40 Raucous, skippered by Henry Rourke, which will race double-handed. Two of this year's entries have competed in all previous editions of the race. Pogo 12.5 Hermes, co-skippered by Meg Reilly (USA) and Morgen Watson (CAN), and Hanse 43 Avanti, skippered by Jeremi Jablonski (USA), which will be racing double-handed.

The American Hanse 42 Avanti, skippered by Jeremi Jablonski will be racing double-handed with John D'Angelo; both members of the Cedar Point Yacht Club, Westport, Connecticut. Jeremi has raced with John on Avanti for over 10,000 miles. However this will be the first time the pair has competed in this race double-handed. Avanti's main competition will be debutant Henry Rourke, racing Open 40 Raucous also double-handed.

Competing for the third time is the Canadian Pogo 12.50 Hermes, co-skippered by Meg Reilly and Morgen Watson. Collectively the team is known as Ocean Racers, an extended network of young sailors from all backgrounds. Meg reports that there are still berths available on Hermes for the 2019 edition.

Entry for the 2019 Antigua Bermuda Race is open for yachts racing under IRC, CSA, and ORCsy. Boats in divisions other than IRC may elect to use auxiliary propulsion during the race, with a time penalty adjustment. The standard entry fee is just US $500 per boat and $50 per crew member. Competitors will be eligible for discounted dockage at RBYC and should be exempt from the standard Bermuda entry tax. 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. -- Louay Habib

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Dragons prepare for Gold Cup 2020
Photo by Gilles Norman. Click on image to enlarge.

The Irish Dragon Nationals will be incorporated into the O’Leary Life Sovereigns Cup 2019 June 26 - 29 - Kinsale, Ireland. Already a good entry list in what should be an ideal warm up for the Dragon Gold cup in 2020. Four days of top class racing taking full advantage of Kinsale, the gourmet capital of Ireland.

The Event will also include IRC, Coastal, White Sail classes and the 1720 European championships . Avail of early entry deal online.

Email: regattadirector [AT] sovereignscup [DOT] com www.sovereignscup.com

Defi Atlantique: Guadeloupe - Horta - La Rochelle
Part of the French Sailing Federation’s Class40 programme, this new event organised by Grand Pavois Organisation 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, the arrival port for this first edition.

Although the boats will be gathered together from 19 March in the inner harbour of Pointe-à-Pitre, they will set sail from Guadeloupe on Saturday 23 March with a view to initially arriving in Horta, in the Azores, more than 2,200 miles away. A first interesting stage in terms of the weather conditions since it will be necessary to head northwards to find a westerly wind system, but remain sufficiently far south to avoid the effects of low pressures that may be more or less strong at this time of year.

The stopover at the Marina of Horta, the partner of this first edition, will be interesting in that it will allow a second part of the race in contact, with a grouped arrival in La Rochelle, the opportunity for some to change over crew members (two-man team qualification for the forthcoming Transat Jacques Vabre), and also to better evaluate the weather conditions as they near the arrival point (1,200 miles away).

Although the departure from Horta is currently scheduled for Monday 8 April, the boats should arrive on Saturday 13 / Sunday 14 April. It should be noted that the prize ceremony is scheduled for Monday 15 April in order to allow the Class40 enough time to prepare for other competitions in the year’s programme.

In short, about 3,500 nautical miles along a route that is highly uncertain at this time of the year, where powerful weather systems circulate and may require competitors to make drastic route choices.With a team-mate or a reduced crew, the Defi Atlantique Guadeloupe > Horta > La Rochelle replies in all aspects to the requirements of the Class40, always hungry for new experiences and new horizons.

Departure from the Guadeloupe Region, off the coast of Pointe-a-Pitre!
The departure of this first edition of the Defi Atlantique Guadeloupe > Horta > La Rochelle will be from Pointe-à-Pitre on Saturday 23 March at 11 am, local time. A coastal route will have to be completed before leaving Guadeloupe and will promote the treasures and diversity of the archipelago’s islands. Note that it is the first time that an Atlantic return race will depart from Guadeloupe.

13 crews are registered for this first Defi Atlantique Guadeloupe - Horta >- La Rochelle

List of crews here: www.defi-atlantique.com/les-inscrits

39th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta - Varsovie
Varsovie is a Swan 100S raced by Tomek Ulatowski from Poland. With a totally amateur crew, Tomek races Varsovie at all the major events in the Caribbean. This year at the 39th St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, Varsovie offered places on board for young St Maarten sailors Nina Manley, 21, and Maike van ‘t Laar, 23. We had “the most amazing day” racing as part of the Varsovie’s crew. “We had a great start,” said Nina, “and chose to head close to the shore to beat up to the first mark. It was fantastic on board, especially running the long distances along the deck.” Henry Harris, Bowman and Mate on Varsovie complemented them on their enthusiasm. “They were really eager to get involved and always smiling,” he said.

Outlaw’s clinical Farr 40 Australian National Championship victory
Tom and Alan Quick’s Outlaw sailed in a league of its own at the three-day Farr 40 National Championship: John Calvert-Jones Trophy, eight wins from 10 starts creaming the rest of the fleet and creating an extraordinary 22-point buffer back to second.

Outlaw’s clinical win on Sunday March 10, 2019 is their first Farr 40 win but second national championship victory in as many weekends for the Sydney crew. Last weekend Tom Quick chartered a Sydney 38 for the annual Sydney Harbour Regatta and beat that one design fleet for the national crown.

“We’ve had two great weekends. I’m really proud of everybody and really privileged to be sailing with such a good group,” the delighted skipper said, adding, “I’m very happy our preparation has paid off.”

At the trophy presentation held at the host Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, Australian Farr 40 class president Gordon Ketelbey officially announced that Sydney will host the 2020 Farr 40 World Championship in September or October. The international class last gathered in Sydney for the ultimate trophy in 2016 and before that in 2011 and 2005.

“The worlds in Sydney next year will be perfect timing for us; we are very lucky to have been given such a great platform from Guido [Belgiorno-Nettis],” Quick continued. “Last season was a nice learning curve but we had 27 people through the crew and while I haven’t counted, it’s been around half that this season which has made a big difference.”

Among the spectators watching the fleet race north from three starts off Clark Island in the NNE breeze 12-15 knots was former Farr 40 owner and Australian Sailing president Matt Allen plus John Calvert-Jones, Australia’s first-ever Farr 40 world champion.

Final results app.sailsys.com.aus

Local sailing clubs will compete for the Junior Warming Pan Trophy
Under 18s from local sailing clubs will race in this junior inter-club competition, taking part on Saturday 23 March.

This is the first and largest meeting for junior class racing on the Hamble River this year. The aim is to accommodate all children under 18 years old by providing races for Optimist, Topper, Pico, Feva, Tera, Mirror and Mixed PY classes. This event is part of the HRSC Centenary celebrations and is open to non-members.

The regatta is attracting interest and has been earmarked as a ‘local derby’, encouraging the three clubs on the river to extend its local rivalry across all age groups. Hamble River Sailing Club, Royal Southern Yacht Club and Warsash Sailing Club, along with other local clubs, will compete for the opportunity to walk away with the 2019 Warming Pan Trophy.

“There has always been a little rivalry between the clubs on the river. This event gives junior sailors the chance to follow in their parents’ footsteps and compete for recognition,” says Alice Ryan, Event Director at HRSC. “We look forward to putting on a fun, exciting and competitive event for our young sailors living around the river”.

Up to four races are scheduled and the racing will be held in the Hamble River and Southampton Water. The intention is to start and finish racing at the HRSC clubhouse, allowing parents to watch from the shore.

www.hrsc.org.uk

M32s coming to Sperry Charleston Race Week
The M32 is coming to 2019 edition of Sperry Charleston Race Week, adding another thrilling element to an already action-packed event. Class organizers brought two of the high-speed catamarans to last year’s regatta to assess the logistics and came away determined to add Sperry Charleston Race Week to the annual racing schedule.

This is an international class with teams from Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands expected at Sperry Charleston Race Week. Rev, the current Corinthian World Champion led by skipper Rick DeVos, headlines a fleet of 10 boats. Other top teams include Bliksem (Peter Taselaar) and Convexity (Don Wilson). There will be a hometown entry as Charleston residents Hunter Stunzi and Ed Norton will lead Team Torrent.

“Charleston checks so many of the boxes we look for in venues - nice conditions, easy logistics, a fun city with great night life and a rocking beach party!” said Dave Doucett, Director of M32 North America. “We did some test racing there last year and absolutely had a blast. We are looking forward to bringing a strong fleet and enjoying some exciting racing in a beautiful locale.”

The M32 is an owner-driver class that features numerous top professionals as crew because these boats “are always pushing the boundaries,” according to Doucett. Individual races tend to last less than 20 minutes and plans call for completing eight or more starts per day in Charleston.

charlestonraceweek.com

M32 European Series
M32 racing resumes in Europe this month with new opportunities for aspiring teams to get involved.

Throughout the 2019 M32 European Series, the M32’s manufacturer Aston Harald will be making two circuit boats available. The first of these will be lent to a ‘development team’, following in the tradition of the M32 Academy. This might be a youth team or a women’s team or a local team with the right credentials looking to step-up and gain experience on a professional racing circuit alongside fully professional and owner-driver teams.

The second will be a test boat. Aboard this, for example, teams coming from monohull classes, who wish to experience high adrenaline racing for the first time on an ultra-fast but simple two sail catamaran, in a professionally managed, World Sailing-recognised circuit, can pitch up and compete against the M32 European Series’ mix of pro and owner-driver teams. This they can do on a fully race-prepared M32. The organisers can set up potential owners and teams with M32 crew, as required.

As Ian Williams, skipper of 2018 M32 European Series winner GAC Pindar, and Vice President of the M32 Class Association, puts it: “It provides the opportunity for people to come and try it out. They don’t have to rig or de-rig it. They can just fly in, fly out and have a good time in between.”

Warm-up racing for the M32s will take place in Sanremo, Italy over 21-24 March, two months out from the start of the M32 European Series proper. In 2019 this will comprise five scoring events across Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Teams interested in trying their hand at M32 racing should contact Mattias Dahlström at mattias [DOT] dahlstrom [AT] astonharald [DOT] com for details regarding the boats on offer from Aston Harald.

2019 M32 European Series schedule
San Remo, Italy - 22-24 March (non-scoring warm-up event)
Marina di Pisa, Italy - 24-26 May
Medemblick, Holland - 21-23 June
Marstrand, Sweden - 19-21 July
Stenungsund, Sweden - 15-17 August (two days inshore racing followed by the Tjorn Runt)
Pre-Worlds, Riva del Garda, Italy - 24-25 August
M32 World Championship, Riva del Garda, Italy - 26-30 August)

m32world.com/europe

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