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In This Issue
• Cowes Parade is packed
• Naval Rescuers' Finest Hour Remembered at Fastnet 40th Anniversary
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• RS:X Windsurfing Youth World Championships
• Zero Hour for World Sailing and the Laser
• Back to the Future at Copa del Rey MAPFRE
• Three opportunities to win the trip of a lifetime to race at Antigua Sailing Week 2020
• Rooster International Topper World Championships
• RORC's Morgan Cup to Sail to Ireland in 2020?
• Women In Sailing Survey
• Featured Brokerage:
• • GP42 - 42 South
• • Italia Yachts 9.98 Fuoriserie
• • Rapido 60
• The Last Word: Stephen Colbert

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Cowes Parade is packed
The great and the good of the 48th Rolex Fastnet Race appeared on a specially prepared stage set up for the public on Cowes Parade this afternoon.

Vendee Globe skipper Sam Davies, here racing her IMOCA 60 Initiatives Coeur with Route du Rhum winner Paul Meilhat, described her campaign:

"The IMOCA class is sailing here doublehanded as part of our official circuit, so it is a huge fleet. We are out there to defend the title Paul won two years ago and to see how we'll do against our competitors."

Paralympic sailor Hannah Stodel, described how the Class40 she is racing in this year's Rolex Fastnet Race represents a stepping stone up to the IMOCA 60 class. "It is relatively idiot-proof, so perfect for me!"

Franco-Brit Luke Berry reckons that around six or seven boats are in with a chance of winning the Class40. His Sam Manuard-designed Mach 3, Lamotte - Module Creation is among them:

"The Class40 is a good compromise between performance and budget. We are privileged to be able to sail in big offshore races like the Transat Jacques Vabre, Route du Rhum and the Rolex Fastnet Race."

Offshore race veteran Steve Hayles won back to back races as navigator on board Rán 2 in 2009 and 2011. This boat is back as Peter Harrison's Sorcha and Hayles reckons that in addition to he and former skipper Tim Powell, around one third of the crew was part of their previous winning crew. Rán 2 is the only two time winner in the recent history of the race, although during the 1920s and 1930s, Jolie Brise (first home in the inaugural race in 1925) was the race's only three time winner, while Captain John Illingworth's Myth of Malham won in 1947-1949 and Carina was the last back to back winner in 1955-1957.

Hayles enthused about the complexity of the Rolex Fastnet Racewith all its headlands and tidal gates, unlike the more straightforward among the other 'classic 600 milers' such as the Newport-Bermuda.

Watch the Press Conference and Skipper's Briefing at the Rolex Fastnet Race Multimedia Area:

www.rolexfastnetrace.com/multimedia

Naval Rescuers' Finest Hour Remembered at Fastnet 40th Anniversary
Serving and veteran aircrew, survivors and relatives will gather on Cowes on Friday August 2nd to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Fastnet Race.

The storm which engulfed the 1979 yachting race from the Isle of Wight to the imposing rock off the south-west coast of Ireland sparked the UK's biggest ever peacetime rescue operation - spearheaded by naval aviators from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall.

Nineteen sailors died as their boats were battered by ferocious winds and huge waves - possibly up to 60ft high - smashing masts and rigging, washing sailors overboard, causing yachts to capsize or, in some cases, pitch-pole, tumbling end over end.

Nineteen yachtsmen died in the disaster which reached its climax on August 13 and 14 1979 - but 75 people were saved by Fleet Air Arm crews and another 65 picked up by lifeboats and shipping.

Fifteen helicopters from Culdrose were committed. Anyone with search and rescue experience was recalled from their summer holiday, and extra helicopters and crews were sucked in from other naval air bases including Yeovilton and HMS Gannet in Prestwick.

Alongside the navy were 14 RNLI lifeboats which rescued yachtsmen and towed damaged yachts back to port.

Three RAF helicopters, seven warships, four trawlers and four other ships supported the effort, while overhead four RAF Nimrods helped to coordinate the search effort over 10,000 square miles of ocean. In all, around 4,000 military and civilians were involved in the huge rescue mission.

A monument in the grounds of Culdrose to those who died in the tragedy - including two men rescued by the Helston-based airmen who subsequently died.

The service of remembrance takes place at 6pm.

www.royalnavy.mod.uk

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month

Last month's winner:

James Lyne (USA)
‘Whitby’s finest!’ - Jim Turner; ‘I’m proud to have sailed with him’ - Alexis Petter; ‘Big Jim brings another level to post-race analysis’ - Paul Goodison; ‘Great to see the credit that is long overdue for coach James’ - Terry Hutchinson; ‘James has quietly carried teams to the podium then lets them stand in the limelight’ - Ray Wulff; ‘Absolute guru, wonderful human’ - Phil Armstrong; ‘The super coach and a super guy’ - Adrian Stead; ‘You are our American promise’ - Brooke Cunningham; ‘Best coach ever’ - Dave Jarvis; ‘He’s also an amazing gentleman’ - Carol Tillman. ‘Lad’s done well since he got that first Topper...’ - Nick Lyne.

This month's nominees:

Bruno Prada (BRA)
It was with impeccable timing that Bruno Prada became only the second ever five-time Star World Champion on the day that the life of the other five-time winner Lowell North was being celebrated by friends and family in San Diego. Prada brings a touch of magic to every boat he sails on... three titles with Robert Scheidt, one world title crewing for Augie Diaz and his latest success in Porto Cervo with Poland’s Mateusz Kusznierewicz. Hire this man

Roy P Disney (USA)
Compared to many the rescue was not all that dramatic, especially with the almost ridiculous level of ocean racing experience Roy Disney pulled together for the 50th Transpac. But that is also why Pyewacket’s rescue of the crew of the sinking OEX should be recognised - there were other less fancied yachts a similar distance from the stricken boat but it was an instant call to abandon his own race and do the right thing... sadly not everyone is always quite so selfless

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

RS:X Windsurfing Youth World Championships
In 2019 for the first time St. Petersburg was granted hosting rights for the RS:X Youth World championship and this event promises to be really great. The racing venue of the Youth Worlds will be Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg that is a new complex founded to commemorate this anniversary. The Park is located on the northern shore of the Gulf.

The competition will be attended by over 150 top RS:X Olympic class athletes from around the world. Besides the world championship races an extensive shore program is developed. Guests will be able to watch both amateur and professional kite and sailing boarders' shows.

Racing starts on August 6th, finishes on Saturday August 10th.

www.rsxclass.org/youthworlds2019/

Zero Hour for World Sailing and the Laser
The months-long battle/debacle surrounding the Laser Class and its Olympic Status is coming to a head with an August 1 deadline for an agreement to allow new builders:

Two articles which presenta good overview one from Scuttebutt , excerpted here:

Until recently, the Laser has been built and supplied by three major builders; Laser Performance (LP), Performance Sailcraft Australia (PSA), and Performance Sailcraft Japan (PSJ). Although simplified, these companies all own the rights to the "Laser" trademark and brand in the territories they supply - Japan and South Korea (PSJ), Oceania (PSA), and the rest of the world (LP).

In order for the Laser to comply with the World Sailing FRAND policies, the three builders need to reach an agreement to allow other builders to sell boats called "Lasers" in their territories, for a licensing fee.

They also need to reach this agreement by the August 1st.

There are significant disagreements between the builders about the amount of the licensing fee. Put simply, PSA and LP are at loggerheads and have been fighting each other in and out of court for over a decade.

The bottom line is, if the builders are not able to agree to a FRAND policy in the next three weeks, the Laser will be kicked out of the Olympics.

There is, however, an alternative solution to the licensing fee conundrum. The Laser is a commercial brand, and the class rules require that a builder "has the rights to use the Laser trademark".

But what if we were to change that? This is what the most recent rule change is suggesting. If the rule change is passed, the following will be achieved:

- New builders will be able to enter the market as they will not need to have a trademark agreement with the other builders.
- Supply will be improved throughout the world as more builders enter the market.
- Increased supply can encourage more people to sail the Laser, giving us more people to race against.
- The Laser will be guaranteed to remain as an Olympic class, through compliance with World Sailing's FRAND policies.

So what's the only downside to voting "yes"? The boats and equipment supplied by new builders will not be sold under the brand name "Laser".

Will they still be able to race at all Laser events? Absolutely.
Will they be 100% class legal? Absolutely.
Will this mean that the name of the class and regattas will have to change from the "Laser"? Absolutely not.

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com

And a second from Sally.it:

The future of the Laser, or how we know it since 50 years, is totally at risk. The peculiar "referendum" of ILCA, is out of every rule and control. But it could still be important to vote NO anyways, to try and stop the ultimate disaster. The parties (and the interests) at stake, the future in the Olympic Games, the consequences for the Laser sailors.

Firstly the "non-recognition" of ILCA to the historic builder Laser Performance Europe, owner of the registered trademark "Laser". Then the announcement of a new possible name (the very original and attractive ILCA-Dinghy). Then the trials with the modern single handed RS Aero, D-Zero and Melges 14, with the decision of World Sailing in favor of the "old" Laser, for its history and the unparalleled global spread. But when it was possible to think that everything was resolved, the furious and profound quarrel between the parties in question explodes again and puts everything at risk: the Olympic status, the boat name, the building facilities, the future developments in the rigs (mast and sails).

Everything begins from the unspeakable, personalistic, undemocratic and interested management of the international class (ILCA, International Laser Class Association), determined to eliminate the historical component Laser Performance Europe, which controls with its trademark 85% of the world market. At the cost of an earthquake in which everyone would remain affected.

The lastest evolution, is from a few days ago. After the WS Mid-Year Meeting in May in which World Sailing expressed itself in favor to keep the Laser as male single handed Olympic dinghy (Standard) and female single handed dinghy (Radial) for Paris 2024, it had also added the deadline of 1 August 2019, within which the parties involved (ILCA on one hand, together with the Australian manufacturers PSA, the Japanese PSJ, and the powerful organization Global Sailing, of which we will talk about later; and LPE on the other) have to agree on the antitrust terms and the rules regarding the involvement of new international builders.

www.saily.it

Further reading, the July 1 update from the Laser Class:

Back to the Future at Copa del Rey MAPFRE
The new scoring system being employed at the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE started to take effect today. As the 132 boat 11 division regatta moves from its Preliminary Series to two days of Finals racing, scores are allocated by the classification order after this opening series. The first placed boat carries one point to the Finals, the second two and the third three. King Felipe of Spain steered Aifos 500 in the ClubSwan 50 class for the first time of this regatta.

The idea is that the counters are reset and the pressure and interest is kept up to the end of Saturday's racing.

And of course there are already teams who gain and some who are already hurting. But, ask many of the leading skippers what they think and the universal response is 'Ask me again at the end of Saturday.'

In what is probably the most competitive fleet with a sizeable entry, the ClubSwan 50s, Leonardo Ferragamo's leading crew see their seven points margin gained over six races cut back to one point. Correspondingly today's winners of the one and only race sailed today, Stefan Heidenreich's OneGroup, go into the finals in sixth with their 19 points deficit behind first cut to five points.

OneGroup's four times Olympic medallist Jochen Schumann is one who relishes the change. Winners today they bounce back from a 'black day' yesterday when they had DSQ and a 12th,

"Now it is all about the finals tomorrow and Saturday."Smiles Schumann, " For us as a good revenge on the black day we had yesterday. Yesterday to be quite honest with you, we started actually quite well but we struggled on the downwinds. And we had a protest which we lost. All in all nothing major but the scoreboard looks really ugly with 12th and DSQ so we dropped down a lot. So, the win today was good was a big lead. But the first place didn't help us, we are still sixth which we were yesterday night. I think this is a normal situation now I think this is good."

Today was the first day that H.M. King Felipe of Spain steered Aifos 500, the Spanish Navy's ClubSwan 50 meeting up again with long time friend and rival H.M. King Harald of Norway who is steering Fram XVIII. Today the Spanish monarch, who represented his country at the 1992 Olympics, had the upper hand in sixth, Fram finishing tenth.

www.regatacopadelrey.com

Three opportunities to win the trip of a lifetime to race at Antigua Sailing Week 2020
Throughout the summer, Antigua Sailing Week in conjunction with the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Dream Yacht Charter, English Harbour Rum and the National Parks Authority are offering three winning crews up to 7, flights, yacht charter with dockage at UNESCO Heritage site Nelson's Dockyard Marina and regatta entry fees during the 2020 event which takes place April 25 - May 1.

Participate in one of the below events to be eligible for this generous prize.
- The Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series, UK
- The Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge, USA
- The Antigua and Barbuda Interboot Trophy Challenge, GER

At the Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series invitational the prize will be awarded to overall winner of the series of 4 weekend regattas.

Even if you have missed the first two opportunities, there's time to register for the Champagne Charlie July Regatta on the July 13 -14 and the Land Union September Regatta on September 14 -15.

To enter the either the July or September Regatta follow the below links

JULY

SEPTEMBER

Visit the RYSC site for their notice of race and leaderboard to date.

The Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge (ABHC) is known for awarding the largest amateur sailing prize on the US East coast. Registrations are open for the second invitational on the Road to 2020, which takes place on Saturday, August 10 in Noyack Bay, New York, USA For more on how to register for the ABHC or for tickets to attend the fantastic after-party being held in Sag Harbour visit http://www.antiguabarbudahamptonschallenge.com/.

The Antigua and Barbuda Interboot Trophy Challenge
On the Saturday September 21, the 3rd invitational will be hosted by the Württembergischen Yacht Club, Friedrichshafen Germany. Winning crew of the days races on Lake Constance will be able to head to Antigua to participate in the 53rd edition of ASW. Following the races there will be a spectacular mini edition of Reggae in the Park - ASW's signature concert to celebrate the culmination of the Road to 2020.

To find out more about this final opportunity, visit www.wyc-fn.de/regatten/

www.sailingweek.com/asw2020/

Rooster International Topper World Championships
Photos by Peter Newton and Phil Williams. Click on image for photo gallery.

209 Topper sailors from 12 nations gathered in Medemblik, The Netherlands for the 26th edition of the International Topper World Championships. Travelling from afar as China, India, South Africa, Turkey as well as Europe, the proven championship venue was a perfect location for this truly international event. Renowned as the 'friendly class', the Topper has endured as the ideal pathway boat for youngsters and has never been so popular as it is today.

The weeks' record temperature finally broke overnight on the final day of racing, with a dramatic thunder and lightning storm that whipped up a strong breeze that only served to set the scene for Friday's final showdown. As the sailors arrived blurry eyed for an 8.00 am briefing, it was soon evident that the overnight winds had left a short, steep chop on the shallow water of the Ijsselmeer that was to prove the dominating story of the day. So much so that the 4.2 fleet was unable to make much headway out of the harbour and had to be sent back in whilst the waves moderated.

However, racing was soon underway in a 12-14 knot breeze and with swift turnarounds Race Officer Remco was able to fit in 3 races for all three fleets before the 2.00 pm cut-off.

The short chop was still causing trouble for many sailors trying to get off the line. Tom Campbell later commented, 'It was challenging and choppy - hard to keep a lane off the line with the waves and wash from boats. 'The difficult chop created by the overnight wind was a common theme for sailors, but Charlie Hopkinson (GBR) was chuffed to have mastered it in the second race of the day for the gold fleet. 'It was really good. I went left on the second beat and manged to get past the leader with better speed'. Asked what he had learnt from the day his answer was, 'How to sail in chop. You have to keep the speed up by sailing a bit freer and steering more for the bigger waves.'

By the warning gun for the final race, the race officer jokingly commented that the silver and bronze fleet was ready to go home. With several recalls the final black flag start saw many go back to the harbour early, including Ryan Davies (GBR) of the bronze fleet. We don't know if Ryan is good at maths, but luckily he could just afford to drop the BFD score to still win the bonze fleet by just 4 points from Tamzen Lim of the USA, who took full advantage of Ryan's absence to record her first Worlds race win and silver medal, ahead of Joe O'Sullivan (IRL) in bronze.

In the Silver fleet, Mark Ripley (GBR) secured the top slot with a 5,1,4, just piping Caoimhe Byrne (IRL) who kept her nerve to post a remarkably consistent 8,9,8 in the shifty, fading breeze. Dan Holborn (GBR) had a tight race with Hongbo Xia (CHN) to take the final race win from Xia, securing himself third place in the bronze fleet.

The clear winner and the new World Champion in the Topper 5.3 gold fleet was Leo Wilkinson, (GBR) with a great performance across the wide range of conditions Medemblik served up. Leo has spent four years in the Topper class training for this moment and his win by a 23 point margin underlined his dominance.

Kate Robertson (GBR) claimed the silver medal in the last race from Yikang Su (CHN), who had been firmly in second all week - with a second place in the final race to match Su's net points and take the silver medal on count back. -- John Heyes

Full results here

www.regattacenter.com

RORC's Morgan Cup to Sail to Ireland in 2020?
The Royal Ocean Racing Club's ongoing interest in Ireland continues to grow with rumours that RORC's annual Morgan Cup race will set sail for Ireland from Cowes in 2020.

The London Club lists both of Ireland's top offshore races, the Round Ireland Race and the Dun Laoghaire Dingle Race, on its points Championship programme and in 2016 its inaugural IRC European Championships was staged as part of Cork Week. Now that relationship is set to grow with the arrival of the Cup Race if the unofficial word is correct.

The Morgan Cup is an annual fleet race with a fleet topping 100-boats which regularly sails to France or the Channel Islands each June. It is a 110-mile offshore race that insiders say may now come to Ireland instead. It would be excellent timing for the UK fleet fillip given the important anniversary year for Irish sailing, that includes Royal Cork's 300th anniversary.

Ireland has developed excellent connections with RORC that includes Irish sailors holding high office in the 95-year-old club. RORC Chief Executive Eddie Warden Owen recently competed at Dun Laoghaire Regatta, winning in his class of visiting Seabirds.

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Women In Sailing Survey
The World Sailing Trust have launched a global survey to look at the trends and analyse the barriers to greater gender equality in the sport.

It is really important that the results reflect the very international nature of the sport and we really want to hear from as many people as possible, so please share the link to the survey amongst your own network to encourage as many people as possible to take part so that we get a true reflection of the trends across our sport.

The aim of this Survey is to encourage as many sailors, both male and female, to take part so that we can get a true overview of trends in our sport.

The results of the survey will be combined with research into global best practice, to form a series of recommendations and a programme of work to support women and girls across all areas of the sport.

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worldsailingtrust.org

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In This Issue
• MACIF pipped at the post by Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in Ultim competition
• Tasar 2019 World Championship
• (Using) the right tools for the job - North Sails
• Copa del Rey MAPFRE
• YAMAHA 470 Class World Championships
• International 6 Metre Fleet Gathers in Hanko, Finland
• British Keelboat Academy launches new hunt for tomorrow's stars
• Nominations open for MS Amlin YJA Yachtsman of the Year
• Star Sailors League Gold Cup Inaugural Training Session
• Women's Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, August 5-10
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • J/122 - "El Ocaso"
• • BoatThree
• The Last Word: Dr. John

MACIF pipped at the post by Maxi Edmond de Rothschild in Ultim competition
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The 32m long Ultim trimarans laid on a spectacular finish in this 48th Rolex Fastnet Race resulting in MACIF, the leader since rounding the Fastnet Rock earlier this morning, being beaten to the finish line in the last breath of the race by her arch-rival Maxi Edmond de Rothschild.

As Maxi Edmond de Rothschild's skipper Franck Cammas explained: "Just after they gybed onto the layline for the finish we crossed them and decided to overlay. It was our last chance to see if there was something still possible. But until five minutes before we finished we never thought it was possible!"

Skipper of MACIF, Francois Gabart, the Vendee Globe winner and outright singlehanded round the world record holder, gave his side: "They gybed a little bit outside of us and I was thinking 'it looks like they're in a good position'. Plus they were going really fast downwind and even at the Lizard I was thinking 'it's going to be tough to keep them behind'. After the last gybe they were two miles away and we were between them and the finish so it looked good for us. But they were able to fly while we had a problem with our rake system and we couldn't adjust it..."

The difference was that Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was able to foil into the favoured end of the finish line off Plymouth breakwater, whereas MACIF was not able to, crossing the line just 58 seconds after.

Maxi Edmond de Rothschild's elapsed time of 1 day 4 hours 2 minutes and 26 seconds, bettered the outright multihull race record, set by Loick Peyron and the crew of Maxi Banque Populaire in the breezy 2011 race by 4 hours 45 minutes and 34 seconds.

Further records to the Fastnet Rock fell this afternoon with George David's Rambler 88 maxi rounding at 16:45:47 this afternoon. This beats the previous record, which the American maxi yacht team also set (however that time of 1d 4h 15m, established in 2011 aboard their previous Rambler 100, was overlooked at the time because just minutes later the keel fell of their maxi causing it to capsize.)

Rambler 88's new record has bettered the monohull record by, appropriately, 88 minutes. However the VO70 Wizard, campaigned by Baltimore-based brothers David and Peter Askew, is at present fastest to the Fastnet Rock under IRC corrected time and now holds a solid lead both in IRC Z and overall at this still early stage of the race.

The monohull frontrunners rounded the Rock in 25-30 knots, the biggest southwesterly breeze seen so far in this race.

The majority of the smaller classes setting out into the Celtic Sea tonight have a fast, breezy crossing ahead of them with reaching conditions in winds of around 20-25 knots

Full results

www.RolexFastnetRace.com

Tasar 2019 World Championship
Rob & Nicole Douglass. Click on image for photo gallery.

Australian father and daughter duo, Rob and Nicole Douglass won their third World Championship (2005, 2009 & 2019) and the Masters Trophy.

The event certainly had its moments. The British weather threw everything it had at the Tasar fleet from brilliant sunshine, rain, to varying wind strengths. There was no racing on Tuesday due to the high winds and protests included one against the Race Officer for breaching the class wind strength limits which was dismissed and one against Championship winners (and others) for class design breaches which could have knocked them out of the Championship completely. It was eventually dismissed and final results stood. The Japanese and Australian boats were packed into their respective containers and competitors donned their glad rags for the Championship Dinner and Prize giving. Everyone was entertained at their tables by a magician and danced the night away afterwards in the bar to a live band.

Final top five
1. Rob & Nicole Douglass (Jervis Bay SC) - World Champions and Masters
2. James & Tara Burman (GRSC)
3. James Peters & Charlie Darling (Hayling Island Sailing Club)
4. Rick Longbottom & Darryl Bentley (RANSA) - 1st Grand Master
5. Michael Karas & Molly Jackson (Seattle YC)

Heather Macfarlane - Female Helm
Gwen Sargent - Junior Helm

The Tasar 2021 World Championship will be held at Seattle Yacht Club.

www.hisc.co.uk

(Using) the right tools for the job - North Sails
After three decades of development and investment, the North Design Suite is able to produce reliably fast sails, that keep their shape, leading the way in modern sailmaking tools

The legendary figures in the history of sailmaking made their reputations by having a keen eye for recognising what they knew from experience to be fast shapes. Their methods to achieve this were mostly variations of the long process of trial and error, where proven fast shapes were first recognised and then catalogued for later reproduction. Some were more rigorous than others at this process, implying that the trade of sailmaking was more art than science.

With an engineering background, Lowell North was a pioneer half a century ago in developing this process with more rigour and detail than his peers and embracing the important role that complex computational tools were to have in transforming ideas developed about 3D shapes into the reality of cutting panels in 2D. Along with this, a thorough understanding of the material properties of sailcloth was needed so that when assembled, those panels could predictably hold their shapes. North's mastery of this made them an early leader in the field of computational sail design built mostly on developing their own tools in what's now known as the North Design Suite.

Full story in the August issue of Seahorse

Copa del Rey MAPFRE
Estrella Damm. Click on image to enlarge.

A class win at the famous Copa del Rey MAPFRE, the Mediterranean's annual summer showcase regatta, can elude even some of sailing's top teams for many years. Others seem able to impose themselves year on year in their chosen classes. The 132 boat 11 division 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE closed today with the Copa del Rey two top trophies going to Italy's Leonardo Ferragamo for winning the ClubSwan 50 class and to BMW ORC Class 1 winners Estrella Damm, the DK 46 of Ignacio Montes and Oscar Chaves

While Estrella Damm, the DK 46 of Ignacio Montes and Oscar Chaves, reprised their success of last year, lifting the Copa del Rey MAPFRE for the handicap divisions as winners of BMW ORC 1, there was considerable cause for celebration and a measure of relief for Leornado Ferragamo and the crew of his Cuordileone when they were awarded the Cope del Rey MAPFRE trophy as top performers of the One Design classes, as the Nautor Swan President took victory in the very competitive 14 strong ClubSwan 50.

For Ferragamo the class win, and the top trophy, comes at the tenth time of asking, having campaigned in the Club Swan 42, the Swan 45, one year in the Swan 601 and, now, three years in the flourishing ClubSwan 50.

For the Estrella Damm team, led by Luis Martínez Doreste, their top award repeats their success of last year when they celebrated the 20thanniversary of their crew's first Copa del Rey win.

In the Mallorca Sotheby's IRC Class it was also a first time win at the Copa del Rey for Dario Ferrari's Italian flagged Maxi72 Cannonball. To win the regatta they had to keep Hap Fauth's new Bella Mente from winning today's showdown. Although they suffered an hydraulics failure to the jib tack tensioning system Cannonball was able to hold their American rivals off the start line. America's Cup winner Ed Baird calls tactics supported by Michele Ivaldi, the team proving they are in good shape after replacing their mast for this season and undergoing a substantial optimising programme as well as moving to Quantum Sails.

The 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE saw the first ever wins for teams flying the Omani and the Romanian flags. In the GC32 regatta, the third event of the GC32 Racing Tour, Adam Minoprio guided Oman Air to win on the Bay of Palma ahead of Ernesto Bertarelli's recently crowned world champions on Alinghi. Oman Air finished with two wins to keep Alinghi to second, five points behind.

The ClubSwan 42 class has experienced a welcome renaissance with 11 boat competing this week. Romanian owner-driver Natalia Brailoiu ended her 10 year wait to win at the Copa del Rey.

The local team representing the Balearic Federation won the inaugural Purobeach Women's Cup, raced in identical Viper 640 sports keelboats.

In the Swan 45 Class it was Luis Senis' Valencia based double world champions Porrón IX who also finally won their class Copa del Rey title with tactician Nano Negrín.

At the 38thedition of the Copa del Rey 132 entries from 26 nations competed in 11 classes (six One Design), on four different racing areas. This year there were no coastal races and the regatta pioneered a new scoring system with four days of qualification and two days of finals racing. In the ClubSwan 50 division HM King Felipe of Spain steered the Spanish Navy's Aifos 500 to fifth place while HM King Harald of Norway helmed Fram XVIII to tenth place.

King Felipe presents the trophies tonight in Palma's Ses Voltes.

The 2020 Copa del Rey will take place from July 31stto Aug 8th.

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YAMAHA 470 Class World Championships
The harbor at Enoshima. Click on image to enlarge.

Enoshima, the venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Sailing Competition, is playing host to the 2019 470 World Championships and Olympic Qualification event from 2-9 August 2019.

182 athletes representing 29 nations are competing for Men and Women Worlds podium places and for many teams, the Championship serves as a round of their national selection process for Tokyo 2020. For those nations not yet qualified for Tokyo 2020, the pressure is on to make the cut and claim one of the few remaining nation slots, with 4 in the Men and 6 in the Women on offer.

Sunday 4 August was the first day of racing, and after the build-up of excitement, teams had to manage the boat park heat for just a bit longer as the fleet was postponed ashore this morning waiting for the wind.

The 39 boat women's fleet managed to get race 1 away, but as the wind dwindled the fleet couldn't make it to mark 1 within the 20-minute time limit and the race was stopped. Ultimately the wind never returned to Sagami course area and the Race Committee made the wise decision to call off racing for the day.

Racing resumes on Monday 5 August at 13:00 hours local time with 3 races scheduled for the Men and Women fleets.

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International 6 Metre Fleet Gathers in Hanko, Finland
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Forty-eight stunningly beautiful International 6 Metre yachts from twelve nations across Europe and North America are gathering in Hanko, Finland in preparation for the 2019 Sinebrychoff International 6 Metre World Championship, which takes place from 5 to 9 August. The regatta will be hosted by the Hango Segelforening in association with the Finnish 6 Metre Association and will be preceded by the Sinebrychoff Challenge Cup, which takes place on 3 and 4 August and will act as the warm up regatta for the Worlds.

The entry list incorporates a wonderful mix of Modern and Classic 6 Metres racing as two separate divisions on windward leeward courses set against a backdrop of the beautiful city of Hanko and its surrounding archipelago of rocky islands.

As is typical for major 6 Metre events, the competition has attracted a host of well-known sailing names, but the boats themselves are really the stars of the show with their elegant lines and exceptional performance. Historically the 6 Metre Class was the test-bed for many of the great developments in yacht design and a glance around the fleet will give you a fascinating insight into a century's worth of naval architecture and equipment development.

In the Open Division, for boats built since January 1966, reigning 6 Metre World Champion SUI77 Junior, a 1981 Pelle Petterson design originally built for Baron Edmund de Rothschild as Gitana, will be hoping to add a sixth world title to her honours list, with Philippe Durr once again at the helm and tactician Nicholas Berthoud calling the shots.

The current 6 Metre European Champion SUI74 Nivola was unusual for a boat of her generation in that she was designed with a bulb keel rather than wings. Designed by Pelle Petterson in 1984 she won the 1993 6 Metre Worlds and was then put into storage until current owner Reinhard Suhner took on a major refit which included the installation of a canard. Reinhard admitted that mastering the canard took time, but victory at last year's Europeans proved they had got the knack of it. They narrowly beat Junior in that championship so we can expect some fierce competition between the two boats this week.

Peter Harrison's St Francis IX, with British Olympian Andy Beadsworth on the helm and America's Cup veteran Colin Murray as tactician, has three previous World Championship wins to her name, in 1989 and 1990 under John Kostecki's leadership and in 2013 under Ross McDonald. With Beadsworth at the helm she placed third at the last Worlds in Vancouver in 2017 and was fourth at the 2018 Europeans so will be hoping to better those results this week. -- Fiona Brown

www.6mrworlds2019.com

British Keelboat Academy launches new hunt for tomorrow's stars
The search for future keelboat racing stars has begun as applications open for the 2019/20 British Keelboat Academy.

The British Keelboat Academy supports sailors aged between 18 and 24 in developing the skills they need to take their yacht and keelboat racing to the next level.

The RYA has been running a programme for young dinghy racers wanting to make the transition to yacht and keelboat racing for nearly twenty years.

Its graduates have gone on to hold top positions in some of the world's biggest and best sailing events such as the America's Cup, The Ocean Race, the TP52 Super Series, Class 40 and Figaro campaigns as well as high level amateur sailing all across the UK.

Successful applicants will receive coaching from a multitude of different experts across the sport gaining invaluable skills, experience and knowledge that will progress them in the world of keelboat racing.

The deadline for applications is 22nd September 2019.

For more information about the British Keelboat Academy and to apply for the 2019/2020 intake go to www.britishkeelboatacademy.co.uk

Nominations open for MS Amlin YJA Yachtsman of the Year
Nominations are now open for the MS Amlin YJA Yachtsman of the Year and the MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019. These awards are, without doubt, the most prestigious in UK yachting, having been established in 1955 and awarded to many of the great names in boating, including Sir Ben Ainslie, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Steve Curtis, Dee Caffari, Rodney Pattisson, Chay Blyth and Tracy Edwards.

Anyone can make a nomination for these awards and are actively encouraged to do so. It is not just championship and major event wins which are recognised, but great acts of seamanship too, such as Clipper Race crew member Gavin Read's heroics during the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race earning him the trophy in 2016.

To qualify for the awards, the nominee must be the holder of a British passport. For the Young Sailor award, the nominee must be under the age of 19 on December 31st 2019.

The nomination period lasts for the month of August, so ensure you make your submission as soon as possible.

Please CLICK HERE to Make your nomination

The MS Amlin YJA Yachtsman of the Year and the MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year Awards will be presented during a Gala Dinner at the Grand Cafe Southampton on the 13th September, following on from Press Day at the Southampton Boat Show.

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Star Sailors League Gold Cup Inaugural Training Session
The Star Sailors League launched on April at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, the last step of the project that has begun in 2013 with the first SSL Finals, the SSL Gold Cup. It represents a revolution in the world of sailing, it will be a trophy among nations where the top sailing athletes of each country will team together into a single crew and then race against one another aboard high performance 47 foot long one design monohulls to establish 'the world's best sailing nation'. Boats are supplied to ensure that, as in the Olympics, it is the sailors who make the difference and not the boats.

The SSL Gold Cup will take place in September/October 2021 in Switzerland, between lake Geneva and lake Neuchatel, where the Star Sailors League Headquarter is based and where in the past week arrived the first three boats - still to be modified - and the first training took place. It was Team Estonia who inaugurated the location and the boats, with its captain Tonu Toniste, his brother Toomas, with whom he won two Olympic medal in 470, and a crew of about 20 athletes that could train on two SSL boats.

After a ten days break, training will resume on lake Neuchatel from August 18th with Team Portugal, whose captain is 6 times Olympian windsurfer, Joao Rodrigues.

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Women's Match Racing World Championship in Lysekil, August 5-10
Lysekil Women's Match is the official Women's Match Racing World Championship of 2019. Anna Ostling has been a leading profile in the sport for over a decade, sailing the Olympics in 2012 and winning the World Championship title in both 2014 and 2016. To win another gold in the home event in Lysekil would be a true career highlight.

The first World Championship gold was won in Cork, Ireland in 2014 and two years later, the feat was repeated on Lake Michigan. This summer they have sailed the Midsummer Match Cup in Skärhamn, won the GKSS Match Cup Sweden at Marstrand and warmed up ahead of Lysekil with a competition in France in the end of July.

Skipper line-up for the Women's Match Racing World Championship 2019
(Skipper, ranking, nationality)
Pauline Courtois, 1, (FRA)
Trine Palludan, 2, (DEN)
Anna Ostling, 3, (SWE)
Johanna Bergqvist, 4, (SWE)
Marinella Laaksonen, 5, (FIN)
Nicole Breault, 6, (USA)
Margot Vennin, 7, (FRA)
Alexa Bezel, 8, (SUI)
Lucy Macgregor, 10, (GBR) - Defending World Champion
Renée Groeneveld, 13, (NED)
Claire Leroy, 15, (FRA)
Marie Bjorling, 36, (SWE)

Lysekil Women's Match begins with a training day on Monday and a full round robin beginning on Tuesday August 6. The quarter finals start on Thursday and the final is raced on Saturday, August 10th.

www.lysekilwomensmatch.se/en

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In This Issue
• Rambler 88 claims third consecutive monohull line honours
• Charal shakes off competition to claim Rolex Fastnet Race honours
• The Transquadra Machine - Jeanneau
• Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
• The New Hugo Boss Boat Hits The Water
• ORC European Championship
• Six-Regatta 2020 52 Super Series Season Will Open in Cape Town
• The World Sailing Show - August 2019
• Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta
• Oman Air Match Races To Victory In Palma
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Outremer 5X
• • X41 - British Soldier
• • Fast Foot Sally
• The Last Word: Alan Shephard

Rambler 88 claims third consecutive monohull line honours
Rambler 88 has won monohull line honours this morning, after crossing the Plymouth finish line at 09:55:02. American Owner George David and his all-star crew were delighted to have beaten their rivals on the 100-footer SHK Scallywag to the punch.

For a while it looked like breaking the outright monohull race record was on the cards, especially after Rambler 88 set a new record from Cowes to the Fastnet Rock, George David beating his own record by 88 minutes, which he set on Rambler 100 back in 2011. The race back across the Celtic Sea towards the Scilly Isles was also very quick with straight-line sailing at speeds of around 20 knots. But it was the final run into Plymouth from the Scillies that put paid to any race record hopes. In the end, Rambler 88 finished in a time of 1d 19h 55m 2s, 1 hour and 16 minutes off the record set by the Volvo Open 70 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing in 2011.

Some crews have chosen not to embark on the Celtic Sea crossing given that prolonged 20-25 knots southwesterly winds have been creating a building sea state. Some have had this decision made for them. Stephen Robinson's Class40 Jumpa Lagi dismasted yesterday after passing the Scilly Islands. All her crew were safe and they are pottering back east and this morning were just off the Lizard.

Regular French competitor Marc Alperovitch and his JPK 10.80 Timeline was forced to put in to Plymouth Yacht Haven prematurely when one of his crew injured his ribs in a fall. Embarrassingly this was an accidental tumble within the light conditions during the first few hours of the race. They continued and were doing well, but with the anticipated motion of the boat, given the waves in the Celtic Sea, was felt likely to cause too much pain for the crewman. -- James Boyd

Results

www.RolexFastnetRace.com

Charal shakes off competition to claim Rolex Fastnet Race honours
While IMOCA 60s are renowned for racing non-stop around the world in the Vendee Globe, the doublehanded crews of these extraordinary space-age craft appreciate the Rolex Fastnet Race as it offers most conditions of a round the world race within just a few days.

With the IMOCA 60s going through a revolution - following the introduction of foils, one design keels and masts, and being chosen as the grand prix boat of The Ocean Race, there has been huge interest in how they are performing, especially as some are new builds and other have been upgraded to differing degrees.

As usual, all the IMOCA 60s were being sailed doublehanded in preparation for this autumn's Transat Jacques Vabre. Class act of this year's Rolex Fastnet Race was Solitaire du Figaro winner Jeremie Beyou and Christopher Pratt on the new generation VPLP design Charal.

Twenty IMOCA 60s set sail in the Royal Ocean Racing Club's biennial Rolex Fastnet Race and, as forecast, it was the unusual and near impossible-to-predict transition on the first evening between southeasterly gradient to southwesterly pre-frontal breeze that would prove the race's 'defining moment'.

Out of the Solent, PRB, sailed by Nicolas Lunven and her new skipper Kevin Escoffier, led, with Clarisse Cremer and Vendee Globe winner Armel le Cleac'h on board Banque Populaire and Charal both to leeward. However here Charal demonstrated the power of her foils, forging ahead past the north of the Casquets traffic separation scheme (TSS) with Louis Burton and Davy Beaudart aboard Bureau Vallee leading the southerly group.

On the run back to the Scilly Isles, Maître CoQ drew level with Charal. This was due their having to make some laborious sail changes, reported Beyou. "We were broad reaching at 120° TWA under full main and J2 after the Fastnet TSS. Then we changed to the A3, which was the manoeuvre where we lost a lot." During this period Charal hit her top speed of the race - 33-34 knots. Charal passed Bishop Rock to the west of the Scilly Isles at 0630 this morning while behind a four way fight was developing between Banque Populaire, Maître CoQ and Initiatives Coeurs and Bureau Vallee 2.

Through judicious covering, Charal kept herself between those chasing and the Plymouth breakwater finish line where she arrived at 14:02:28 BST in an elapsed time of 2d 1h 32m 28s (outside of the PRB's 2011 record of 1d 23h 21m 27s). Impressively this was only around 1.5 hours more than Peter Harrison's Maxi 72 Sorcha

The Rolex Fastnet Race was good for its female skippers with Clarisse Cremer on Banque Populaire third and Sam Davies on Initiatives Coeur fifth, behind Bureau Vallee 2. At the time of writing Pip Hare and Paul Larsen were lying in 14th and Miranda Merron and Halvard Mabire 17th on Campagne de France. -- James Boyd

Tracking

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The Transquadra Machine - Jeanneau
Jeanneau's Sun Fast 3200 was one of the most popular and successful designs for today's thriving shorthanded offshore racing market. Their latest 3300 promises to go one step further

Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300
Shorthanded sailing, be it single or double handed, has seen a steady rise in popularity in recent years. From the continued strong interest in the Mini-Transat to the thriving Class 40 fleet and Imoca 60 class, be it crossing the Atlantic or lapping the planet, there seems to be no shortage of takers among those looking to go it alone, or with just one other.

One of the most recent launches that is due later this season is Jeanneau's Sun Fast 3300. This 33ft production racer takes over from the company's highly successful Sun Fast 3200 of which more than 250 boats were produced since first hitting the market in 2007.

Following this sustained growth in shorthanded sailing and for the first time, the Olympics will include an offshore class where mixed gender double-handed teams will compete in 2024. There can surely be few better validations for this popular style of racing.

Full story in the August issue of Seahorse

Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
Hanko, Finland: The opening day of the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship brought sparkling sunshine and a lovely summer breeze building gradually from around 8 knots at the start of race one to 18 knots by the end of race two. The the Hangö Segelförening's Race Committee provided near perfect windward leeward courses and the 47 strong fleet, which is divided into the Open Division for Moderns built after 1 January 1966 and the Classic Division for boats built before 31 December 1965, enjoyed two fabulous races.

With two of the scheduled eight races completed defending World Champion Philip Durr's SUI77 Junior, a 1981 Pelle Petterson design subsequently reconfigured by Ian Howlett with a new keel in 1989 and new rudder in 1991, has given notice to the Modern Division that she would very much like to claim her sixth world title by taking a first and third in today's races to lead the regatta overall.

Just one point behind Junior, thanks to third and second places, lies Henrik Andersin's FIN78 Evelina, a 1995 Peter Norlin design with eight time world champion Theis Palm of North Sails calling tactics. Hugo Stenbeck's 1989 Peter Norlin designed SUI32 Sophie Racing is one further point adrift in third and in fourth place lies Portugal's Patrick Monteiro de Barros sailing the 1988 Pelle Petterson boat Seljm, winner of the second race.

Provisional Results After 2 Races

Top 5 Open Division
1. Junior - Philippe Durr, SUI, 4
2. Evalina - Henrik Andersin, FIN, 5
3. Sophie Racing - Hugo Stenbeck, SUI, 6
4. Seljm - Patrick Monteiro de Barros, POR, 10
5. Thisbee - Michel Teweles, SUI, 11

Top 5 Classic Division
1. Fridolin - Henrik Lundberg, FIN, 4
2. Djinn - Karl-Gustav Pihl, FIN, 7
3. Hanko III - Thomas Kuhmann, USA, 9
4. Bribon - Pedro Campos, ESP,12
5. May Be VI - Andy Nystrom, FIN,13

www.6mrworlds2019.com/regatta/

The New Hugo Boss Boat Hits The Water
Alex Thomson Racing has announced the completion of the new racing yacht, which it hopes will lead the team to victory in the 2020-21 Vendee Globe round-the-world race.

The IMOCA boat, HUGO BOSS, is the product of more than two years of painstaking design and build work undertaken by the ocean racing team, together with more than 100 naval architects, engineers and boat builders.

Designed in partnership by the Alex Thomson Racing technical team - led by Design Manager Pete Hobson - and French naval architects VPLP, the revolutionary new boat was built in Hampshire, England, close to the ocean racing team's home base of Gosport.

Spearheaded by world-renowned British boat builder Jason Carrington, the build itself began back in June 2018 and has involved more than 50,000 hours of specialist construction.

HUGO BOSS - the name carried by all six of the team's previous IMOCA boats - is a purpose-built 60ft long carbon fibre yacht, weighing 7.6 tonnes and featuring state-of-the-art hydrofoils. The boat's deck and coach roof, meanwhile, feature solar panelling, an addition which the team hopes will allow it to achieve its ambition of sailing around the world without the use of fossil fuels.

The distinctive black hull is in stark contrast to accents of fluorescent pink which can be seen across the boat's coach roof, keel and rudder. Devised by Industrial Designer Karim Rashid - the man behind the brand identity of the boat - the bespoke fluro tone is a first for the IMOCA class.

Thomson and his team will now undertake a period of on-water commissioning and testing before the new HUGO BOSS is officially launched and christened in September. From there, the boat will debut in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race in October 2019 before Thomson undertakes his first solo race in the New York to Vendee in June 2020, the penultimate race in the IMOCA calendar before the Vendee Globe itself in November 2020.

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ORC European Championship
Oxelosund, Sweden: ORC championship racing re-focuses from the Med region to the Baltic with next week's start of the ORC European Championship 2019 in Oxelosund, Sweden. Hosted by the Oxelosund Sailing Club, this event held on the eastern coast of Sweden will bring 72 entries from 8 countries throughout Europe to race in three separate classes from Wednesday 14 August to Saturday 17 August.

The event starts with measurements, inspections, and registration held on Sunday and Monday 11-12 August, with the first Skipper's Meeting followed by a Practice Race held on Tuesday 13 August. Then racing commences on Wednesday with a windward-leeward Inshore race starting at midday, followed by an Offshore race held in the evening. Inshore racing will be held on two course areas: one for the 8 teams in Class A and 22 teams in Class B, and a second area for the 42 teams competing in Class C.

Racing then continues on Thursday 14 August with a single Inshore race, while the remaining days of Friday and Saturday 16-17 August will feature two Inshore races each day, followed by the Awards ceremony Saturday evening. European Champion prizes and titles are awarded for the top three results in each class, in addition to the top all-amateur Corinthian teams in each class as well.

Favorites to watch in ORC Class A include two podium finishers at past ORC Championship events: Erik Berth's Swan 45 Tarok 7 and Ralf Lassig's XP 44 Xenia. Berth and his team from Denmark won Silver medals in Class A at the ORC Worlds in Copenhagen in 2016 and Silvers again at the 2017 ORC European Championship in Gdansk. Lassig and his team from Germany were Bronze medalists in Class 2 at the last ORC European Championship held in Sweden, the 2013 edition sailed in Sandhamn.

Before the start of the racing in Oxelosund, later this week on Thursday 8 August, about 30-40 boats are expected to also compete in the Swedish ORCi Offshore Championship being held at the Royal Swedish Yacht Club (KSSS) in Sandhamn, about 50 miles northeast. This is regarded to be one of the best regatta areas in Sweden and will feature three days of 7 races, including one offshore race and six inshore races.

This championship event will be used by some as a tune-up for the European Championship, and the top finisher among the Swedish teams will be crowned as the Swedish ORC National Champion.

ORC European Championship 2019

Swedish ORCi National Championship

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Six-Regatta 2020 52 Super Series Season Will Open in Cape Town
The 2020 52 Super Series season will visit South Africa as the showcase curtain raiser to a six-regatta year, which will also feature four reliable, popular favourites in Europe.

The world's leading grand prix monohull circuit will start with two regattas in South Africa in March and April and return to the Mediterranean for regattas in Scarlino, Tuscany in May, Porto Cervo, Sardinia in June, and Valencia in July before concluding in Mallorca at Puerto Portals in September.

Reflecting a desire to offer owners and teams the opportunity to experience new and different racing waters together and to broaden the horizons of the world's leading grand prix monohull circuit, the 52 Super Series will race two regattas on the iconic waters of Cape Town, South Africa next year.

It will be the first time that the circuit has hosted regattas in the Southern Hemisphere and already there is considerable excitement and anticipation among the fleet. The move has been under discussion for some months, but following a recent venue visit, the green light was given and planning is already under way for the two regattas, which will take place one month apart, the first from 29th February to 6th March and the second event from 30th March to 4th April 2020.

2020 52 Super Series Calendar:
Cape Town - February 29 - March 6
Cape Town - March 30 - April 4
Scarlino - May 11-16
Porto Cervo - June 16-21
Valencia - July 17-22

www.52superseries.com

The World Sailing Show - August 2019
- Coville's secret revealed - The new Sodebo
- The Un-Regatta
- The Eagle has launched
- A new route to the America's Cup
- Alternative foiling for fun

It has taken two years to create and has required absolute secrecy throughout. As Thomas Coville's new 32m trimaran was rolled out into the open we got to see why his team had been so tight lipped about their new beast of a boat. This is an Ultime like no other. We also take a look at another high performance multihull, but this one is for cruising. The Eagle 53 was inspired by the America's Cup and designed to fly.

A new plan for the road to the America's Cup is laid out as this year's opening event is postponed.

How a sailing club in San Diego with an unorthodox approach to racing is grabbing the support of a new generation of young sailors.

Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta
For the 12th edition of the Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta, supported by Rouse Ltd. (26-28 July), and based in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, the breeze - unusually - trended from the north and with a record 214 boats competing, the event's Race Committee chose to start all racing from the Island shore: Black Group (132 boats) close under the clay cliffs just west of Hamstead Ledge and White Group (82 boats) directly in front of the Royal Solent's clubhouse just east of Yarmouth Pier.

For the second year running, Harry Brewer and the crew of J109 Space 8 from Parkstone Yacht Club took the Overall Winner Prize for the 2019 Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta with three bullets - matching the team's score from last year's regatta.

The 2020 Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta will be held on Friday 17th-Sunday 19th July.

Full results for the 2019 Taittinger Royal Solent Yacht Club Regatta

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Oman Air Match Races To Victory In Palma
Oman Air have won the 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE, third event of the 2019 GC32 Racing Tour, after fending off a final day challenge from arch-rivals Alinghi. After being soundly beaten by Ernesto Bertarelli's Swiss team at the GC32 World Championship in June, this was a sweet return to form for Adam Minoprio and his crew.

While Alinghi was disappointed to have lost out on this occasion, skipper Arnaud Psarofaghis was still pleased with the team's performance.

Red Bull Sailing Team were the other crew to make it on to the Palma podium, which was 'goal achieved' for skipper Roman Hagara

Iker Martinez and his new crew on M&G Tressis Silicius took everyone by surprise in the first race of the afternoon when they snuck through on the final windward leg to lead the reaching parade across the finish line. It was high-fives all round as the Spanish underdogs overtook the big teams for a famous race victory. After such a trying and testing week, this was just what the double Olympic medallist needed - for himself, his crew and his sponsors.

For the GC32 Racing Tour, the season moves on to Lake Garda for the Riva Cup over 11-15th September.

Final results at Copa del Rey MAPFRE
1. Oman Air, 35 points
2. Alinghi, 40
3. Red Bull Sailing Team, 63
4. Zoulou, 75
5. Black Star Sailing Team, 102
6. M&G Tressis Silicius, 112

www.gc32racingtour.com

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In This Issue
• Big boat race on the cards as the Plymouth deluge begins
• Franco-Brit Luke Berry claims Rolex Fastnet Race Class40 honours
• Harken® Tech Team Offering Service and Support at Cowes Week
• Lysekil Women's Match
• YAMAHA 470 Class World Championships
• RS Tera World Challenge Trophy
• B&G&reg releases the first VHF radio with the capability to send and receive AIS position data
• Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam, Announced As New Team Entry In Clipper 2019-20 Race
• Etchells South Coast Championship
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Class 40 - Concise 8
• • JPK 1080 - Blue Note
• The Last Word: Sonny Barger

Big boat race on the cards as the Plymouth deluge begins
The crew on Tonnerre de Glen celebrate dockside in Plymouth Yacht Haven. Photo by Paul Wyeth/RORC. Click on image to enlarge.

Like a tap slowly being turned on, the quantity of Rolex Fastnet Race boats arriving in Plymouth has been steadily increasing since yesterday afternoon, with crews clambering off boats into the welcoming arms of the race office before heading off for a beer in the race village.

Overnight some of the hottest boats in IRC Zero reached Plymouth and it is these which are looking like they may be main contenders in their own class, and also for the main prize overall this year.

Currently holding second overall in IRC Overall, after finishing at 21:49 last night, was Nicolas Groleau's Bretagne Telecom. This is the canting keel Mach 45's sixth consecutive Rolex Fastnet Race and although she has previously won the now defunct IRC Canting Keel class, this is the nearest she has come to overall honours.

First of the Cookson 50 canting keel boats to reach Plymouth last night was American Ron O'Hanley's Privateer, racing for the first time without her owner on board (O'Hanley recently sustained a knee injury and is recovering from surgery). Privateer was hoping this year to do one better than 2017 when they finished second overall under IRC.

Privateer had led the group of Cookson 50s (plus Bretagne Telecom and American Clarke Murphy's 82ft Aegir) past the Scilly Isles and out into the Celtic Sea. Prior to the Fastnet rock, like others, they too expected the significant right hand shift as a squall came through bringing with it 27 knots.

They rounded the Fastnet Rock shortly before 0400 yesterday and as Dawson said "from there you couldn't have asked for better conditions. It was beautiful sailing, surfing down the waves in a consistent 18-23 knots."

Unfortunately on the leg to the Scilly Isles they were unable to prevent Bretagne Telecom screaming past before the two boats split at the TSS to the west of the Scilly Isles. Ultimately Privateer trailed the French boat across the finish line by 14 minutes on the water.

The Ker 46 Tonnerre de Glen crossed the finished line at 03:20:40, first home in IRC One but another currently looking strong within the top 10 overall under IRC.

This morning owner Dominique Tian and his crew were focused on getting warm again (Tian's from Marseille and not well acquainted with British summers) before resuming his watch on the YB tracker to follow how the race unfolds under IRC corrected time. The boat looking most likely to steal Tonnerre de Glen's thunder is L'Ange de Milon, Jacques Pelletier's Milon 41 which was about 70 miles behind as Tonnerre finished, and is expected to cross the line herself at around midday.

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Franco-Brit Luke Berry claims Rolex Fastnet Race Class40 honours
One of the tightest competitions in the 48th Rolex Fastnet Race was between the 18 Class40s. While they, like the IMOCA 60s, are due to be competing in this autumn's Transat Jacques Vabre these box rule based fliers, the most successful 40ft racing yachts of all time (with hulls 158 and 159 soon to launch), were being sailed fully crewed (ie four up) to class rules, boat-on-boat, independent of the IRC fleet.

At the front of the fleet the competition was tight between the three Sam Manuard-designed Mach 40.3s - Luke Berry's Lamotte-Module Creation, Catherine Pourre's Earendil and Leyton, being campaigned by Rodrigue Cabaz, with the Owen Clarke-designed Imagine sailed by German Jorg Reichers and Beijaflore, the Marc Lombard-designed Lift 40 of William Mathelin Moreaux also in the mix.

For the outbound crossing to the Fastnet Rock, Berry and his crew hoisted a gennaker, enabling them to brazenly blast past Earendil. Meanwhile Beijaflore was doing well further west, benefitting, Luke Berry reckoned, from her sail selection.

Once again VMG downwind to the finish, they continued east on a starboard gybe before Lamotte-Module Creation was the first to gybe for the Plymouth finish line while, perhaps hoping to recreate the Ultim finish, Beijaflore left it a little later. Unlike the Ultim finish, Berry and his crew put in a hitch east to cover her rival and finished at 23:43:22, with Beijaflore less than three minutes behind.

Among the 18 starters, three were women - veteran Class40 campaigner Catherine Pourre, who ultimately finished third, plus Ursault Poupon, daughter of French offshore sailing legend Philippe Poupon, and British Paralympic sailor Hannah Stodel.

Poupon finished 12th, despite sailing the oldest boat in the fleet and having only been racing for a couple of seasons

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Harken® Tech Team Offering Service and Support at Cowes Week
The Harken® Tech Team will once again be on the Isle of Wight for this year's Cowes Week.

Harken technicians will be providing sailors with service and support, including upgrades and system tweaks, advice on winch servicing, plus pre-race booked inspections.

Head for Cowes Yacht Haven from 9-17 August, look for the bright red Harken flag, and you'll find the Tech Team van. Harken technicians will be offering support and service, and will get sailors with last-minute needs back on the water so they can get to the starting line.

Don't let a deck equipment failure cost you the regatta. If you would like to pre-book an inspection, please contact the Harken Tech Team on 07791 300 379 or TechServiceVan [AT] harken [DOT] co [DOT] uk.

Cowes Week information can be found here.

Harken At The Front.

Lysekil Women's Match
After the first day of competition we have four teams on equal points at the top of the leader board in Lysekil Women's Match, the 2019 World Championship: Johanna Bergqvist, Pauline Courtois, Anna Ostling and Claire Leroy all counting four wins and one loss.

Behind the leading four teams Lucy Macgregor has won three out of four matches (one match in the seventh flight was postponed due to a boat break down).

Results for Lysekil Women's Match: (skipper, country, matches won-lost)

Pauline Courtois FRA 4-1
Johanna Bergqvist SWE 4-1
Claire Leroy FRA 4-1
Anna Ostling SWE 4-1
Nicole Breault USA 3-2
Lucy Macgregor GBR 3-1
Trine Palludan DEN 2-3
Renee Groeneveld NED 2-3
Marie Bjorling SWE 2-2
Marinella Laaksonen FIN 1-4
Margot Vennin FRA 0-5
Alexa Bezel SUI 0-5

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YAMAHA 470 Class World Championships
All change on race day 3, Tuesday 6 August 2019, at the 2019 470 World Championships and Olympic Qualification in Enoshima, Tokyo as the breeze kicked in and the waves picked up for teams to face off in three back to back races in challenging conditions.

A change in leader board standings for the 182 competing athletes from 29 nations reflected the change in weather conditions, as new faces made their assault on the race track.

When the time came, Jordi Xammar / Nicolas Rodriguez (ESP) put their foot on the pedal, with some impressive downwind speed in the men's fleet, winning every race and shifting up to take the overall lead. Second to multiple world champions Mathew Belcher / Will Ryan (AUS), with Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabrò (ITA) in third. The Men's Qualification Series wrapped up today and the heavy hitters now advance to face off in gold fleet racing, with the rest of the pack in silver. Every single point counts even more, as the gold fleet now features the final line-up of nine nations fighting for one, of only four, nation qualification places for Tokyo 2020 on offer here at the 470 Worlds.

Control at the front of the 470 Women fleet changed race by race with nine different teams stepping up to a top-three finish across the three races. Consistency pays and Japan's defending world champions took their first race win of the series to edge them into the lead on a one-point advantage over Poland's Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar. Rio 2016 Olympic Champion Hannah Mills (GBR) and crew Eilidh McIntyre scored 1, 9, 9 to sit just 4 points off pole position.

Racing continues on Wednesday 7 August 2019 at 12:00 hours local time with three races scheduled for the Men and Women fleets. -- Georgia Arvaniti, Icarus Sports

2019worlds.470.org

RS Tera World Challenge Trophy
After the first day of the RS Tera World Challenge Trophy at Ljungskile, Sweden, Alice Davis leads the Pro fleet and Jac Bailey the Sport fleet.

In the Tera Pro fleet Britain's Alice Davis, on 4 points, has an eight point lead ahead of Max Steele and Peter Cope who are tied on 12 points, with Oliver Rayner in fourth place with 17 points.

In the Tera Sport fleet, Jac Bailey of Britain has 5 points and a six point lead ahead of Oliver Thompson of Switzerland, in third place is Freddie MacLaverty.

Why World Challenge Trophy? In Sweden, the word championship can only be used for children aged 13 or over.

Racing finishes on Friday 9 August. -- Gerald New, Sailweb.co.uk

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B&G&reg releases the first VHF radio with the capability to send and receive AIS position data
B&G&reg have just released the V60-B mid-level VHF radio, the first B&G VHF radio with the capability to send and receive AIS position data. The V60-B has a large screen, intuitive interface, built-in AIS Class B Transceiver, a front-mountable, mechanical design for easy installation and optional H60 wireless handsets with inductive charging.

The AIS transceiver built into the V60-B can receive position data from other vessels, but it is also capable of sharing its position with nearby AIS-equipped vessels, improving situational awareness and collision avoidance. Position data is clearly viewable on the screen and can be overlaid on top of a chart or radar through a compatible chartplotter. Share location details and keep track of up to five friends using Track Buddy, which requests the location of another VHF radio when the MMSI is entered into the VHF contact list.

With its integrated GPS receiver, the V60-B has four ways to ensure GPS reliability in the event of an emergency. A GPS antenna in the face of the radio is perfect for open-air installations and the SMA connector can be coupled with a GPS-500 antenna. NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 connections allow the user to get GPS data from a chartplotter or from another antenna already in the system. The V60-B radio can be paired with up to two H60 wireless handsets, making VHF functionality available anywhere onboard.

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Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam, Announced As New Team Entry In Clipper 2019-20 Race
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Following a high profile signing ceremony this morning, it has been revealed that the Quang Ninh Province, in northeast Vietnam, has signed a two edition deal with the Clipper Race. The Quang Ninh Province is home to the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site Ha Long Bay and it's this natural wonder that will be a team entry, named "Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam", in the Clipper 2019-20 Race and then return as both a Team and Host Port Partner in 2021-22.

Clipper Race CEO, William Ward OBE, visited Ha Long City to meet with the senior members of the Quang Ninh People's Committee and its Tourism Department with the partnership agreed at a ceremony in the city. This will be the first time the Clipper Race has had a team entry from Ha Long Bay and the global sailing event will be making its debut visit in 2022.

Recognised twice as a World Natural Heritage by UNESCO, Ha Long Bay is a stunning destination and, unsurprisingly, northern Vietnam's number one-tourism hub. Towering limestone pillars and tiny islets topped by forest rise from the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. These are what attract millions of tourists every year to take to the water and discover the region by taking overnight boat trips.

The name "Ha Long" means "descending dragons". For the upcoming edition, the Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam team will be skippered by 31 year old British Skipper, Josh Stickland. Fifteen nationalities will be represented on the Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam team with crew ranging from 27 to 73 years old. There will be eight circumnavigators onboard, taking part in the full 40,000 nautical mile adventure.

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Etchells South Coast Championship
Over the weekend 26/27th July, the 2019 Etchells South Coast Championships were held in Cowes and organised by the Royal Thames Yacht Club

Saturday morning's racing started in a 12 to 14 knot breeze from the north and, while it was forecast to increase, that didn't happen. Unfortunately, as the wind was shifting so much, it took 45 minutes before the first start could actually happen, as the committee struggled to lay a fair line.

Sunday brought a slightly more consistent breeze pressure, but still with the wind shifting with every cloud formation that moved through the Solent

Rob Goddard's Rocketman took their first series win.

Final top five
1. Rocketman (Corinthian), Rob Goddard / Edd Haynes / Joe Burns / Christine Shrimpton, 12.0 points
2. Royal Thames YC Youths (Corinthian), Ollie Grogono / Thea Crawshaw / Robbie Hooper / Charlotte Hooper, 13.0
3. Escape (Corinthian) , Matt Hannaby / Julian smith / Dicken Maclean, 13.0
4. Colin, David Heritage / Sophie Heritage / Will Heritage, 14.0
5. Exabyte 7, Shaun Frohlich / David Bedford / Duncan Truswell, 20.0

Full results on YachtScoring.com

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Industry News
The Moorings, Sunsail and Footloose have announced a $130m investment in new charter products by parent company Travelopia Yachts. Jenneau, Beneteau, Lagoon and Robertson & Caine are among the brands which will be receiving orders according to the charter operator

Travelopia Yachts, a global leader in the yacht charter business and parent company to charter brands The Moorings, Sunsail and Footloose, has announced a US$130m investment into its charter operations in 2020.

Following the devastation of Hurricane Irma in the fall of 2017, Travelopia quickly reestablished operations in its flagship Caribbean destinations, reopening in the British Virgin Islands in December of 2017 and in St Martin in February of 2018.

The company said the investment will fund new fleet additions, including monohulls by long-time partners Jeanneau and Beneteau. Among models the company said it intends to buy are 25 new Sunsail Match First-40 monohulls for the UK sailing fleet over the next two years; new sailing and power catamarans built by Robertson & Caine, such as the award-winning Moorings 5000, as well as the purchase of new Lagoon catamarans to go into the Sunsail fleet in select destinations worldwide. The company's statement called the investment "an unparalleled injection of quality and variety into these charter fleets at a time when the financial stability of some operators in the broader yacht charter market remains uncertain."

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Winchburgh Developments and Scottish Canals have agreed a contract for a new marina in Winchburgh.

The marina, which will be built on the Union Canal, will include 20 marina berths plus 29 canal moorings, as well as new leisure and commercial spaces.

It will be located at the heart of the new town centre and will provide access to the Union Canal towpath.

Winchburgh village is set to be developed into a new town with 3,450 homes and school buildings, improved transport links, a 75-acre park and 35 acres of employment land plus the new marina.

The detailed planning application for the marina will be made later this year and it is expected to open by the end of 2021.

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In two recent actions, the UK's Isle of Wight (IOW) Council has taken steps to buy key buildings related to the island's important marine industry and released the latest masterplan for Newport harbour.

Within the IOW's marine sector, yachts play an important role, with Cowes being a very historical location for yachting. Furthermore, Wight Shipyard based in Cowes will be the yard building the new Arksen yachts with the construction of the first, an Arksen 85, just started.

The IOW Council plans to buy Venture Quays, which is sited on the Solent waterfront at East Cowes. The purchase will involve four buildings which are collectively important to the IOW's marine sector and the acquisition will be funded by regeneration funds approved by the council in its budget for 2019/20. The purchases will be made from the Homes England agency but a price still has to be agreed.

The buildings include the large Columbine Building, well-known for the big Union Jack flag depicted on its front. It is located right at the entrance to Cowes and it has both marine industry history and current manufacturing going on within it.

The group of buildings in this planned purchase also includes the Victoria Barracks building, the Albany warehouse, and a Maresfield Road site currently used for car parking. Approval to continue negotiations on the purchase was given at the latest council meeting. What the purchase of this group of buildings will mean is that the council will be able to continue the marine and associated industries at Columbine as well as developing employment opportunities for the marine sector both in East Cowes and across the island.

This whole area was previously part of a major development project that would have also included a 400-berth marina to add much needed capacity for the island's marine leisure market both for locally-based and visiting yachts. The contract to develop the site and the marina was awarded to a company associated with Camper & Nicholsons Marinas but due to disagreements this partnership has now ended. It is not known whether the council still plans to develop the proposed marina or if they are talking with any potential parties to move forward on its construction.

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Hyundai New Zealand have come on board as a principal sponsor of the 2019 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships.

This year's 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships is to be held at the Hyundai Marine Sports Centre at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club in Auckland, New Zealand, the first time a world class event has been held at this venue.

As many as 400 sailors from around the world are expected to compete at the regatta from November 29-December 8, with a large number expected to start training in Auckland as early as October.

49er.org/event/2019-world-championship/

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The Hamble Classics Regatta is pleased to announce that Rick Tomlinson will be the official photographer for the 2019 event hosted by the RAF Yacht Club, 20th-22nd September. Rick will be out on the water on all three days of the regatta including 'Big Classic Friday' sponsored by OneSails and is offering competitors a 25% discount on any photographs they would like to buy from his website: http://www.rick-tomlinson.com

Rick Tomlinson is an internationally recognised yachting photographer who has competed in four Round the World races and published by all the leading yachting magazines and National Geographic. His signature yachting calendar has been a favourite for over 30 years.

For more details about the Hamble Classics Regatta, Notice of Race, online entry, current entry list and links to each of the event partners go to: rafyc.org.uk/hamble-classics-regatta/

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In This Issue
• US Rolex Fastnet Race winner breaks French winning streak
• Winners decided in IRC 3 and 4
• Winners decided in IRC 1 and 2
• Robline in a nutshell…may we introduce the brand
• Women's Match Racing World Championship
• 470 Worlds
• Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
• Chris Draper / Shirley Robertson Podcas.
• UK IC37 Class gathering momentum
• The Original Willy T to be added to Artificial Reef in the BVIs
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US Rolex Fastnet Race winner breaks French winning streak
An American VO70 has continued its phenomenal winning streak to claim the Fastnet Challenge Cup, the overall prize for the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race. David and Peter Askew, aboard their VO70 Wizard, came out on top under IRC corrected time, beating French boat builder Nicolas Groleau's perennial entry on their canting keel Mach 45 Bretagne Telecom by 45 minutes. This was despite the 2019 race being the Askew's first attempt at the Royal Ocean Racing Club's pinnacle 600 mile offshore.

The Fastnet Challenge Cup is the latest silverware that the Baltimore-based brothers can add to their ever-growing trophy cabinet. A month ago Wizard won the historic Transatlantic Race 2019 and in February claimed the RORC Caribbean 600. Their winning streak started last year when they came out on top in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse division of the Newport Bermuda Race.

Significantly, Wizard's success brings to an end the string of Rolex Fastnet Race overall victories by French teams that started in 2013 with Pascal and Alexis Loison and concluded in the last race with Didier Gaudoux's JND39 Lann Ael 2.

While they campaigned their Reichel/Pugh 74 Wizard to victory in many races, notably the Chicago-Mackinnac Race and the Barn Door trophy in the Transpac, the present campaign came about when Franck Cammas' former Volvo Ocean Race winner Groupama 4 was put on the market by her then owner. "About five or six years ago we were wanting to do a transatlantic race and trying to get a boat to do it with. It just happened that the best Volvo 70 probably ever built came available in Sydney, so we hopped on it -bought it, did the Hobart Race and then went from there," recalls David.

Winners decided in IRC 3 and 4
One hundred and seventy one teams in the Rolex Fastnet Race were taking part in IRC Three and IRC Four, close to half of the record-breaking fleet. For these smaller/slower boats endurance is key as they spend four days or more days at sea. The passionate, international collective who complete the arduous task can rightly celebrate in Plymouth, while those that rise to the top are worthy of much praise.

Victory in IRC Three and in the Two Handed class for Alexis Loison and Jean-Pierre Kelbert on JPK 10.30 Leon
This was the third race that Alexis Loison has won class in the Rolex Fastnet Race, this time racing with the boat builder Jean-Pierre Kelbert on the brand new JPK 10.30 Leon. In the light airs at the start of the Rolex Fastnet Race, Leon was not the fastest boat but the doublehanded team kept in touch with their rivals. At the Fastnet Rock Leon eased sheets pulling the trigger, surfing all the way back to the finish at Plymouth, for a massive win in IRC Three and IRC Two Handed.

Eight of the top ten teams in IRC Three were racing Two-handed, a new combination of Henry Bomby and Hannah Diamond racing Sun Fast 3300 Fastrak XII was second in both IRC Three and IRC Two-Handed. Hannah and Henry are at the start of an olympic campaign, hoping to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics, which will have a new event, the Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore.

Noel Racine | Foggy Dew | Winner IRC 4 Rolex Fastnet Race

With 87 starters, IRC Four is the largest class racing in the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race. The vast majority of the sailors are passionate amateurs fulfilling their dream of racing in the Rolex Fastnet Race. As of Wednesday morning, after five days of racing, only 10 boats from IRC Four had finished the race, however none of the teams still racing can beat Noel Racine's JPK 10.10 Foggy Dew. Astonishingly, out of Racine's eight Fastnet Races, he has won class four times. It is no surprise that the grandmaster from Le Havre has also won class in the last four consecutive RORC Season's Points Championships. -- Louay Habib

Winners decided in IRC 1 and 2
Just when we thought this was looking a benefit race for the bigger boats, last night's arrivals and previous leaders of IRC One - Tonnerre de Glen and Ino XXX - have been upstaged by two smaller French rivals - L'Ange de Milon and Lann Ael 2 - who moored up in Plymouth around midday today.

Jacques Pelletier, owner of the Milon 41 L'Ange de Milon, has been trying for the Rolex Fastnet Race class victory for a long time: "This is the first time I have had the chance to win this race. The first time I sailed in the Fastnet was in 1973 with a small boat. We completed the course in six days and six hours, something like that. This year we raced here in less than three days - it's absolutely marvellous."

Pelletier has lost count of how many times he has done this race over the years. "More than 10, less than 15."

Pelletier is pleased with his three-year-old 41-footer: "It's a prototype, an evolution of the JPK 10.10, by the same designer. But we have to work a little more. As always, there are more things we can improve." The skipper is proud of the work ethic displayed by his team. "Our crew sails together in La Trinite-sur-Mer. We practise every two weeks, and then more in the spring. We are always the same crew which makes life easier because everyone knows what to do."

The JPK 11.80 Courrier Recommande arrived at 11:23:50 this morning, another barnstorming performance by the Rolex Fastnet Race's Gery Trentesaux. Time and again the Frenchman has proven that he understands this race perhaps better than any other as he rounds off his high-level racing career with almost certain victory in IRC Two. -- James Boyd/Andy Rice

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Women's Match Racing World Championship
In perfect sailing conditions with winds of 5-7m/s (10-14 knots), the second day of competition Lucy Macgregor showed why she is the two-time defending World Champion by winning 7 out of 7 matches today.

In the lead, after 16 flights of Round Robin, is Lucy Macgregor who have only lost one match.

Round Robin racing will continue Thursday, for the nine teams that still have matches to sail, before we know who will qualify directly to the quarterfinals. Macgregor, with 10 out of 11 wins, on the other hand can sit back and relax knowing they are in top four and through to the next round.

At the end of Day Two - 16 of 22 round robin flights.
Skipper, Team Name, Country, Wins-Losses, Points

1. Lucy Macgregor, Team Mac, GBR, 10-1, 10 points
2. Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 4-1, 4
3. Johanna Bergqvist, Team Bergqvist Match Racing, SWE, 4-1, 4
4. Anna Ostling, WINGS, SWE, 6-2, 6
5. Marie Bjorling Duell, Team Emerson, SWE, 7-4, 7
6. Claire Leroy, Mermaid Sailing Team, FRA, 5-3, 4.5
7. Nicole Breault, Vela Racing, USA, 4-4, 4
8. Trine Palludan, Team Kattnakken, DEN, 3-5, 3
9. Renee Groeneveld, Dutch Match Racing Team, NED, 3-5, 3
10. Marinella Laaksonen, L2 Match Racing Team, FIN, 1-4, 1
11. Alexa Bezel, Swiss Women Match Racing Team, SUI, 1-10, 1
12. Margot Vennin, Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, FRA, 0-8, -0.25

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470 Worlds
Three races on race day 4 and the leader board hosts new series leaders with Mathew Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) taking over the lead in the 470 men and Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) in the women.

Stunning track conditions delivered perfect 470 racing at the 2019 470 World Championships and Olympic Qualification in Enoshima, Tokyo. Breeze, surfing condition waves and the oscar flag up allowing unlimited pumping, so plenty of exhausted sailors back ashore after 3 hours of demanding racing.

All still to play for with three more races for all fleets tomorrow, Thursday 8 August, to determine the top ten medal race line-up for Friday and the all critical nation qualification for Tokyo 2020. -- Luissa Smith

470 Men - Overall After 8 Races
1. Mathew Belcher / Will Ryan, AUS, 16 points
2. Jordi Xammar / Nicolas Rodriguez, ESP, 17
3. Anton Dahlberg Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 25
4. Kevin Peponnet / Jeremie Mion, FRA, 35
5. Panagiotis Mantis / Pavlos Kagialis, GRE, 38
6. Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabro, ITA, 40
7. Hippolyte Machetti / Sidoine Dantes, FRA, 43
8. Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura, JPN, 49
9. Keiju Okada / Jumpei Hokazono, JPN, 51
10. Tetsuya Isozaki / Akira Takayanagi, JPN, 53

470 Women - Overall After 8 Races
1. Hannah Mills / Eilidh Mcintyre, GBR, 24 points
2. Ai Kondo Yoshida / Miho Yoshioka, JPN, 29
3. Elena Berta / Bianca Caruso, ITA, 51
4. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 53
5. Camille Lecointre / Aloïse Retornaz, FRA, 55
6. Mengxi Wei / Haiyan Gao, CHN, 60
7. Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol, SLO, 62
8. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 67
9. Nia Jerwood / Monique Devries, AUS, 76
10. Maria Bozi / Rafailina Klonaridou, GRE, 79

2019worlds.470.org

Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
Hanko, Finland" It's going to go right to the wire at the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship in Finland where three teams are now tied for the lead going into the final day of competition. Day three of the championship brought beautiful sunshine, a 6 to 10 knot south-easterly, races five and six of the eight race series, the introduction of the single scoring discard and some incredibly close racing between the 47 competing yachts.

In the Open Division Philippe Durr's SUI77 Junior, Patrick Monteiro de Barros's POR4 Seljm and Hugo Stenbeck's SUI132 Sophie Racing ended the day counting 15 points apiece, whilst yesterday's leader Henrik Andersin's FIN78 Evalina has dropped into fourth, just one point behind them.

In the Classic Division His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain took the helm of the stunningly beautiful ESP16 Bribon Gallant today and showed that at 81 years young he's still got the competitive edge, finishing second and then first to consolidate the boat's overall lead. Bribon Gallant now has a seven point delta on nearest rival, Karl-Gustav Pihl sailing FIN67 Djinn, who won race five and was fifth in race six. There's then a ten point gap back to third placed Ossi Paija aboard FIN80 Astree III on twenty-four points, who in turn has Eric Jespersen's US81 Goose and Louis Heckly's FRA111 Dix Aout hard on his heels with twenty-six points apiece.

Two final races remain to sail to complete the eight race series and decide the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World and Corinthian World Champions. The weather forecast for Thursday looks promising to complete the full programme with further light to moderate southerlies and more sunshine. There is a slight possibility of thunder storms in the afternoon and should it not be possible to complete both races tomorrow, the competition may continue into the reserve day on Friday 9 August.

Provisional Results After 6 Races

Open Division
1. Junior - Philippe Durr, SUI, 15
2. Seljm - Patrick Monteiro de Barros, POR, 15
3. Sophie Racing - Hugo Stenbeck, SUI, 15
4. Evalina - Henrik Andersin, FIN, 16
5. Stella - Violeta Alvarez, ESP, 27

Classic Division
1. Bribon - Pedro Campos, ESP, 7
2. Djinn - Karl-Gustav Pihl, FIN, 14
3. Astree III - Ossi Paija, FIN, 24
4. Goose - Eric Jespersen, USA, 26
5. Dix Aout - Louis Heckly, FRA, 26

Full results

www.6mrworlds2019.com/regatta/

British SailGP Wingman Chris Draper joins Shirley Robertson for Episode 4 of her Sailing Podcast.
Episode 4 of Shirley Robertson's interview based sailing podcast looks forward to the British leg of SailGP as she interviews the CEO and wing trimmer of the British SailGP team, Chris Draper.

Draper will be taking to the waters off Cowes, on the the UK's Isle of Wight this coming weekend for Round 4 of the exciting new race circuit and is hoping to show the British sailing public what this latest iteration of the sport is all about.

"The noise they make is incredible, the foils whistling, and six of them careering towards you while you're sitting on the shore, or on a specator boat, well it really is difficult to get your head around, just how dramatic it is!"

Draper and Robertson have a degree of shared history - the pair were British Olympic team mates for the 2004 Games in Athens, where Draper won bronze in the 49er Class. Shortly after that they were opponents, both helming the exciting new catamarans of the fledgling Extreme Sailing Series, the birth of 'stadium sailing'.

The pair do, therefore, have much to talk about, and the result is a frank and honest discussion that looks into multiple aspects of Draper's wide ranging professional sailing career. A favourite to win gold in Athens, Draper is audibly moved as he discusses the fact that to him, a bronze medal wasn't what he went to Athens to achieve.

Shirley Robertson's Sailing Podcast is available to listen to via the podcast page of Shirley's own website, at www.shirleyrobertson.com/podcast or via most popular podcast platforms, including iTunes,Spotify,Google Podcast and aCast

UK IC37 Class gathering momentum
The recently formed UK IC37 Class Association announces that it has received its first commitment from a UK owner as the One Design circuit being created for 2020 takes shape.

Ian Atkins, a well-known Solent based yachtsman, has committed to the first UK based boat. Ian also takes on the important role of Chair for the new class association, leading an owners committee, dedicated to spearheading the growth of the UK fleet.

Ian comments: "I have raced sailboats for many years under various handicap rules - IOR, CHS, IRC - but the most fun and excitement was always in One Design. Since the days of the Ton Cups, One Design racing has always attracted the top sailors.

"Having owned a number of smaller One Designs - Cork 1720, J80, J70, - it was hard to see any obvious boat to progress into - so I went motor boat cruising for a few years. Having followed IC37 developments across the pond, and now having had the chance to sail the first UK boat, it's clear that this is a great design that can re-ignite OD racing in the UK."

The UK IC37 Class has already finalised five key events in its calendar for 2020 and is planning more with the support of two of the UK's leading yacht clubs. Detailed discussions with a number of potential new owners is well underway, and delivery slots are available for Spring 2020.

The first UK based IC37 will be berthed in Cowes Yacht Haven for the duration of Cowes Week and interested parties are invited to take a look around the boat and discuss ideas with fellow potential owners.

Building on the concept and success of this Mark Mills design, the IC37 Class is looking to build on the foundations that are already in place, with the programmes led by the New York Yacht Club in the USA, by bringing regattas to the European and, specifically, the UK stage.

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The Original Willy T to be added to Artificial Reef in the BVIs
In the first few weeks of August the British Virgin Islands will sink three disused airplanes (which have been creatively turned into the shape of sharks) and the islands' old Willy T Ship into the ocean to create a diverse hub of marine life. This brainwave is the creation of Beyond the Reef, a unique group of collaborators, varying from underwater engineers to a metal sculptor, brought together by their passion for the ocean and its uncertain future. With the support of the local BVI community, Beyond the Reef is determined to make an artificial coral reef system that makes a difference, both to the marine life and to the local community through a charitable project.

The Beyond the Reef team has responsibly sourced three abandoned airplanes which will undergo a miraculous metamorphosis into sharks, lurking at the depths of the seabed, just waiting to be discovered by intrigued divers. These metal sharks will also be joined by the iconic old Willy T Ship, a famed floating bar, which has always held a special place in the hearts of both locals and tourists alike.

The team has worked solidly over several months to strip the vessels of all hazardous materials and has created cavernous holes in their surfaces to create handy deep dive access. This exciting event, 'sink week', will take place in the first few weeks of August, to ensure that the vessels are securely sand-screwed down to the seabed.

The Beyond the Reef team has put these three plane wreckages and the former Willy T Ship, left behind from the devastation of Hurricane Irma, to good use rather than being disposed of in a costly and ecologically damaging way. In addition, these artistic installations will have a hugely positive impact on both locals and visitors by generating both increased tourism in the area and creating revenue for the local community.

www.bvitourism.co.uk

* Great news for all wannabe pirates and fans of the legendary Willy T floating bar and restaurant. The BVI Government announced that the Willy T will be returning to its original spot off Norman Island.

The following is a press release issued on June 6, 2019 by the BVI Government. It stated, "The public is hereby notified that effective July 1, 2019, the 'Willy T' floating restaurant and bar will be relocated to its original location anchored off The Bight near Norman Island, following a decision by the Government of the Virgin Islands.

The 'Willy T' has been operating in the Virgin Islands for over 35 years providing a unique experience to visitors and locals alike, and has become a very important component of our tourism offerings. The Government of the Virgin Islands expects that the legendary floating restaurant and bar will continue to provide the same level of enjoyment as it has over the years, and for many more years to come in the Territory.

The original vessel was destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017.

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In This Issue
• 470 Worlds: Top Ten for Medal Race
• Lysekil Women's Match Next up: The Quarter Finals
• The Perfect Charter for the Rolex Sydney Hobart
• Korean Entry For The Clipper 2019-20 Race
• Caribbean Foiling Championships Saint Martin
• B&G&reg releases the first VHF radio with the capability to send and receive AIS position data
• If Ollie dares, Great Britain SailGP Team wins?!
• And Finally a British success over the French
• Hamble River Sailing Club Centenary Founders Day Sail Past
• RS:X Youth World Championships
• Letters to the Editor
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470 Worlds: Top Ten for Medal Race
Race day 5 on Thursday 8 August was the day of reckoning at the 2019 470 World Championship in Enoshima, as the top-10 medal race line-up was decided in the 470 Men and Women and Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification spots earned.

With three races to decide the four nation qualification places on offer in the 470 Men and six in the 470 Women the fight was fierce and points close. Racing got underway on schedule at 1200 hours with the wind between 11-13 knots and big, long waves. Enoshima Bay provided a spectacular stage of breeze and ocean racing that so suits the 470 Class.

The medal race line-up is confirmed and teams will be led out onto the race track by the series leaders, Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez (ESP) in the men and Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) in the women. With just 1 point between the first and second placed teams in men and women, the hunt for gold and silver is set to be a two-way battle, but the bronze medal doors are still open.

A pressure cooker environment for the teams seeking nation qualification as the leader board after race 9 saw China move into the top four placed unqualified nations, joining Greece, Russia and Turkey, whilst Hungary fell off the top four spots. China's Zangjun Xu/Chao Wang dug deep for scores of 6,6,10, making it their best performance of the Championship. Pushing hard from behind and also hoping their fortunes would turn during the next two races were the teams representing Switzerland, Germany, Argentina and Israel. But the points mountain was too high and the scoreboard proved to be irreversible. -- Luissa Smith

470 Men - Medal Race Top 10 After 11 Races
1. Jordi Xammar / Nicolas Rodriguez, ESP, 23 points
2. Mathew Belcher / Will Ryan, AUS, 24
3. Panagiotis Mantis / Pavlos Kagialis, GRE, 48
4. Kevin Peponnet / Jeremie Mion, FRA, 48
5. Anton Dahlberg Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 52
6. Keiju Okada / Jumpei Hokazono, JPN, 75
7. Hippolyte Machetti / Sidoine Dantes, FRA, 79
8. Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabro, ITA, 81
9. Luke Patience / Chris Grube, GBR, 81
10. Paul Snow-Hansen / Daniel Willcox, NZL, 92

470 Women - Medal Race Top 10 After 11 Races
1. Hannah Mills / Eilidh Mcintyre, GBR, 48 points
2. Ai Kondo Yoshida / Miho Yoshioka, JPN, 49
3. Camille Lecointre / Aloise Retornaz, FRA, 64
4. Elena Berta / Bianca Caruso, ITA, 68
5. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 74
6. Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol, SLO, 92
7. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 97
8. Mengxi Wei / Haiyan Gao, CHN, 100
9. Nia Jerwood / Monique Devries, AUS, 107
10. Fernanda Oliveira / Ana Barbachan, BRA, 109

Nations Qualified To Tokyo 2020 At 470 Worlds Subject to final notification from World Sailing after the event to the relevant Member National Authority / National Olympic Committee, the following nations have earned qualification at the 2019 470 World Championship:

Men: Greece, Russian Federation, People's Republic of China, Turkey (in finishing order after 11 races)

Women: Poland, Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany (in finishing order after 11 races)

All places are awarded subject to the details of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualification System. Click here to view the qualification system in full.

Full results

2019worlds.470.org

Lysekil Women's Match Next up: The Quarter Finals
The third day of racing is completed and we now know which teams made it through to the quarter-finals.

The weather, with sunny skies and a light breeze drew a big crowd in Lysekil, and opened up for a long day of sailing. After finishing the Round Robin, the four teams on top, directly qualifying to the quarter finals were: 2017 and 2018 World Champion Lucy Macgregor with Team Mac, number one in the world - Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, and the two Swedish: Anna ostling, WINGS, and Marie Bjorling Duell Team Emerson prevailed.

The teams ranked 5th to 10th after the Round Robin had to battle it out for the remaining four spots in the quarter finals in the Repechage, sailing a second Round Robin.

Renée Groeneveld from the Netherlands, who won in Lysekil 2017, had a tough start to this year's competition. Ranked 9th after the initial Round Robin, went on to sail in the repechage. With four wins out of five races they secured a spot in tomorrow's quarter finals after a long day of sailing.

Tomorrow it is time to cut the eight teams down to four for the semi finals.

On to the quarter finals (skipper, team, ranking, nation)
Lucy Macgregor, Team Mac, 18, (GBR)
Pauline Courtois, Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, 1, (FRA)
Anna ostling, WINGS, 2, (SWE)
Marie Bjorling, Team Emerson, 22, (SWE)
Renée Groeneveld, Dutch Match Racing Team, 20, (NED)
Johanna Bergqvist, Team Bergqvist Match Racing, 3, (SWE)
Claire Leroy, Mermaid Sailing Team, 13, (FRA)
Nicole Breault, Vela Racing, 5, (USA)

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The Perfect Charter for the Rolex Sydney Hobart
Do you want to take on the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, on a yacht designed specifically to win this infamous offshore race?

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Korean Entry For The Clipper 2019-20 Race
Imagine your Korea has been revealed as the newest team entry for the Clipper 2019-20 Race and will be led by skipper Mike Surridge. The partnership is supported by the Korea Tourism Organisation, Gin-A Co. Ltd, The Korean Sailing Federation and the Yeosu Yisunsin Marina.

The partnership announcement marks a pivotal event in the development of the sport. This collaboration will promote the country as a growing mecca for sailing, both to the country's home audience to increase participation and for sailing tourism on a global scale. Looking forward, the parties are working towards a return as both a Team and Host Port Partner in 2021-22.

The Imagine your Korea team is made up of 65 crew members representing 15 different nationalities ranging from 20 to 69 years old. There will be nine circumnavigators onboard, taking part in the full 40,000 nautical mile adventure.

Leading the team is Skipper Mike Surridge, 55, originally from Canterbury, and now living in West Sussex. Since starting sailing in his early twenties, Mike has recorded in excess of 100,000 nautical miles in his log book and has extensive racing experience, taking part in five Fastnets, thirteen Round the Island Races, the ARC, and BVI Regatta to name a few.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

Caribbean Foiling Championships Saint Martin
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The speculations about the future of Caribbean kitesurfing are over after today's announcement. In 2020 from February 20-23, kite foil racing will have an annual event in the Caribbean called the Caribbean Foiling Championships,.

When World Sailing revealed that kitesurfing in the form of kite foil racing will be a permanent Olympic discipline after its debut at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, the organization of the Caribbean Foiling Championships decided to invest in the future of Caribbean Foiling.

In the beginning of 2020, Saint Martin (Orient Bay) will be the main hub of activity for all the wind and kite foiling fanatics.

Maxim van den Pol (founder of the Caribbean Foiling Championships) says,' The action sports industry has been an increasingly growing sport segment over the past decade, resulting in skyrocketing participation rates and escalating popularity especially among Generation Y consumers. The same is happening in the Caribbean but there was no platform for them to show their talent. Now they can show off what they can during the first Caribbean Foiling Championships in 2020. Let's hope this will be the start of something great for the Caribbean future!'

Fitting perfectly in the yearly kite calendar even European kitesurfers can skip the European winter and join some Caribbean benefits; great weather conditions, crystal clear waters and an average temperature of 26 Celsius.

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If Ollie dares, Great Britain SailGP Team wins?!
On the first day of official practise racing at the European debut of SailGP in Cowes, Isle of Wight, Great Britain SailGP Team were thrilled to welcome onboard Ollie Ollerton, best known for Channels 4's SAS; Who Dares Wins.

Knowing that the team had only two days previously won the race to break the elusive 50 knot speed barrier and arriving fresh from a gruelling expedition up Mont Blanc, the ex-SAS military man stated: "I'm super excited to get out as 6th man with the Great Britain SailGP Team on this crazy fast boat - watch this space."

Sure enough, shortly after Ollerton's session with Dylan Fletcher and the team on the red, white and blue wingsailed F50 catamaran, the British boys stole the show on the first day of official practise racing at Cowes SailGP.

Following the inaugural Kings Cup regatta - a major sailor event hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in support of their charitable causes - and with a shoreline packed with fans, the Great Britain SailGP Team took the win on both races of the day, coming back twice from a slow start off the line.

As an Official Feature Event of Cowes Week, Cowes SailGP will bring an added level of excitement to the event with supercharged wingsailed catamarans racing in close-quarters at speeds potentially exceeding 50 knots, just off Cowes. The Cowes SailGP Race Village will run along the seafront from the end of the Cowes Green up to Egypt Point. Activities in the Race Village start from 11:30 a.m. each day, with the races taking place from 3-4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

SailGP.com

And Finally a British success over the French
The veteran crew pass the buoy in the middle of the English Channel halfway through their record-setting row. Photo by Craig Brown. Click on image to enlarge.

A team of veteran British skiff-rowers called the Orio Speed Masters, have established a new record for rowing the English Channel, without ever reaching the French coast.

The crew had no option but to create a new route because the French have banned rowing or paddling across the English Channel since 2013. Other craft including sail and engine-powered craft as well as swimmers can cross without a problem. Despite a recent minor change to the French rules, every boat that's rowed or paddled must be towed in French waters, which invalidates any official Guinness Record attempt.

The row's organiser, renowned maritime and polar adventurer Jock Wishart, said: "It's a ludicrous situation where other sporting challenges can be completed shore to shore, but rowing is banned in French waters. If we ventured into their waters we'd immediately be stopped, taken under tow to a French port and potentially have our equipment confiscated and have to pay a hefty fine."

Defying the red tape and the ban, the new course is almost exactly the same distance as the recognised Cross Channel distance from its traditional starting point in Shakespeare Beach near Dover to Sangatte in France.

The British crew set out from Shakespeare Beach and rounded a buoy in the middle of the channel (Channel North Cardinal Buoy, called Colbart North), before returning to Shakespeare Beach. It is a distance of 22.6 statute miles.

Their feat was achieved by a 13-man rowing boat called a trainera. The style of boat used by the crew comes from the Basque country in Spain where it is designed to navigate the coastal waters of the Bay of Biscay. The time they set on the new course is 3hrs, 9mins and 2.5 seconds. In agreement with Guinness Book of Records the Orio Speed Masters can claim a new record for the same distance as rowing across the Channel on the new course.

The crew, who are all members of Thames-based Skiffing Clubs, was: Andy Wells, John Parker, John Graham, Duncan Graham, Simon Leifer, Mike Lanzer, Steve Aquilina, Nick Mepham, Andy Graham, Paul Reynolds, Andy Tompkins, Dave Jillings and steersman and tactician Jock Wishart.

jockwishart.co.uk

Hamble River Sailing Club Centenary Founders Day Sail Past
Photo by Gill Pearson. Click on image for photo gallery.

Hamble River Sailing Club, or 'HRSC' to all who know it, celebrated 100 years since its formation on Tuesday 6th August with a Sail Past of 100 boats including dinghies, yachts, RIBs and launches on the evening of the very same date 100 years on since nine Hamble men met and agreed to form a new sailing club on the River Hamble. Amongst the fleet led by David Aisher's 1888 gaff cutter 'Thalia' were notable boats in the club's history including a 1949 Hamble Star racing dinghy and X One-Design dayboats, plus kids in club dinghies, most being towed by sailing instructors in 'jaffa' patrol boats due to the extremely windy weather.

Other vessels supporting the parade included the Hamble Inshore Lifeboat launched specially for the occasion, and as guard ships for the impressive fleet were Harbour Authority launches under the direction the River Hamble Harbour Master Jason Scott. Meanwhile onshore TV and radio crews had arrived to do outside broadcasts. The HRSC Commodore Steph Merry was kept busy with interviews while yachting journalist and guest commentator Barry Pickthall had his task made more difficult by the 20 knot breeze causing those boats under sail to overtake the boats ahead.

The result was good humoured and colourful with much to talk about as spectators looked on and then participants gathered in the clubhouse for rum punch, supper and an auction. This included boat trips, cooking experiences, a painting and two classic boats, plus a tombola, all together raising £3000 to help purchase new club dinghies for junior and adult training. The auctioneer was the irrepressible Bill Blain who donated one of his own paintings, and skilfully worked the audience into a frenzy of generosity. Most important was that two classic sailing dinghies with unique local history, a 1949 Hamble Star 14-footer and a 1952 National 12 that had recently been donated to the club, were both found good new homes in Hamble.

The concluding events in the HRSC Centenary programme will be the Invitational Race for Commodores (in Optimist dinghies!) and the club's annual flagship event, the eight-week long HYS Hamble Winter Series for yachts and sportsboats.

www.hrsc.org.uk

RS:X Youth World Championships
In St. Petersburg, the qualification series for the RS:X Youth World Championship in the class RS:X finished as another three races were completed. Racing is being held in the waters of the Neva Bay, and a racing village is encamped ashore near the park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg.

After the strong and shifting wind of the first day, a reduced wind of between 5-7 knots greeted the 104 competitors from 19 different nations on day 2. Despite the weather conditions for racing being challenging for both the competitors and the officials, the race teams held all three scheduled starts and completed all three races.

The leaders in the boys ranking were the Israelis of Eyal Yohay Zror and Daniel Basik Tashtash - both were among the leaders after the first race day and confirmed their challenges for the title on the second day. Zror has 10 points and is the most consistent competitor with all of his races being in the top 3 positions, Tashtash has 13 points overall. Among the chasing pack are Italian EdoardoTanas, Frenchman Mathis Ghio, Israeli Riuven Hillel and Greek Alexandros Kalpogiannakis (all - 17 points). Gold fleet is going to be intense!

Alexandros is the winner of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, the World and European Junior Championships in the Techno 293 class (the junior class before RS:X). Now he is trying to win the champion title in the Olympic class. In between competitions, Kalpogiannakis is advised by the 1996 Olympic windsurfing champion Nikolaos Kaklamanakis and Alexandros wants to follow in the footsteps of his great mentor.

At the end of the qualification (six races) among men, windsurfers were divided into two fleets - gold and silver. 35 of the best racers, including Russian racer Anton Tokarev (26th), got into the gold fleet. Women continue to race in a separate fleet. -- Icarus Sports

www.rsxclass.org/youthworlds2019/

* From Sture Sunden (click on image for a photo gallery)

I am the son of naval architect Tord Sunden who passed away in 1999. He was most known for the design of the famous Nordic Folkboat and the International Folkboat (IF-boat). He also designed 5 and 6-metre yachts in the 1940´s as well as some cruising yachts.

His largest design was a yawl of 16 tons and 16.9 meters length that was launched in 1947, built at Sundsandviks Boatyard north of Gothenburg, the name of the yacht was BRIS and she sported the sail nr KR S - 118, as I remember.

I would be much obliged if you would be able to find out where the yacht could be today and I enclose some pics taken at her launching. Last time I saw her the topsides were painted white, that was in the 1970´s.

Please contact me if you have information. Thank you.

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In This Issue
• Team Mac wins Lysekil Women's Match
• Cowes Week Day 2 - Round up report
• Marginal Gains - Musto
• Extreme conditions at Cowes SailGP
• 505 European Championships
• Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
• National Sailing Hall Of Fame Announces 2019 Inductees
• St. Francis Yacht Club Repeats as Morgan Cup Champion
• Entries Now Open For 2019 John Merricks Sailing Trust
• The Yawl has been found!
• Featured Brokerage:
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Team Mac wins Lysekil Women's Match
This year's edition of Lysekil Women's Match - the world's greatest match racing competition for female sailors - is over. Lucy Macgregor, with her Team Mac, sailed home the gold in Lysekil Women's Match, and this year's Women's Match Racing World Championship 2019.

Macgregor showed why she is the two-time reigning world champion when she won over Claire Leroy with 3-0 in the tough final, taking home the gold, and 300 000 Swedish kronor in prize money.

The bronze went to Pauline Courtois, and her Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, after defeating the Dutch Match Racing Team 2-1.

Results in Lysekil Women's Match / Women's Match Racing World Championship 2019 (team, crew, nationality):
1. Team Mac - Lucy Macgregor, Amy Sparks, Bethan Carden, Mary Rook, Kate Macgregor - GBR
2. Mermaid Sailing Team - Claire Leroy, Mathilde Geron, Julie Gerecht, Lola Billy, Sigrid Longeau - FRA
3. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team - Pauline Courtois, Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Nathalie Corson , Sophie Faguet - FRA
4. Dutch Match Racing Team - Renee Groeneveld, Marcelien Bos - de Koning, Marieke Jongens, Marije Tijssen-Kampen, Mijke Lievens - NED
5. WINGS - Anna ostling, Annie Wennergren, Linnea Wennergren, Marie Berg, Annika Carlunger - SWE
6. Team Emerson - Marie Bjorling Duell, Anna Holmdahl White, Elisabeth Nilsson, Jenny Axhede, Anna Nordlander - SWE
7. Team Bergqvist Match Racing - Johanna Bergqvist, Isabelle Bergqvist, Johanna Thiringer, Ellinor Hansson, Julia Carlsson - SWE
8. Vela Racing - Nicole Breault, Allie Blecher, Karen Loutzenheiser, Beka Schiff, Carina Becker - USA
9. Team Kattnakken - Trine Palludan, Sille Christensen, Lea Richter Vogelius, Vivi Moller, Joan Wester Hansen - DEN
10. L2 Match Racing Team - Marinella Laaksonen, Sofia Tynkkynen, Camilla Cedercreutz, Henna Holopainen, Catharina Sandman - FIN
11. Swiss Women Match Racing Team - Alexa Bezel, Fiona Testuz, Manon Kivell, Andrea Nordquist, Blandine Jaffrain - SUI
12. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team - Margot Vennin, Juliette Dubreuil, Clotilde Poncon, Chloe Salou, Sophonie Affagard - FRA

Standings in WIM Series 2019 after two events (team, skipper, nationality, points):
1. Match in Pink by Normandy Elite Team, Pauline Courtois - FRA, 43
2. WINGS, Anna ostling - SWE, 38
3. Team Emerson, Marie Bjorling Duell - SWE, 30
4. Team Mac, Lucy Macgregor - GBR, 25
5. Matchmoiselles by Normandy Elite Team, Margot Vennin - FRA, 25
6. L2 Match Racing Team, Marinella Laaksonen - FIN, 25
7. Mermaid Sailing Team / New Sweden Match Racing Team, Claire Leroy - FRA, 22
8. Team Kattnakken, Trine Palludan / Lea Richter Vogelius - DEN, 22
9. Dutch Match Racing Team, Renee Groeneveld - NED, 18
10. Team Bergqvist Match Racing, Johanna Bergqvist - SWE, 12
11. APCC Women Sailing Team, Margot Riou - FRA, 12
12. Vela Racing, Nicole Breault - USA, 10
13. No Name Sailing Team, Chloe Le Bars - FRA, 10
14. Swiss Women Match Racing Team, Alexa Bezel - SUI, 6

wimseries.com

Cowes Week Day 2 - Round up report
A fast and furious day provided close and exhilarating racing, mostly in bright sun, for the Black Group classes at Cowes Week.

Although gusts of 30 knots had swept through the central Solent half an hour earlier, the breeze was temporarily down to 20 knots for the start of IRC Class 0 at 1010. Niall Dowling's Fast 40+ Arabella and Gerd-Jan Poortman's Ker 46Van Uden initially led the fleet away towards the western Solent, with all boats tacking offshore into the stronger ebb tide and were soon in the white water beyond Egypt Point.

These boats were overhauled by Tony Langley's TP52 Gladiator, which finished the 24 mile race with a commanding lead, having completed the course in two hours 20 minutes. However, as the wind picked up on the leading edge of a shower she hit a snag when dropping her kite after the finish. This culminated in trawling the sail in the water, which then exploded into pieces.

Mark Rijkse's GP42 42 Degrees South was next across the line, more than 10 minutes after Gladiator, but beat the higher-rated boat on corrected time by two and a half minutes. Arabella was third, less than two minutes later.

IRC Class 1 had one of the tightest races of the day. At the start Colin Campbell's Azuree 46 Eclectic responded to the individual recall after the start cannon and returned to start correctly. Tor McLaren's MAT1180 Gallivanter led away from the line, having started inshore on port tack and clearing ahead of the fleet, steering aggressively to minimise slamming in the steep wind against tide waves. Jan de Kraker's Swan 45K-Force and Bertie Bicket's Swan 42CS Fargo were also very well placed at this stage.

Unfortunately, Gallivanterhad started prematurely, leaving another Dutch boat, Harold Vermeulen's Leeloo, to take line honours ahead of K-Force and Fargo. After time correction these three boats were only 67 seconds apart, with Fargotaking victory. K-Force took the runner's up spot on corrected time, just one second ahead of Leeloo.

Sunday was also Family Day, celebrating the many family crews that race together – or compete against each other – at Cowes Week. These include families such as the Hill family who have been racing the Contessa 32 Nimbus at Cowes Week for 24 years and sail with three generations on board.

Full results

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Marginal Gains - Musto
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The concept of "marginal gains' has been well explored and explained in recent years, especially in relation to the success of the British Cycling Team both on the Olympic velodrome and in the Tour de France with the success of Team Sky. However, as Musto's head of marketing Nick Houchin explains, the concept of marginal gains has been at the core of the company since its foundation.

'When Keith Musto went to the Tokyo Games in 1964 and came home with a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman, he realised how small the margins were between winning gold and silver. It was that experience that led him to form the company and to create products that would always seek to eliminate those tiny weaknesses, to make clothing and equipment that would help enhance the performance of the athlete to the nth degree. It's from Keith's original philosophy that we coined our brand's strapline: The Inside Edge.

Full article in the August issue of Seahorse

Extreme conditions at Cowes SailGP
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Cowes, UK: In extreme conditions at the European debut of SailGP, Australia's Tom Slingsby proved once again that he is the one to beat in the league's first season. The Australia SailGP Team dominated the field with a sweep of the races while becoming the first crew to break the 50-knot speed barrier in sail racing. Meanwhile, Rome Kirby's U.S SailGP Team capsized in dramatic fashion and Dylan Fletcher and the British team took a violent nose dive resulting in boat damage that prevented them from finishing racing.

The stakes were higher than ever on the first and only day of racing in Cowes, as the last chance for teams to put points on the leaderboard before the final in Marseille, where the SailGP championship trophy and $1 million awaits the season winner.

In front of a packed crowd at the SailGP Race Village at Egypt Point, Slingsby set a new sail racing speed record, clocking in at 50.0 knots while crossing the finish line of the first race. It marked the first time in sail racing history that a boat broke the 50-knot speed barrier.

Earlier in the week, the Australian team sustained damage to its wing in practice and was unsure whether it would be able to race today, but Sunday morning saw all damage repaired and Slingsby raring to go. The team, which only had a couple hours of practice in its boat this week, made a deal with the French, who loaned the Aussies their boat in exchange for some training with Slingsby onboard.

The United States SailGP Team capsized within 30 seconds of the start of race one, but surprisingly was able to compete in the rest of the day's racing with quick assistance from the SailGP tech team. Despite a tough day, Kirby's American team was able to climb the leaderboard for third place overall.

The Great Britain SailGP Team wasn't as lucky. On the penultimate leg of the first race, the team dug its bow into the water, sending flight controller Chris Draper tumbling over Stuart Bithell in a dramatic crash. No injuries were sustained, however, the boat was too damaged to sail for the remainder of the day. Fletcher was massively disappointed, having had high hopes at his home event after breaking the 50-knot barrier and winning two of two practice races earlier in the week.

SailGP's final stop for Season 1 is in Marseille. Fans can expect the racing to be fierce, with three full days of competition planned, an ultimate winner-takes-all match race for the SailGP championship trophy and $1 million purse.

Cowes SailGP Results
1. Australia, 30 points
2. Japan, 25
3. China, 24
4. France, 22
5. United States, 18
6. Great Britain, 14

Season 1 Leaderboard (after four events)
1. Australia, 169 points
2. Japan, 165
3. United States, 123
4. Great Britain, 120
5. China, 117
6. France, 115

sailgp.com

505 European Championships
Sonderborg, Denmark: The 2019 505 European Championships took place August 6-10, 2019 at the Sonderberg Yacht Club. The full schedule of 10 races was sailed.

Final top five
1. Roger Gilbert / Ben Mcgrane, GBR, 25 points
2. Ian Pinnell / David Shelton, GBR, 29
3. Howard Hamlin / Jeff Nelson, USA, 32
4. Wolfgang Hunger / Holger Jess, GER, 37
5. Stefan Bohm / Gerald Roos, GER, 43

Full results

www.int505.org

Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship
Sadly the final day of racing at the 2019 Sinebrychoff 6 Metre World Championship in Hanko was blighted by light winds for the second day running and no racing was possible. Fortunately six of the eight programmed races had been completed and the winners of the Championship could be declared.

2019 Sinebrychoff International 6 Metre World Champion was confirmed as Philippe Durr helming SUI77 Junior, crewed by Nicholas Berthoud, Kaspar Schadegg, Yann Marillet and Alexandre Nicole. The competition had been fierce and at the final prize giving a delighted Philippe Durr paid tribute to his fellow competitors and in particular to second placed Patrick Monteiro de Barros, sailing POR4 Seljm, crewed by Henrique Anjos, Gasto Brun, Joao Matos Rosa and Rodrigo Vantacich, and third placed Hugo Stenbeck helming SUI132 Sophie Racing with Martin Westerdahl, Bernardo Freitas, Lars Linger and Concalo Ribeiro, who finished the regatta on equal points with Durr and only lost out to him on countback.

His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain's ESP Bribon Gallant, helmed jointly by His Majesty and Pedro Campos and crewed by Inaqui Castaner, Alberto Viejo, Ropi Alvarez and Ross MacDonald, safely defended her Classic 6 Metre Worlds title by a seven point margin.

Second place in the Classic Division went to FIN67 Djinn helmed by Karl-Gustav Pihl and crewed by Georg Tallberg, Thomas Castre'n, Oscar Andersin and Hema Virkunen. Championship Regatta Chairman Ossi Paija and his local crew of Thomas Hallberg, Jonas Renlund, Sam Fagerlund and Kimmo Vijamaa sailing FIN80 Astree III took the final step on the podium in the Classic Division.

The next international championship for the class will be the 2020 6 Metre European Championship, to be hosted by the Real Nautico de Sanxenxo on Spain's spectacular Galician coast during the last two weeks of August 2020. Further details about the regatta will be published shortly at www.6metre.com.

Final Top Five Results

Classic Division
1. Bribon - Pedro Campos, ESP, 7
2. Djinn - Karl-Gustav Pihl, FIN, 14
3. Astree III - Ossi Paija, FIN, 24
4. Goose - Eric Jespersen, USA, 26
5. Dix Aout - Louis Heckly, FRA, 26

Full results

www.6mrworlds2019.com/regatta/

National Sailing Hall Of Fame Announces 2019 Inductees
Newport, R.I.: The National Sailing Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the 10 people who will make up its 2019 class of inductees:

Capt. John Bonds (Annapolis, Md./Charleston, S.C.)
Passionate sailor whose leadership in establishing safety protocols has had a global impact on offshore sailing,

Thomas F. Day (Somerset, England/New York, N.Y.)
Founder, in 1906, of The Newport Bermuda Race\

Robbie Doyle (Marblehead, Mass.)
Sailmaker

Buddy Friedrichs (New Orleans, La.)
Olympic Gold Medalist

Allison Jolly (St. Petersburg, Fla.)
The sport's first-ever Women's Olympic Gold Medalist

Donald McKay (Jordan Falls, Nova Scotia/East Boston, Mass.)
Clipper ship builder

Everett A. Pearson (Warren, R.I./Estero, Fla.)
The grandfather of fiberglass production

Doug Peterson (San Diego, Calif.)
Pioneering yacht designer

Herbert Lawrence Stone (Charleston, S.C./New York, N.Y.)
Magazine editor and publisher .

One additional Inductee, author and world champion sailor, Arthur Knapp, Jr. (Larchmont, N.Y.), is being recognized with the NSHOF Lifetime Achievement Award.

The members of the class of 2019 join 71 previously recognized individuals as the National Sailing Hall of Fame continues to fulfill its mission by drawing attention and recognition to Americans who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of sailing.

The 2019 class will be formally celebrated on Saturday, November 9, 2019, with an Induction Ceremony hosted at Seattle Yacht Club, Seattle, Wash. The Induction Weekend has also become notable as a reunion of sailing's Who's Who as previous inductees join the celebrations to welcome their peers into the Hall of Fame. --Stuart Streuli, NYYC Director of Communications

nshof.org/hall-of-fame/class-of-2019

St. Francis Yacht Club Repeats as Morgan Cup Champion
Newport, RI: In keelboat team racing, where so much depends upon a dozen sailors acting as if they are sharing the same brain, familiarity and consistency are a recipe for success. With a roster that included nine returning sailors from last year's winning team, the St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco) successfully defended its Morgan Cup championship, beating Corinthian Yacht Club (Marblehead, Mass.) and Yale Corinthian Yacht Club (New Haven, Conn.), which tied on points for second, with Corinthian winning the team breaker. The win by St. Francis is the fourth straight Morgan Cup championship, and the fifth in the past six years, for a yacht club from the West Coast of the United States.

The New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Morgan Cup was first run in 2003 and has become one of the most prestigious trophies for keelboat team racers. Clubs from around the country, and abroad, apply for an invitation, and the field regularly includes numerous collegiate All-American sailors along with former Olympians and world and national champions. The regatta is sailed out of the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in the Club's fleet of identical Sonar sailboats, with each team composed of three crews of three or four sailors. The Morgan Cup was presented by the members of the New York Yacht Club to J. P. Morgan as a token of esteem and a mark of appreciation of his service to the club as Commodore, 1919-1921, and is dedicated as the perpetual award for the winning team.

The New York Yacht Club's series of elite team races will continue next weekend with the Hinman Masters, and conclude August 23 to 25 with the Grandmasters Team Race. Full details on both of those events can be found here.

Entries Now Open For 2019 John Merricks Sailing Trust
Applications are now open for sailors to apply to the John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST) for a brand new single-handed junior pathway boat or board. The boats and boards will be gifted to at least one promising youngster from each RYA Region and Home Country who displays enthusiasm, drive, talent and commitment to the sport and who may not ordinarily have the opportunity or financial backing to achieve their goals.

After two years of exclusive use of their own boat or board, which will be donated to their club or centre, they will then be returned to the sailor's original club so other young sailors can continue to benefit in the future and progress into club and regional racing activities. The range on offer include: Optimist, Topper, Laser 4.7, RS Tera and Bic Techno 293OD.

Since its launch in 2013, JMST have already donated 76 boats and boards to youngsters.

The JMST seeks to help young sailors and youth sailing organisations to achieve their goals and was set up in the memory of 1996 Olympic silver medalist John Merricks. As the official charity partner of RYA OnBoard, the JMST will donate at least 80 single-handed junior pathway boats and boards to promising sailors over eight years, providing them with the opportunity to progress their skills and continue to participate in the sport.

Eligible sailors must be under 15 years of age on the 31st of December 2019. Sailors must enter and compete at the British Youth Sailing Regional Junior Championships in September 2019. Sailors will then be shortlisted and invited to complete an application form after the event. For any further information email: onboard [AT] rya [DOT] org [DOT] uk or call 02380 604195.

www.rya.org.uk/go/onboard

The Yawl has been found!
Click on image to enlarge.

Last week we received a letter from Sture Sunden whose father was naval architect Tord Sunden. Tord's largest design was a yawl of 16 tons and 16.9 meters length that was launched in 1947.

Thanks to a letter from Allen Clarke of Owen Clarke Yacht Design, the boat has been located. She's now named Baltic Bris and is based (as is Allen) in Darmouth.

Here's a nice photo by Mike Wynne Powell of the boat and crew sailing at the Royal Dart Yacht Club Classic Regatta in 2016:

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Cowes Week Daily Round Up Day 3
• O'Higgins' Rockabill VI Claims GAS Calves Week Title on Final Day
• Pick your lighthouse - Newport Bermuda
• 470 World Championship Gold Medals to Australia in Men and Great Britain in Women
• Spinlock IRC Welsh National Championship
• World Sailing launch Challenge 2024
• Not a Genoa. Not a Spinnaker. It's a Tweener!
• Ocean Cruising Club Challenge Grant is Now Accepting Applications
• Industry News
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Cowes Week Daily Round Up Day 3
The hard men of Cowes. Stewart Reed, Matthew Gray, John 'Robo' Roberson. Photo by Di Roberson. Click on image to enlarge.

A tricky day on the Solent threw up challenges of a different kind on the third day of Cowes Week. As showers moved across the race area winds from every point of the compass were experienced at some point during the day, while wind speed varied from less than 5 knots to up to 15.

Nevertheless, the day produced some tantalisingly close racing. In the Etchells class, for instance, the first four boats - Rob Goddard's Rocketman, Eddie Warden Owen and Andrew Cooper's Colin, Tom Abrey's Jolly Roger, and Shaun and Emily Frohlich's Exabyte - all crossed the line in just 21 seconds.

When the first starts were scheduled to get underway heavy showers, had stalled to the east of the Isle of Wight, temporarily blocking the light gradient north-westerly breeze. After a postponement of just over two hours, the first start was for the 70ft yachts competing over three days for the prestigious Triple Crown trophies.

Sir Peter Ogden's Mini Maxi Jethou led away from the line, heading eastwards under Code 0 and rapidly opening up a big lead on Johannes Schwarz's Volvo 70 E1. Jethou continued to extend around the course, finishing the 20-mile race in a little under two and a half hours.

The leaders in the 35-strong J/70 class showed no caution in approaching the start line for the first of their three scheduled races, despite a strong stream carrying the fleet onto the course side of the line. Their exuberance was less extreme than many spectators onshore assumed, as the outer distance mark was a couple of boat lengths behind the line. Nevertheless, there was little response to the individual recall and three boats were scored OCS.

Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

By the time of the Daring class start at 1255 the breeze had increased to 13-15 knots. The first three boats having to bear away on the final approach to the line to avoid being premature. There was also much excitement, with many competitors approaching the outer distance mark simultaneously. James Sumsion's Debutante bailed out to the north of the buoy, but Roger Marwood and Helen Bulbeck's Audax and John and James Hackman's Double Knot collided and became briefly tangled together.

A shower was passing through the race area at the time of the Sportsboat start. One boat started prematurely, leaving Alastair Ley and Thomas Reed's J/80 Jackaroo leading the fleet away a few lengths ahead of Rob Mclean's modified Cork 1720 Spider Pig and Malcolm Thorpe's J/80 King Louie.

Multihulls returned to Cowes Week this year after a hiatus of a few seasons. Theirs was also a slow-motion start, with Phil Cotton's Diam 24 Buzz initially leading the fleet, before another Diam, French entry Hugo Vallerie's Sofia 3, picked up a gust and quickly opened up a 5-6 length advantage that she continued to extend over the next few minutes in the progressively stronger winds further offshore. Sofia 3 went on to take a decisive win by more than two minutes, but competition for second place remained intense, with William Sunnucks' Adh Inotec finishing just nine seconds ahead of Buzz. -- Rupert Holmes

Full results

www.cowesweek.co.uk

O'Higgins' Rockabill VI Claims GAS Calves Week Title on Final Day
The violent overnight thunderstorms certainly cleared the air in Schull for the start of day four of Calves Week writes Michael Murphy.

Unfortunately, it also cleared the wind, leaving race officer Alan Crosbie starting his fleets in a falling southeasterly from a line well inside the harbour.

As the breeze continued to drop, most of the fleets drifted aimlessly off the harbour mouth, for up to an hour and a half. Then the forecasted weather front arrived, first came the torrential rain and then the strong southwesterly, sweeping all the backmarkers safely home after up to four hours of racing.

In class 1 it was a clean sweep for Paul O'Higgins' "Rockabill VI, whose victory in both divisions, also clinched him the overall title, from event sponsor Frank Whelan's "Eleuthera" in IRC and Dennis O'Sullivan's "Aris" in Echo.

In class two, IRC Jonny Swan's "Harmony" finished the week in style to claim both the daily prize and the overall from Frank Desmond's "Bad Company".

In Echo, it was a dead heat between Rob Allen's "Smile" and Kevin Daly's "Jamaro", while George Radley's" Cortegada" took the overall trophy.

Class three IRC also finished in a tie with David Buckley's "Jaguar "winning the overall by reason of a victory over " Dave Doyle's "Musketeer" in the final race.

In Echo, the overall went to another Tralee Bay boat, with Diarmuid Dineen's "Growler" finishing one point ahead of the Dwyer family in "Sally in Stitches", while the Kerry club finished off a great week with Paul Taylor winning class four Echo in "Sea Psalm". The IRC trophy was claimed by Rob O Reily in "Bonjourno".

In White sail one IRC Michael O'Leary in "Act Two" was able to discard the final day's race to secure overall victory by one point from Aiden Heffernans "Indulgence", while Tom McCarthy's "Bateleur 88" won Echo.

Local Schull boats dominated White Sail Two, with Don Buckley's "Zeezwan" winning the tiebreaker from Frank Murphy in "Dreamcatcher"

Full results

afloat.ie/sail/events/calves-week

www.shsc.ie/calves_week.html

Pick your lighthouse - Newport Bermuda
Your own style of boat, your own style of crew and to some extent your own style of sailing, the Newport-Bermuda classic is not your typical ocean race

Whether in light winds or a gear buster, 160 to 200 boats depart Castle Hill, Newport every two years and take aim at Bermuda's northeast tip across 635 miles of open ocean. Seeking competition, camaraderie and personal challenge, skippers race for lighthouse trophies and other silverware bearing names of 114 years of previous winners.

The water warms, the history grows richer
Ranging from 33ft to 112ft LOA, the fleet flies a mix of Dacron and carbon sails as it crosses the chilly late-spring waters of the continental shelf, slices across the thermal engine of the northeast-flowing Gulf Stream and sails down "happy valley" on the final miles to Bermuda. The first boats usually finish in two to three days; smaller boats may take five or six.

The sailing is not always comfortable, but when you finish, you feel you've earned a place in the race's extraordinary history. At age 20, Olin Stephens sailed this race aboard John Alden's Malabar IX in 1928, then designed Dorade to shake up the ocean-racing status quo. Legendary racers have been winning ever since, from Carleton Mitchell's three-timewinning yawl, Finisterre, to Dick Nye's series of sloops named Carina, Ted Hood's Robin, and maxis from Bolero to Boomerang, Kialoa to Comanche.

Full article in the August issue of Seahorse

470 World Championship Gold Medals to Australia in Men and Great Britain in Women
Enoshima, Japan: In a race battle to the end, stepping away victorious from the medal race with 2019 470 World Championship Gold medals are Mathew Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) and Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR).

Eleven races over the five preceding days of intensely physical and mentally demanding racing today culminated in today's double-points medal race. The air was thick with expectation as teams prepared their boats under the eyes of hordes of Japanese media gathered around the medal race quarantine zone at Enoshima Yacht Harbour, the venue for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition.

In the 470 men, the gold and silver medal contenders were clear cut, as series leaders Jordi Xammar/Nicolas Rodriguez (ESP) and second placed Mathew Belcher/Will Ryan (AUS) were guaranteed medals, with only the colour to be decided. Behind, the three teams in the mix to make their assault on bronze were Panagiotis Mantis/Pavlos Kagialis (GRE), Sweden's Anton Dahlberg/Fredrik Bergstrom and 2018 World Champions Kevin Peponnet/Jeremie Mion (FRA).

Virtually the same scenario in the 470 Women, with Hannah Mills/Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) one point ahead of Japan's defending World Champions Ai Kondo Yoshida/Miho Yoshioka, but the medal permutations were not as clear cut as the men. Whilst the stage seemed set for a gold/silver medal battle between the British and Japanese, there was an outside chance of France's Camille Lecointre/Aloïse Retornaz stepping up to gold if the leading two teams finished at the back of the pack. Behind the French, Italy's Elena Berta/Bianca Caruso and Spain's Silvia Mas/Patricia Cantero also had a points window to seize bronze. -- Luissa Smith

Men - Final Top 10 Results
1. Mathew Belcher / Will Ryan, AUS, 30 points
2. Jordi Xammar / Nicolas Rodriguez, ESP, 45
3. Anton Dahlberg Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 54
4. Panagiotis Mantis / Pavlos Kagialis, GRE, 56
5. Kevin Peponnet / Jeremie Mion, FRA, 58
6. Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabro, ITA, 93
7. Luke Patience / Chris Grube, GBR, 95
8. Paul Snow-Hansen / Daniel Willcox, NZL, 96
9. Keiju Okada / Jumpei Hokazono, JPN, 97
10. Hippolyte Machetti / Sidoine Dantes, FRA, 101

Women - Final Top 10 Results
1. Hannah Mills / Eilidh Mcintyre, GBR, 62 points
2. Ai Kondo Yoshida / Miho Yoshioka, JPN, 65
3. Camille Lecointre / Aloïse Retornaz, FRA, 72
4. Elena Berta / Bianca Caruso, ITA, 80
5. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 94
6. Tina Mrak / Veronika Macarol, SLO, 98
7. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 99
8. Fernanda Oliveira / Ana Barbachan, BRA, 113
9. Nia Jerwood / Monique Devries, AUS, 117
10. Mengxi Wei / Haiyan Gao, CHN, 118

Full results

2019worlds.470.org

Spinlock IRC Welsh National Championship
Clwb Hwylio Pwllheli Sailing Club in conjunction with the Royal Dee Yacht Club, were once again delighted to have the opportunity to host the Spinlock IRC Welsh National Championships, as part of our 2019 Celtic Regatta, and Welsh leg of the RC35 class Celtic Cup. We welcomed boats from all the Celtic nations, and the event started with a reception in Plas Heli on Thursday evening hosted by the Commodore of Pwllheli Sailing Club, Jane Butterworth, in glorious sunshine on the Plas Heli deck.

Race day 1 - with 20 kt winds and showers forecast, the race management team layed a simple windward leeward course, and racing got underway as scheduled. For the first race the weather held with a steady 20kts of breeze from the south west giving a choppy sea, but fine racing conditions, allowing our Celtic visitors to put their stamp on the event very early in IRC 1, with First 35 Triple Elf (Christine and Robin Murray) taking first by 3 seconds corrected from J133 Spirit of Jacana (Alan Bruce and James Douglas) with J109 Jings (Robin Young) taking third. It was clear at this early stage that these well drilled regatta boats were going to dominate IRC 1 and push the top IRC 2 boats for the overall title.

In IRC 2 J97 Injenious (Mike Crompton and Graham Hallsworth) took the first race ahead of 2018 Welsh IRC champion Ian McMillan, sailing Impala Checkmate with Andrew Miles J35 Sidetrack third.

IRC 4 sailed one round the cans race with some close racing, with the win going to Mark Willis in Rodmar, with Alan Barton, Induna just behind.

The second race in IRC 1 and 2 started as scheduled with darkening sky's to the South West and with most of the fleet on the beat, a very intense squall whipped up, with winds up to 37kts and torrential rain in zero visibility

Race Day 3 dawned brightly with North Westerly winds of 10-15 kts giving flat water and excellent racing conditions, and glorious views of the stunning Llyn peninsula and Snowdonia.

The results in IRC 1 and 2 took a little bit of time to clarify with ratings having to be double checked, but finally the results could be announced. The daily prize giving was sponsored by Rowlands Marine Electronics, with jugs of beer and glassware presented to day 3's race winners.

In IRC 1 the overall winner was confirmed as J133 Spirit of Jacana (Alan Bruce and James Douglas) on count back from First 35 Triple Elf (Christine and Robin Murray) with fellow RC35 class member J109 Jings third.

In IRC 2 local boat J97 Injenious (Mike Crompton and Graham Hallsworth) took first ahead of 2018 champion Checkmate (Ian McMillan) with Sidetrack (Andrew Miles) third.

IRC 4 results were as above with Rodmar (Mark Willis) presented with the Royal Dee cruiser class trophy

Full results

www.ircwelshchamps.com

World Sailing launch Challenge 2024
World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, have set an ambitious challenge to the marine industry to push the boundaries of low carbon innovation for support boats at international events.

Titled Challenge 2024 and announced at Monaco Yacht Club's Solar and Energy Boat Challenge, it is closely linked to World Sailing's Sustainability Agenda 2030 targets.

The targets are linked to the use of coach and support boats with the aim to:

- Reduce the number of coach boats with combustion engines by 50% (vs 2017) that are allowed at World Sailing organized Olympic Class events by 2024. This will be safety dependent;

- Specify that all official boats (safety dependent) used at World Sailing organized Olympic Class events will not be solely reliant on fossil fuels for propulsion by 2025.

Scott Over, World Sailing's Commercial Director, presented at the Solar and Energy Boat event, presenting a business and environmental case for a shift from traditional combustion engines on support boats.

Research has shown that the emissions from fuel used at World Sailing's events accounted for almost 30% of its overall carbon footprint.

Over presented alongside Formula E who have accelerated investment from the automotive sector in electric technologies. The aim is that this model can be applied to the wider marine industry, not just World Sailing events so similar boats can be utilised for rescue and recreational activities.

Challenge 2024 parameters are based on data collected by World Sailing and its partners along with research from leading marine institutions such as Southampton University and TU Delft.

www.sailing.org/about/Sustainability.php

Not a Genoa. Not a Spinnaker. It's a Tweener!
In 2018, when the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) introduced ratings for boats carrying Large Roach Headsails (LRH), some sailors thought the sails were unnecessary. A year later, consensus is building among sailors that the ORR made a good move. The LRH sails, also known as tweeners, are so good that jib tops and some Code Zeros are being left on the dock.

"A tweener can turn a white-knuckle reach into a fun sail," says Al Declerq of Doyle Sails Detroit. "And it can sail surprisingly fast at deeper angles than expected. In 10 years, every boat will have one."

By definition, the size and shape of a tweener falls between that of a jib and a spinnaker, and a fuller definition is available in last year's announcement that the ORR and ORR-Ez rules would rate such sails. The rules measure the sails as both a jib and a spinnaker using the ratio of the half-width measurement to the foot (see diagram); tweeners must have half-width measurements greater than 50% of the foot but less than 75% when measured as a spinnaker. One LRH sail is allowed aboard in place of one of five large headsails, and currently the typical sail is being built at 60 to 62%.

Full article by John Burnham at the Offshore Racing Rule site

Ocean Cruising Club Challenge Grant is Now Accepting Applications
Devon, UK: The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) has established a Challenge Grant to encourage ambitious expeditions for environmental conservation or challenging oceangoing adventures and is now accepting applications for the 2020 season. The OCC Challenge Grant programme consists of two categories, the Conservation/ Environmental Grant and the Adventure Grant.

The OCC Challenge Grant encompasses two categories: the Conservation or Environmental Grant and the Adventure Grant. Grants are intended to help with project costs and range from £250 to £3,000, depending on the size and scope of the project.

Project lead, Baxter Gillespie notes, "The applications will be reviewed and judged by members of OCC who have experience in planning and executing major expeditions and projects such as high latitude firsts, mid-ocean scientific research, and remote island refuse reclamation. Their assessment of candidates' goals and qualifications will be based in an extraordinary depth of expertise. I encourage candidates to apply as early as possible to secure consideration as we have a limited number of grants each year."

For details on how to apply, please visit the OCC Challenge Grant page on the website.

oceancruisingclub.org

Industry
World renowned for its market leading production techniques and product design, Topper International will now be bringing its expertise to the RYA by offering exclusive discounts and supplying RYA OnBoard venues with 4.2 Topper Sails for the next three years, through an annual competition run by the RYA.

Building upon its already successful relationship with the RYA's OnBoard initiative, Topper International has already helped hundreds of thousands of young people try sailing through the RYA's national programme, which introduces young people to sailing and windsurfing up and down the country.

Jon Manners from Topper International: "One of the joys of working for Topper International is getting to see at first-hand how sailing can transform the lives of young people in so many positive ways. The Topper sailing dinghy inspires confidence in young or novice sailors like no other boat. We see so many young sailors self-belief sky-rocket the more time they spend on the water sailing."

Jon concludes: "The RYA OnBoard programme is a fantastic initiative which gets more and more young sailors out on the water offering a fantastic way to learn a new activity, have fun, and make new friends and pick-up valuable life-skills along the way."

For more information on the discounts available to RYA OnBoard recognised clubs and training centres, and for details on how to apply please email RYA OnBoard Operations Officer, Hannah Cockle by email: hannah [DOT] cockle [AT] rya [DOT] org [DOT] uk

www.rya.org.uk/go/onboard

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Poland's law on the registration of yachts and other craft of up to 24m (79ft) is set to enter into force on 1 January 2020, introducing new fees for local yacht owners and capping them based on a percentage of the country's minimum wage.

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The Greek island of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea is to host a new marina. A concession agreement to construct a marina in Ormos Alindon was signed by ex-Tourism Minister Thanassis Theocharopoulos just before the start of the recent Greek elections.

The project is part of the Greek Tourism Ministry's strategy of upgrading the sea tourism product, developing sea tourism and modernising the existing infrastructure.

In addition, the tender for a private-public partnership project concerning the construction and operation of Nafplion Marina has been officially launched by the Region of Peloponnese. The tender includes two phases - an expression of interest, followed by the submission of binding offers.

Indicative costs are not yet available, but interested parties will be invited to express their interest on September 17, 2019.

The contract duration will be 40 years, while the period for the studies, licensing and construction is estimated to be around three years.

The goal of the tender is to designate a private party which, through the partnership agreement, will have the responsibility to conduct all required studies, licensing and construction of the project, as well secure its financing and operation, with modern and quality terms, security and thoroughness of the services provided.

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The announcement is perfectly timed as the Antigua Sailing Week team is currently engaged in a summer marketing activation - The Road to 2020 which consists of three world wide events, offering the trip of a lifetime to race at Antigua Sailing Week 2020. The events are being held in Hamble UK, Hamptons, USA & Lake Constance, Germany and one winning crew in each market will win the coveted prize which includes access to a Dream Yacht Charter Bareboat to participate in the 53rd edition of the event.

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In This Issue
• Cowes Week Daily Round-Up Day 4
• Tilly's Triumph
• Lucy Macgregor Scoops Slingsby Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week
• Kick off the Caribbean regatta season with the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2020
• ORC European Championship
• South-Westerlies beckon for the Ullswater Ultimate
• 'Tornado' hits Auckland waterfront and leaves destruction in its wake
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• RS:X Youth World Championship
• Clipper Ventures calls for independent inquiry into MCA and MAIB
• Saildrone is first to circumnavigate Antarctica, in search for carbon dioxide
• Featured Charter
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• The Last Word: Winston Churchill

Cowes Week Daily Round-Up Day 4
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Competitors enjoyed a classic day of Solent racing today, with the race area largely bathed in sunshine and a west south-westerly breeze that built from 10 knots in the morning to gusts of nearing 20 by mid afternoon. For the Black Group yachts the day culminated in a classic downwind finish against the tide past the Green to the Royal Yacht Squadron, with competitors gybing frequently in a building breeze.

Today was also Slingsby Ladies Day, a celebration of the many successes of women in sailing. More than 30 per cent of competitors here are women and around 100 women helms were racing today. Class winners among them include Tilly Harrison, overall winner of the J/70 Grand Slam, Natalie Jobling in the double-handed class, Gayle Palmer's Sunbeam, Hannah Stodel on Cobra in IRC Class 2 and Dawn Bee on Haggis 2 in Cruiser Division C.

Alain Waha's Spongebob led the SB20 fleet away at the start of their first race, having correctly identified how far back from the line the outer distance mark was laid. Peter Noes' 6A Vision Homes and Charles Whelan's Breaking Bod were just behind Spongebob, while Andrew Bell's Dark and Stormy was a lone boat towards the inshore end of the line.

These four continued inshore after the bulk of the fleet tacked offshore onto port, one of the first boats to do so having been the overall leader at the start of the day, John Pollard's Xcellent. Breaking Bod won today's first race by an impressive margin, having pulled out a six minute lead on Matt and Chris Williams' Carnage. Anastasia Morozova's Am-Rusarc took third 50 seconds later, taking the mantle as first woman skipper in this race. There was much tighter competition further down the fleet - for instance the four boats in places 15-19 finished only 30 seconds apart.

Following a further two windward-leeward races from committee boats, Whelan emerged as the overall winner of the class's Grand Slam event that took place over the first four days of the regatta. Pollard was second overall and Morozova third.

IRC class 5 encompasses a wide range of designs and has therefore been split into two sections, reflecting that the IRC rule is very good at reflecting small differences between similar craft, but it's inherently much harder to quantify difference between boats of widely varying designs.

Only 28 seconds separated the top four boats on the water in IRC Class 5a. Despite having had a second-row start Mike Moxley's HOD 35 Malice soon pulled ahead to lead most of the way around the course. However, on the final run the lower-rated boats astern started closing as the wind built from the west.

At the finish Malice took line honours 15 seconds ahead of Ronsyn Borghis' Archambault 35 Tontin Pups. -- Rupert Holmes

Full results

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Tilly's Triumph
26-year-old Tilly Harrison's Sorcha J has won the J/70 Mini-Series at Cowes Week. Tilly's father Peter owns the Maxi72 Sorcha, and they often race together but not on this occasion. Tilly lives in Putney with her two dogs and loves to sail in her spare time. Aptly on Ladies' Day at Cowes Week, Tilly scored her first J/70 race victory, and went on to win the Grand Slam J/70 Event.

Paul Ward's Eat,Sleep, J Repeat was always in the running, and finished the regatta with two bullets to finish second for the mini-series. New to the UK scene was Victor Migraine's team OhLaLa! Victor shared the helm with 420 World Champion Vita Heathcote from Lymington. OhLaLa! Had a star-studded crew including top Figaro3 sailor and Fastnet champion Alexis Loison, and 2018 Tour Voile champion Valentin Sipan. Jack Davies Yeti, from Yarmouth IOW was the top youth team for the Grand Slam Event.

The next event in the 2019 J/70 UK Class Grand Slam Series is non-discardable. An impressive fleet is expected for the J/70 UK National Championship, 23-26 August, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. 36 teams have confirmed their participation. As an open event, top teams from abroad will be competing including past and present world and continental champions: Joel Ronning's Catapult (USA), Alberto Rossi's Enfant Terrible (ITA), Jose Maria Torcida's Noticia (ESP), Claudia Rossi's Petite Terrible (ITA), and Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity (USA). -- Louay Habib

www.j-70.co.uk

Lucy Macgregor Scoops Slingsby Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Lucy Macgregor, has been announced as the winner of the Slingsby Ladies Day Trophy at Cowes Week. The trophy recognises the outstanding contribution, commitment, or achievement of women in sailing.

The annual Ladies Day returned to Cowes Week on Tuesday 13th August, this year supported by the Official Gin Sponsor Slingsby, with a number of celebrations culminating in the announcement that Lucy Macgregor was the winner of the Slingsby Ladies Day Trophy at an exclusive evening reception held at Northwood House.

The trophy was introduced for the first time in 2006 to champion the role of women in sailing and the sheer number of female competitors racing at Cowes Week. There are some 8,000 competitors taking part in the regatta this year and around a third of them are female.

Lucy Macgregor is an Olympian and four-time World Champion in Women's Match Racing - in the USA in 2010, Finland in 2017, Russia in 2018 and just a few days ago in Lysekil, Sweden. In May this year, Lucy and her crew finished fourth at the Argo Group Gold Cup in Bermuda - a Grade 1 (open) matching event. They are the only team for two years running in the event's 68 year history to make the semi-finals with a female helm. 2012 Olympians, Lucy and her sister Kate now have a new challenge and have set their sights on winning gold at Tokyo 2020.

In addition to the Ladies Day trophy, the new Slingsby Best Female Helm Trophy was presented to Dawn Bee racing on Haggis 2 as the female helm out racing with the best overall result.

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Kick off the Caribbean regatta season with the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2020
Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week is one of the key events in the Caribbean regatta circuit and kick starts the sailing season from 26 - 31 January 2020. With four days of exciting coastal racing in one of the most stunning islands in the Caribbean, Grenada Sailing Week attracts keen racing sailors from around the world. With CSA classes, a strong fleet of J24's and a classic class already well established, organisers are pleased to announce a class for Carriacou Sloops. Consideration will be given to PHRF or other classes, such as bareboat depending upon sufficient entries (minimum of five boats).

Grenada Sailing Weeks unique two venue event starts on Sunday 26 January 2020 with skippers briefing at the prestigious Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in St George's where it continues for the first two days of racing and the lay day. Race day three will move with the transition race to the scenic Secret Harbour Marina in Mount Hartman Bay for the final days racing. Final nights prize giving and the grand finale will be held at at a 'to be announced' location. All venues have been specially selected to show case the beautiful island of Grenada.

The organising committee in association with the Grenada Sailing Association continue to support the youth initiative introduced last year to Grenada Sailing Week to help to bridge the gap between between youths and keel boats by sponsoring a youth sailing team to compete in one of the classes.

Register and pay before the 30 Nov 2019 to benefit from early fee of US$90.00
Online registration: yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eID=9522
NoR is posted online: www.grenadasailingweek.com

ORC European Championship
Oxelosund, Sweden - A mix of sun and clouds today and a highly variable southwesterly breeze greeted both race managers and competitors on the practice day prior to tomorrow's start of the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019. Principal Race Officer Hakan Andersson and his team managed starts and short races in two course areas: one for Classes A and B about a 10-mile commute from the harbor in Oxelosund, and another for Class C about half that distance away.

The 8-14 knot wind speeds and variable directions helped challenge all in their skill sets, making for near-perfect conditions for a demanding day on the water.

Some teams took advantage of the opportunity to practice on the race course today, while others focused on their own team work and practice on the water or other preparations done ashore and at the dock.

The last news was the final list of all-amateur teams eligible for the Corinthian trophies awarded in each class was also produced at this meeting: 34 entries have been approved.

In practice race action for Class A, only four teams participated and completed an 8.6-mile three-lap Windward/Leeward course. Erik Berth's Swan 45 SD Tarok 7 from Denmark bested the runner-up Aida, Lennart Evrell's XP-44 from Sweden, by 56 seconds in corrected time.

In Class B action, 18 teams raced a two-lap 5.9-mile Windward/Leeward course, with Riku Nissila's X-41 Mercedes-Benz EQ from Finland on top of the pack, only 4 seconds ahead of runner-up Jens Kuphal's modified Landmark 43 Intermezzo from Germany in second. Another 49 seconds back was Priit Tammemagi's modified X-41 Premium from Estonia in third, while C-J Marnell's Farr 40 Warpath from Sweden was only 7 seconds back in fourth. This kind of close racing in corrected time amongst teams from multiple nations is a prelude of the type of results we will expect to see this week from this class.

The forecast for tomorrow's first two inshore races of the series and the promotional fun race looks solid: southwest to west winds of 10-18 knots, and shifty again like today. Racing will continue daily until concluding on Saturday, August 17th, when three podiums of 2019 ORC European Champions will be crowned for each class. -- Dobbs Davis

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www.orc.org

South-Westerlies beckon for the Ullswater Ultimate
A wide range of boats and sailing abilities are set to compete at the brand new Ullswater Ultimate regatta this weekend, 17 & 18 August. Hosted by Ullswater Yacht Club, who hold the prestigious Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy, this is the latest event of the Great British Sailing Challenge (GBSC).

Online entry for the event closes at midnight, Wednesday 14 August, so be quick and enter here: www.sailingchallenge.org

Otherwise, it is still possible to enter on the day for a higher entry fee. The forecast looks very good, with moderate south-westerly breezes set to blow along the length of this beautiful stretch of water in the Lake District.

There's a wide range of boats already entered, from the Challenger trimarans, to Musto Skiffs, Lasers, Solos and a few RS models including the RS100, 200, 400 & 800.

The two-day event is open to all classes of monohull dinghy, dayboat or cruiser under 25ft 6ins and there will be six races over the weekend, three on Saturday and three on Sunday, with results calculated on a handicap basis using Great Lakes numbers. Using SailRacer GPS trackers there will also be other scoring categories as well as the main results.

www.sailingchallenge.org
www.ullswateryachtclub.org

'Tornado' hits Auckland waterfront and leaves destruction in its wake
A tornado-like waterspout has ripped through central Auckland's waterfront, toppling at least one shipping container and wreaking havoc on yachts, ships and cars.

Vehicles were swept into the ocean and a yacht was struck by lightning as the storm left a trail of destruction on Monday night.

A shipping container toppled on to a car at Jellicoe Wharf near Tinley St, trapping the driver. They were tended to by emergency services and taken to hospital in a moderate condition.

Coastguard duty officer Hemi Manaena said the winds had caused "significant damage" to a large number of recreational vessels at Westhaven.

The Sealink Ferry also lost its mooring at Wynyard Quarter and needed to be retrieved.

Harbourmaster Captain Andrew Hayton said there was localised minor damage to wharves and pontoons from North Head to the Harbour Bridge.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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

Update
Why is there still one critical danger to the sport that people refuse to talk about? New Cup class means big sail burn, reflections on a year spent Solitaire and good, bad or irrelevant... another thin cycle for America's Cup teams. Peter Heppel, Jack Griffin, Terry Hutchinson, Will Harris

Days, weeks, months...
Jo Richards spent a while winning the 2019 Round the Island UK classic but - as per usual - getting to the startline was more than half the fun

Airborne (and accessible)
The demise of the long-running Extreme Sailing Series is doing the expanding GC32 Racing Tour no harm at all. Christian Scherrer

Nothing new
Charles Lawrence goes back to where what we call 'composite boatbuilding' really all started

Unstoppable force
Brian Hancock has accepted the inevitable as the last great solo race departs from British shores

Olympians
Matias Capizzano

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RS:X Youth World Championship
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Two world champions were decided today on Neva Bay, St Petersburg in what turned out to be a dramatic conclusion to the RS:X Youth World Championship. Champions were Russian Yena Reznikova and Israeli Eval Zhor.

On the final day of the championship, a wind of 5-6 knots allowed for the full schedule of races to be delivered, with thanks to the skills of the race officers and their teams. After a short pause due to the lack of the wind, there was sufficient wind to allow the days battles to take place where the medals and titles were at stake.

Reznikova won the championship by 26 points. This result brought her the championship. Pianazza was three points behind the Russian racer and took second place. Israeli Naama Greenberg finished third (45 points). On the fourth line is her compatriot Linoy Geva (55), and on the fifth is another Russian (79).

In the medal race among men, there is a similar situation. From the very first mark, the Israelis - Eyal Yohay Zror and Daniel Basik Tashtash - took the lead and moved close to each other on each mark. Until the finish line, the best friends would move clear of their rivals. It was they who competed for gold with each other. In this struggle, Zror turned out to be more successful, and he finished first and won the championship. His teammate - Tashtash - became the second in the medal race and in the overall ranking. The most fierce struggling was for the bronze medal. Israeli Ruven Hillel surpassed Greek Alexandros Kalpogiannakis only with one point

Full results

www.rsxclass.org/youthworlds2019

Clipper Ventures calls for independent inquiry into MCA and MAIB
Following an investigation into the tragic death of Simon Speirs, Clipper Ventures has called on the Department for Transport to hold an independent inquiry to establish the full extent of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) investigatory teams' failure of professionalism, impartiality and honesty.

On the 18th November 2017, Simon Speirs, a 60 year old retired solicitor, fell overside whilst helping to reduce sail. The yacht, CV30, owned by Clipper Ventures, was participating in an around the world race and was experiencing increasing winds and sea state in the Southern Ocean. Mr Speirs was tethered to the boat but fell overside due to a freak failure of a tether safety clip. Mr Speirs was recovered but could not be resuscitated.

The accident was investigated by both the MCA and MAIB, and their conclusions are the cause of considerable concern.

At a meeting between Clipper Ventures and the new CEO of the MCA held on 25 July 2019, it was revealed that, after a new enquiry into the actions of the MCA Enforcement Official who had initiated and headed up a number of investigations concerning Clipper Ventures, multiple errors and distortions of the truth had been discovered,

The MCA and MAIB investigations followed remarkably parallel courses and it has to be suspected that significant and improper influence was applied to the MAIB investigation by the MCA team. Clipper Ventures has often complained of lack of impartiality at the MAIB, a belief now held more strongly than ever. The safety of its crew is the highest priority for Clipper Ventures and has been since the race was established in 1996.

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* A spokesperson for Clipper Ventures said the MCA boss admitted one of its investigators had misled the family over the circumstances surrounding the death, and so Clipper were now demanding ministers step in and set up an independent inquiry.

"It was revealed, after a new enquiry into the actions of the MCA Enforcement Official who had initiated and headed up a number of investigations concerning Clipper Ventures, multiple errors and distortions of the truth had been discovered," a Clipper Ventures spokesperson said.

"The MCA claimed there was a vessel within 60 miles of the yacht that could have taken the body home for burial. They have now admitted this was not true. The nearest vessel was 1,500 miles away, or five-to-six days.

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Saildrone is first to circumnavigate Antarctica, in search for carbon dioxide
It was an audacious idea: To send an unmanned saildrone on a 13,670-nautical-mile journey around Antarctica alone, at the mercy of the most hostile seas on the planet. In winter.

"The assumption was the Southern Ocean would eat the saildrone ... and that would be that," said NOAA oceanographer Adrienne Sutton. "But we were willing to try, given the large role the ocean plays in the trajectory of climate change. Getting the Southern Ocean's carbon balance right is urgently important."

Despite a run-in with an iceberg that wrecked some of its sensors, Saildrone 1020 completed its mission on August 3 having successfully collected oceanic and atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements with an instrument developed by NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.

The 196-day voyage was the world's first autonomous circumnavigation of Antarctica - a technological feat that was unfathomable just a decade ago.

Preliminary results suggest that parts of the ocean identified by the floats as potential CO2 sources were indeed emitting the greenhouse gas during winter months. Saildrone 1020 also got close enough to one of the floats to allow scientists to compare their CO2 measurements, a valuable cross-check of different robots and observing techniques.

"It was a high-risk, high-reward kind of deployment," Sutton said. "We weren't sure it was going to make it.

Meanwhile, after being repaired and relaunched, Saildrones 1022 and 1023 are finding their own their way around Antarctica now.

www.saildrone.com/antarctica

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The Last Word
The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it. -- Winston Churchill

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In This Issue
• Cowes Week Day 5 round up report
• Antigua brings sunshine to Cowes Week
• SSAB ORC European Championship
• Airborne - Christian Scherrer
• Big Wednesday
• Team Racing Programme Launched By Irish Sailing
• Youth Match Racing World Championship
• ORR Rulebook version 1.1 released
• 2024 Olympics: Int Laser class declares divorce-vote outcome
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • INTUITION for sale
• • Blue Pearl
• The Last Word: Brian Cox

Cowes Week Day 5 round up report
Very shifty southerly winds provided testing conditions for navigators and tacticians at Cowes Week today as a number of weather fronts passed over the race area. With very strong gusts recorded to the west of the Solent during the morning, relatively short courses were set with the aim of getting fleets home before winds increased further over the race areas in the afternoon.

One of the largest yachts at the regatta, Richard Loftus' Swan 65 Desperado, took victory in Cruiser Division A today, taking line honours by a margin of almost 10 minutes. This was enough to secure a win on corrected time ahead of Charles Esse's X4^3 Baby X and Lord Michael Grade's Shipman 50 Zephyr.

In Cruiser Division B Pete Newlands' First 40.7 Anticipation took a fourth successive win, 40 seconds ahead of Michael Carrington's Sweden Yachts 45 Susimi ll. Andrew and Muriel Norton's J/100 Tide Race completed the podium.

A Red Funnel car ferry came though the middle of the start line, clearing it only two minutes before the start of the Victory class, forcing a postponement to allow the fleet to reposition for their start. By the time they restarted rain had returned to the central Solent, with the mainland shore barely visible from the RYS starting platform.

At the gun Mike Scott's Isabel was half a length ahead of the line and sailed back further than necessary to clear the line, loosing valuable time before restarting. This left Hugh Pringle's Pelican and Duncan Evans' Peregrine looking best placed, with Geoff and Sarah Dixon's Zelia also doing well a little further offshore.

A tight finish saw the entire fleet finish with less than six minutes. Zelia claimed victory nine seconds ahead of Russell Mead's Shearwater ll, with Gareth Penn's Christina taking third place 28 seconds later. -- Rupert Holmes

Full results of all classes

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Antigua brings sunshine to Cowes Week
Youth Day at Cowes Week is always popular but the fact that there are two significant trophies up for grabs (Under 25 Trophy presented by Antigua Sailing Week, and the Musto Young Skipper's Trophy) for the overall winners at the end of the week, means competition is exceptionally intense.

As well as it support of the Under 25 Trophy this year, the Tourist Board of Antigua has been here in Cowes Week in force this week promoting the beautiful sailing waters of the West Indies.

The pop-up stand on Cowes Parade appears to have been a huge success and the perfect way to promote Antigua's Youth to Keel Boat Programme (Y2K), an incentive to help bridge the gap for dinghy sailors making the leap into keelboat sailing.

Antigua Sailing Week's promotional visit to Cowes two years ago resulted in the Greig City Academy youth team being invited to take part in the Y2K regatta at Antigua Sailing Week. This year, the winning helmsman of the Under 25 Trophy will be the honoured guests in Antigua.

www.sailingweek.com

SSAB ORC European Championship
Photo by Felix Diemer. Click on image for photo gallery.

Oxelosund, Sweden - The clear windy conditions today on the Baltic Sea produced extremely close racing and a suitably exciting start to the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019. Two windward-leeward races were held in 17-22 knot puffy and shifty conditions, with race managers hitting their target of about 1 hour duration for each race.

The 1+ hour commute from the harbor to the course area had teams leaving the marina early this morning to meet the first start time at 10:00. Maybe the coffee had not kicked in yet, because both Classes A and B as well as Class C started without general recalls and any need for the Black flag to control the fleet.

This does not mean, however, there was no aggression on the water in both of today's two-lap 6.2-mile races: in fact, in the first race the reigning Class C World Champion team on OU Leitvaagen's Italia 9.98 Sugar helmed by Sandro Montefusco, tangled with another mixed Estonian-Italian team, Aivar Tuulberg's Arcona 340 Katariina II, the reigning ORC European Class C champion.

Class B's 25 entries raced two two-lap 6.5-mile courses today, sharing with the eight entries in Class A. Axel Seehafer's X-41 Sportsfreund from Germany had a good day, winning both races in the class. The first was won by only 13 seconds after an hour of sailing to Michael Berghorn's X-41 Halbtrocken 4.0 and Jens Kuphal's modified Landmark 43 Intermezzo also from Germany - the two were tied to within a second in corrected time.

Erik Berth's Swan 45 Tarok VII from Denmark and One Sailing Finland's TP 52 Zer0emission traded victories today in Class A, with Tarok prevailing in Race 1 by a mere 3 seconds after 1.5 hours raced on the 3-lap 9.6-mile course.

Today's racing ended with an optional and promotional Sprint Race held in the early evening for the 1000 or so spectators lining the shore of Oxelosund Harbor.

Racing resumes tomorrow at 10:00 CET with the start of the Offshore Race designed for a 12-hour tour of the Baltic along the southeastern coast of Sweden. Class A has a 79-mile race to complete, Class B a 68.2-mile course, and Class C a course of 60.6 miles. Weather is forecasted to be favorable, with a continuation of the southwest breeze at 10-20 knots.

AIS tracking of boat positions can be viewed at www.sailracetoday.com/orc2019

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Airborne - Christian Scherrer
There is a major international foiling cat series out there designed for both pro and owner-driver teams where you can take on America's Cup skippers (but without spending America's Cup money...)

GC32 - grand prix foiling cat racing
Driven on by the last three America's Cups, development in sail boat design has taken some of its biggest steps forward over the past decade. Leading the charge have been foiling multihulls where America's Cup technology, to make these boats fly, has now filtered down to the mainstream.

Back in 2013 the GC32 cat was born with the aim of bringing state-of-the-art America's Cup-style foiling catamaran racing to regular racing sailors. The boat was conceived by Laurent Lenne and Australian catamaran specialist Andrew McPherson and designed by Martin Fischer who is currently design co-ordinator for Luna Rossa.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Big Wednesday
Big Wednesday of Pyefleet Week, sponsored by AOC and Just Trays, is always a special feature of the hugely popular dinghy racing week, but this year's edition more than lived up to it's reputation for great racing and partying.

The day offers a midweek break from the pressures of series competition with a special one off trophy race for the Gold Medal Trophy, which was presented to the club in honour of two of it's most famous and successful members - the late Reg White and his crew John Osborn, who won Olympic Gold in the Tornado Class at the 1976 Kingston games. Reg was a lifelong member of Brightlingsea Sailing Club and John remains a member to this day, and their families presented the Gold Medal Trophy in their honour and personally help to run the special celebration BBQ and party which follow the race each year.

As had been forecast, the weather was anything but summery with driving rain and very strong winds. But Brightlingsea Sailing Club is renowned for producing some of the best dinghy sailors in the world, so whilst some competitors chose to enjoy a welcome lay-day, the leading teams all rigged and hit the start area.

Big Wednesday Race Officers Craig Bond and Alan Hicks set a special course to keep the fleet relatively close to shore and 32 boats came to the line, ranging from a Laser 4.7 and RS Aero 5 at one end of the spectrum up to an F18 and a foiling Moth at the other. Even before the start conditions were pretty lively and the wind built throughout the race from low to mid twenty knots at the start up to 30 knots towards the finish.

Whilst a few of the teams suffered gear failure or decided to retire as the conditions worsened, 22 boats flew round the course and made it home with ear to ear grins on their faces. Podium finishers were confirmed as Piers Lambert and Tim Bees sailing a Merlin Rocket in third place, Pete and Tom Kyne sailing a Fireball in second place and winners and recipients of the Gold Medal Trophy Rupert and Freddy White sailing an F18.

Rupert and Freddy are the grandsons of the late great Reg White, and the sons of Robert White, who is himself a double Olympian representing Britain in the Tornado in 1984 in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul. Rupert is currently vying to represent Britain in the Nacra 17 at the Tokyo 2020 games with crew Kirsty Irwin.

The forecast for the remaining two days of competition are for continuing strong winds and so all fingers are crossed that it will be possible to complete the remaining races. Pyefleet Week 2019 will continue until Friday 16 August with a total of five series races planned for each group. -- Fiona Brown

www.pyefleetweek.com

Team Racing Programme Launched By Irish Sailing
Irish Sailing is rolling out a Team Racing Programme which aims to reduce the attrition of sailors between the ages of 16 - 30 (especially females) at clubs and training centres throughout the country writes Treasa Cox.

Team Racing is a fun and inexpensive way for clubs to retain young dinghy sailors after they have left the structured environs of class youth racing or the Irish Sailing Training Schemes. With a focus on rules knowledge, boat handling, tactics and teambuilding, the programme will further develop transferable skills and give rise to skilled and competitive racing in a very sociable environment.

The funding has been used to appoint a Team Racing contractor, Rory Martin, and purchase boats and equipment for a travelling roadshow. Rory will meet with clubs to gauge interest and check suitability whilst delivering initial educational and awareness-raising sessions at several locations around the country. Clubs and Training Centres with suitable team racing venues, sailors and volunteers can then choose a date for the roadshow to return and deliver on water coaching and clinics.

To register your club's interest in the roadshow, please contact Rory for more information teamracing [AT] sailing [DOT] ie

afloat.ie/sail/team-racing

Youth Match Racing World Championship
Click on image for photo gallery.

The Australian team became the leader after the first racing day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship. The crew won five races out of five. After them comes the British team that lost only one race out of seven. Then comes the Polish crew which lost just one race out of five.

- It was a good racing day, - said Anna Deyanova, Course representative. - the wind started from six knots and up to seventeen knots, so we were able to complete twelve flights (3 matches each) & two matches of the thirteen flight. All teams behaved professionally, so we can say that they are really strong.

Summary of the 1st racing day:
Nick Egnot-Johnson, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron / Team KNOTS (NZL) - 3 wins of 6 races
Matt Whitfield, Penarth YC / Dragon Racing Team (GBR) - 6 of 7
Måns Holmberg, Holmberg Racing Team (SWE) - 3 of 7
Tom Grimes, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Team (AUS) - 5 of 5
Aurelien Pierroz, Société des Régates du Havre Team (FRA) - 4 of 6
Rocco Attili, RBYS Racing Team (ITA) - 4 of 7
Jeppe Borch, Borch Racing Team (DEN) - 4 of 6
Jack Parkin, Riverside Yacht Club, Stanford Sailing Team (USA) - 4 of 7
Mark Abdrakipov, MyWind Team (RUS) - 1 of 7
Igor Tarasiuk, HRM Racing Youth Team (POL) - 4 of 5
Kodai Mutsuda, Kobe University Team (JPN) - 0 of 6
Jakub Halouzka, Team CZE Zdenek Dybal (CZE) - 0 of 7

The Youth Match Racing World Championship is held in Gubernskiy Yacht Club KOMATEK, Ekaterinburg, Russia from 12th 17th of August 2019.

Participants are from New Zealand, Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, France, Italy, Denmark, USA, Poland, Japan, Czech Republic and Russia.

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ORR Rulebook version 1.1 released
A recent change to the ORR Rulebook won't affect most sailors but if you're interested in foiling technologies, we want to make sure you are in the know.

The ORR Rulebook and the ORR VPP (velocity prediction program) are reviewed on an ongoing basis. To determine what should be included in the ORR Rulebook, the ORR Technical Committee reviews race results and new technology and features, evaluates what they learn, and makes recommendations.

This year the Committee has added a new rule at mid-year and issued 2019 Rulebook version 1.1 to include the changes. The rule, in PART II - GENERAL LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS, is number 2.03.9 Other off-centerline appendages, describes the limits and styles of the foils that the ORR allows, and the information ORR requires for its ORR VPP that assesses a boat's features and metrics to compute a rating.

Here's the link to download Rulebook version 1.1, which also provides details about measurement, rule restrictions, ratings, owner responsibilities, and requirements to race under ORR.

For context, the goal of fair racing handicaps for all ORR certificate holders involves two jobs. First is to protect a fair, level playing field for the 97 percent of the ORR fleet of racers, cruisers and dual-purpose boats, many owners of which love the boats they have, and love to race them year after year.

The second job of the ORR Rule is to also include new technology and design in boats—the other 3 percent, who may now be considering boats with foils. From planing sleds to 100-footers, we have good examples of innovative, higher-speed designs in the existing fleet. The work of the ORR Technical Committee is ongoing. -- John Horton

offshoreracingrule.org

2024 Olympics: Int Laser class declares divorce-vote outcome
The International Laser Class Association has declared the outcome of the vote on the contentious class rule change, as being 79% in favour with only 21% against.

The Class Rules for the International Laser class can now be modified to remove any reference to the trademark holder (of which there are five entities and three territories involved). That move, in turn, will allow the International Laser Class to licence new builders to construct boats that comply with the Laser Construction Manual.

The outcome of the vote is not clear, with the class saying the currently confirmed vote is 81% "Yes" and 19% "No". But the ILCA statement says that there are still votes to be verified dropping the expected final outcome to 79% "Yes" and 21% "No". However the graphic accompanying the official statement shows a 69% "Yes" and 31% "No".

A 66% "Yes" vote was required to make the Rule change - and under all three scenarios that threshold has been reached.

The Rule change still requires the approval of World Sailing.

It is not clear what will happen with the use of the class name and insignia. In New Zealand and Australia, the trademark rights are owned by Performance Sailcraft Australia. In Japan and Korea, the trademark rights are owned by Performance Sailcraft Japan, in the rest of the world, the trademark rights are owned by LaserPerformance. In the most extreme combination, the Laser can continue to use the marks and name in Oceania, Japan and Korea, and in the rest of the world would be required to sail and be marketed using a different name and insignia. -- Richard Gladwell, his full article in Sail-World.com:

www.sail-world.com/news/

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The Last Word
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense. -- Brian Cox

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In This Issue
• Cowes Week Daily Round Up Day 6
• Offshore race progress at SSAB ORC European Championship 2019
• Antigua Sailing Week 2020
• Second day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship - new leaders
• Kinvara Rises Above the Weather for Fortieth Cruinniu na mBad
• Lessons for America's Cup AC75's from a gale-swept SailGP Cowes
• Winners named at another successful Airlie Beach Race Week
• Whats not to like - Caribbean Sailing Association
• Ready Steady Tokyo
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
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• The Last Word: Carl Sagan

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

Today provided yet more high-adrenaline racing at Cowes Week that saw many competitors coming ashore sporting big grins. While it was a warm and mostly sunny day on land, it was a breezy one on the Solent, with powerful gusts to 25 knots that provided exhilaration at the same time as forcing a string of retirements.

Among these was the classic Nicholson 39 Conteza, competing in Cruiser Division C, that broke its rig close to the Thorn Channel. Andrew Haining's Rustler 33 Flute, also broke her mast and was seen motoring into Cowes with the three sections of the spar impressively neatly lashed on deck. Will Heritage's Flying 15 Freddie Flintoff, which had been leading the class with an unbroken run of race wins, also suffered the same fate.

Less thermal enhancement than predicted meant the wind was not dragged as far round to the west southwest as initially predicted. On shore spectators were treated to the classic Cowes Week spectacle of yachts running deep downwind to the finish in a difficult wind against tide chop.

The Quarter Ton class is renowned for thrills and spills in stronger winds. Today Sir Keith Mills' Cote led around much of the course, challenged initially by Oscar Strugstad's Dawn Raid, before the latter broke the spinnaker pole in a broach.

By the final beat Cote, Sam Laidlaw's BLT and Julian Metherell's Bullit were all in close contention, with BLT rounding the last mark just ahead of Bullit. The final leg was a long tight broad reach under spinnaker, from Elephant racing mark off the Island shore in the western Solent to the Royal Yacht Squadron finish line. Bullit rolled past BLT off Gurnard and went on to take the winner's cannon 17 seconds ahead of Laidlaw's marginally lower rated boat.

The new GRP Classics class may have a small number of entries this year, but it has attracted some very experienced crews, all of whom started the regatta hoping they had boats with bandit handicaps. The result has been a week of competitive racing with tight results in which podium places were decided by only a couple of minutes and the top three boats were tied on points at the start of today's racing.

Stephen Brookson's Swan 411 Kiswala again took line honours. However, she was not able to save her time on the pair of She 31s, also designed by Sparkman and Stephens. Tom and Matthew Richardson's Arctic Skua notched up her first victory of the week on corrected time, ahead of Leon Clifton and Stuart Greenfield's Sheba. -- Rupert Holmes

Full results

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Offshore race progress at SSAB ORC European Championship 2019
Soto 40 Scamp 27 off to a fast start from the first mark. Photo by Felix Diemer. Click on image for photo gallery.

Oxelosund, Sweden: On Day Two of the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019 the fleet of 70 boats are enjoying a sunny Swedish summer day racing offshore in the open Baltic Sea on courses traversing back and forth along the rocky coast. Class A is racing 79.0 miles, Class B 68.2 miles and Class C 60.6 miles, and after a start at 10:00 this morning they are expected to start crossing the finish line in the harbor of Oxelosund starting at sundown.

While racing under handicap using Coastal/Long distance course ratings, and therefore exact standings are difficult to calculate, some early favorites are emerging as leaders in corrected time based on the AIS tracker data seen at www.sailracetoday.com/orc2019.

At 1700 local time Erik Berth's Swan 45 Tarok VII from Denmark has the lead over Bernhard Buchwald's XP 44 Xenia from Germany and Karalow Witold's Soto 40 Scamp 27 from Poland. Leading in elapsed time is One Sailing Finland's TP 52 Zer0emission.

Class B is much more contentious, with clusters of boats pushing each other around the course. The lead pack has three Swedish Farr 40's vying for the lead: C-J Marnell's Farr 40 Warpath, Jonas Andersson's Stormtrooper and Johan Ekroth's Hurrykanen, and at 1700 Warpath had the lead in both elapsed and corrected time. Next in line in corrected time looked like two Finnish teams: Power Reach's Sinergia 40 Adela, followed by Sakari Laulajainen's Salona 37 Ramdata.

And in Class C the racing in corrected time and in the main group is very tight, with Mathias Haufe's Esse 990 Finesse in the lead, followed by the elapsed time leader Holger Streckenbach's modified Melges 32 Old Jug, who currently is launched out well ahead of the pack and will likely beat everyone into the harbor finish. And in third in corrected time is another fast boat, Max Augustin's Farr 30 H.E.A.T.

Final results when they become available will be found at the event's scoring page

Inshore windward/leeward racing resumes tomorrow, with the first start of two planned races scheduled for 11:00 CET.

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At the Royal Southern Yacht Club Summer Series invitational the prize will be awarded to overall winner of the series of 4 weekend regattas.

Even if you have missed the first two opportunities, there's time to register for the Land Union September Regatta on September 14 -15.

Enter the SEPTEMBER event

Visit the RYSC site for their notice of race and leaderboard to date.

To find out more about this final opportunity, visit www.wyc-fn.de/regatten/

www.sailingweek.com/asw2020/

Second day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship - new leaders
After two days the Australian team stays in the lead but new leaders appeared: Denmark and New Zealand teams are taking second and third places and the Polish team takes fourth. The 1st Round Robin is completed.

Summary of the 1st Round Robin finished today:
1. Tom Grimes, Cruising Yacht Club of Australia Team (AUS) - 10 of 11
2. Jeppe Borch, Borch Racing Team (DEN) - 8 of 11
3. Nick Egnot-Johnson, Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron / Team KNOTS (NZL) - 8 of 11
4. Igor Tarasiuk, HRM Racing Youth Team (POL) - 8 of 11
5. Jack Parkin, Riverside Yacht Club, Stanford Sailing Team (USA) - 7 of 11
6. Matt Whitfield, Penarth YC / Dragon Racing Team (GBR) - 7 of 11
7. Rocco Attili, RBYS Racing Team (ITA) - 5 of 11
8. Aurelien Pierroz, Societe des Regates du Havre Team (FRA) - 5 of 11
9. Mans Holmberg, Holmberg Racing Team (SWE) - 4 of 11
10. Mark Abdrakipov, MyWind Team (RUS) - 3 of 11
11. Jakub Halouzka, Team CZE Zdenek Dybal (CZE) - 1 of 11
12. Kodai Mutsuda, Kobe University Team (JPN) - 0 of 11

The 2nd Round Robin started right after the 1st one and Race committee managed to complete 2 flights. The crews of Australia, New Zealand and USA strengthened their positions, adding two more wins to their score. Races of the second round-robin will be continued on August 15th and 16th.

The Youth Match Racing World Championship is held in Gubernskiy Yacht Club KOMATEK, Ekaterinburg from 12th to 17th of August 2019.

Participants are from New Zealand, Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, France, Italy, Denmark, USA, Poland, Japan, Czech Republic and Russia

Kinvara Rises Above the Weather for Fortieth Cruinniu na mBad
Traditional boats of Connemara shaping up for racing at Kinvara. Photo by Pierce Purcell. Click on image to enlarge.

When the late Tony Moylan cajoled the notion of Cruinnui na mBad at Kinvara into being in 1979, times were different writes W M Nixon. The idea was to celebrate the Gathering of the Boats in the old days, when the traditional boats of Connemara on the great inlet's northwest shore sailed up Galway Bay as Autumn approached well laden with turf, one of the few commodities in which their area was naturally richer than the prosperous region around the southeast corner of the handsome bay.

This year, they celebrated the memory of Tony Moylan in the best possible way, by making Cruinniu na mBad bigger and better and more varied than ever for its Fortieth Anniversary. And though the weather was less than co-operative with a seemingly endless deluge on Saturday, for the big day - Sunday - conditions gradually relented, and Kinvara came colourfully to life in evening sunshine after the ancient craft with their black or tanned sails had experienced good racing.

With the many and varied rituals completed or at least set in train, Sunday brought the racing, as hard fought as ever. As anyone who has ever tried to report on Galway hooker racing - whether at Kinvara or one of the traditional events in Connemara itself - there will be as many different versions of what happened during the race as there are people involved, for at times it cannot even be agreed within crews as to what happened or didn't. Yet when they're eventually published, there's a finality about results which sets the story to rest, and we can do no more than publish them as they were - in due course - supplied to us.

Cruinniu na mBad 2019 Results:
Bad Mhora: 1st Tonai, skippered by Ronan O'Brien; 2nd Cailin, sk. Pat Folan; 3rd An Mhaghdean Mhara, sk. Jimmy Mac Donncha

Leath-Bhaid: 1st Norah, sk. Sean Mac Donncha; 2nd Colmcille, sk. Mairtin Thornton; 3rd Antain, sk. Joe Reaney

Gleiteog Mor: 1st Catherine, sk. Paraic Barrett; 2nd Ciarain, sk. John Flaherty; 3rd An Bhantra, sk. Daragh O Tuairisc

Gleiteog Beag: 1st Erin's Hope, sk. Pat Folan; 2nd Sianach, sk. Ciaran Mac Donncha, 3rd Nora Bheag, sk. Coilin Og Hernon.

The sport over, the sun appeared - and Kinvara partied.

WM Nixon's full article in Afloat

Lessons for America's Cup AC75's from a gale-swept SailGP Cowes
For those who missed it, England turned on a fresh Solent gale, and Day 1 was cancelled 24 hours out from its scheduled start.

Day 2, the final day of racing was completed in fresh winds, which were still sufficient to cause some damage and capsizes.

Running a two-day regatta is very weather dependent. Cowes could well have been a blow-out both days.

It would seem that the only real way to overcome the issue is for the regatta to be spread over two weekends as was the 2017 America's Cup Match.

The five-day gap also allows time for repairs and recovery - so in a situation where the home team is damaged on the first day - they will be back for the following weekend. Sudden death is all very well but doesn't work in a competition of this type. Teams should be eliminated by a competitive outcome and not a crash.

The seaworthiness of the race boats in SailGP has implications for the 36th America's Cup and the radical AC75 foiling monohulls.

Obviously, there are some very talented people involved in the 36th America's Cup, who will be able to come up with design changes that can be applied between now and the Match if there are issues with capsizing or nosediving.

Richard Gladwell's full article, as usual a must-read, in Sail-World.com

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Winners named at another successful Airlie Beach Race Week
The 31st running of Airlie Beach Race Week has come to a close late this afternoon and all winners and placegetters will be feted at the official prize giving at Whitsunday Sailing Club this evening.

Marcus Blackmore (Hooligan, NSW) was too good in IRC Passage, taking the final race and regatta from regatta-long TP52 rival, Zen (Gordon Ketelbey, NSW). Ray Roberts sailed his Botin 40 to third place overall, sailing consistently throughout.

Gerrit Veenemans saved the best until last, steering his Fareast design 'Fareast 28R' to second place in the final race to claim the Performance Racing division. The Queenslander won the division on countback to Tim Cummings' Kraken, a Melges 24 from Lake Macquarie, which won the race.

Luke Ratcliff, his brother Paul, Paul's son William and Geoff Williams were able to maintain their winning streak today. Winning all three of yesterday's windward/leeward races with RE-Heat (NSW) gave the four the momentum to keep on keeping on - all the way to the top of the overall leaderboard.

Paul Mitchell skippered Ullman Sails to one final win at the Whitsunday Sailing Club's (WSC) 2019 Airlie Beach Race Week (ABRW) to claim the Australian Multihull Championship title; finishing 11 points clear of nearest rival, Julian Griffiths The Boat Works.

Ullman Sails, representing WSC, won an extraordinary five out of seven races, finished second in another and used its Race 2 fourth place as the drop.

It is the very first time four Extremes have raced together in Australia, and it happened here at Airlie Beach, much to the thrill of onlookers and fellow racers. -- Di Pearson

Full results: www.abrw.com.au

Whats not to like - Caribbean Sailing Association
J/24 to 240-footers the Caribbean winter circuit has come a long way in recent years... In 2020 something for everyone will be a great deal more just than a slogan

Wall to wall sunshine, sparkling clear waters and steady trade winds, the conditions alone have long been among the major attractions to racing in the Caribbean. Add to this the region's legendary reputation for outstanding parties, lay days, music and general fun ashore and it's easy to see why the Caribbean regatta circuit has been a key part of so many people's sailing season, for so many years.

But like many regattas around the world, even the most enticing events in this sailing paradise have previously struggled to maintain their momentum. The reasons for the change have been widespread and complex, but at the heart of the issue is the way that competitors themselves have changed how they work and play. Increasing day to day demands of work puts sailors under more pressure to play closer to home. Put simply, habits and holidays have changed.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Ready Steady Tokyo
Taking place between 15-22 August 2019 at Enoshima Yacht Harbour, the official Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing venue, is Ready Steady Tokyo, the official test event for the Games in one year's time. And if the last two Olympic Games are anything to go by, this week will be a good indicator of how the medal challengers will fare in one year's time.

At Rio 2016, 13 sets of medallists at the test event went on to claim glory at the Games, with 18 replicating podium positions in 2011 and 2012 at the London Olympiad.

Out of those 21 individual sailors involved in 2015 and 2016, 17 of them will line up at Ready Steady Tokyo eyeing similar results, including six who achieved the impressive feat of winning gold at both.

Overall, 30 individual medallists from Rio 2016, as well as an additional 11 from London 2012, are amongst the 363 sailors competing at Ready Steady Tokyo. With only a small percentage already confirmed for next year's Games, the stakes are high on the road to Tokyo 2020, and this week's test event will play a big part in the decisions made before next year.

But it's not just the sailors using this week to test proceedings ahead of 2020. Ready Steady Tokyo will be a perfect opportunity for World Sailing and Tokyo 2020 to finalise their planning for the Olympic Games next year. It also provides a great opportunity for the race management team to test the field of play that will be used at the Games - and all of the Chief Officials appointed to Tokyo 2020 are here too.

The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee will also use this week as preparation for their national officials and volunteers who will be assisting at the Games, with media operations and overall technology - such as tracking, scoring and communication flows - also put to the test.

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Industry News
In a bid to generate greater interest in the broad spectrum of marine industry jobs, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government is launching a two-phase marine industry training program, with hopes that a stronger marine industry will have a broader economic reach nationwide.

Back to the Sea Marine Training begins in September with an influx of money to "re-engage" various community colleges and other training providers, according to BVI Finance Minister, Premier Andrew Fahie.

"The Government will be assisting H.L Stoutt Community College with the necessary resources and needs to fulfill its mandate as the regional centre for excellence for marine studies," Fahie is quoted in the BVINews.com, adding "the government will be partnering with the stakeholders of the industry who will provide the opportunities for additional training, employment and business networking environments."

The second phase will launch after the New Year to include scholarships and support for students who go on to advanced training.

The Finance Minister cited the need for trained marine workers in the US, to fill good-paying jobs beyond "deckhands and captains."

Fahie emphasized that a trained marine infrastructure would have economic impact beyond the marine segment.

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Gurit (SIX Swiss Exchange: GUR) today reports net sales of CHF 284.7 million for the first six months of 2019. This represents a growth of 45.8% including acquisition effects against the prior-year period. The organic growth is 14.6% (currency-adjusted 16.5%) versus 1HY 2018. Operating profit amounted to CHF 27.5 million and the operating profit margin came in at 9.7% of net sales for the first half-year 2019. As for the continued operations the Operating Profit Margin improved from 10.8% in 1HY 2018 to 12.5% in 1HY 2019.

Composite Materials achieved net sales of CHF 122.2 million in the first half-year 2019 (1HY 2018: CHF 106.0 million). This represents an increase of 15.3% in reported Swiss francs and 17.1% on a currency-adjusted basis. Balsa wood operations are being overwhelmed by demand increases while raw material availability was restricted and raw material prices are significantly higher in 1HY 2019.

The discontinued Composite Components reported Net Sales of CHF 9.9 million for the first half-year 2019. This represents an increase of 56.2% (currency-adjusted: 61.1%) over net sales of CHF 6.3 million generated in the first half-year 2018. Sales to new programs and existing long-term volume programs increased during the first half-year. The UK site has been closed down and the related parts production has now been completely integrated into the Hungarian site. Gurit has made an additional impairment provision in respect to the ongoing divestment process.

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With the Brazilian economy heating up, local boatbuilders are targeting innovation in an attempt to deliver world-leading yachts that are different from the rest. This is the case with MCP Yachts, whose latest project is the 20m Global Exp 66 sailboat.

MCP says it is betting on the growth of the Brazilian market and believes the segment has matured to the point that it now seeks the concept of a "maintainable" yacht.

The full aluminium Global Exp 66 sailboat was developed by Team MCP and supported by engineers Damien Chaves and Manoel Chaves, two generations of sailors. They said the Brazilian market is proving to be very interested in the new model, with contracts already signed for delivery in Brazil.

The Global Exp 66 was designed for both national and international markets.

"We see a great future for the sailboat market in Brazil," says the company. "Sailboats will always be the most efficient hybrid-powered vessels on the planet, and today they are experiencing a new technological revolution with the development of lighter, faster and more resilient boats."

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Doyle Sails has welcomed America's Cup winning alumni David Armitage as the newest member of the Doyle Sails Design team, bringing added one design and performance racing expertise to the already strong team.

David's impressive career has seen him sail at all levels of the sport including Optimist, P-Class, Lasers and ultimately keel boats and match racing. David has competed at the international level in the Laser Masters class, as well as winning the America's Cup in 1995 with Team New Zealand. In 1999-2000 David served as the sail coordinator and mainsheet trimmer for the America's Cup team "America True" for the Louis Vuitton Cup in Auckland, New Zealand.

After moving to the USA in 1996, David joined Halsey-Lidgard Sailmakers in Connecticut where he designed sails for a range of projects from dinghies to America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race boats. In 2001 he then joined up with Quantum Sails Design Group where he worked as a sail designer and trimmer for several successful one design campaigns such as Farr 30's, Melges 32's, Farr 40's and TP52's.

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I wonder how many of your readers can identify ( name and position in pic ) the crew who went on to be such icons in the sport.

Sadly in the last couple of years 8 bells has been rung for several of them.

I'll offer up a magnum of champagne for the first complete correct answer (to be collected here in Cannes from Ganbare).

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In This Issue
• SSAB ORC European Championship
• Giles Scott leads the Finns at Enoshima
• The International Paint Poole Regatta - Even Bigger in 2020
• Gypsy San Remo Appeal
• The Atlantic Round of the Royal Scandinavian Yacht Clubs, Nylandska Jaktklubben and their North American Station
• MS Amlin Seamanship Award Entries Close on the 20th August
• Youth Match Racing World Championship
• Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta
• Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association: Viking Marine Coastal Series
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SSAB ORC European Championship
Oxelosund, Sweden: Saturday's two final races sailed in 12-17 knot conditions at the SSAB ORC European Championship 2019 has produced three new teams crowned as champions in Classes A, B and C. These teams defeated their rivals after four days of six intense inshore windward/leeward races in addition to a non-discardable offshore race. Wind conditions all week were across a range of 8 to 20 knots, perfect for determining the new title teams.

In Class A the winner among 7 entries was in contention all week long, each day trading the lead with the runner-up team and today making the outcome certain by winning both races. Erik Berth's Swan 45 Tarok VII from Denmark was sailed superbly by Bjorn Jakobsen, Charlotte Kempf, Chris Norgaard, Henrik Larsen, Jakob Berth, John Pedersen, Jonas Hansen, Nicklas Jensen, Peter Molkiaer, Rune Tonnesen and Berth himself.

Tarok VII also wins the Corinthian Prize for being the top-performing all-amateur team.

Winning the Silver medal in Class A was One Sailing Finland's TP 52 Zer0emission, skippered by Samuli Leisti, and winning Bronze was Karalow Witold's Soto 40 Scamp 27 from Poland defeating Bernhard Buchwald's XP 44 Xenia from Germany on a tie-break.

Axel Seehafer's X-41 Sportsfreund with his team members Gordon Nickel, Bendix Hügelmann, Holger Lehning, Gunnar Bahr, Jorg Siebahn, Jesper Radich, Vasco Ollero, Michel Voss, and Lennart Stegmann are the new ORC Class B European Champions, well-earned in a very tough class.

The remaining podium positions are also filled by German teams: Jens Kuphal's Landmark 43 Intermezzo in second, who came on strong in the last four races with scores of 1-3-1-3, and Michael Berghorn's X-41 Halbtrocken 4.0 in third who bounced back in recovery from a DSQ in yesterday's first race.

Class C with 37 entries was also a tough class; Joachim Aschenbrenner skippered the Estonian modified J/112E Matilda 4 to victory, with team members Arne Veske, Koit Pauts, Aso Koris, Joonas Kiisler, Maarjus Leppik, Taavi Eller, Andrus Luht, and Matteo Ivaldi.

The rest of the podium was also filled with Estonian teams: the past year's European Champion in this class, Aivar Tuulberg's Arcona 340 Katariina II in second, and the Sven Nuutmann-skippered CYD 37 Postimees Sailing Team in third.

Full results

Giles Scott leads the Finns at Enoshima
Olympic champion, Giles Scott, from Britain has taken the lead at the Olympic Test Event – Ready Steady Tokyo – after only one race was possible on the second day of competition due to light winds. Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, drops to second while Nicholas Heiner, from The Netherlands, drops to third. The race was finally won by Jorge Zarif, from Brazil.

After several days of strong winds, the day began calmer with long delays on shore. When the fleet was finally sent out, the delay continued on the water until a light sea breeze filled in and Race 3 could begin.

It was a race of many changes. Ioannis Mitakis, from Greece led at the top, from Heiner and Berecz. The downwind decisions were crucial with Zarif making the best choices and rounding the gate in the lead, just ahead of a massive group of boats. Zarif escaped up the second beat and led down the final leg to the finish for a comfortable win. Scott, who had rounded the top mark in 12th, moved up to second just before the final mark to take second from Berecz.

Soon after that it was clear the wind was dying, as per forecast, so the fleet was sent back to Enoshima.

Racing continues Monday, with three races scheduled to try and catch up.

Results after Day 2
1. Giles Scott, GBR, 3 points
2. Zsombor Berecz, HUN, 4
3. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 4
4. Jorge Zarif, BRA, 9
5. Nils Theuninck, SUI, 9
6. Jonathan Lobert, FRA, 10
7. Anders Pedersen, NOR, 12
8. Ioannis Mitakis, GRE, 13
9. Andy Maloney, NZL, 15 b 10. Max Salminen, SWE, 16

Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event is a series of 10 opening series races from Saturday 17, August to Wednesday 21, August. The top 10 will then sail the medal race on Thursday 22 August.

Other top three in the Olympic Classes:

470 Men (3 races 1 discard)
1. Jordi Xammar Hernandez / Nicolas Rodriguez Garcia-Paz, ESP, 2
2. Mathew Belcher / William Ryan, AUS, 5
3. Anton Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 7

470 Women (3 races 1 discard)
1. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 2
2. Ai Kondo Yoshida / Miho Yoshioka, JPN, 3
3. Aloise Retornaz / Camille Lecointre, FRA, 5

49er Men (5 races 1 discard)
1. Pawel Kolodzinski / Lukasz Przybytek, POL, 11
2. Blair Tuke / Peter Burling, NZL, 14
3. Benjamin Bildstein / David Hussl, AUT, 18

49erFX Women (3 races 1 discard)
1. Saskia Tidey / Charlotte Dobson, GBR, 2
2. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 6
3. Victoria Jurczok / Anika Lorenz, GER, 7

Laser Men (3 races 1 discard)
1. Sam Meech, NZL, 3
2. Hermann Tomasgaard, NOR, 5
3. Jean Baptiste Bernaz, FRA, 5

Laser Radial Women (2 races)
1. Maria Erdi, HUN, 3
2. Marit Bouwmeester, NED, 8
3. Anne-Marine Rindom, DEN, 9

Nacra 17 (3 races 1 discard)
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Marianna Banti, ITA, 2
2. Paul Kohlhoff / Alica Stuhlemmer, GER, 4
3. Ben Saxton / Nicola Boniface, GBR, 5

RS:X Men, RS:X Women: N/A

Full results for all classes

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The International Paint Poole Regatta - Even Bigger in 2020
The International Paint Poole Regatta 2020 continues to develop with the organisers pleased to announce that round two of the inaugural IC37 Championship will be hosted. The latest high pro-file racing class joins the Fast 40+ fleet in making Poole Bay a key location in their racing sched-ule.

Also confirmed are the J80, J24, HP30, VPRS National Championships and 2.4mR Tidal National Championship, the IRC Southern Area Championship and the Shrimper Southern Championship. There will be a lot of silverware on offer.

All well-known classes will have their own starts at Poole and discussions are ongoing with sever-al to add to the championship bonanza already signed to race next May.

More and more competitive yacht owners and crew are committing to race at Poole because of the great reputation gained for its multiple courses carefully crafted for each class, competitive starts to ensure thrilling racing, fantastic facilities within the yacht clubs of Poole, very experi-enced race management and all topped off with a full on social scene post racing every day.

Ensure the 23 - 25 May 2020 is blocked out in your diary as the International Paint Poole Regatta returns for three days of unmissable racing and social events in picturesque Dorset, UK.

Whatever class you race, there is a competitive start for you at the International Paint Poole Re-gatta 2020. Find out more at www.pooleregatta.co.uk

Gypsy San Remo Appeal
Don Wood aboard Gypsy. Click on image to enlarge.

In 2004 the International Dragon class celebrated its 75th anniversary in San Tropez. 256 Dragons entered. The oldest there Dragon was the Fafner Johannsen 1937, owned and skippered by Donald Street III, better known to every one as D3. His crew was his father Don, and younger brother Mark. It was an expensive undertaking only made possible with the help of the late Bernard McNicholas of Kilfinnan Castle and McNicholas construction.

Gypsy, the Dragon that Don has raced for 33 years, is an Anker and Jensen, built in 1933. At 86 she is the oldest Dragon in the world still regularly racing. Don, at 89, is the oldest Dragon skipper in the northern hemisphere still regularly racing Dragons.

Don is determined that he and Gypsy will be in San Remo for the Dragon 90th birthday regatta.

GHYC members are already pulling together to make this possible. One member has lent a 4 x 4, another, a good road trailer. Another has given Gypsy a very good genoa and spinnaker. Two GHYC members are driving Gypsy from Glandore to San Remo and back, and crewing Gypsy in San Remo.

Kieran O'Donoghue has been helping to organise the trip (Don is no good on computers!) Kieran has calculated the total cost of the operation to be €6,000.

To help defray some of the cost, a raffle of a half-model of a Dragon was organized, at a ticket price of €10. The raffle has raised €1,000.

To raise more money we urge members to reach into their pockets and contribute to a fund to ease the pain on Don's finances. Don is a founding member of GHYC. In recognition for all he has done for GHYC (running races for juniors before the club had a junior program, training under-18s on Gypsy to be good crew, many of whom have gone on to become instructors in the GHYC junior program and Dragon owners and crew) he was declared a lifetime honorary member of GHYC in 2014.

Please help to defray some of the large expense of getting Don and Gypsy to San Remo to represent the GHYC Dragon fleet. Put a donation in a sealed envelope marked Gypsy San Remo, and drop off at Wilds in the square or pay online through MEP at Gypsy San Remo Appeal

Thank you.

The Atlantic Round of the Royal Scandinavian Yacht Clubs, Nylandska Jaktklubben and their North American Station
Marstrand, Sweden: The Atlantic Round regatta and related Stephen P. Swope Memorial regatta were held in Marstrand, Sweden, 16-18 August, hosted this year by Royal Gothenburg YC (Goteborgs Kungliga Segelsallskap, GKSS).

The participating clubs were, in addition to GKSS, Royal Swedish YC (KSSS); Royal Danish YC (KDY); Royal Norwegian YC (KNS); Nylandska Jaktklubben (Finland, NJK); and The North American Station (NAS), which represents those clubs in North America.

The Atlantic Round regatta originated in 1993. It is held annually, hosted in rotation by the six clubs. In addition to a conventional series of races among boats crewed by each club, one day is devoted to the Stephen P. Swope Memorial regatta in which crews from the six clubs are scrambled for each race; results are determined by the total individual results of crews from each club.

Races were held using GKSS's new FarEast 28rs.

Representing their clubs were: GKSS (host club) Commodore Robert Casselbrant, KSSS Commodore Patrik Salen, KDY Commodore Carl Erik Kjærsgaard, NJK Commodore Mats Welin, KNS Rear Commodore Nils Klippenberg and NAS Post Captain Ernest Godshalk, along with members of their respective clubs.

The Stephen P. Swope Memorial regatta was held on Friday, August 16 in 15 knots of wind from the southwest, which is ideal for participants - on a twice-around windward-leeward course - and spectators in Marstrand's magnificent sailing "amphitheater." The island's iconic fort seems to loom over the race course. Results/points were:

1. GKSS/48
2. KDY/66
3. KSSS/71
4. KNS/73
5. NJK/80
6. NAS/82

Later that afternoon, the first race of The Atlantic Round was held with the home team, GKSS, taking a decisive first.

As predicted, weather on Saturday provided wind of 28 knots gusting 42 knots with steady rain so racing was canceled for the day. But the soggy mood recovered during the traditional crayfish dinner party and requisite "snaps songs" in "the castle" that evening.

Four more races were held Sunday morning in variable and shifting southerly wind, which contributed to many lead changes. Final results/points, excluding one "throw out", were very close:

1. GKSS/9 (tiebreaker)
2. KSSS/9
3. NJK/12 (tiebreaker)
4. KNS/12
5. NAS/13
6. KDY/16

GKSS Commodore Robert Casselbrant, commented, "The Atlantic Round and Swope Memorial regattas generate wonderful camaraderie among the Nordic clubs and our North American friends. We are already looking forward to these events to be held in Newport in 2020 and celebration of the 75th Anniversary of our North American Station."

The Nordic clubs are the largest, and most are the oldest, in their respective countries. The North American Station was founded in 1945 by KSSS to promote Scandinavian-North American sailing-based friendships and then expanded to include the other clubs.

Contact: Ernest L. Godshalk, Post Captain
The North American Station of the Royal Scandinavian Yacht Clubs and Nylandska Jaktklubben
egodshalk [AT] gmail [DOT] com

www.northamericanstation.com

MS Amlin Seamanship Award Entries Close on the 20th August
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Your chance to enter the MS Amlin Seamanship Award 2019 closes at midnight on Tuesday 20th August. Enter now by emailing a short description of an act of Seamanship that you think is deserving of such an award, including any supporting evidence and contact details to yachtmarketing [AT] msamlin [DOT] com. You can nominate yourself or someone you know.

The award is a fantastic way of recognising and paying tribute to those who have shown great seamanship. This could be awarded to an individual or a team that maybe volunteers significant time to a boating charity or sailing club, has undertaken to clean up their surrounding environment, pushed themselves with a physical or psychological challenge or acted with bravery in an emergency. There are hundreds of potential reasons to make a nomination whether out on the water or ashore and is open to all boating communities.

So do you know someone who would not nominate themselves having done something special, but you think they deserve to be recognised? Nominate them today to ensure they don't miss out on the opportunity to be rewarded for their actions.

The 2019 award will be presented on Friday 13th September, during the prestigious MS Amlin YJA Yachtsman of the Year Gala Dinner, at the Grand Cafe in Southampton. The event will be attended by the UK's most well-known boating journalists alongside famous faces from the world of yachting.

The winner will be informed on the 30th August. To find out more about the MS Amlin Seamanship Award visit www.boatinsure.co.uk/seamanship

Youth Match Racing World Championship
Knowing the forecast promised a dead calm, the YMRWC 2019 Race committee was hoping to see a wind on the water of the Verkh-Isetsky pond this early morning, as it was on the 16th of August.

Due to this the racing program had to be changed and the preparation for the competitions day was assigned to 6 am, to start the racing at 7 o'clock. But when all gathered at the pier, the wind didn't blow.

The Race committee came to the water to monitor the situation but the wind strength didn't surpass 2 knots which are not enough to start the racing.

Having the 2nd Round Robin incomplete the Race Committee had to use the special rule from the International Racing rules of Sailing to rank the participants according to the results in the races held.

The top of the podium gets the Australian team which pulled ahead from the very first day and was holding the leading positions all the others. New Zealand is on the 2nd place, and the Danish team gets bronze.

Final standings
1. Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Tom Grimes, AUS
2. Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron / Team KNOTS, Nick Egnot-Johnson, NZL
3. Borch Racing, Jeppe Borch, DEN
4. HRM Racing Youth Team, Igor Tarasiuk, POL
5. Riverside Yacht Club, Stanford Sailing Team, Jack Parkin, USA
6. Penarth YC / Dragon Racing, Matt Whitfield, GBR
7. RBYS Racing, Rocco Attili, ITA
8. Societe des Regates du Havre, Aurelien Pierroz, FRA
9. Holmberg Racing Team, Mans Holmberg, SWE
10. MyWind, Mark Abdrakipov, RUS
11. Team CZE, Zdenek Dybal Jakub Halouzka, CZE
12. Kobe University, Kodai Mutsuda, JPN

Irish Sailing Pathfinder Women at the Helm Regatta
Photo by David Branigan, www.oceansport.ie. Click on image for photo gallery.

The "All Female Crew" prize was won by The Lady Caroline, a J24 boat from Sligo Yacht Club. The team was helmed by Rachael O'Dwyer.

All the racing was completed on Saturday which saw choppy waters and gusts up to 35 knots in Dublin Bay, making the courses challenging and blustery for the boats. Racing on Day 2 (today) was cancelled due to the weather conditions.

Amongst the prizewinners were Louise McKenna who won the "Silver Sailor" prize for helms over 60. The Roy Family Club Perpetual Trophy for the most successful club was won by the Royal St George Yacht Club (Dun Laoghaire).

Women have been sailing with and against each other for decades, but this is the first regatta to be held at a national level. This was a truly unique event where women were actively encouraged to develop their leadership skills by only allowing women helms. (Men also sailed but women had to make up 50% of the crew, and all boats were required to be helmed by women).

Irish Sailing event organiser Gail MacAllister said "while there is already equality in sailing with boys and girls competing against each other from an early age, the regatta was designed to reverse the trend of women leaving sailing when careers and family take over – and to show to younger or less experienced sailors that women helming and being a leader can become the norm".

Full results

Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association: Viking Marine Coastal Series
The Viking Marine Night Race report and results are available here. Congratulations to Rockabill VI on a great win.

The coastal series is now wide open with the best three races to count in the four race series.

The concluding race in the Viking Marine Coastal Series is on Saturday 24th August - this is the coastal race to Greystones. This is also a feeder race to the Regatta in Greystones on Sunday 25th August.

The Supplemental Sailing Instructions for the is race is available here

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Cowes Town Regatta - Round Up Report
• Noroton Reclaims Top Spot at Hinman Team Race
• Neo 570c
• Pyefleet Week 2019 Goes Out With A Roar!
• Hamilton Island Race Week: day one appetiser
• Fresh start, long heritage - Oyster Yachts
• M32 European Series Stenungsund: Last gasp before Garda
• A huge delivery is spotted at the Camber
• Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
• Iolaire Lost on the Northeast Coast of Ibiza
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Cowes Town Regatta - Round Up Report
The final day of Cowes Week racing is for the Cowes Town Regatta. The historic and prestigious trophies available include the George Oliver Challenge Cup, Royal Cowes Town Regatta Challenge Cup, Sir Godfrey Baring Bowl and Culpan Challenge Cup.

A brisk 18-20 knot west-southwesterly breeze with occasional stronger gusts delivered a great day of Solent racing on classic Cowes Week courses. A theme common to many of today's starts was overly enthusiastic competitors who appeared to have neither noticed the inner distance mark was on the course side of the line, nor negotiated the change between the east-going tidal stream further offshore and the west-going eddy close under the Royal Yacht Squadron.

The first premature starter was in the start for IRC Classes 3 and 4, when James Chalmers' J/112E Happy Daize marginally misjudged the speed of the eddy and was almost a length over at the inshore end of the line. Chalmers span around quickly and made a better job of short tacking in the favourable stream to take a lead on the water within three minutes of the gun. He went on to take victory in the three hour race by a considerable margin.

Initially it looked as though surprisingly few competitors were set up to fight for the favoured inner end of the line in the start for IRC Classes 5, 6 and 7, which may have led to some complacency. Ian Handley's Mustang 30 GR8 Banter and Charles Hindson's Trapper 950 Hooligan both attempted an inshore start on port, but James and John Owen's J/99 Jet nailed the start perfectly, having sailed down the line on starboard tack, just above the layline, arriving at the inner distance mark just before the gun. The smallest boat in these classes, Grieg City Academy's 22ft E-Boat Eros, finished with the lowest corrected time, ahead of GR8 Banter.

The final Black Group start was for Cruising B, C and D divisions. The Dufour 460 Freshfield's Oarsome Dream initially looked as though she would be best placed on the line and powered up at full speed, but was marginally early. This left Keith Harding's Sun Odyssey 35 Reach 4 the Wind as the sole well-placed boat inshore.

Nevertheless, the big Dufour scored the lowest corrected time, ahead of Simon and Julia Bowes' Sun Fast 37 Chatterbox (who won Cruiser Division C) and Reach 4 the Wind. Mark Attrill's Gibert Marine 7.7 Arun Rockall took victory in Division D.

The start for the Sportsboat classes saw some of the most successful boats during the regatta coming out to play - a good illustration of the old adage that the more time you spend on the water the more chance you have to improve your sailing and get better results.

The final start of the regatta was for the Mermaid class's passage race. They joined the other dayboats in a first beat into Gurnard Bay, before a long downwind leg to finish at their SeaView Yacht Club home. John Sandisford Haigh's Halluf was first back, in an hour and 47 minutes, ahead of Richard Ambler's Rosemary and Kate Broxham's Adastra. -- Rupert Holmes

Full results for all classes

www.cowesweek.co.uk

Noroton Reclaims Top Spot at Hinman Team Race
Photo by Stuart Streuli / New York Yacht Club. Click on image to enlarge.

Newport, R.I.: Winning its final four races in the Hinman Masters Team Race put the crew from Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.) in a strong position for the overall title, but it didn't quite seal the deal. With Noroton done for the day and resting on 14 wins from 21 races, the outcome of the regatta hung on a race featuring the squad representing the host New York Yacht Club and the defending champion Southern Yacht Club from New Orleans. The Southern team had lead the regatta almost from the first race and would clinch the championship with one more win. But the New York Yacht Club team, after a slow start, had found its rhythm toward the second half of the regatta.

The New York Yacht Club Invitational Team Race Regatta for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Trophy is one of the most coveted trophies in masters team racing. Skippers for each team must be at least 45 years of age while each crew must be 40 or older. The regatta is sailed out of the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I., using the Club's fleet of identical Sonar sailboats.

The New York team couldn't win the regatta in that deciding race, but it could secure third and prevent Southern from repeating as the champion. That was incentive enough for the New York team to record a solid win, leaving Southern and Noroton tied on points, and the tie breaker, based on who beat whom during that final round robin, falling the way of the Connecticut team.

The New York Yacht Club's trio of highly regarded team races will come to a close next weekend with the Grandmasters Team Race.

Final results
1. Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.) 10-6 Round Robin 1 & 2, 4-1 Gold Round Robin, 14 points
2. Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans) 11-5 , 3-2, 14
3. New York (N.Y.) Yacht Club Leonard, 9-7, 4-1, 13
4. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) 9-7, 3-2, 12
5. Eastport Yacht Club (Annapolis, Md.) 8-8, 1-4, 9
6. St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco) 9-7, 0-5, 9
7. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah, Texas) 6-10, 4-0 Silver Round Robin, 9
8. New York (N.Y.) Yacht Club Singsen 6-10, 2-2, 8
9. Larchmont (N.Y.) Yacht Club 4-12, 0-4, 4

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Pyefleet Week 2019 Goes Out With A Roar!
Pyefleet Week 2019 went out with a roar as competitors faced two final days of strong winds and spectacular fast sailing. Sadly the conditions meant that only three of the planned five races could be completed for Red Group, but for Blue Group all five were successfully run.

In the Blue Group there was another opportunity for youngsters to gain experience sailing with an adult in the Mirror fleet. 1995 Mirror World Champion Clive Goodwin was out on the water again, but this time with daughter Anna as crew, and claimed four firsts and discarded a third to win the series by three points from young Louis Hisocks, who this time was helming for mum Melissa Heppell, who was the Ladies Mirror World Champion crew in 1995. Third place in the Mirrors could only be decided on count back with Stephen Heppell and granddaughter Josie, whose mum Letty had helmed Melissa to victory in that '95 Ladies Mirror Worlds, taking the final step on the podium by a whisker from nine year old Willow Cross crewed by dad Stephen.

Some of the most spectacular sailing of the week came from the fast boats of Class 1 who were regularly hitting 20 knots plus as they scorched their way around the courses. The final race in particular saw them hitting high speeds and they made a spectacular sight flying up Brightlingsea Creek to the finish line. Overall victory by just half a point went to the RS800 or Ben Clegg and Abi Kay with fellow 800 sailors Dave Conlon and Ed Gibbons second and the Tornado of Paul Mines and Stuart Smith third. -- Fiona Brown

Pyefleet Week 2020 will take place from 2 to 7 August. Further information about Pyefleet Week and full 2019 results are available from

Full results of all classes at www.pyefleetweek.com

Hamilton Island Race Week: day one appetiser
Photo by Salty Dingo. Click on image for photo gallery.

Two hundred and thirty-four crews enjoyed a gentle entree to racing in the annual Whitsundays series, light trade winds and winter sunshine bathing the second largest Hamilton Island Race Week fleet in event history.

All divisions completed round-the-island courses in patchy light sou'east breezes that created a few park-ups, and opportunities to break away from those caught in a wind shadow, eddy, or up against an unfavourable tide. Similar conditions are forecast for Monday then Tuesday morning the effects of a fast-moving trough will be felt in north Queensland waters, dialling up significant breeze for Race Week day three.

Three hulls proved less sticky than two in the lights airs with Karl Kwok's MOD70 trimaran, helmed by Gavin Brady, winning race one on corrected time ahead of Alex Toomey's Extreme 40 Deepwater Collective, one of four Extreme 40s in the division.

IRC divisions

First ace served in division 1 went to Marcus Blackmore's TP52 Hooligan from David Griffith's JV72 Chinese Whisper and the Oatley family's RP66 Wild Oats X, which was third overall on handicap scores.

This year is Hooligan navigator Will Oxley's 22nd Hamilton Island Race Week, and the international yachtsman still appreciates the beauty. "It's wonderful to be in the Whitsundays for my 22nd Race Week, and the pretty horrendous weather down south emphasises how good it is here," Oxley said. Looking ahead, he expects Tuesday to be the regatta's windiest day, up to 30 knots before conditions ease over the second half of the six-day pointscore that wraps-up on Saturday August 24.

Hooligan's crack crew includes Ben Lamb as tactician, Joe Turner as strategist and alternate helm, two-time round-the-world sailor Stacey Jackson as mid-bow and Ky Hurst on the pumps, straight off winning the latest SailGP event at Cowes as part of the Australian team led by Tom Slingsby.

Daily results available at www.topyacht.net.au

www.hamiltonislandraceweek.com.au

Fresh start, long heritage - Oyster Yachts
Under its new ownership a famous British yacht builder is taking a step up in the world

It's not often that rules and regulations lead to more freedom and choice. Yet sometimes, technical changes behind the scenes can trigger an effect that goes further than expected. Such has been the case with Oyster Yachts.

The start of the chain reaction came with Oyster's new ownership in March 2018 after Richard Hadida bought the company. With a healthy order book and a strong global reputation, the task of reinvigorating the famous British brand began with improving production efficiency along with a careful look at the entire model range.

There was also the issue of restoring confidence in the market and that message started with the clear statement that all new Oysters would be built under the supervision of Lloyds Register. Achieving a hull and deck moulding certificate meant a great deal of work behind the scenes in the design and production areas of the business. This in turn had resulted in greater flexibility that now allows a better link between the sales and engineering sides of the company.

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

M32 European Series Stenungsund: Last gasp before Garda
Stenungsund, Sweden: With the pace of events accelerating going into the M32 World Championship at the end of this month, so racing resumed this weekend for the penultimate event of the 2019 M32 European Series and its second in Sweden.

From the outset the M32 European Series Stenungsund was designed to take in the Tjorn Runt. Organised by the Stenungsunds Segelsallskap, this annual 27 mile lap of Tjorn is one of Sweden's most popular regattas, the equivalent of Britain's Round the Island Race. The island of Tjorn lies immediately north of Marstrand. Significantly its race record is held by an M32 catamaran.

Preceding Saturday's Tjorn Runt were two days of inshore racing for the M32s. The first of these was held in tricky, shifty conditions with winds ranging from five to 15 knots and with 20-30° shifts beneath the clouds. This was followed on Friday with more breeze - typically 12 knots gusting to 18-20, requiring the nimble M32s to sail reefed, but the wind more steady in direction.

In the six races on day one, Ian Williams' GAC Pindar came close to a perfect scoreline, finishing second in the sixth and final race of the day to LSGY Racing Team from the Sailing College of Lerum, one of two sport colleges in Sweden to specialise in sailing. Helming the LSGY Racing Team boat was 17-year-old Stenungsund resident, Oscar Anderssen, who despite his young age had already previously sailed the Tjorn Runt on board an M32. Something of a local hero, Anderssen also won the shorter dinghy version of the race four times on board an RS Feva. Of his crew only one was over 20-years-old.

Sadly come Saturday it was quickly evident that the big breeze forecast would be too much for the M32s to compete in the Tjorn Runt and an early call was made by PRO Mattias Dahlstrom. "At the southern end of the course near Marstrand it is 25-26 knots gusting 30. With the World Championship coming up no one wants to risk serious damage, so we've taken the decision not to race," he explained.

Meanwhile the M32's Tjorn Rund race record of 2h 05m 24s still stands. Despite the big conditions, the fastest monohull, skippered by Johnie Berntsson, finished in 2h 37m 01s.

Results for the M32s
1. GAC Pindar, Ian Williams, 16
2. KNOTS Racing, Dave Hazard , 33
3. Oscar Andersson LSGY Racing Team, 38
4. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 43

The regatta "Tjorn Runt" was sailed for the first time in 1963 after a crayfish party behind Lindqvist pastry in Stenungsund. During the party, someone came with the suggestion that "shall we sail around Tjorn?" What a great idea! Each year nearly 1000 boats round the island.

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A huge delivery is spotted at the Camber
A sailor gearing up to help Team Ineos UK challenge for the America's Cup has said its 'amazing' new race boat is 'coming to a head'. It comes after a large delivery was recently spotted being unloaded from a barge at the Camber, in Old Portsmouth, into Team Ineos UK's East Street headquarters.

The equipment is thought to be the monohull for the squad's new race boat for the 2021 America's Cup.

David Carr, a sailor on Team Ineos UK, told The News: 'I can't confirm or deny what it is, but it's part of the boat.

'Everything is arriving now and from a sailing point of view - from an America's Cup point of view - it's all coming to a head in terms of our first race boat of these amazing new foiling monohulls.

'There's a lot going on in this building, there's a lot of energy in this building to get our race boat launched and soon enough you'll see a boat that the world's never seen before launching out of Portsmouth.'

The America's Cup will take place from Saturday, March 6 to Sunday, March 21 in Auckland, NZ.

www.portsmouth.co.uk

Warren Jones International Youth Regatta
The Warren Jones International Youth Regatta will be celebrating its' 18th Birthday in 2020!

Hosted by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, 2020's Warren Jones Regatta will be sailed from Monday, 27th through to Friday, 31st January as part of the 2020 City of Perth Festival of Sail.

Applications are open to males and females under 25 years of age as at Friday, 7th February 2020, from any nation, as long as they are members of a yacht club. Local skippers will be selected through qualifying events - interest must be expressed in order to be eligible. Full eligibility requirements are featured in the Notice of Race.

Event Organisers are currently accepting Expressions of Interest to fill the twelve entry positions for the event's eighteenth year. All Expressions of Interest are to be completed online via the Swan River Sailing website.

The Expression of Interest period will close at 5pm WST on Friday, 14th September 2019.

Iolaire Lost on the Northeast Coast of Ibiza
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One hundred years and seven months later on July 26, 2019... my birthday... Iolaire was lost on the NE coast of Ibiza because of bad seamanship, running downwind in heavy weather, close to shore, no main boom preventer rigged, inadvertent jibe, she drove ashore sank, crew ashore in life raft. Thus ended Iolaire's 114 years of taking care of crew thru thick and thin.

For historic vessel specifications: Classic Yacht Register of Heritage IOLAIRE:

When Don Street purchased Iolaire in St. Thomas in March 1957 he realized that the big heavy main boom, left over from her gaff rigged days, could be a real widow maker in an inadvertent jibe. From the earliest days whenever sailing broad off, a main boom fore guy/peventer was rigged. This was often a difficult job.

Thru the years Street worked out various better methods of rigging the main boom foreguy By the early 80s, he developed the rig where by the main boom foreguy running from the end of the main boom to the bowsprit end and back to a midship winch or cleat, could be rigged with no one going FORWARD of the mast. It was ALWAYS rigged when sailing broad off or dead down wind.

This was obviously not rigged on July 26. About 0200 Iolaire was sailing dead downwind along the NE coast of Ibiza, an inadvertent jibe, she headed in shore hit rocks and sank ending a 114 year career of carrying sailors safely thru thick and thin. Owner/skipper, and partner got ashore in a liferaft.

Iolaire for 52 years carried Don Street, his family, friends and various Grenadian crew safely throughout the entire Eastern Caribbean and seven times across the Atlantic, eight times up and down the Thames or St. Kathrine or Lime House basins, all with no engine. Don cruised, chartered, raced, explored, and wrote about the Eastern Caribbean and the Atlantic islands. The explorations resulted in the Imray Iolaire charts of the Eastern Caribbean and the Atlantic island. The writing resulted in hundreds of articles, three books and his all inclusive Guides to the Eastern Caribbean and the Cape Verdes.

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Final Day Of Fleet Racing For Some As Ready Steady Tokyo - Sailing Enters Day 4
• 29er European Championships: eight different nations in the top 10
• Harken® Fly Blocks: Strength Beyond Mass
• War veteran vessel gets a hero's welcome in Cape Town
• Whats not to like - Caribbean Sailing Association
• Bournemouth Digital Poole Week - Day 3
• Robline Cordage: R...like Relaxing
• 505 Euro Cup
• Industry News
• Tom Hutchinson
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Oyster 655 - Roulette
• • Rapido 40
• • Ex IMOCA 60 'Globe'
• The Last Word: Kurt Vonnegut

Final Day Of Fleet Racing For Some As Ready Steady Tokyo - Sailing Enters Day 4
The good news is that the wind is set to be more consistent and stable today than previous days.

After 9:00, southeasterly-south winds of 4-8 knots will be present, but this will increase by the time sailors begin their schedule for the day.

From 12:00, when racing begins, sailors can expect south-southwesterly winds between 10-14 knots, gusting 18 knots.

After 18:00, the wind will decrease slightly to around 10 knots, with heavy rain and thunderstorms likely.

Similarly to yesterday, wave height shouldn't reach over 1m today.

Racing will start at around 12:00 for the majority of Olympic events, with between two and three races scheduled in each.

Today is the last day of fleet racing for the RS:X Men and Women, 49ers, 49erFXs and Nacra 17s - they will all have their Medal Race tomorrow.

Top three by class

470 Men
1. Mathew Belcher / William Ryan, AUS, 21
2. Anton Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergström, SWE, 24
3. Jordi Xammar Hernandez / Nicolas Rodríguez García-Paz, ESP, 25

470 Women
1. Aloise Retornaz / Camille Lecointre, FRA, 30
2. Eilidh McIntyre / Hannah Mills, GBR, 33
3. Ai Kondo Yoshida / Miho Yoshioka, JPN, 35

49er Men
1. Blair Tuke / Peter Burling, NZL, 37
2. Pawel Kolodzinski / Lukasz Przybytek, POL, 50
3. Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell, GBR, 58

49FX Women
1. Saskia Tidey / Charlotte Dobson, GBR, 31
2. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 37
3. Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech, NZL, 39

Finn Men
1. Zsombor Berecz, HUN, 14
2. Giles Scott, GBR, 30
3. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 35

Laser Men
1. Jesper Stalheim, SWE, 14
2. Sam Meech, NZL, 23
3. Matthew Wearn, AUS, 27

Laser Radial Women
1. Emma Plasschaert, BEL, 31
2. Sarah Douglas, CAN, 39
3. Maria Erdi, HUN, 44

NACRA 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Marianna Banti, ITA, 46
2. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR, 48
3. Santiago Lange / Cecilia Carranza Saroli, ARG, 53

RS:X Men
1. Mengfan Gao, CHN, 38
2. Thomas Goyard, FRA, 54
3. Tom Squires, GBR, 57

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 34
2. Katy Spychakov, ISR, 41
3. Charline Picon, FRA, 44

tokyo2020.org/en/special/readysteadytokyo/sailing/

29er European Championships: eight different nations in the top 10
Photo by Elena Giolai. Click on image for photo gallery.

Lake Garda, Italy. The second day of the European Championships was successful, with winds at 9 to 12 knots, a bit lighter than Monday. Seven of the scheduled 9 races have now been completed for the 210 crews competing. The gold fleet will see the top 50 crews compete starting Thursday.

Final top ten after 7 races, 1 discard
1. Mathias Berthet / Alexander Franks Penty, NOR, 7 net points
2. Aristide Girou / Noah Chauvin, FRA, 14
3. Ville Korhonen / Edvard Bremer, FIN, 17
4. Marius Westerlind / Olle Aronsson, SWE, 17
5. Finn Walter / Marcus Borlinghaus, GER, 19
6. Ewan Wilson / Finley Armstrong, GBR, 22
7. Zeno Biagio Santini / Marco Misseroni , ITA, 23
8. Jens-ChristianDehn-Toftehoj / Mads Fuglbjerg, DEN, 25
9. Oliver Evans / Will Jarman, GBR, 27
10. Freya Black / James Grummet, GBR, 28

Full Results

Harken® Fly Blocks: Strength Beyond Mass
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Harken At The Front.

War veteran vessel gets a hero's welcome in Cape Town
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A 106-year-old yacht believed to have taken part in the Dunkirk evacuation, the famous rescue of Allied troops during the Second World War, has herself been rescued by two local sailors and is being restored in Hout Bay.

The Camper and Nicholson 38 Yawl, built in Portsmouth in 1913 and dubbed 'The Brat of Dunkirk', was sitting derelict in Port Elizabeth until recently when she caught the attention of Associated Rigging boss Warren Fraser, who is now a new co-owner together with SABBEX (South African Boatbuilders Export Council) chairman Bruce Tedder. Fraser has since researched The Brat's history, including her likely link to Dunkirk, when the British military commandeered every available civilian vessel to help evacuate Allied soldiers who were stranded on the beach at Dunkirk in northern France. Over 300 000 French and British soldiers were rescued from approaching Nazi divisions.

Fraser told SABBEX the boat first arrived in South Africa in 1968 - what she did before that is still unclear - when she was one of the first boats of her kind. She had a refit and then, at some point in the 1980s, sailed up to Port Elizabeth, never to return until the other day on a truck, from whence she was delivered to her current resting place outside the Hout Bay Yacht Club. Explained Fraser: "A chap was trying to rebuild her in PE, for she had become very unloved. That's when I got involved," he said.

"A client got hold of me and said, Warren, the boat is too much to handle - she deserves better. What can you do? "

Fraser said he couldn't believe his eyes: "I said, hang on, this is a barn find. You will never get another opportunity like this or find another one. Ever."

When Tedder heard about the project he was equally effusive, and helped put together the plan to buy The Brat and get her back to Hout Bay. This they have now done, partly thanks to Hout Bay Yacht Club which has donated a free berth 'on the hard' outside the Club at Hout Bay harbour. The idea is to use the boat as the centrepiece of a boatbuilding skills development project for Hout Bay's underprivileged areas, which may serve as a catalyst for boatbuilding generally in the Hout Bay area.

In the meantime The Brat is turning heads in her new home at the harbour. Said Fraser: "Everybody who saw the boat when we were bringing her in literally stopped their cars and took out their cell phone to take pictures."

www.boatingsouthafrica.co.za

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Bournemouth Digital Poole Week - Day 3
Photos by David Harding, www.sailingscenes.co.uk. Click on image for photo gallery.

Tuesday in Bournemouth Digital Poole Week was one of those days when everything came together. The sun shone (much of the time), the wind blew (not too hard) and a great day on the water was had by all.

The heavy-weather enthusiasts had enjoyed some high-adrenaline action and seriously competitive racing on the first two days in winds gusting to 30 knots. Tuesday finally allowed everyone else to get afloat as well, with no one having to worry about whether they or their boats would come home in one piece.

No racing had taken place on Parkstone Yacht Club's platform courses on Monday, so it was good to see nearly 20 entries in the fast and slow handicap fleets sharing their start. Boats ranged from a Fireball, a Contender and a handful of Merlin Rockets to Laser 4.7s, several Fusions and a Byte. Steve and Ally Tyler scored two bullets in the fast handicap fleet to move straight into second place behind Ian Duke in his K1, who currently tops the table having sailed all three races to date.

After staying ashore for the first two days, the Wayfarers made the most of their time on the water and there were some good tussles at the front of the fleet. Jackie Dobson and Dave Mitchell were the most consistent, notching up two very close 2nd places to end the day on four points with Brian Lamb and Sam Pygall, who recorded a 3rd and a 1st.

The Darts provided their own entertainment when they were sent to RoRo as one of their windward marks in the first race. It's rarely used by the Darts in their regular club racing, so most only knew vaguely where it should be and could be seen sailing every which way for a while. Eventually they all decided to follow Dave and Jan Pointer, who usually sail an RS200 and know exactly where to find RoRo. The Pointers went on to win the race and finish 2nd in the next, proving yet again that hauling an elderly Dart out of the garage for one regatta a year doesn't seem to make them any slower. -- David Harding

www.pooleweek.org

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505 Euro Cup
The final 2019 505 Euro Cup event comes to the UK on 6-8 September 2019.

Hayling Island Sailing Club has a long involvement with the 505 class having hosted many Eurocup Events, 505 Nationals and the 505 World Championships twice. The club is the largest in the UK and is renowned for excellent race management and superb sailing waters.

The racing will be outside the harbour in Hayling Bay and at this time of year the water will be at its warmest, with a combination of sea breeze and gradient winds hopefully to give good sailing conditions, as happened last year.

For all the detail see the Event Site at www.int505.org/2019-euro-cup/

Industry News
Members of Dun Laoghaire RNLI received a cheque for €7,150 during their Monday evening training session. The funds were raised through the Dubarry ladies' lunches which were held simultaneously at three Dun Laoghaire yacht clubs on the Saturday afternoon of the event back in July. The cheque was presented to Coxswain Mark McGibney and the lifeboat crew by Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta (VDLR) Event Chairman Don O'Dowd, Keith Kenny from Dubarry, VDLR committee member Colin O'Brien and VDLR Secretary Ciara Dowling.

The Dubarry sponsored ladies' lunch was held at three Dun Laoghaire Yacht Clubs; the Royal St. George, the Royal Irish and the National Yacht Cub. During the event Dun Laoghaire RNLI volunteer lifeboat crewmember Damien Payne visited diners at all three venues dressed in his full lifeboat kit to talk about the work of the charity. The event was sold-out and one of the highlights of the social calendar over the four days.

Don O'Dowd, Event Chairman of the Volvo Dun Laoghaire Regatta said, 'The choice of charity for the Dubarry ladies' lunch was an obvious one for us. We are all sailors and we need the RNLI. We had over two thousand people out on the water during the four days of the event and its wonderful having the RNLI nearby. We all hope we will never need them but to know they are there if we do gives us a great sense of security.'

'We were bowled over by the amount raised and I wish to thank everyone who so generously supported the event.'

Keith Kenny, Group Retail Manager for Dubarry Ireland, who sponsored the ladies' lunch added, 'We've been involved with the Regatta for a few years, but this was the first year that we sponsored the ladies lunch and it was a great success. We are hugely appreciative of the work of the RNLI and the volunteer lifeboat crew in Dun Laoghaire.'

'Dubarry started off as a sailing brand and that will always be an important part of the business, so to be able to give back into that was important to us.'

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Grand Pavois La Rochelle 2019: 47th edition of the show (created in 1973). Top Five international in-water rendezvous. Six days of exhibition, from Wednesday 18 to Monday 23 September 2019, 10 am/7 pm.

In order to promote sailing of the future, Grand Pavois La Rochelle has decided to give pride of place to alternative energies at its 2019 edition with the creation of a dedicated area and communication centred around this innovative theme. In terms of activities, an electric boat procession will be organised as well as a round table bringing together all the stakeholders from the sector.

More than 1.500 tests and sea outings : For sailing enthusiasts, the show offers the chance to try boats at sea throughout the day, as well as Board Sport and Light Sailing equipment.

Presence of exceptional boats and sailors, in particular with Yvan Bourgnon who will present the model of his sea cleaning boat The SeaCleaners and give a conference. The crew of Florestan "When Music is Sailing", which has completed a round-the-world trip in order to promote music around the world, an educational odyssey devoted to exchanges. Note also the presence of Jean-Jacques Savin, who crossed the Atlantic in a barrel, and the crew of Sailing Ahoy, which will be setting sail for a year around the Atlantic in favour of Organ Donations, etc.

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As announced on June 27, 2019, HanseYachts AG acquired all shares in Privilège Marine Holding GmbH from HY Beteiligungs GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA and thereby indirectly acquired 97.43% of the shares in Privilège Marine SAS, France. The cash purchase price was EUR 500 thousand plus a variable purchase price component of up to a further EUR 600 thousand, which is dependent on certain future developments.

Privilege has been operating in the market for more than 30 years as a manufacturer of luxury catamarans, producing sail and motor catamarans, making them pioneers in the market. The catamarans will be built on the French Atlantic coast, the existing staff structure with about 150 employees should be preserved. The shipyard has direct access to the Atlantic and currently produces six catamaran models from 50 to 75 feet.

Three new catamaran models were developed and marketed by the designers and engineers of HanseYachts AG ahead of the takeover in order to lead the traditional Privilège brand, which currently has an order backlog of EUR 26 million, into a successful future. Privilège is the sixth brand in the group to benefit from the worldwide distribution of HanseYachts AG and the purchasing power behind more than EUR 150 million in group sales.

"For eight consecutive years, HanseYachts AG has been able to grow sales by between 9 and 15 million euros per year. From time to time we need a new brand in order to sustainably sustain this dynamic growth in this dimension. We fill these with new products and new life with our experienced development department in Germany. After the good experiences with the new brands Dehler and Sealine in recent years, Privilège is now to continue this successful strategy. The deal was mainly financed by the issue of new HanseYachts shares as part of a capital increase in kind.

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Dream Yacht Charter are delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Antigua Sailing Week as the official exclusive bareboat sponsor for one of the world's best sailing regattas.

The three-year deal, which will run through to May, 2022, has been launched in time to support Antigua Sailing Week's 'Road to 2020' campaign, which will consist of three major worldwide events in Hamble, the home of Dream Yacht Charter's base in the UK, the Hamptons in the USA and Lake Constance in Germany. The three events will culminate in one lucky crew participating in each of the regattas winning access to a Dream Yacht Charter bareboat to take part in the 53rd annual Antigua Sailing Week Regatta in April 2020.

The Dream Yacht Charter fleet consists of 1000+ yachts in 50+ destinations worldwide, many of which have participated in Antigua Sailing Week in past years and have won in a number of race classes.

The prize also includes flights to Antigua plus dockage in UNESCO heritage Nelson's Dockyard which is the perfect base for participants and spectators both as a great marina and as an entertainment venue.

Staff from Antigua Sailing Week will be joining the Dream Yacht Charter UK team at various events throughout August and September including Cowes Week and the Southampton Boat Show on Friday 13th September.

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www.sailingweek.com/asw2020/

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Curly Morris of East Antrim Boat Club in Larne has been elected as President of the International GP14 Class.

The Class AGM held in Abersoch last night voted for the GP14 Ireland stalwart during its 2019 national championships, a year that also saw a special birthday celebration regatta to mark Curly's 75th at Skerries.

Over the years, Olympian Curly Morris has given international service as a member of World Sailing's Classes Committee, thanks to his direct and beneficial experience of the exceptionally lively GP 14 National Association here.

afloat.ie/sail/sailing-classes/

Tom Hutchinson
Future Fibres' founder, Tom Hutchinson, has died after sustaining fatal injuries while kitesurfing off the Isle of Wight.

Tom, aged 52, was born on the Isle of Wight and spent his adult life working in and around the sea.

He left school at 16 and became a deckhand on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean before becoming a delivery skipper.

His career progressed to running a workshop in California servicing yachts competing in the America's Cup, an opportunity that enabled him to make international contacts in the yachting world.

Future Fibres was established 25 years' ago on the Isle of Wight and soon moved its manufacturing to London.

When New Zealand won the America's Cup, the company transferred its business to Auckland, later moving the operation to Valencia, Spain, where it continued to supply America's Cup teams and also other campaigns.

The company was acquired by Southern Spars, part of the North Technology Group, in 2014.

"Tom will be remembered for his energy and infectious enthusiasm, along with his extreme can-do attitude," Future Fibres statement. "Future Fibres was the perfect vehicle for Tom's combined love for water sports and passion for innovation, taking the company from it's very humble beginnings on the Isle of Wight to an internationally recognised company with a reputation for innovative products that helped our customers go faster and gain an edge on the race course, be it the field of yacht racing, motorsports or indeed any arena in which Tom felt he could make a difference.

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1992 Ex IMOCA 60 'Globe'. 130000 EUR. Located in Gdansk, Poland.

GLOBE - Ex Bagages Superior, winner of the 1992 Vendée Globe, 2nd in the Transat Jacques Vabre 1993 and 2nd in the Route du Rhum 1994 with skipper Alain Gauthier.

Ex Legal le Goût, 4th in the Vendée Globe 1997 with skipper Eric Dumont.

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In This Issue
• China dominate RS:X on Day 5 of Ready Steady Tokyo
• Zsombor Berecz secures gold in Enoshima with three way fight for other medals
• Great start for 15th Palermo-Montecarlo!
• International Match Race for the Detroit Cup
• Irish Sailing President's Summer Blog
• Win a new Laser with early bird entry to 2020 Australian Championships
• Quality Always sells - CNB
• 20th anniversary of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
• Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy: the old beauties are back
• AC75s with bulgy bits
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Black Pearl - Carkeek 47
• • Vismara V62
• • JPK 1180
• The Last Word: Sun Tzu

China dominate RS:X on Day 5 of Ready Steady Tokyo
Five Medal Races took place on the fifth day of racing at Ready Steady Tokyo - Sailing, with the top three sailors of each fleet laying down the marker ahead of next year's Games.

At the official test event for Tokyo 2020, Brazil, New Zealand and Italy all claimed a gold each, with Great Britain taking the most medals overall so far with four.

China, meanwhile, delivered a stunning week-long performance to take gold in both the RS:X Men and Women's fleets.

After discarding a 21st in his first race of the regatta, Mengfan Gao did not finish lower than eighth for the rest of the week, clinching gold by an impressive 11 points.

Over in the Women's fleet, Yunxiu Lu (CHN) led all week long, with a fourth-place finish in the Medal Race enough for her to seal the gold medal.

The 49erFX fleet saw the most dramatic Medal Race so far, with all three podium positions changing hands from the beginning of the day.

Charlotte Dobson & Saskia Tidey (GBR) had led all week long, but found themselves just a point ahead of Rio 2016 champions Martine Grael & Kahena Kunze (BRA).

Alexandra Maloney & Molly Meech (NZL), runners-up in Rio, were also in the mix, sitting six points behind the Brazilians.

But it was the Norwegian duo of Helene Næss & Marie Rønningen who shook things up, winning the Medal Race to climb from fourth to second for silver.

The Nacra 17 Medal Race was also an exciting affair, as five teams were all realistically able to claim a top-three spot.

Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA) had topped the fleet all week long and did not relinquish their lead, finishing fourth in the Medal Race to get gold by 12 points.

Rio 2016 gold medallists Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL) held a 13-point lead ahead of today's 49er Medal Race, but they were anything but complacent.

Knowing that Lukasz Przybytek & Pawel Kolodzinski (POL) were their only challengers to gold, the Kiwis took full advantage of a poor start for the Poles.

From then on they had the fairly simple task to beat them to the finish line - which they did so, crossing in eighth ahead of the Poles in ninth.

The remaining five Olympic events completed their series today and will hold their Medal Races tomorrow.

One gold medal has already been decided ahead of Thursday's showdown, with Zsombor Berecz (HUN) winning in the Finn fleet as he has built up a 23-point advantage.

www.sailing.org

Zsombor Berecz secures gold in Enoshima with three way fight for other medals
Finn World Champion Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, has secured the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Test Event, with a day to spare after sealing victory on Wednesday in Enoshima, Japan. Nicholas Heiner, from The Netherlands, move up to second, while Giles Scott, from Britain drops to third to set up a three way fght for bronze and silver with Andy Maloney from New Zealand. The race wins on Wednesday went to Alican Kaynar, from Turkey, and Ondrej Teply, from Czech Republic.

The forecast for the day was generally for a light onshore wind, with a lot of low cloud around all morning. The wind remained fairly light and unstable all day with frequent position changes throughout the fleet.

finnclass.org

Great start for 15th Palermo-Montecarlo!
The stunning Gulf of Mondello was the backdrop at midday for the start of the 15th Palermo-Montecarlo. This 500nm offshore race follows the old route taken by Phoenician ships and has attracted an international field of 57 boats - 10 nations. A record turn-out! Launched in 2005 and organised by the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Challenger of Record for the next America's Cup, in partnership with the Yacht Club de Monaco and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, the Palermo-Montecarlo has established itself as one of the big offshore meetings in the Mediterranean. This year again it constitutes a stage on the International Maxi Association (IMA) calendar.

The Italian Maxi Adelasia di Torres had the best start ahead of compatriot Ad Maiora, the French boat Arobas 2 and the VOR 70 Ambersail. Competitors must pass through a mandatory gate mid-way off the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia where, dependent on weather conditions, they have a choice of sailing up the east or west coast of Corsica, a crucial decision that often determines the winner. They then head for Monaco.

For some it's an enjoyable cruiser-race with family and friends, while others have their sights set on breaking the record, held since 2015 by the Maxi 100ft Esimit Europa 2, of 47 hours 46 minutes and 48 seconds.

To follow the race live: yb.tl/pm2019

International Match Race for the Detroit Cup
For the 12th consecutive year, the International Match Race for the Detroit Cup is being held over August 21-25th, 2019, with practicing today and racing commencing tomorrow through Sunday. Eleven teams from Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand and the US are lined up to compete for this coveted trophy and their share of Grade 2 points on the World Sailing Match Racing Ranking List.

The event is the second of the four-part US Grand Slam Series, which consists of the Chicago Grand Slam held last weekend, the Detroit Cup, the Oakcliff International in Oyster Bay, NY over September 1-4 and finishing at the Thompson Cup, also held in Oyster Bay over September 5-8. The overall winner from accumulated points from the results from these Grade 2 events will get an invitation to next year's Grade 1 Congressional Cup at Long Beach YC in Long Beach, CA.

Racing at the Detroit Cup will be among 3-person teams sailing equally-matched Ultimate 20 class boats, with courses set on the Detroit River at a spectator-friendly venue in front of the Bayview YC. With the current of the river a continuous challenge, the teams will also likely encounter a wide range of conditions over the four days of the competition, so the eventual winner will have demonstrated mastery in all aspects of match race sailing: boathandling, tactics and strategic reading of the course.

The list of competing teams is as follows, in order of World Sailing ranking:
- Chris Poole (14th) - USA - Riptide Racing, crew TBA
- Ryan Seago (26th) - USA - Bayview YC, crew Matt Graham, Alex Hume
- Finn Tapper (28th) - AUS - Cruising YC of Australia - crew George Richardson, Jake Liddel
- Jordan Stevenson (31st) - NZL - Royal NZ Yacht Squadron - crew Mitch Jackson, George Angus, Dougie Cowan**
- James Pinder (88th) - GBR - Royal Thames YC - crew Alex Smallwood, George Hopes, Jamie Webb**
- Alexis Gesualdo (107th) - USA - Tropique Racing, crew Owen Miller, Scotty Dickson - Jackson Hamilton (117th) - USA - Glen Lake YC - crew Donal Ryan, David Larson
- Chris Weis (119th) - USA - Del Rey YC - crew Roberto Stevens, Alex Burrow
- Dave Perry (122nd) - USA - Pequot YC - crew Wyatt Dennis, Daniel Pegg
- Ethan Prieto-Low (133rd) - AUS - Royal Freshwater Bay YC - crew Andrew Henderson, Ben Walsh
- Nathan Hollerbach (N/R) - USA - Ender Racing - crew Nick Marcolini, Austin Colpaert

**Overseas teams often have 4 team members for the larger boats in the other events of the Grand Slam, but for Detroit Cup they may sail only with three on their team.

Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team were victorious in last week's Chicago Grand Slam, and they have been regular contenders at the Detroit Cup, making it to the Semi-Finals last year. However, Ryan Seago is local to Bayview and the defending champion, Nathan Hollerbach is also a local favorite with many D-Cups in his repertoire as well as a US National Champion title, Dave Perry is an experienced guru at this game, and the overseas teams are often on the podium at this event.

www.matchracingresults.com

www.detroitcup.com

Irish Sailing President's Summer Blog
Irish Sailing President Jack Roy reviews a busy 2019 sailing season and reports on the association's next strategic plan

A very busy June on the water began with Seafest, described by An Tanaiste Simon Coveney as the "ploughing championships of the marine sector" moved to Cork City Quays for the Bank Holiday weekend. Over 100 people tried sailing on the River Lee on board 1720s from Royal Cork Yacht Club and Cove Sailing Club's ketch the Anna Emily with support from Sail Cork, Blackrock Sailing Club and the "young mariners" from Kinsale (Outdoor Education Centre).

Also in early June, forty-five competitors in the 50th Solitaire Urgo Le Figaro race (known as the unofficial solo offshore world championship) raced from Nantes to their first stopover in a very welcoming Kinsale. It was a pleasure to meet with the sailors and support teams, including the leg winner Yoann Richomme of France as well as our own Joan Mulloy and Tom Dolan.

Read the full blog in Afloat: afloat.ie/sail/

Win a new Laser with early bird entry to 2020 Australian Championships
Melbourne, Australia: The Victorian Laser Association is expecting a flood of entries this month, as the "early bird" deadline for the 2020 Australian Laser Championships expires on August 31. All sailors who have entered by that date go in the draw to win a new Laser and dolly, with rig of their choice, from Performance Sailcraft Australia (PSA).

The Championships, across 4.7, Radial and Standard rigs, will be held at Sandringham Yacht Club on Melbourne's Port Phillip from January 1 to 8, 2020.

To date 38 entries have been received, including two from Germany and one each from the UK, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand. Eight boats are also booked to arrive in Melbourne from Russia in mid-December and enquiries have recently been fielded from Norway and Finland.

The high level of interest from overseas was expected as the Laser World Championships will be held at the same venue in February, and the Laser Masters World Championships will follow, across the Bay in Geelong, in March.

As well as attracting a large fleet, the calibre of entrant is likely to be extremely high as some of the world's best Laser sailors use the event as preparation for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. With the battle for the Australian spot at the Games still in the balance, defending Olympic champion Tom Burton and his major challenger, Matt Wearn, are expected to go head-to-head once again.

To download the Notice of Race and to enter the Australian Championships, go to www.auslasernationals.com.au

Quality Always sells - CNB
Twenty-six large luxury yachts is a fine enough launch tally... but designer Philippe Briand's CNB 76-footers are still rolling out the shipyard

How do you improve a yacht that's been a runaway success and is well on its way to becoming a modern classic? At CNB Yacht Builders, the luxury arm of Group Beneteau, the favoured approach is to keep on building their flagship CNB 76 while introducing some carefully developed refinements. 'After six years of production we still can't see an end of life for this boat,' says Christophe Harvey, product manager and design engineer at CNB. 'We have sold 26 of them, there is still very high demand and the boat is becoming iconic.'

A Mk2 version is now in production but there are no changes at all to the yacht's hull, keel, rudders, deck or superstructure - Philippe Briand's elegant and diligently researched design has stood the test of time. 'The most obvious difference is that we've integrated a bowsprit into the hull as we've done previously on the CNB 66,' Harvey says. 'This makes the yacht even more elegant and allows you to put the tack of your downwind sails 1.8m further forward.'

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

20th anniversary of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez
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There is just over a month to go to celebrate the 20 years of Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez in style. The meeting is organised by the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez for over 4,000 gleeful sailors, eager to be a part of the incredible gathering of 300 of the finest classic and modern boats. The anniversary edition promises to be the best possible vintage, for boats and sailors alike.

In addition to the Wally class' international movers and shakers, Olympic medallists and world title holders - such as Thierry Peponnet (Tango), Jochen Schümann and Tom Whidden (Magic Carpet3) - the docks of Les Voiles will once again resonate to the furious pace of the IRC boats this year. Among the largest craft, there's sure to be a standing ovation for George David's Maxi, with Brad Butterworth calling tactics, Rambler 88, fresh from her latest victory in elapsed time in the Rolex Fastnet Race with a time of 1d 19hr and 55'.

All eyes will also be on some of the newcomers to the fleet like the V68 Pelotari (20 metres), designed in collaboration with the architect Mark Mills, which was launched in late June, or the GS80 Essentia (24 metres), designed by Ceccarelli Yacht Design and Engineering, which is also due to make her race debut in Saint Tropez.

Another eagerly awaited appearance is that of French Kiss, the legendary 12mR, chartered by Marc Pajot and a nice crop of former crew from the America's Cup project, who flew the French flag in Australia back in 1987.

Competition will be fierce for the 30 Class A superyachts and Maxis, which will see a number of big names from sailing and offshore racing slugging it out, such as the double champion of the Barcelona World Race, Jean-Pierre Dick (The Kid) and the illustrious American helmsman Peter Holmberg (J Class Topaz). In the wake of the largest craft, the battle of Les Voiles promises to be hotly disputed in Class B, armed with over 35 competitors - with the notable presence of Marc Lepesqueux (Sunset), and in Class C, with the same number of participants and no fewer than four TP 52s. In D, one of the most abundant classes, set to border on 40 entries, participants will cross tacks with Patrizio Bertelli - boss of the Luna Rossa challenge and the international group partnering the 36th America's Cup, which will be held in 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand - aboard a 1974 Galinari design, Vanessa.

Among the IRC Es, there will likely be a serious confrontation between the forty or so competitors which together make up the cream of the Farrs, Firsts, J Boats, JPKs, Melges and Océanis, not to mention the very elegant dayboat fleet, namely the Code 0s and Tofinous. -- Maguelonne Turcat

Programme

Modern Yachts
Saturday 28, Sunday 29 September: Registration and inspection
Monday 30 September, Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 (J. Laurain Memorial Day, Challenge Day), Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October: Inshore races, 1st start 11:00 hours

Classic Yachts
Sunday 29 and Monday 30 September: Registration and inspection
Sunday 29 September: arrival of the Yacht Club de France Autumn Cup feeder race from Cannes Tuesday 1, Wednesday 2, Thursday 3 (J.Laurain Memorial Day, Challenge Day, Club 55 Cup, GYC Centenary Trophy), Friday 4 and Saturday 5 October: Inshore race, 1st start 12:00 hours

www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr

Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy: the old beauties are back
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In two month's time, some of the most handsome boats from the classic yachting circuit will gather once more on the Cote d'Azur for the 9th edition of the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy.

Feels like yesterday when the Swiss Club launched the idea of an event dedicated to boats one hundred years and more of age, but the Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy will celebrate its 9th anniversary this year in Saint-Tropez, the regatta having become a true tradition and an unmissable rendez-vous for the centenarian sailing beauties.

As past winners and participants keep coming back for more, year after year new centenarian yachts make their debut at the Trophy.

The provisional entry list includes, in fact, several rookies like 1918 Apache, a 8 Metres IR designed by Norwegian architect Johan Anker, known worldwide as the father of the Dragon, the boat that has maintained the status of Olympic class for longer in the history of sailing. Of Scottish origins is another newcomer: Endrick, a 7 Metres IR designed by William Fife III also in 1912, whose owner and skipper is former Swiss Olympic sailor Jean Degaudenzi, who took part to the 1972 Games in Munich in the Flying Dutchman class.

From the same drawing board comes Sayonara, Japanese for "goodbye". Designed as a fast cruising yawl by William Fife III of Fairlie in Scotland and built in Australia in 1897, where she was one of the fastest racing yachts of the time, winning several regattas and holding passage records.

Olympian, the William Gardner designed gaff cutter from 1913 and skippered by France America's Cup veteran Bruno Troublé, will be back to defend the title won in 2014 but more past winners like Tilly XV, double champion in 2017 and 2018, confirmed they will be on the starting line. Tilly XV, is a Sonderklass racer, with a particularly contemporary design, that won the Kiel Week in the very same year she was launched was built in 1912 in Germany for Prince Heinrich Von Preussen, the brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and is the fifteenth of a series of boats that all carry the same name.

The event, raced in a pursuit format with staggered starts, is scheduled for Thursday, October 3rd and is expected to be yet again the focal point of classic racing at the Voiles de Saint-Tropez.

www.gstaadyachtclub.com

AC75s with bulgy bits
The big news of the week has been the announcements by the America's Cup teams that they have taken delivery of their first AC75 hulls which have been pictured as they are wheeled into the team bases. All have been shrink-wrapped with "bulgy bits" under the wrap - to disguise the lines. Whether that is sufficient to put their rivals off the scent is another matter entirely. From past experience, one would doubt it.

The shrink wrap antics do reinforce the point that aside from the carbon foil arms and their raising mechanism - which are one design, supplied parts - the rest of the design is free - provided they stay within the restrictions of the Class Rule. In the AC50's all except the control systems, foils and fairing were one design.

So maybe there is a bit to hide - but it won't be for long as the first boat will be unveiled in less than three weeks. -- Richard Gladwell

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2015 Vismara V62 RC Mills. POA EUR. Located in Tuscany, Italy.

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2018 JPK 1180 - "SUNRISE". 350000 GBP. Located in the UK.

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The Last Word
If your enemy is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. -- Sun Tzu

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In This Issue
• Light winds mar final day of Ready Steady Tokyo
• Ready Steady Tokyo ends windless with Finn medals for Hungary, The Netherlands and Britain
• Too hot for lifejackets - rules loosened at sizzling Olympic sailing test
• J/70 UK Class National Championships
• All bases covered - Doyle Sails
• Seago leads after Day One at Detroit Cup
• Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron wins SAILING Champions League
• International Dragon Class to celebrate 90th Anniversary in Italian style
• My Greatest Fear - Episode 6 of 80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
• Launchings
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter
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Light winds mar final day of Ready Steady Tokyo
Only the 470 Women's Medal Race went ahead, starting just after 16:00 local time, and it was French duo Camille Lecointre & Aloise Retornaz who clinched gold.

Other gold medals went to Hungary, Sweden, Belgium and Australia.

Wind speeds did not top 8 knots all day, with a dying 5-knot breeze present in the afternoon which began to decrease towards the end of the 470 Women's race.

Racing in the Finns had already been abandoned for the day, while the Laser Radials managed to start a race but had to abandon it halfway through.

The Lasers and 470 Men went out onto the water with good intentions, but the decision was soon made to call off all racing for the day.

Ahead of the 470 Women's Medal Race, Lecointre & Retornaz led Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) in a reverse scenario to the recent Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille.

Agnieszka Skrzypulec & Jolanta Ogar (POL) were 10 points off in third, with home favourites Ai Kondo Yoshida & Miho Yoshioka (JPN) and Silvia Mas & Patricia Cantero (ESP) still in with a chance of a medal.

With just a point between the French and the British, it all came down to the Medal Race - and it was the French who executed a perfect performance.

Final top three results:

470 Men
1. Mathew Belcher / William Ryan, AUS, 25
2. Anton Dahlberg / Fredrik Bergstrom, SWE, 27
3. Jordi Xammar Hernandez / Nicolas Rodríguez García-Paz, ESP, 38

470 Women
1. Aloise Retornaz / Camille Lecointre, FRA, 38
2. Eilidh McIntyre / Hannah Mills, GBR, 47
3. Agnieszka Skrzypulec / Jolanta Ogar, POL, 51

49er Men
1. Blair Tuke / Peter Burling, NZL, 53
2. Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Stuart Bithell, GBR, 64
3. Pawel Kolodzinski / Lukasz Przybytek, POL, 68

49FX Women
1. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 57
2. Helene Naess / Marie Ronningen, NOR, 62
3. Saskia Tidey / Charlotte Dobson, GBR, 62

Finn Men
1. Zsombor Berecz, HUN, 24
2. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 47
3. Giles Scott, GBR, 48

Laser Men
1. Jesper Stalheim, SWE, 60
2. Tom Burton, AUS, 63
3. Hermann Tomasgaard, NOR, 65

Laser Radial Women
1. Emma Plasschaert, BEL, 79
2. Marit Bouwmeester, NED, 82
3. Maria Erdi, HUN, 88

NACRA 17
1. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Marianna Banti, ITA, 54
2. John Gimson / Anna Burnet, GBR, 66
3. Ben Saxton / Nicola Boniface, GBR, 68

RS:X Men
1. Mengfan Gao, CHN, 50
2. Mattia Camboni, ITA, 61
3. Piotr Myszka, POL, 64

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 42
2. Charline Picon, FRA, 46
3. Katy Spychakov, ISR, 53

Full results

www.sailing.org

Ready Steady Tokyo ends windless with Finn medals for Hungary, The Netherlands and Britain
Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic Test Event concluded Thursday after the medal race was abandoned because of insufficient wind. Zsombor Berecz, from Hungary, had already secured the gold a day early, while Nicholas Heiner, from The Netherlands, took the silver and Giles Scott, from Britain, took the bronze.

Though the forecast was 8-9 knots, it was a largely grey day with the wind failing to materialize and the lack of sufficient wind led to postponements through the afternoon. With the Finn class as the last start before the 17.00 cut off, by 15.30 it was clear that no racing was going to be possible and the Finn class was abandoned.

t has been a hard week in Enoshima at the Ready Steady Tokyo Olympic Test Event. Japan has been a great host, and the sailors have had the full range of conditions from the tail end of a typhoon to extreme heat to light winds, onshore, offshore, shifty, stable. The sailors have been challenged to the max and it is a great indication of what can be expected in one year's time when the Olympic Games happens for real. -- Robert Deaves

Final Results (after 10 races)
1. Zsombor Berecz, HUN, 24
2. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 47
3. Giles Scott, GBR, 48
4. Andy Maloney, NZL, 57
5. Ioannis Mitakis, GRE, 73
6. Anders Pedersen, NOR, 75
7. Alican Kaynar, TUR, 81
8. Jorge Zarif, BRA, 86
9. Joan Cardona Mendez, ESP, 88
10. Jonathan Lobert, FRA, 88

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Too hot for lifejackets - rules loosened at sizzling Olympic sailing test
Sailing authorities have loosened the rules on lifejackets at their Tokyo 2020 Olympic test event to help athletes cool down, the latest sport to take measures to beat sweltering heat in the Japanese capital.

Fears over intense heat and humidity in the Tokyo summer have crystallised at several test events in recent weeks, with some competitors and spectators taken ill and other events curtailed.

Competitors in the windsurfing final on Wednesday were permitted to remove their lifejackets, revealed Rio Olympics gold medallist Charline Picon.

"The doctors realised that (the heat) was too fierce, that (the jackets) were increasing our heat levels and that it could be dangerous. We took them off. Everyone is feeling their way," said Picon.

French team doctor Fanny Mevellec said the heat "requires additional physical effort to achieve equal performance. It also creates significantly more fatigue".

"This year, we are able to wear cooling jackets (with ice packs), and the international federation is changing the lycra we wear, which is too tight and not ventilated and which can provoke heatstroke," said Mevellec.

Despite these changes, not everything is "in perfect working order", said the medical expert, who added however that the heat and humidity had not come as a surprise. "We knew exactly where we were going."

The World Sailing federation said it was closely monitoring the situation and could further tweak the rules depending on conditions.

www.france24.com

J/70 UK Class National Championships
The J/70 UK National Championship kicks off this Bank Holiday weekend hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. The event precedes the Darwin Escapes 2019 World Championship (29 Aug - 06 Sept). However this weekend's regatta is far more than a curtain raiser for the big event. 35 teams will be racing at the open national championships with top British teams taking on a stellar international fleet from Australia, Brazil, Cyprus, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the USA.

2018 J/70 UK National Champion, Doug Struth's DSP, will be defending their title and will face stiff opposition from the best of British and Irish challenges to retain the trophy. Paul Ward's Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat and Soak Racing, sailed by Ian Wilson and Marshall King, have been the top two teams in this year's UK Grand Slam Series. Martin Dent's Jelvis, Jeremy Thorp's Phan, and Graham Clapp's Jeepster will all be in the running, as will Calascione and Ripard's Calypso, and Charles Thompson's Brutus. Fiona Hampshire's Royal Thames YC team will also be one to watch.

The J/70 UK National Championship will provide a taste of what is to come for the world class sailors. Perpetual trophies at the J/70 UK Nationals will be won by the top ranking teams, both Open and Corinthian from any nation. Past J/70 World Champions from the USA, Joel Ronning and Peter Duncan will be in action. From Italy, the reigning J/70 European Champion, Claudia Rossi's Petite Terrible, and 2018 European Champion Alberto Rossi's Enfant Terrible, will also racing. The international fleet is star-studded, with Gold medallist from the Olympic Games, winners of the America's Cup, and multiple world championship winners.

Racing at the J/70 UK National Championship is set for Saturday 24th August with ten races scheduled over three days of red hot action in Tor Bay. -- Louay Habib

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All bases covered - Doyle Sails
Volvo Ocean Race winner and Doyle Sails CEO Mike Sanderson did not mess about when he went looking for the biggest talent he could find to drive forward Doyle's fast-expanding European operation

Things were already changing at Doyle Sails before the company's new CEO stepped aboard. But when Mike Sanderson took on the role at the New Zealand-based global sailmaker business, the pace ramped up even further. For Sanderson, one of the main changes and the clear key to future success lay with people.

'I have always believed fast people make fast boats,' he explains. 'Good ideas come from good guys. When some of these new people came on board, they cautioned me that they were not salesmen. But that was exactly why I was talking to them. They had hands-on experience. They know what you need to win campaigns, about managing budgets, about building sails that will last and be race-fast for a long time. I didn't want them to be salesmen, I wanted them to be experts.'

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

Seago leads after Day One at Detroit Cup
Detroit, Michigan, USA: Defending champion Ryan Seago (USA) from host Bayview Yacht Club has a 5-0 record after 7 flights sailed today in the 12th edition of the 2019 Detroit Cup. Even though not all teams have raced five matches in the round robin yet - there are eleven teams racing eight boats - Seago's undefeated record gives him the top spot in the results from today.

With a weak cold front rolling through in the morning hours, the cool offshore breeze was a welcome respite from the summer heat, but not very stable for setting suitable courses across the Detroit River. Two matches in Flight 2 had to be abandoned and re-sailed twice due to dying breeze and huge shifts.

However, by lunch time the skies cleared and an easterly breeze filled enough to run another five flights to get about halfway through the first stage round robin.

Other teams with solid records thusfar in this stage include Chris Poole's Riptide Racing (USA, 4-1), Jordan Stevenson (NZL, 3-1) and Nathan Hollerbach's Ender Racing (USA, 4-2).

Round Robin racing will resume tomorrow, with a forecast of Northeast breeze of 5- 10 knots, similar to today. As a testament to Bayview's active and enthusiastic support towards all forms of racing, the day concluded with a shift from international match racing in Ultimate 20 sportboats to fleet racing in ULDB 70 Sleds racing up and down the river in front of the club in an informal contest called the "Ambassador Cup."

www.detroitcup.com

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron wins SAILING Champions League
St. Moritz, Switzerland: The Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron turned on the afterburners in a thrilling four-boat showdown to win the SAILING Champions League 2019 on the lake of St. Moritz.

The crew from Sydney was the only non-European team among 24 clubs representing ten nations at the August 15-18 championship, and now the trophy flies out of Europe for the first time, winging its way to Australia.

Second place went to Norddeutscher Regatta Verein from Germany. The other two clubs that contested the four-boat final represented Denmark: Kaløvig Bådelaug finishing third, and Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub in fourth place.

The Oceania league launched in April 2019 and the dates for the second season were announced recently:

- NSL Oceania Open Final, Sydney (April 3-5, 2020)
- NSL Southern Qualifier, St Kilda (February 8-9, 2020)
- NSL Northern Qualifier, Sydney (March 14-15, 2020)
- NSL Pacific Qualifier, Auckland (date tba)
- NSL Oceania Youth & Women's Final, Newcastle (March 21-22, 2020)

Results by SAP: The SAP Sailing Analytics provide 24/7 additional statistics and data for sailors, fans, spectators and media like GPS tracking, real-time analysis, live leaderboard combined with 2D visualisation. You can look back through the races and find all the results on scl2019-final.sapsailing.com

International Dragon Class to celebrate 90th Anniversary in Italian style
Dragon 90th Anniversary Regatta to be hosted by the Yacht Club Sanremo from 5 to 11 October 2019. Already more than 150 crews from 24 nations are entered to participate and entry remains open. Gala celebrations to feature special races and a dazzling social programme.

The International Dragon is one of the oldest, largest and most successful International keelboat classes in the world and 2019 sees the class celebrate its 90th anniversary.

This very special birthday is being marked with an extraordinary Dragon 90th Anniversary Gala Regatta, hosted by the International Dragon Association in partnership with the Yacht Club Sanremo, Italy, from 5 to 11 October 2019. They are creating a truly exceptional event, bringing together Dragons and Dragon sailors from all four corners of the planet and across the eras.

Afloat the programme will include a number of special races such as a Lady helmsman's race, a race for Junior crews where the total age of crew is to be under 100 years and the skipper must be born after 1986, a Masters race where the total age of the crew must be over 180 years, a Family crews race in which all crew members must be related, and a Champion of Champions race for winners and medallists of Olympic Games, World and European Championships and World Cup in any class, plus the Dragon Gold Cup. -- Fiona Brown

www.dragon90.com

www.intdragon.net

My Greatest Fear - Episode 6 of 80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
With Sir Robin Knox-Johnston having undertaken multiple voyages around the world, what is his greatest fear at sea?

In episode six of 80 Seconds with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, we find out a startling fact about his Golden Globe Race win and how it could have turned out to be a very different story!

Dee Caffari interviews Sir Robin about his thoughts on fear and how he copes with a very real psychological challenge which impacts every sailor and explorer heading into the earth's wilderness areas both at sea and on land. What action does he take to minimise the risk?

Launchings
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On Tuesday, 20 August, the next generation of high performance foiling catamaran was unveiled as the TF35 splashed on Lake Geneva for its first test sail.

Compared to its predecessors, the TF35 has been designed with the ambitious brief to offer top level foiling to a wider audience of sailors. With earlier take-off speeds, guaranteed foiling upwind and down and a fully automatic flight control system, the TF35 uses the latest in foiling technology, both to improve performance and simplify high speed foiling while making it easier to race.

Having lead the process of development to create the D35, Ernesto Bertarelli is once again one of the committed group of owners involved in the development of the TF35.

Bertarelli explains: "My hope for the new design is that it is not only as successful as the D35, but that it also becomes a competitive class internationally on open waters. The TF35 is one-design, very high performance and, most excitingly, is designed to foil upwind in light conditions.

A project 21 months in the making, the innovative TF35's journey from first concept to first splash was spearheaded by an experienced design team. Gonzalo Redondo and his group at d3 Applied Technologies on the aero/hydrodynamic design and performance, Dirk Kramers (SDK Structures) on the structure design and engineering, Luc Dubois on design and flight control development, Marc Menec (IS&3D Eng) on design and 3D modelling and Adam May on design. With the addition of Jean-Marie Fragnière in charge of the production and build.

"What we have created is super innovative and totally new," explains Menec. "Our brief was to create a boat that would fly in very light wind, to be driven by an owner driver and to have electronic stability. It has been a really exciting project for us as a design team as we have created this crazy high-spec racing machine but that will be raced by small teams."

Having worked tirelessly to improve the weaker areas of the previous foiling catamaran design and further build on its strengths the TF35 design team have delivered a boat which will be fully foiling from 9 knots true wind speed upwind and 7 knots true wind speed downwind.

The TF35 will now undertake a period of on water testing before the boat is officially launched in September. From there the eight boats, currently in production, will be completed and launched over the winter period allowing the teams to train ahead of the 2020 season.

www.TF35.org

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Sunreef Yachts is to build an all-carbon fibre Sunreef 80 sailing superyacht. This recently commissioned carbon edition of the Sunreef 80 will be delivered in 2020. Its weight-reducing features will also include an in-house built carbon mast and boom.

An experienced yachtsman, the Owner decided to build his new craft with Sunreef Yachts after chartering one of the Sunreef 74's. His yacht's individually-tailored layout will include spacious accommodation for 11 guests and crew. Wind-free propulsion will come from two 280HP engines.

The Sunreef 80 is an all-around sail yacht model premiered last year and one of the shipyards best-selling catamarans. Sunreef Yachts will shortly exhibit one of the Sunreef 80's during this year's Cannes Yachting Festival.

sunreef-yachts.com

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The NTFM SYRA 18 is the first double-handed monohull foiling dinghy. The design concept hinges on a canting T-foil system and an innovative, hybrid monohull shape. The key principles of the design ensure that the NTFM SYRA 18 will be accessible to the widest possible range of sailors and offer the level of exhilaration sought.

The team behind the NTFM SYRA 18 have been sailing all their lives and have impeccable credentials. Nils Frei and Yves Detrey are two-time America's Cup winners with Alinghi, and have competed consistently at the highest level on the D35 and GC32 circuits.

The first boat to be launched will be named SYRA by PUBLIAZ, after NTFM's main partner. The boat will be tested and optimised, taking part in some classic races primarily in the western part of Switzerland where PUBLIAZ GERANCE & COURTAGE SA has its main business focus. Thanks to PUBLIAZ's engagement, NTFM SYRA will be able to prepare the launch of the production models in an optimal manner.

The hybrid hull shape means the boat is stable at low speed and in non-foiling mode, making leaving and returning to shore a safe proposition in light or even gusting conditions. With one central T-foil in the water there are no sharp, trailing edges above deck-height reducing the risk of physical harm. The double rudder configuration adds stability and their position beneath the hull wings greatly reduces the risk of injury when falling overboard. Finally, the hull shape and foil configuration offer a number of set-ups which will enable the NTFM SYRA 18 to be sailed by a broad range of experience, weight and age. While the most experienced will be ready to foil straight off the beach, less-experienced sailors will be able to grow into the boat taking steps that increase speed and excitement as and when they are ready.

www.syra-foilers.com

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McConaghy is pleased to announce the contract signing on a new 44-foot Harry Dunning-designed race boat for a US client. The boat will be ORR optimised with a full complement of the latest deck equipment.

This follows the success of the MC38 and MC31 Classes and a recent custom project 'The Red Hand' all of which were collaborations between McConaghy and Dunning.

www.mcconaghyboats.com

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McConaghy is delighted to have received the first order for the all-new MC55; the latest addition to the award-winning McConaghy Multihulls series of semi-custom fast cruising luxury catamarans.

The owners have elected for a top level equipment specification and a number of custom features. These include a hydraulic, telescopic passerelle seamlessly integrated into the transom structure, aft deck lounge seating with built-in fridge and barbecue, and a modified saloon island with raise-and-lower television. These design innovations were conceptualised by the creative and progressive owner, then drawn and engineered by our in-house design team.

Construction of the MC50 hull #2, and MC60 hull numbers #2 and #3 continues at the yard, with the builds running ahead of schedule.

www.mcconaghyboats.com

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After a fantastic Caribbean winter sailing season, the Eagle Class 53 came back home to the Fast Forward Composites yard in Bristol, Rhode Island for some evolution.

The Hybrid Wing was brought into the shop to be cleaned, re-sprayed and for the removal of the clear Clysar. A lot was learned about the wing's versatility and durability during the season. There were a few minor changes to the seating of the top-hat bearings and an upgrade of the cam cleat for the down haul.

The Clysar has been replaced with ORATEX® aviation fabric for a more durable long-lasting solution. The fabric's grey color now blends the wing and sail into one. ORATEX® fabric was first used in 2001, the covering was successfully used by the Zurich University in Switzerland on a full-sized light aircraft. From there they developed ORATEX® UL 600 and ORATEX® 6000 for general aviation. In 2007 they struck an absolutely innovative path covering a motor aircraft for the first time with ORATEX® UL600. It was a Mistral. Now it is being applied to our Hybrid Wing! What a fantastic evolution to be part of.

Before re-launch of the boat, the first part of the Automated Foiling System and flight system box will be installed. The system utilizes ride height sensors which feed back information to the box and then, in turn, the box sends a signal to the actuators which control the pitch, height and angle of the foils. For the summer season we will only be activating the rudders - this is part of the stepping-up program (crawl, walk, run, sprint) that will help the owner and his Captain get used to how the system works. From there, the puzzle (Platform, Hybrid Wing, AFS) will start coming together and the owner and crew can embark on the next level of training. FFC, at this point, is also collecting data that will help its design team put the finishing touches on the new foil designs.

www.fastforwardcomposites.com

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1995 IMOCA 60 Austria One. 195000 EUR. Located in

AUSTRIA ONE participated in the Vendee Globe 2008 2009 with the skipper Norbert Sedlacek and arrived at 11 th from 30 started boats. There was a major refit in 2011/2012 comprising new axes and bearings for the canting keel, new bearings for the twin rudders, new Navtec standing rigging, and replacement of engine by c ompletely refit Nissan SD22, MaxProp propeller, new wiring and new electrical switches, deck painted, inspection and service of all sails. The boat is now used to participate in open races in the Adriatic and Mediterranean, and for offshore sailing.

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2011 TP 52 - Spirit Of Malouen VIII. 550,000 EUR. Located in Lorient, France.

Super Series Specification TP52. Fully kitted out and ready to play. Has IRC sail configuration as well as class. Designed by Judel/Vrolijk in 2011. Formerly RAN racing and hugely successful in the TP class. Built by Green Marine to exacting standards and in excellent condition.

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Jordan Stevenson wins 2019 Detroit Cup
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Detroit, Michigan, USA: Climbing out from a mediocre fourth place position from the first stage Round Robin on Friday, Jordan Stevenson and his team won 3-0 today in the Finals against Chris Poole and his Riptide Racing team to claim victory in the 12th annual Detroit Cup.

On the way Stevenson and his crew of Mitch Jackson and George Angus from the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, supplemented with local Dougie Cowan from Bayview YC, defeated Nathan Hollerbach in the Quarter-Finals, then had to go to a fifth decisive match to defeat Dave Perry in the Semi-Finals before meeting Poole in the Finals.

The scoreline of 3-0 is deceiving, as each match was contentious with plenty of action and multiple lead changes in the equally-matched Ultimate 20’s used in the competition. Conditions on Finals day were perfect on the Detroit River, with 6-12 knots of wind, multiple shifts and plenty of current to challenge all competitors, with few leads safe among the Final Four.

The Detroit Cup is the second leg of the four-event Grand Slam Series - the first was last week’s Chicago Grand Slam and the remaining regattas are in Oyster Bay, New York at the Oakcliff Invitational and the Thompson Cup. Winner in points in this series receives an invitation to compete in next year’s Grade 1 Congressional Cup in Long Beach, California.

Detailed results can be found at https://www.matchracingresults.com/2019/detroit-cup, and other information can be found on the Detroit Cup website: http://www.detroitcup.com -- Dobbs Davis

Final Results, 2019 Detroit Cup:

1. Jordan Stevenson (NZL)
2. Chris Poole (USA)
3. James Pinder (GBR)
4. Dave Perry (USA)
5. Ryan Seago (USA)
6. Chris Weis (USA)
7. Finn Tapper (AUS)
8. Nathan Hollerbach (USA)
9. Jackson Hamilton (USA)
10. Alexis Gesualdo (USA)
11. Ethan Prieto-Low (AUS)

Phoenix 12 Leads the Rolex TP52 World Championship
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Puerto Portals: A pair of third places gained in light sea breeze conditions from the white-hot, 11-strong fleet gives Tina Plattner and the crew of Phoenix 12 the overall lead after the first two races at the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the Bay of Palma. Theirs was a very encouraging opening, and caps a good day for the Plattner family crews as father Hasso on Phoenix 11 finished second in the second race and lies fifth overall.

Phoenix 12, the older of the two Phoenix boats, put in the best performance of a first day that was not short on drama. At the start of the second beat on the first race, the mast on Ergin Imre’s Provezza crumpled over the side with no warning and no obvious reason. It is a devastating blow for a crew that won the second regatta of the season and were among the top contenders for the world title as well as for the season-long 52 SUPER SERIES title. All of the 52 SUPER SERIES shore crews and sailors have rallied behind Provezza offering every help possible to get the popular Turkish-flagged team, which won here in 2017, back on the water as soon as possible.

Regatta standings after Day 1
1. Phoenix 12 (RSA) (Tina Plattner) (3,3) 6 p.
2. Quantum Racing (USA) (Doug DeVos) (1,7) 8 p.
3. Platoon (GER) (Harm Müller-Spreer) (4,5) 9 p.
4. Sled (USA) (Takashi Okura) (9,1) 10 p.
5. Phoenix 11 (RSA) (Hasso Plattner) (8,2) 10 p.
6. Azzurra (ARG/ITA) (Alberto Roemmers) (2,9) 11 p.
7. Bronenosec (RUS) (Vladimir Liubomirov) (5,8) 13 p.
8. Team Vision Future (FRA) (Jean Jacques Chaubbard) (7,6) 13 p.
9. Alegre (USA/GBR) (Andres Soriano) (10,4) 14 p.
10. Gladiator (GBR) (Tony Langley) (6,10) 16 p.
11. Provezza (TUR) (Ergin Imre) (12 DNF, 12 DNC) 24 p.

Full results

www.52SUPERSERIES.com

Perfect Match - Carbo-Link
Upgrading the world’s fastest superyachts with the latest and lightest grand prix carbon rigging is no place to be discussing tolerances...

Rigging a large, high-performance yacht is always going to be a major undertaking. It’s a complex engineering challenge with millimetre tolerances in cables measuring more than 50 metres in length and - if you’re serious about performance - the cable ellipse profiles are individually tailored for optimal performance across a range of wind angles. Tight, collaborative project management is paramount whether you’re retrofitting new cables to a yacht’s existing mast or designing a set of standing rigging for a new-build mast. That said, yacht owners and crew who have upgraded to Carbo- Link rigging tend to find the process a lot more straightforward and the benefits easier to realise than they initially expected.

Two notable racing yachts that have recently been down this route are Galateia, a 100ft Wally which is optimised for fast-paced superyacht regattas and Rambler 88, the coastal and ocean racing maxi. Both yachts were in major refit mode, with owners and teams looking to improve performance with leading-edge, proven and reliable technology. ‘Carbo-Link worked very closely with Galateia and Rambler’s permanent and race crews right from the start,’ says Carbo-Link’s James Wilkinson. ‘That was crucial to understand the specific requirements and parameters of each project and to ensure that our solutions precisely met the clients’ demands.’

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

J/70 UK Class National Championships
The second day of the J/70 UK National Championship was one to keep your head out of the boat. After a delay ashore, a sea breeze materialized producing super-light conditions for the international fleet. Avoiding the wind holes, and tuning into the breeze direction as it slowly shifted south, were the keys to a top performance. PRO Stuart Childerley and his race team were roundly applauded for providing three windward- leeward races in 5-7 knots of wind.

The stand out performer of the day was Paul Ward's Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat, scoring the best score of the entire fleet with a 5-8-4 to take the lead for the teams racing for the J/70 UK National Championship. King & Wilson's Soak Racing showed early promise to come with in a single point of Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat, after Race 5, but a poor result in the last race today put Soak Racing in second place, 20 points behind the leader for the Open UK crown.

35 teams from ten different nations are competing in the regatta for championship prizes for both Open and Corinthian classes. In the Open Class Michael Goldfarb's Warcanoe (USA) leads but only on countback from Eat,Sleep, J, Repeat (GBR). Luis Albert's Patakin (ESP) is third, just two points from the top of the leaderboard, having finished the day with a 2-1 to come back strongly from a poor first race.

Eleven teams are competing in the Corinthian Class and the top three are all British. Soak Racing have a seven point lead for the Corinthian title. Calascione & Ripard's Calypso could not repeat yesterday's top performance and drop to second for Corinthian Class. Doug Struth's DSP did not have their best day, but is still on the podium for the Corinthian Class.

Today's races were won by Sergei Dobrovolskii's Amaiz Sailing Team (CYP), Luis Albert's Patakin (ESP), and Alberto Rossi's Enfant Terrible (ITA). Teams that scored podium finishes today included: Marcos Soares Highlanders (BRA), Renato Faria's To Nessa (BRA), Henry Brauer's Rascal (USA), and Jose Maria Torcida's Noticia ESP). -- Louay Habib

Full Results on YachtScoring.com

GAC Pindar crowned 2019 M32 European Series champion
Riva del Garda, Italy: While her brother Don’s Convexity came out on top on day one of the M32 Pre-Worlds on Lake Garda yesterday, today it was the turn of Jennifer Wilson and her Convergence team to turn on the after burners, three bullets winning her the regatta by a three point margin.

After the Ora southerly failed to materialise yesterday, when PRO Mattias Dahlstrom and the race team from the Fraglia Vela Riva still managed to lay on four races in a light late afternoon northerly, today, with worse conditions forecast, the eleven M32 catamarans were sent out on to the race track early, ready for a 0930 start. True to forecast, come start time the wind was strong enough that the northerly not only held until most of the way through the day’s sixth and final race, but was strong enough (14-16 knots) initially to warrant a reef being put in.

The Convergence crew comprises top antipodean match racers Chris Steele, Ricky McGarvie and Will Tiller plus Don Wilson’s 17-year-old daughter Ava. This is the first major fleet racing event Convergence has won.

However their performance today wasn’t enough to prevent Williams’ team from claiming the 2019 M32 European Series overall title at the end of this its fifth and final event, the season having started with a warm-up sesson in Sanremo, Italy before starting in earnest in Pisa then moving on to Medemblik, Holland and then two Swedish events - in Marstrand and Stenungsund. At the M32 Pre-Worlds, the match racing legend was just four places ahead of Section 16 but finishing yesterday’s racing second to Section 16’s ninth all but sealed it for Williams, aided today by winning the penultimate race.

Monday is a day of measurement before the 2019 M32 World Championship begins in earnest on Tuesday.

Pre-Worlds results:
1. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 33 points
2. Convexity, Don Wilson, 36
3. Section 16, Richard Davies, 52
4. GAC Pindar / Extreme, Ian Williams, 53
5. Bliksem, Pieter Taselar, 57
6. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 61
7. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 62
8. Gravedigger James Prendergast, 63
9. Team NL PJ Postma, 65
10. Spindrift Xavier Revill, 75
11. Karlsson Racing Team /Anton Karlsson, 110

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Vera on track for Palermo-Montecarlo ‘double’
Continuing what is evolving into a highly successful season for Miguel Galuccio’s Vera on the International Maxi Association's Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge, the Argentinean’s navy blue 84ft maxi wafted across the Palermo-Montecarlo race finish in the early hours this morning to claim line honours. At the time of writing Vera was looking well placed to claim the overall trophy under IRC corrected time too.

Palermo-Montecarlo is the fifth and final event of the 2018-19 Mediterranean Maxi Offshore Challenge organised by the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that promotes maxi yacht racing and represents maxi owners globally.

The 15th Palermo-Montecarlo set sail on Wednesday midday from off Palermo’s Mondello district, home of the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, Challenge of Record for the 36th America's Cup and joint organisers of the Palermo-Montecarlo with Yacht Club de Monaco and Yacht Club Costa Smeralda. Winding its way up the east coast of Sardinia, through a gate off Porto Cervo, through the La Maddalena archipelago and Strait of Bonifacio, up the west coast of Corsica and then across to Monaco, the 437 nm race north this year has been slow, but ultra-tactical.

Renato Azara skippering Adelasia di Torres (the Davidson 69 better known as Pendragon VI) had a remarkable race considering this was his first outing with a new crew including some from as far afield as Oman (navigator Sami Al Shukaili) and Argentina.

Aside from the finish, their glory moment was leading on the first night. “There was thunder and it was raining - we were close to Vera but just before the gate the wind completely shut down,” recalled Azara of the first night. As to the finish he added: “We knew the conditions off Monaco would be light so we stayed out and it came good.”

From here the maxi fleet doesn’t have long to wait until it’s next event - the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup taking place out of Porto Cervo over 1-7th September. -- James Boyd

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

www.palermo-montecarlo.it

World Sailing seeking candidates for 2020 Election Committee
World Sailing is seeking candidates to appoint to its Election Committee in preparation for the 2020 General Assembly to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The role of the Election Committee is to:

- determine whether or not nominated candidates are eligible for election;
- oversee the publication of a list of eligible candidates nominated in accordance with Article 74 together with the names of their nominating Member National Authorities;
- be responsible for the conduct of the election and the votes taken for the candidates during the meeting of the General Assembly; and
- undertake any additional responsibilities under the World Sailing Regulations and candidature requirements.

The Election Committee will be appointed by the 2019 World Sailing Annual General Meeting at its meeting in early November 2019 on the recommendation of the World Sailing Board.

Members of the Committee will be expected to meet electronically and by conference call throughout 2020 and will then attend in person at the World Sailing General Assembly to be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE between 28 October and 1 November 2020. World Sailing will cover all travel, accommodation and subsistence for the duration of the General Assembly but there is no additional remuneration for the role.

Applications to office [AT] sailing [DOT] org must be received by close of business on Monday 16 September 2019 and must include the following:

- A full Curriculum Vitae
- Confidential contact details including address (work and home), telephone numbers (including mobile) and confidential email address
- Referees: full contact details of three referees. Please note that referees will only be contacted after prior consultation with you. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that referees are willing to provide a reference when contacted by any member of the selection team

The deadline for applications is Monday 16 September 2019.

St. Francis Grinds Out Win in Grandmasters Team Race
St. Francis Yacht Club team captain Jon Andron always sets modest goals for the New York Yacht Club Grandmasters Team Race. A good regatta, he says, is one where he and his teammates enjoy the company of fellow sailors from around the country and overseas, finish the event with a desire to return, and make sure to earn an invitation for the following year. The West Coast yacht club hit that trifecta this year, and added a bonus, the overall championship, a first at this event for St. Francis Yacht Club. The St. Francis team also took home the Peter Wilson Trophy, a de facto season championship based the results of five top grandmasters-level team races.

The win for St. Francis caps off a remarkable August in Newport. With a revolving cast of characters, the venerable San Francisco yacht club won the Morgan Cup in early August, placed sixth at the Hinman Trophy a week later and then won the Grandmasters. As with the Grandmasters win, the Morgan Cup victory was the first for the club in that event. -- Stuart Streuli

Final Results: 1. St. Francis Yacht Club (San Francisco) 11-3 Round Robin 1 & 2, 3-1 Gold Round Robin, 17 points
2. Noroton Yacht Club (Darien, Conn.) 8-6, 4-0, 16
3. New York (N.Y.) Yacht Club, 12-2, 2-2, 16
4. Newport Harbor Yacht Club (Newport Beach, Calif.) 10-4, 1-3, 12
5. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club (Kemah, Texas) 7-7, 0-4, 7
6. Gamla Stans Yacht Sallskap (Sweden) 4-10, 2-0 Silver Round Robin, 8
7. Southern Yacht Club (New Orleans) 3-11, 1-1, 5
8. Annapolis (Md.) Yacht Club, 1-13, 0-2, 1

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Encounter 2020: Initiative launched to commemorate Captain James Cook’s arrival in Australia
A major new initiative aimed at commemorating Captain James Cook’s arrival in Australia and marking the impact on Australia’s Indigenous peoples has been launched on Thursday.

Through a series of exhibitions around the country, educational projects and outreach events, the program, Encounter 2020, will commemorate the 250th anniversary since Captain Cook arrived in Botany Bay and went on to chart the east coast of Australia. Central to it will be the lasting impact it had on Australia’s First Peoples and in shaping the country’s future.

However, Cook’s arrival remains contentious in parts of the Indigenous community.

Speaking at the Australian National Maritime Museum, which has devised the program, Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt said: “Cook’s visit in 1770s is not viewed by all Australians in the same way.

“For some, it represents a unique and important scientific journey of discovery and, for some, the legacy of the voyage symbolises loss of country, language and culture. It is important that messages reflect both perspectives - the view from the ship and the view from the shore. Both are not a contested history - it is a shared history of our nation’s point in time from which we emerge on a journey that realised the way in which we live today. Truth telling to me is not a contest. It is an acceptance that there can be shared stories in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.”

He said that he hoped healing would come from the program, as Australians learn more about their shared history. “Healing that results from acts of truth-telling cannot be quantified and can lead to significant moments of reconciliation into the future,” he said.

As part of the initiative, a replica of HMB Endeavour will undertake a circumnavigation of Australia which will involve communities around the country as it continues on its voyage.

It will be accompanied by a travelling exhibition, which will set up in each of the 26 ports that the ship visits.

www.news.com.au

Eight Bells - Designer Don Pye
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The flag atop the West Mersea Yacht Club was at half-mast this week noting the passing of yacht designer Don Pye who, following a heart attack, passed away on 20th August aged 93.

In partnership with Kim Holman in 1960, and later with David Cooper, the firm of Holman & Pye was respected throughout the sailing word for designing practical, sea-kindly yachts with lovely lines and excellent performance.

In addition to one-off custom yachts, Holman & Pye designed for several production yards including Bowman, Wauquiez, Seamaster, Hustler and Oyster.

The Oyster-UFO 34 design won its class in the infamous 1979 Fastnet race. As proof of their suitability for blue water ocean passage making, six of the eighteen yachts taking part in the 2018 Golden Globe race around the world were Holman & Pye designed Rustler 36’s, which went on to finish 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Some 5,000 yachts from the Holman & Pye office are sailing the world and, thanks to Don Pye’s creativity, and their renowned longevity, these lovely yachts will be giving pleasure to their owners and crews for many generations. -- Richard Matthews

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat - J/70 UK National Champions
• Sled Slide Into Rolex TP52 World Championship Lead
• New Player - Dimension Polyant
• Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• British one-two at 29er European Championships
• M32 World Championship
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• ORC Sportboat European Championship
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Mighty Merloe - Orma 60
• • Ker 46 - "Lady Mariposa R"
• • Vismara V60 Classic
• The Last Word: Walter Sobchak

Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat - J/70 UK National Champions
Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay UK: Paul Ward's Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat is the 2019 J/70 UK National Champion. King and Wilson's Soak Racing is the Corinthian UK National Champion. Michael Goldfarb's Warcanoe from Seattle (USA) was the top team out of all the 35 international teams competing. Calascione & Ripard's Calypso (MLT) was third for the Open UK Championship, and second for the Corinthian entries. 2018 J/70 UK Champion, Doug Struth's DSP, was third this year.

For the final day light airs conditions continued, two races were completed won by the highly impressive Luis Albert's Patakin (ESP) and Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity, which finally found a vein of form. Sergei Dobrovolskii's Amaiz Sailing Team (CYP) continued their sensational form to finish the regatta third overall. Marcos Soares' Highlanders and Renato Faria's To Nessa, both from Brazil, also impressed.

Racing at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, will commence with a practice race on Sunday 1st September. Five days of world championship racing will follow, with the 2019 J/70 World Champions crowned on Friday 6th September. -- Louay Habib

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Sled Slide Into Rolex TP52 World Championship Lead
Puerto Portals, Mallorca, Spain: Delivering a 1,1,2 from three of the four races sailed so far, Takashi Okura's Sled team now lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship just one point up ahead of the 2017 World Champions Platoon of German owner-driver Harm Muller-Spreer.

If the Bay of Palma has a reputation for consistent, steady seabreeze conditions, the second race of the day rather upset that notion. A 25 degree shift in wind direction complicated the first run, the prelude to a funky, challenging second half of the race, which was completed in a dying, very unsettled breeze. After winning the first race of the day, Race 3 of the world championship, Sled were able to hold fast through the tricky moments.

After breaking their mast on Sunday, Provezza reported today that they have managed to step and dock tune their replacement and expect to race again Tuesday. A frontal system is due to move across the island of Mallorca Tuesday, which will bring some very different conditions and a new set of challenges for the Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet.

Regatta standings after Day 2
1. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 13 points 2. Platoon, Harm Muller-Spreer, GER, 14
3. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR, 20
4. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 20
5. Azzurra, Alberto Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 20
6. Phoenix 12, Tina Plattner, RSA, 20
7. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 22
8. Phoenix 11, Hasso Plattner, RSA, 28
9. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 30
10. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubbard, FRA, 33
11. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 48

Live link for Tuesday's Racing

New Player - Dimension Polyant
Not exactly... but Dimension-Polyant still have good reason to be pleased with their first foray into a production film-less laminate sailcloth

There are few that would dispute the advent and development of film-less sailcloth has been a revolution in sailmaking. Now, however, Dimension- Polyant has developed its own version of film-less thin-ply multi-axial laminate sailcloth called i-LEX that may help broaden the benefits of this technology to more boats in the 35ft-45ft raceboat marketplace.

Not only have the issues of film laminate crazing and associated problems been eliminated, but the overall weight has been reduced while strength and durability increased to impressive degrees of performance. Sails built with these materials are tough, light and hold their shapes, a perfect combination of qualities for the premium racing programme.

Full story in the September issue of Seahorse

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
The 2020 Hempel World Cup Series is set for the lift off with 496 sailors from 46 nations ready to race across ten Olympic fleets on Sagami Bay in Enoshima, Japan.

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima follows on from Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event, and is expected to be a harder event to win based on larger, competitive fleets with more than one sailor per nation on the startline.

Just a small number of nations had more than one athlete in each fleet at Ready Steady Tokyo but now, at the Hempel World Cup regatta, the full squads have assembled, aiming to prove their worth for Tokyo 2020 Olympic selection.

Racing is scheduled to take place on the same racing areas as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the event will be a real indicator as to who will be in contention for medals in just under one year's time.

As well as a fight for Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima glory, the regatta also acts as the Asian Olympic qualification event in the Finn class. China's He Chen, Hong Kong's James Dagge and Iran's Ahmad Ahmadi are the three sailors fighting for the single spot and will do battle in a 25-boat fleet.

Racing will start at 12:00 local time on Tuesday 27 August.

The 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and RS:X fleets will conclude racing on Saturday 31 August with their Medal Races which will be available to watch here from 12:00 local time. The 470s, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn will follow on Sunday 1 September at 12:00 local time and you can watch here.

wcs-enoshima.org

British one-two at 29er European Championships
Britain's young sailors showed their strength at the 29er European Championships in Italy last week with a gold and silver medal-winning performance.

Held at Circolo Vela Arco, Great Britain's youth racers also took home the Nations Trophy, the prize for the best performing nation, on the back of four top ten finishes in the 210-boat fleet.

Two-time Youth Worlds competitors Ewan Wilson and Finley Armstrong claimed gold in the boys' fleet and in the overall competition standings followed by the British Sailing Team pairing of Freya Black and James Grummett in silver.

Top ten, Gold Fleet
1. Ewan Wilson / Finley Armstrong, GBR, 70
2. Freya Black / James Grummet, GBR, 73
3. Mathias Berthet / Alexander Franks Penty, NOR, 77
4. Zeno Biagio Santini / Marco Misseroni, ITA, 79
5. Marius Westerlind / Olle Aronsson, SWE, 80
6. Jens-Christian Dehn-Toftehoj / Mads Fuglbjerg, 82
7. Jonas Schupp / Moritz Hagenmeyer, DEN, 95
8. Ville Korhonen / Edvard Bremer, FIN, 106
9. Oliver Evans / Will Jarman, GBR, 124
10. Henry Jameson / Louis Johnson, GBR, 132

Top ten, Ovington Nations Cup
1. GBR, 344 points
2. ITA, 432
3. DEN, 544
4. GER, 562
5. SWE, 631
6. NOR, 637
7. FRA, 641
8. NED, 727
9. ESP, 751
10. RUS, 829

www.29ereuropeans.org

M32 World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Last weekend's M32 Pre-Worlds at Riva del Garda gave some indication of the form of the 12 catamaran teams going into Tuesday's M32 World Championship, but was not the last word.

Certainly Convexity and Convegence, skippered respectively by Chicago-based brother and sister Don and Jennifer Wilson, are favourites, having finished second and first in the Pre-Worlds, 16 points clear of third. They are reaping the rewards of their two boat team, each having heavyweight crews, notably Match Racing World Champion Taylor Canfield on Convexity, alongside Ted Hackney, Kinley Fowler and Josh McCaffery, while Convergence has Antipodean match racing specialists Chris Steele, Will Tiller and Ricky McGarvie, plus Don's 17-year-old daughter Ava.

No M32 World Championship would be compete without some entries from Sweden, home of the M32's builder Aston Harald. New to the M32 European Series this season is Inga from Sweden of experienced keelboat campaigner Richard Göransson who is sailing with experienced crew Mark Bulkeley, Brad Farrand, Tom Powrie and boat captain Oliver Tizzard.

Also from Sweden is the M32 Worlds' youth team - Karlsson Racing Team, skippered by 17-year-old Anton Karlsson. Karlsson competed at the M32 European Series Marstrand and his crew, who are otherwise all in their early 20s, comprises Pontus Karlsson and Filip Karlsson (unrelated to Anton) plus Pontus and Lukas Andersson, who are brothers.

Of the other M32 European Series teams, Ian Williams' team has been rechristened GAC Extreme2 for the M32 Worlds and has a mixed Anglo-US crew with Dan Cheresh helming, joined by Dave Shriner who sails on Cheresh's Extreme2 M32 in the US. Williams moves on to tactics joined by team regulars Will Alloway and Richard Sydenham.

Switzerland is represented by Section 16 of Zurich-based Brit Richard Davies - the sole Swiss sailor competing being Chris Rast. They are joined by French catamaran veteran Herve Cunningham plus Russian Niko Kornev and Austrian 49er Olympian Niko Resch. Section 16 finished third at the Pre-Worlds, highest placed of the European teams and has been practicing hard on Lake Garda.

Having finally retired from his beloved Finn dinghy in which he represented the Netherlands at two Olympic Games, Pieter-Jan Postma is a long-standing M32 campaigner. He is joined by Aston Harald's Jakob Wilson and match racer Pontus Dackhammar plus up and coming Dutch dinghy sailors Lars van Stekelenburg and Scipio Hautman. The new team had good opening day at the M32 Pre-Worlds finishing fourth.

m32world.com/europe/

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

All bases covered
Volvo Ocean Race winner and Doyle Sails CEO Mike Sanderson did not mess about when he went looking for the biggest talent he could find to drive forward Doyle's fast-expanding European operation

Quality always sells
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Perfect match
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ORC Sportboat European Championship
Portoroz, Slovenia - The ORC Sportboat fleet has gathered in Portoroz and is ready to race starting tomorrow Tuesday 27 August having passed their measurement checks and registration and inspection formalities. These include weighing all boats, checking all sails to be used (and measuring them when necessary), and checking all safety equipment.

The first race on the four-day schedule is a Coastal race from Portoroz north around Piran and around a mark set off the coast near Izola, and return. The time limit is 1900 CET.

Inshore windward/leeward racing then starts on Wednesday, 28 August and continues daily through Friday 30 August. Six inshore races are planned in addition to the Coastal race, and no more than three inshore races will be run per day.

In total there are 30 boats from 8 countries: 18 in Division A and 12 in Division B to be raced and scored separately. Corinthian trophies will be awarded to entries that qualify with all-amateur crew.

Results and ratings

www.orcsportboats2019.ycmp.eu

Industry News
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Tornado Boats International have moved into new, bigger and more sustainable headquarters in Lystrup, Denmark. The new headquarters is a big improvement in terms of production capacity, but it is also an upgrade in terms of reducing the environmental impact. Tornado Boats International works for a sustainable development where environmental considerations are integrated into all business decisions. Offices and warehouses are now under one roof and geographically located with the aim to minimize travel and logistics for both personnel and goods. The new building is thus placed only 500 meters from the Djursland highway, minimizing Co2 emission as much as possible.

The company has grown steadily since it moved from England to Denmark in 2008 and Tornado RIBs has been introduced onto new markets, both within and outside the EU. The company got their first dealer in the US last year, and this year, new dealers in countries like Greece, Ireland, Canada and Australia has joined the Tornado family, which has made it even more necessary to expand.

The new building is 1400 m2 and has a large space for stock boats, an open office, a conference room, a canteen, a large workshop for fitting of engines, a dedicated workshop area for the dirty work (laminating, gluing, etc.), as well as multiple parking spaces for truck loading.

The new address:
Tornado Boats International
Skæringvej 107
8520 Lystrup
Denmark
Tlf.: +45 86 26 56 55
Mail: info [AT] tornadoboats [DOT] com

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Gill Marine, one of the leading technical apparel brands in the world, are set to partner with the Junior Offshore Group (JOG) in the UK. Gill will become JOG's Official Clothing Supplier, so JOG can offer their members exclusive discounts as well as a bespoke JOG-branded range. Gill will also be working with them on special events, including the exciting anniversary race next year to commemorate 70 years since the launch of this unique yacht club as well as being the primary sponsor of this year's Cowes to Cherbourg race to be held on Friday 20th September.

JOG is a yacht club with a difference - since 1950, the JOG has been focused on making coastal and offshore racing accessible to small boat owners by keeping entry fees modest. The yacht club doesn't have a clubhouse, but instead organises events at host ports for their weekend events.

www.gillmarine.com

www.jog.org.uk

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Kier has secured a construction contract for the second phase of the Oceansgate marine industry hub in Plymouth.

Phase two will see the creation of a new three storey office building and a further 15 light industrial units, which has the potential to create an additional 130 jobs. The buildings have been designed to be flexible, allowing for a range of sizes of industrial and office space, depending on businesses' needs.

The development's first phase, which transformed disused MOD land in South Yard, Devonport, was completed in April 2018 and is now a base for eight businesses. These include the new Marine Business Technology Centre, as well as Lang & Potter Marine, international marine consultants MECAL and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Like Phase 1, the plans for Phase 2 include the use of natural building materials such as stone to ensure the development fits within its historic surroundings at South Yard.

The contract for constructing Phase 2 is worth £7.6m. This second phase of Oceansgate has been funded by a £2.25m grant from the European Regional Development Fund and a Plymouth City Council loan.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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A new marina is to open in San Vicente de la Barquera on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, thanks to an investment estimated to be worth some €4m.

Local authorities have obtained seven bids in their tender for the construction of the facility. Spanish construction firm Sato offered to develop the marina for slightly more than €4m, around 36% less than the tender budget of €6.27m, according to local paper El Diario Montanes.

Under the plan, the new marina will have 272 berths. Of these, 137 will be for boats of up to 6m (20ft), 65 for boats up to 8m (26ft), 51 for boats of up to 10m (33ft), and 19 for boats up to 12m (39ft).

Financing for the project will spread from 2019 to 2021. This year the municipal budget includes around €130,000 in investment, while the remaining amount will be included in the budgets for the years 2020 and 2021.

San Vicente de la Barquera is located in Cantabria, a region in northern Spain.

www.ibinews.com/marinas/

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The Yacht Racing Forum and Beneteau are pleased to announce the continuation of their partnership.

Gianguido Girotti, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Product Strategy and Brands, will be the events' keynote speaker on day two, addressing the commercial case for the sport of sailing. "Beneteau has always followed the Yacht Racing Forum with great interest ", he explains. " Given the quality of talks, participants and intellectual exchange, we felt it was our mission to be more actively part of it to further sustain the leading edge technology and the sharing of ideas. "

Bernard Schopfer, the organizer of the Yacht Racing Forum, believes that " the support from the sports' leading commercial actors reflects the evolution of the Forum over the years. Elite sport has always been at the heart of our concerns; it paves the way for the entire industry and directly impacts mainstream sailing. We are proud to welcome important brands such as Beneteau. It confirms our mission to address the top of the sport as well as a wider and less specialised audience."

The Yacht Racing Forum will take place on November 25-26 in Bilbao, Spain. The conference and exhibition will once again reassemble the sports' leading actors from all over the world.

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In This Issue
• Formidable start for Bliksem at M32 Worlds
• Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals: Racing Cancelled Due to Thunderstorms
• Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup 2019 Final
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• 2019 J/111 World Champion: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff
• Marcus Eagan wins Viper 640 World and North American Championships
• RS Elite Irish Championships
• Martin & Lowry Win 5O5 North American Championship
• For the Record
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Formidable start for Bliksem at M32 Worlds
Riva del Garda, Italy: Pieter Taselar’s Bliksem team provided a masterclass in success through making the least mistakes rather than winning races on the opening day of the M32 World Championship on Lake Garda. The US-based Dutch team never won a race but never scored worse than a fourth leaving them with a might nine point lead, ahead of Don Wilson’s second-placed Convexity, in turn just a point ahead of Larry Phillips’ Midtown.

Such consistency may only have been possible thanks the Trentino Tourist Board conditions that prevailed today with the southerly Ora wind filling in on schedule for the 1400 start, then building to 16 knot peak in race four. This enabled the race team from the Fraglia Vela Riva led by Mattias Dahlstrom to complete the full five race schedule comfortably.

James Prendergast’s Gravedigger was having a good day until, once again, race four when they suffered a capsize heating it up too much coming out of a gybe. Aside from this their average race result for the day was 3.5 and they ended the day fourth, two points ahead of the Dan Cheresh-skippered GAC Extreme2.

Wednesday racing is once again scheduled to start at 1400 local time in Garda’s famous southerly Ora afternoon wind.

Results Day One
1. Bliksem, Pieter Taselar, 14 points
2. Convexity , Don Wilson, 23
3. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 24
4. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, 26
5. GAC / Extreme, Dan Cheresh , 28
6. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 31
7. Spindrift, Xavier Revill, 36
8. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 37
9. Section 16, Richard Davies, 38
10. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, 42
11. Team NL, PJ Postma, 46
12. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 48

m32world.com/m32-world-championships-2019/

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
Brazil's Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze got off to a perfect start in the 49erFX as racing commenced at the first regatta of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series in Enoshima, Japan.

Fresh from last week's gold at Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event, the Brazilians could not have asked for a better day, winning both of their races in their bid to retain the title they won one year ago.

After an idyllic weekend that was blessed with clear blue skies and a stable breeze in the mid-teens, the waters of Sagami Bay were somewhat calmer on Tuesday. It took until the latter part of the afternoon for a reasonably stable 5-9 knot south westerly breeze to fill in and fleets headed out from 14:00 local time.

Five fleets completed their scheduled races with the remaining fleets one race short. These will be added to Wednesday's schedule.

Tomorrow's forecast is for strong breeze which may delay or even postpone racing but the schedule is for a 12:00 start.

Full results

wcs-enoshima.org

Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals: Racing Cancelled Due to Thunderstorms
A series of thunderstorms put plans to rest on the third racing day here at the Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019. The fleet of 11 boats was held ashore while a first squall blew through with strong winds, torrential rain and lightning. With another one forecast and tracked on the real time weather maps, racing was cancelled for the day.

With four races sailed Takashi Okura’s Sled are at the top of the leaderboard, one point up on 2017 world champions Platoon. Principal Race Officer Maria Torrijo says she will aim to run three heats on Wednesday if the weather permits.

After breaking their mast on Sunday, Ergin Imre’s Provezza have stepped a spare, replacement which they brought from Valencia and they will be ready to race for Wednesday.

The fourth day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals should see racing start around 13:00 CEST.

Full results

http://www.52SUPERSERIES.com

Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup 2019 Final
The 71st British Dragon Nationals, the Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup, came to a close on Thursday 18 July after two final races were sailed.

The event was shortened by a day due to an increasing weather front approaching the Irish Sea but all six championship races were successfully sailed thanks to the organisation of the SCYC race team.

The 33 Dragons, including several visitors from Ireland, Turkey, Scotland and the United States, were part of very close competitive racing across the three days.

Northern Championship winner Mike Budd and his team onboard Harry led from the start with a bullet in race one and race six. Utilising every bit of local knowledge they sailed well every day to hold off the top three chasing Dragons.

Martin Byrne’s 2011 Championship winning team of Adam Winklemann and Pedro Andrade on Jaguar were focused on a second Edinburgh Cup win. Two race wins and a tactically astute attitude led them to the podium once again.

Reigning Champions Graham and Julia Bailey’s Aimee went into the last race on equal points with Bear carrying a win from race four.

Not placing outside of the top ten Bear put in some great results to add pressure to the 2018 Champions onboard Aimee, challenging them for a podium position.

Final top three:
1. Harry - Mike Budd, Adam Bowers, Mark Greaves
2. Jaguar - Martin Byrne, Adam Winklemann, Pedro Andrade
3. Bear - Martin Payne, Chris Grosscurth, Emma York

Final Top Three Corinthian Results:
1. Aimee - Graham Bailey, Julia Bailey, Will Heritage, Will Bedford
2. Avalanche - Mark Wade, Many Wade, Chris Brittain
3. Phantom - David Williams, Peter Bowring, John O’connor

Winner of the inaugural Seagull Trophy for the first placed lady Corinthian helm went to Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, skipper of Jerboa who placed 5th overall.

The Jordan Bell trophy was presented to Simon Barter, James Barter and Donald Wilks on Bertie as the top Dragon to have not placed 5th or higher.

Phormerly Phantom, skippered by Chris Thomas with Selina Thomas and Charlie Pearson were awarded the trophy for the highest placed ‘old’ Dragon, built in 1994 or earlier.

Next year’s Edinburgh Cup will be hosted by the Royal Forth Yacht Club, Edinburgh from Tuesday 30 June to Friday 3 July 2020.

https://www.britishdragons.org

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
This month's nominees:

RNAS Culdrose
Forty years ago more than 100 vessels took part in the ’79 Fastnet rescue, but we doubt anyone will argue with our choice of the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose to represent all of those involved. Fifteen helicopters from Culdrose flew multiple missions that night as crews rushed back from holidays. Nineteen sailors died but 100 more were lifted off by Culdrose crews plus 65 others rescued by sea

Peter Askew (USA)
For several years now Peter and his brother David who campaign the Volvo 70 Wizard have been doing a sterling job on behalf of their country competing in the ocean racing classics. In 2019 they have won the RORC Caribbean 600 and Fastnet Race overall and in between showed well in this year’s Transatlantic Race from Newport to Cowes. From the Fastnet prizegiving Wizard set straight off to prepare for this year’s Middle Sea Race. Perhaps a few more US big boat racers may yet be inspired by their successes?

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2019 J/111 World Champion: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff
Chicago, IL, USA: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff took control of their own destiny on Friday, nailing both race wins to earn the title of 2019 J/111 World Champion. Coming into the final day, the Cleveland, OH-based team was in third overall, but Ruhlman and his crew of Marty Kullman (tactician), Doug Moose (mast), Abby Ruhlman (pit), Ryan Ruhlman (spinnaker trimmer), Maegan Ruhlman Cross (main trimmer), Jim Sminchak (headsail trimmer) and Mark Wiss (bow) ended with 25 net points in the eight-race series. Five points behind in second place was day-three leader Martin Roesch’s Velocity. Former World Champion Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key came in third with 34 points. It was another wild day on Lake Michigan. PRO Becky Ashburn, summarized, “Winds were around 15 knots. Waves were three to four feet with a sideways swell, which made it really choppy.” Under a champagne shower in the harbor, Ruhlman smiled, “I’m not sure this has sunk in yet! We have a great team, a great family. The competition was outstanding. I’m thrilled to be a part of this Class.”

Top five:
1. Spaceman Spiff, Rob Ruhlman - 1 -[14] -1 -10 -4 -7 -1 -1 ; 25
2. Velocity, Martin Roesch - 8 -[12] -2 -1 -3 -6 -6 -4 ; 30
3. Skeleton Key, Peter Wagner - 6 -[8] -4 -5 -7 -2 -4 -6 ; 34
4. Kashmir, Michael Mayer / Steve Henderson - 13 -5 -7 -6 -1 -[16] -2 -2 ; 36
5. Rowdy, Richard Witzel - 3 -[20] -9 -4 -2 -4 -10 -5 ; 37

Twenty-three J/111s competed from August 20-23 at Chicago Yacht Club, including teams from Australia and Switzerland.

Full results on YachtScoring.com

Marcus Eagan wins Viper 640 World and North American Championships
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, California: Congratulations to Marcus Eagan, Andrew Eagan, and Jackson Benvenutti (Mandeville, LA) for winning both the Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship and the 2019 Viper 640 North Americans. Hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA), the four-day Championship consisted of 13 races in atypical Long Beach conditions – light, 8-10 knots except for the final race on Day 2 and the last two on the final day when winds were mid to high teens. It was a regatta where sailors were faced with a wide range of conditions and those atop the podium had to be capable of dealing with them all.

Eagan ended with 33 points after five of the races atop the 41-boat fleet. In second was Geoff Ewenson (Annapolis, MD), Ryan Cox, and Jon Ziskind with 44 points having won an extremely consistent series with 11 top-ten finishes. In third, from South of Perth Yacht Club in Western Australia, were former Viper 640 World Champions Nick Jerwood, Brian DeVries, and Matt Jerwood.

Final top ten (helm, tactician, crew)
1. Marcus Eagan / Andrew Eagan / Jackson Benvenutti, USA, 33 points
2. Geoffrey Ewenson / Ryan Cox / Jon Ziskind, USA, 44
3. Nick Jerwood / Matthew Jerwood / Brian DeVries, AUS, 52
4. Kevin McCarthy / Greg Dair / Zak Merton, USA, 57
5. Jay Golison/Steve Flam / Steve Flam / Eric Doyle, USA, 60
6. Mike Pentecost / Garrett Brown / Chuck Tripp, USA, 69
7. Jay Rhame / Rachel Beardsley / Peter Beardsley, USA, 79
8. Jeff Grange & Chris Parker / Chris Parker / Tedd White , USA, 86
9. Brad Boston / Curtis Florence / Lee Shuckerow, CAN, 101
10. Abbott Atterbury / Rebecca Anderson/Jake Bartlein / A. Tucker Atterbury/Neil Stapleton, USA, 102

Full results

https://abyc.org/regattas/viper-640-worlds

https://www.viper640.org/events/2019-viper-640-world-championship/

RS Elite Irish Championships
Royal Ulster Yacht Club welcomed the RS Elite fleet back to race last weekend in their Irish Championships. Boats competed from the Bangor home fleet of RUYC and BYC as well as visitors from Royal North of Ireland YC, Ballyronan Boat Club and Strangford Lough YC. These boats are a one-design class, there are no performance handicaps involved so it it is straight one-to-one racing.

The class had a fresh start to the championship on Saturday racing over a windward leeward course in a south westerly breeze. Racing was very close on the water for all four of the races completed with Simon and Jack Brien and Stephen Milne in Kin taking the line honours in Race 1 ahead of Jeff Ralston’s Upfront with John Patterson and Robin Flannigan crewing. The current Irish Champions, John Gunning, Stephen Polly and David Kelso came in third in Storm.

At the end of Day One, after discarding each boat’s worst score, Upfront held a slender two point advantage over Kin with Storm a further point behind and Brian Corry with Keren Corry and Henry Greer from SLYC in fourth. The wind was only a zephyr on Sunday morning but Race Officer Colin Loughead managed to get Race 5 started and it looked like it could be turning the title race on its head. Finding a stronger vein of breeze on the left side of the course Storm opened up a good lead at the first windward mark and held it to the finish.

A start line confrontation between Kin and Upfront could well have decided the outcome but in spite of a poor start Upfront managed a ninth place as against Kin’s seventh. With both boats discarding this race as their worst score, coupled with the abandonment of the final race due to lack of steady wind, Upfront clinched the title of Irish Champions 2019 by one point ahead of Storm in second and Kin in third. Toucan had a strong second place in the final race to finish fourth overall.

All the results can be viewed on Royal Ulster Yacht Club’s web site http://www.ruyc.uk/sailing/results-central

Martin & Lowry Win 5O5 North American Championship
Kingston. Canada: A strong fleet was challenged by mixed conditions and tight racing over 4 days on the fresh water of Lake Ontario. With 4 of the current top 5 boats in the world competing, the battle for the podium places was always destined to be tough. However the renowned Kingston seabreeze "wasn't normally like this" and the fleet endured challenging racing with shifty and variable breeze which made racing particularly challenging.

Current world Champions Mike Martin and Adam Lowry (USA) ultimately managed the conditions to win with a comfortable lead over ex World Champion Howie Hamlin (USA) sailing with relative newcomer Russ Clark from the UK who started his 5o5 racing recently with wife Penny Clark in the UK Association boat.

Top five final results:
1. Mike Martin & Adam Lowry, USA
2. Howie Hamlin (USA) & Russ Clark, GBR)
3. Mike Holt & Carl Smit (USA)
4. Parker Shin & Eric Anderson (USA)
5. Michael Quirk (AUS) & Reeve Dunne (USA)

Full results, daily race reports and photos can be found on the 5o5 event page at https://www.int505.org/north-american-championship-2019/

For the Record
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of the following new World Nautical Mile Records established at La Palme, France in June 2019: For further details visit the WSSR Website https://www.sailspeedrecords.com

World Nautical Mile Kitesail Record:
Roberto Douglas. USA. 10/06/19. 39.04 kts

World Women’s Nautical Mile Record.
Heidi Ulrich. SUI. 10/06/19. 37.62 kts

World Women’s Nautical Mile Kitesail Record.
Marine Tlattla. FRA. 10/06/19. 35.41 kts
Marine Tlattla. FRA. 22/06/19. 35.86 kts

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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In This Issue
• Platoon Takes Control in Puerto Portals
• Convexity ahead at half way stage of M32 World Championship
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• RS:X and Finn sailors battle against the power of the Pacific
• International Nacra 17 Class Association Safety Statement
• A-Class Catamaran Worlds
• IMOCA skippers committed to a sustainable future
• Jeanne Socrates Closing In On Vancouver
• Greta Thunberg Sails into NY Harbor
• Letters to the Editor
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Platoon Takes Control in Puerto Portals
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Puerto Portals, Mallorca: A testing, northwesterly offshore wind of 12-17kts produced fantastic racing conditions today at the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the Bay of Palma out of Puerto Portals as Harm Muller-Spreer's Platoon took control of the title race. They posted two first places and a fifth to lead the championship by seven points going into the final day, Thursday.

But for all that the 2017 world champions stepped clear of the pack today, sailing smart and fast, they did start each of the three races on the back foot, forced each time to climb through the fleet. After seven races their average points score per race remains three points.

Vladimir Liubomirov's Bronenosec sailed a 6 and 3 before winning the third race, which moved them to third on the regatta rankings.

Regatta standings after Day 4
1. Harm Muller-Spreer, GER, 21 points
2. Azzurra, Alberto Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 28
3. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 32
4. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR. 36
5. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 40
6. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 40
7. Phoenix 12, Tina Plattner, RSA, 41
8. Phoenix 11, Hasso Plattner, RSA, 51
9. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 57
10. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubbard, FRA, 59
11. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 61

Full results

Convexity ahead at half way stage of M32 World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: With clouds over some mountains but not others and a stillness in the air early on, there was much uncertainty over what the wind would do on day two of the M32 World Championship, hosted by Fraglia Vela Riva on Lake Garda. In fact the call to wait for the local afternoon southerly proved correct and the 12-strong international fleet was able to sail the full five race schedule.

After day two a new team has taken the lead overall, although not unexpectedly, Don Wilson's Convexity having been pre-start favourite with most time in the class, with a strong win rate this season and part of a two boat team with his sister Jennifer's Convergence.

However it was day one winner, Bliksem of New York-based Dutchman Pieter Taselaar, that came out firing, reeled off wins in today's first two races. By lunchtime today the wind was gusting into the mid-teens and the call was made to reef the Swedish-built one design catamarans. In the first race which got underway at 1400, Bliksem did a short timed run into the line found a gap and led into the reaching mark and from there on. In the second race when the wind had dropped slightly and reefs were removed, Bliksem was also thereabouts in the start.

With the forecast turning unstable again tomorrow, the race organisation has chosen to sail in the northerly Pelèr win in the morning, with a first warning signal at... 08.30.

Overall results after day 2
1. Convexity , Don Wilson, 34 points
2. Bliksem, Pieter Taselar, 36
3. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 43
4. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 56
5. GAC / Extreme, Dan Cheresh, 58
6. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, 65
7. Spindrift, Xavier Revill, 69
8. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 73
9. Section 16, Richard Davies, 76
10. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, 78
11. Team NL, PJ Postma, 92
12. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 105

m32world.com/europe/

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

World news
La Grande Route... one of several new temptations seemingly on offer, metal fatigue never sleeps, fattening up (a little) for Tokyo 2020 and Block Island deals a blow to the naysayers. Will Ryan, Carlos Pich, Ivor Wilkins, Blue Robinson, Patrice Carpentier, Dobbs Davis

Under the sun...
With another America's Cup class reset have we nailed down the history books or might we be missing more useful clues? Dave Hollom

Time to revisit
As the big-catamaran offerings proliferate, are out-of-date preconceptions holding back similar growth with three hulls? Marc Lombard

Still captivating...
What makes a successful class? Rob Weiland

Interesting times
Hugh Welbourn looks on as rating systems try to keep pace during some fast-moving times

Fresh start
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RS:X and Finn sailors battle against the power of the Pacific
The Men's and Women's RS:X and Finn fleet battled against the elements at Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima as wild winds and booming waves hit Sagami Bay.

As the seven remaining Olympic fleets were postponed early on in the day, the RS:X and Finn sailors hit the water and were put to the test in winds gusting 30 knots and waves 2.5m high.

France's Charline Picon, Rio 2016 Women's RS:X Olympic gold medallist, described the day as, "a bit of a war" with sailors expressions and body language reflecting that statement as they returned to shore following the racing.

Nonetheless, the 24 Finn sailors and 31 Men's and 24 Women's RS:X racers relished a new challenge on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters.

After two days of competition, Picon has demonstrated her all round excellence. On day one, in very light breeze, Picon expertly worked her board, using her physical strength to record three fourth place finishes. As the heavier breeze kicked in on Wednesday, the French Olympic champion took the challenge head and recorded a second and a third.

Thursday sees an additional race added to every fleets schedule, minus the RS:X who will sail three. Racing is scheduled to start at 12:00 local time and the forecast is for a more favourable with 14-16 knots of breeze.

Podium positions, round 1

470 Men
1. Paul Snow-Hansen / Daniel WillcoC, NZL, 1
2. Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura, JPN, 2
3. Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabro, ITA, 3

470 Women
1. Yuki Hayashi / Chika Nishidai, JPN, 1
2. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 2
3. Luise Wanser / Helena Wanser, GER, 3

49er Men
1. Dominik Buksak / Szymon Wierzbicki. POL, 6
2. Tim Fischer / Fabian Graf, GER, 6
3. Federico Alonso Tellechea / Arturo Alonso Tellechea, ESP, 8

49erFX Women
1. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 2
2. Kimberly Lim / Cecilia Low, SGP, 8
3. Carla Munte Carrasco / Marta Munte Carrasco, ESP, 8

Finn Men
1. Joan Cardona Mendez, ESP, 4
2. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 4
3. Ioannis Mitakis, GRE, 9

Laser Men
1. Tonci Stipanovic, CRO, 8
2. Pavlos Kontides, CYP, 11
3. Nick Thompson, GBR, 14

Laser Radial Women
1. Manami Doi, JPN, 8
2. Dongshuang Zhang, CHN, 11
3. Emma Plasschaert, BEL, 11

NACRA 17
1. Ben Saxton / Nicola Boniface, GBR, 5
2. Nathan Outteridge / Haylee Outteridge, AUS, 8
3. Jason Waterhouse / Lisa Darmanin, AUS, 9

RS:X Men
1. Louis Giard, FRA, 14
2. Pierre Le Coq, FRA, 17
3. Kun Bi, CHN, 29

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 12
2. Charline Picon, FRA, 13
3. Peina Chen, CHN, 16

Full results

wcs-enoshima.org

International Nacra 17 Class Association Safety Statement
A safety incident occurred in training just before the Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, Japan. A Nacra 17 crew was struck by the rudder and elevator resulting in a cut. The crew was immediately rescued by a coach in attendance where a tourniquet was applied to stem the bleeding and steps were taken to counter any infectious matter.

The coach then brought the sailor to shore where they were then brought, by ambulance, to the local hospital. World Sailing, along with the Japanese Sailing Federation had a safety plan in place, including translation services, which worked well. The sailor was given immediate medical attention. After a few hours the sailor was released from hospital, and after overnight rest and recovery they have decided to sail in the regatta. The injuries amounted to a cut to the leg that did not require stitches and bruising.

The Nacra 17 Class was made aware of the foil strike incident overnight. Safety is a core value of the Class, and we are working diligently to reduce the risks and consequences of sailing incidents in the Nacra 17.

Over the last 20 months the Class:

has recommended that Nacra Sailing consider, in the short term, removing the torpedo on the elevator and making the leading edge more blunt, and/or replacing the current elevators to blunter elevators built without a torpedo

has led a joint working party made up of sailors, the Class executive, and Nacra Sailing to develop long term improvements to safety through re-engineering elements of the Nacra 17 design. The most promising of these options are currently being tested.

set up a safety working party to look into how to reduce the number of foil strikes and to minimize their severity. One of the items this WP brought forward was in the training of coaches for first aid incidents, and training was run for coaches prior to the 2019 Europeans specifically in how to apply a tourniquet, among other items. -- Marcus Spillane, President International Nacra 17 Class Association

Full statement: nacra17.org

A-Class Catamaran Worlds
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The third day of competition at the Worlds really just continued where the last one left off. David Campbell-James was keen to get the race numbers evened out and back on track for a full series as we'd promised Weymouth could deliver. Day three saw 3 open fleet and 1 Classic fleet races in a light 5-8 knots, getting underway after a 2hr postponement.

The Open class first race went off with little fuss, recalls at this level are not frequent, especially in these winds and with the minimal tide effects in Portland harbour. Again, the left looked favoured in the Westerly wind direction and the fleet largely took off in that direction. Upwind foiling was not possible in that wind speed, so it was in low-rider model that they reached the top mark. There, Manuel Calavia ESP 11, just had the lead over Mischa Heemskerk NED 7 and Tymu Bendyk POL 41 in close persuit. They, and the rest of the fleet all set of on the cavalry charge that is 'A' Class Catamaran downwind foiling. These modern boats, with their Z shaped foils and adjustable rudder rake, have become much more docile to sail than they used to be. Far fewer pitch-pole crashes happen now, especially in these light winds and it is remarkable how little wind these top sailors can get airborne in.

The three laps unwound at a good pace until at the finish, it was a real neck and neck racing with Manuel just pipping Mischa, and the NZL sailor Dave Shaw NZL 230, in third only seconds behind. The next race was a similar exciting finish only with Mischa, who had narrowly missed a jury boat on the final few yards of the run-in, got his first bullet of the championship. But this time with Tymu second and Manuel, who was rather angry with himself, after he'd led Mischa on the last leg, in third. Their last race of the day was a somewhat tame affair wind-wise, however, the mental workout of a minimum condition race cannot be underestimated in these boats. The leaders are with ones capable of stringing together the bits of breeze. This time, it was the Swiss lake sailor Nils Palmieri who just beat Mischa on the line by a length.

Then the Classics had a go. This was much more their territory as with less drag underneath, they can be faster in the light stuff. The race was won in great tactical style by Scott Anderson AUS 31 with the Aussie Wunderkind Andy Landeberger AUS 300 next, and the ever present Alberto Farnasi SWE 56 on his trusty old Marstrom.

Top five, Classic Fleet
1. Andrew Landenberger, AUS, 14
2. Scott Anderson, AUS, 19
3. Andy Landenberger , AUS, 19
4. Alberto Farnesi, SWE, 21
5. Hugh Macgregor, GBR, 28

Top five, Foiling fleet
1. Mischa Heemskerk, NED, 9
2. Manuel Calavia, ESP, 33
3. Dave Shaw, NZL, 39
4. Tymoteusz Bendyk, POL, 44
5. Jakub Surowiec, POL, 44

Full results

www.a-cat.org

IMOCA skippers committed to a sustainable future
A key supporter of the call for the Ocean to be seen as a common good for mankind and signatory of the "Sports For Climate Action" memorandum, the IMOCA class has also set up its own Programme for the Oceans, suggesting concrete measures, which can easily be carried out and which involve as many people as possible. The first to be involved are the IMOCA skippers themselves, like Boris Herrmann, one of the most committed sailors in this field. He is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean alongside the young, Swedish green activist, Greta Thunberg. We look here at some of the measures taken by the class, competitors and race organisers in favour of sustainable development

The IMOCA class has set up the Programme for the Oceans, which aims to reduce the impact of the boats and to spread a positive message to encourage people to act. The action plan they have drawn up is based around four themes (events, ecological transition, making people aware of the matter and sciences).

The IMOCA class was one of the first signatories of the call for the Ocean to be seen as a common good for mankind, which was launched on 8th June 2018 during the Monaco Globe Series. To make this partnership official, the class signed a patronage agreement a year later with Ocean As Common, in order to support its message and to work alongside it at IMOCA events.

Some dates for your diary:

- Paris, Tuesday 17th September: Tip & Shaft sustainable development special: "Sustainable development offering leverage to sailing sponsorships." Antoine Mermod (President of the IMOCA), Stephane Le Diraison and Paul Meilhat will be among those taking part.

- Genoa, 20th September: The Ocean Summit #1: The Ocean Race (the crewed round the world race with stopovers) is launching a series of eleven summits called The Ocean Race Summits. These will bring together various leaders and influential figures from the world of sport, sustainable development, politics, business, universities and sciences with the goal of taking concrete measures to restore the health of our oceans. The first summit is due to be held in Genoa on 20th September.

The Transat Jacques Vabre with its fifteen eco-friendly commitments: The environmental action plan for the race will be announced shortly.

imoca.org

Jeanne Socrates Closing In On Vancouver
Jeanne Socrates, aboard S/V Nereida, successfully completed a nonstop, single-handed, unassisted sail around the world at 2:26 a.m. on Monday 8th July 2013, when she passed Ogden Point at the entrance to Victoria Harbour, 259 days after leaving Victoria in October 2012.

She became the first woman to sail solo nonstop around the world from North America and the oldest woman to sail solo nonstop around the world (a record noted in the Guinness Book of Records)

This was her third attempt to circumnavigate solo, nonstop and unassisted - eastabout via Cape Horn and the Southern Ocean - all attempts made without the help of a shore-based support team .... "My team is simply 'Nereida' and me!"

She received the Ocean Cruising Club's Special Award on landfall and, in April 2014, their Barton Cup. On 7th March 2014, she was presented with the Cruising Club of America's 'Blue Water Medal' and, in April, with the Royal Cruising Club's 'Seamanship Medal'. She was short-listed both for the 'Yachtsman of the Year Award' (U.K.) and also for the 'Yachtworld Hero of the Year Award' (U.S.A.).

* Her latest attempt is now in its 328th day, headed towards Vancouver to complete her solo circumnavigation.

Tracking map (shows the full year if you select that option):

mmsn-shiptrak.herokuapp.com/?callsign=kc2iov&filter=365

From Jeanie:

"While sailing around the world, I'm trying to raise funds to help support the superb life-saving work done by the RNLI (Lifeboats) in Britain each and every day of the year, regardless how bad the weather. In fact, the worse it is, the more likely they are out there, helping someone in distress - whether a swimmer, surfer, small boat or big ship, night or day, summer or winter, and it is a charity - no government funding - so they rely on our help to fund their intensive training and maintain their equipment.

It would be great if you would take a moment to click on the Lifeboats link here, if you'd like to show your support for my efforts at sailing solo, nonstop, unassisted around the globe, trying to set a World Record as the oldest person to do so, by donating something towards the great work the RNLI do every day. If a lot of people put in even a small amount, it all adds up... Thanks a lot! If you can help, it will be very much appreciated. Let's see if we can reach my target!

(I hear that some readers might need to talk to their bank BEFORE trying to make a donation to the RNLI since many US banks routinely block foreign transactions unless they are notified in advance.)""

www.svnereida.com

Greta Thunberg Sails into NY Harbor
It's been 15 days since 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg hitched a ride on a sail-powered yacht from Europe to the U.S. for the U.N. Climate Action Summit taking place in New York in mid-September. Thunberg has vowed to avoid air travel, due to environment-harming carbon emissions. The Malizia II docked this afternoon at 4:00 EDT at Coney Island in Brooklyn so its passengers could clear customs and immigration and then proceeded to North Cove Marina at the southern tip of Manhattan, just a stone's throw from Wall Street.

Despite a light drizzle, a crowd of more than 200 gathered at North Cove to welcome Thunberg. The young activist has gained an adoring following in the last few months as she's worked, with great success, to highlight the urgency of the climate situation, which she says is most accurately described as a "crisis." She has 1.2 million followers on Twitter and 1.1 million friends on Facebook, and her Facebook post announcing her arrival in New York has drawn more than 2,000 comments, nearly all celebratory.

www.forbes.com

* From Jim Champ:

re: last week's new boat 'Launchings' section:

"The NTFM SYRA 18 is the first double-handed monohull foiling dinghy.""

I think that will come as interesting news to the R Class in New Zealand and the UK Cherubs in Great Britain, both of which have had championships won by foiling boats.

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