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In This Issue
• Platoon Take their Second Rolex TP52 World Championship
• Two horse race in the M32 Worlds after dawn start
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Team NZ's winning America's Cup catamaran brought 'back to life' at Auckland's Viaduct
• Pushing the Limit - Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships
• Courageous Wins Inaugural Road To The Worlds Waypoints Series
• Secrets Of The Late Main Gybe
• Mexican Tall Ship is Dublin Port Bound
• Royal St George Yacht Club Take Delivery of New Firefly Dinghies
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• The Last Word: George Carlin

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Platoon Take their Second Rolex TP52 World Championship
Harm Muller-Spreer's Platoon team won the Rolex TP52 World Championship title on the Bay of Palma today, but the German-flagged team, led by the Hamburg-based owner-driver did not make it easy for themselves as they had to contend with two additional penalty points that they were given for twice making contact with rival boats as well as two penalties for different infringements during a tense, nervy showdown with Azzurra.

But Platoon's unerring consistency during Wednesday's three races - a fantastic showcase of speed and agility in a brisk offshore northwesterly wind - when they put together two wins and a fifth, was enough for Muller-Spreer's super solid, tight-knit team to ride their luck much more than they should have needed to, to emerge with their second Rolex TP52 World Championship title in three years, winning over Azzurra by two points.

Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019
Final regatta standings
1. Platoon, Harm Muller-Spreer, GER, 40 points
2. Azzurra, Alberto Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 42
3. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 43
4. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 45
5. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR, 46
6. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 47
7. Phoenix 12, Tina Plattner, RSA, 52
8. Phoenix 11, Hasso Plattner, RSA, 63
9. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 65
10. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 77
11. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubard, FRA, 80

52 Super Series 2019
Overall season standings after four events
1. Azzurra, Alberto/Pablo Roemmers, ARG/ITA,133 points
2. Platoon, Harm Muller-Spreer), GER,139
3. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA,144
4. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS,150
5. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR,159
6. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR,175
7. Sled , Takashi Okura, USA, 202
8. Phoenix 11, Tina Plattner, RSA, 203

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Two horse race in the M32 Worlds after dawn start
Riva del Garda, Italy: With a less than promising forecast for the afternoon Ora, the call was made to start racing on this penultimate day of the 2019 M32 World Championship at 0830 to make the most of Lake Garda's morning Peler northerly. Despite bleary eyes and caffeine deficiency, the 18-20 knots the competitors encountered as they sailed down the lake to the race area quickly dispelled all sleepiness. Crews also had to realign themselves to the northerly wind and a race course flipped through 180° compared to the previous two days.

Once again the day belonged to Don Wilson's ultra-consistent Convexity, which sped out of the blocks in the opening race, was first to the reach mark and extended from there, the M32 equivalent of an 'ace serve' in tennis. From there the Chicago-based M32, on which Taylor Canfield calls tactics, finished no race lower than fourth.

The main challenge for Convexity came, as expected, from Pieter Taselaar's Bliksem. The US-based Dutch team, renowned as the M32's 'big wind specialists', claimed the next two races. However consistency eluded them when in race four they were called OCS. "We were in a great position, we had space on the line, but we were called over," admitted Taselaar. However he enjoyed the conditions, even the early start. "It was great with very steady breeze and lots of it, but still very manageable and a little shifty."

Frday, the final day of the 2019 M32 World Championship will again be sailed in the Peler with a first warning signal at 09:00 when four races are scheduled to complete the series.

Overall results after day 3
1. Convexity, Don Wilson, 45
2. Bliksem, Pieter Taselaar, 54
3. GAC Extreme2, Dan Cheresh, 78
4. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 80
5. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, 93
6. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 98
7. Spindrift, Xavier Revil, 108
8. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 112
9. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, 114
10. Section 16, Richard Davies, 117
10. Team NL, PJ Postma, 117
12. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 164

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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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Team NZ's winning America's Cup catamaran brought 'back to life' at Auckland's Viaduct
A surprise arrival at Auckland's Viaduct Basin is already turning heads and looks set to be a top onshore attraction in the build-up to the next America's Cup.

Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) has mounted Aotearoa, its victorious race boat in Bermuda, onto Team HQ at the Viaduct.

Aotearoa was dismantled and shipped home after ETNZ won the Auld Mug in 2017. It has been stored in two containers since then.

But with the launch of a new race boat looming for the next America's Cup in 2021 the team decided it was time to bring their old boat "back to life".

"It brought back a lot of feelings to everybody in the team as we brought it out and put it on the floor in all its little pieces and it all came together," says Andy Nottage, ETNZ Base Manager. "There's lot of affection for that boat, for sure."

Special brackets were fitted to hold the two tonne AL50 catamaran, that measures 15 metres in length, in place.

Heavy machinery delicately lifted Aotearoa onto its new home in the early hours of yesterday morning.

www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other/team-nzs-winning-americas-cup-catamaran-brought-back-life-aucklands-viaduct

Pushing the Limit - Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
The physical limits of the 496 sailors from 46 nations racing at the Hempel World Cup Series regatta in Enoshima, Japan were pushed on Thursday as big waves rolled through Sagami Bay.

With thousands of miles of the Pacific Ocean to the East and South of Enoshima, coupled with deep waters around Sagami Bay, the waves have plenty of time to build to a rolling swell. The sailors contested 2.5m high waves with regularity and ensured that each and every one had a stern test on the water.

The powerful rolling waves, combined with a stiff south westerly 20-25 knot breeze, meant that capsizes were plentiful with many sailors unable to finish some of their races due to breakages.

Despite this, every fleet sailed a good number of races to get the competition back on track after light breeze on day one and too much on the second.

Last week's Ready Steady Tokyo was a high scoring affair in the Laser Radial with consistency scarce amongst the fleet. That trend looks set to continue and following three more races, Belgium's Emma Plasschaert holds the lead.

Plasschaert sailed her way to an 8-(15)-7 scoreline, not a typical set of results that would propel a sailor into top spot, but her rivals also recorded similar scores.

"It was an alright day for me," said Plasschaert. "A medium but okay day - no big scores. No firsts, seconds or thirds but that's okay at this stage of the event.

"I think it was pretty solid racing with nothing crazy going on. The Race Committee nailed the races one after each other. Nice waves and big winds, it was good fun. Especially going downwind."

Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) is two points off Plasschaert and Manami Doi (JPN) is a further one point behind.

Marit Bouwmeester (NED) was the most consistent sailor on the race track and picked up a 9-3-3. However a 35th and a retirement on day one positions her in 12th overall.

The 49er fleet were the last ones off the water having sailed their races after the 49erFX fleet. After three additional races, Tim Fischer and Fabian Graf (GER) lead on 24 points. Poland's Dominik Buksak and Szymon Wierzbicki are second on 33 and Federico and Arturo Alonso (ESP) sit third on 35 points.

Racing resumes on Friday 30 August at 12:00 local time. The forecast is for further strong winds and two metre waves.

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 -- Daniel Smith - World Sailing

Full results

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Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships
Monday 02 September, racing will start at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club. This will be the sixth edition of the J/70 World Championship and the first to take place in UK. Five days of windward-leeward racing are scheduled with up to 14 races in the stunning yet tricky sailing grounds of Tor Bay. 79 Teams from five continents will be competing for the Open and Corinthian titles ratified by World Sailing.

Entry List:

American teams have reigned supreme at the J/70 Worlds, with skippers from the United States winning the open title on four occasions, and a largely USA crew winning with Mexican skipper Julian Neckelmann in 2015. Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity winner in 2017, and Joel Ronning's Catapult winner in 2016, will both be competing.

Italian teams have totally dominated the European Championship winning every year since 2014. Reigning J/70 European Champion, Claudia Rossi, and past European Champions; Alberto Rossi, Carlo Alberini, all from Italy, will all be competing.

British teams have never made the Open Division podium at the J/70 World Championship. Hoping to break that streak on home soil are two top contenders who showed their form in last week's J/70 UK National Championship, Open Division winner Paul Ward's Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat, and Corinthian Division winner King & Wilson's Soak Racing. Doug Struth's Corinthian team racing DSP was British champion in 2018.

Spanish teams looking to win the Open Division for the first time include the 2018 J/70 Worlds Corinthian Champion, Luis Bugallo's Mar Natura. Pichu Torcida's Noticia has a world class crew with eight J/80 world titles. On current form Luis Albert's Patakin is among the strong contenders.

J/70 teams from all over the world will be competing at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships: Argentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Malta, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States of America. -- Louay Habib

www.j70worlds2019.com

Courageous Wins Inaugural Road To The Worlds Waypoints Series
Photo of Courageous by Onne van der Wal, www.vanderwal.com. Click on image to enlarge.

Newport, RI, USA: In the first-ever Road To The Worlds Waypoints Series, it came down to the last day of the last regatta - the 2019 12 Metre World Championship held over July 8-13 in Newport, R.I. - to determine Courageous (US-26) as the overall Series winner. Introduced in 2017 to help build 12 Metre competition in the Northern Europe, Southern Europe and Americas fleets, the Waypoints Series tallied scores posted by 40 12 Metres from nine countries in 28 regattas held in five countries over a period of three years. It awarded points for both participation and performance and the victor's crown to the team that had accumulated the greatest number of points by the end of the World Championship. As for the secondary focus of the Waypoints Series - to further the recognition of a global collection of heritage 12 Metres and the owners who are working to preserve their histories - it didn't hurt that Courageous is perhaps the most famous 12 Metre in the universe.

Courageous, an Olin Stephens design launched in 1974, was the first all-aluminum hulled 12 Metre and the second 12 Metre to successfully defend the America's Cup twice: in 1974, skippered by Ted Hood and, perhaps most famously, in 1977 when Ted Turner defeated Alan Bond's Australia (KA-5) four races to zero in a best-of-seven series.

The Courageous syndicate members have been racing 12 Metres since 1999, when they initially gathered to sail Columbia (US-16), the first 12 Metre ever to win the Auld Mug, and prepare for the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee in Cowes (the only gathering of 12 Metres larger than that at the 2019 12 Metre World Championship).

Significantly, five of the current crew of 16 aboard Courageous have won the "Auld Mug" at some point in their lives. Robbie Doyle and Gary Jobson, who serve as main trimmer and tactician, respectively, crewed in the same positions aboard Courageous in '77. Jib trimmer Jon Wright sailed on three America's Cup winners: Courageous in '74, Freedom in '80 and Stars & Stripes (US-55) in '87. Navigator LJ Edgcomb crewed on Courageous in '74 and '77, and jib trimmer Stu Argo sailed on America3 in '92.

The crew, which also included America's Cup veteran Arthur Santry at the helm, contributed immensely to the boat's impressive performance at the Worlds. Courageous tied on point score for second place with Enterprise (US-27); however, on a tie breaker she had to settle for third. (Jack LeFort's Challenge XII won and was crowned the World Champion in the Modern Division.)

The next 12 Metre World Championship is scheduled for August 16-23, 2020 in Helsinki, Finland.

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Secrets Of The Late Main Gybe
The "Late Main Gybe" method is the key to the fastest possible asymmetrical spinnaker gybe. Delaying the boom's crossing avoids the main blanketing the spinnaker as it is trying to re-fill.

In a Late Main Gybe, the helmsperson needs to stop the boat's turn just beyond dead downwind. At this point the spinnaker is almost completely on the new leeward side and the boom is being held out to the old leeward side. The boat will be wing-on-wing for second before the turn is completed. If the boom comes across too soon, the boat will have to head up too much in order to get wind in front of the main for the spinnaker to fill, which adds extra distance and more time with the chute not pulling.

To sum up, do not to turn too fast and assign someone to hold the boom until the chute fills. If it is too breezy to hold the boom safely, make sure the boom stays centered until the chute re-fills.

The mainsheet trimmer needs to say loudly, "Boom's coming across!" when it is released to warn the crew to duck out of the way. It's best to have an extra person holding the boom so that the main trimmer can pull in the slack in the mainsheet to keep the loop of loose sheet from smacking a person or catching the binnacle.

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Mexican Tall Ship is Dublin Port Bound
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Dublin Port Company and the Mexican Embassy in Dublin have announced that one of the world's largest Tall Ships, the 270-foot-long Cuauhtemoc will sail into Dublin on Thursday, 5th September 2019 for a five-day visit to the capital before departing again on 10th September 2019.

The majestic vessel will be met by Dublin Port's tugboats Shackleton and Beaufort in a ceremonial escort to mark the ship's arrival in Dublin Bay next Thursday, accompanying her to Sir John Rogerson's Quay where she is due to berth at 11am.

Arriving from Hamburg, Dublin is the second-last stop on the ship's 250-day training voyage of Northern Europe involving visits to 15 ports in 10 different countries (Canada, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Ireland, Spain and Colombia).

the Cuauhtemoc will be open to the general public to visit, for free, on the following dates and times:

Friday, 6th September, from 11.00am to 8.00pm
Saturday 7th September, from 11.00am to 8.00pm
Sunday 8th September, from 11.00am to 8.00pm
Monday 9th September, from 11.00am to 8.00pm

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Royal St George Yacht Club Take Delivery of New Firefly Dinghies
The Royal St George Yacht Club took delivery yesterday of its new fleet of yellow and green Firefly dinghies, just in time for next weekend's youth team racing event- the Elmo Trophy.

Now in its fifth year, this Dun Laoghaire Harbour based event has been hugely successful at encouraging team racing among school-aged sailors, giving them valuable experience before moving on to college sailing.

Entries are already in from teams from Northern Ireland, RCYC, Academy, the Laser and 420 classes and the RSGYC itself.

All entrants must be 19 or under on December, with 2 team members 16 or under. Entry is open here

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In This Issue
• M32 Worlds: Convexity Conquers
• Three in a row for Belcher and Ryan as Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima wraps up
• Neo Yachts' Neo 57C
• Windy conclusion of the 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship
• 50 years of ORC
• Fireball 2019 World Championship
• Data Excellence for all - Sailmon
• U.S. Teams Earn Their Turn to Compete for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup
• Fareast 28R World Championship 2020
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M32 Worlds: Convexity Conquers
Bullets in the two opening races of the final day at the M32 World Championship on Lake Garda all but secured Don Wilson’s Convexity the title, the Chicago team eventually able to bow out of the last of today’s four races, the regatta already won.

For the grand finale to this third M32 World Championship, Riva del Garda laid on phenomenal conditions. The twelve M32 crews and race officials arose early for a 0900 start to make the most of the northerly Pelèr wind, venturing out on the race course two miles south of Riva del Garda, into winds already gusting to 20+ knots. This and the building wave-state made for explosive opening reaches across the lake and on to runs where the nimble 32ft catamarans were regularly hitting 25+ knots, engulfed in balls of spray.

For the Worlds, Wilson sailed with Taylor Canfield, plus other heavyweight crew Ted Hackney, Kinley Fowler and Josh McCaffery.

Summing up the week, M32 International Class Association Vice-President Ian Williams commented: “It has been a fantastic regatta with two days of Ora and two days of Pelèr, 19 full-on races – from front to back of the fleet, everyone has had a great time. The top three are always happy, but here I think the bottom three have had a great time as well, which is the mark of a great regatta. I have little doubt the class will be back here on Lake Garda in the near future!”

Final results:
1. Convexity, Don Wilson, USA, 61 points
2. Bliksem, Pieter Taselaar, NED, 83
3. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, USA, 88
4. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, USA, 116
5. GAC Extreme2, Dan Cheresh, GBR, 117
6. Midtown, Larry Phillips, USA, 125
7. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, AUS, 129
8. Spindrift, Xavier Revil, FRA, 135
9. Team NL, PJ Postma, NED, 136
10. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, SWE, 143
11. Section 16, Richard Davies, SIOUI, 151
12. Karlsson Racing, Team Anton Karlsson, SWE, 210

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Three in a row for Belcher and Ryan as Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima wraps up
Australia’s Mat Belcher and Will Ryan won their third consecutive Men’s 470 gold medal on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters as the Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima event in Japan concluded.

Belcher and Ryan won the 470 World Championship title on 9 August and followed up with Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event, success on 22 August.

After five weeks of hard racing in Enoshima, they will head home, take stock of their success during a period of rest and move into 2020, the Olympic year, full of confidence.

The Men’s 470 Medal Race was one of two that was completed on a light wind final day on Sagami Bay. The Women’s 470 sailed the second and Spain’s Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero came from behind to grab gold.

Light winds saw the postponement of the Laser, Laser Radial and Finn Medal Races which meant the results overnight stand. Nicholas Heiner (NED) and Pavlos Kontides (CYP) had already confirmed gold before the Medal Race in the Finn and Laser.

Emma Plasschaert (BEL) was prepared to fight Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN) and Alison Young (GBR) for gold in the Laser Radial. The cancellation confirmed Plasschaert as victor in Enoshima for the second time in ten days after she won Ready Steady Tokyo.

The Hempel World Cup Series will head to Miami, USA in January 2020 as the countdown to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games continues. -- Daniel Smith - World Sailing

Final podium positions:

470 Men
1. Mathew Belcher / William Ryan, AUS, 27
2. Jordi Xammar Hernandez / Nicolás Rodriguez Garcia-Paz, ESP, 37
3. Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura, JPN, 47

470 Women
1. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 44
2. Nia Jerwood / Monique de Vries, AUS, 45
3. Frederike Loewe / Anna Markfort, GER, 58

49er Men
1. James Peters / Fynn Sterritt, GBR, 49
2. Benjamin Bildstein / David Hussl, AUT, 49
3. Tim Fischer / Fabian Graf, GER, 52

49erFX Women
1. Annemiek Bekkering / Annette Duetz, NED, 27
2. Alexandra Maloney / Molly Meech, NZL, 36
3. Julie Bossard / Aude Compan, FRA, 37

Finn Men
1. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 19
2. Josip Olujic, CRO, 44
3. Ioannis Mitakis, GRE, 47

Laser Men
1. Pavlos Kontides, CYP, 36
2. Matthew Wearn, AUS, 57
3. Jean Baptiste Bernaz, FRA, 62

Laser Radial Women
1. Emma Plasschaert, BEL, 54
2. Anne-Marie Rindom, DEN, 57
3. Alison Young, GBR, 64

NACRA 17
1. Quentin Delapierre / Manon Audinet, FRA, 21
2. Ben Saxton / Nicola Boniface, GBR, 22
3. Ruggero Tita / Caterina Marianna Banti, ITA, 23

RS:X Men
1. Louis Giard, FRA, 48
2. Kun Bi, CHN, 49
3. Pierre Le Coq, FRA, 53

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 37
2. Katy Spychakov, ISR, 42
3. Zofia Noceti-Klepacka, POL, 49

Full results

wcs-enoshima.org

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Windy conclusion of the 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship
The 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship ended with a victory for Arkanoe by Montura in Division A and Chardonnay in Division B. The event was held from August 24 to August 30 and saw 29 teams from 8 nations race in 6 inshore races and one coastal race for the Championship, organized by the Yacht Club Marina Portoroz in collaboration with Jadralni klub Ljubljana, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and with the support of Marina Portoroz.

After four days of light winds, conditions took on a different turn for the last day of the event. The much-anticipated northeasterly wind called "burja" came in on time and blew with 8-15 knots for the majority of the day, allowing the race committee to complete the full program.

While the final race of the Championship took place in a softer breeze, there was a tough fight for the podium places that went down the wire. In Division A Arkanoe by Montura went into the last race with only a one point advantage over Bohemia Praha and two over Bandalarga while in Division B Chardonnay looked strong to become the new Champions but the remaining two places were in contention between Cattivik in second and Eavle in third.

Ultimately, the double bullets notched up by Bandalarga were not enough to steal the crown from Arkanoe by Montura, who finished second and claimed their first ever title of European ORC Sportboat champions with a single point lead. A stellar day from Flavio Favini moved Bandalarga up to 2nd place with Bohemia Praha completing the podium on third. In Division B Chardonnay added two more bullets to their perfect score and sealed the deal undefeated. Eavle finished second in the last race and picked up silver leaving Cattivik tied on points in third.

Full results: www.orcsportboats2019.ycmp.eu

50 years of ORC
Milan, Italy: In 1965 there were rumors the 1968 Olympic Games might include an offshore racing class and in 1966 the International Yacht Racing Union asked the Royal Ocean Racing Club (RORC) and the Cruising Club of America (CCA) to try to frame one international rule.

Both clubs agreed, and at the April 1967 meeting of the Offshore Rules Coordinating Committee an International Technical Committee (ITC) was established. Olin Stephens was the chairman joined by designer Dick Carter, Gustav Plym, Ricas van de Stadt, and Paul Spens. Measurers David Fayle and Robin Glover completed the committee.

Between April 1967 and November 1968 the committee met on a number of occasions and the ORCC considered the draft of a new International Offshore Rule (IOR) at its November 1968 meeting in London. It was then unanimously agreed to recommend to all national authorities that the Rule should become operative in the 1969 season.

On 1 November 1969 the ORCC held its final meeting and approved the Constitution for the new Offshore Rating Council (ORC), renamed the Offshore Racing Congress in 2002. Members of the Congress are nominated from nations that use the system, and their representation is in proportion to the number of certificates issued in that country. The USA and GBR have permanent legacy seats in the Congress being founding members of the organization.

Now, 50 years later, ORC through its national rating offices is the largest measurement-based rating system in the world, issuing over 10,000 certificates to yachts in 40 countries, ranging from Sportboats to Superyachts, and soon Multihulls as well.

The next meeting of the ORC Committees and Congress will be in Bermuda over October 25 - 30th, 2019 coinciding with the World Sailing Annual Conference.

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Fireball 2019 World Championship
Pointe Claire Yacht Club, Quebec, Canada: Ian Dobson and Richard Wagstaff are the 2019 Fireball World Champions.

The British pair wrapped up the title with a 2, 1, on the final day at the Pointe Claire YC, in Montreal, Canada, to finish with a four point lead ahead Heather Macfarlane and Chris Payne of Australia.

In third place were Ludovic Collin and Remy Thuillier of France.

Starting the final day just one point off the leaders, Macfarlane and Payne won the first race of the day, with Dobson and Wagstaff in second and Collin and Thuillier third.

With everything depending on the final race and the second discard, Dobson and Wagstaff added a fourth race win and were able to discard an earlier 5th place, reducing their final overall score to 15 points.

With Macfarlane and Payne finishing in seventh and having to discard that, their score remained at 19 points, placing them second overall. -- Gerald New, Sail-web.co.uk

Final top ten:
1. Royal Thames Yacht Club, Ian Dobson / Richard Wagstaff, GBR, 15 points
2. Black Rock YC, Heather Macfarlane / Chris Payne, GBR, 19
3. SR Brest, Ludovic Collin / Remy Thuillier, GBR, 29
4. RC Oberhofen / SC Walensee, Claude Mermod / Ruedi Moser, SUI, 31
5. Dovestone SC, Isaac Marsh / OliverDavenport, GBR, 39
6. YC Lazne Tousen / YC Neratovice, Martin Kubovy / Roman Rocek, CZE, 41
7. Chew Valley Lake SC Derian Scott / Andy Scott, GBR, 59
8. YC Neratovice, Jan Jedlicka / Jiri Gemperle, CZE, 62
9. DSSC, Christina Haerdi / Cedric Landerer, SUI, GBR, 78
10. Hofstade Sailing Club (HZC), Bart Meynendonckx / Francis De RoeckBEL, 78.0

Full results

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Data Excellence for all - Sailmon
Now it’s not only the sailors who can benefit from Sailmon’s innovations in accessing high-accuracy performance and wind information

Think data analysis and it’s hard not to conjure up images of earnest technical studies with spreadsheets full of numbers and detailed conclusions. Yet for some, like the instrument manufacturer Sailmon, data analysis is a new route to bring more fun into sailing and it is this that is at the heart of their recently launched free app.

At its most fundamental level the Sailmon app allows any user to see basic sailing data based around the GPS functions available on their smartphone. Whether you are racing or cruising on anything from a superyacht to a dinghy, trips can be logged, replayed and shared.

‘We want people to challenge themselves or the rest of the community every time they go sailing,’ says Kalle Coster, design and development director at Sailmon. ‘Whether it’s about being faster, making more miles or simply replaying your trips and reliving your best moments to improve your sailing skills, being able to log your performance adds to the fun of sailing.’

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

U.S. Teams Earn Their Turn to Compete for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup
For three United States yacht clubs, the figurative road to the sixth edition of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup was significantly more challenging than the literal one. While the 17 foreign yacht clubs that will travel to Newport from far-flung ports of call were selected via resume, the American teams were required to battle their way onto amateur sailing's grandest stage.

San Diego Yacht Club, Southern Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club will make up the smallest American contingent since the initial regatta in 2009, when just two U.S. teams competed. But the rigorous competition each team had to overcome to earn a spot in this prestigious regattas will serve them well as they toe the line for one of Corinthian sailing's most coveted trophies.

The Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is a biennial regatta hosted by the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I. Since the event was first run in 2009, it has attracted top amateur sailors from the world’s most prestigious yacht clubs. After five editions in the Swan 42 class, the 2019 event will be sailed in the IC37, designed by Mark Mills and built by Westerly Marine in Santa Ana, Calif., and FIBRE Mechanics in the United Kingdom.

As the host club, the New York Yacht Club has an automatic berth in the Invitational Cup. However, there was significant member interest in representing the Club; 11 teams signed up for a grueling three-regatta, 23-race qualification series. A crew led by former J/70 rivals Ray Wulff and Andy Fisher emerged from the fray - a little bloodied, but better for it - and will sail under the Club's burgee this September.

Racing for the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup will start on Tuesday, September 10, with a live broadcast of each race starting on Wednesday, September 11. The regatta will run through Saturday, September 14.

nyyc.org

resolutecup.com

Fareast 28R World Championship 2020
Kieler Yacht-Club has been selected to host the FAREAST 28R World Championship 2020

The World Championship will take place between 10-16th of August 2020.

Kieler Yacht-Club and the International FAREAST 28R Class association expects over 40 boats to participate at the World Championship. The strong presence in the Nordics, and the location and ease of transport to Kiel, makes travel very easy and accessible from all over Europe.

The race village will be placed in Laboe on the eastern side of the Kiel bay where the German Fareast agent, Diamond Yachts, are located. This location offers a variety of accommodations and activities for the crews and their families.

An official website and registration will open in the near future.

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The Last Word
Why do we need any colour passport? We should just be able to shout, “British! Less of your nonsense!” and stroll straight through. -- Simon Blackwell

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In This Issue
• Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship
• Vesper enjoys beginner's luck at 30th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Robline in a nutshell…may we introduce the brand
• International Hannibal Classic
• In sailing, there's no moment like the debut of a new America's Cup rule
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• A victory as the D35 Trophy resumes
• A Starting Line Trick
• GC32 Racing Tour finale at Muscat
• Bosham SC hosts 9th Classic Boat Revival, 7–8 September 2019
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Black Pearl - Carkeek 47
• • Vismara V54
• • Custom 42 - "Kuka Light"
• The Last Word: M.J. Marsh

Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championship kicked off today with three races in Torbay. Big wind shifts and changes in wind speed tested the 78 teams competing as well as the Race Management team led by Stuart Childerley. In the Open Class, Joel Ronning (USA) racing Catapult, leads the championship after three races. Second is Claudia Rossi (ITA) racing Petite Terrible, which recovered from a 28th place in Race 1 to post two podium finishes. Andrey Malygin (RUS) racing Maria, is third.

In the Corinthian Class Patrick Liardet (GBR) racing Cosmic leads by just one point from Doug Struth (GBR) racing DSP. Wilson & King (IRL) racing Soak Racing completes a trio of British boats leading the championship for the Corinthian title. There were race wins today for Pichu Torcida (ESP) racing Noticia, Reg Lord (AUS) racing Juno, and Nelson Mettraux (SUI) racing CER Aprotec - Ville de Geneve. -- Louay Habib

Top five after 3 races

1. Joel Ronning / Victor Diaz De Leon / Christopher Stocke / Patrick Wilson, USA, 21.0
2. Claudia Rossi / Michele Paoletti / Matteo Mason / Rossella Losito / Giulio Desiderato, ITA, 33.0
3. Andrey Malygin / Leonid Klepikov / Andrey Kirilyuk / Aleksey Borisov, RUS, 43.0
4. Jose Maria Torcida / Luiz Martin Cabiedes / Rayco Tabares / Pablo Santurde / Robin Imaz , ESP, 49.0
5. Ludovico Fassitelli / Enrico Fonda / Andrea Felci / Lorenzo Azzi / Francesco Orlando, MON, 50.0

Full results on YachtScoring.com

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Vesper enjoys beginner's luck at 30th Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

For the 47 competitors, the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup got off to a superb start today with a northwesterly that built to 20+ knots and a superb beat up the La Maddalena archipelago's 'Bomb Alley'. The 30th edition of the most prestigious maxi boat event, organised between the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body that representing maxi boats globally, runs out of Porto Cervo until Saturday 7th September.

There was upset in the Mini Maxi Racer 1 class with neither Sir Peter Ogden's 77ft Jethou nor Dario Ferrari's Cannonball nor Hap Fauth's brand new Bella Mente prevailing, but new kids on the block - Jim Swartz's Vesper (ex-Momo). A 1-3 in today left Vesper leading, one point ahead of Cannonball with Jethou winning race two.

The rest sailed coastal courses, the Wallys and Maxi Racers on the longest at 34.5 miles, up past La Maddalena and around Spargi where they made the most of the sizable swell rolling in through the Strait of Bonifacio. Here George David's Rambler 88, was surfing down waves at 25+ knot speeds, ultimately winning under IRC despite being highest rated Maxi Racer.

After the dominance of the smaller boats last year, today it was Sir Lindsay Owen Jones' Wallycento Magic Carpet Cubed that won the Wally class, from David M Leuschen's Wallycento Galateia.

In the Mini Maxi Racer 2 SuperNikka recovered from a start line touch with Peter Dubens' Frers 60 Spectre to win the day, despite owner Roberto Lacorte having jetted straight in from the FIA World Endurance Championship in Silverstone.

Tuesday racing resumes at 1200 with the Mini Maxi Racer Cruiser and Cruiser Racer classes sailing windward-leewards and the rest coastals. -- James Boyd / International Maxi Association

Full results

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International Hannibal Classic
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A challenge of vintage yachts between Italy and Slovenia

From 13 to 15 September the city of Monfalcone is preparing to host the third edition of the International Hannibal Classic - Sergio Sorrentino Memorial, third stage of 2019 Adriatic AIVE Cup (Italian Association of Vintage Sails). First race on 14 September towards the Slovenian city of Portorose, returning to Monfalcone the next day. The event is organized by the Hannibal Yacht Club with the participation of the Nautical Society Laguna, the Yacht Club Marina Portorz and the patronage of the Italian Association Vele d'Epoca. Among the accompanying initiatives is the conference of the Paduan naval architect Leonardo Bortolami on the restoration of old boats.

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In sailing, there's no moment like the debut of a new America's Cup rule
It's the week before Labor Day as I type this. And something that happens only rarely in our sport is about to take place. The first boats designed to a new America's Cup rule are about to be launched and take their first sails. There is no time quite like this in our sport. Since March of 2018 when version one of the AC75 Class Rule came out, the best minds in boat design, boat building, rigging and sail/soft wing design, have been creating the first America's Cup (and the World's first) 75' foiling monohulls. Before we go on, let's pause to reflect on that.

75'. Foiling. Monohull. Wow.

At Harken, we've been involved in the America's Cup since 1977. The boats then were 12 Meters…a class of boat that had existed since the turn of that century. They were great boats for the Cup, but there had been lots already built. And until the winged keel appeared, we thought we knew all about them. Teams and designers focused on ever-smaller areas in the rule to find any small advantage.

Next came the first AC75 rule, and it was a moment very much like right now. The first boats that were launched looked quite different from one another. Some explored the max width of the rule. Some went very narrow. The rigs were different, as were the sail shapes. I remember a boat from New Zealand was shorter than the others and much lighter. The best and brightest in the sport looked at the rule and went in different directions. In time, over 100 of those AC75s were built. Cup cycle to Cup cycle, what was fast became better and better understood and the designs coalesced toward the very narrow type form that we saw at the end.

On to the 35th Cup Match held in Bermuda in 2017. Parts of the boats and sails were supplied equipment as mandated by the rule. Said another way, those parts were identical. So at first viewing, except for the New Zealanders who were seen biking where others were grinding, the boats looked pretty similar. As it turned out, they weren't that similar around the racecourse, but what accounted for the performance difference was in the execution of the flight control.

That brings us back to today. In the next few weeks, the first of the new AC75s will splash and it will be striking. Locked in, in breeze, their tenders and coach boats may struggle to keep up. How well these boats will be managed, even by the world's best sailors, is still an open question. We've seen how seriously the teams are taking the possibility of capsize in the attention they're paying to supplemental oxygen supplies each sailor carries. We've seen them in the pools training for every possibility.

At Harken, we've been building, testing and delivering equipment for these boats for months. As the Cup goes, much of what we've built so far will be out-designed and rebuilt several times before the next Match in Spring of 2021. For right now, there's really nothing to do but wait for the first launches. Wait for the first time the soft wings go up. Wait for the first time the hulls leave the water and the arms support these amazing creations. Right now, we can just be fans…fantastic! -- Peter Harken -- Chairman

Harken's September newsletter

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?

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

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A victory as the D35 Trophy resumes
After the summer break, the D35 Trophy returns for three end-of-season events throughout September. The Club Nautique de Versoix has just completed its organisation of a 16th Grand Prix...in 16 years of the D35 Championship! After six races, Alinghi took the win (8pts) ahead of Ylliam-Comptoir Immobilier (14pts) and Realteam (15pts). Following were Okalys Youth Project, Cabestan and Eleven Sailing Team, tied for points (twenty-two). Zen Too closed the racing a point behind.

As highlighted by Bryan Mettraux in his interviews on social media afterwards, this win marks a faultless record for the team in the Grand Prix format so far, with Alinghi winning three from three in 2019.

At this stage of the season, Alinghi leads the trophy, three points ahead of Ylliam-Comptoir Immobilier and eight of Zen Too.

The team continues its racing next weekend with the 6th stage of the D35 circuit on the Crans-Pres-Céligny side for the Alinghi Grand Prix, which will also see the youth series of the Nacra 15 catamarans taking place.

Full results

d35trophy.com

A Starting Line Trick
Here is a recount of a good start I pulled off at the Governor's Cup of Western Long Island Sound. The starting line was heavily skewed with the starboard end very favored. Everyone wanted to start next to the committee boat and many boats were early trying to get there. With two boat lengths to go, we were about 10 seconds early, so were others on our leeward bow.

The red boat indicates the pre-start maneuvers SOULMATES made to win the start at the 2019 Govorner's Cup.

They bore away to keep from going over the line; but, with the line so skewed, as they turned bow down they got closer to being over early. They nearly had to make a 90-degree turn to run parallel to the line. The more they bore away, the faster they went in the wrong direction.

Instead of following the pack, I headed up toward the committee boat giving us more space to burn off the extra time. Also, by heading up into the wind, we slowed down as the clock ticked down.

Luckily, there were no other boats above us; which allowed me to turn past head to wind without fouling any boats. At the gun, we fell off onto starboard tack right at the committee boat and won the start. The boats that turned down below us ended up behind and to leeward. -- Adam Loory

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GC32 Racing Tour finale at Muscat
Oman is to host the final and deciding event of the 2019 GC32 Racing Tour, especially with the Oman Air team well placed to secure the overall Tour title on home waters. Muscat will extend a warm welcome to the fleet of high-performance foiling catamarans as they race for the Oman Cup over 5-9 November. The teams will be based in and racing on the open waters off Al Mouj Marina in the heart of the city.

The Oman Air crew is currently leading the GC32 Racing Tour and overall victory for the Oman Sail-run racing team would make a spectacular contribution to the celebrations marking the organisation's 10th anniversary year.

The GC32 fleet will race on Lake Garda, Italy, next month – the fourth event of the season – before heading to the Oman Cup finale, with the destination of the Tour title likely to be in the balance right up to the last day of racing in Muscat.

2019 GC32 Racing Tour schedule
22.-26 May: GC32 Villasimius Cup / Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy
26-30 June: GC32 World Championship / Lagos, Portugal
31 July-4 August: 38 Copa del Rey MAPFRE / Palma de Mallorca, Spain
11-15 September: GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy
6-10 Nov: GC32 Muscat Cup / Muscat, Oman

www.gc32racingtour.com

Bosham SC hosts 9th Classic Boat Revival, 7–8 September 2019
This year's 9th annual Bosham Classic Boat Revival which will be held 7-8 September and hosted by Bosham Sailing Club.

This year's event will be a series of five races over the weekend, probably using many of the existing Chichester Harbour marks rather than Olympic courses used last year: this format will allow greater flexibility in the courses set and allow sailors to see more of the harbour.

The organising team behind the Bosham Classic Revival hope to continue to play a role in revitalising the UK classic dinghy racing scene and look forward to meeting some old friends, who return year on year, and to welcoming new comers.

As well as the racing a full social programme will run in the evenings supper and on Saturday there will also be live music.

Some free accommodation has been kindly offered by some club members for visiting sailors, so visit www.classicboatrevival.co.uk for full details of the event, including the entry form and Notice of Race.

The organisers would like to thank McAfee and Pusser's Rum for their generous support for the event.

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The Last Word
Nothing can be made idiot proof. Idiot resistant perhaps, but never idiot proof. -- M.J. Marsh

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In This Issue
• Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships
• Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship
• Team NZ's unwanted attention for launch of new America's Cup boat
• 505 Euro Cup
• Yachtsman and Young Sailor Finalists
• Transatlantic Record Challenge by IMOCA 60 Malizia II
• Industry News
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Dazcat 1295
• • J Boats J/80 - HUSH
• The Last Word: John Bercow

Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Royal Torbay Yacht Club: 20 nations are competing for the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, and teams from seven different countries occupy the top ten places after six races. The breeze for Day Two started with a stable 10 knots from the southwest, but backed south after the first race building to a 18 knots, with brilliant sunshine providing spectacular condition for the international fleet. With the wind direction and speed fluctuating, today's results were far from stable.

After six races there are new leaders for both the Open and Corinthian classes. Alberto Rossi (ITA) racing Enfant Terrible, acknowledged as one of the best in Europe if not the world, moves up to pole position for the Open Class, after posting 1-16-2 today. Joel Ronning (USA) racing Catapult, drops to second, three points behind the leader.

Boat of the day was Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat raced by Paul Ward (GBR) propelling the team to third just a point off second. Pichu Torcida (ESP) racing Noticia is only one point off the podium. In the Corinthian Class, Doug Struth (GBR) racing DSP, is the new leader. Wilson & King's Soak Racing (IRL) discarded a Black Flag infringement in Race 5, to place second for the amateur status class, as did Denis Cherevatenko (RUS) racing Joyfull. All results are provisional pending protest decisions.

There were race wins today for Alberto Rossi (ITA) Enfant Terrible, Andrey Malygin (RUS) Maria, and Peter Duncan (USA) Relative Obscurity. -- Louay Habib

Full results

www.j70worlds2019.com

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

After a brisk Monday, day two of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup provided lighter 9-13 knot winds veering from west to north. A coastal course for most ultimately headed south around Isla Mortorio before returning to Porto Cervo.

This year is the 30th edition of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body representing maxi boats globally.

While the rest sailed the coastal, Mini Maxi Racer-Cruiser and Cruiser-Racer classes contested two windward-leewards. Among the Cruiser-Racers, Marietta Strasoldo’s Swan 651 Lunz Am Meer posted a 2-1 and now leads Tony Ball’s Swan 65 sloop Six Jaguar by six points - the largest margin in any class. Importantly they are ahead of perennial class winner Riccardo de Michele's H20 - currently third overall after winning today’s opening race.\

Among the Mini Maxi Racer-Cruisers Stephen Cucchiaro's Swan 601 Flow won both races and now leads from Gerard Logel's sistership @Robas, with IMA President Benoit de Froidmont's Wallyno third.

Cucchiaro acquired his boat (formerly Leonardo Ferragamo’s own Cuordileone) last year and sails with a mainly US crew including navigator Larry Rosenfeld. “It was the quintessential perfect Porto Cervo conditions - a great day,” said Cucchiaro. “We got good starts, sailed clean and it worked out. We didn’t give the competition a chance to pass. Also it was good conditions for the boat - 10-12 knots, which Swan 601s like very much.”

The coastal initially took the boats upwind to Monaci and then into the entrance of Bomb Alley (Golf), before heading south and returning to the finish off Porto Cervo, the Mini Maxi Racers 1, Wally and Maxi Racer classes sailing a marginally longer course.

First away were the Mini Maxi Racers where the eagle-eyed afterguard on Dario Ferrari’s Cannonball were first to spot the sudden strength of the right. “Conditions changed very quickly after our strategy had been to win the left and go left,” explained tactician Ed Baird. Cannonball took transoms to get right where they found favourable shift and extra pressure. “Then it was a question of joining the dots on each leg because there was a significant shifts,” explained Baird. Cannonball now leads Jim Swartz’s Vesper by a point.

The Maxi Racer class was today won by Irvine Laidlaw's Reichel/Pugh 82 Highland Fling XI, which now leads overall, tied with George David's Rambler 88.

Aside from Topaz, the only other boat still holding a perfect scoreline is Roberto Lacorte’s Vismara 62 RC SuperNikka in the Mini Maxi Racer 2 class which also sailed the coastal.

Racing continues until Saturday 7th September. Tomorrow it is the turn of the Wallys to sail windward-leewards. -- James Boyd / International Maxi Association

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

Event site

Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship
Steve Goacher & Tim Harper. Photo by Jonny Fullerton. Click on image for photo gallery.

Dun Laoghaire, Ireland: The Flying Fifteen class returns to Dun Laoghaire in Ireland, where 78 competitors from 9 nations will go to battle for the 2019 title. Host club the National Yacht Club will host the event which has 12 races scheduled to be sailed in Dublin Bay from Friday 6 - Friday 13 September.

The majority of the competitors are already gaining valuable practice at the Pre-Worlds Championship of Ireland taking place from 2 - 4 September.

A highly competitive fleet of 78 boats have gathered in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, the same venue that hosted the 1992 and 2003 world championships.

The UK has sent the largest contingent of boats with some of the big names in Flying Fifteen sailing. Amongst them are Steve Goacher and Tim Harper from Royal Windermere YC, sailing ‘The whippet & the whopper’.

Steve Goacher is the current world champion securing his fourth world title at Napier, New Zealand in February 2019. He first won the worlds in 1995 at Hong Kong and held the title for three consecutive championships at Cowes, UK in 1997 and Esperance Bay in West Australia in 1999. All three regattas were sailing with Phil Evans as crew. It was then some 18 years before he won the worlds again at Napier with new crew Tim Harper. He has also won a string of European and UK Championships. The ‘Goach’ a real stalwart of the class and big Tim, finished fourth at the recent UKFFA Championships at Poole Harbour and go to Dublin as one of the favourites.

Leading the Pre-Worlds Irish Championship at the time of this release, Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado are previous winners of the UK Flying Fifteen Championship at the Royal Northern & Clyde YC in Scotland in 2015 and again at the Royal Cornwall YC at Falmouth in 2017. At this year’s regatta at Poole they finished fourth in a highly competitive UK fleet. Richard is also the Musto Sails representative for the Flying Fifteen class.

The big Irish entry also includes teams representing Royal St George YC, Dun Laoghaire Motor YC, Waterford Harbour SC, Royal Irish YC, and Killyleagh YC.

There are four boats coming from Hong Kong, two each representing France and Spain and two boats from South Africa.

Also competing is the current New Zealand champions Hayden Percy and Scott Pedersen representing Napier SC and a single entry from Canada, Tim O’Connell sailing with Raymond Flanagan on behalf of West Vancouver YC. -- Jonny Fullerton of Regatta Services

www.flying15worlds2019.com

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Team NZ's unwanted attention for launch of new America's Cup boat
Team New Zealand has sent out 869 invitations for the launch of their new America's Cup boat on Friday but they are expecting a few gatecrashers as well.

The defenders are the first of the heavyweight teams to wet the radical new 75-foot foiling monohull and heavy scrutiny from opposition syndicates is assured.

There has already been plenty of attention given to the test boats of American Magic, INEOS Team UK, and Luna Rossa but the first of the full-scaled race yachts will take the spy game to a new level.

Emirates Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton told Stuff that Italian outfit Luna Rossa had already indicated they were "really looking forward" to seeing the Kiwi boat to get a gauge on their own AC75 which will be launched in Sardinia early next week.

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/americas-cup

505 Euro Cup
A possible Brexit was postponed until October to ensure this 505 event will occur without issues. Will it be the last Euro Cup in Britain?

In the nick of time 505s from all over Europe will descend on Hayling Island for the UK leg of the 505 Eurocup Series.

So far this year the 505 Eurocup Series has visited Cannes, Riva del Garda and Kiel and has seen some exceptional competition; overall standings are close at the top and Hayling will be the series finale. Calling all 505 sailors anywhere this is your chance to take on and learn from some of the very best 505 sailors from all over Europe, as well as meet up with old friends or make some new ones.

In the typical 5O5 knowledge sharing manner, racing coach and competitor Russ Clark will host daily debriefs over refreshments in the club with the top sailors participating in a Q&A forum about set-up and tactical thinking from the day's racing. If racing is postponed or abandoned there will be shore based training organised too. Additionally, there will be a class dinner at the club on Saturday night open to all sailors and families and friends.

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.

www.int505.org

Yachtsman and Young Sailor Finalists
The Yachting Journalists’ Association Committee met on Monday evening on the 45th floor of the Leadenhall building in London, hosted by MS Amlin, to choose the shortlists for the YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and the YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019.

Encouragingly there were a record number of nominations for the YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and the entries were representative of the diversity of sailing.

YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year Finalists

Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell - Winners of the 49er European Championship, held at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and also key members of the Great Britain SailGP Team who were the first to break the 50-knot barrier in the class ahead of the Cowes SailGP event in August.

Lucy MacGregor - four-time winner of the Women's Match Racing World Championship after her victory at the Lysekil Women's Match in August. ‘Team Mac’ took the final 3-0 against French skipper Claire Leroy.

Will Hodshon - successfully sailed a Wayfarer dinghy unaided around the 1,390-nautical mile coast of mainland Britain in just over 15 days, beating the previous open dinghy record of 28 days set in 2006.

YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 Finalists

Vita Heathcote - Winner of the 420 Women’s World Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal together with crew Milly Boyle in July and also finishing 2nd mixed team at the 470 Junior European Championship in Vilagarcia de Arousa, Spain with crew Ryan Orr.

Matilda Nicholls - Winner of the Women’s Laser Radial Youth World Championship at Kingston, Canada by a margin of 13 points while also dominating the UK Qualifying Series, winning the national youth title in the class and also representing the British Youth Sailing Team at the Youth World Championships for the second time, finishing fifth.

Azat Ulutas - A sailor from the Greig City Academy and key part of the inspiring Project Scaramouche team, Azat has most recently been sailing on ‘Eros’ to become one of the youngest teams ever to take part in the Round the Island Race and also competing in the Etchells European Championship amongst other events.

Having selected the shortlisted candidates, YJA members have until 9am on Sunday, September 8 to vote for their choice of YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 via the YJA website at www.yja.world, or below, with the winners to be revealed on September 13.

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Transatlantic Record Challenge by IMOCA 60 Malizia II
The IMOCA 60 Malizia II is one busy boat these days writes W M Nixon. She hit the global headlines by conveying climate activist Greta Thunberg across the Atlantic to New York in a carbon-neutral way courtesy of skipper Pierre Casiraghi of Monaco and shipmate Boris Herrmann of Germany. Now the big speed machine is busy again, gearing up for a west-east stab on the classic New York to Lizard Point Transatlantic course.

Skipper for this venture is Stuart Mclachlan and his no 1 crewman is noted international campaigner Shane Diviney of Howth, with Sharon Ferris-Choat and Arno Bonnert making up the sailing strength, while every aspect of the venture is being recorded by the very experienced cameras and other equipment of Brian Carlin of Tralee. The boat is being sorted to be ready to take advantage of hyper-active developments in the Atlantic weather systems.

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Industry News
New sentiment figures out today from British Marine, the trade association for the UK leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry, highlight the number of British marine businesses reporting an increase in revenue sinking to 22%, 10% less than November 2018. The new figures also show static profit margins for marine businesses, with just 6% of companies enjoying an increase in profits, 6% less than November 2018. Unsurprisingly business confidence within the sector is at its lowest level since autumn 2016.

Domestically focused UK businesses, especially marine services, continue to experience flat markets with 7% of companies experiencing an increase in revenue over the last six months. The domestic market has previously benefited from Brexit, with a weaker pound seeing more Brits holidaying at home. However, the continued political uncertainty has started to take its toll on consumer confidence, causing a reduction in leisure spending.

Prices in hire and charter boats have dropped significantly since last summer with only 28% of businesses increasing prices compared to 52% in 2018. With less customers out on the water, businesses are competitively slashing their prices resulting in hire, charter and passenger boat prices dropping to their lowest level in over five years. Whilst hire, charter and passenger boat services saw a rise in the number of businesses reporting increased revenue[2] and profit[3] (following the recent drop in business outlook, revenue and profit sentiment in the summer of 2018) these figures are still in negative net balance.

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SkyCity and Emirates Team New Zealand are excited to announce their partnership, that SkyCity will be the ‘Official Hotels and Entertainment Partner’ for the teams Defence of the 36th America’s Cup in March 2021.

Through the partnership, Emirates Team New Zealand and their guests will have access to SkyCity’s range of premium accommodation and world-class food and beverage services. SkyCity will provide on-water and onshore hospitality for Emirates Team New Zealand at their waterfront base within the America’s Cup Village.

Come summer 2021, the festivities will continue from the Viaduct with a fan trail to Federal Street, where SkyCity will host an Emirates Team New Zealand Fan Zone and exclusive events at their popular food and beverage outlets. SkyCity’s precincts in Hamilton and Queenstown will also join in the celebration with their own fan zones and race screenings.

he new SkyCity logo will be featured alongside the other major sponsors on the team’s AC75 race yacht when Emirates Team New Zealand launch their new boat for the first time.

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Falmouth, UK-based superyacht builder and refit specialist Pendennis Shipyard is expanding its Mediterranean presence further with the purchase of a majority stake in Vilanova Grand Marina in Barcelona, Spain. The company was already associated with Vilanova, as it is developing a refit and repair centre at the Spanish facility.

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British custom superyacht build and refit yard Pendennis recently announced a major investment with plans to build a refit facility alongside the marina. “Besides already being a first-class marina close to Barcelona, we plan to build a refit facility alongside from where we will be able to enhance our offering to the superyacht fleet in the Mediterranean region,” says Mike Carr, Joint Managing Director at Pendennis. “This will complement our already successful international business operation in Palma, as well as our main base in Falmouth.”

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Survitec and Marine Rescue Technologies’ (MRT) have created a lifejacket that accommodates and complements a range of MRT personal locator beacons (PLB).

The Seacrewsader 290N sMRT has been specifically designed to be worn with a Sea Marshall AU9 and sMRT AU10 PLB. It is the first in a series of products that will be brought to market by the partnership.

Ross Wilkinson, Survitec’s vice president Northern Europe, said that the strength and mutual respect of each brand sparked the collaboration. “By working together, we can ensure that when a customer requires a lifejacket and an MRT beacon they have something that has been designed to complement each other for optimum comfort and in-water performance. Ultimately, to offer the best chance of survival should it be needed,” he said.

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The sixteenth year of partnership between the Clipper Race and Marlow Ropes will be marked with a shift towards a greener future. The world's first mooring line to be made from 100 percent recycled plastic bottles, Marlow Ropes Blue Ocean Dockline, has been rolled out across the fleet of 70ft racing yachts for the start of the biennial round the world yacht race.

The latest initiative from British manufacturer, Marlow Ropes, has resulted in all mooring lines, for the 11 strong fleet of Clipper 70s, being swapped to the Blue Ocean Dockline and the polyester Main sheet covers have been replaced with the Blue Ocean yarn for the 2019-20 edition.

Marlow Ropes Blue Ocean Dockline on Clipper 70

With the ocean at the heart of its existence, the Clipper Race has vowed to operate with as little impact as possible on the environment. From reducing the consumption of single-use plastics in each of the sixteen Race Villages on the global Clipper 2019-20 Race route, to responding to environmental learnings and technological advances, such as the Blue Ocean yarn. As well as having accountability and ownership at all levels to create change for the good of the company and the environment, the Clipper Race has pledged to continue to evolve and grow to be more earth friendly, working closely with Race Partners in order to achieve this.

Marlow Ropes D2 Racing remains the line of choice for the sheets and halyards; lightweight, high strength and an all round performer, these lines have been proven to stand up to the extreme tests of the upcoming 40,000nm circumnavigation. With all ropes produced and tested at its factory in Hailsham, East Sussex, it takes 1,439m of rope, excluding spares, to rig a Clipper 70. Recently, Clipper 2019-20 Race crew were invited behind the scenes to learn more about rope production, strength testing and splicing techniques.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

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Featured Charter
Ker 40 - Keronimo

Available for:
UK 2019
Mediterranean 2020

This boat has an impeccable race record and is instantly recognisable everywhere. She is an offshore capable, truly competitive, performance racing yacht. Keronimo is in immaculate condition, having been meticulously maintained her whole life. This winter she is undergoing a refit with further upgrades.

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Contact
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Featured Brokerage
2000 Herreshoff 136 Ft Gaff Schooner - Eleonora. 7,900,000 EUR. Located in Spain.

More than a century after the launch of WESTWARD, this re-creation brings all of the splendid majesty and grandeur of the golden era of yachting. ELEONORA is in all respects an awesome all-rounder and a true classic with the advantages of being a modern yacht.

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Barney Sandeman
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+44 (0)1202 330077
33 High Street
Poole, Dorset
BH15 1AB
United Kingdom

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Dazcat 1295. POA GBP.

The D1295 is a real performance choice for inshore and offshore events. As with all our Dazcats, having the self-tacking jib option and all the lines running back to the cockpit makes her easy and safe to manage even when shorthanded. The D1295, our fastest tacking Dazcat, has us awed by her super slick moves and stunning lines. She’s an ideal boat for racing and has already proven herself in RORC events coming 1st in multihulls in this year’s RORC Myth of Malham. She’ll also be one to watch in this year’s RORC Fastnet as she races against 4 of her Dazcat sisters, including two 1495s.

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2005 J Boats J/80 - HUSH. 22950 GBP. Located in Lymington, UK.

From 2005, she has been spoiled by her owners. Recent North Sails and a very shiny bottom. Dry sailed in her most recent ownership and only used for local Thursday night racing. She is shiny and ready to go.

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Contact
Ben Cooper
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In This Issue
• Big Wednesday
• Velsheda claws one back at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Paul Cayard joins Shirley Robertson for her Sailing Podcast
• Premiere Sailing League USA
• Transpac Tahiti at the entrance of the Golden Gate
• Harken Match Racing Youth Championship
• UK Melges IC37 Class
• Cento With 50 Days To Go
• Rassy family donates newly developed rescue boat to the Swedish Sea Rescue Society
• Featured Brokerage:
• • J/122 - "El Ocaso"
• • Prince De Bretagne Trimaran Ultim Maxi 80
• • Mills 41 'Skye'
• The Last Word: John Oliver

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

20 knots of breeze piping in from the north created full-on battle conditions for the 20 nation fleet on Day Three of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships. For the third consecutive day, the Open and Corinthian leaders have changed, with teams from nine nations occupying the top ten places. There were thrills and spills as the wind speed reached close to the top end of the wind speed for the class but with flat warm water it was a day to remember for the J/70 fleet.

In the Open Class, Paul Ward (GBR) Eat,Sleep,J,Repeat scored a 1-4-15 to take the overall lead. Pichu Torcida (ESP) racing Noticia has climbed to second after scoring a 5-17-6. Joel Ronning (USA) racing Catapult, drops to third after scoring 14-14-10. Yesterday's leader Alberto Rossi (ITA) racing Enfant Terrible, started the day well posting 9-8 but a 28 in the last race after broaching out drops Enfant Terrible to fourth.

In the Corinthian Class, King & Wilson Soak Racing (IRL) is the new leader after posting 2-34-9 today. Doug Struth (GBR) racing DSP drops to second place. Denis Cherevatenko (RUS) racing Joyfull retains third but is under pressure from a top performance today by Charles Thompson (GBR) racing Brutus. There were race wins today for Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat, Henry Brauer (USA) Rascal, and Carlo Alberini (ITA) Calvi Network.

Provisional Results

Velsheda claws one back at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Modest 12 knot winds that dropped leaving a severely lumpy sea state, reminiscent to older sailors of the Kenwood Cup, put yet another complexion on the Costa Smeralda for day three of the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. This year marks the 30th edition of maxi racing’s premier event, organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and the International Maxi Association, the World Sailing-recognised body representing maxi boats globally.

With the Wallys sailing windward-leewards, the rest tackled a coastal course clockwise around La Maddalena.

Dario Ferrari’s Maxi 72 Cannonball again won in Mini Maxi Racer 1. However Hap Fauth’s new Bella Mente made a magnificent pin end start and was able to tack and cross the fleet on port. Cannonball pulled ahead on the beat and it was then a case of containing Jethou, not easy with a five foot length deficit.

The tables turned in the heavyweight J Class bout in the Super Maxi class with Velsheda finally prising a point off Topaz. Despite these two being the largest, heaviest, oldest style of boat competing, they are sailed with all the verve and menace of the Maxi 72s. Even before the start today, Topaz was all over her rival. As helmsman Peter Holmberg described it: “We met with them at the start line and we crushed them and we decided to keep crushing them...”

In the Maxi Racer class, it was a tricky day for George David’s Rambler 88 which took a long gybe out to the left of the run towards the entrance to Bomb Alley only to fall into a lull. This ultimately handed victory for a second day to Irvine Laidlaw’s Reichel/Pugh 82 Highland Fling XI.

Thursday is layday with racing resuming on Friday and concluding on Saturday. -- James Boyd / International Maxi Association

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

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

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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Paul Cayard joins Shirley Robertson for Episode 5 of her Sailing Podcast
Episode 5 of Shirley Robertson’s interview based sailing podcast sees her sit down with US sailing legend Paul Cayard, for an honest and truthful hour of chat with one of the biggest names in competitive sailing.

Paul Cayard is a true legend of the sport, a US Sailing Hall of Fame inductee, an Olympian, he’s competed in multiple America’s Cups and was the first American ever to skipper a Whitbread Round the World Race campaign to victory when his 1997/98 ‘EF Language’ won the gruelling predecessor to the Volvo Ocean Race.

His chat with Robertson is a candid and revealing one, discussing several aspects of his impressive career, with tales from both on and off the water. There's audible amusement as Cayard recounts the tale of his meeting with the Disney Corporation in 2006 as they revealed their ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ plans for the Volvo Ocean Race, just months before the scheduled start.

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

Premiere Sailing League USA
In just over a month, the Premiere Sailing League USA will debut its concept for an organized, national fleet racing league during the United States Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Md., which runs from October 10-14, 2019. Modeled after the sailing league in Europe that has taken off globally, the Premiere Sailing League USA (PSL) will supply a fleet of identical RS21 keelboats that will be raced on inshore, short course, stadium style races at select venues across the country. Sailors and fans attending the United States Sailboat Show can experience first-hand the new RS21s in multiple exhibition style races directly in front of the show for free. Look for the PSL on D Dock.

Yacht Clubs and other sailing organizations can join the League as members to enter teams in multiple regattas and to host official League events, with the advantage of not being required to purchase a fleet of boats. The unique PSL leasing model provides the boats, gear and everything necessary for this style of sailing as the concept maximizes the experience for the sailor while minimizing the cost for clubs and competitors.

The boats are not the only equipment that will be provided by the PSL, as their partnership with robotic buoy manufacturer MarkSetBot means that technology will be incorporated into the league package. MarkSetBot remote buoys can be set, retrieved, and held in position by GPS - controlled by a mobile phone App - reducing the need for large volunteer race committees and multiple support boats.

Premiere Sailing League USA is the first national sailing league for America, designed to increase awareness of the sport with an innovative approach to an annual series of regattas that starts with District Qualifications (for districts North, East, South and West) and then progresses to National Finals that determine rankings in the PSL League.

The League’s purpose is to provide a platform where sailors from different backgrounds can compete in a fun, dynamic, fast-paced competition that has been conceived and structured to be easily understood by the media and non-sailing audiences. The format calls for short windward/leeward races with as many as 20 races a day on courses close to shore, providing sensational stadium-style entertainment for spectators ashore.

www.premieresailingleague.com

Transpac Tahiti at the entrance of the Golden Gate
Co-organizers Archipelagoes and the Transpacific Yacht Club were welcomed on August 22nd at St Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) for their latest promotion of the Transpac Tahiti Race 2020.

The evening started with Kimball Livingston, past Commodore of StFYC, sharing with everyone the history of this race which started in 1925. Held at irregular intervals since, the next race in 2020 will be the 16th edition of this longest of the Pacific yacht races. It was in 1970 that this race had the largest number of participants with 16 boats on the start line (including Eric Tabarly's Pen Duick), and so the goal of this next edition is to surpass this record. StFYC retains the beautiful carved wood trophy awarded by the Tahiti Yacht Club in 1961 to the sailing boat ATHENE, the first entry to cross the finish line after 3 weeks of sailing. StFYC has offered this historic trophy to Papeete to be restored and exhibited at the arrival village in June 2020.

With already 9 pre-registered race entries (8 monohulls and 1 multihull), there is a buzz of contagious enthusiasm among offshore sailors, proving the collaboration between Archipelagoes in Tahiti and the Transpacific Yacht Club in Los Angeles is keeping its promise of a dynamic renewal of this historic offshore race. Its timing is also expected to attract interest among those yachts headed to Auckland prior to the next America's Cup in 2021.

The next stop on the Transpac Tahiti 2020 promotion tour will be September 17th at the Eiffel Tower Theater in Paris during the 5th edition of the Tip & Shaft / Connect Paris business meeting event for competitive sailing, the largest in France. . The team will also be attending the Yacht Racing Forum in Bilbao, Spain over November 25-26 in Bilbao, Spain.

www.transpac-tahiti.com

Harken Match Racing Youth Championship
Seven teams gather in Portland for the annual Harken Youth Match Racing Championships last weekend - with Robbie King taking the crown.

With strong breeze on the Saturday and sunshine and a more pleasant 10-14 knots on the Sunday a double round robin which would pit each team against each other twice was scheduled.

The final was an intense battle with penalties on the water and races run all the way to the finish line but King was able to maintain his composure throughout and claimed two races with narrow wins to secure the crown of 2019 Harken Youth Match Racing champion.

With a quick pack up and prize giving ashore the teams were away in good time to make their long journeys home.

Thanks to sponsors Harken, Marlow Ropes and Moody Decking and Services for their continued support.

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UK Melges IC37 Class
With four wins from six races in IRC Class 1 at Cowes Week 2019, the first IC37 to hit the water in the UK has proven its IRC credentials, however attention has now turned to growing a one-design class in the UK, using the proven International Class rule.

An initial season of one-design events is now planned for 2020.

“The UK IC37 Class association is scheduling a five regatta series, utilising class starts at already established events, while fleet numbers build,” says Ian Atkins, a member of the UK IC37 Class Association. Outside of those events, owners will be free to utilize the boat’s obvious rating potential under IRC and other popular rating rules.

Provisional 2020 IC37 Circuit Events:
IC37 Round 1 - RORC Easter Challenge 10th-12th April 2020
IC37 Round 2 - Poole Regatta 23rd-25th May 2020
IC37 Round 3 - RYS/RTYC Open Regatta - TBC
IC37 National Championship (Round 4) - Cowes Week 8th-15th August 2020
IC37 Round 5 - Royal Southern 19th-20th September 2020

The UK IC37 Class Association welcomes any interested parties to come forward to arrange an inspection of the boat. To book an appointment and discuss the concept with the newly formed Association call Ian Atkins on +44 7785 32382 or email ian [AT] crofton301 [DOT] com

Ancasta International Boat Sales, the UK dealer for the IC37 is already in talks with over 20 teams expressing a serious interest, hailing from a variety of backgrounds. Several commitments to the UK Class have already been received. To book a test sail call Sam Pearson at Ancasta Race Boats on +44 7759 424900 or email IC37 [AT] ancasta [DOT] com

Find more information on the Melges IC37 Class and the IC37 at www.melgesic37class.com and ancasta.com

Cento With 50 Days To Go
As this year’s entry reaches three-figures yet again, the island state is more than prepared for the annual ‘invasion’ that accompanies the Rolex Middle Sea Race. 2019 marks the 40th edition of this Mediterranean classic and the organiser, the Royal Malta Yacht Club, is excited by the depth and breadth of the 102 boat fleet committed so far. It is typical for the 606nm offshore race to receive a rush of entries in the final weeks before closing the list, this year on 27 September, and hopes are high for another bumper entry. And, with the race start on Saturday, 19 October, there are 50 days left for crews to be fully ready.

Looking at the current list, some 24 nations will be represented on the start line. There is the distinct prospect of more come October, with 29 countries present among the record 130 boat fleet of 2018. So far, British yachts lead the way with 19 entries, including Tala, David Collin’s IRC 52 and Sam Matson’s Cookson 50, Riff Raff - both sitting in one of the favoured size brackets from the past 10 years. Next, the Italians and French have 15 boats apiece, including some inspiring names: Géry Trentesaux and the crew of Courrier Recommandé (FRA) will look to repeat their magnificent Rolex Middle Sea Race victory of 2018; and Marco Paolucci, a past winner of the Rolex Giraglia, is racing Libertine (ITA). The headline entries both represent the United States: David and Peter Askew’s Wizard, fresh from overall victory at the 2019 Rolex Fastnet Race, and George David’s 27-metre (88-foot) Rambler, odds-on favourite to add a fifth successive line honours title to her enviable record.

The Rolex Middle Sea Race starts on Saturday, 19th October 2019. Entry Registration closes on Friday, 27th September.

www.rolexmiddlesearace.com

Rassy family donates newly developed rescue boat to the Swedish Sea Rescue Society
The Swedish Sea Rescue Society received a newly developed 50 ft rescue boat on the 12 July 2019. The boat is the first of its kind and is donated by the Rassy family.

The new boat is a completely new design, consequently developed for sea rescue. It has the capacity to take 150 persons at a mass evacuation. There is room for up to five stretchers with patients and there is a capacity to drain pump 1 000 liters per minute with several carriers. Furthermore, the boat is equipped with a fire gun to pump and provide water with 1 500 liters per minute and there is also room for having a Rescue runner on the transom with a belonging crane to pick it up and secure the people from breakdowns in tough conditions.

It is the Rassy family who donated not only this boat but also the development costs for this new rescue ship class.

As per the tradition for the Swedish Sea Rescue association, the new series get its name after the first boat. The new boat is named Mai Rassy and the class name is the Hallberg-Rassy class.

www.hallberg-rassy.com

Featured Brokerage
2008 J/122 - "El Ocaso". 199000 USD. Located in Antigua.

El Ocaso has been living in the Caribbean for the last 10 years and is very well known on the Spring race circuit, with many wins in the competitive 40’ class. Typically only in the water between March – May each year and then laid up ashore for the other 9 months.

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Contact
Sam Pearson - Ancasta Race Boats
+44 7759424900
+44 2380 016582
sampearson [AT] ancasta [DOT] com

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2012 Prince De Bretagne Trimaran Ultim Maxi 80. 790000 EUR. Located in Brittany, France.

Prince De Bretagne II is an Ultim Maxi 80 trimaran born from an extrapolation of the Orma 60 trimaran Sodebo skipped by Thomas Coville. Prince De Bretagne II is a 24 m long trimaran with the weight of a 18 m long trimaran. Therefore, she is much more seaworthy specially for single handed races.

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2014 Mills 41 'Skye'. 239000 USD.

SKYE is an immaculate Mills 41 that was built using the molds from the Mills 40 and had a scoop added for extra water line at no cost to rating. Interior is perfect, she is the ultimate cruiser racer. Your choice for either the furling headstay, or racing one, she comes equipped with both.

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In This Issue
• Emirates Team New Zealand Launch Their First Boat
• Big Finale Expected for J/70 Worlds
• Historic Prizes at Royal St George Yacht Club on Offer for 12 Foot Dinghies
• Interesting times
• Royal Canadian Yacht Club to compete at Invitational Cup
• RORC Cherbourg Race Starts Friday 06 September 1900 BST
• Start Of The Clipper 2019-20 Race
• Five new IMOCAs launched in the space of six week
• Record breaking fifth European Sharpie Championship win for Gibbs brothers
• HRSC Centenary Challenge Trophy in Oppies - Sunday 1st September
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Comar Comet 41s
• • Arksen 70
• • Class 40 - Concise 8
• The Last Word: Seneca

Emirates Team New Zealand Launch Their First Boat
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Emirates Team New Zealand christened their first AC75 at their team base in the heart of the America's Cup village in Auckland today.

The significant milestone was celebrated with the team, their families, sponsors and suppliers. The boat was christened "Te Aihe" (Dolphin) by Marcus Gerbich - member of the MND Foundation - and blessed by Ngati Whatua.

Emirates Team New Zealand COO Kevin Shoebridge, who has overseen the development and launch of plenty of boats over the years, was especially proud to be witnessing the Kiwi AC75 emerge for the first time.

"This is a significant occasion for the team, not just because it is another new boat, but really because when we won the America's Cup in 2017 we very quickly had to come up with a new concept of boat that would really continue to push the boundaries of innovation and technology in the America's Cup. So in the relatively short timeframe since November in 2017 when we published the concept, to seeing it in the flesh today is an amazing testament to the entire team willing to push things all the way from concept to design to build and fit out" said Shoebridge.

It has taken over 100,000 man-hours to design and build the boat with a group of about 65 people between designers and boat builders who have been working quietly throughout the past year.

Sean Regan has led the set up of the team's bespoke production facility on Auckland's North Shore from a blank factory floor to producing the first AC75.

"We have had the pressure on since the moment we decided to establish our own production facility very early on in this campaign. We have built up a really great team of 42 fully committed people at the yard who have been working full-on to get this boat out the door," said Regan.

"Even for the most experienced boat builders on the team, this has been a very unique build because it is such a sophisticated boat. But it is really encouraging that for a number of our junior and apprentice boat builders their first build has been on a boat that is really on the cutting edge of complexity in build, design and performance."

Emirates Team New Zealand Head of Design Dan Bernasconi was a central figure in the development of the AC75 Class Rule before turning his team of designers' attention to the specific design of the Emirates Team New Zealand boat.

"There's a huge amount of innovation in the design and build of the AC75 - more than we saw in the AC50's in Bermuda" said Bernasconi. "The AC75 is a completely new concept and has presented plenty of challenges across many areas - but this is precisely what the Rule was designed to do - to push development to the extreme. We haven't been conservative in any aspect of our design; it's not long until we need to commit to the design of our second boat, which we will ultimately race in the 2021 America's Cup, so we need to test as many of our ideas as possible in the yacht we're launching today."

The AC75 supplied parts - identical for all the teams - are the foil arms, the foil cant system and the rigging. The shape and base laminate of the mast is also controlled by the Class Rule.

The AC75 rotating mast is a 26.5 meter long one-design 'D' shaped section that weighs about 300kg and serves as the leading edge of the double skinned mainsail.

Emirates Team New Zealand's mast has been built at Southern Spars in Auckland whereas the rigging package was built at Future Fibres in Valencia.

emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com

Big Finale Expected for J/70 Worlds
The penultimate day of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships was blessed with beautiful conditions in Tor Bay.With the breeze coming from the land once again, shifts and puffs of breeze made for tricky conditions with snakes and ladders right across the race course. Three windward leeward races were held in a shifting northerly breeze oscillating 45 degrees, the mean wind speed was about 12 knots with occasional 20 knot gusts.

In the Open Class, Paul Ward (GBR) Eat,Sleep,J,Repeat retains the lead having scored a 6-8-30 today. However, Pichu Torcida (ESP) racing Noticia, has shortened their odds on winning the worlds posting an 11-9-11, finishing the day just four points off the lead. Realistically these two teams will battle for the Open World Championship in a double-header of racing tomorrow. Still in with a chance of winning the title are Alberto Rossi (ITA) Enfant Terrible, Joel Ronning (USA) Catapult, and Claudia Rossi (ITA).

In the Corinthian Class, Doug Struth (GBR) racing DSP has regained the lead but only just, Denis Cherevatenko (RUS) racing Joyfull had a great day on the water and move up to second just 4 points off the lead. Yesterday's leader King & Wilson Soak Racing (IRL) drop to third after three mid-fleet finishes. There were race wins today for Reg Lord (AUS) racing Juno, Enfant Terrible, and Luis Bugallo (ESP) Mar Naturna.

Provisional Results

Historic Prizes at Royal St George Yacht Club on Offer for 12 Foot Dinghies
Photo by Vincent Delany courtesy Afloat magazine. Click on image to enlarge.

This 12-foot class was designed in 1913 by George Cockshott, an English yacht designer, as the British Racing Association 'A' Class. The class was adopted by the International Yacht Racing Union on 1st. January 1920 and thus it became the International 12 Foot Class. The class was the only dinghy class to compete at the 1920 Antwerp (Belgium) Olympic Games, at Oostende. This event will be celebrated in 2020 with a re-enactment regatta on 11-12 July with entries expected from Holland, Turkey, France, England, Uganda and Ireland.

The class grew in popularity in Ireland in the 1920s and 1930s with fleets of professionally and amateur-built boats in Baltimore, Crosshaven, Howth, Sutton, Clontarf and Seapoint (Monkstown, Co. Dublin).

What is the international 12 Foot like? She is a traditional wooden clinker-built one-design with a single standing lugsail, hung off a mast located near the bow. The 3.66m x 1.43m. hull is open decked and is spacious enough for either single-handed sailing or a crew of two.

Today, many 12 Foot Dinghies still exist in Ireland, having been in the same families for many years. Some are unused and located in barns while others are used as yacht tenders.

In July this year, a Friendship Regatta was held on Rutland Water, which was well supported by Irish, English Dutch and Ugandan boats.

An Irish championship for historic prizes will be held in Royal St George Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire on Sunday 15th September in which the modified Dublin Bay boats with a mainsail and jib will sail against the International 12 foot Dinghies on equal terms. The organizers would like to hear from any Irish owners of 12 Footers. In 2020 the12 foot Dinghies will compete at CLINKERFEST the 250 anniversary of Lough Ree Yacht Club on the June bank holiday weekend.

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Interesting times
As this is written the RORC Morgan Cup offshore race has just been won overall by a two-handed crew, and the growth and enthusiasm for shorthanded racing reflect one of the real success stories of a rating rule encouraging a desirable outcome for the sport as a whole.

Most success stories are due to a combination of circumstances and this one has been no exception - difficulty in finding regular crew due to conflicting time demands has been a major factor, too many crew expecting to be paid is another. But on the positive side boats are now available off the shelf that are well suited to the demands of shorthanded sailing, along with a rating system that is specifically tuned to this market under IRC.

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Royal Canadian Yacht Club to compete at Invitational Cup
The Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup is a biennial regatta hosted by the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, R.I. Since the event was first run in 2009, it has attracted top amateur sailors from 43 of the world's most prestigious yacht clubs from 21 countries. After five editions in the Swan 42 class, the 2019 event will be sailed in the IC37, designed by Mark Mills and built by Westerly Marine in Santa Ana, Calif., and FIBRE Mechanics in the United Kingdom.

The strict one-design nature of this new, purpose-built class combined with the fact that all 20 boats are owned and maintained by the New York Yacht Club, will ensure a level playing field never before seen in amateur big-boat sailing. The regatta will run from September 7 to 14, with racing taking place September 10 to 14. A broadcast on Facebook Live and YouTube will allow fellow club members, friends, family and sailing fans from around the world follow the action as it happens. Twenty teams from 14 countries and five continents will compete in the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, which will be held at the New York Yacht Club Harbour Court, September 7 to 14.

Led by Terry McLaughlin, an Olympic and Pan Am Games silver medalist and former America's Cup skipper, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club was as close to a dynasty as the Invitational Cup has seen in the first five editions. The team from Toronto finished second to the host New York Yacht Club in the inaugural event in 2009 and then won back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2013. After a 10th-place finish in 2015, the RCYC stepped away from the competition for a cycle. With the introduction of the IC37, which will also be used for the RCYC's signature event, the Canada's Cup, in 2020, the club is back on the water in Newport and looking to replicate past glories.

As the event has evolved, so too have the methods used by yacht clubs to select their representatives. For 2019, the RCYC opened up the selection process to all members knowing that the in-house competition would only make for a stronger team.

Racing for the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup will start on Tuesday, September 10, with a live broadcast of each race starting on Wednesday, September 11, via Facebook and YouTube. The regatta will run through Saturday, September 14.

nyyc.org

RORC Cherbourg Race Starts Friday 06 September 1900 BST
The penultimate race of the 2019 RORC Season's Points Championship will start from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line this weekend bound for Cherbourg. Whilst the 73-mile dash across the English Channel, via the Wester Solent, maybe the shortest of the 14 race series, the quest for championship points and perhaps the thirst for French produce before the Brexit, has attracted 66 teams.

Trevor Middleton's Sun Fast 3600 Black Sheep leads the 2019 RORC Season's Points Championship overall by a narrow margin. Rob Craigie & Deb Fish, racing Sun Fast 3600 Bellino Two-Handed is within striking distance of pole position. At present, neither team is entered for the last race of the series (Rolex Middle Sea Race), suggesting that the RORC Cherbourg Race will decide who has won overall in the world's largest offshore racing series.

In IRC Zero, Lance Shepherd's Volvo 70 Telefonica Black and Windward Sailing's CM60 Venomous are likely to contest for monohull line honours. However, several pocket rockets in IRC One may take the prize, including two FAST40+'s James Neville's Ino XXX and Ed Fishwick's Redshift. Ino XXX leads IRC One for the season by just three points from Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II.

The season's leader in IRC Two, Gery Trentesaux JPK 11.80 Courrier Recommande will be racing. Thomas Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise will be on the start line, as will Gilles Fournier & Corinne Migraine J/133 Pintia, and Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster. Sunrise and Scarlet Oyster have a chance of taking over the lead from Courrier Recommande. -- Louay Habib

Fleet Tracking

Entry List

rorc.org

Start Of The Clipper 2019-20 Race
Following the spectacle and ceremony of the fleet's departure from St. Katharine Docks, London, the first stage of the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race officially started on Monday 2 September, at 1000 BST, in the Thames Estuary.

Dare To Lead was the first team to hoist its spinnaker and had it flying as they charged for the line in the closing minutes leading up to Race Start which took place very close to Southend Pier. A treat for the many spectators who had come out to watch on the pier.

Taking the honour of being the first to cross the start line of Race 1 was Qingdao, Skippered by Southend local Chris Brooks, who maximised home waters to his advantage. Dare To Lead crossed in second position, narrowly followed by Unicef in third.

The conditions were as expected, with 10 - 12 knots (Force 3-4), from the west-south-west, a flat sea and beautiful sunshine warming the day. The breeze was stable giving a great downwind start and increased very steadily as time went on. Lessening the effect of the beginnings of the spring flood tide against the fleet at the start this, however, would only strengthen as they headed out into the Thames Estuary towards the east horizon.

Keep an eye on the Race Viewer to see what happens to the leaderboard.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

Five new IMOCAs launched in the space of six week
DMG Mori, Kojiro Shiraishi’s new IMOCA 60. Click on image to enlarge.

Over the past month and a half, on average one brand new IMOCA was launched each week. In chronological order, Sebastien Simon's Arkea-Paprec on 20th July; Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss on 4th August; Charlie Dalin's Apivia on 5th August and Kojiro Shiraishi's DMG Mori on 2nd September. On Saturday 7th September, it will be Thomas Ruyant's turn to unveil his new Advens for cybersecurity. Two other brand new IMOCAs are also currently being built, Corum l'Epargne for Nicolas Troussel and L'Occitane for Armel Tripon.

Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG Mori): "See what I am capable of achieving"

Launched very recently (on 2nd September), DMG Mori, Kojiro Shiraishi's new IMOCA was designed by VPLP and built using the moulds from Charal. "I have been dreaming of a new boat for thirty years," said the Japanese skipper. "I was unable to complete the 2016-2017 Vendee Globe after dismasting, but I found a new sponsor, who agreed to build a brand new IMOCA." While waiting for his new boat to be launched, he was able to try out a foiler, thanks to training sessions in Cascais aboard Yannick Bestaven's Maître CoQ under the leadership of Roland Jourdain. After the naming ceremony for DMG Mori, planned for 11th September in Lorient, Kojiro Shiraishi and his team will be able to carry out their first trips and start work on setting up the boat. The Japanese sailor will be competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, with a co-skipper at his side, whose name has not yet been announced. "I can't wait to race against the other competitors to see what I am capable of achieving, in particular against the other new IMOCAs, which seem to be excellent," added Kojiro.

imoca.org

Record breaking fifth European Sharpie Championship win for Gibbs brothers
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A forty strong International fleet of Sharpies arrived at Itchenor SC for the European Championships.

The classic gaffers designed in 1931, are a former 1956 Olympic class. They still have an enthusiastic following in Europe, and the event is held in the UK every four years. Other participating nations are Holland, Germany, & Portugal.

The excellent Itchenor SC race team delivered a faultless championship, coping with winds of force 6, sailed within the safety of Chichester harbour on Monday, to compact courses in light airs sailed in the Solent off Hayling Island on Friday.

The hotly contested event, delivered an exciting battle at the top of the fleet, between three previous Euros winners.

Mondays strong winds suited Chris & Tim Gibbs in Windspiel GBR125, posting two first places. Race 1 saw them complete a late overhaul of Daan Versteeg & Arnold Mulderij NED14 on the final leg. Race 2 had the three leading contenders in close company throughout, with the Gibbs coming home just in front of GER377, Klaus Eisenblatter & Sven Ove Baumgartner.

These three leading contenders sailed consistently well all week in the ten race series, with all 3 still having a shot at the title by the final day.

GBR125 eventually secured the title by winning the last race on Friday in very light airs, despite their preference for strong wind conditions.

Apart from the leading three, NED8 Jan Pieter Braam & Patrick Neal deserve a special mention. A first day capsize whilst well placed, and an unfortunate collision on day 4, added 3 high scoring DNF`s to their scorecard, wrecking their series overall. Despite scoring three impressive first places, the DNF`s dropped them down to 7th overall.

NED181 Geep, Frank Steeneken & Cees van Dijk, also spoilt the top boats domination, by winning race 8.

The overall result means that the Gibbs brothers now have a peerless record, winning the last five European Sharpie Championships hosted in the UK, dating back to 2003.

The Gibbs brothers may now aspire to a win, outside of the UK, when the Championship is hosted in Portugal in 2020. -- James Case

sharpies.org.uk

HRSC Centenary Challenge Trophy in Oppies - Sunday 1st September
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The penultimate event in Hamble River Sailing Club's Centenary celebrations featured team racing in miniature Optimist dinghies, not for children but for adults! The HRSC Centenary Challenge for the Joint Services trophy owned the River Hamble Combined Clubs, invited all the river based sailing clubs to field teams of three flag officers, present or past.

As it turned out and despite a perfect forecast of a light breeze and sunshine plus a brimming high tide there was some reluctance at the thought of risking a ducking and worse still, humiliation after years of dignified service. Various excuses were proffered including a cricket match on the Brambles Bank but after a motivating email the night before, by Sunday morning three teams were raring to go even if it took some last minute relaxation of the eligibility requirements to get things rolling.

The approach of each team varied, with the youthful Warsash Sailing Club trio arriving bedecked in wetsuits while others chose shorts and t-shirts, and one member of the HRSC team donned a survival suit in anticipation of helicopter rescue!

In the presence of the ever enthusiastic HRSC Commodore Steph Merry (without doubt the perfect selection for the centenary year) the PRO Kathy Smalley assisted by husband Rupert anchored the club's committee boat in the lagoon just down river of the club and set a windward-leeward course of 150 metres top to bottom. It looked ideal but the light and fluky north-westerly breeze was swirling around the clubhouse just upwind of the race area and would make tactical decisions tricky with big gains to be made and lost.

It soon became clear that the Warsash team was better prepared for the challenge and with only 3 square metres of sail some other heavier skippers found themselves languishing way behind. Nonetheless there was some close combat at mark roundings that the sport's rule makers might wish to reflect on, for example is Rule 21(b) intended to be self-adminstered as a carte blanche to touch a mark and press on without a penalty turn?!

Good humour prevailed throughout and with no capsizes as had been predicted all participants returned safely to the dinghy park. -- Jonty Sherwill

Results:
Warsash SC 22 points (Kate Cumming, Andy Le Grice, Roger Cerrato)
HRSC 55 points (Katie Bewes, Mike James, Jonty Sherwill)
Royal Southern YC 58 points (Maggie Widdop, Pat North, Ken Munro)

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In This Issue
• Eat Sleep J Repeat & Soak Racing Crowned in Tor Bay
• Victory for Cannonball at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Southampton Boat Show 2019 - What's In Store At Marlow's New Interactive Stand
• Great British Sailing Challenge Final
• Phosphorus II wins RORC Cherbourg Race
• The Clipper Race: Thrill ride conditions as Ocean Sprint gets underway
• Melges 20 Russia Cup
• Who really is the Team New Zealand skipper?
• Flying Fifteen World Championship
• The Fife Regatta returns in 2020
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Eat Sleep J Repeat & Soak Racing Crowned in Tor Bay
Two races were held on the final day of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, 12 knots from the southwest provided a true wind for the start of racing but that moderate breeze shifted and built west to 20 knots, gusting 26, to produce a fantastic finale. A memorable world championship for both Open and Corinthian Classes was decided in the very last race.

Paul Ward's Eat Sleep J Repeat has become the first British team to win the Open J/70 World Championship, holding off a strong challenge from Joel Ronning (USA) racing Catapult, Pichu Torcida (ESP) racing Noticia, and Alberto Rossi (ITA) racing Enfant Terrible. Claudia Rossi (ITA) racing Petite Terrible, was fourth and best Open Woman Helm in the championship.

Soak Racing won the J/70 Corinthian World Championship in dramatic style. In the last race, Soak Racing was four places ahead of Doug Struth (GBR) racing DSP. A tie on points for the series was settled by countback, a single place after 14 races gave Soak Racing victory. Denis Cherevatenko (RUS) racing Joyfull was third. Fiona Hampshire (GBR) racing Elizabeth was best Corinthian Woman Helm in the championship.

The Royal Torbay Yacht Club and their dedicated volunteer support were roundly applauded by all of the J/70 sailors for producing a fantastic regatta. Stuart Childerley and the Race Management team received huge applause for providing high quality race courses in tricky conditions.

Top ten Open fleet
1. Eat Sleep J Repeat, Paul Ward / Charlie Cumbley / Ruairidh Scott / Mario Trindade, GBR, 100.0
2. Catapult, Joel Ronning / Victor Diaz De Leon / Christopher Stocke / Patrick Wilson, USA, 110.0
3. Noticia, Jose Maria Torcida / Luiz Martin Cabiedes / Rayco Tabares / Pablo Santurde / Robin Imaz, ESP, 120.0
4. Enfant Terrible, Alberto Rossi / Alberto Bolzan / Stefano RIzzi / Branco Bircin / Bianca Crugnola, ITA, 133.0
5. Petite Terrible, Claudia Rossi / Michele Paoletti / Matteo Mason / Rossella Losito / Giulio Desiderato, ITA, 139.0
6. RascaL, Henry Brauer / Brian Kamilar / Karl Anderson / Orrin Starr, USA, 154.0
7. Junda-Banca del Sempione, Ludovico Fassitelli / Enrico Fonda / Andrea Felci / Lorenzo Azzi / Francesco Orlando, MON, 158.0
8. Calvi Network, Carlo Alberini / Stefano Cherin / Sergio Blosi / Karlo Hmeljak, ITA, 160.0 9. Maria, Andrey Malygin / Leonid Klepikov / Andrey Kirilyuk / Aleksey Borisov, RUS, 165.0 10. ArttubeRus1, Valeriya kovalenko / Igor Lisovenko / Denis Rozhkov / Sergey Avdonin / Pavel Savenko, RUS, 167.0

Full Results

The 2020 J/70 World Championships will be July 27 - August 02, hosted by the California Yacht Club, Marina Del Rey, California, USA.

www.j70worlds2019.com

Victory for Cannonball at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

On his third attempt, Dario Ferrari and his Maxi 72 Cannonball, deservedly won the Mini Maxi Racer 1 class at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

Ferrari and his Italian team scored a come-from-behind victory after Jim Swartz's Vesper led on day one and Sir Peter Ogden's Jethou also claimed two races along the way. The slippery Cannonball also won two races and her consistent scoreline, with no finish off the podium, resulted in her winning the title by three points.

Also significant today, sailing a coastal course that took the fleets off on an anti-clockwise lap of La Maddalena, including a long run down Bomb Alley, was the victory for the new Maxi 72 Bella Mente of American Hap Fauth, which, along with Peter Harrison's Sorcha, got off to an excellent start and then never looked back.

It was the Wallys turn to sail windward-leewards. Going into today it was very close between Lyra and David M. Leuschen's Wallycento Galateia. Ultimately Lyra won both today's races, successfully defending her title by three points.

Hanging onto the Mini Maxi Racer-Cruiser class win - just - was Bostonian Stephen Cucchiaro's Swan 601 Flow.

There was further upset today among the Mini Maxi Cruiser-Racers where Riccardo de Michele's Vallicelli 80 H20 won her second consecutive race today to draw level on points with Marietta Strasoldo's Swan 651 Lunz Am Meer, that had been winning all week. With three bullets this week to Lunz am Meer's one, H20 won on countback, to claim her third successive victory in the Cruiser-Racer class at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup. -- James Boyd / International Maxi Association

Full results

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

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Southampton Boat Show 2019 - What's In Store At Marlow's New Interactive Stand
At this year's Southampton Boat Show , Marlow will be introducing their new, interactive Education Hub on Stand J300 in the Ocean Hall. Find out more about what's on below...

What Is The Education Hub?
Marlow's new Education Hub is an interactive space that we are opening up to visitors. Here you can attend our twice daily Rope-Shows which will give you advice and tips on making the most of your lines. We'll also be running splicing workshops and answering any questions on ropecare and splicing. Get your questions ready, come along and ask our experts!

As well as the Rope-Shows and splicing, you can also hear from some of the professional sailors who use Marlow and who we have worked with in recent years. There'll be a mixture of offshore racers, foilers, dinghy sailors and experts within the industry. Our confirmed speakers so far include:

Our Pro Sailors:
Paralympian and Vendee hopeful Hannah Stodel
Offshore Racer and Vendee 2020 competitor Pip Hare
Golden Globe Race 2018 competitor Susie Goodall
Moth European Champion David Hivey
British Sailing Team sailors

Our Industry Experts:
Kate Fortnam from The Green Blue
Mark Jardine from Yachts and Yachting.com

For a full programme and to see when each of our speakers will be scheduled throughout the week, click here.

To hear from all the fantastic experts who can help and inspire you with your sailing! We are also on-hand to answer any rope queries and to give rope advice. You can also enter our competitions and find out more about our world-leading products and new sustainable mooring line; the Blue Ocean Dockline made from 100% recycled waste plastic. We'll be announcing the 2019-20 Rope-Show calendar as well, so come by to find out where we'll be from October this year.

Where Can I Buy Marlow Ropes Products At Southampton Boat Show?
At one of our recommended stockists who'll be exhibiting at the Boat Show:
Jimmy Green Marine- J200
AllSpars - J251
YouBoat - B006

www.marlowropes.com

Great British Sailing Challenge Final
After a series of qualifying events around the country, the Grand Final of the Great British Sailing Challenge is set to take place at the end of this month at Rutland Sailing Club. The weekend of 28/29 September will bring together some of the best-known names in small-boat racing to take part in this inaugural event. It's going to be a celebration of the diversity of handicap racing in the UK.

Love it or loathe it, handicap racing is here to stay, thanks to the huge diversity of classes that are raced across the country. The past decade has seen the growth of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series into one of the most established and successful circuits of the annual calendar. This has been the first year of the Great British Sailing Challenge, a series of open events that culminates in the Grand Final, for which many sailors from many different classes have competed in order to qualify for the Finals. However, there are still places available for certain classes, as the aim is to represent as broad a cross-section of small-boat racing as possible.

Current names include Maria Stanley, first ever female winning helm at the RS200 Nationals; Emily Mueller, 2018 Optimist National Champion; Penny and Russ Clark who have burst to the top of the international scene in their first season racing the 505; Simon Horsfield and Katie Burridge, 2000 National Champions and winners of last season's Selden SailJuice Winter Series.

The event will also incorporate the Y&Y Battle of the Classes, so to make sure your class is represented, Class Associations should contact Simon Lovesey: simon [DOT] lovesey [AT] sailracer [DOT] co [DOT] uk

Results will be scored using the Great Lakes version of the PY handicap numbers, and other prizes will be awarded based on performance measured by the SailRacer trackers.

More than 750 sailors have competed in the qualifying events during the season, and now it all comes down to the Final at Rutland.

Full results on YachtScoring.com

Phosphorus II wins RORC Cherbourg Race
Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II is the overall winner of the 2019 RORC Cherbourg Race, having scored the best corrected time under IRC. Class Winners under IRC: Venomous (IRC0), Phosphorus II (IRC1), Sunrise (IRC2), Raging-bee2 (IRC3& IRC Two-Handed), and Foggy Dew (IRC4).

64 entries in the RORC Cherbourg Race enjoyed a beautiful sunset, hiking out for a beat up the Solent, before cracking sheets for a night race to Cherbourg at high speed under a waxing moon. A spinnaker reach in 10-15 knots of westerly breeze produced a fast ride across the English Channel. As the majority of the fleet approached the finish, the breeze veered north, creating a tactical finale of gybing to stay at the optimal angle and in the best pressure.

Ross Hobson's Seacart 30 Buzz was the first to finish taking Multihull Line Honours in a rapid 6 hours 24 mins 38 secs. Joerg Riechers' Class40 Imagine took Monohull Line Honours in 7 hours 1 mins 26 seconds, just over two minutes ahead of Ian Hoddle's Manic.

In IRC One, Phosphorus II was the winner, James Neville's FAST40+ Ino XXX was second and first to finish under IRC. Colin Campbell's Azuree 46 Eclectic was third in class. In IRC Two, Thomas Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise won by just 17 seconds on corrected time from Pascal Tuffier's team racing Figaro II Tuf...tuf...tuf. Gery Trentesaux's JPK 11.80 Courrier Recommande was third by just 27 seconds after IRC time correction.

In IRC Three, Louis-Marie Dussere's JPK 10.80 Raging-bee2 put in the best performance winning the class and IRC Two-handed into their home port of Cherbourg. Erik van Vuuren's W36 Hubo was second. Sun Fast 3600 Bellino sailed by Rob Craigie & Deb Fish was third. Nick Martin's Sun Fast 3600 Diablo was fourth, meaning the top four teams in the class were all Two-Handed. In IRC Two-Handed Raging-bee2 was the winner, Nigel & Tim Goodhew's Sunfast 3200 Cora was second, and W36 Hubo was third.

Noel Racine's JPK 10.10 Foggy Dew was the winner of IRC Four, scoring their fourth class win of the season. Cora was second and Emmanuel Pinteaux's JPK 10.10 Gioia, sailed by son Etienne was third. The final race of the 2019 RORC Season's Points Championship will be the 40th edition of the Rolex Middle Sea Race starting in the Grand Harbour, Malta on 19th October. -- Louay Habib

www.rorc.org

The Clipper Race: Thrill ride conditions as Ocean Sprint gets underway
The eleven Clipper Race teams enjoyed a real thrill-ride during the fifth day of racing as they zoomed through the start of the Ocean Sprint. Wind speeds of over 40 knots with a swell of over four meters made for some of the most exhilarating downwind conditions that the professional skippers, and their non-professional crews, have faced.

The speedy conditions are likely to provide some very close Ocean Sprint results once all times have been collected by the Race Office. The Ocean Sprint is a time trial between two lines of longitude or two lines of latitude. The fastest three teams gain extra race points (three for first, two for second and one for third).

The fastest boat speed reported back in the Skipper Blogs this morning is from Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

Melges 20 Russia Cup
Malcesine, Italy: The 2019 edition of the Russian Cup ended today on the race course of Malcesine: the event worked as the prologue to the week dedicated to the European Championship of the Melges 20 fleet.

The only race of today, completed in almost winter weather conditions, brings changes in the general ranking: Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs grabs a precious second place in the race won by compatriot Pirogovo and, at the same time, obtains the final victory in the Russian Cup confirming the title also won last year in Cagliari.

Thus, Igor Rytov's team adds another pearl to its now endless collection of successes, all obtained in a season that has seen this Russian crew dominate the European series of the Melges World League and still hold the number 1 in the world ranking.

Russian Bogatyrs arrives at the start of the much expected Melges 20 European Championship as the boat to beat: in Malcesine they will have to try to defend also the continental title won two years ago on the race course of Šibenik.

Final top five
1. Bogatyrs, Igor Rytov, RUS, 14.0
2. Camay, Lauro Bonora, ITA, 15.0
3. Alex Team, Alexander Mikhaylik, RUS, 17.0
4. Meduza, Pavel Grachev, RUS, 19.0
5. Russotrans, Yury Morozov, RUS, 20.0

melges20.com

Who really is the Team New Zealand skipper?
Peter Burling appears to be the main man but Team New Zealand are yet to announce a formal skipper for the defence of their America's Cup defence.

The syndicate launched their new boat on Friday and will now go into serious testing of the radical 75-foot foiling monohull with an eye on the opening World Series event in Italy next April.

Glenn Ashby skippered the last campaign in Bermuda in 2017 where Team New Zealand won back the Auld Mug with Burling on the wheel.

Both are key components for the defence in Auckland 2021 and the team appear content to operate with a collective leadership through this crucial buildup phase. -- Duncan Johnstone

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/

Flying Fifteen World Championship
Dun Laoghaire, Ireland: The forecast for day 3 of the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship was for very light airs all day but by the time competitors started to arrive at the National Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire on Sunday morning, a faint breeze wafted around Dublin Bay tempting PRO Jack Roy to send the fleet of 75 Flying Fifteens out for two more races.

After 5 races have been completed the first discard comes into play leaving Gra-ham Vials and Chris Turner in pole position with 9 points net. In second overall is fellow Brits Nathan Batchelor and Ricky Rigg (15 points) meaning the two Ovington Boats representatives sit in 1/2 overall. Andy McKee and Richard Jones are in 3rd overall on 20 points. The first boat to break the British stranglehold is Mike Hart / Dean McAullay (AUS) in 6th overall.

Two local Irish boats remain in 14th and 15th respectively, Ian Mathews / Keith Poole and David Gorman / Chris Doorly both of host club The National YC)

The current New Zealand Flying Fifteen champions Hayden Percy and Scott Pedersen from Napier, sailing a chartered boat, continue to collect very credible top 20 finishes, they scored 20 / 17 to sit in 16th overall. Another long distance traveller, Campbell Alexander and Dave Herridge from Natal YC in Durban, South Africa also continue to put in some very worthy performances finishing 18 and 19 for the day which places them in 17th overall. -- Jonny Fullerton

www.flying15worlds2019.com

The Fife Regatta returns in 2020
Originating in 1998, The Fife Regatta now invites the prestigious Fife designed classic yachts back to their birthplace in Fairlie on the Clyde, Scotland.

Sailing in the waters they were designed for, they will again experience our unique coasts, waters and hospitality, whilst celebrating the much admired William Fife designed yachts.

The fifth edition of the Fife Regatta will take place from the 4th - 11th of June 2020, sailing around historic venues on the Clyde, starting and finishing in Largs.

Spanning the Victorian era through to WWII, William Fife ran his a yard in Fairlie, Scotland, becoming an artisan of yacht design. The signature Dragon and Wheatsheaf emblem engraved in the bow of Fife's yachts is symbolic of the level of craftsmanship in each bespoke creation.

The shared passion and enthusiasm for Fife yachts among owners and volunteers from the local coastal communities has enabled this pilgrimage of classic yachts to return to their birthplace. The Fife Regatta is a homecoming for both the yachts and their owners and will celebrate heritage and culture, the outstanding food and drink, and the natural environment of Scotland.

Fife yachts continue to attract attention worldwide with exacting restoration projects rekindling the sheer pleasure of sailing such elegant crafts. The enduring elegance of the classic yachts provide a moving insight into Scotland's proud marine heritage

www.fiferegatta.com

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The Last Word
Once demagogy and falsehoods become routine, there isn’t much for the political journalist to do except handicap the race and report on the candidate’s mood. -- George Packer

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In This Issue
• Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship
• Merlin's Magical Cosmic Tour Rolls Into SF Bay
• The annual B2B conference for anyone involved in yacht racing
• The Clipper Race Surfs into Portimao
• Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2020 from 2 to 6 June
• Two Years Of The Start, Who Are The Possible Teams For The Ocean Race?
• Ocean Safety's Daily Expert programme unveils for Southampton Boat Show
• Jeanne Socrates sails into the record books again!
• SAILGP Grand Final In Marseille
• Helsinki, Finland To Host 2020 12 Metre World Championship
• Featured Brokerage:
• • William Fife Iii 19 Metre Gaff Cutter - Mariquita
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• • Chessie Racing
• The Last Word: Dr. Ishiro Seriwaza

Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship
The Eastern Hemisphere Championship has just dropped the curtains on Attersee, Austria, after staging a wonderful show with different conditions every day, so that the sailors had to adjust again and again to the wind, weather and waves and could not lower their attention. Wednesday was the "last summer day"; Thursday is the day between the seasons and Friday is called the "first autumn day" here in Attersee: winds from the north, up to 17 knots, 30 km / h, with big waves and the water almost ink black, proved the saying right.

The final ranking was decided only on the last day. The fleet was extremely nervous for the first start and as a result there were two general recalls before the committee hoisted the Black Flag that put the fleet in order. Third time was the charm and the last day was on.

Alexey Zhivotovskiy from Russia was the best at mastering the conditions on this last day. He was in the lead at the first windward mark, and kept the lead until the very end to win the race. Second place went to Peter O'Leary from Ireland, who kept improving over the week. The third place went to Christian Paucksch from Germany with his crew Vera Geck from Austria. She was the first woman on the podium in this series. The overall leader Augie Diaz closed the race with a 4th place and that was enough to ensure him the Eastern Hemisphere Championship title and he decided to not compete in the seventh race. Star Class President, Hubert Merkelbach from Germany, lost his last small chance to win the title with a 17th place finish.

The second Silver Star at stake for September is the North American Championship, beginning Tuesday, the 10th, at Toms River Yacht Club, New Jersey USA, with the official Opening Ceremony.

Final top ten:
1. Augie Diaz / Christian Nehammer, USA, 19
2. Peter O'Leary / Joost Houweling, IRL, 27
3. Haico de Boer / Pedro Trouche, NED, 27
4. Hubert Merkelbach / Markus Koy GER, 33
5. Piet Eckert / Frederico Melo, SUI, 38
6. Werner Fritz / Uli Seeberger, GER, 39
7. Alexey Zhivotovskiy / Lev Shnyr, RUS, 40
8. Vasyl Gureyev / Andriy Shafranyuk, UKR, 65
9. Christian Paucksch / Vera Geck, GER, 66
10. Calle Schroder / Henrik Glimstedt, SWE, 68

2019ehc.starchampionships.org

Merlin's Magical Cosmic Tour Rolls Into SF Bay
Photos by Erik Simonson, www.h2oshots.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The finely revamped Bill Lee Custom sailed into San Francisco in the wee hours of Saturday morning one the next leg of her ongoing tour du force. This stop includes some good will rides and viewing opportunities for sailing fans and friends alike with 4 days of racing in the Big Boat Series for only the 2nd time, the last being some 3 decades ago.

Her latest surgery took place earlier this year at Dennis Choate's Advanced Composites in Long Beach prior to this year's Transpac. Essentially, the new owner, Chip Merlin asked Bill Lee what 10 things he would change if he could. Chip then took that list to Brian Malone and that list was performed with the assist of Alan Andrews, Jimmy Slaughter and Trevor Baylis in a concerted effort to make he the best she could be.

One of the biggest was losing 300 lbs in the standing rigging and mast from Offshore Spars in Michigan: "The next chapter for the boat was the replacement of an aging existing spar with an optimized high modulus Offshore Spars carbon spar, EC6 composite rigging and a modern composite boom. The optimizations will include sail plan alterations and weight reductions. The addition of halyard locks will reduce tube compression and line stretch. The new boom will be lighter and designed to complement the spar and the crew sailing style."

Owner Chip Merlin is all in on the project and sharing the legendary vessel's magic is all part of the game plan. The Big Boat Series on his bucket list, but a scheduling conflict left him out for this year's regatta, but having her there and represented is high on the priority list. Boat manager Brian Malone has been working his tail off assisting in the recovery of The Bahama's after Dorian's destruction, and will also be absent. But the show goes on.

"Sailing Merlin in iconic races is Chip's desire, sharing the boat with as many people as he can. Carrying on the open tradition Bill Lee started long ago."

After the BBS, Merlin heads to KKMI were she will get some maintenance before packing her up for another ride across the states to the East Coast. The Miami to Key West Race, then Newport Bermuda will be next before packing up again and heading the Great Lakes for another shot at the Chicago Mackinac Race and the Ugotta Regatta in Harbor Springs. From there its back to the West Coast where hopes are for a full compliment of offshore events, perhaps a Mexican race or two, the Cal Offshore Race Week and the SoCal 300, The Islands Race and ready for the Transpac. The Big Boat Series in 2021 is possible and then the Sydney Hobart, another bucket list item to be checked off.

Merlin will be stationed at the guest dock of the St Francis this week, feel free to have a look see, but things are going to be a bit hectic from Wednesday on and those fingers get a bit crowded during the regatta, so prudence is recommended when timing a dockside chat. -- Eric Simonson

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The annual B2B conference for anyone involved in yacht racing
The Yacht Racing Forum is an event you shouldn't miss if you work in the yacht racing industry. It is the only B2B conference where you will meet potential clients and partners, discuss and learn about the evolution of the sport, meet potential clients, suppliers or sponsors.

Just check the list of speakers on the event website (http://www.yachtracingforum.com/forum/speakers-2019/): it is spectacular, with no less than 52 confirmed speakers three months prior to the event, including senior management from production boats such as Beneteau or Gunboat, top sailing events including the Ocean Race or the America's Cup, the world's leading classes (IMOCA, Class 40, Ultime, Solitaire du Figaro, Minis…), technical suppliers (North Sails, Gurit, Protect Tapes), Insurance companies (Pantaenius), amateur and pro sailors and so many more.

To keep it short: every company serious about yacht racing and caring about the future of the sport needs to attend; most of them have already confirmed their participation.

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The Clipper Race Surfs into Portimao
The winners of the first stage of the Clipper 2019-20 Race (Race 1) have crossed the finish line into Portimao. Punta del Este took line honours, after racing 1,200 nautical miles from London, arriving into the Algarvian city at 00:45:22 UTC.

Dare To Lead finished in second place, with Qingdao following closely behind, crossing the line in third at 0:26:00 UTC.

Punta del Este, skippered by Jeronimo from Spain, has a crew ranging in age from 20 to 76 years old and with 19 nationalities including Uruguay, Finland, Australia and Canada. Scooping the top spot in the first race was what every boat strived for, setting the standard for other teams to chase.

Despite only taking six days, the eleven teams in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have faced tough sailing conditions. Crew had to get used to life on an angle straight away as they faced an upwind slog as they raced along the south coast of the UK. And famous for its rough and stormy conditions, the Bay of Biscay did not disappoint, especially when rounding the southern point, Cape Finisterre. Teams faced squally conditions and gusts up to 30 knots with their intensive four week training coming into its own.

The Clipper Race teams will spend a week in Portimao. Marina de Portimao is hosting a rally on Thursday 12 September, with four Clipper Race teams racing from the city to Lagos and back. Yachts will be visible from the shoreline along the coast, providing a spectacle for spectators to enjoy. The Clipper Race will be departing Marina de Portimao on Sunday 15 September,

The second race of the circumnavigation will see the first ocean crossing for crew. Teams will be racing 5,195 nautical miles to Host Port Punta del Este in Uruguay. -- Sarah Lacey

clipperroundtheworld.com

Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2020 from 2 to 6 June
Porto Cervo, 30 August 2019. The dates of the 13th edition of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta have been confirmed. One of the key events on the YCCS sporting calendar, the regatta will as usual take place in the first week of June with the official dates being 2 to 6 June 2020.

In the 2019 edition 20 superyachts gathered in Porto Cervo for the event, divided into three categories. In the Cruising division the Perini Navi "Silencio" triumphed, in the Performance division the WallyCento "Magic Carpet 3" took the top spot and the SW82 "Grande Orazio" claimed the Southern Wind Trophy with these last two being owned by YCCS members Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones and Massimiliano Florio respectively.

Exclusive social events complemented the racing including the owners' dinner, the traditional after race drinks for crews and the Sunset Party, organised this year on Quay A in the marina.

The event, which combines coastal racing in the stunning setting of the La Maddalena archipelago with social gatherings ashore, is one of the primary regattas on the Mediterranean racing calendar for superyachts.

The Notice of Race with information and details of how to enter will be distributed during the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup which will get underway on 1 September.

The Notice of Race is available here

Two Years Of The Start, Who Are The Possible Teams For The Ocean Race?
This week 11th Hour Racing confirmed their participation in The Ocean Race 2021-2022 with Charlie Enright and Mark Towill co-skippering the project. This actually makes the US team the first officially entered and funded team for this new iteration of the crewed race around the world. On the back of that news Tip & Shaft take stock of the other projects, IMOCAs and the VO65.

After two campaigns in the colors first of Alvimedica and then Vestas 11th Hour Racing, Charlie Enright / Mark Towil who are partners in the company 1 Degree, will compete for the third time in a raw on The Ocean Race (formerly the Volvo). They are to be supported by the US 11th Hour Racing sustainability group. The project is already in the starting blocks, as they have Alex Thomson's former Hugo Boss, the VPLP-Verdier design which finished second on the last Vendée Globe. The boat will compete on the Azimut Challenge and then the Transat Jacques Vabre with Charlie Enright partnered by Pascal Bidégorry (see the list of entries for the Azimut Challenge). The official announcement for the TJV pairing is expected soon.

Damian Foxall, Irish round the world ace, is on the team also serving as 'Sustainability Manager' as he was with the team last time, and the news is expected soon that they will build an IMOCA specially designed for The Ocean Race to a Guillaume Verdier design. It will be built at CDK under the supervision of François Gabart's MerConcept team. None of the parties who were contacted by Tip & Shaft would officially confirm but announcements are scheduled for next Thursday.

11th Hour Racing will be the first Imoca designed and built specifically for The Ocean Race. For Verdier, this is not the only project in progress for the 2021-2022 edition of the race: according to our information, he is also working on another Imoca on behalf of a project called "Switchback" in the offing for New Zealander Daryl Wislang, who won the last Volvo with Dongfeng Race Team, partnered by two Volvo Ocean Race winning navigators, Jules Salter (ex Ericsson/4/Abu Dhabi Team AkzoNobel), Pablo Arrante (ex Mapfre) and Simon Fisher (ex Abu Dhabi/Vestas 11th Hour). The project will be financed by the American businessman David Leuschen, founder of Riverstone, an investment fund specializing in energy, who also owns the Wally 100 Galateia, on which Daryl Wislang regularly sails. Asked by mail he told us, "I am keen on doing the next race but I can't talk about what is happening at the moment."

As for the other IMOCA projects, the most advanced to date is the one run by the Spaniard Xabi Fernandez, who is hoping for the green light from Mapfre (for a budget that his team estimated at the end of last year to be between 20 and 25 million euros) to launch the build of a boat to be designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian.

The full analysis in Tip & Shaft

Ocean Safety's Daily Expert programme unveils for Southampton Boat Show
Ocean Safety will host an expert product focus themed each day from Monday to Friday at the Southampton Boat Show which opens on 13th September. Alongside the company's newest and most popular live-saving products on stand J265 will be specialists from the company who can advise customers on a number of safety topics. An Ocean Safety expert will be present on Monday: Lifejackets, Tuesday: Electronics, Wednesday: Servicing, Thursday: Man Overboard, Friday: Liferafts

The themed days will give visitors the opportunity of ensuring they can get the best possible advice from the right Ocean Safety team specialist on a given day. At the same time, of course, any questions can be answered at any time since the company's team will always be on hand to deliver key information and advice on everything marine safety-related.

Ocean Safety will also be launching their Early Service Offer with a free Ocean Signal EDF1 flare to anyone who books in their liferafts for winter servicing before the end of September.

Visitors to Ocean Safety can buy their range of products from their partner retailers at the show, Andark Diving, Force 4 Chandlery, Marine Superstore and YouBoat.

oceansafety.com

Jeanne Socrates sails into the record books again!
The Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) is pleased to announce that member Jeanne Socrates has sailed into Victoria BC harbour on 7th September after successfully completing another single-handed unassisted nonstop circumnavigation. Jeanne set sail from Victoria on the 3 October 2018 on NEREIDA with the intent of becoming the oldest person to sail alone around the world. She is 77 years old.

NEREIDA had severe mainsail damage in the Cape Horn area which took a long time to repair, suffered a knock down SW of New Zealand after which she had to enter Timaru Bay in NZ to make repairs, and later lost her headsail in the North Pacific.

Jeanne's single-mindedness and determination to complete this voyage has culminated in a successful conclusion and she received a warm welcome back from many of her local supporters. All OCC members offer Jeanne their congratulations and Bravo Zulu!

According to Marine Traffic, NEREIDA arrived at Port VICTORIA on 2019-09-07 at 16:22 Local Time (2019-09-07 23:22 UTC).

www.svnereida.com

SAILGP Grand Final In Marseille
On 20-22 September 2019, the Mediterranean city of Marseille will host the Grand Final of SailGP Season 1 - the new global championship aiming to redefine sailing. For the first time ever in France, the world's fastest flying catamarans and top athletes will take centre stage, offering a unique and high speed maritime show in Marseille for the spectators expected.

This new annual event, launched at the end of 2018 by Sir Russell Coutts and Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, pits nation versus nation in a series of short format racing in some of the most iconic harbours in the world.

Following four events in Sydney, San Francisco, New York and Cowes, UK, the six teams representing France, Australia, China, Great Britain, Japan and the United States will go head to head in Marseille for the season finale.

The penultimate event in Cowes saw a new F50 speed record broken, with Dylan Fletcher's British team hitting 50 knots (nearly 60 mph / 100 kph) in training on the revolutionary catamaran, before overall leader Tom Slingsby and his Australian team went one better, to hit the incredible speed during racing for the first time. Marseille promises to be an equally intense and spectacular event.

Currently Australia's Tom Slingsby is leading the charge at the top of the leaderboard but will have to fight off strong competition from fellow Olympic gold medallist Nathan Outteridge of Japan, Rome Kirby's young United States team and the British team helmed by Dylan Fletcher. After two days racing in Marseille, the top two ranked teams from the whole season will do battle for glory and the $1 million prize.

sailgp.com

Helsinki, Finland To Host 2020 12 Metre World Championship
After a phenomenal 12 Metre World Championship in Newport, RI (USA), the NJK yacht club in Helsinki and the International Twelve Metre Association (ITMA) are moving at full speed to organize the next 12mR Worlds in Helsinki from August 16-23, 2020.

Approximately 15-20 12mR yachts raced by teams from a dozen countries are expected to compete. The European vintage fleet will be well represented and the organizers have high hopes for representatives for Modern and Grand Prix division boats well.

Blue Marlin (FIN-1) and the 2017 European champion Wings (K-15) raced by a Danish-Finnish syndicate, will both sail under the flag of the event host NJK- the oldest yacht club in Finland, founded in 1863.

It has been more than 30 years since the memorable 1988 12mR Worlds at Lulea - the last 12 Metre World Championship to be sailed in the Northern Baltic.

The fleet will include the 2019 European Champion, Howaldt's famous Sparkman & Stephens design Vim (US-15), The recently rebuilt Jenetta (K-1) and Wilfried Beeck's Trivia (K-10), both representing Germany, will also face off against the reigning 12mR Vintage Champion, Patrizio Bertelli's Nyala (US-12) representing Italy and the Southern Europe 12mR fleet.

12mrworlds.com

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The Last Word
The arrogance of men is thinking that nature is in our control, and not the other way around. -- Dr. Ishiro Seriwaza

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In This Issue
• Japan Sailing Federation Plays It Safe, Takes Home Win
• Monaco Classic Week honours American yacht design
• Harken to Attend Southampton Boat Show
• Flying 15 Worlds
• Ocean Race Veterans Charlie Enright & Mark Towill Set Sights on Third Race Around the World
• Yacht Racing Forum in Bilbao: Innovation and Progress
• 90 sailors at the start of the 22nd Mini-Transat
• The Focus: What We Can't See
• Eight Bells: Mark Lindsay
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Italia Yachts 12.98
• • Ker 40 - "Hooligan VII"
• • X41 - British Soldier
• The Last Word: Barack Obama

Japan Sailing Federation Plays It Safe, Takes Home Win
How to balance risk against reward is always a key decision early in a regatta. That applies double for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup where the unique nature of the event means there's no reliable pre-regatta form guide. In a few days, we'll know which teams came prepared to win and which are a little off the pace. But for the start of Race 1 earlier today, there were 20 contenders of unknown caliber attacking the starting line.

A good start was important. But the risk of a bad start outweighed getting too aggressive. Three teams pushed too hard, starting a few seconds before the gun and then having to turn around and re-start, a painful process in the light winds. The Japan Sailing Federation (JSF) picked an uncrowded part of the line, timed it perfectly and leapt into the race with good pace and a large lane. That often translates into a great race, and that's exactly what happened. The JSF led at every mark and took a 1-minute win over San Diego Yacht Club, with the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and Yacht Club Italiano rounding out the top four.

The first day of racing got off to a slow start as the breeze refused to fill until nearly 3 pm and even then it was just into the range of sailable conditions.

Tomorrow is expected to be a significant departure from today's light air, with the forecast calling for strong southwesterly breezes all day.

Top ten after 1 race
1. Japan Sailing Federation
2. San Diego Yacht Club
3. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda
4. Yacht Club Italiano
5. Royal Thames Yacht Club
6. Royal Cork Yacht Club
7. Royal Canadian Yacht Club
8. New York Yacht Club
9. Royal Swedish Yacht Club
10. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein

Full results

nyyc.org/2019-rolex-nyyc-invitational-cup

Monaco Classic Week honours American yacht design
The 14th Monaco Classic Week gets underway this week (11-15 September) with 130 classic sailing and motor boats expected, and homage being paid to American yachts which dominated the international scene from 1851 to 1973.

It is the first time Atlantic 2010 (replica of the 1903 three-mast schooner on which Charlie Barr in 1905 set the best time for an Atlantic crossing) will be in the Principality. Another icon making a welcome return is the 79m SS Delphine (1921), built for the wife of automobile magnate Horace E. Dodge.

On the quays and in the Clubhouse, the YCM is celebrating designers like Starling Burgess, Nat. Herreshoff and John G. Alden, and their prolific prestigious successors, Olin Stephens and his accomplice Roderick Sparkman, and Dick Carter.

For the racing, all eyes will be on the Metric Classes built after the 1906 International Rating (IR) was introduced: 6M, 8M, 12M and, of course, the 15M class which includes the Yacht Club's Tuiga, 110 years old this year. Some neck-and-neck racing is expected, particularly in the popular 6M and 8M classes, the 12M class being represented by La Spina and French Kiss. It was the latter which, in 1987 skippered by Marc Pajot, posted the best result to date for a French boat in the America's Cup, reaching the Challengers' semi-finals in Perth.

The International Schooner Association has also chosen Monaco for the second stage of its all-new Schooner Cup Series. Among those competing are Invader (1905), Puritan (1930) and Elena of London 2009 (1910 replica) who will add to the yesteryear atmosphere on the quays.

Also on the water 30+ motorboats with the Med represented by the Rivas and the USA by a fleet of Chris Craft icons, as well as a 20-strong fleet of 12-foot Dinghies.

For America's Cup junkies, a one-off exhibition, "G.L. Watson and the America's Cup" features unpublished photos from the George Lennox Watson archive, the unlucky Scottish designer behind four British Challengers including a Shamrock for Sir Thomas Lipton, which tried and failed to get the silver ewer back to the UK. A pioneer of industrial espionage, for each edition of the Cup Watson obtained photos of the American boats, either in action or in the yard, to study them. This historically significant collection was made available to the YCM by G. L. Watson & Co in Liverpool.

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Harken to Attend Southampton Boat Show
Harken will exhibit at the Southampton Boat Show, at stand J219, which takes place 13-22 September 2019 at Mayflower Park. Harken will be displaying their range of premium sailing and deck hardware, including winches, furlers, blocks, mainsail handling systems, accessories, and more.

Harken staff will be on hand to offer advice for sailing questions, big or small, including the following:
Ask the Tech Team - professional, friendly advice from Harken staff answering all technical queries and questions - whether dinghy, classic, cruising or racer.

Winch service demos - live demos on winch servicing, plus tech tips and advice on how to get the very best out of deck hardware.

The show has a range of interactive attractions, new innovations, hardware, clothing and accessories, on top of expert advice, with plenty to do for both seasoned sailors and boating newcomers alike.

Harken At The Front
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Flying 15 Worlds
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As the Subaru Flying Fifteen World Championship reaches the half way stage Dun Laoghaire delivered another blustery day to complete two more races. Early in the morning the wind was howling but by race 6 start time of 1300 hrs it had moderated to a puffy 14 - 18 knots with a pronounced chop caused by wind against tide.

Race 6 started on the first attempt with a new course configuration of w/l triangle w/l and a short beat to the finish which offered the chance for the fleet to stretch their legs with some fast reaching.

At the halfway stage of the regatta Graham Vials / Chris Turner have started to show their class by opening up a 17 point lead with a total of 11 points net. Andy Mckee / Richard Jones are second with 28 points and Nathan Batchelor / Ricky Rigg on 31points.

Racing resumes with 3 races planned with an earlier start time of 1100 hrs on Wednesday. -- Jonny Fullerton

Top five after 7 races, 1 discard
1. Graham Vials Chris Turner, GBR, 11
2. Andy McKee Richard Jones, GBR, 28
3. Nathan Batchelor Richard Rigg, GBR, 31
4. Greg Wells Andrew Jameson, GBR, 36
5. Richard Lovering Matt Alvarado, GBR, 37

www.flying15worlds2019.com

Ocean Race Veterans Charlie Enright & Mark Towill Set Sights on Third Race Around the World
Newport, Rhode Island, USA: Two-time Volvo Ocean Race participants Charlie Enright (Bristol, RI) and Mark Towill (Honolulu, HI), Co-Founders of 1 Degree, announced that they have formally renewed their team's sponsorship with 11th Hour Racing for a long-term and visionary campaign, with their eyes set on the 2021-22 "The Ocean Race."

The team will be named "11th Hour Racing" after its title sponsor -- Rhode Island-based 11th Hour Racing -- with the team's primary goal to win the world's toughest crewed round-the-world sailing race, while engaging a broad audience and sailing fans across the globe on the topics of the climate crisis, ocean health and sustainability.

Enright and Towill are aiming for their third round-the-world race dating back to 2014 after previous campaigns with Team Alvimedica (2014-15) and Vestas 11th Hour Racing (2017-18).

The team's first step in its new campaign will begin with the Transat Jacques Vabre starting from Le Havre, France, October 27, 2019. The team will compete using the former Hugo Boss IMOCA 60 boat that has been purchased by the team, rebranded and refitted. The 11th Hour Racing Team will do its offshore training in advance of the Transat Jacques Vabre out of Port-La-Forêt, Brittany, France, over the next two months, and maintain a training base in Brittany in the near term. The team arrives in Le Havre by October 18.

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Yacht Racing Forum in Bilbao: Innovation and Progress
The 12th edition of the Yacht Racing Forum innovates, and proposes new concepts, subjects and speakers. The conference will bring together around 350 delegates, including the sports' main decision-makers from all over the world. The leading events, venues, brands and sponsors will be in Bilbao, Spain, on November 25-26.

More than 60 speakers have already confirmed their participation, including the sports' leading personalities from all over the world (click here to discover the entire list of speakers). SailGP, the Class 40, the Ocean Race or the next Olympic Games will be presented in great detail by their key promoters, whilst a strong focus will be put on mainstream and youth sailing.

The Yacht Racing Forum will feature many innovations this year, including a session entitled "New talent in sailing technology". Presented by Dr Ignazio Maria Viola, Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, it will offer students involved in academic research on sails & foils the opportunity to present their research to their potential future employers. Students and youngsters will also benefit from a strong discount to access the Forum.

If you haven't registered yet, please do it now to help us organise the event as efficiently as possible.

www.yachtracingforum.com

90 sailors at the start of the 22nd Mini-Transat
In less than three weeks, on Sunday 22 September at 14:15 hours local time, 90 sailors (including 8 women), will take the start in La Rochelle of the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangere with Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canaries) as the destination of the first leg. Festivities will kick off on Saturday 14 September with the opening of the event village in the Bassin des Chalutiers. Among the 90 entries, who represent 13 nationalities, 12 are 'repeat offenders', so the vast majority will be rookies setting out to take on the Atlantic. The second leg to Le Marin (Martinique) will set sail on 2 November.

This year, the event has attracted sailors ranging from 18 (Violette Dorange) to 64 years of age (Georges Kick)!

Eight women are signed up. In addition to the youngest competitor of all, Violette Dorange, we'll also see Marie Gendron, Amelie Grassi, Anne Beauge, Celine Salles, Axelle Pillain, Marie-Amelie Lenaerts and Irina Gracheva out on the racetrack. All of them will be making their event debut.

The 22nd Mini-Transat La Boulangere is also confirming its international appeal, since some 24 overseas skippers are signed up (a fairly stable figure compared with the last edition). In addition to France, 12 other countries will be represented with a number of Italian, Spanish, Belgian, Russian and Swiss entries, as well as one Greek, one Czech, one German, one Pole, one Japanese sailor, one Briton and one representative from the United Arab Emirates.

Finally, it's important to note that among the 22 competing prototypes, two are equipped with foils: the 900 (Arkema 3) skippered by Raphaël Lutard and the 969 (Cerfrance) skippered by Tanguy Bouroullec.

- 14 September, 10:00hrs: Opening of the Event Village
- 15 September, 17:00hrs: Presentation of the skippers (on the Village stage)
- 22 September, 14:15hrs: start of the first leg (La Rochelle - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)
- 2 November, from 14:00hrs: start of the second leg (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Le Marin)

www.minitransat.fr

The Focus: What We Can't See
When I wasn't watching where I was going a few weeks ago, I ran into another sailboat. Readers of July's letter-"Steering Without Looking"-may think this hilarious, and I admit the irony was not lost on me.

My friend Dick Holliday probably has a more nuanced view of the occasion as he owns an identical boat, a Watch Hill 15, and was in the process of rounding up all 25 of the boats ever built for their gala 50th anniversary regatta the next weekend.

The hole in the boat I hit was repaired in time for the anniversary, but I still felt the sting. I found it hard to sleep, replaying the incident and wondering if I were losing my marbles. More than anything, I felt a sense of shame.

As a leader of any enterprise will tell you, a collision or the equivalent error happens now and then, and everybody must eat humble pie sometimes. Part of my penance is to tell the story of my mistake, which has a practical value within my racing crews. When I tell the jib trimmer before the race, "You are my eyes to leeward," now they know I'm serious about keeping a lookout for boats in my blind spot, behind the jib.

It's also important to get back on the horse, which I did the following weekend aboard our IOD, Norwegian Wood, with my boat partner Jennifer and her son Oliver, and my wife Rachel and our daughter Isabel. While I steered with heightened attention on avoiding the other boats, Jennifer and the others put extra focus on quietly reviewing the assignments for each upcoming maneuver. As a result, the boat was calm, our speed was good, and the crew work was flawless. We got into a zone, found some good lanes on the course, and at the day's end had won three out of three races.

My steering experience the next weekend was nearly as successful and also completely different. I had been asked to steer Dorade, a famous wooden yawl built in 1930, and while I hoped we would win, avoiding any collision was again a personal priority. Yet I had to cope with the fact that on this 52-foot boat, no helmsman can see well due to the position of other crewmembers and the multiple sails a yawl can set on its two masts.

Full article

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Eight Bells: Mark Lindsay
Few people touched the full range of the sport as Mark Lindsay, 75, who passed away unexpectedly on September 6 in Gloucester, MA. From dinghies to keelboats, from powerboats to America's Cup boats, Mark was a high-tech boat-building pioneer.

An excerpt from his life story as told in Scuttlebutt:

In the early 1980s, Lindsay Boatbuilders began building ocean racers, starting with MORC and IOR boats. Our first keel boat, a Graham and Schlageter 27 won the MORC Internationals. More orders followed and the boats grew in size. In the late '80s, the IMS rule gave a new opportunity to use our vacuum-bagged epoxy Kevlar construction with the Taylor 40. These boats combined the technology of the latest racing designs with a layout and sail control systems that were easy for the crews of families and friends who sailed the boats.

The Taylor 40 gave several local sailing teams their first successes at the national level, with one overseas boat winning the Japan Cup for its new owner. In 1992 our recently launched Schumacher 40 fulfilled her owner's dreams by winning her class in the Bermuda Race. I was privileged to join owner Shep Poor and designer Carl Schumacher on that long thrash to weather in the rain that left us with several sea stories and some great memories.

Over the years, many young and old sailors developed an affinity for Lindsay rudders. From Optimist prams to Dennis Conner's America's Cup boats, these foils had developed a mystique for successful performance.

In preparation for the 1992 America's Cup, we were invited to build the rudders for Bill Koch's America 3 team and to bring our boatbuilding expertise to Hercules Aerospace for the construction of their first hull.

In 1996 I joined Scott Smith in forming the new venture, Boston BoatWorks, at the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Boston, MA. We were very excited to be bringing boatbuilding back to the East Boston waterfront where Donald McKay had built and launched his famous clipper ships such as the Flying Cloud.

Our latest project with MJM Yachts is the realization of a longtime dream. I first met Bob Johnstone at a 505 regatta in the early '70s. We have always appreciated each other's work and I am delighted at this opportunity to work with such a creative contributor to the profession and to the enjoyment of boating. And when I can't wait to get to work in the morning, I know I have chosen the right occupation.

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In This Issue
• 14th Monaco Classic Week - La Belle Classe
• Ester’s story
• Robline in a nutshell... may we introduce the brand
• A Year Later, San Diego Yacht Club Picks Up Where They Left Off
• Azimut Challenge
• Finn European Masters
• The Grand Prize - Road To 2020
• Melges 20 European Championship
• Americas Fleet Update
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Arksen 100
• • Botin 65 - High Spirit
• The Last Word: Rainn Wilson

14th Monaco Classic Week - La Belle Classe
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

For this edition of the biennial Monaco Classic Week, the Yacht Club de Monaco is taking on an American accent, opening the meeting with a rendition of the famous Sousa march, ‘Stars & Stripes forever’ performed by naval military band, Musique des Equipage de la Flotte.

This is the only classic boat gathering which invites both sailing and motor boats, with some 130 registered. They include 74 classic and Metric Class sailing yachts, as well as 30 motorboats, represented by those symbols of the Mediterranean, the Rivas, and for the USA a fleet of the Chris Craft icons of American lakes.

It will be the first time that Atlantic 2010 (replica of the 1903 three-mast schooner on which Charlie Barr in 1905 set the best time for an Atlantic crossing) will be in the Principality. Another icon, SS Delphine (1921), the 79m steam-boat built for the wife of automobile magnate Horace E. Dodge, makes a welcome return. It was aboard this beauty that three world leaders, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill, negotiated at least part of the 1945 Yalta Agreement.

* Sailing for the first time in over 70 years, the restored Swedish yacht Ester made her debut this week. Click the image above for a number of shots from Ingrid Abery of this gorgeous yacht.

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Ester’s story
Ester was built during a period of intense innovation within yacht design and may be regarded as an exceptional boat due to the specificity of her purpose and consequent extreme design.

In 1901, Gunnar Mellgren was assigned the task of drawing a boat to race against Finland and defend the Tivoli cup. He created something both beautiful and unique. That year, the Finnish boating magazine Frisk Bris wrote that Ester was a very strange phenomenon and one of the most beautiful yachts created. She retained Sweden’s hold on the Tivoli Cup and went on to race very successfully throughout Sweden.

That summer, Ester earned herself a reputation for perfect shape and great ability. At one point, during a later season, she had won all twenty nine races she had entered. This formidable reputation travelled as far as Gothenburg where many boats were disinclined to engage in the futile race for the Rohss Cup, which Ester consequently won.

She also won SS Aeolus’ distance race, all the races in the Gothenburg Regatta, two races in Norway and the new Gothenburg Yacht Club triangle sailing. It has been said that when Ester registered to race, the result was sometimes declared before the start. For many years, she was the fastest boat of her size in Sweden.

In 1915, Ester disappeared from all registers and only re-appeared in 1933, worn out, renamed Brita and gifted to ornskoldsvik SS (sailing organisation). Her last results are from the midsummer regatta at Ulvon in 1937 where she was the first to finish.

An autumn evening just outside Jarvon, a fire broke out onboard Ester and she sank. The crew were able to save themselves in the dinghy but Ester was lost.

For more than seventy years, Ester lay alone beneath the waves she once conquered and on which she articulated brilliance. Later, onboard a search vessel in 2012, Per Hellgren, Bo Eriksson and Jan Olof Backman peered down through a screen at a distant shape on the muddy bottom.

The dream of rebuilding this iconic thoroughbred is materialising. Ester is beginning a new chapter sailing new waters with new owners and a new crew. She might even get a new broom.

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A Year Later, San Diego Yacht Club Picks Up Where They Left Off
NEWPORT, R.I., USA: Different year, different boat, same outstanding performance for San Diego Yacht Club. Through four races in the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, the premier Corinthian one-design keelboat championship, the West Coast team has shown the blazing boatspeed, precision teamwork and tactical acumen that qualified them for this prestigious international championship a year ago. With a first, third and first today, San DIego skipper Tyler Sinks has staked his crew to a 17-point lead after just four races. There's a lot of sailing left in this event - up to eight more races over three days - but the early marker by the San Diego Yacht Club (SDYC) has put the rest of the fleet on notice: either find a way to keep Bow No. 7 in the rearview mirror, or start fighting for second place.

Behind San Diego is a knot of five teams separated by five points. And just 15 points separates 11th from second, where Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron (RSYS) sits after finishing the day with a first and a third.

Racing for the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup will continue through Saturday, September 14, with a live broadcast of each race via Facebook and YouTube. Racing is scheduled to start at 11 am each day.

Results after four races
1. San Diego Yacht Club, 2, 1, 3, 1; 7 points
2. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, 11, 9, 1, 3; 24
3. Japan Sailing Federation, 1, 4, 9, 11; 25
4. Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 7, 3, 12, 5; 27
5. Royal Cork Yacht Club, 6, 6, 14, 2; 28
6. Yacht Club Italiano, 4, 12, 5, 8; 29
7. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, 3, 7, 13, 9; 32
8. Royal Thames Yacht Club, 5, 5, 6, 19; 35
9. New York Yacht Club, 8, 14, 7, 7; 36
10. Royal Swedish Yacht Club, 9, 2, 8, 18; 37
11. Southern Yacht Club, 14, 19, 2, 4; 39
12. Yacht Club Argentino, 13, 15, 4, 16; 48
13. Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, 19, 8, 15, 6; 48
14. Itchenor Sailing Club, 16, 13, 10, 10; 49
15. Royal New Zealand Yacht Club, 12, 11, 11, 17; 51
16. Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, 15, 10, 17, 13; 55
17. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, 10, 18, 18, 15; 61
18. Royal Yacht Squadron, 17, 16, 19, 12; 64
19. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, 18, 17, 16, 14; 65
20. Yacht Club de France, 20, 20, 20, 20; 80

Full results

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Azimut Challenge
From 18th to 22nd September, the ninth Azimut Challenge in Lorient will bring together an exceptional line-up of 23 IMOCAs, including three brand new boats: Advens for cybersecurity, Arkea-Paprec and DMG Mori. Because this is a Transat Jacques Vabre year (start on 27th October), the Azimut Challenge, which has renewed its partnership with the IMOCA class, will be raced double-handed with a bigger format, with in particular a 48-hour race, which should offer the sailors some precious lessons. We look at the programme and who is taking part

For the first time, the Azimut Challenge will last five days (instead of the usual three). On Wednesday 18th September, the crewed runs will mark the start of the event in Lorient. The aim is to get the best time over the distance of 1.5 miles. Last year, the event was particularly spectacular with some acrobatics from Charal, which had only just been launched. On Thursday 19th September, 23 IMOCAs are expected to set sail in the big race in this Azimut Challenge with 48 hours of double-handed racing. This offshore race that everyone is looking forward to, will be the final battle between the boats before the Transat Jacques Vabre. To finish, on Sunday 22nd September, the crews will take part in the traditional race around the island of Groix, during which they will be able to take on board some guests.

The IMOCA class had a busy summer with its launches, with five boats being unveiled in just six weeks. One of them, Arkea-Paprec sailed by Sebastien Simon and Vincent Riou, has already taken part in the Rolex Fastnet Race. Unfortunately, it sadly ended with the boat retiring and so this time, the duo will really want to complete the Azimut Challenge race and get a good result. For Vincent, it is also an opportunity to defend his solo title won last year. In the absence of Charlie Dalin’s Apivia, Arkea-Paprec will be able to see how she measures up against two other IMOCAs launched in recent days: Advens for cybersecurity (Thomas Ruyant/Antoine Koch) and DMG Mori (Kojiro Shiraishi/Gilles Campan).

We will also keeping a close eye on the performance of the new look MACSF sailed by Isabelle Joschke and Morgan Lagraviere, as she is almost a new boat after all the work done on her during her eight months in the yard and the addition of foils.

Registered for the 2019 Azimut Challenge:
11th Hour: Pascal Bidegorry and Charlie Enright - Foiler
Advens for cybersecurity: Thomas Ruyant and Antoine Koch - Foiler
Arkea-Paprec: Sebastien Simon and Vincent Riou - Foiler
Banque Populaire X: Clarisse Cremer and Armel le Cleac'h
Bureau Vallee: Louis Burton and Davy Beaudart - Foiler
Charal: Jeremie Beyou and Christopher Pratt - Foiler
Corum l’Epargne: Nicolas Troussel and Jean Le Cam
DMG Mori: Kojiro Shiraishi and Gilles Campan - Foiler
Groupe Apicil: Damien Seguin and Yoann Richomme
Groupe Setin: Manuel Cousin and Gildas Morvan
Initiatives Cœur: Samantha Davies and Paul Meilhat - Foiler
La Fabrique: Alan Roura and Sebastien Audigane - Foiler
La Mie Câline - Artipole: Arnaud Boissieres and Xavier Macaire - Foiler
MACSF: Isabelle Joschke and Morgan Lagraviere - Foiler
Maître CoQ: Yannick Bestaven and Roland Jourdain - Foiler
Malizia 2 - Yacht Club de Monaco: Boris Hermann and Will Harris - Foiler
Newrest-Art & Fenetres: Fabrice Amedeo and Eric Peron - Foiler
PRB: Kevin Escoffier and Nicolas Lunven - Foiler
Prysmian Group: Giancarlo Pedote and Anthony Marchand - Foiler
Pure: Romain Attanasio and Sebastien Marsset
Time For Oceans: Stephane Le Diraison and Francois Guiffant
V and B - Mayenne: Maxime Sorel and Guillaume Le Brec
Vers un monde sans Sida: Erik Nigon and Vincent Le Serec

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Finn European Masters
Filipe Silva, from Portugal, leads the Finn European Masters in Schwerin, Germany after two races on the opening day, Wednesday. Bas de Waal, from The Netherlands is second with Volodymyr Stasyuk from Ukraine in third. The race wins eventually went to Andre Budzien, from Germany, and Silva, though neither led the fleet across the line.

The event has attracted 65 entries from 16 nations including sailors from Australia and Brazil. Defending champion Vladimir Krutskikh, from Russia, was unable to attend, so by the end of the week there will be a new champion crowned.

With the wind at 12-15 knots and rising to 18-22 knots for the second race, it was a tough day for the Masters fleet, but the smiles as the fleet crossed the finish line said it all - satisfaction and elation after a great day of sailing, despite the aching limbs.

Racing continues Thursday at 12.00, with six more races scheduled until Saturday to determine the 2019 champion. -- Robert Deaves

Results after 2 races
1. Filipe Silva, POR, 3
2. Bas De Waal, NED, 6
3. Volodymyr Stasyuk, UKR, 7
4. Ricardo Santos, BRA, 15
5. Gerko Visser, NED, 19
6. Andrzej Romanowski, POL, 25
7. Lawrence Crispin, GBR, 25
8. Antal Szekely, HUN, 25
9. Paul Kamphorst, NED, 25
10. Martin Mikkelsen, DEN, 26

Full results

The Grand Prize - Road To 2020
The grand prize promotion on the Road to 2020 will culminate this month with the announcement of the winners in the final battle of the Royal Southern Summer Series and the Interboot Trophy Antigua Barbuda Challenge. Team members from Antigua Sailing Week will be present at both events to award the prizes to the lucky winners.

The Royal Southern Yacht Club has already hosted 3 of 4 races in a summer series to determine who will be awarded the coveted prize of bareboat entry into Antigua Sailing Week. The 4th and final showdown takes place this weekend September 14 on the waters of the Solent, UK. If the opportunity sounds too exciting to miss, you can still enter via this link.

The Interboot Trophy Antigua Barbuda Challenge being hosted by the Württembergischer Yacht Club on spectacular Lake Constance, Germany will include J70's in a one day battle on the September 21, for the chance to win week-long bareboat access during Antigua Sailing Week 2020. The prize-giving will be further enhanced by a pop up Reggae in the Park celebration party complete with English Harbour Rum. There's still time to enter to race during this exciting weekend.

In addition to the bareboat from Dream Yacht Charter 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.

Team August Sky, skippered by Phil Walters of the Lloyd Harbour/ Centerport Yacht Club were the first winners of the summers promotions held in Sag Harbour, USA this past August will be joined by these two crews to participate in Antigua Sailing Week.

A huge thank you to Antigua & Barbuda Tourism, Dream Yacht Charter, English Harbour Rum, National Parks Authority, Breakwater Yacht Club, Royal Southern Yacht Club and Württembergischer Yacht Club for their participation in this invitational series.

For more information about Dream Yacht Charter and its charter packages visit www.dreamyachtcharter.com or call 866-469-0912 to talk in more detail about your requirements.

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Melges 20 European Championship
Malcesine, Italy: Today the 2019 Melges 20 European Championship has begun on the race course of Malcesine: this is what represents in all aspects the most important regatta of the European season for the Melges 20 fleet.

A complicated day, for what concerns the wind, has allowed the completion of a single race that has seen all the “big” of the fleet immediately come into play occupying the highest spots of the ranking.

At the top of the provisional general classification stands the name of Russian veteran Nika of Vladimir Prosikhin with the American Morgan Reeser on tactics. In second place we find the compatriot and holder of the European title Russian Bogatyrs by Igor Rytov, the team to beat that precedes the first of the Italians, the vice world-champion of 2018 Brontolo Racing of Filippo Pacinotti (Manuel Weiller to tactics).

Behind the leading trio there is a lot of Italy, with the two Italian crews of Fremito d’Arja by Dario Levi and Caipirinha Jr. by Alessandro Agostinelli respectively in fourth and fifth position.

The Corinthian ranking currently sees the Italian team of Siderval (winner of the Melges World League European Division in its ranking) in the lead, entering the top ten, occupying ninth place and staying ahead of the Russians of Alex Team with a detachment (6 points) by Alexander Mikhaylik.

Tomorrow the regattas of the Melges 20 European Championship will resume with the warning signal set at 8.30

Top five
1. Nika Melges, Vladimir Prosikhin, RUS
2. Russian Bogatyrs, Igor Rytov, RUS
3. Brontolo Racing, Filippo Pacinotti, ITA
4. Fremito D'arja, Dario Levi, ITA
5. Caipirinha Jr, Alessandro Agostinelli, ITA

Full results

Americas Fleet Update
2019 has been a spectacular year for the 12 Metres in the U.S. As early as May, 12 Metres from around the world began to converge on Newport in anticipation of the 2019 12 Metre World Championship hosted by the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. By the time of NYYC's Annual Regatta in mid-June, most of the boats were in racing form and working on fine tuning their already competitive boats and team.

The Newport Trophy Regatta, hosted by Ida Lewis YC and the 12mR Pre-Worlds, hosted by Sail Newport capped off an intensive preparatory season. And by the time the owners and skippers gathered for the first social event of the Worlds, 22 12 Metre boats and crew, representing the largest gathering of these iconic yachts in U.S. history, were ready to vie for the most competitive World Championship since the America's Cup Jubilee in Cowes in 2001.

Teams from six (6) countries, including numerous Olympic and World champions stood ready to compete for the four World Championship trophies. And with 9 races scheduled over 5 days, the selection process promised to be a true test of both crews and boats.

To support these efforts the Ida Lewis YC (led by Commodore Dan Faria) turned out a volunteer team of more than 90 persons, including a first rate race committee organized by RC Chair Bill O'Hanley and lead by Texas PRO Mark Foster. Thereby insuring that the Regatta would go forward without a hitch.

And while the on the water activities were paramount, no regatta can be a success without awesome parties - and the 2019 12mR Worlds was no exception. The Owners' Party at Ida Lewis set a high bar for camaraderie and food and fun. The Welcome Reception for all the teams hosted by Gurney's Marina and Resort and held at their spectacular facility right on Narragansett Bay moved the bar up numerous notches (particularly when Mother Nature and the Newport Bridge put on a sunset show all will remember). Wednesday after racing the crews were treated to a smorgasbord party hosted by members of the Northern European 12mR fleet that continued the high standard.

However, the event that put the 12mR Worlds over the top was the stellar 12MYC Dinner-Dance at Marble House hosted by Kate Gubelmann and her very able committee. It was a party (as we say in Texas) 'not seen in these parts" since the old America's Cup Balls. A truly memorable event.

The best thing about the 2019 Worlds was that is was a sailors' regatta - where the on the water and off the water activities were all focused on the teams and the racing. And best of all, the regatta results bear that out. At the grand finale party, the Awards Ceremony at IYRS on Saturday, July 13th the following winners were announced:

2019 World Champions
Grand Prix Division: Legacy (KZ-5) - Thomas Andersin, Denmark
Modern Division: Challenge XII (KA-10) - Jack & Lisa LeFort, USA
Traditional Division: Columbia (US-16) - Tony Chuirco and Kevin Hegarty, USA
Vintage Division: Nyala (US-12) - Patricio Bertelli, Italy

Peter Gerard in the 12m Class newsletter

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In This Issue
• Strong Performance for Australian, Irish and Canadian Teams on Day 3 of Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup
• Jersey Regatta
• Celebrating the world's best sailing videos
• Monaco Classic Week
• Finn European Masters
• See Harken's Newest Products at Grand Pavois de la Rochelle
• Early lead for Alinghi at GC32 Riva Cup
• Wetsuit Outlet UK Moth Nationals
• 5O5 Euro Cup at Hayling
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
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• The Last Word: Coco Chanel

Strong Performance for Australian, Irish and Canadian Teams on Day 3 of Rolex NYYC Invitational Cup
The IC37 by Melges sailboat may be new to them, but the breezy and lumpy conditions on Rhode Island Sound for Day 3 of the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup were old hat for the teams from Australia's Royal Sydney Yacht Club, Ireland's Royal Cork Yacht Club and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. Those three teams shined brightest on a gloomy, overcast day that saw many crews struggle to keep their feet and their keels under them. Among those licking their wounds this evening at the mid-regatta Lobster Bake were Day 2 leader San Diego Yacht Club, which blew apart their spinnaker on the first downwind leg of the day's second race and struggled to 16th place without the crucial downwind horsepower. As a result, what was a developing blowout yesterday is now a very competitive regatta. San Diego still leads, but by just four points, while only eight points separates first from fourth.

Anthony O'Leary represented the Royal Cork Yacht Club at the first Invitational Cup in 2009, winning two of the first three races sailed in this event. He's been a fixture ever since, bringing along one or more of his three sons to each edition. For the sixth Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, Anthony O'Leary has sons Robert and Nicholas with him and the familial dynamic in heavy air was apparent as they were one of the fastest boats on the water all day.

"It was very enjoyable, plenty of breeze," said the elder O'Leary. "It was a bit like our season at home: dull, the odd bit of rain and plenty of wind. We had a poor start to the first race because there was a lot going on and we were a bit late to get to the line. We didn't do too badly overall, we pulled ourselves back very well to get to fifth because I think we were worse than 10th at the top mark. Second race, we had a very good start and things just went right for us. We were able to sail our own race for most of it."

On the final run of the day, the Royal Cork team put on an impressive display of downwind power, turning a solid lead at the final mark into an overwhelming one by the finish. Unfortunately for the Royal Cork crew, there are no bonus points for the margin of victory in sailing. But the speed the team showed today, says O'Leary, is a good sign for the final two days.

1. San Diego Yacht Club, USA, 25 points
2. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, AUS, 29
3. Royal Canadian Yacht Club, CAN, 33
4. Royal Cork Yacht Club, IRL, 34
5. Japan Sailing Federation, JPN, 40
6. Royal Thames Yacht Club, GBR, 50.4
7. Southern Yacht Club, USA, 51
8. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, ITA, 52
9. Yacht Club Italiano, ITA, 53
10. Royal Swedish Yacht Club, SWE, 54
11. New York Yacht Club, USA, 58
12. Royal New Zealand Yacht Club, NZL, 67
13. Yacht Club Argentino, ARG, 77
14. Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, HKG, 78
15. Itchenor Sailing Club, GBR, 79
16. Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, ESP, 85
17. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, GER, 85
18. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, AUS, 92
19. Royal Yacht Squadron, GBR, 100
20. Yacht Club de France, FRA, 119

Full results

nyyc.org/2019-rolex-nyyc-invitational-cup

Jersey Regatta
The 21st Edition of the combined clubs' Jersey Regatta was held over 7th and 8th September with a mixed fleet of eighty boats racing in the beautiful surrounds of St Aubin's Bay. Alternating with Guernsey, the GBR Spinlock IRC Channel Islands Regional Championships were, again, hosted within the Jersey Regatta. With two races each day, in perfect conditions, keen competition was to the fore, particularly so with Guernsey boats Kaya II (Roger Martel's Sunfast 3600) and Glory Days (Matt Knowles & David Aslett's HB31) in serious contention.

t was to be, however, Jersey's day with Alex Ohlsson's J109, Jai Ho, taking the Class 1 crown whilst Julian Barber's Farr 727, Super Q, took the honours in Class 2, both beating the Guernsey 'cousins' by a very narrow margin.

The 22nd Edition of the Jersey Regatta is scheduled for 11th - 13th September 2020.

jerseyregatta.com/

Celebrating the world's best sailing videos
The third edition of the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award competition is launched!

Sailing films & video professionals, as well as sailors who record their achievements during races are invited to join the 2019 edition of the event and submit their best edit.

The winners will be celebrated at the Yacht Racing Forum (Bilbao, Spain, 25-26 November 2019) alongside the sports' leading personalities from all over the world: race organisers, sponsors, class representatives, yacht clubs, teams etc. All participants are granted free access to the Forum. The winner of the main prize - the Mirabaud Sailing Video Award - will receive a prize-money offered by our partner Mirabaud.

Videos must be sent before October 23, 2019 at midnight (GMT).

The winners will be selected by an international jury according to the following criteria:
General appreciation
Quality of production
Technical difficulty
Originality

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

Serenaded by French naval military band - Musique des Equipage de la Flotte - the tone was set for the 14th Monaco Classic Week which celebrated American-Monegasque friendship at the end of a sunny day that saw most of the classic yachts out on the water off Cap d'Ail. Until Sunday the YCM Marina and Monaco's Port Hercule plays host to some of the world's most beautiful yachts, the throaty roar of classic motorboats following in the wake of these gaff riggers and Marconi sloops, not to mention a whole fleet of 12-foot Dinghies, an Olympic class in 1920, and full range of Metric Classes.

Monaco Classic Week is the only event of its kind to invite both classic sailing and motor boats, with nearly 130 boats in all, including 73 sailing yachts and Rivas and Chris Craft boats. All are here to revive the famous "Art de Vivre la Mer" spirit of friendship that has existed for over a century from the Mediterranean shores to the North Atlantic.

The International Schooner Association has chosen Monaco, after Capri, for the second stage of its all-new Schooner Cup Series. A dozen schooners, including Invader (1905), Puritan (1930) and Elena of London 2009 (1910 replica) are here to compete in the Schooner of the Year Trophy. Mariette, (Herreshoff 1915) was the winner in Capri ahead of Naema, the 2006 spirit of Mylne now determined to win this Act 2 in Monaco.

Located on Quai de l'Hirondelle in the heart of the YCM Marina, the Monaco Classic Week village is open to all from 9.00am to 9.00pm. Some 20 exhibitors are all linked to classic yachts: boatyards, craftsmen, marine painters, sculptors and photographers. For front row seats, YCM members can follow the racing from the pool area (Deck 2) and the Regatta Deck (Deck 6).

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Finn European Masters
Bas de Waal, from the Netherlands has taken the lead at the Finn Europeans Masters after two more races were completed in Schwerin, Germany. Felipe Silva, from Portugal, dropped to second with Gerko Visser, also from The Netherlands up to third. The races were won by de Waal and Michael Maier, from Czech Republic.

The conditions were more benign than on Wednesday, dropping to 4-5 knots at some points but at other times there were enough gusts to catch out the unwary, with a few sailors testing the water temperature in Schwerin Lake. During the day the wind varied from 4 to 15 knots and everything in between, with larger shifts and more than few clouds passing overhead.

The Finn European Masters is a series of 8 races from Wednesday 11 September to Saturday 14, September. It is being sailed on Schwerin Lake in central Germany, and is organised the Schweriner Yacht Club.

Results after 4 races
1. Bas De Waal, NED, 11
2. Filipe Silva, POR, 13
3. Gerko Visser, NED, 36
4. Volodymyr Stasyuk, UKR, 40
5. Lawrence Crispin, GBR, 41
6. Gebhardt Zdenek, CZE, 49
7. Ricardo Santos, BRA, 50
8. Andrzej Romanowski, POL, 57
9. Valentyn Klymentyev, UKR, 57
10. Martin Mikkelsen, DEN, 59

Full results

See Harken's Newest Products at Grand Pavois de la Rochelle
Visit the Harken® booth at the Grand Pavois international in-water boat show at Port des Minimes La Rochelle, France, from 18-23 September.

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Other items from the Harken line of sailing products will be on display too, including the UniPower™ self-tailing radial electric winch, the Rewind™ electric winch, the hollow middle Air® 300 winch, integral hydraulic systems, hydraulic control valves, and hydraulic manifolds. Visitors can also see demonstrations on the proper ways to disassemble, clean, and lubricate a winch.

Harken will be at Booth R-04 in the Hall Equipements & Moteurs in the northwest corner of the marina.

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Early lead for Alinghi at GC32 Riva Cup
Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team showed some of their GC32 World Championship-winning form when they came out on top after the first of four days of racing at the GC32 Riva Cup, being held out of the Fraglia Vela Riva at the northern end of Italy's Lake Garda.

In today's five races, all held in the southerly Ora wind of 8 to 13 knots, the immaculate Swiss team never finished a race deeper than third and ended the day four points ahead of second-placed Red Bull Sailing Team.

The race course off Riva del Garda is famous for the dramatic cliff face and 1km tall mountains on its west shore where typically there is good pressure and shift. However the lake was in much more fickle mood once racing started after a half hour delay just after 1330, leaving the tacticians on the one design foiling catamarans truly having to earn their money.

Racing at the GC32 Riva Cup is taking place with the support of Garda Trentino, Riva del Garda Fierecongressi, Distilleria Marzadro and Omkafé and continues tomorrow with a first warning signal at 1300.

Results after day 1
1. Alinghi, 10
2. Red Bull Sailing Team , 14
3. Zoulou, 16
4. Oman Air, 18
5. Argo, 21
6. Black Star Sailing Team, 28
7. Codigo Rojo Racing, 33

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Wetsuit Outlet UK Moth Nationals
There was a marked reluctance from the fleet to launch today from the Castle Cove Sailing Club dinghy park as they looked out onto the white horses covering Portland Harbour. It was only 20 minutes before the 1pm start gun that a deluge of Moths flew to the start line, battling on the edge of control.

Under an overcast sky, the Race Officer wasted no time in getting the fleet away, knowing that the wind was forecast to increase, catching out some who waited too long on the shore.

From the off Dylan Fletcher showed why he's favourite for the event, with only the USA's Brad Funk sticking with him upwind before Dylan hit the afterburner down the run, extending throughout to take the win.

For some of the elder statesmen of the fleet it was a tough day on the water, as Ricky Tagg describes: "It was fun, it was fast, it was furious and also a bit wet at times. Unfortunately, the body was failing, but the boat failed first with a broken shroud. It should all be fine for tomorrow."

James Sainsbury documented his home-build of Valkyrie on Sail-World.com and YachtsandYachting.com last year and it's fantastic to see him now enjoying the fruits of his labour out on the racetrack:

"The boat is absolutely fantastic, solid upwind and downwind, and has some incredible pace in a straight line, logging well over 30 knots during the winter. It's quite difficult to sail with a very low boom making it a small area to get through during the manoeuvres, but I'm learning and developing new systems all the time. It was particularly well-behaved in today's breezy conditions." -- Mark Jardine

Top ten
1. Dylan Fletcher, WPNSA, 5
2. Ben Clegg, Brightlingsea, 6
3. Jason Belben, Stokes Bay SC, 12
4. Eddie Bridle, Brightlingsea, 12
5. Bradley Funk, WPNSA, 13
6. Stu Bithell, Hollingworth Lake SC, 15
7. Dan Ellis, Yealm YC, 18
8. Max Lutz, NO SC, 22
9. Dan Ward, Stokes Bay SC, 22
10. Mike Lennon, HISC, 25

Full results

5O5 Euro Cup at Hayling
Seven heats were held over 3 very different days at Hayling Island Sailing Club to complete the last leg of the 4 leg 5O5 Euro Cup Series for 2019.

Over the 3 days a wide variety of conditions challenged the strong international fleet and the experienced Hayling Island race management team. Day 1 delivered classic big wave, big wind conditions for the high quality 505 fleet with visitors from Denmark, Germany, France, Belgium and USA. The westerly winds of 22- 27 kts and steep seas were challenging conditions that 505s revel in. Multiple world champions Mike Holt and Carl Smit from California delivered a master class of heavy weather sailing to score 2 convincing bullets and lead overnight.

The 6-12kt northerly for day 2 was unstable and shifty with 40 degree shifts that shook up the results. Gains and losses were often huge but European Champions Roger Gilbert & Ben McGrane managed them best and moved into first place.

The final day was bright and sunny with an indecisive light offshore northerly wind that just could not make up its mind. In the end consistency was key with Roger Gilbert and Ben McGrane (GBR) deservedly winning overall after strong challenges from Paul Brotherton & Alain Sign (GBR) and Penny & Russell Clark (GBR) in third.

Final top five
1. Roger Gilbert Ben McGrane, GBR
2. Paul Brotherton Alain Sign, GBR
3. Penny Clark Russ Clark, GBR
4. Julian Slueckl Johannes Tellen, GBR
5. Mike Holt Carl Smit, USA

Full event results, race reports and photos can be on the 5O5 Event Page at www.int505.org/2019-euro-cup/

Industry News
Join us for Southampton International Boat Show, powered by Borrow A Boat at Mayflower Park, Southampton from 13-22 September 2019. Discover the latest, accessible, affordable and flexible ways to enjoy boating and watersports with a whole range of opportunities to get out on the water at the Show. You'll also find 600+ global marine brands with kit, clothing and more as well as 300+ boats to see on our purpose-built marina.

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The frigate 'Shtandart' is a full-size replica of a 'man'o'war' and was the flagship of the first Russian Baltic fleet. Construction of the original was personally directed by Peter the Great following his lengthy visits to Britain over several years where he studied the building of warships at the Royal Dockyards. The original Shtandart was launched in 1703. The replica was built in St-Petersburg and launched in 1999.

The new vessel was built from the plans used for the original, and her exterior and interior faithfully recreate one of the most significant eighteenth-century ships. Shtandart is a sea-going sail training ship and with her young crew - drawn from a variety of countries, the ship has become a firm favourite at many maritime festivals around Europe.

Visit Shtandart at the Southampton International Boat Show, berth M635.

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The North Sails Golf Day 2019 will take place on November 8 at Cams Hall Estate Golf Club, Fareham.

This will be the 23rd edition of the annual event which is organised to raise money and awareness for the John Merricks Sailing Trust (JMST).

Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the event has raised more than £200,000 for the Trust whose patron is America's Cup skipper, Sir Ben Ainslie.

The objectives of JMST are to advance the education and development of young people in need within the UK and to help them achieve their maximum potential through sailing.

Registration will run from 8am and the day will include lunch and a charity auction.

To book, see: www.northsails.com

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Barton Marine is to sponsor the Women in Marine reception at this year's Southampton International Boat Show powered by Borrow a Boat.

The reception will be held on 18 September at 4pm and will feature guest speakers Dawn Ramsay, UK and Eire country manager for Navico and Lottie Harland who founded and runs the sailing charity, Ausome which supports people with autism spectrum conditions.

Suzanne Blaustone, chief executive of Barton Marine, said that the show provides a wonderful opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues. "Sharing experiences and knowledge with each other as we navigate through the current complex business environment is really valuable. I look forward to seeing everyone on the 18th," she said.

Taking place in the new centrally located British Marine Lounge, all industry professionals are welcome. A space can be secured at the British Marine website.

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UK trade association British Marine today released its latest sentiment figures on the UK leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry ahead of next week's Southampton International Boat Show.

According to the findings, only 22% of marine businesses in the UK reported an increase in revenue - 10% less than in November 2018 and 15% less than the pre-Brexit high five years previous.

The figures also show static profit margins for marine businesses, with just 6% of companies enjoying an increase in profits, 6% less than November 2018. Business confidence within the sector is said to be at its lowest level since autumn 2016.

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The International Council of Marine Industry Associations (ICOMIA) has chosen Dubai to host next year's ICOMIA World Marinas Conference, bringing the international event to the Middle East for the very first time.

As the host city for Expo 2020, Dubai, the acknowledged marine capital of the region, is well positioned to attract the world's leisure sailing and yachting enthusiasts in the run-up to the global event which is due to open its doors in 13 months.

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The ICOMIA World Marinas Conference will showcase the latest in marina product development and technology. The three-day programme will be held in autumn 2020, offering the UAE's upcoming marina industry an opportunity to share expertise, innovation and technology with developed and traditional yachting markets.

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In This Issue
• Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Takes the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup Down Under
• Felipe Silva wins Finn European Masters
• The Grand Prize - Road To 2020
• Yachting traditions triumph at 14th Monaco Classic Week
• Graham Vials and Chris Turner are the 2019 Flying Fifteen World Champions
• Summer in Winter - St. Thomas International Regatta - March 27-29, 2020
• A First Flight And A Name: Defiant
• YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 Awards and Gala dinner
• Melges 20 European Championship
• Clipper Race Portimao to Punta del Este
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Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron Takes the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup Down Under
Newport, R.I. USA: It all came down to the final race, as it should. Two teams of accomplished and motivated amateur sailors from opposite corners of the globe battling on a lumpy, windy Narragansett Bay for one of Corinthian sailing's most-prized trophies, the 2019 Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.

Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and San Diego Yacht Club started the 12th and final race separated by six points, which was anything but a safe margin in this competitive 20-boat fleet. The Australian team had the edge in the overall standings, but skipper Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and his team put the regatta title right in play with a sub-par start while San Diego bolted to the head of the fleet and was, for a while, back in the virtual regatta lead.

Using the superior boatspeed and sterling tactical that had gotten them out of trouble all regatta, Royal Sydney ground back into the top 10 and then into the top five, leaving San Diego hoping for a miracle that wouldn't come. The RSYS team was simply too polished. After 12 races in a full range of conditions, they sailed through the final finish line in fourth place to become the first Southern Hemisphere club to win the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup.

Final standings:
1. Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, AUS, 55
2. San Diego Yacht Club, USA, 59
3. Royal Cork Yacht Club, IRL, 70
4. Royal Canadian Yacht Club, CAN, 86
5. Southern Yacht Club, USA, 87
6. New York Yacht Club, USA, 92
7. Royal Thames Yacht Club, GBR, 99
8. Japan Sailing Federation, JPN, 100
9. Yacht Club Italiano, ITA, 103
10. Royal Swedish Yacht Club, SWE, 112
11. Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, ITA, 114
12. Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, NZL, 124
13. Itchenor Sailing Club, GBR, 140
14. Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, GER, 156
15. Yacht Club Argentino, ARG, 165
16. Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, HKG, 173
17. Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club, AUS, 175
18. Real Club Náutico de Barcelona, ESP, 178
19. Royal Yacht Squadron, GBR, 195
20. Yacht Club de France, FRA, 241

Final results

nyyc.org/2019-rolex-nyyc-invitational-cup

Felipe Silva wins Finn European Masters
After a week of great sailing conditions for the 65 sailors from 15 nations, Saturday was always forecast to be the lightest and trickiest day of the championship and so it turned out to be.

The race officials worked tirelessly to reset the course and move marks to each new wind direction, but it took more than two hours waiting to get Race 7 away and the first attempt at that was abandoned half way up the first leg after a huge wind shift.

The next attempt got away first time with Felix Denikaev leading the fleet around the top mark from Antal Székely from Hungary and Lawrence Crispin, from Britain. Székely led at the gate but Budzien was catching up fast. Coming into the final mark he passed Székely and then attacked Gebhardt Zdenek, from Czech Republic just before the final mark. Zdenek fouled and after doing turns, Budizen led down to the finish line to win from Székely with Maksym Krukovskyi, from Ukraine, crossing in third.

After a further wait, Race 8 was started but the wind really wasn't cooperating and shortly after the top mark, the race was abandoned and fleet sent back to the club. The championship was over. -- Robert Deaves

There are also age categories for Masters (40-49), Grand Masters (50-59), Grand Grand Masters (60-69) and Legend (70+).

Masters: Felipe Silva, POR, Ricardo Santos, BRA, Volodymyr Stasyuk, UKR
Grand Masters: Bas de Waal, NED, Andre Budzien, GER, Lawrence Crispin, GBR
Grand Grand Masters: Gebhardt Zedenek, CZE, Antal Szekely, HUN, Michael Staal, DEN
Legends: Henk de Jager, NED, Bob Buchanan, AUS, Yury Polovinkin, RUS

Final Top Ten after 7 races
1. Filipe Silva, POR, 25
2. Bas De Waal, NED, 29
3. Andre Budzien, GER, 35
4. Lawrence Crispin, GBR, 48
5. Gebhardt Zdenek, CZE, 62
6. Martin Mikkelsen, DEN, 69
7. Andrzej Romanowski, POL, 69
8. Thomas van den Berg, NED, 71
9. Ricardo Santos, BRA, 75
10. Gerko Visser, NED, 75

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Yachting traditions triumph at 14th Monaco Classic Week
Monaco Classic Week ended in style yesterday in a meeting that is as much about etiquette, parties and socialising as it is about competition. A glorious sumptuous celebration of yachting heritage, which this year put the focus on America, with members from the Manhattan Yacht Club and Nantucket Yacht Club crossing the Atlantic to join the festivities and race.

More than 100 classic yachts, including seven big schooners plus 20 Riva and Chris Craft motorboats descended on Monaco for the week, 800 sailors in total from 26 countries. The big winner of the Monaco Classic Week Trophy was the majestic John Alden schooner Puritan (1930), which succeeds Viola, the 1908 Fife design which won the 2017 edition.

The miraculous Swedish gaff cutter Ester won the La Belle Classe Restoration prize. This plucky pretty boat, built in 1901 to win the Tivoli Cup, spent 75 years 52m down on the seabed after a fire, before the wreck was located by sonar in 2012 and the boat raised to undergo a meticulous restoration.

It was an Italian affair in the International 12-foot Dinghy Class, with Aldo Samele on his Canarino Feroce the winner ahead of compatriots Vito Moschioni (Claudia) and Federico Pilo Pais (Blu Amnesia). In the vintage gaff group the main rivalry was between the Burgess design Chips (1913) and the Fife cutter Viola (1908), a duel won by Chips, with Viola in 2nd and Oriole in 3rd.

In the vintage Marconi, Cippino II belonging to Daniel Sieleki, Vice Commodore at the Yacht Club Punta del Este, Uruguay, emerged the winner, with the two Olin Stephens designs, Skylark of 1937 and Blitzen (1938), completing the podium.

Out of 18 entrants in the classic Marconi fleet, Meerblick Fun (1957) took 1st place ahead of Resolute Salmon (1975) and Encounter (Frers 1976). Elena of London reigned supreme in the spectacular group of Big Boats, ahead of the Mylne-design Naema and gaff cutter Moonbeam of Fife to win the Magnum Trophy. Also putting on a show were the Metric Classes, with Mecara in the 6M, Mirabella in the 8M and the 15M IR Mariska winning in their respective classes.

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Graham Vials and Chris Turner are the 2019 Flying Fifteen World Champions
Graham Vials and Chris Turner of Derwent Reservoir SC sealed world title number four in a fitting way by doing a horizon job on the fleet on the final day of the Sub-aru Flying Fifteen World Championship at Dun Laoghaire. The breeze was so light they literally had to drift across the finish line in a shortened 2 lap wind-ward/leeward course.

The 72 boat fleet headed out for one final race in hazy sunshine and a light breeze that was always predicted to drop by lunchtime. Despite a few nervous last minute shifts racing got underway shortly after 1100 hrs in a very light 5 - 7 knot North Westerly.

The breeze ebbed and flowed in patches providing a real test of nerves for sailors trying to decide which side of the course to choose. As is now customary, Graham Vials and Chris Turner just coasted up the middle of the course playing the shifts to perfection.

At one point it looked like the extended time limit of 30 minutes might cancel out a vast majority of the fleet but in the scramble to get across the finish line Justin Waples / Jackie McKellar drifted across to finish second. Third place was decided on the line when John Hassen and Kevin Griffiths of South of Perth YC had to give way to fellow Australians Chris Vila and Mark Holmes on the line. Fifth boat to cross was another Australian crew Mike Hart and Dean McAullay (RFBYC).

A number of the overall regatta leaders trailed in quite deep, Andy Mckee and Richard Jones (Dovestone SC) finished in 18th to claim second place overall and Richard Lovering and Matt Alvarado (Hayling Is SC) 12th to settle for third overall.

Australia's Mike Hart and Dean McAullay finished 4th overall splitting up the dominance of the British fleet. South Africans Campbell Alexander and Dave Herridge finished the last race in 9th to claim 15th overall, a good effort in this highly com-petitive fleet. Andy and Rory Martin became top Irish boat in 17th just ahead of the New Zealand crew, Hayden Percy and Scott Pedersen.

First of the Classic boat division is the oldest boat in the fleet GBR250 'Fighting Fit' sailed by Nick Heath and Pip Chapman from Cam Sailing Club. -- Jonny Fullerton

Top 10 Overall of 72 boats:
1. Floaty McFloat Face - Graham Vials / Chris Turner, GBR, 20.8 pts
2. Fiery Chariot - Andy McKee / Richard Jones, GBR, 38
3. Hyderated - Richard Lovering / Matt Alvarado, GBR, 47
4. Firefly - Mike Hart / Dean McAullay, AUS, 52
5. Ovington Boats - Nathan Batchelor / Ricky Rigg, GBR, 59
6. no name - Jeremy Davy / Martin Huett, GBR, 77
7. Aatha - Greg Wells / Andrew Jameson, GBR, 77
8. Fourwinds - Charles Apthorp / Alan Green, GBR, 80
9. Puffa Fish - Hamish Mackay / Andrew Lawson, GBR, 92
10. Pondskater - David McKee / Mal Hartland, GBR, 95

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Summer in Winter - St. Thomas International Regatta - March 27-29, 2020
Stretch that sense of summer by planning now for the 2020 St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR). Set for March 27 to 29, 2020, there's nothing like the feeling of tropical tradewinds blowing through your hair while riding the rails on competitive round-the-islands courses. STIR is the most user-friendly sailing event in the Caribbean.

Register in CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association); IRC; Multihull; CSA Bareboat; Beach Cat or One Design classes with a minimum length of 20 feet.

Plan now too for the Round the Rocks (RTR) Regatta. This stand-alone tune-up for STIR, set for March 26, features an awesome circumnavigation of the neighboring 19-square mile island of St. John, home of the Virgin Islands National Park. There's something for everyone ashore as well!

Nightly parties, live music, food and drink. World-class racing, the chance to trade tacks with America's Cup, Volvo Ocean and Olympic crews on the water and off is what earns STIR its motto, 'We Love It Here' You will too.

STIR & RTR Registration opens in October. www.stthomasinternationalregatta.com, Email: stycisv [AT] gmail [DOT] com, Call (340) 775-6320.

A First Flight And A Name: Defiant
After an estimated 76,000 combined hours of fabrication and finishing work by the production and shore teams of American Magic, the U.S. Challenger's first AC75 racing boat was officially named and launched on Saturday morning. Named Defiant, the cutting-edge foiling monohull is the first America's Cup class boat built to represent the New York Yacht Club in over 16 years. The boat underwent initial testing on Narragansett Bay earlier in the week.

Defiant was constructed at a dedicated facility in Bristol, Rhode Island, the site of America's Cup boatbuilding efforts since the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company's first Cup defender, Vigilant, was launched in 1893. American Magic will continue to train in Rhode Island waters during the fall of 2019 before relocating to Pensacola, Florida for the winter.

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YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 Awards and Gala dinner
Lucy MacGregor with the coveted trophy, congratulated by MS Amlin's Keith Lovett. Click on image to enlarge.

The YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year and the YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year Awards were presented during a Gala Dinner at the Grand Café Southampton on September 13, following on from Press Day at the Southampton International Boat Show. The event drew together the great and the good of the marine world, distinguished guests and many previous winners of the awards.

Lucy MacGregor, four-times winner of the Women's Match Racing World Championship after her victory at the Lysekil Women's Match in August, is the YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year. '

The YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 is Matilda Nicholls, winner of the Women's Laser Radial Youth World Championship at Kingston, Canada.

The MS Amlin Seamanship Award, presented by 2018 winner Sean Rose. The trophy, previously awarded for acts of seamanship in the Round the Island Race, has been extended worldwide in 2019, this year being presented to Roy Disney, the owner of Pyewacket who rescued the team on John Sangmeister's Santa Cruz 70 OEX during July's Transpac 50 Race after they were forced to abandon ship due to water ingress from damage to their rudder post.

Next up was the YJA MS Amlin Young Blogger of the Year Award which was presented to Alex Rabbitt, who produced a fabulous short video story, filmed over a year, which is about the experience a group of youngsters went through in passing their sailing instructor course in Manchester, called 'Journey to Instructor'.

In 2018 the vote was split between two great sailors from different generations - Tracy Edwards and Nikki Henderson - the first time this has happened in the history of the event. Conrad invited Nikki to the stage to present the award to Lucy MacGregor - four-time winner of the Women's Match Racing World Championship after her victory at the Lysekil Women's Match in August. 'Team Mac' took the final 3-0 against French skipper Claire Leroy. -- Mark Jardine

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Melges 20 European Championship
Malcesine, Italy: The title of Melges 20 European Champion 2019 goes to Italy and to Brontolo Racing crew by Filippo Pacinotti (together with the Spanish tactician Manuel Weiller, Federico Michetti and Andrea Pacinotti). A result achieved with full merit and with a race to spare after a tough battle with the defending Champion (and number 1 in the World Ranking), Igor Rytov's Russian Bogatyrs: the Russian team gains the silver medal of this intense Championship that came to an end today on the race course of Malcesine.

The victory of Brontolo Racing puts the seal on a week almost perfect in terms of performances by the Italian team, where the partial results have always been of very high level: always in the top ten, three bullets and a ninth place as worst result.

Italy also gains the European title in the Corinthian division with Marco Giannini's Siderval, which makes this gold medal its crown to a perfect season in which it also won the continental Melges World League circuit.

Final Top Ten:
1. Brontolo Racing, Filippo Pacinotti, ITA, 29.0
2. Russian Bogatyrs, Igor Rytov, ITA, 36.0
3. Caipirinha Jr, Alessandro Agostinelli, ITA, 66.0
4. Russotrans, Yury Morozov, RUS, 84.0
5. Boogie 2.0, Pierluigi Giannattasio, ARG, 91.0
6. Intermezzo, Johannes Lind Widestam, SWE, 103.0
7. Nika, Vladimir Prosikhin, RUS, 104.0
8. Cinghiale, Robert Wilber, GBR, 105.0
9. Gone Squatching, Pietro Loro Piana, ITA, 107.0
10. Midnight Sun, Alexis Michas, USA, 107.0

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Clipper Race Portimao to Punta del Este
The first big test of the 40,000 nautical mile Clipper Round the World Yacht Race awaits, with around 220 everyday people setting sail from Portimao, Portugal, to race across the Atlantic Ocean to Punta del Este in Uruguay.

The race across the Atlantic is the first of six ocean crossings that form part of the eleven month Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Race, which began in London on September 1. The Clipper Race is unique in that it trains everyday people to sail around the world. And 40 percent of participants had no sailing experience before signing up for the four weeks of intensive Clipper Race training, and the crew hail from 43 different countries and all walks of life.

The race to Punta del Este is the second on the circumnavigation, with the teams on board the eleven 70 foot yachts already having raced 1,200 nautical miles from London to Portimao. This race will see the crew battle the unpredictable conditions and heat of the Doldrums as they cross the Equator and then pick up the easterly trade winds on the way to South America.

This is the second time the Clipper Race has visited Punta del Este, with the fleet due to arrive between Saturday 12 and Wednesday 16 October.

The Clipper Race Fleet will enjoy 12 days in Punta del Este before taking on the second ocean crossing - the South Atlantic - to Cape Town. From Cape Town, the teams will experience the Roaring Forties in the Southern Ocean as they race across to Fremantle, Western Australia; around to the Whitsundays in East Australia, back into the Northern Hemisphere to China where teams will race to Qingdao, via Sanya and Zhuhai; across the mighty North Pacific to Seattle; to New York, via the famous Panama Canal; and then it's a final Atlantic crossing; with stops in Bermuda and Derry-Londonderry before arriving back to London as fully proven ocean racers.

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In This Issue
• Alinghi claims GC32 Riva Cup
• Back to the Future - 120 years of the One Ton Cup
• Yacht Racing Forum: Business, Network, Information - and Fun!
• Endeavour Trophy count down
• Managing the field of play - B&G
• Kick off the Caribbean regatta season with the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2020
• Dolan Finishes 2019 Figaro Season On A High
• Classic conditions for Bosham SC Revival
• Mini-Transat
• Ocean Racing Club of Victoria: Reflecting on 70 years
• Featured Brokerage:
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• The Last Word: Rudyard Kipling

Alinghi claims GC32 Riva Cup
While Alinghi has led at the end of every day of racing at the 2019 GC32 Riva Cup, the Swiss team was on the ropes this afternoon when their arch-rivals Oman Air, in seemingly unbeatable form, scored three back-to-back wins levelling the scoreline with them.

As ever with the Dolomites forming the most spectacular of backdrops, racing today, hosted by the Fraglia Vela Riva, was held in a 14-16 knot Ora southerly.

In the fourth and penultimate race, the Omani team's winning streak came to end, but it was not Alinghi but Red Bull Sailing Team that claimed the bullet. However in this Oman Air's second to Alinghi's fourth, handed the Omanis a slender two point lead going into the final race.

With Oman Air having had the upper hand all day, a chink finally appeared in their armour in the deciding race, allowing both Alinghi and Red Bull Sailing Team through. After a nailbiting final few minutes, where Oman Air desperately tried to catch up, these positions held at the finish line causing the two frontrunners to end the GC32 Riva Cup tied on points. Sadly for Oman Air after such a strong final day, GC32 Racing Tour tie breaks are decided on final race position, handing the GC32 Riva Cup to Alinghi.

This was the second win of the season for Ernesto Bertarelli's team following their victory at the GC32 World Championship in Lagos, Portugal in June.

The 2019 GC32 Racing Tour will conclude in Muscat, Oman over 5-9 November, where we can expect another sleeves-rolled-up fist fight between the circuit's two heavyweights to determine who will be this year's champion. -- James Boyd

Final overall results after 19 races
1. Alinghi, 45
2. Oman Air, 45
3. Red Bull Sailing Team, 58
4. Zoulou, 68
5. Argo, 82
6. Black Star Sailing Team, 107
7. Codigo Rojo Racing, 127

Full race by race results

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Back to the Future - 120 years of the One Ton Cup
For the fourth year in succession, the FAST40+ Class will be competing for the One Ton Cup, created by the Cercle de la Voile de Paris (CVP - Paris Yacht Club) in 1899. The 2019 edition will be sailed in French waters for the first time since 2002, hosted by La Societe des Regates du Havre. This year is the 120thanniversary of the first regatta, with the One Ton Cup returning to France, where it all began.

Racing for the FAST40+ Class for the One Ton Cup starts on Thursday 19thSeptember with four days of action concluding on Sunday 22nd September. The owner driven hi-tech race boats, with pro-am teams, will compete in up to ten races. PRO Stuart Childerley has the option of organising short sharp windward leeward races longer and round the buoys courses. Social events are part and parcel of the FAST40+ Class with après sailing gatherings, a regatta dinner at the famous La Societe des Regates du Havre clubhouse, and the presentation of the world famous One Ton Cup to the winning team.

Established in 1838, La Societe des Regates du Havre is the oldest yacht club in France and is no stranger to the One Ton Cup. In 1958 the regatta was won in Le Havre by R.S.G. Perry's Royal Thames from the drawing board of the famous 12 metre yacht designer David Boyd. The win for Royal Thames was the first by a British team for over 30 years. In 1965, 14 teams from eight nations competed in Le Havre for the One Ton Cup. Hans Albrecht's Sparkman & Stephens designed One Tonner Diana III was victorious, the first Danish team to ever lift the trophy. In 1967 the One Ton Cup returned to Le Havre, Hans Beilken's Optimist was the winner racing his Dick Carter designed Optimist, winning the cup for Germany for the first tim since 1911. Hans Beilken's Optimist retained the trophy in 1968.

Past winners of the One Ton Cup include many legends in the sport of sailing; Syd Fischer, Harold Cudmore, Henrik Soderlund, King Harald V of Norway, Paul Cayard, Francesco de Angelis, Bertrand Pace, John Kostecki, Thierry Peponnet, and Russell Coutts. The current holder is Niklas Zennstrom's Ran Racing, which will be competing to retain the trophy in a highly competitive fleet. Peter Morton's Girls on Film lifted the famous trophy in 2016 and 2017.

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Yacht Racing Forum: Business, Network, Information - and Fun!
There is no other event like the Yacht Racing Forum. It is the B2B conference where you will meet potential clients and partners, discuss and learn about the evolution of the sport, meet potential clients, suppliers or sponsors.

And also have fun, network with the sports' leading personalities, share a drink with the best designers and sailors, the greatest event organisers, sponsors or class managers.

The 12th edition of the Yacht Racing Forum will take place in Bilbao, Spain, on November 25-26. The conference will bring together around 350 delegates, including the sports' main decision-makers from all over the world.

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Endeavour Trophy count down
Fine-tuning for 2018 Merlin Rocket champs Christian Birrell and Sam Brearey. Photo by Sue Pelling. Click on image for photo gallery.

Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex: With just one month to go until the Investec-sponsored Endeavour Trophy (11-13 October), entry has almost reached its 30-place limit writes Sue Pelling.

For the first time in many years response to the annual Endeavour Trophy invitation dinghy champion of champions' event has been overwhelming, with organisers at the Royal Corinthian YC, and new sponsors Investec, looking forward welcoming the 30 dinghy class national champions to the home of the Endeavour Trophy.

Edwin Buckley - event director and race officer commenting on the event and the support of its new sponsor said: "We are very proud to announce Investec Wealth & Investment becoming a sponsor this year, we are all looking forward to working with them alongside our long term sponsors for this prestigious event."

Among those already signed up to do battle at this annual event are Ben Saxton/Toby Lewis who are not only keen to defend the title they won last year, but who are also looking forward to trying to make it a record five Endeavour wins in a row. Another win would also put Saxton in a position of matching the record number of Endeavour Trophy wins currently held by Nick Craig who has six wins to his name.

To ensure a relatively level 'playing field' for the diverse entry that includes youth, singlehanded and doublehanded sailors, the popular one-design RS200 dinghy is the chosen Endeavour dinghy for the fifth year in succession. For continuity competitors will also have the use of brand-new sails courtesy of RS Sailing and Hyde Sails.

The Endeavour Trophy eight-race/one discard series takes place on Saturday and Sunday on windward/leeward courses, and is preceded on the Friday by the Investec Training Day. Presented by Steve Irish - former champion/Endeavour competitor and coach - the training day offers competitors, particularly first-timers to the event, and those unfamiliar with the RS200 class, a chance to acquaint themselves with the boat before racing begins on the Saturday.

Those keen to support the event and join the champions after racing on the Saturday evening (12 October) are welcome to attend the grand Endeavour dinner in the Trophies Room at the Royal Corinthian YC. Tickets are available to purchase at £22.50 in advance from kate [DOT] knights [AT] royalcorinthian [DOT] co [DOT] uk

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Managing the field of play - B&G
The F50 cats are so astonishingly fast that SailGP needed to adopt new B&G technology across its chase boat and race management fleet to ensure reliable and accurate data to run the racing... at 50 knots

The technology focus for the new SailGP global championship has been on the F50s and for good reason. The F50 is a new class of boat that shares DNA with the revolutionary cats used in the last America's Cup. The boats are turbo-charged with advanced foils and sophisticated control systems. It has been an impressive undertaking and has delivered yet another step forward for high-performance sailing.

F50s are capable of more than 50kts (60 mph) and can make 30kts downwind in less than 10kts of breeze. The technical advances are clear to see. 'Race Control set and modify the course on a PC-based navigation system, which is sent to the LiveLineFX servers for processing and redistribution', explains Matt Eeles, R&D lead for B&G. In addition to a Fibre Optic Gyro compass, the committee boat utilises a B&G H5000 motion corrected wind solution to calculate true wind data, which is used by the Principal Race Officer to set the course axis and length. It also provides the true wind data for the layline and wind broadcast graphics.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

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

Dolan Finishes 2019 Figaro Season On A High
Tom Dolan, the Irish skipper of Smurfit Kappa, finished his first season in the Beneteau Figaro 3 on something of a high note when he took fourth place on the last stage of the 12th Tour de Bretagne à la Voile.

Dolan, who sailed with young Turkish sailor Ediz Onen on the multistage two-handed week-long race round the Brittany peninsula took a creditable 21st place overall in the 37-boat fleet.

The course took the fleet from Saint-Quay-Portrieux to La Trinite-sur-Mer via Saint-Malo, Brest, Concarneau and Larmor-Plage and included a testing, 330 nautical miles stage into the western Channel from Saint Malo to Brest via Hands Deep by Plymouth which gave Dolan some of his best, most exciting racing of the year.

But it was on the concluding light winds, tactical 26 miles stage from Larmor Plage to La Trinite sur Mer that Dolan and Onen made their best result on Smurfit Kappa. There were two choices, working offshore or closer to the coast. Choosing the course closer to the land paid and the Irish-Turkish duo lay third until the final three miles where they lost one place to French rivals Corentin Douguet and Christian Ponthieu (NF Habitat).

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Classic conditions for Bosham SC Revival
Photo by Andrew Young. Click on image for photo gallery.

Classic sailing dinghies, some almost 100 years old, enjoyed ideal conditions in Chichester Harbour for the 9th Bosham Sailing Club Classic Boat Revival.

53 boats from 9 sailing clubs took part, with some dinghies travelling from as far as the Netherlands. Bosham SC's annual regatta and Concours d'Elegance event for classic dinghies has become a firm favourite with dinghy sailors everywhere.

This year's classic celebration was made extra special by a showdown between International 12s and Axe One Designs, both wooden clinker-built 12-foot dinghies with illustrious histories. Designed in Liverpool in 1913, the International 12 was the first-ever one-design Olympic sailing boat, chosen to compete in its own class in the 1920 and 1928 Olympics. Today the International 12, still barely changed after more than a century, is a popular single-handed sailing boat sailed across the globe.

Two International 12s from Holland competed in the Classic Boat Revival this year. Bert Hamminga is the force behind a new world association for the International 12 to reflect its enduring popularity. Fleets of International 12s now regularly compete in Holland, Belgium, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Turkey and Japan as well as Bosham where local sailor Doug Branson is an ardent supporter.

So impressed was Bert Hamminga with the sailing in Chichester Harbour and the support of Bosham SC that he is now planning to make Bosham the venue for a major regatta in 2021, with 40 boats from across Europe expected to take part.

Over the five races of Revival weekend of 7-8 September, the Axe One Designs - a faster 1951-designed boat - proved to have the measure of the International 12s.

Steve Daniel from the Royal Southampton YC was first overall in class in his Axe One Design. Second in Axe One Design number one was Nigel Daniel from the Axe YC in Devon, the club for which the boat was originally designed. Bert Hamminga brought his International 12 home third overall in class.

In a fast fleet made up of mainly of 18s, with a sprinkling of Jollyboats, Sharpies and a Merlin Rocket, Bosham's Richard Stirrup, Dave Hall & Jono Prosser emerged victorious in their 80 year old National 18.

The medium fleet of mainly Yachting World Dayboats and Devon Yawls was won by Alastair & Jacqui Seaton in their YW Dayboat, while honours in the slow fleet went to Bosham's Hugh Ambery in a Tideway.

Winner of the Concours d'Elegance for the best turned-out classic dinghy was Poole YC's Colin Blewett's stunning self built International 12.

The regatta was generously sponsored by McAfee, Verisona Law, Pusser's Rum. -- Bob Murray

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Mini-Transat
On Sunday 22 September at 14:15 hours, the Mini-Transat La Boulangere will set sail. Following the withdrawal of the Swiss sailor Arnaud Machado due to injury, ultimately there will be 87 women and men taking the start of a unique journey into solitude, with virtually no means of communication.

Solitude is the very essence of the Mini-Transat. In a world where communication and the instantaneous circulation of news are a constant, the fundamentals of this race have remained unchanged since the first edition in 1977. Aboard Mini 6.50s there are no computers, no satellite links, no live media link-ups, no photo and video sends. It's impossible to contact your loved ones to share the magical moments or try to get over a touch of the blues. The only link with the shore is a daily report broadcast over SSB radio by race management to give the low-down on the weather situation, the 48-hour weather forecast and the distances to the goal for each competitor.

Cut off from the world, but potentially in contact with the other Mini sailors

The sailors have the opportunity to communicate between one another via VHF, which has a limited range (around 10 miles). During the first leg (La Rochelle/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), the exchanges are regular for the majority of the competitors. However, things become more complicated during the second leg to Martinique. Indeed, as the competitors spread out across the Atlantic, the exchanges become few and far between. If they're not sailing within a group, the racers can spend days, weeks even, without uttering a single word.

Arnaud Machado (910) was one of the favourites in the production boat category. Unfortunately, he fell of his bike a few days ago, fracturing his tibia. This injury inevitably makes it impossible for him to have a second attempt at the Mini-Transat. "I'm bitterly disappointed. I wasn't expecting that two years of preparation and sacrifice could fall through in a couple of minutes, especially as I was avoiding taking any risks as we neared the start. It's a cruel twist of fate. I'm going to do all I can to start a programme of rehabilitation as quickly as possible so I'm ready for action again early next year."

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Ocean Racing Club of Victoria: Reflecting on 70 years
Westcoaster 1977 Trophy presentation to skippers Guy Ellis (Anaconda) and Jim Searle (Hot Prospect). Click on image to enlarge.

The Ocean Racing Club of Victoria (ORCV) is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and will be marked in a variety of ways, including a gathering of past commodores, members, committees and volunteers at Royal Brighton Yacht Club (RBYC) on 8 October; the same night ORCV season's trophy presentation and AGM will take place.

"We have many positive things to reflect on, new and old," says ORCV Commodore, Martin Vaughan. "I was thinking recently that just two years ago there were eight boats in the ORCV Winter Series; this year there were 62 boats across monohull double-handed, and cruising in IRC, AMS, PHS, plus multihulls.

"It shows how far we have come and how healthy keelboat sailing is, with boats representing all the Bay clubs in Victoria. It's very pleasing for us and for Victorian sailing in general," he ended.

What many may not realise or remember is the Club, formed in 1949, undergoing a name change during the 1972/73 season; from the Cruising Yacht Club of Victoria to the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria. It was a period of great change and advancement.

One of the unforgettable results of this decision was the ORCV, organising and conducting the first ever Melbourne to Hobart Ocean Race in conjunction with the Derwent Sailing Squadron in Hobart. The race stands out as it is the only one to take yachts down past Tasmania's world-famous west coast wilderness and Southern Ocean.

Continuing its progression, the Club added the Melbourne Osaka Double-Handed Yacht Race to its calendar in 2013. At 5500 nautical miles, it remains the longest ocean race emanating out of Australia by quite some distance.

Three new recent initiatives by ORCV have been the introduction of the 'Four + Autohelm', to the Club's offshore racing program; the Coastal Sprint Series, aimed specifically at helping crews make the move into ocean racing and the 'Keep Plastics out of the Ocean' efforts in the recent Melbourne to Apollo Bay Ocean Race. -- Di Pearson

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The Last Word
I could not dig: I dared not to rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall server me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young? -- Rudyard Kipling

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In This Issue
• SailGP Grand Final - $1,000,000 Final looks out of reach for Brits in Marseille
• Argo Group Gold Cup To Rejoin World Match Racing Tour
• Join us At The Front: Subscribe to Harken's Newsletter
• MS Amlin Seamanship Award
• Mini Transat Prologue postponed until Friday
• Yacht Racing Forum: Business, Network, Information - and Fun!
• Pensacola YC Offers Spring 2020 Safety at Sea Seminar
• Hong Kong to Vietnam Race: Two Racing Trimarans Ready and Set to Go
• For the Record
• Launch Of Spindrift 2 and a New Appointment
• Featured Charter
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• The Last Word: Robin Ince

SailGP Grand Final - $1,000,000 Final looks out of reach for Brits in Marseille
The Great Britain SailGP team have a mountain to climb at the final stage for the first season of the SailGP event.

The teams are in Marseille for the inaugural SailGP final - where all six foiling wingsailed catamarans will battle it out with a winner-takes-all $1,000,000 match race on the final day.

And it's all to play for... well not for all the teams.

The Event has been dominated by the two Aussie skippered teams, Australia with Tom Slingsby and Japan with Nathan Outteridge. Between them they have taken first and second at each of the four events sailed to date, Australia winning 3 and Japan 1.

Australia and Japan now top the leaderboard with a 40+ point advantage over the third placed USA team skippered by Rome Kirby. Sitting in fourth place, 45 points off the two leaders, are Dylan Fletcher and the GB SailGP team.

After the first two events where the Brits held onto third place, things took a down-turn with wipe-outs in New York and then in Cowes where they finished last in both events.

So how will Fletcher and the GB SailGP team overcome this huge point discrepancy?

Well, according to the latest team PR they have accepted that the one-million-dollar match race final is beyond them, and are concentrating on a third-place podium position.

Even if they, or the USA, were to win all eight races they would need Australia and Japan to suddenly crash and burn before they could make the final.

Their best hope is for an equipment malfunction removing one or both leaders at some point, but weather conditions look mild, with the light winds picking up on Saturday and Sunday to provide ideal racing conditions.

It might not be what Russell Coutts had in mind for the first grand final, but if Fletcher could pull it off it would stand beside the fantastic efforts of Ben Stokes in the third Ashes test . . . and might even get the mainstream media headlines that SailGP have obviously been aiming for. -- Gerald New in Sailweb

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Argo Group Gold Cup To Rejoin World Match Racing Tour
Hamilton, Bermuda: The Argo Group Gold Cup, one of the most storied match racing regattas in the world that has been won by the luminaries of the America's Cup arena, will rejoin the World Match Racing Tour for its 70th competition next year, scheduled May 11-16, 2020.

Event organizers at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club are also pleased to welcome back Argo Group, an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance, as the title sponsor. An expected field of 12 teams will battle for the King Edward VII Gold Cup, the oldest match racing trophy in the world for competition involving one-design yachts that dates to 1907, and a $100,000 prize purse.

Argo Group returns as the title sponsor for the 11th time, renewing a longstanding tradition of supporting community and sporting events on Bermuda, the picturesque British island territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

"We are thrilled to continue as title sponsor of the Argo Group Gold Cup," said Argo Group CEO Mark E. Watson III. "Argo's support of this prestigious match race demonstrates our ongoing commitment to Bermuda. Supporting this event is also a natural extension of Argo's commitment to innovation, teamwork and sustainability. Like the elite athletes who compete in the Argo Group Gold Cup, we know that rewards come only to those who overcome risks through innovation, approach risks as a team, and manage risks in ways that respect our environment."

The Argo Group Gold Cup rejoins the World Match Racing Tour after a four-year hiatus. The tour has been under new ownership since earlier this year and is returning to its broader business model with a collective of world championship level events, including the Argo Group Gold Cup, and qualifier events that will comprise the tour season. Points accumulated at the events will lead to the crowning of the Open Match Racing World Champion as sanctioned by World Sailing.

The Argo Group Gold Cup was a flagship event for the tour before its hiatus and now is the first event to join the tour as it reassembles.

Invitations to the 70th Argo Group Gold Cup will be issued later this year.

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MS Amlin Seamanship Award
Roy P. Disney. Click on image to enlarge.

Roy P. Disney and crew are declared the winners of the MS Amlin Seamanship Award 2019 for their selfless action rescuing John Sangmeister and his crew following catastrophic damage to their Santa Cruz 70, OEX, during the Transpac Race 2019. Selected as the winners from a record number of entries, Roy received the trophy at the prestigious YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year Awards Gala Dinner on Friday night in Southampton.

On Saturday 13th July Roy P. Disney and crew set sail from San Pedro California aboard his Andrews 70, Pyewacket, to compete in his 23rd Transpac race. Little did they know that less than two days later, their race would be taking a dramatic turn.

At 0200 on July 15th, Roy was just waking for his watch when he heard an urgent radio transmission from OEX issuing their intention to abandon ship due to rapid water ingress from a damaged rudder post. Unfortunately, despite courageous attempts to construct a makeshift repair and keep on top of the flooding with pumps and buckets, the crew had no choice but to abandon OEX, which subsequently sank.

After a quick consultation with Pyewacket's navigator, Roy altered course to go to OEX's rescue. One hour after the first emergency signal was activated by OEX, Pyewacket contacted Tranpac's race headquarters to report that they had safely picked up all 10 crew members from OEX, with no reported injuries.

Responding to the emergency signal so promptly meant the 10 crew members of OEX only had to spend minutes in their life rafts. They could even see the running lights of Pyewacket as they boarded in the middle of the night, hundreds of miles from land in pitching seas. A scenario which would most definitely have been a terrifying situation despite the experience of everyone involved.

On receipt of the award Disney said,

"To carry out the rescue took 10 sailors from Pyewacket and 9 sailors from OEX. The Seamanship Award is not just for me, but for all 19 people involved. We were thankfully right on top of OEX when they needed us and no one had any second thought as to what we had to do. I am sure that if it had been the other way around, they would have taken exactly the same action."

The MS Amlin Seamanship Award, has previously been awarded for great acts of seamanship during the Round the Island Race, but was expanded this year to include any act taking place throughout the year. The response to the competition was excellent with entries coming in from around the world.

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Mini Transat Prologue postponed until Friday
Initially scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday 18 September, the Prologue for the 22nd Mini-Transat La Boulangere has been put back to Friday. Denis Hugues, race director, explains the reasoning behind his decision: "We're putting the prologue back as we're expecting 25 knots of NE'ly breeze, gusting to 30. The skippers are preparing for a singlehanded transatlantic race on 6.50-metre boats. As such, it's essential that they don't take any risks in this prologue, the idea being to have a dress rehearsal so that the competitors get a clear picture of the start zone. On Friday the wind is set to ease and become more stable at 10-13 knots."

The excellent atmosphere at the finishes is another trademark of the Mini-Transat, and indeed the Mini spirit as a whole, as 34-year-old Japanese sailor Masa Suzuki explained on the dock this Tuesday. "I have been so impressed by the help and the kindness shown to me and to everyone else within our Mini community. Equally striking is the fact that no matter what your result, everyone celebrates all the finishes, at whatever time of the day or night. I've never witnessed that before. In fact, I feel so welcome here that I'm considering living in France, if my wife will agree!" It's little surprise then, that his friends and his wife have travelled all the way to La Rochelle from Japan to see what this Mini spirit is all about, offer their own support and see him safely on his way on Sunday.

In the Canaries as in Martinique, the festivities on shore match up to the level of difficulty encountered at sea. "The Mini spirit is also about ensuring you stay 'hydrated'. Some aren't quite so good at that side of things and we have a few worrying elements there", jokes Christophe Briere de la Hosseraye (755), who goes on to explain that experiencing something so strong and intense brings you closer. "You can become great mates with a guy or girl who's 10 years younger or older."

Leaving the Mini circuit and its spirit can lead to a form of nostalgia. "Even though I'm preparing for it, the period after the Mini scares me a bit. I'm expecting to feel a massive void on an emotional and personal level", Guillaume Coupe admits.

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Pensacola YC Offers Spring 2020 Safety at Sea Seminar
Pensacola, Florida- September 15, 2019: Safety Training can save your life. Now's your chance to get the boating safety experience you need, before you need it. The Pensacola Yacht Club Satori Foundation will host a US Sailing sanctioned two-day Hands on only Safety at Sea Seminar and Offshore sailing workshop on March 21 and 22. At the same time your family can enjoy a Spring Time beach getaway in beautiful Pensacola, Florida.

The seminar will be held at Pensacola Yacht Club where Bayou Chico meets Pensacola Bay. The PYC Satori Safety at Sea training course is a 2-day event. Saturday morning will feature a Offshore Sailing Workshop. Hands-on training for an international certification will begin Saturday afternoon and conclude on Sunday.

The hands-on practical experience with feature groups rotating through outdoor stations on the dock, on the beach, the terrace and in the pool. Participants will learn how to inflate their PFD, float huddled together for warmth, climb into an inflated liferaft, launch flares, put out a fire and recover a crew mate who has gone overboard. Rigging storm sails and other safety gear will be demonstrated as well.

Only people who have completed their US Sailing Sanctioned Offshore Safety at Sea (online or in person) within the last 365 day from the date of that course, can attend a hands-on training to upgrade their certificate to an International Offshore Safety at Sea. If they are outside of the range, they will have to retake the course either online or in person.

Registration is now open through US Sailing Regatta Network: Pensacola SAS Seminar. Information about the seminar offering is available at www.satorifoundation.com. Club Information is at Pensacola Yacht Club. Information about Pensacola accommodations is at Visit Pensacola.

Hong Kong to Vietnam Race: Two Racing Trimarans Ready and Set to Go
SHK Scallywag/FUKU. Photo by RHKYC / Guy Nowell. Click on image to enlarge.

International entries from six countries mark the first sign ups for the 9th biennial Hong Kong to Vietnam Race; the 673nm predominantly downwind run to Nha Trang Beach, Vietnam. Racing kicks off on 15 and 16 October 2019 on Victoria Harbour in front of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's flagship Clubhouse at Kellett Island.

The Category 1 Offshore race is known for its windy and warm weather sailing conditions and is run under the auspices of Royal Ocean Racing Club. Racing finishes in Nha Trang which boasts many family-friendly resorts and is very accessible with Cam Ranh International Airport located about 40 minutes from Nha Trang town.

The first entries hail from Italy, United States and Hong Kong. Among them for the first time are two trimarans; Italian Maserati Multi70 racing against Hong Kong's Orma 60, SHK Scallywag/FUKU.

SHK Scallywag/FUKU (previously Team Australia) holds the World Sailing Speed Record Council record of 1d 5h 52m 23s between Sydney and Hobart achieving top speeds of 39.6kts. Maserati Multi70 established the fastest Hong Kong to London sailing record in 2017. Both crews will rival each other for line honours.

Also to be watched is American Bryon Ehrhart, Hong Kong to Vietnam Race 2013 IRC Racing 0 Division winner, who is returning to the Race with this high performance yacht Maxi 72 Lucky competing with a crew of well-experienced Hong Kong to Vietnam Race veterans.

The Hong Kong to Vietnam Race was first run in 1996 and then regularly since 2004. It is recognised as a qualifying race for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and the longest Category One offshore race in Asia. The current record is 42h 17m 24s and was set in 2015 by Syd Fischer's Ragamuffin 100 clocking an average VMG of 15.8kts.

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For the Record
The WSSR Council announces the establishment of 2 new World Records:

Records: Monohull 60 ft Transatlantic and Singlehanded Monohull 60 ft Transatlantic
Yacht: "Helvetia". Open 60 ft.
Name: Alan Roura. FRA
Dates:.11th to the 19th July 2019.
Start time: 19:22:14 0 on 11/07/19
Finish time: 12:20:40 on 19/07/19
Elapsed time: 7 days 16 hours 58 minutes and 26 seconds
Comments: Previous Records. "Safran" Marc Guillemot. FRA. Jul 13. 8d 5h 20m 20s

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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Launch Of Spindrift 2 and a New Appointment
Spindrift 2 was put back in the water on Monday 16th September in the presence of Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and the Spindrift racing team.

The world's largest racing maxi trimaran has spent the past few months being further optimised, as well as being fitted with new load bearing rudder plates, following the structural failure of the starboard rudder plate during the Jules Verne Trophy record attempt last winter.

The whole team was onsite at the Multiplast boatyard in Vannes this morning to help with the launch operation; this required careful attention down to the smallest detail, as the 40m trimaran was gently lifted into the water.

The operation was overseen by team co-founder Yann Guichard and Spindrift 2's boat captain, Erwan Le Roux, who had also ensured that each stage of the refit went smoothly.

Once its 32m tall mast is fitted, the trimaran will sail to its home port of La Trinite-sur-Mer. There, the technical team will finish configuring the maxi trimaran for record mode, before the Jules Verne Trophy squad begins a series of 'inshore' and 'offshore' training sessions during September.

The Jules Verne Trophy remains the team's goal, with the two-month stand-by period starting on the 1st October. The challenge is to beat the record time of 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds set by Francis Joyon on Idec in 2017.

Alongside the new racing season and the team's future challenges, Yann Guichard and Dona Bertarelli are also delighted to announce changes to the management team at Spindrift racing.

Leo Lucet, who, as Executive Director, has been one of the pillars of Spindrift racing since its creation in 2011, has taken over the management of all of Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard's private affairs in Switzerland, of which Spindrift racing is a part.

Lucet will be succeeded as Executive Director of the Spindrift racing by Jean-Sebastien Chenier Proteau, who will be joining the team at its Saint-Philibert base in mid-October.

A key player in the industry for several years, the 36-year-old Canadian has worked on major international projects such as the America's Cup with Groupama Team France, the victorious Dongfeng Race Team in the Volvo Ocean Race, as well as Oman Sail and SailGP. Chenier Proteau, who has a Master's in Business and Administration, will be in charge of organising the administrative, technical and sports teams.

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The Last Word
We very quickly forget about the wonderful things we've got. People lose their excitement because there's too much. Basically we're experiencing nothing, because everything is available to us. -- Robin Ince

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In This Issue
• Augie Diaz Wins The Second Silver Star In Less Than Two Weeks
• Proto: four-way match, and some?
• Harken Tech Team on Duty at Audi 52 Super Series Porto Cervo Sailing Week in Sardinia
• Defi Azimut speed runs for the IMOCA
• World on Water Live Sail Die ETNZ TOW Test on Auckland Harbour
• Beastie Boy - Dehler 30 One Design
• New Life for Dublin 21s as 'Naneen' is Unveiled in Kilrush
• Robline in a nutshell... may we introduce the brand:
• Swan One Designs at the Nations Trophy
• Special Cashback Offer with B&G - Save up to 120E
• Marseille SailGP Grand Final
• Royal Southern Yacht Club Land Union September Regatta
• Not Sailing... but VERY cool
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• The Last Word: Mario Savio

Yes, we missed the Thursday issue this week. A rare event. So is a all-nighter at the ER and ICU with a friend who might not be around much longer. It sounds cliched, but it's nonetheless true: life is short, make peace with friends and foe before you lose the chance.

Augie Diaz Wins The Second Silver Star In Less Than Two Weeks
The Star North American Championship was hosted by the Toms River Yacht Club on the Barnegat Bay in New Jersey this year. Competitors included Gold Star world-champions USA's John McCausland, George Szabo and Augie Diaz, Silver star continental champions Tom as Hornos and Brian Ledbetter from the USA; favorites included Allan Terhune Jr. having grown up at the host yacht club and rock star crews from Brazil like European Champion Henry Boening, Pedro Trouche, reigning Star Sailors League finals winner and American Joshua Revkin, a North American and World Champion.

Also in attendance: five 2019 District champs including Andrew MacDonald with seasoned crew Mark Strube, Shane Zwingelberg, and Jack Jennings.

All of the competitors were challenged by day after day of 15-20 knots of breeze on the water and on-land activities at the club and with one of the sponsors - hatchet throwing with sponsors Stubby's Hatchet House.

The last day of racing, spectators witnessed three races. Having yet another day of 15-20+ breeze, it seemed like the team that could keep their boat in one piece and their heads in the game would shake out to the top of the leader board. Hornos and Revkin got tripped up with an OCS in the penultimate race, but manage to pull of a 7th place in the race. An impressive feat, but one that put them on their back foot going into the last race.

With pens and paper scribing on the film boat factoring in the single drop, it came to light that George Szabo, who had been leading the scoreboard the whole week had been slowly, but surely reeled in by Augie Diaz and his Brazilian crew Henry Boening. The two gold stars went into the last race tied on points with Tom as Hornos and Josh Revkin a mere 3 points behind. Not only was the championship on the line, but the coveted "Rooster" was as well. All week long, individual race winners signed a rooster flag, a tradition for the Barnegat Bay Yacht Racing Association. Whoever won the last race got to keep the flag and the buzz amongst the skippers of who would be so fortunate was palpable. At the first top mark of the race, John MacCausland, who'd had an up and down week with both a bullet and a breakdown, led the race with Diaz and Hornos in the mix. Szabo and crew Heatherington-Young weren't able to keep up with the scramble and ended up taking 3rd overall. Hornos and Revkin took home 2nd place and Augie Diaz with Henry Boening who with an early gybe on the downwind leg won the rooster and the overall championship. -- Ashley Love from T2PTV

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Proto: four-way match, and some?
Among the 87 sailors competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangere 2019, 22 are competing in the prototype category. Though four sailors stand out as firm favourites (Francois Jambou, Axel Trehin, Erwan Le Mene and Tanguy Bouroullec), there are also some solid outsiders and skippers sailing on 'vintage' prototypes.

The Mini 6.50 is very particular in that it is available as both a production boat, built in over ten copies, and a prototype, the majority of which are unique. Essentially, the main difference between a prototype and a production Mini is that the former is allowed to use carbon, have a canting keel, daggerboards (or foils) and a bigger mast. The 22 prototypes signed up for the Mini-Transat La Boulangere are very varied, ranging from the 260 skippered by David Kremer, launched some 20 years ago, to Tanguy Bouroullec's (the 969) brand spanking new foiler.

Four favourites: three mates in their thirties and one 'youngster'
Axel Trehin, Francois Jambou, Erwan Le Mene and Tanguy Bouroullec: without getting ahead of ourselves, we can hedge our bets on the fact that, barring successive damage, the winner of the Mini-Transat 2019 in the prototype category will be one of these four sailors. All of them are 'repeat offenders' but they have boats from different generations with different philosophies, which will make for thrilling viewing.

Three of them, Jambou, Trehin and Le Mene have all won races contested in the Atlantic in 2018 and 2019.

With his stunning foiler (the 969), Tanguy Bouroullec, 25 years of age, clearly has the means to get in the mix, even though he hasn't racked up as many miles as his direct rivals.

"Yes, there will be a four-way match. However it would be a mistake not to take into account the other competitors, who might be able to pull something out of the bag. Psychologically, the situation is more comfortable for them. They have good boats and feel less pressure as there's less expectation", Francois Jambou warns.

Certain skippers are setting sail aboard slightly dated prototypes, though they are still great machines, like that of David Kremer (260), Luca Rosetti (342), Pep Costa (431) and Nicolas Tobo (392). The latter has one of the smallest budgets in the fleet (prototype and production boats combined) and christened his 2002 Mini 6.50 "Soyouz", in relation to her age among other things. "The space capsule of the same name is old, but is still responsible for transporting the astronauts between the Earth and the ISS. Let's hope that the reliability of one transfers across to the other", says Nicolas. "I hope to finish the course without too many difficulties and, in terms of score, that I end up in the top half of the fleet. That would be a victory in itself!"

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* Initially scheduled for Sunday 22 September, the start of the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangere has been postponed until a later date. The reasons for this are boisterous wind conditions and sea state forecast in the Bay of Biscay and offshore of Cape Finisterre. However, Sunday's festivities in La Rochelle will continue, with the 87 sailors exiting the Bassin des Chalutiers to contest a spectacular prologue.

Though the start of the first leg between La Rochelle and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has been postponed, there will still be plenty of action on Sunday. "We're still keen to put on a show for the spectators and the sailors' families and friends. As such, we're going to launch a singlehanded prologue in race conditions," confirms Denis Hugues. In this way, the sailors will still parade out of the Bassin des Chalutiers so the skippers' presentation will take place on Sunday between 10:00 hours and midday. Next up, at 14:15 hours, the 87 Mini 6.50s will cross the start line for the prologue in the bay of La Rochelle, which will likely be contested in some superb conditions with 15 to 20 knots of breeze.

Harken Tech Team on Duty at Audi 52 Super Series Porto Cervo Sailing Week in Sardinia
The Harken Tech Team will keep the fleets race-ready and flying during the Audi 52 Super Series Porto Cervo Sailing Week 24 - 28 September in Sardinia, hosted by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.

Service will be available on-site from 22 - 28 September.

Call your Harken Tech Team representative for regatta assistance and emergency spare parts.

Harken At The Front

www.harkenatthefront.com

Defi Azimut speed runs for the IMOCA
The Runs are pure times speed races. The start is between the Isle de Groix and Pointe du Talue. Each boat starts separatelin, and were given several trials. The goal is to record the best time on a course of 1.5 miles. It is an opportunity for skippers to push their boats, for the public to see the boats' full speed potential and for the onboard sponsors to experience the sensations of offshore racing.

In today's runs, CHARAL was the fastest, followed by PRB and ARKEA PAPREC ...

48H Azimut - Double-handed race Thursday 19th September to Saturday 21st September. This is the flagship event of the Defi Azimut. 48 hours of sailing, 2 skippers and a mediaman on board, a loop in the Atlantic Ocean. During this race, the skippers have the opportunity to compete one last time before the start of the Jacques Vabre 2019. Tracking devices will allow you to follow the race live on the map available on the event website.

Full list of skippers

www.defi-azimut.net

World on Water Live Sail Die ETNZ TOW Test on Auckland Harbour
Emirates Team New Zealand take their AC 75 for a "TOW RUN" with these results.
Hobby-Horsing down the harbour at the start of the test.

Beastie Boy - Dehler 30 One Design
Dehler's return to its glory days of high-performance racers could not be more appropriately celebrated than with this dramatic new 30-footer from the design boards of Judel-Vrolijk

It's been a fair old while since Dehler Yachts launched its last racer-cruiser, as opposed to the cruiser-racers that have come to define the marque. Now they're at it again with a waterballasted, carbon-rigged 30ft (9m) offshore one-design that is already in production and due to launch soon after this issue of Seahorse hits the newsstands.

Readers with long memories will remember just how good Dehler used to be at this sort of thing. Their Sprinta Sport was a top IOR quartertonner back in the day and hot on its heels came a pair of impressively fast, well-engineered three-quarter tonners, the DB1 and the DB2, which won a world championship with Karl Dehler and Torsten Conradi - now managing director of Judel/Vrolijk - on board. The cruising version of the DB boats, the original Dehler 34, was an extremely successful model with 1,200 built over 10 years and is now regarded as a modern classic.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

New Life for Dublin 21s as 'Naneen' is Unveiled in Kilrush
Once thought impossible due to the entire seven boat fleet rotting in a County Wicklow farmyard, the first revived Dublin Bay 21 'Naneen' was revealed yesterday at Kilrush Boatyard in County Clare.

The Hal Sisk led project has been working on the legendary Dublin Bay 21 class, the famous Mylne design of 1902-03, since late 2016.

The 21 was rebuilt by boatbuilder Steve Morris of Kilrush with assistance in later stages from Dan Mill.

Far from bringing the original and almost-mythical gaff cutter rig with jackyard topsail back to life above a traditionally-constructed hull, Sisk is content to have an attractive gunter-rigged sloop - "American gaff" some would call it - above a new laminated cold-moulded hull

Full article and more photos in Afloat magazine:

* WM Nixon will have a long form feature in his blog this Saturday

Robline in a nutshell... may we introduce the brand:
R...like Rebellious
Breaking out of used habits. Breaking ground with innovative, pioneering Robline ropes. The colours of the new Robline logo illustrate and emphasise this spirit. We wanted to break out of the “Blue” in sailing and in general the watersports industry. We wanted to make a statement using cucuum and monsungrey as our new colours – Standing out of the mass with both our products and our spirit.

Read more soon!

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Swan One Designs at the Nations Trophy
The Nations Trophy 2019 is less than a month away and has attracted the largest ever gathering of Swan One Designs, quite an achievement given all participating yachts will be in excess of 36 feet. Scheduled for the 8 - 12 October in Palma di Mallorca, some 40 Swan One Designs will take part in the event that pitches nation against nation and celebrates the attributes of real time racing.

The cream of the entry is undoubtedly the 18 ClubSwan 50s, the first time that such a number of the Finnish brand's flagship one design model have raced together. Six Swan 45s and 12 ClubSwan 42s add to the competitive mix, while the racing debut of the latest Swan One Design to be launched, the ClubSwan 36, promises to polish further an already burnished regatta.

Racing will be conducted by the Real Club Nautico de Palma, a close partner of Nautor's Swan in the delivery of its pinnacle one design regatta, but also its recently concluded The Nations Trophy Mediterranean League.

The second edition of the Nations Trophy has attracted some 14 different countries, three more than 2017. The fleet of 40 boats is 12 more than last time. Aside from The Nations Trophy itself, there are three class championships at stake: ClubSwan 50 Worlds, Swan 45 Worlds and ClubSwan 42 Europeans.

The destination of the magnificent Nations Trophy, designed in 2017 for the inaugural, biennial event by Milanese silversmiths Buccellati, will be determined by taking the two best-placed yachts from each country and combining their place-position. Yachts may be in the same class. Italy go into the competition as favourites and with a two-point advantage having secured both the 2018 and 2019 Nations Trophy Mediterranean League titles and the bonus points that followed. The 2017 trophy went to Spain, with Italy in second and Germany in third.

thenationstrophy.com

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Marseille SailGP Grand Final
Marseille got a glimpse of the world's fastest sail racing boats today when the six high performance F50s took to the racecourse for the first time in practice. The inaugural season culminates this weekend when one team will earn the right to get its name engraved on the SailGP Championship trophy for the first time.

Following two practice days, racing will take place over three days (20/21/22 September), culminating in a US$1 million winner-takes-all match race final between the season's top-two ranked teams.

National teams for France, Australia, China, Great Britain, Japan and the United States will compete in a series of short-format races. Scores from the Marseille event will be added to the overall season points, with the top two placed teams facing-off in a match race final to determine the overall season winner on Sunday afternoon.

The position of the Rade Nord racecourse means the thrilling racing can be viewed from spectator areas on the seawall or out on the water.

Racing in Marseille will be broadcast live around the world. Find out how to watch in your country

Royal Southern Yacht Club Land Union September Regatta
A light sea breeze provided another day of divine conditions at the Land Union September Regatta with up to three more races for more than 300 sailors of all ages, abilities and nationalities. Racing on the final day of action for the 2019 Royal Southern Summer Series had a special atmosphere with magnificent prizes to be won.

The overall winner of the 2019 Royal Southern Summer Series was Blair & Beckett's King 40 Cobra, winning an all inclusive entry for seven people to Antigua Sailing Week 2020. The prize includes return flights from Antigua & Barbuda Tourism, a Dream Yacht Charter bareboat, and free dockage at the UNESCO World Heritage site Nelson's Dockyard.

Second overall for the Royal Southern Summer Series, and winner of the HP30 Class for the Land Union September Regatta, was Malcolm Wootton's Farr 30 evo Pegasus DekMarx, winning flights and hotel accommodation for seven people to Berlin courtesy of Land Union.

Third overall for the Royal Southern Summer Series, and winner of IRC 3 Class for the Land Union September Regatta, was Handley & James' Mustang 30 Gr8 Banter, winning hotel accommodation for seven people in Berlin.

For the Land Union September Regatta, Ian Atkins' IC37 Icy was the winner of IRC 1, Jan van Berne's J/111 Red Herring was second and Cobra was third. Ian Atkins has been racing at the Royal Southern for many years but the new one-design IC37 Icy was racing in the Summer Series for the first time. "The Royal Southern has superb facilities, ideal for hosting major regattas," commented Ian Atkins. "The New York Yacht Club has a fleet of 20 IC37, and we envisage the same growth of the class coming from the prestigious clubs that race in the Solent. The class rules only allow one professional sailor and the IC37 is simple in design and easy to maintain, the boat is thrilling to sail."

Winning IRC 2 for the Land Union September Regatta was Mike Bridges' JPK 10.10 Elaine Again, holding off a strong challenge from Rob & Lucinda McLean's modified Cork 1720 Spider Pig. Suzie Anthony's elegant Spirit 46 Dido was third.

In the Club Class Matthew Richardson's Dehler 44 Ayaya completed a clean sweep winning all four races in Club Class. Claire Dresser's Sigma 362 Lady Penrose, put in a great performance on the last day, to take second place on countback from David Cule's Dufour 382 Mint Julep.

In the J/70 Class Lutz Strangemann's German team racing Tirion was the winner and in Mixed Sportsboat Class it was a special day for Emily Brushett. Her father Adam may have become the 2019 J/70 Corinthian World Champion last week, but 12-year old Emily was at the helm to win at the Land Union September Regatta!

Full Results from the Land Union September Regatta supported by Doyle Sails.

www.royal-southern.co.uk

Not Sailing... but VERY cool
The Weight... played by Robbie Robertson, Ringo Starr and a dozen artists from five continents. Recorded and mixed over a period of more than a year. Breathtaking.

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Judel/Vrolijk HH 42 rocket ship built by Hudson Yacht and Marine, in 2015, of carbon. Good sail wardrobe, carbon rig and she is an excellent performance sailboat with a good silverware collection and ready to do a lot more.

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Mighty Merloe is turn-key and race ready. Not only did she win the Transpac in July 2017 but she crossed the finish line in only 4 days, 6 hours and 33 minutes, shattering a 20 year old record by more than a day. A complete refit of the boat was completed in the winter of 2018 including a full structural ultrasound inspection of the boat and appendages.

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The Last Word
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious - makes you so sick at heart - that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. -- Mario Savio

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In This Issue
• Tom Slingsby Wins Historic First SailGP Championship For Australia
• Melges 24 Pre-Worlds
• Make Grenada Sailing Week 2020 Your Bucket List!
• Mini Transat Prologue
• Fast40+ One Ton Cup
• Great British Sailing Challenge Grand Final
• Twenty years on (and still king of the hill)
• Super 8 Race
• Dragon 90th Anniversary at San Remo
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Gieffe GY 53
• • Seawonder
• • Reichel Pugh 45 - "Katsu"
• The Last Word: Van Morrison

Tom Slingsby Wins Historic First SailGP Championship For Australia
Marseille, France: Tom Slingsby today made history, helming the Australia SailGP Team to victory over Nathan Outteridge's Japan SailGP Team in the SailGP Season 1 Championship Final Race. The global league's inaugural season culminated with a 10-minute match race between Australia and Japan, in which Australia secured the trophy and US$1 million prize in dramatic fashion.

The stakes for Sunday's racing were unprecedented - US$1 million is the largest monetary prize in the sport of sailing, and the SailGP Championship trophy is a creation of Thomas Lyte, regarded as the world's leading trophy maker.

Race analysis determined that the final duel came down to a mere 78 centimeters at a crucial moment on the racecourse; if the Australians had been five-hundredths of a second slower, Japan could have forced them to incur a penalty. It was a risky play by Japan in an attempt to force Australia off its course that backfired and allowed Slingsby to move into the lead and ultimately take the win.

Japan led for the majority of the SailGP Season 1 Championship Final Race after being given the upper hand from the start when Slingsby took a penalty for entering the start box early.

SailGP Season 2 will debut February 28-29, 2020 in Sydney, allowing Slingsby to start the season defending on his home waters.

SailGP 2019 Season Leaderboard
1. Australia, Tom Slingsby, 229
2. Japan, Nathan Outteridge, 223
3. China, Phil Robertson, 171
4. Great Britain, Dylan Fletcher, 169
5. France, Billy Besson, 164
6. United States, Rome Kirby, 163

sailgp.com

Melges 24 Pre-Worlds
Villasimius, Italy: The crew of Andrea Pozzi dominated the three-days-racing of the Melges 24 Pre-Worlds in Villasimius leaving behind the Italian crew of Marco Zammarchi's Taki 4 ITA778 with Niccolo Bertola in helm, overall silver and winner of the Corinthian division, in continuous comeback after the first day of racing, and the Hungarian FGF Sailing Team HUN728 helmed by Robert Bakoczy, which in Day Two had repeatedly tried to slow down the advance of Bombarda.

With extremely variable conditions over the weekend, Villasimius once again showed the beauty of its race course: the crews found themselves facing wind up to twenty knots with a steep wave, but also a light breeze with a long swell, putting themselves to the test in the best possible way with the race course, which, on October 8th, will challenge them for the Melges 24 World Championship 2019.

Top 10 of the Pre-Worlds
1. Bombarda, Andrea Pozzi, ITA, 17
2. Taki 4, Marco Zammarchi, ITA, 23
3. FGF Sailing Team, Robert Bakoczy, HUN, 31
4. Altea, Andrea Racchelli, ITA, 38
5. Zingara, Richard Reid, CAN, 40
6. Mikey, Kevin Welch, USA, 47
7. Nefeli, Peter Karrie, GER, 52
8. Lenny, Tonu Toniste, EST, 58
9. Melgina, Paolo Brescia, ITA, 63
10. Epervier, Ernesto Brianza, ITA, 65

Full results

melges24.com/Worlds2019/

Make Grenada Sailing Week 2020 Your Bucket List!
The 8th edition of Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 26 - 31 January 2020 is only four months away. This five day event at the start of the Caribbean sailing season kicks off the regatta circuit on the beautiful island of Grenada in the southern Caribbean. The cool trade winds and the warm blue waters of the Caribbean attract international racers from Europe, Canada and North America as well as a vast fleet of highly competitive boats regionally from up and down the islands. With CSA classes, classics, one design and newly introduced Carriacou sloops, the up wind and down wind coastal legs plus the long run with the transition race offer skippers and crews both tactical and challenging racing.

There is already fierce competition out there from rivals Mathew Barker and his 65ft Alfred Mylne 'The Blue Peter' and Judd Tinius (overall winner of GSW classic's 2019) and his 90ft Classic Yawl, 'Galatea'. To Pamela Baldwin, winner of last years CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association) Travellers Trophy with 'Liquid' her J122 and Rob Butlers Reflex 38 'Touch2Play Racing' who came 2nd and 3rd overall respectively in 2019.

Organisers are keen to promote the availability of both skippered and non skippered charters for the event. Tick a Caribbean Regatta off your bucket list with Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2020! Compete against some of the best and party with them after. For more info visit: grenadasailingweek.com/charters

www.grenadasailingweek.com

Mini Transat Prologue
Despite the postponement of the start of the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, the party was beautiful Sunday in La Rochelle. This morning, a large crowd came to greet the sailors who came out of the Trawlers Basin. The competitors then took part in a 34-mile prologue in La Rochelle Bay, offering a nice show. The prologue was originally planned for last Wednesday.

A possible weather window from Thursday for the start of the first leg?

Today, it is still too early to answer the question on everyone's lips: when will the Mini-Transat La Boulangère 2019 set sail? It's worth noting that the kick-off was postponed due to the complicated weather conditions (in terms of wind and sea state) sweeping the Bay of Biscay and offshore of Cape Finisterre. "We're going to have to sit it out for a bit to see if there's a possible weather window from Thursday onwards", explains Christian Dumard, a meteorologist currently working for Mini-Transat La Boulangère. "Before we consider sending the competitors off onto the racetrack on Thursday, we need to get a better handle on the likely conditions for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We'll probably know more tomorrow."

Among the 87 sailors competing in the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangère, 65 will be setting sail on production Minis, seven of whom are women. Just five of the competitors are 'repeat offenders'. Among them, Italian Ambrogio Beccaria sports the label of favourite. That said, rumours circulating the dock suggest that there are several contenders for a spot on the podium and outright victory from within the Pogo 3 ranks and also some of the scow bows. However, for many of the competitors, the primary challenge is to finish the race, even though the competitive spirit is palpable throughout the fleet.

Production boats: a wide open playing field

Ambrogio Beccaria, Nicolas d'Estais, Keni Piperol, Pavel Roubal and Bruno Simonnet are the only sailors in the production boat category to have already participated in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère. The remaining 60 skippers are rookies.

In 2018 and 2019, Ambrogio Beccaria (943) has grabbed nearly all the prizes with wins in eight of the eleven races (including Les Sables-Les Acores-Les Sables). Armed with these results, he's inevitably been labelled as favourite and assumes this status. "I make no secret of the fact that it makes me feel somewhat pressured", admits the Italian skipper. "However, I'd feel more under pressure if one of my rivals had won eight out of eleven races over the past two years! I'm remaining calm and I'll do what I know best." Though Ambrogio has frequently dominated play, he did suffer a bit of a knock-back in July however, finishing in 12th place in the Transgascogne. It may be an added source of motivation for his rivals, some of whom have really managed to raise their game of late and who could pose a real threat.

A series of Pogo 3 favourites

When you ask the sailors to list the favourites, six names come up most often: Ambrogio Beccaria, of course, together with Amelie Grassi (944), Matthieu Vincent (947), Pierre Le Roy (925), Felix de Navacelle (916) and Nicolas D'Estais (905). Other regulars include Sebastien Gueho (909), Lauris Noslier (893), Julien Letissier (869), Benjamin Ferre (902)… All of them are sailing Pogo 3s.

This year, two production boats are making their debut in the Mini-Transat La Boulangère: the Maxi 6.50 (Raison design) and the Vector 6.50 (Bertrand design). The most experienced skippers in this group would appear to be Paul Cloarec (951) and Keni Piperol (956). The latter is one of this edition's 'repeat offenders' and finished 4th in the prototype category two years ago.

www.minitransat.fr

Fast40+ One Ton Cup
Niklas Zennstrom's Rán has retained the One Ton Cup, winning the prestigious trophy in Le Havre for the second time. It was never easy for Rán who won five of the ten races sailed, often by just a few seconds. In the 120-year history of the One Ton Cup, Great Britain, and now Sweden, have been the most successful nations winning the magnificent trophy 14 times. The final day of racing saw a change in conditions with a frontal system bringing unstable wind and rain. Filip Engelbert's all-Swedish team racing Elvis, scored their first race win of the regatta. Peter Morton's Girls on Film finished in fine style taking the gun in the final race.

Ran crew: Niklas Zennstrom, Ellie Cumpsty, Toby Iles, Connor Banks, Hamish Macdonald, Ben Childerley Tim Powell, Adrian Stead, Steve Hayles, Mika Eid, Justin Slattery.

fast40class2019.com/ran-lifts-the-one-ton-cup

Great British Sailing Challenge Grand Final
The Grand Final of the Great British Sailing Challenge has already attracted an entry of more than 50 top-flight boats to this brand new event which takes place at Rutland Sailing Club on 28 & 29 September. However, there are still some big classes yet to get their names on the list, so find out how to make sure your favourite kind of boat is there on the start line. And there are some spots up for grabs for Endeavour Trophy competitors.

With more than 50 accomplished teams or individuals lining up for the inaugural Grand Final of the Great British Sailing Challenge, winning this event for the first time will be no straightforward task. Last season, for example, the 2000 sailed by Simon Horsfield and Katie Burridge managed to prevail in the hotly contested Selden SailJuice Winter Series. Will they manage to come out on top at Rutland Water on 28 & 29 September, in this conclusion to the first ever season of the GBSC?

After their phenomenal first season in the 505, beating some of the great legends of the fleet, Penny and Russ Clark will be out to show what they can do in a mixed handicap fleet.

With Olympic silver medallist Dave Wilkins as PRO, the competitors know the racing will be run to the same high level as the John Merricks Tiger Trophy which takes place on these same waters in early February.

On the Saturday evening, competitors will be invited to make an 'Elevator Pitch' for their class, a 20-second sell to convince others "why you should join my fleet". There will be a prize for the Elevator Pitch that is the most convincing, with voting on social media. Then there's an early evening meal and a discussion around "The future of dinghy racing in the UK", where GBSC organisers Andy Rice and Simon Lovesey will host a Q&A and invite competitors to throw in their ideas and examples of best practice that they've witnessed over recent seasons. Everything about the GBSC is aimed at making Great Britain's already strong racing scene even better and stronger for the coming years.

As an invitation-only event, and with an entry limit of 100 boats, this is not open to everybody. However there are some gaps in the entry list to be filled, with the aim of making the GBSC Final as representative as possible with the breadth and diversity of small boat racing. The event also serves as the Y&Y Battle of the Classes which previously took place during the Southampton Boat Show. If you want to make your case for inclusion in the Final, then please contact Simon Lovesey with a brief CV of your achievements in your chosen class. For example, a top 10 finish at a recent national, European or World Championship, would be good, but if you feel you've got a strong case on other grounds or achievements, then let Simon know by emailing him at: simon [DOT] lovesey [AT] sailracer [DOT] co [DOT] uk

Here's a list of some of the bigger classes that have yet to be represented, but you're welcome to apply even if you class isn't on here. Check the list of current entries here

Classes yet to be entered:
Topper
RS200
Squib
Merlin Rocket
Phantom
Flying Fifteen
Sprint 15
Contender
International Moth
Tasar
International 14
GP14
SB20

Remember: even if your class isn't on this list, check the entry list to get your fleet represented

www.sailingchallenge.org

Twenty years on (and still king of the hill)
A breezy, adrenalin-pumping Cascais marked the mid-point of the 2019 52 Super Series. Day in day out the action was so close that it was often genuinely breathtaking, both in terms of the skill of the crews and also of the standard of preparation that allowed these ultra-refined boats to race within inches of each other in tough conditions without a single technical failure. Also remarkable at this level, seven boats won at least one race, while at the end just one point separated winners Quantum Racing from runners-up Azzurra. In third and fourth Platoon and Bronenosec were tied on points, with the countback favouring the German-flagged crew.

Big breezes and big waves make it relatively easy to reel off a big race-winning margin, yet once again a Super Series regatta was decided by seconds - two seconds in Cascais following by four tiny seconds that decided the winner in Menorca.

Ironically it is the Roemmers family's former champion Azzurra that has twice recently missed out on regatta titles, each time falling just short. But, as helm Guillermo Parada noted through gritted teeth in Cascais, Azzurra are almost happy to trade those wins for the 8pt overall lead they hold as the five-regatta circuit reverts to the Med, and to the team's preferred summer sea breezes in Puerto Portals.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

Super 8 Race
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Bluewaters Racing Pte Ldt, and Sailing Series International Srl, in 2019 have signed multi-year partnership agreements, to bring the "Super 8 Race" and other events of the Bluewaters Racing portfolio to the Mediterranean Sea.

The Super 8 Race is an offshore sailing event with start and finish in the same port, which thanks to the availability and openness of local institutions has been identified as that of Genoa, with navigation around the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in an eight-way journey , with double mandatory passage in the Strait of Bonifacio.

The race adopts a so-called 'Match 3 Racing' formula, in which three competitors, a Defender and (up) two Challengers compete with innovative rules, based on which the first and second teams crossing the North gate, located between the departure and Corsica, they influence the route choice of the following team, so that at least one of the three teams will always face the West and the East of the Islands.

The Defender, which by regulation will be the winner of the previous edition, in this first edition of Super 8 Race will be the Maserati Multi70 Team, it will start from the Pole Position, according to the starting rules.

In the past few months, the organizers have involved Giovanni Soldini in the event, who has accepted the role of Defender, formalizing his role in a Memorandum of Understanding through his company Orca Srl

Following the official announcement, the potential challengers identified, with or without a MOD70, will be actively contacted and invited to participate. An official launch is expected within the first part of 2020, with the first edition scheduled to start between the end of September and the beginning of October 2020, with the Defender having the right to set the date of the event.

In the following months, during and after the official launch, further details will be announced.

The Super 8 Race is scheduled to take place annually, each time the Challengers challenge the winner of the last edition.

www.bluewatersracing.com

Dragon 90th Anniversary at San Remo
Sanremo, Italy: From 7th to 11th October 2019 160 International Dragon keelboats will gather in San Remo, Italy, to mark the 90th Anniversary of this illustrious and extraordinary class. Dragon sailors past and present, friends of the class and the media are invited to participate in this week-long celebration of all things Dragon.

From her inception as an entry by Johan Anker in the Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club's 1928 competition for a new inter-islands cruiser for young people, to her current status as the world's leading three-man keelboat class, the story of the Dragon has been remarkable.

The legendary Uffa Fox recognised the class's great potential when, in 1937 he wrote "The Dragons have the qualities sought for in one-design classes. They will continue and prosper." And prosper the Dragon most certainly has with almost 1500 boats registered and racing in 31 National Associations across five continents today, and as many again cruising Dragons still bringing pleasure to leisure sailors around the world.

The Dragon's story has included selection for six Olympic Games from 1948 to 1972 and the active participation of many of the world's greatest sailors, as well as members of the Royal families of Britain, Greece, the Netherlands and Denmark. She made a successful transition from wooden construction to GRP in the early 1970s as part of her constant programme of carefully managed evolution, and with her elegant metre boat lines the Dragon is widely considered to be the most beautiful of the International One Design keelboats, as well as one of the most successful.

The 90th Anniversary Regatta will bring together sailors from 25 countries and four continents in a gala celebration hosted by the Yacht Club San Remo on Italy's Ligurian Riviera. The racing will encompass not only a 90th Anniversary Regatta series, which will run from Monday 7th to Friday 11th October and begins with round robin races to decide gold, silver and bronze fleets, but will also feature a number of special races to be sailed on Wednesday 9th October.

The first of those special races will be the 90th Anniversary Gala Race in which all 160 boats will come together for a spectacular one-off race. This will be followed by special races for Masters, Juniors, Family Crews, Ladies and the Champion of Champions, which is open to medallists of Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships and World Cups in any class and the Dragon Gold Cup. -- Fiona Brown

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The Last Word
Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic. -- Van Morrison

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In This Issue
• 52 Super Series Finale
• Genoa to host the Grand Finale of the The Ocean Race 2021-22
• Revisiting an old friend - Beneteau First 53
• No start before Friday, with a hopeful weather window at the end of the week!
• Revised proposal to reform the governance of World Sailing released
• Charging Towards the Cape Verde Islands
• 12 Metre North American Championship
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Farr 60 - VENOMOUS
• • Swan 82-006 RS 'Mayang Sari'
• • JPK 1080 - Blue Note
• The Last Word: Robert F. Kennedy

52 Super Series Finale
Porto Cervo, Italy: A breezy Official Practice Race for the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo proved a brisk warmup for what is shaping up to be a windy opening to the five-day 2019 season finale on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda.

A Mistral breeze of up to 28 knots gave the ten-boat TP52 fleet a suitable test before racing starts Tuesday as well as serving a reminder that anything can happen. Circuit leaders Azzurra, the home club favourites, put on an impressive display, appearing to throw down the gauntlet as they lead around the short, sharp windward-leeward track before wheeling away before the finish. Rivals Platoon came in early because of damage to their training mainsail and others prudently chose to foreshorten their training to protect crew and equipment before the five-regatta-season's finale kicks off tomorrow.

The Mistral is forecast to remain for the first three days of the event according to Quantum Racing's navigator Juan Vila.

The warning signal for Tuesday's first race will be at 1230hrs as the race committee seek to get racing in before the Mistral becomes too strong.

Entries:
Alegre - Andy Soriano (USA/GBR), 2018 Botin
Azzurra - Roemmers Family (ARG/ITA), 2018 Botin
Bronenosec - Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS), 2019 Botin
Gladiator - Tony Langley (GBR), 2017 Botin
Phoenix 11 - Hasso/Tina Plattner (RSA), 2018 Botin
Platoon - Harm Muller-Spreer (GER), 2018 Judel/Vrolijk
Provezza - Ergin Imre (TUR), 2018 Judel/Vrolijk
Quantum Racing - Doug DeVos (USA), 2018 Botin
Sled - Takashi Okura (USA), 2018 Botin
Team Vision Future - Jean Jacques Chaubard (FRA), 2015 Botin

Racing at the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo starts on Tuesday 24th September and finishes on Saturday 28th September

www.52SUPERSERIES.com

Genoa to host the Grand Finale of the The Ocean Race 2021-22
Genoa will be the finish of the next edition of The Ocean Race, marking the first time the fully-crewed, around the world yacht race, known as the 'toughest test of a team in sport' will come to Italy.

The selection of Italy's top maritime city to host the Grand Finale of The Ocean Race in June of 2022 opens the event to a new audience in one of the most passionate sailing centres in Europe.

Since before the time of Christopher Columbus, Genoa has been considered one of the most important maritime centres in Europe, and continues to be the yachting capital of Italy.

The Ocean Race 2021-22 will see two classes of boats competing for the first time in 25 years: the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60 class, as well as the one-design VO65 fleet that produced record-breaking performances and such compelling and close competition in the last edition.

The selection of Genoa as the finish line for The Ocean Race was revealed at the Salone Nautico Genoa (the Genoa Boat Show), the most visited boat show on the Mediterranean, on Monday morning.

Italy has long had a close relationship with The Ocean Race, which began as the Whitbread Race Around the World in 1973 with three Italian flagged entries on the starting line. Over the years, 11 Italian teams and over 130 Italian sailors have competed in the event first known as the Whitbread and from 2001 through 2018, as the Volvo Ocean Race.

In the last event Italian offshore sailor Alberto Bolzan sailed in his second consecutive edition of the Race. And Olympian and 49er FX World Champion Francesca Clapcich raced on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Clapcich says having the race finish in Genoa will have a positive impact on youth sailing across the entire country.

The Ocean Race is scheduled to start from its home port in Alicante, Spain in Q4 of 2021 and finish in Genoa, Italy in June of 2022. The full Race Route will be confirmed in the coming weeks, with the sailing hotspot of Aarhus, Denmark and The Hague in The Netherlands already confirmed as host cities, along with Cabo Verde, which will be the first West African stop in the history of the Race.

www.theoceanrace.com

Revisiting an old friend - Beneteau First 53
When Beneteau went looking for the right designers for their very much all-new First Yacht 53 the results were thought-provoking. As is the yacht...

The First Yacht 53 has a lot to live up to. There's the heritage of the First marque, which represents more than 40 years of offshore racing and cruising. There's the exceptional pedigree of a design team that combines 25 years at the forefront of America's Cup innovation with the groundbreaking flair of Brenta and Wally. And there's also the fact that nearly a decade has passed since the launch of the last offshore yacht to bear the famous brand name, the Juan K-designed First 30. It's fair to say that this is a long anticipated and eagerly awaited boat. Indeed, five First Yacht 53s had already been sold off plan before Beneteau began building the prototype.

The renaissance of Beneteau's First series began several years ago with a range of small, lightweight sportsboats, some with simple accommodation. It's a big step up from them to the brand new flagship of the range. The First Yacht 53 is a return to the mainstream cruiserracer, or "luxury performance", territory that used to define the brand, but it's a far cry from the Firsts of 15 years ago, which were designed for a full racing crew to live on board for several weeks. Most people don't sail like that anymore.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

No start before Friday, with a hopeful weather window at the end of the week!
The start date for the 22nd edition of the Mini-Transat La Boulangere is still an unknown, but there is one thing for sure: kick-off won't be before Friday 27 September. In the meantime, the wind conditions and, above all, the sea state will be too boisterous in the Bay of Biscay and offshore of Cape Finisterre. A more favourable weather window might well open up (or not…) at the end of the week.

The information was passed on to the 87 racers in the Mini-Transat La Boulangere early afternoon this Monday: given the weather conditions, no start will be announced before Friday 27 September.

"Taking into account the disparity of speed"

"Various fronts are sweeping the Bay of Biscay and the sea state is deteriorating. Over the coming days, there might be up to a 5-metre swell in the middle of the Bay, with a short period of 8 to 10 seconds between the waves. And all of that will be in upwind conditions. The boats wouldn't be able to handle such conditions," explains Denis Hugues, Race Director, who is studying the evolution of the situation in close collaboration with Christian Dumard, the event's meteorologist. "The decision made will take into account the diversity of the fleet and the disparities between the boats in terms of speed. All the racers, including those who are not so quick, need to be able to make Cape Finisterre in suitable conditions. That's what makes the situation complex", explains Jean Saucet, technical director of the Mini-Transat.

A favourable weather window at the end of the week?

Each day, a weather report will be sent to the skippers, who will receive at least 48 hours' advance notice, so as to give those who have left La Rochelle the time to get back. "We're monitoring a possible favourable weather window at the end of the week", explains Denis Hugues. "However, we don't yet have enough visibility as the various grib files are not in agreement. We're continuing to keep a close watch."

www.minitransat.fr

Revised proposal to reform the governance of World Sailing released
World Sailing's Board of Directors has approved and published a revised version of its Proposal to Reform the Governance of World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport.

The proposal, "Refreshing the Foundations for Our Future" was published in May 2019, Since then World Sailing's Board of Directors and Governance Commission have received extensive feedback via an online survey, correspondence and discussions. In response to that feedback several changes have been made and the Revised Proposal is now available to download here -

The Revised Proposal will provide a number of benefits to World Sailing's members, including:

- Greater participation and engagement in decision making in World Sailing
- Direct seats at decision making tables of World Sailing
- Increased powers at the Annual General Meeting
- Improved quality of decision making
- More efficient decision making
- Greater accountability and transparency

In addition to the Revised Proposal, a draft new Constitution and draft Regulations have been released and all three combined will provide World Sailing with foundations that are not only refreshed, but will also protect the members and the sport for the future.

www.sailing.org

Charging Towards the Cape Verde Islands
After the success of crossing the Scoring Gate yesterday first, Visit Sanya, China is currently leading the fleet in Race 2: The Commodore's Cup. It remains tight at the top however, with less than 20 nautical miles separating Visit Sanya, China from Qingdao and Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam.

After hiding its position from the rest of the fleet by using Stealth Mode, Qingdao reappeared to cross the Scoring Gate in second place at 13:04:00 UTC, one hour, 27 minutes and 45 seconds behind Visit Sanya, China. Qingdao is now two from two in picking up bonus points in the Clipper 2019-20 Race, with the team to add another two bonus points to its overall tally.

The interesting weather mentioned by Jeronimo Santos Gonzalez, Skipper of Punta del Este, is a developing tropical low which is moving across the path of the fleet. Clipper Race Meteorologist Simon Rowell reports that if the low develops into a hurricane, as forecasted, later in the week - well away from where the fleet will be - it will leave a band of no wind in its wake, making negotiating the Doldrums Corridor extremely interesting.

The interesting weather mentioned by Jeronimo is a developing tropical low which is moving across the path of the fleet. Clipper Race Meteorologist Simon Rowell reports that if the low develops into a hurricane, as forecasted, later in the week - well away from where the fleet will be - it will leave a band of no wind in its wake, making negotiating the Doldrums Corridor extremely interesting.

Race Viewer

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

12 Metre North American Championship
Photo by Onne van der Waal, www.vanderwal.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Newport, RI: The 12 Metre North American Championship, hosted by Ida Lewis Yacht Club over September 19-22, finished with Courageous (US-26) at the top of the scoreboard to win not only its Modern Division but also the newly contested 12 Metre North American Cup.

Courageous, co-skippered by Newporters Ralph Isham and Alexander Auersperg, competed with the same crew (including helmsman Art Santry of Washington D.C./Newport, R.I.) that took third at this summer's 12 Metre World Championship in Newport and first in the global ROAD TO THE WORLDS Waypoints Series.

Isham noted that Defender (US-33), which finished second in the Modern Division in the hands of charterer/tactician Andy Rose and helmsman Tom Purcell (both of Newport Beach, Calif.), beat Courageous "quite definitively" on Saturday, when two light-air races (six knots) were held on Rhode Island Sound. A scoring penalty, however, put Defender behind Courageous in race four, and with only one victory compared to five posted by Courageous in the six-race series that counted for the North American Championship, victory was not within reach.

Intrepid (US-22), with owner Jack Curtin (Toronto, Ontario/New York, N.Y.) helming, was the third and final North American Championship finisher in the Modern Division. The Traditional and Vintage Divisions each had only one boat sailing - Columbia (US-16) and Onawa (US-6), respectively - so sailing under handicap in the North American Cup took precedence for them.

In order of finish, the North American Cup results were as follows: Courageous (built in 1974), Defender (built in 1983), Columbia (built in 1958), Intrepid (built in 1967), and Onawa (built in 1928).

The Ted Hood Trophy, awarded in each division for the best performance over the season, went to: Vintage - Onawa, Traditional -Columbia, Modern - Challenge XII (KA-10), and Grand Prix - New Zealand.

Modern Division (3 Boats)
1. Courageous (US-26), 12 Metre, Ralph Isham / Alex Auersperg, USA, 7
2. Defender (US-33), 12 Metre, Andrew Rose, USA, 12
3. Intrepid (US-22), 12 Metre, Jack Curtin, CAN, 17

Traditional Division (1 Boat)
1. Columbia (US-16), 12 Meter, Anthony Chiurco / Kevin Hegarty, USA, 6

Vintage Division (1 Boat)
1. Onawa (US-6), Christopher Culver, USA, 7

North American Cup (CRF MkII - 5 Boats)
1. Courageous (US-26), Ralph Isham / Alex Auersperg, USA, 8
2. Defender (US-33), Andrew Rose, USA, 19.5
3. Columbia (US-16), Anthony Chiurco / Kevin Hegarty, USA, 23
4. Intrepid (US-22), Jack Curtin, CAN, 24
5. Onawa (US-6), Christopher Culver, USA, 34.5

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Industry News
British modern classic yacht company Spirit Yachts has won the inaugural Environment Award at this year's Southampton Boat Show.

Spirit Yachts was chosen alongside RS Sailing as joint winners of the first ever Environment Award by a panel of judges, including representatives from The Green Blue, British Marine and the RYA (Royal Yachting Association).

The award was presented on Thursday 19th September by world-renowned sailor and The Green Blue ambassador Mike Golding OBE.

Commended for its sustainable approach to exhibiting at the boat show, Spirit Yachts was chosen for its introduction of sustainable wooden Lignia decking and sharing environmental good practice with other marine businesses.

This autumn, Spirit Yachts is due to launch its largest ever sailing yacht, the electric drive, 34m Spirit 111, and its flagship power yacht, the 21.7m Spirit P70. The company has a healthy order book with ongoing construction of a hybrid Spirit DH65 (deckhouse), a fully electric Spirit 44E sailing yacht and a Spirit P40 superyacht tender. In the coming months, Spirit Yachts will start building a P48 power yacht and a DH72 sailing yacht.

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RS Sailing are proud to be jointly awarded British Marine's Environmental Award for their sustainability efforts alongside Spirit Yachts at the Southampton International Boat Show 2019. This British Marine award recognises exhibitors who have embraced environmentally responsible behaviour and sustainable work practices at the Boat Show.

The Green Blue Environmental Award is a new addition to the show but sustainability has been a long-term commitment for RS Sailing. They have been implementing a Sustainability Programme for a number of years, analysing, improving and publicising recyclable aspects of their boats, recyclable packaging, clean energy sources, almost paperless offices, boat show functions, events, their operations and waste recycling.

With this in mind, the RS team sat down for their initial Southampton Boat Show planning meeting with a focus on sustainability. From greener transport, reusing equipment for their stand, fuelling the team with food and drinks not wrapped single use plastic, curbing nonessential paper and ditching giveaways, they made a conscientious effort to really limit the environmental impact. Riki Hooker, RS Sailing Director accepted the award at the ceremony last night and shared a simple message with the crowd "All it takes is a few small changes, some extra effort and planning and you can really quickly make a considerable difference. It's a challenge that the team and I have enjoyed and embraced, everyone should give it a go".

Inspired by the work of the small volunteer charity Sea-Changers who fundraise to provide grants for projects that have a positive impact on the marine environment, RS Sailing have been taking on new ideas from the experienced team at Sea-Changers to further their efforts. At event level, the RS Aero Class Association have partnered with the RYA GreenBlue to create a sustainability charter to drive real change in the impact of their regattas across clubs.

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Sky Sport will broadcast live all six days of December's 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 world championships in Auckland, New Zealand, which is believed to be a world first for an Olympic class sailing world championships.

As many as 400 of the world's best sailors, including New Zealand's Peter Burling and Blair Tuke and Alex Maloney and Molly Meech, are expected to compete at the world championships in partnership with Hyundai New Zealand at the Royal Akarana Yacht Club from December 3-8.

Not only will world titles be on the line, but many countries will be using it as an Olympic selection event so the stakes will be high.

Sky Sport will screen live all six days of racing – six races a day - and also produce a daily highlights package, which will also be shown on free-to-air partner Prime TV.

On-the-water gyroscopic cameras will capture all the racing action, including state-of-the-art drones, and there will be comprehensive analysis and interviews from the boat park before and after the racing presented by a team of sailing experts.

Tracking and animation will also be provided by Animation Research Ltd, who are world leaders in graphics visualisation.

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Mustang Survival and Ocean Racers invite you to "Surviving the Middle" - A Special Industry Film Premiere at the 2019 Annapolis Sail Boat Show -

In October 2018, 4000 NM away from home, a mixed crew of 20-somethings ventured to take on the fierce autumn Mediterranean Sea and compete in the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

This MAN VS. NATURE adventure is captured in the "Surviving the Middle" documentary film, which follows the Ocean Racers team on their waves of challenges and triumphs throughout the non-stop 600-NM race around Sicily.

Join us at LEVEL on Saturday, October 12 right after the Annapolis Boat Show for an evening of networking and exploration. Complimentary cocktail & networking hour begins at 7 PM, followed by a special viewing of the film and Q&A with Ocean Racers co-skippers Meg & Morgen.

Curious what the film is all about?

For more information about the team, the race, and this adventure, please see press release here.

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The Last Word
What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. -- Robert F. Kennedy

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In This Issue
• High Stakes on Eve of RS:X World Championship
• Strong Mistral Cancels First Racing Day at Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo
• A laboratory to die for - Quantum Sails
• 98th British American Cup hosted by Royal Thames Yacht Club
• Honoring 50 Years of Carina
• More tough news for U.S. Olympic sailing interests
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• Alinghi wins its eighth D35 Trophy in 16 seasons
• Quentin Lucet: "On Hugo Boss, We Focused On Hydodynamic Drag"
• Featured Charter: The Project - Sigma 38
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Custom 42 - "Kuka Light"
• • Oyster 565
• • Dazcat 1495
• The Last Word: Ivan Stang

High Stakes on Eve of RS:X World Championship
The Italians have a special name for the wind for almost every direction on Lake Garda, but they don't have a name for the teasing, light, swirling and drizzle infused breeze that lingered over Torbole for most of today. With a practice race scheduled, today was supposed to be the final test session for the 245 competitors, before racing beings in earnest for the 2019 RS:X World Championships Wednesday. However, the weather had other plans and instead teased the race committee who had to abandon their plans for a practice race.

As the Circollo Surf Torbole club is filling up with hundreds of RS:X boards, sails, masts and other equipment ahead of the World Championship, there is also a growing expectation for the week ahead and the hope for better conditions to race in. For different competitors, this event represents different challenges and each sailor has set themselves different goals.

Today, the battles begin across all fleets with three races scheduled for the 130 men and for the 106 women. The women's fleet is the biggest that the RS:X class have ever had in its history and is a great showcase for women's Olympic sport for World Sailing. Due to the forecast for light winds, racing has been pushed forward for an 0800 start (local time), which means sailors will need to be getting ready from 0630 onwards - a very early start for some!

All racing will be tracked from Wednesday onwards which means the battles of the 2019 RS:X World Championships can be played out in front of you on your computer screen.

www.rsxclass.org/worlds2019/

Strong Mistral Cancels First Racing Day at Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo, Italy: The first scheduled races of the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo had to be postponed today due to the strong Mistral wind that peaked at nearly 40 knots on the proposed race area, and averaged 30 knots for a sustained period.

The ten teams entered for this decisive final regatta of the 52 SUPER SERIES season were stood down at just after 13:30 CEST.

With no racing today, Azzurra, who flies the burgee of the host club, the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, still holds the overall lead on the general classification of the circuit with six points of advantage over Germany's Platoon of Harm Müller-Spreer and eleven points on the defending circuit champions Quantum Racing of Doug DeVos.

Wednesday should see two or three windward-leeward races, starting at the earlier time of 11:00 CEST.

www.52SUPERSERIES.com

A laboratory to die for - Quantum Sails
But the ClubSwan 36 is just the latest design to benefit from Quantum's refined, sophisticated sailmaking process that distils a ton of complexity down to an end product that is fast, durable... and surprisingly easy to use

What do you expect from a new set of sails? While top quality and value for money are very probably high on your wish list, what most people really want are sails that perform well the very first time and then keep performing hoist after hoist. Quantum Sails' iQ Technology and design process are a major change in the way sails are conceived, designed and made.

It's easy to promise sails that are fast straight out of the bag and plenty of sailmakers claim to do exactly that. But how many of them can back up those assertions with a coherent and demonstrable process? Quantum's unprecedented iQ Technology and design process is the result of more than 25 years of experience paired with the best sailors, sailmakers and designers in the world. It draws on this expertise and understanding of how to design and build not only the complex engineered structures that make up today's high-tech racing sails, but also the rigs and spars that work in tandem with the sails to achieve the perfect shapes that make a boat go fast.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

98th British American Cup hosted by Royal Thames Yacht Club
On the 19th to the 21st of September saw sixteen of Americas best team racers came over from Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club to England to face their British equivalents organised by the Royal Thames Yacht Club, at Queen Mary Sailing Club.

This was the Second Match of the Sixth Series of this competition to be held. The atmosphere tense, and spirits high as both teams arrived at QMSC early on Thursday morning. Unfortunately the wind was under five knots and not constant so day one of racing consisted mainly of playing ping pong and relaxing in the glorious sun

Upon arrival on Friday morning, the wind had kicked in, and although shifty there was ten knots plus. A morning's hard fought racing left the teams level pegging, but going into the afternoon the British team had edged ahead. The level of racing and intensity of the competition was felt by both teams, 'The BA cup is typically the best [among the team racing events]', said Team USA Captain Ian Storck, 'The British Sailors are typically more aggressive than our usual American competitors, which makes for very tight racing'. At the end of the days racing the British team were leading by 3.5 points to 1.5.

Saturday saw similar conditions to Friday, and a strong and consistent wind set the stage for another great days racing. It was clear that both sides were going to give no quarter and every point had to be hard earned. Jeff Borland the Chief Umpire, from the US, for the event said 'It was a level of team racing as high as I've ever seen it, and the camaraderie even higher!' The morning and afternoon saw both teams trading race for race, and by the time of the final two races, the scores were even at 4.5 points apiece.

Team GB, won race 11 however due to the unique way the scoring system works had the Americans won the last race and tied, the winner would be the team who won the last race. After two days or racing, it really had come down to this last 45 minute race. The teams were inseparable on the first two laps, with excellent tactical sailing on both sides and by the final lap team GB had secured 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and all three boats crossed the line together with their team mate coming in at 8th to secure a 6.5 to 4.5 win over Team US.

www.royalthames.com

Honoring 50 Years of Carina
On Friday, November 15th at Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, CT, you are cordially invited to join Storm Trysail Club members and their guests, as well as Carina (which will be alongside the dock) and her crew to celebrate and honor her 50 years.

1700 - Tour of Carina and a Figaro at the dock
1800 - Bar opens and Cocktails begin
1900 - Dinner, Presentations and Live Auctions

For half a century, Carina has embodied everything that Storm Trysail supports: ocean racing, offshore cruising, safety at sea, the Corinthian spirit, and the promotion of good fellowship among blue water and ocean racing sailors. She has given countless offshore sailing opportunities to families, youths and accomplished sailors over a long--and continuing--career of line honors and numerous trophies. Her legacy is an inspiration to be celebrated.

Some of the Carina 1969-1972 crew including Larry Huntington, Rudi Millard, Mike Millard, Steve Lirakis, Chris Wick, Michael Wick, Peter Cummisky, Jack Cummisky and many others will come together to celebrate Carina, her hundreds of friends and her legacy!

In 1969, a new black-hulled 48' aluminum sloop was trucked from a barge yard in Erie, PA to Connecticut. Owner Richard S. Nye and crew were well known worldwide for their successes with Carina's I and II, but Carina III was about to become the most successful yacht in the world.

In her first four years, Carina was competitive and successful. She won:

1969: Transatlantic Race to Cork and US Admirals Cup Team (as team leader)
1970: Newport-Bermuda Race, team leader for winning the US Onion Patch Team Series, Vineyard Race and Northern Ocean Racing Trophy
1972: Block Island Race and Transatlantic Race to Spain

We look forward to your attendance and support of the Storm Trysail Foundation at what is going to be a spectacular evening of celebration, presentation, history, and live auction. The event benefits junior, intercollegiate and adult safety and educational programs, as well as events that promote safe offshore sailing.

More tough news for U.S. Olympic sailing interests
American-flagged sailing team has had three chiefs of Olympic sailing over the past seven-plus years and has only a single bronze Olympic medal to show for their fundraising and racecourse efforts. This certainly isn't a proud result, nor one that even comes close to representing the greatness that this team has historically demonstrated at Olympic regattas.

So, given the team's lackluster performance of late, the impact hit even harder last Thursday (September 19) when US Sailing sent out an email announcing that Malcolm Page (AUS), the team's Chief of Olympic Sailing and a double gold medalist in the Men's 470, was out.

The official US Sailing press release stated: "US Sailing and Malcolm Page, Chief of Olympic Sailing, announced that they have agreed to part ways. Page will be leaving US Sailing and returning to his home in Australia. He will be working with US Sailing Team staff and coaches on transition activities through the end of October, 2019.

Rumors are flying, and while some stories seem more solid than others, we will not trade in flaky currency. Instead, we'll talk about what matters most, namely, giving our sailors the tools that they need to best represent our country at next summer's Games. This task will not be easy, especially considering that the US Sailing press release announcing Page's departure didn't spell out a Plan B.

Sail-World.com wishes aspiring American Olympic sailors the very best of luck as they prepare for what promises to be a highly challenging Olympic regatta.

May the four winds blow you safely home, -- David Schmidt

www.sail-world.com/USA

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
This month's nominees:

Leo Sampson Goolden (GBR)
Goolden is, as the saying used to go, a young fella from over here who’s also doing rather well over there. With a giant worldwide fan base following his rescue and restoration of the English Channel Cutter Tally Ho Goolden may also be the most famous yachtsman you’ve never heard of. Somehow this English sailor ended up restoring his English boat in Washington State... but no worries, you can find him in an instant on the YouTube apparatus

Stuart Childerley (GBR)
Finn Olympian, twice Etchells world champion, and now, having put similar effort into a new role one of the world’s best and most sought after professional race officers. (He also won the 2-handed class in the 2015 Fastnet by 14 seconds). And now: ‘Today is a special day for me. I will be going to the Tokyo Olympics as a race officer. It has been a long and steady journey for me and I am extremely thankful to everyone for all the support’

Last Month's winner:
Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose
‘Hovering over flailing masts snatching shattered sailors from peril is worth a pair of boots any day of the week!’ - Mike Broughton; ‘I have no idea how they made it through but each one of them put the lives of others before their own’ - Adrian Phillips; ‘My friends survived...’ - Rob Hardcastle; ‘I grew up with the Ace of Spades Squadron 771 always looking over me, only when I started sailing seriously did I learn about the Fastnet disaster. Every single one of them deserve recognition for the extraordinary work they did and not just in 1979’ - Miles Seddon; ‘Not only for their service but for an incredible attitude’ - Alistair Skinner.

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Alinghi wins its eighth D35 Trophy in 16 seasons
The 16th and final season for the Decision 35 had seven events in 2019, but six were enough for Alinghi to register its name on the trophy for the eighth time. In which case, why race in this weekend's closing Grand Prix organised by the Societe Nautique de Genève?

Ernesto Bertarelli, helmsman:

"For this very last test of the D35 as a class - this end of an era - Alinghi's D35 could never stay at the dock with our sailors watching the other teams race! We sailed for the pleasure, tried to win, and trying also not to interfere too much on the ranking of other boats. We met competition stronger than us this weekend with Realteam winning (19 points) and Ylliam-Comptoir Immobilier who finished just in front of us, following the tiebreaker system in the event of a tie (23 points each)."

Pierre-Yves Jorand, team director and helmsman for the Grand Prix's last day:

"Ernesto offered me the D35 helm for this last day of racing. Thanks to him and to the crew who gave me good advice. We cross the finish line of the very last race in the history of the D35 in first position... pure happiness after a port start at the committee boat. "

In 2019, 37 races were launched in the D35 Trophy, including two Geneva classics, with the Genève-Rolle-Genève and the Bol d'Or.

Since 2004 and the start of the D35 championship, there have been just over 700 validated races, up to 12 one-design multihulls on the same starting line, a series of experienced sailors coming to test their skills, Bol d'Ors regularly won by the D35 in front of all other classes etc., and three teams there from the start to finish: Okalys, Zen and Alinghi.

The Decision 35 was born thanks to the will of a group of owners wishing to sail on equal terms on one-design boats, affordable and designed to perform on Lake Geneva. Following the 2003 Bol d'Or and its devastating conditions, the order book for the first eight boats was signed on a piece of tablecloth. Architect Sebastien Schmidt conceived the D35 in close collaboration with experienced sailors and its construction took place during the winter of 2003/2004.

After 16 seasons, we can say that the bet has most definitely paid off and wish equal success to the new TF35 class that will take off in 2020.

Closing Grand Prix, ranking after nine races (the worst score being withdrawn):
1. Realteam Sailing: 19 points
2. Ylliam Comptoir Immobilier: 23 points
3. Alinghi: 23 points

2019 D35 Trophy final ranking after seven events (the worst score being withdrawn):
1. Alinghi: 9 points
2. Ylliam Comptoir Immobilier: 14 points
3. Realteam Sailing: 22 points

Full results

d35trophy.com

Quentin Lucet: "On Hugo Boss, We Focused On Hydodynamic Drag"
The new Hugo Boss that everyone was so keen to see was launched in early August in Gosport before being officially presented and christened in London yesterday. It was an opportunity for Tip & Shaft to talk to Quentin Lucet, who is in charge of the project at VPLP. For this interview, he was accompanied by Vincent Lauriot-Prévost.

Quentin Lucet: Our overall philosophy was to work to reduce the drag to a minimum on the boat, focusing on the hydrodynamics and the foils, as we are relying on their power to sail the boat in the points of sail usually found in the Vendée Globe.

Can you give us some more detail about that?
Quentin Lucet: It involves work on several levels. Firstly, the optimisation of the mass, which we really insisted upon and the centre of gravity, which corresponded to Alex's request to have a cockpit a long way forward. We came up with the geometry, in particular the shape of the deck line, with volume spread around the centre of the hull, which really meant gains in terms of the mass. That means we could come up with the boat that has the lowest floor to the cockpit in the whole fleet. The second matter was about the aerodynamics, with a lot of design work around the coach roof, both concerning the forward section and the back around the mainsheet traveller. We carried out windage tests using an IMOCA, which showed just how much the traveller acted as a brake. Consequently, we no longer have a coach roof and then a protective cover over the cockpit, but with a coach roof that stretches from the foot of the mast to the transom. That adds to the protection of the skipper with the cockpit entirely closed off.

Was this closed cockpit the result of these thoughts or something requested by Alex Thomson?
Quentin Lucet: It was more or less him that came up with that idea. Setting up such a cockpit is completely linked to the sailor who is going to be aboard: does he feel at ease or not with that option? He moved us in that direction.

In practical terms, how does Alex sail the boat with this closed cockpit?
Quentin Lucet: Everything is centralised, and so he doesn't need to go outside or to expose himself to the elements to ease the sail or see what the sails are doing. There is everything he needs in terms of openings to allow him to have a view ahead, behind and see the sails, so you could say it's a sunroof. On top of that, he has installed cameras to allow him to see 360° around the boat. The other advantage is that means he will avoid filling the cockpit, the hollows in the deck and the lines with 400 litres of water: the gains in dynamic mass are huge.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Sled Lead But Azzurra Achieving Their Goals On Home Waters
• Test match at the Azimut Challenge
• Registration Open! St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR)
• Thousand Islands Race: Rijeka - Porto Montenegro - Rijeka
• Melges 32 World League Finals: First Time In Barcelona
• Itchenor Solent Sunbeam heads to the South of France for the Classic Yacht Regattas
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Emirates Team New Zealand pushes the wind limits
• Barcolana 51
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
• • 1944 Ciclon Sparkman & Stephens 52 Ft Sloop
• • Luca di Rosa Pinguin 38 IRC
• • Nautor's ClubSwan50 'Skorpios'
• The Last Word: Robert Plant

Sled Lead But Azzurra Achieving Their Goals On Home Waters
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Porto Cervo, Italy: Although it is Takashi Okura's Sled which holds a narrow lead of just one point after the first three races of the Audi 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week Porto Cervo 2019, the home club favourites Azzurra bolstered their bid to secure the 2019 circuit with an excellent opening day during which they added five points to their circuit championship lead.

After losing the first scheduled day to a Mistral wind which was too strong, conditions proved excellent for the first three races of the regatta, the NW'ly wind remaining steady in direction and blowing between 16 and 27 knots to provide fabulous sport for this showdown title decider.

Regatta standings after Day 2
1. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 9 points
2. Azzurra, Alberto/Pablo Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 10
3. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 15
4. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR, 15
5. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 15
6. Phoenix 11, Tina Plattner, RSA, 15
7. Platoon, Harm Müller-Spreer, GER, 16
8. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 17
9. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 24
10. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubard, FRA, 30

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Test match at the Azimut Challenge
After a year of fine tuning and her first win this summer in the Rolex Fastnet Race, Jeremie Beyou's IMOCA, Charal with the sailor from Marseilles Christopher Pratt aboard, shone at the 2019 Azimut Challenge this weekend in Lorient. With just over a month to go to the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, the event was a test for many of the boats, whether they were old or new, foilers or not. There was a lot to see at every level and the weather conditions were ideal.

Out of the twenty boats ranked at the finish, there were 12 foilers and 8 non-foilers, three of which made it to the top ten. We take a look at what happened, the lessons that were learnt and hear from some of the 42 IMOCA skippers who took part in this contest.

Everyone was watching to see how the VPLP designed Charal would do against the two new boats, Thomas Ruyant's Verdier designed Advens for Cybersecurity and Sebastien Simon's Kouyoumdjian designed Arkea Paprec. Neither of the two latter boats would however end up in the top 10 in the 48-hour race, as the two monohulls so recently launched this summer have not yet had time to try out all the set ups to be able to compete with the leader. The Top 10 was therefore dominated by Charal, which was clearly in control, winning all three races in the event: the speed runs, the 48-hour race and the race around Groix.

Further back, among the other nine IMOCAs in the top 10, we should stress the fantastic second place obtained by Kevin Escoffier/Nicolas Lunven aboard their 10-year old PRB (designed by Verdier-VPLP in 2009) which has also been fitted with foils. Kevin Escoffier was pleased with the result and being going through a wide range of points of sail, but kept a critical eye on performance: "When reaching, we were not as fast, so we still have work to do, in particular on the sails and the adjustments to the appendages. Upwind, we saw we could perform well and downwind we also managed to catch up. That proves that PRB is a good all-round boat."

Rankings for the 48-hour race
1. Charal (Beyou-Pratt): 1d 18h 43 mins 46s (foils)
2. PRB (Escoffier-Lunven): 1d 20h 08 mins 52s (foils)
3. 11th Hour (Enright-Bidegorry): 1d 20h 45 mins 47s (foils)
4. Maitre CoQ IV (Bestaven-Jourdain): 1d 21h 19 mins 08s (foils)
5. Groupe Apicil (Seguin-Richomme): 1d 22h 11 mins 26s (daggerboards)
6. Banque Populaire X (Cremer-Le Cleac'h): 1d 22h 16 mins 51s (daggerboards)
7. Initiatives Cœur (Davies-Meilhat): 1d 22h 18 mins 31s (foils)
8. MACSF (Joschke-Lagraviere): 1d 23h 42 mins 27s (foils)
9. V&B Mayenne (Sorel-Le Brec): 2d 00h 14 mins 48s (daggerboards)
10. Bureau Vallee 2 (Burton-Beaudart): 2d 00h 20 miins 54s (foils)
11. Arkea-Paprec (Simon-Riou): 2d 01h 28 mins 22s (foils)
12. Corum (Troussel-Le Cam): 2d 2h 02 mins 25 (daggerboards)
13. Prysmian Group (Pedote-Marchand): 2d 2h 16 mins 57s (foils)
14. Newrest-Art et Fenetres (Amadeo-Peron): 2d 2h 20 mins 31s (foils)
15. La Fabrique (Roura-Audigane): 2d 2h 40 mins 33s (foils)
16. aDvens for Cybersecurity (Ruyant-Koch): 2d 2h 41 mins 11s (foils)
17. La Mie Câline (Boissieres-Macaire): 2d 2h 57 mins 34s (daggerboards)
18. Groupe Setin (Cousin-Morvan): 2d 4h 28 mins 39s (daggerboards)
19. Pure (Attanasio-Marsset): 2d 4h 43 mins 02d (daggerboards)
20. Time for Oceans (Le Diraison-Guiffant): 2d 05h 33 mins 00s (daggerboards).

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Registration Open! St. Thomas International Regatta (STIR) - March 27-29, 2020
Secure your spot on the start line! Register now for STIR 2020. Compete in CSA (Caribbean Sailing Association) Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker; IRC; Multihull; CSA Bareboat; Beach Cat or in One Design classes with a minimum length of 20 feet. Enjoy round-the-rocks and round-the-buoy courses orchestrated by a professional race committee. Discounted early entry! Pay only US $150, or 50% off the regular entry fee, between now and January 31, 2020. Get an extra day of racing by also signing up for the Round the Rocks (RTR) race . The course is a circumnavigation of the neighboring 19.6-square mile island of St. John, home of the Virgin Islands National Park.

The RTR makes a great tune-up for STIR, plus there's a special prizegiving afterwards that coincides with the kick-off party for STIR. If you're looking for really hot racing, take your start in the RTR race and/or STIR 2020 in the large one-design IC24 class. Charters of these highly-competitive converted J/24s are available from the St. Thomas Sailing Center ($2200 for boat with good sails; $2700 with new sails; for the 3-day STIR, practice day and 30-day Bluewater Membership at the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC). The fun doesn't stop once the sailing finishes for the day.

Nightly parties, live music, food and drink all happen right on the beach in front of the host STYC. 'We Love It Here' You will too.

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Thousand Islands Race: Rijeka - Porto Montenegro - Rijeka
The first leg of 7th Thousand Islands Race that started at noon on Sunday 22nd September from Rijeka Harbour on 278 NM long course among more than thousand Adriatic islands to the finish line to marina Portomontenegro in Tivat could in short be described as: "from lull to lull". However, between two calms at the start and the finish, there was everything that makes offshore racing intereresting and demonstrates why this is one of the most beautiful race courses nature designed. Fleet not numerous but profoundly international consisting of crews from Austria, Croatia, Great Britain, Hungary, Montenegro, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The forcasted jugo reached 15 knots with gusting 20 knots. In the first part of the race three retirement occured. First one was due to mast falling down of Austrian Sayg I the only multihull competing with luckily no injury for its two crew members and this meant end of the race for them and stop at Punat.

Injury requiring medical assistance but not serious, happened to a crew member of Austrian Abracadabra forcing her to stop in Biograd. Bad news continued and Croatian Mowgli lost its mast at Zirje island and forced them to retire. Mowgli luckily without any injury to the crew, first called at Kapri island and next morning continued to Tribunj.

First boats came close to finish around six o'clock on the Wednesday morning but they needed more than three hours for few last NM. SLovenian Macropus and Austrian Vento Cadela were match racing using every breath of the wind avaialble. At the end Macropus crossed the finish line first at 09:34:13 after more then 69 hours of racing making this the slowest first leg in the history of Thousand Isalnds Race. Austrian Vento Cadela with Christian Pfann at the helm crossed the line 12 minutes later and that was enough to win the race under corrected time and very soon became apparent no other boat still racing could endanger their overall lead.

Long lasting first leg caused cancellation of Thousand Islands Race + 2 planned in Bay of Boka Kotorska for the layover between two legs. There will be almost no rest for Montenegrin Sofia that finished last because the start of the second leg follows soon - at noon on Thursday 26th September 2019.

www.scor.hr/regate/2019e/tir.htm

Melges 32 World League Finals: First Time In Barcelona
After the Italian events of Villasimius, Puntaldia and Riva del Garda, the Melges 32 World League lands in Span on the moorings of OneOcean Port Vell, for what will be the key month of the whole season. The challenge in the Catalan city will serve as prologue to the Melges 32 World Championship, that will be hosted in Valencia, from October 24th to 27th.

The entry list of the Finals at OneOcean Port Vell is already absolutely challenging, with the confirmed presence of all the crews that have marked the history of the Class: starting with the twice World Champion (still in charge), the Russian Tavatuy of Pavel Kuznetzov, fighting for the title of Melges World League 2019 Champion, followed by the current leader of the ranking, the Italian Caipirinha of Martin Reintjes, and Giogi by Matteo Balestrero, winner of the Melges World League 2018.

The 15 teams confirmed on the starting line will be representing eight Nations (Germany, Norway, Monaco, Italy, Russia, Poland, Turkey, Great Britain).

Event page at YachtScoring.com

Itchenor Solent Sunbeam heads to the South of France for the Classic Yacht Regattas
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Bosham-based Peter Nicholson, owner of Solent Sunbeam 'Dainty' hull no. 1, sets off for the annual Regates Royales and Voiles de St Tropez Regattas in the South of France

Regates Royales takes place in Cannes each September, and is hosted by the City of Cannes and organised by the Yacht Club de Cannes. The event sees the gathering of around 150 of the world's greatest classic yachts, including a number of 'grand dames' such as Elena of London, Cambria, Sunshine, Moonbeam and Mariska often gracing the bay. The event guarantees tight, competitive racing on the water followed by the friendliest of evening soirees ashore as the yachts moor alongside each other on quay in the old port!

According to the rules, yachts under 10m were not strictly allowed to participate but the event organisers were so taken with commitment and loyalty of keelboats such as Dainty (as well their delightful lines) that they created a 'Classe Invite' so they could continue to compete! Being so small, at just 8.2m, means that Dainty is one of the few yachts taking part that has no engine. This makes for nerve-wrecking mooring manoeuvres when trying to reverse into her berth in the old port in Cannes, but always elicits great admiration from the neighbouring yachts and on-shore crowd.

Once the racing is completed at Cannes, the classic fleet sets sail for St Tropez in the annual Yacht Club de France Coupe d'Automne (Autumn Cup). This 30-mile race along the stunning Cote D'Azur coastline can sometimes be interrupted by the famous Mistral wind which sees fresh north westerlies blowing off the land into the Gulf of Lion, sometimes reaching 40+ mph.

Voiles de Saint-Tropez is a huge event attracting both classic yachts and the latest modern racing yachts with over 300 yachts taking part and in excess of 4000 sailors and supporters. Peter notes that St Tropez with its magical location and stunning racing makes the perfect setting for the end to his sailing season.

Peter, owner of Solent Sunbeam Dainty hull no. 1, which was built in 1923, notes that 'it's not about the winning at these events, it's all about the taking part!'. The atmosphere and camaraderie are what bring him and his 96-year-old Sunbeam, Dainty back year after year!

If you are interested in owning a piece of yachting heritage that also has a very active racing fleet, then the class has a number of boats available for sale or part ownership, with more details available on the Solent Sunbeam website. www.solentsunbeam.co.uk

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

Foiling toiling
The numbers continue to stagger the imagination but the market will always remain limited... Andy Claughton

A Vendee amuse-bouche
A couple of tonnes of water where it really shouldn’t be... whatever. Sam Davies

ORC - Time to work
Get off the beach and tell it like it is. Matteo Polli and Maurizio Cossutti

The impossible journey
Windjet to Saildrone to oceanic data harvesting, a remarkable 20 years. Richard Jenkins

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Emirates Team New Zealand pushes the wind limits
The new America's Cup class AC75 answered many questions as to how the type would handle fresh breezes with the Defenders sailing for the second successive day in fresh winds off Auckland East Coast Bays, to the north of the designated America's Cup courses.

Emirates Team New Zealand started the third week since her launch with a training session in conditions that were reported at both the top and bottom end of the course as being 18-20kts, gusting over 25kts. The wind shifted from SW to W during the afternoon.

The Kiwi team left the dock just after noon, returning around five hours later.

There was a lot of downtime adjusting what is believed to be wing control systems - which are designed and installed by the teams, while the carbon foil arm and lifting mechanism are standard supplied one design parts.

The wind conditions were the most severe yet for the AC75 - which is also believed to be fitted with different wing designs on each foil arm for testing purposes, as was done with the AC50 testing (providing a comparative test from one wing to the other).

Most notable concession to the conditions was the use of a short hoist jib, with its chunky profile being dictated by the girth measurement requirements of the AC75 rule.

Richard Gladwell's full report in Sail-World.com: www.sail-world.com

Barcolana 51
After the success of Barcolana 50 in 2018 and the entry into the Guinness World Record as the Largest Sailing Race in the World - a real turning point for the event - Barcolana 51 Presented by Generali offers to the public a renewed format on land and many protagonists in the sea. It starts with the calendar: the large festival in Trieste will start on October 2 this year and will contain 11 consecutive days of events that end with the large regatta on Sunday October 13. The centre of the festival will be for the first time in Trieste at Piazza dell'Unita and from Friday October 4 it will become ground zero of the Barcolana. With a larger space to present expositions and host the events on land, the main objective of the new location is to guarantee improved accessibility to the public and provide more experiences to live the event to the fullest. In the sea on Sunday October 13, the large challenge will take place

Barcolana51 will have three special international sailors, who will share their message to show an increased international interest towards Barcolana. The English ocean sailor Dee Caffari is the testimonial of Barcolana51 and will share her knowledge about safeguarding the sea from plastic as an ambassador for the cause.

From Thursday 10 October, Nacra17 gold medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics - the Argentinian sailor Santiago Lange - will be in Trieste: for the first time in Barcolana, Lange will be endorsing the 69F project on the development of the first foil monohull for crews - one of Barcolana51 innovations - and will join the 69F Sailing Academy.

Among the special guests of this edition there's also the Chinese ocean sailor Vicky Song (宋坤), who is the first woman from the Far East to sail around the world and the first Chinese sailor participating in Barcolana. Vicky Song will promote Barcolana, Trieste and the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia in China and will tell Trieste how the East sees sailing.

The traditional events at sea - the races before the regatta - are all confirmed. On Saturday 5 October and 6 Sunday October you can enjoy Barcolana Young, Barcolana Nuota, Barcolana Fun - Foiling edition Siram by Veolia (until October 12), Barcolana Chef and Barcolana Fun LIV U21. On Tuesday 8 October there will be "Fuorivento" Trophy and the Arpege regattas , and on Friday 11 October there will be the regatta for Italian Navy League boats (organized by the Italian Navy League of Trieste), the Star Class Fine Art Sails (organized by Societa Triestina della Vela) and Barcolana Invitational - Venezia Giulia Collio Cup and Barcolana One Design (organized by Societa Nautica Grignano), for one-design Melges 24, Ufo, Este 24, Meteor. On the eve of the Barcolana Regatta, on Saturday 12 October, other races will take place, namely Barcolana Classic (organized by Yacht Club Adriaco) for vintage vessels, Go to Barcolana from Slovenia by Kempinski Palace & MK Group (organized by the Sirena Sailing Club) and Barcolana by Night (organized by Societa Triestina della Vela), for Ufo and Meteor Classes.

www.barcolana.it

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* From Andy Macdonald:

Three cheers for Carina's 50-years (and continuing) of successes. May they long accumulate.

One does disservice to her legacy, however, when assertions are made of victories that didn't actually happen. A recent claim of Carina having "won" the 1969 TransAtlantic from Newport to Cork detracts from the well-earned legacy of another historic sailboat, Kialoa II, which actually won that 1969 TransAtlantic Race.

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2001 Luca di Rosa Pinguin 38 IRC. 49,000 EUR. Located Nr. Viareggio, Italy

Ultra-rapid IRC-optimised racer from 2001. Built in Kevlar with Airex foam core and a huge working cockpit, STONE WAVE is a highly competitive racer complete with comprehensive sail wardrobe include Code 0 and bowsprit. Harken deck gear throughout and a full set of Raytheon sailing instruments.

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2017 Nautor's Club Swan 50 'Skorpios' 1,150,000 EUR VAT Paid. Located in Calpe, Spain.

The ClubSwan 50 was developed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Nautor's Swan shipyard and celebrate everything that has made this cutting-edge boat builder one of the most widely recognized and trusted brands in yachting.

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In This Issue
• The Mistral Affects Racing at the Audi 52 Super Series Sailing Week Again
• David Hernandez crowned world champion Sunfish
• The Grand Prize - Road To 2020
• World Match Racing Tour Acquires Match Race Super League
• Hamble Classics 2019 - flying high at the RAF Yacht Club
• Mini-Transat La Boulangere due to start this weekend
• Clipper Race: Life in the Doldrums
• Sailing across the Atlantic: Bluewater veterans share top tips for your first crossing
• Three winners from three races on third day of 5.5 Metre French Open in Cannes
• Pensacola To Host Premiere Sailing League Exhibition Series
• Featured Brokerage:
• • 2008/2011 World famous R/P 74
• • J/133 - Hephzibah
• • Hitchhiker Fast40+ MK III
• The Last Word: Walt Whitman

The Mistral Affects Racing at the Audi 52 Super Series Sailing Week Again
Porto Cervo, Italy: The second racing day in three was lost to the strong Mistral winds on the Costa Smeralda as no racing was possible today at the final event of the 2019 52 Super Series season Audi 52 Super Series Sailing Week Porto Cervo.

Winds were over 40 knots on the race area at times and though an initial postponement was signalled to 1400hrs, before then it became evident that the wind was going to remain too strong for fair, safe racing.

With two possible days of racing now remaining of the 2019 season the position of the Roemmers family's Azzurra, which flies the burgee of the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda, becomes stronger. They have a lead of 11 points over Platoon and 16 ahead of the 2018 champions Quantum Racing. If they can secure the season championship title it would be Azzurra's fourth, adding to wins in 2012, 2015 and 2017.

After the three races held yesterday Sled of Takashi Okura leads the regatta with a one point advantage over Azzurra and six points over four boats, Bronenosec, Alegre, Phoenix and Quantum, all sharing the same points aggregate.

María Torrijo, the Principal Race Officer is optimistic for the last two days:

"For tomorrow we have a good forecast for NW'ly winds of between 12 and 18 knots and our intention is to make three races."

Full results

www.52superseries.com

David Hernandez crowned world champion Sunfish
As expected, the last day of the races for the Open World Sunfish Championship was characterized by little wind. Nevertheless, the race committee managed to set up the 3 remaining races, much to the satisfaction of the sailors who, when completing the full series of 12 races, were allowed to discard the two lowest scores for the final results.

That resulted in a top three from the South and Central American countries Peru and Guatamala, which only differed one point. Hernandez (sailnumber 4942), who already won two races earlier in the week, continued his triumphal march on the last day and received the trophy with loud cheers. Second and third place went to the Peruvian Renzo Sanguinti and his compatriot Alonso Collantes. During the award ceremony, the 10 best Sunfish sailors were traditionally given a podium place and a trophy, presented by the ISCA (International Sunfish Class Association) chairman of the board Richard Chapman and organizer Ton Nuijten.

Although the overall champion is known, the sailing event is not over yet. This Monday the first races startedin the Masters and Youth categories. On Saturday these sailors can register and on Sunday a practice race will be sailed. The award ceremony and the closing of the event will take place on Wednesday evening at the Plaza Beach Resort, the event's headquarters.

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Final top ten
1. David Hernandez , GUA, 43.0
2. Renzo Sanguineti, PER, 43.0
3. Alonso Collantes, PER, 44.0
4. Simon Gomez Ortiz, COL, 67.0
5. Eugene Hendrikx, NED, 67.0
6. Jean Paul De Trazegnies, PER, 69.0
7. Eugene Schmitt, USA, 80.0
8. Andrey Quintero, COL, 96.0
9. Alejandro Mago, PER, 101.0
10. Matías Rosenberg, GUA, 134.0

Full results

www.sunfishworlds.org

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World Match Racing Tour Acquires Match Race Super League
London, UK: The World Match Racing Tour (WMRT), sailing's longest running global professional series, has reached an agreement to take over the management and operations of the Match Race Super League at the end of the 2019 season.

Events currently forming the Match Race Super League will be invited to join a new series of World Tour events from 2020 which will run alongside the World Championship events and award points from each event to the annual WMRT leaderboard.

The Match Race Super League was founded in 2017 as a series of monohull match racing events by Danish sailor Morten Lorenzen, and Eberhard Magg and Harald Thierer from Germany, both long time organisers of the Grade 1 event, Match Race Germany held annually on the shores of Lake Constance in Southern Germany. This year, the Match Race Super League comprised 10 events including the Szczecin Match Race (Poland), NJK Spring Match Cup (Finland), Match Race Germany, AIRCALIN Match Race (NCL), the Detroit Match Cup, Oakcliff International and Thompson Cup from the USA, DBS Marina Cup (Singapore) and The Kingdom Match Race (Bahrain).

Following the change of ownership of the World Match Racing Tour at the beginning of this year, and the subsequent announcement the Tour would be including monohull events again, it was a natural step to combine the two international match racing series as WMRT Executive Director James Pleasance explains; 'One of our key missions with WMRT is to re-build a strong pyramid of match racing events for teams to compete at all levels and earn points towards the annual World Championship. Our agreement with the Match Race Super League will help to develop a solid platform of events for more teams to participate, some of which will also be selected as official qualifiers to the higher graded World Championship events.''We are very pleased to reach this cooperation with WMRT' added Match Race Super League Founder Eberhard Magg. 'We share the same goals as WMRT to promote and grow match racing internationally, and also ensure there is a clear and accessible pathway for teams to advance to the World Championship.'

As part of the new agreement, Morten Lorenzen and Eberhard Magg will both join the World Match Racing Tour in an advisory role to oversee the development of the new series of World Tour events to be announced soon for the 2020 WMRT season.

www.wmrt.com

Hamble Classics 2019 - flying high at the RAF Yacht Club
Photo by Rick Tomlinson, rick-tomlinson.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The 4th Hamble Classics Regatta this year hosted by the RAF Yacht Club (20-22 September) was another big success with 68 entries across 10 classes. Boisterous conditions in the Solent for Big Classic Friday and sponsored by OneSails GBR ensured exciting racing for the Spirit Yachts and larger classics in the IRC1 class.

On Saturday with racing for all yachts there was no let up in the breeze but the sun kept shining and despite a few gear breakages the yacht crews and race team arrived back at the RAFYC lawn for the Elephant Boatyard rum party with broad smiles after another thrilling day, smaller yachts finishing in the river off the Hamble River Sailing Club. Prizes by Spinlock were awarded for the best performances of the day in each class before the Hamble Classics Dinner for over 200, supported by Joseph Perrier Champagne.

On Sunday morning after an early rain squall the wind eased to a near flat calm, but at midday a fresh breeze from the south arrived to conclude the closely contested points series before tea and prizes back at the club. Amongst these were the Concours d'Elegance Awards sponsored by A-Plan Marine Insurance with the top prize presented to Richard and Ben Clothier for their immaculate varnished 6-Metre 'Battlecry', designed by Ian Howlett and built by Webb Brothers in Hamble, and for most authentic yacht to Philip and Peter Knight Jones for 'Phizz', an RAFYC yacht from 1957-59 that as 'Blue Jacket' helped to win RORC club championships in 1958.

The other event sponsors are Performance Rigging, Classic Marine, the Sandeman Yacht Company, Ratsey & Lapthorn Sailmakers and Blakes & Taylors.

Race results at: rafyc.org.uk

Mini-Transat La Boulangere due to start this weekend
The situation is becoming clearer for the 87 sailors in the Mini-Transat La Boulangere. The first leg (La Rochelle/Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) will kick off late in the day on Saturday or around the same time on Sunday. Race Management is reserving the opportunity to put in place some waypoints to avoid the worst of the conditions in the Bay of Biscay. The definitive start date should be finalised at midday tomorrow.

The wait is over for those competing in the Mini-Transat La Boulangere. Initially scheduled for Sunday 22 September, the race should finally set sail this weekend. "A weather window is opening up and we're keen to snap it up. Unless the situation deteriorates significantly, we'll start the race on either Saturday evening or Sunday evening", explains Denis Hugues, Race Director. A front is set to sweep the Bay of Biscay overnight on Saturday and through into Sunday and it is the assessment regarding the evolution of the trajectory that will guide the definitive choice of start date.

"If the race sets off on Saturday, we'll reserve the possibility of setting waypoints to the North of Spain to 'bring the competitors down' and avoid the most boisterous conditions. If the race starts on Sunday, conditions will be more sustained in the bay of La Rochelle, but the front will have rolled through the Bay of Biscay so there won't be any need for a waypoint."

The exact day and time of the start should be announced at around noon Friday.

Whether the race starts on Saturday or Sunday, the sailors will have to negotiate another front rolling through on Tuesday. "However, it'll be less active with less violent gusts and waves and hence more manageable conditions", explains Denis Hugues. With regards to Tropical Storm Lorenzo, all the weather models are in agreement about it climbing northwards. As such, concern has been raised about the course of the first leg of the Mini-Transat La Boulangere.

www.minitransat.fr

Clipper Race: Life in the Doldrums
With all eleven Clipper 70s now within the Doldrums Corridor and free of the tropical storm Lorenzo, the fleet is taking the opportunity for essential maintenance and housekeeping, while the Race Crew are using the calm sea state as a chance to recuperate, and enjoy dining al fresco. For the Skippers, while it is a tedious part of the race, it has provided an opportunity to recharge and plan tactics ahead of returning to life at an angle, a prospect some are very keen to get back to.

GoToBermuda's Skipper, David Immelman describes the recent conditions: "A slow morning from us. It was a difficult day yesterday as the tropical storm, Lorenzo, pulled away earlier than originally forecast. It left us with a very bumpy sea and a dwindling wind trying to make the Doldrums Corridor. Well, we managed it and then watched our wind disappear even faster. So last night we started our motor, 6 degrees in 60 hours. Slow and boring, but all part of this race".

With no change at the top of the leaderboard, Visit Sanya, China is currently in first place as the fleet edge closer to Punta del Este, the finishing point for the Race 2: The Commodore's Cup. They are followed very closely behind by Qingdao which is hoping to gain points in the race by using the 'Joker' and Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam.

See how the maneuvers of the Doldrums play out via the Race Viewer.

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

* Twenty-three years after Richard Burchell, 62, took part in Clipper '96, the very first Clipper Race, Richard has returned to circumnavigate the globe on the current edition of the race. Describing his experience, he said: "I did one leg of Clipper '96; I went to Hawaii, Japan and Hong Kong and had such a fantastic time, I promised myself when the time was right I would return to go around the world."

Richard, who is embarking on the challenge with the Imagine your Korea team, shared what drew him back to the Clipper Race for a second time - the people. He says, "I remember an awful lot about the people I sailed with and that is what drew me back. Barely a month goes by when I don't think about someone I shared the experience with on Clipper '96."

The important message that Richard wants to send out to anyone, is to take opportunities when you can, whatever the dream. "I am a Chiropodist and I've sold the family business and decided now is the time, before I get too old, to circumnavigate with the Clipper Race. I am overwhelmed by the amount of support and encouragement I have received and I truly hope that I encourage others to do what they want to do, as so often we put things off."

He continued: "My father had a stroke seven years ago and is now in a wheelchair. He promised himself that when he retired, he would do all sorts of wonderful things but that has been taken away from him. That is the other thing that prompted me to take on this opportunity." His lasting advice is to "never give yourself the chance to look back and think 'if only I had', because that's terrible".

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Sailing across the Atlantic: Bluewater veterans share top tips for your first crossing
Elaine Bunting asks a delivery skipper, charter pros and some first-time transatlantic skippers for their best advice on planning and preparing for the big adventure

On the afternoon before we left the Canary Islands for the Caribbean for a transatlantic with the ARC, I struck a line through the final item on our jobs list. It had been taped to our saloon bulkhead for weeks. As one task got ticked off, another one or two had been added. Now it was complete, and we were ready to go.

For most people planning to sail across the Atlantic, complete an Atlantic circuit, take a year out or longer, the planning begins on average two to three years in advance. The to-do lists get longer as you plan and prepare. But so do the concerns. Have you thought of everything? What might you have missed?

For this feature we've gone back to first-time Atlantic skippers and asked them the same questions. What did they learn from the experience they'd planned for so long? What were the most valuable preparations? We also asked an experienced charter skipper and a delivery skipper for their best advice.

Three winners from three races on third day of 5.5 Metre French Open in Cannes
Photo of Otto by Robert Deaves. Click on image to enlarge.

Otto (SUI 209, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Luka Strahovnik) hold a three-point lead at the 5.5 Metre French Open at the Regates Royales Cannes after three more races on Thursday. Prettynama (GER 79, Max Mueller, Wiebe de Witte, Kim Chabani) is in second with Shaolin (SUI 226, Cyrus Golchan, Hans von Werdt, Andreas Kindlimann) third.

After Wednesday's racing was lost because of high winds, Thursday was in complete contrast with no wind at all through the morning. A light southerly moved in after 13.00 and three races were sailed in no more than 7-8 knots with a return to the marina at nearly 18.00. It was a long day on the water, but it was sunny and warm, with close and intense racing.

Shaolin made the best of the opening race to lead all the way to win from Prettynama and Otto. The second race was a bit more messy with Oro Nero (GER 55, Henning Ueck, Jesper Boskamp, Ilse Boskamp) holding the early lead. However a major windshift on the final lap shuffled the fleet and Otto took the win from Shaolin and Ali Baba (GER 84, Wolf-Eberhard Richter, Beala Kallkowski, Jodhim Fohn).

In the final race, Prettynama went to the left side and it worked well "with pressure and lift all the way. We expected it because we thought the wind would go even further left," said bowman Chabani. Once in front they led all the way to win from Shaolin and Otto.

So Otto goes into the final day with a three-point lead, while Prettynama and Shaolin both have 10 points. Shaolin had the best day with a 1,2,2, but still trails in third on countback.

Racing in Cannes concludes Friday with more light wind forecast. -- Robert Deaves

Top five after six races
1. Otto (SUI 209, Bent Christian Wilhelmsen, Lasse Berthelsen, Luka Strahovnik) 7
2. Prettynama (GER 79, Max Mueller, Wiebe de Witte, Kim Chabani) 10
3. Shaolin (SUI 226, Cyrus Golchan, Hans von Werdt, Andreas Kindlimann) 10
4. Ali Baba (GER 84, Wolf-Eberhard Richter, Beala Kallkowski, Jodhim Fohn) 19
5. Oro Nero (GER 55, Henning Ueck, Jesper Boskamp, Ilse Boskamp) 23

Full results

Pensacola To Host Premiere Sailing League Exhibition Series
If the trendsetters are right that September truly is the new January - as far revisiting those resolutions made at the beginning of the New Year - then why not make an early resolution now to be in Pensacola, Florida, in January of 2020. That is when the Premiere Sailing League USA (PSL) will debut stadium sailing on Pensacola Bay during the PSL Winter Exhibition Series between January 3 and April 5.

The PSL Winter Exhibition Series will consist of a pre-series test regatta followed by four invitational regattas. Teams can charter a boat from the supplied fleet of identical RS21 keelboats for the racing which will take place on courses set just off the Pensacola waterfront at either Plaza de Luna or the nearby Vince Whibbs Community Maritime Park. Spectators can watch the teams compete in multiple exhibition stadium style races directly in front of the festive venues. Dates have been chosen to coordinate with other activities in the two parks to introduce stadium sailing to the non-sailing public.

The first PSL Winter Exhibition is scheduled for January 3-5, 2020, off Plaza de Luna at the foot of historic South Palafox Place adjacent to the Pensacola Marina. Not coincidentally, the regatta takes place during the 12th Night Mardi Gras Kick-off celebration taking place throughout downtown Pensacola. Subsequent PSL Winter Exhibitions are currently planned for January 31-February 2, March 6-8 and April 3-5, 2020 (dates subject to change).

For more information about Premiere Sailing League USA, visit www.premieresailingleague.com, email info [AT] premieresailingleague [DOT] com

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2003 J/133 - HEPHZIBAH. 175000 GBP. Located in Lymington, UK.

A vinylester version of the popular fast cruising J/133. Well setup for coastal cruising and easily handled by two. Sensible spec and in the water, ready to sail.

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2016 Hitchhiker Fast40+ MK III. 649,000 EUR. Located in Cowes, Isle of Wight. Price is negotiable.

One of the most succesfull Fast40+ boats in the fleet. During the last three years this boat always had a podium place in the Fast40+ series and One Ton Cup. Highly optimized and professionally maintained. Major refit in 2018, fully kitted out and ready to race in IRC, ORC or Fast40+ series. Perfect opportunity to race in the Fast40+ class in 2019.

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