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In This Issue
• The Vendee Globe Remains On Course
• World Sailing Puts Staff On Furlough ‘To Ensure Long-Term Financial Viability’
• You keep our world moving
• The Ocean Race: Yoann Richomme on the 2021-22 route
• Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 13 - Nicolai Sehested
• French Olympic Week (SOF) 2020 goes virtual
• Happy Hour with Stretch & Stir Fry Episode 1
• America's Cup: United States challenger reveals 'precarious' state
• Explore J/Boats’ Elegance Range
• Eric Mergenthaler
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 82-010 Grey Goose
• • 85Ft Racing Sloop TAHIA
• • MTC28 - Carbon Trimaran
• The Last Word: Dan Quayle

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

The Vendee Globe Remains On Course
The health crisis that has shaken society for a month is forcing those who are involved in the worlds of sports and business to adapt amidst this period of uncertainty.

The address of the French President on April 13th did however lay the foundations for an exit from this containment and suggests a possible recovery period from the middle of July.

As things stand today this latest information allows the Vendee Globe to remain on course with the objective remaining to have the start from Les Sables-d'Olonne on November 8. "The technical and sporting programmes of contenders for the around the world solo race without stopover and without assistance has been disturbed by this unprecedented crisis. We are particularly sensitive to this." said Yves Auvinet, president of SAEM Vendee. "For several weeks now, SAEM Vendee has been in very regular contact with skippers and all the protagonists of the Vendee Globe, to discuss these issues and propose solutions. Our will is to be able to give the start of this ninth edition on the 8th November in the best possible conditions, while remaining very attentive to developments of the situation".

The two solo Transatlantic races initially planned this Spring for the Globe Series championshop this spring should have allowed some skippers to qualify and others to test their monohull after winter modification work. The IMOCA class and the department of Vendee, a major partner in the race, are working to finalize the adaptation of the New York - Vendee Les Sables-d'Olonne, a general dress rehearsal before the Vendee Globe and therefore an essential race for the preparation of the skippers. Its format will be revealed soon.

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World Sailing Puts Staff On Furlough ‘To Ensure Long-Term Financial Viability’
World Sailing president Kim Andersen has announced the immediate furloughing of almost all World Sailing staff for at least three weeks “to ensure the long-term financial viability” of the organisation.

In addition, higher paid staff are being requested to take a 20% pay cut until the end of the year.

In a statement released yesterday evening (Tuesday 14 April), Andersen confirmed that the board of World Sailing - whose staff are employed through a UK-based company - is taking advantage of financial supports made available by the UK Government to support salary costs during the Covid-19 pandemic.

From today, Wednesday 15 April, until Wednesday 6 May, almost all staff are on “furlough leave” and will not be permitted to engage in any work for World Sailing. Up to 80% of their salaries will be funded by the UK Government, with the difference covered by World Sailing.

“After 6 May, the board will review the position with the senior management team and decide whether furlough leave is extended or whether staff will return to work,” Andersen said.

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You keep our world moving
A love letter to our production workers, partners and customers:

We all do not know what the future brings but at the moment, during this difficult times, we are still able to keep our production running. Our great colleagues in our production facilities in Austria, Czech Republic, USA and Thailand as well as our partners who stand by the Teufelberger Group and believe in our products and service excellence make this possible.

Thank you for your effort. Thank you, Dekuje!

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The Ocean Race: Yoann Richomme on the 2021-22 route
In the latest of our series of articles on the reactions of past and current competitors to the route for the 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race we hear from first time round-the-world skipper Yoann Richomme, skipper of the Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team - a confirmed entry in the VO65 class.

Based in Lorient, the hotbed of French ocean racing, Richomme is no stranger to offshore racing at the highest level, having won the Class 40 division in the 2018 Route du Rhum and scored two victories in the highly competitive La Solitaire du Figaro (2016 and 2019).

His second La Solitaire win - which elevated him to an exclusive club of only eight two-time winners of the singlehanded one-design event - was all the sweeter in that he was a last-minute substitution for Charles Caudrelier (winning skipper in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean race).

So what was the rookie Ocean Race skipper’s first reaction when he saw the route for his first around the world campaign?

“I was glad to see quite a standard route and nothing too crazy,” he told us. “I was especially eager to know which route we would have to take to get to Shenzhen. We knew there could be a possibility of going all the way around Australia, that would have been really long.

Full interview in YachtRacing.life

Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 13 - Nicolai Sehested
Our guest on Episode 13 of The Yacht Racing Podcast is Danish yachtsman Nicolai Sehested - a sailor who, although he has just reached the age of thirty, has already established himself as a major figure on the international professional sailing scene.

Although he does not come from classic sailing family, Sehested began his competitive sailing career in Optimists before making his professional debut as a skipper on the World Match Racing Tour.

From there he leapfrogged to ocean racing with two notable round the world Ocean Race campaigns - first with Team Vestas Wind and then with team AkzoNobel - before this season joining the heady high-octane world of the SailGP circuit, as helmsman of the Danish Rockwool team.

Justin Chisholm spoke to Shested via Zoom from his family’s farm in Denmark - where like the rest of us he was waiting for an end to the COVID-19 lockdown.

yachtracing.life/yacht-racing-podcast-episode-13-nicolai-sehested/

French Olympic Week (SOF) 2020 goes virtual
The organisers of the Hyères Olympic Week have taken the tough decision to cancel the event, scheduled from 18 to 25 April. All possible options for a later date in the 2020 calendar have been scrutinised but none seemed viable to organise an event lining up over 600 boats from 60 different countries in technical and health conditions the organisers have guaranteed for more than five decades.

As for today, the organisers are working on the 2021 edition together with their sponsor Toulon Provence Mediterranee and with World Sailing for an outstanding edition next year.Just weeks away from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Semaine Olympique de Hyères will already be in “Paris 2024 mode” as the represented classes will be more than in Japan, including the windfoils, the mixed kitefoils, the mixed 470 and one double mixed offshore event, that is all the classes scheduled for Paris 2024.

The 2021 edition already promises to be exceptional and very animated with a full race village open to the public and set in the port of Hyères.

Save the date then from 17 through 24 April, 2021.

The Virtual SOF, enter now!

From 20 to 26 April, everyone is invited to take part in the Virtual SOF, for the first time open to everyone. Every day you will be able to test your sailing skills on a Nacra 17 or 49er.

To enter, please click here: www.virtualregatta.com/fr/inshore-jeu/

Happy Hour with Stretch & Stir Fry Episode 1
NEW from the Global Sailing Network! Happy Hour with Stretch and Stir Fry...

Each week we will welcome a world class sailor to give Stretch and Stir Fry (two sailing legends) their views on sailing whilst telling us a few yarns, giving you a light-hearted insight to their world and lives before offering their more serious thoughts on the latest news and also the big issues in sailing.

Whilst we are no longer allowed on the water, consider this to be a great chance to sit back, crack open a bottle of rum or rose and enjoy the ramblings of two hosts whose conversational shortcomings will hopefully be rescued by their stellar list of sailing hero guests.

To lead you to the start line, you will have to put up with Stretch, an overly tall sailor, who has managed to be the handbrake on some of the world's finest racing yachts, but his lack of sailing prowess and 'pod know how' will hopefully be rescued by his multi talented co-host Stir Fry.

For those of you who don't know Stir Fry's sailing background, he is a true sailing all-rounder with 15 world championships to his name. He has won in the Etchells, J24, Melges 24 and TP52 as well as more recently back to back Dragon World Titles. He has raced for the Louis Vuitton Series at the America's Cup and finished runner up in the '92 Olympic trials. He is not just an inshore softy though, as he has also managed to be a Fastnet, Middle Sea, Giraglia and Tour de France a la Voile winner.

Our first guest for Happy Hour is Ian Walker MBE -- Listen Here

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America's Cup: United States challenger reveals 'precarious' state
American Magic have revealed the "precarious" state of their America's Cup campaign as restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic threaten preparations.

It's a scenario all teams will be facing as time ticks away on the scheduled Prada Cup challenger series and America's Cup match in Auckland early next year.

The health crisis has already seen two world series regattas in Italy and England cancelled but it's the build of the second generation of these radical boats to be sailed in Auckland that is now a real concern.

The American, Italian and British teams need to get their boats built and in Auckland in time to get decent training on them ahead of a scheduled world series regatta in December that will be the only chance to have the 75-foot monohulls in a real racing situation ahead of the Cup action.

In a live video chat with Cup stalwart Gary Jobson on Friday, Hutchinson said they were still managing to work on the build of their second boat in Rhode Island but that was in "a reduced capacity" because of health and safety issues.

Explore J/Boats’ Elegance Range
J/Composites sales manager Fred Bouvier will lead the interactive live interview from Les Sables-d’Olonne that will feature the J/112e, J/97e and J/122e.

Key Yachting is the exclusive distributor for J/Boats and Gran Soleil in the UK and Ireland, and former Olympic helmsman Mark Mansfield is the agent for Ireland.

Eric Mergenthaler
Three-time Olympian in the Finn and 1992 Finn Gold Cup winner Eric Mergenthaler has died following a bicycle accident in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. He was just 56.

Eric represented Mexico in three Olympic Games. He placed 18th in Los Angeles in 1984, 13th in Seoul in 1988 and then 19th in Barcelona in 1992, where he was the World Champion after winning the Finn Gold Cup in Cadiz, earlier that year.

A legend of the Finn class, he trained with many of the top sailors of the day and became one of the most popular Finn sailors in the 1980s and early 1990s. He supported himself through his sailing career, with no professional equipment and ended up being a world champion.

He also won the silver medal at the 1989 Finn Gold Cup, the bronze medal at the 1990 Finn Gold Cup, and the silver at the 1988 European Championship.

After the Barcelona Olympics he focussed on family and business and became a very successful businessman in Mexico, although he never stopped practicing sports.

The accident on Saturday left him with serious injuries and he was operated on before being moved to an intensive care unit. His family, including his four daughters, were able to see him before he passed away on Wednesday, following complications.

Eric Mergenthaler was born on September 2, 1963 and died on April 15, 2020. The Finn Class sends its sincerest condolences to his family and friends.

RIP Eric Mergenthaler

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* From Malcolm McKeag:

How very comforting to learn that I, as a British tax payer and along with all my fellow British taxpayers, am now funding World Sailing. Makes one proud to be a Brit.

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The Last Word
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people. -- Dan Quayle

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In This Issue
• HP30 Class UK National Championship: 24th - 26th July 2020
• A Year of ORR Racing - America's Choice
• Harken: We're Doing It Once a Month - Join In!
• Herreshoff Museum Tour, Part 3: "In the Boat Hall: The Early Days"
• Reducing Waste at Sea: Water
• RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance Vol. 3
• Team Pixelboat Onboard Videos
• Rolex Giraglia 2020 - Cancellation
• Sailors look ahead to newly launched event
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 47-058 Lolita Senta
• • X-Yachts X-41 One Design
• • SW78 Ocean Horse
• The Last Word: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

HP30 Class UK National Championship: 24th - 26th July 2020
The HP30 Class and Royal Thames Yacht Club are delighted to announce plans for the HP30 National Championships, racing for the historic Staples Trophy.

This magnificent silver vase was originally presented by His Imperial Majesty, Kaiser Wilhelm II to the winner of the Ocean Race held to mark the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895; Thames member Sydney F Staples.

In more recent years, the trophy has been allocated by the Royal Thames Yacht Club for competitive yacht racing events including the highly successful Farr45 class and now the HP30 Class.

The winner of the HP30 Class National Championship trophy will be awarded this magnificent trophy, with two tickets for the Royal Thames Yacht Club annual prize-giving dinner, in November.

The event is scheduled to start with the skippers briefing and welcome drinks on Thursday 23rd July, with racing scheduled from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July. The competition will consist of up to ten races on a number of course formats and lengths.

Principle Race Officer Phil Hagen will vary the length of the windward / leeward, triangle / sausage or round the can courses, over the three day competition, to thoroughly test the characteristics of these boats and crews.

With more than twelve boats pre-entered for this exciting regatta, the 2020 HP30 Class Nationals looks set to be a cracking event.

The Staples Trophy was presented by H.I.M The German Emperor to the winner of the Ocean Race held to mark the opening of the Kiel Canal in 1895.

It is decorated with repousse work of allegorical figures, including Triton, Venus and Cupids in mer form.

This year, this magnificent trophy will be presented to the overall winner of the HP30 Class National Championships, along with two tickets to the RTYC's annual prize-giving dinner, in November.

The Notice of Race is available at http://www.hp30class.com and entries will be via the YachtScoring platform. For further information or for new teams wanting to join the HP30 Class, please get in touch secretary [AT] hp30class [DOT] com

A Year of ORR Racing - America's Choice
Live on US Sailing's Starboard Portal
2pm ET/11am PT - Monday, April 20, 2020

Take a pictorial and video journey through a season of events with the Offshore Racing Rule (ORR) and Jim Teeters, Technical Director. Jim's presentation will include major racing events, from Mackinac to Puerto Vallarta, Halifax to the Golden Gate, and interactions with event organizers to make their races as successful as possible. Coupled with specific events are examples of how ORR provides custom services and extends its VPP technical capabilities to meet the demands of a market that spans Volvo 70s to Rhodes 19s, and a 1948 Alden schooner to a TP52.

Follow this link to watch Jim's presentation.

Harken: We're Doing It Once a Month - Join In!
At Harken, we work hard building the most innovative marine hardware on Earth. To fuel new products, we collaborate with sailors all over the world. On the docks, we pick up insights we report daily in our social media. At month's end, we combine the highlights with video and up-to-date information in our digital newsletter: "Harken At the Front," delivered via email.

In this recent issue of At the Front, we highlighted the incredible activity in Grand Prix sailing happening in the Southern Hemisphere this year. Enjoy photos and videos of events while getting up to speed on what's happening at the front of international sailing.

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Herreshoff Museum Tour, Part 3: "In the Boat Hall: The Early Days"
As a self-taught naval architect, Captain Nat Herreshoff employed a unique method for designing boats. He first carved a half-hull out of pine, then measured the offsets from the half-hull to build the mold for the boat. Young Nathanael learned this technique from his father Charles at age 11 when he, his father and his brother John built the catboat SPRITE over the winter of 1859-60.

SPRITE is the oldest boat in the Museum's collection, and it is thought to be the oldest extant boat that was built in RI.Click on the image below to explore the details of SPRITE and other early Herreshoff boats with historian Maynard Bray and boatbuilder Eric Blake.

In case you missed them, click here to see part one and here for part two.

Reducing Waste at Sea: Water
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink...

Fancy a little distraction? I've decided to show you some of the steps that we took to cut our water use during last year's Solitaire du Figaro

Now more than ever we all need to think about what we buy, where it comes from and where is goes afterwards.

On board drinking water involved another big sacrifice. Something I learned when I started off racing was that sparkling water hydrates you better than still does, meaning less awkward trips to the back of the boat. In turn I became a bit hooked on the stuff, drinking it all the time on land and at sea.

But to reduce waste I knew I had to stop churning through all those single use plastic bottles, especially as they are one of the most common things that we come across floating around in the ocean. So, I invested in twenty reusable water flasks and got used to flat water again, with a little slice of lemon thrown in to give a bit of flavour!

At sea we are always careful with fresh water, it a limited resource on board and this quickly becomes automatic on land also. In order to do just this during the Solitaire du Figaro, we made some simple rules. We started by investing €10 euro in a nozzle for the hose that we use to rinse the boat, to make sure that it was never left running. Then the outside of the boat would always be washed with sea water and then simply rinsed with fresh water, to again minimise use.

We used a water meter to monitor fresh water use and would you believe that by using these simple measures, one boat for one-month long event used 250 litres. That's around the same amount as one American goes through in a day! -- Tom Dolan

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RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance Vol. 3
Keelboat Masterclass with Andrew 'Dog' Palfrey

Two-time Etchells World Champion, 5.5 Metre World Champion and Olympic sailor - Andrew Palfrey delivers a keelboat masterclass. Andrew has coached World Championship winning teams in the Farr40, Farr30, RC44, Etchells and Star class. In recent years Palfrey has coached a wide variety of teams from Maxis to Quarter Tonners.

For the RORC Time Over Distance Series Andrew presents a live interactive show covering planning, goal setting, teamwork and equipment. The presentation also covers increasing performance through speed, starts, and also upwind and downwind techniques.

Team Pixelboat Onboard Videos
Now that the world is in Lock-down, I have finally got the chance to put together and upload all the onboard footage from my Solo Around the World record attempt from last year.

There is a whole load of videos, day by day, of life onboard - from sailing across Biscay, fixing all the problems I had onboard, to crashing through the Southern Ocean.

I will be releasing a video each day on my YouTube site. Click on the image below for today's.

Today we are on day 5 and have been sorting out issues with the watermaker at 039° 09.155N, 012° 35.932W

Many more videos to come. I hope you enjoy them and it gives you a taste of what life is like alone on a 40' yacht for months on end.

Thanks for taking the time to watch :-) -- Alex Alley

Rolex Giraglia 2020 - Cancellation
Due to the persistence of the uncertainties resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic, which has affected all aspects of life of our society, including sporting events, with particular regard to the guidelines issued by the Italian and French Government, the Yacht Club Italiano, in agreement with the Partners and the organizing Clubs, has decided to postpone the 68th edition of the Rolex Giraglia.

Scheduled to run this year from 5th to 13th June between Saint-Tropez and Genoa, the regatta will now be held from 11th to 19th June 2021.

The decision made was unavoidable, in line with the numerous cancellations that have affected all sports at all levels, all over the world. Ensuring the health and well-being of the sailors, support personnel, officials and volunteers, continues, in this instance too, to be a top priority for the organizing committee.

Since its birth in 1953, the Rolex Giraglia has never been cancelled before.

The Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the only other offshore race never to have been cancelled. Held for the first time in 1945, it has been run uninterrupted on 75 occasions.

The Rolex Fastnet Race, created in 1925, was suspended in 1937, due the Second World War, and resumed 10 years later in 1947. It has been held every two years since, holding its 48th edition in 2019.

14 different courses in 68 years: the alternating ports of departure and arrival of the Rolex Giraglia have been a defining feature of this event for several decades. A unique feature for any offshore race and even more so for a sailing competition born in the spirit of uniting through sport two countries that were in conflict with each other until a few years earlier than its creation.

In order to appreciate the understanding of all participants towards this inevitable decision, YCI would like offer some options in regards to the registration fees.

Registered participants to this edition will be able to either:

Request the full refund of the registration fee;

Confirm as of now their registration for next year and carry over their registration fee for the 2021 edition of the Rolex Giraglia, thus maintaining priority for guaranteed mooring in the port of Saint-Tropez / Marines de Cogolin

Donate the registration fee, in whole or in part, to the charity initiative in favor of the Hospital Ship organised by the Department of Health of Regione Liguria for the emergency COVID 19, providing assistance to hundreds of patients who have to undergo convalescence in quarantine. www.gofundme.com/f/yci-x-genova

The Yacht Club Italiano would like to thank the many owners and crews already registered for this year's regatta, and sends you all an 'arrivederci' at sea to the 2021 edition.

Sailors look ahead to newly launched event
As the majority of South Africa remains housebound in the fight against Covid-19, SA Sailing are looking ahead to the end of the year, when they are launching a new event on the local sailing calendar.

In December 2020, between Christmas and New Year, an inaugural SA Sailing Masters Championship will be held at Henley Midmar Yacht Club in KwaZulu-Natal. As the sport of sailing caters for all age groups, many past Olympic and world champions compete in annual masters World Championships and South Africa is well represented in these events, especially in the Olympic Laser and Finn classes.

The organising committee is planning an all-class event to invite as many sailors as possible to attend. Class and boat handicaps will apply to determine the overall champion for the SA Sailing Masters title. Invitations will be extended to all past, current and future stars to participate in this festival of sailing.

The age category for Masters sailors starts at 35 years old, and there are four categories every 10 years thereafter where a "weighting of age" will be applied as per International rules.

SA Sailing's KZN Chairperson Steve Hegerstrom explained: "Obviously with the national lockdown, there is no recreational or competitive sailing taking place at the moment. As SA Sailing we're fully committed to following the guidelines of President Cyril Ramaphosa in staying at home."

"But it's with much excitement that we're looking ahead to a happier time once this massive challenge has been overcome when we can get back out on the water."

"Many international classes around the world cater for Masters events. SA Sailing, in conjunction with yacht clubs, have done incredible junior training over the years and hosting of junior regattas. However, our demographics indicate a gap for a Masters event. This will be the first ever SA Sailing Masters all-class dinghy and catamaran event and we aim to attract and reunite all legacy classes."

"Our aim is to have 100-plus yachts enter where overall class winners as well as the overall boat handicap winner will have bragging rights to be the SA Masters national champion."

Anyone interested in getting involved or taking part in the SA Masters Championship can contact Steve Hegerstrom on: steveh [AT] sailing [DOT] org [DOT] za

* From Michael Brown:

For once I agree with Malcolm McKeag, it is an absolute disgrace that the staff of World Sailing are now being paid by British taxpayers. They even have the audacity to admit that this is helping them out of their financial difficulty, better if they just went bust & disappeared. I resent every penny of my tax that is being spent this way & so I'm sure does every other taxpayer. This is money that should be funding doctors, nurses & care workers whose value is infinitely greater than anyone at World Sailing. They should be ashamed of themselves.

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The Last Word
-Triumph: "Okay, you guys ready for some trivia? Here's the first question. What substance was Han Solo frozen in?"
-Crowd: "Carbonite!"
-Triumph: "No no, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, the correct answer is 'Who gives a sh*t?'"

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In This Issue
• Guest Editorial: World Sailing
• Spinlock IRC Welsh National Championship
• Nathanael Herreshoff, Steam Engineer: The MIT Years (Part II)
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Sea History Magazine
• 2020 J/24 World Championship Postponed to September 2021
• Norman Long
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Beneteau First 40.7- Philosophie IV
• • Marten 49 - Summer Storm
• • Bagliettto 64 Ft Marconi Cutter - EA
• The Last Word: Douglas Adams

Guest Editorial: World Sailing
John C. Quigley | Chief Executive | QXI INTERNATIONAL

This is not intended as an assault on the incumbent management team and Board, they are dealing with what is in front of them now, but it would seem that there may be better ways to go forwards from here other than 'all as before'.

However do forgive me if the following observations are considered to be overly simplistic.

I have not seen the World Sailing operating management accounts but presumably the move to London and ongoing presence there does create a substantial financial burden on the organisation.

No doubt at the time this move made sense as part of a development strategy envisaged by a new leadership team - which has now changed - as has presumably the strategic vision to some degree.

With the reported financial health issues, together with the impact of the current virus pandemic, is this not perhaps time for a proactive rethink of the roles, structure and financing of the global organising body of the sport sailing, by experienced and intelligent leading minds in the sport? By this I mean people who have a passion for and understand sailing in all its forms, and also have broad experience in international business as well as the sport, who may be able to shape a vision and pathway that is fresh and both sensible and viable for the good of all participants and the sport. The world has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, even the past 10 years. Have we kept up?

Survival often means radical change not tinkering with the cogs.

For instance - perhaps ……..

1. What are the key functions and roles required by the global participant membership (at all levels) of such an organisation?

Being the custodian and coordinator of the ongoing standards and health of the sport on behalf of the interested parties, rather than view it as a Governing Body overseeing from above, perhaps revert to the style of International Sailing Federation providing governance services to its international membership - the people who sail.

2. In addition - is there a requirement to contribute and offer services to competitive sailing (racing) alone, or to leisure sailing as well? How broad should the scope and reach be?

3. Where should it operate from?

Common sense says a location by the sea where there is active participation in sailing of all types. Or that by its presence it helps develop that activity.

We live in the age of information, data and communications being on the 'Cloud'. Why does there have to be a static longterm HQ? Perhaps the base should be located in places that are keen and willing to support and provide facilities to host the offices of the organisation - for say 3 - 4 years.

We have seen this happen with the Volvo Ocean Race with a very good relocation to Alicante from Southampton.

4. Should there be multiple international representative offices?

Perhaps your central hub has small teams in a variety of remote locations - also being willingly hosted by local city authorities or organisations - independently and proactively engaged with a designated geographic region and those MNA's - all the while liaising and aligning with the central hub and other remote centres through modern technology?

In the sailing world people are by nature adventurous; and young, energetic and intelligent enthusiasts abound in our sport. All of whom are of the 'International Generation'.

'Marins sans Frontieres'. This should not be a job for life - just part of a career contributing to your sport.

5. Financing the operations and activities.

As many people have said before the Elephant in the corner is always the Olympics and the IOC funding contributions.

Olympic sailing and the pathway towards it is important to thousands of people and rightly so, but it is not the whole sport.

Therefore stop it being a distraction and ring fence its activities and finances - stand alone.

Therefore the Olympic Sailing Affiliate, as organiser and coordinator covers its overhead from this and any other sponsorship or funding it can raise, and distributes the remainder of funds to MNA's where needed. (i.e. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Brunei, and others are hugely wealthy nations that they should be able to self fund their MNA's and the funds be used to foster the Olympic spirit where it is really needed).

The main activities and role related to global sailing and racing must raise funding or sponsorship / financial support from other sources.

As a Federation actively representing the interest of the sport of sailing / racing participants and delivering tangible value, I am sure we can all see ways that such funding could be secured, but it needs to be a new approach.

Different for sure, but new and of its time perhaps.

I will wait to be shot down in flames - I know there are strong views out there and many who are far more knowledgable on the subject that I am - but open debate and innovation is healthy.

Spinlock IRC Welsh National Championship
The Welsh IRC Welsh Championships 2020, is scheduled to take place from Friday August 14th to Sunday August 16th. Despite the current restrictions, work is continuing from home on all of the organisational aspects of the championships, and we remain committed to running the event if at all possible.

Stephen Tudor - Championship Secretary said - "We continue to move forward with plans for the event and remain hopeful that by the time we get to mid-August - still four months' away - the necessity to socially distance ourselves will have reduced sufficiently so that we can run some great boat racing in Pwllheli, following an ISORA race over from Dún Laoghaire"

In addition to our traditional two IRC classes and NHC cruiser class, we have added a new class for 2020, an offshore/coastal class racing coastal courses under IRC. This class will aim to race 20-35 mile courses, and the Saturday race will incorporate both the King Constantine Cup (a club race) and the Postponed ISORA coastal race, part of the Welsh Coastal series.

Should Government restrictions and guidance change, we can adapt some our our classes and racetrack styles, switching on or off various components with the minimum of lead time, and allowing us significant leeway - perhaps until the mid July - before we need to make any big decisions.

The safety of participants and volunteers working behind the scenes is foremost in our minds of course, but providing that we can run an event that complies with all guidance in place at the time, then we fully intend to do so. I suspect there will be a lot of sailors desperate to get boats on the water by August!

The Notice of Race is published online at the championship website www.ircwelshchamps.com and further details regarding the coastal class will be added when we have more clarity, but will certainly be confirmed in the SI's, scheduled to be published by July.

The entry procedure is open for all classes, and camper-van bookings can be made via the Plas Heli website. See Camping booking details here.

Any boat owners requiring accommodation locally, or who have any questions or suggestions relating to the planning of the championships, please reply to this email or contact racing [AT] pwllhelisailingclub [DOT] co [DOT] uk and one of the event team would be delighted to help in anyway.

Nathanael Herreshoff, Steam Engineer: The MIT Years (Part II)
VIOLET under sail. Image by N.L. Stebbins courtesy Historic New England. Click on image to enlarge.

Nathanael remained involved in sailing yachts and designing boats during his three years at MIT. He was invited to the first meeting of the Boston Yacht Club in November 1866 and was elected a member at the Club's second meeting that December. Dexter Stone - who for a short time had been a partner in Nathanael's brother John's boatbuilding business - was a founding member of the Club and later served as the Club's measurer. Eben Denton, the owner of VIOLET, modeled by Nathanael and built in 1866, was also a founding member. Both these men would certainly have been well aware of Nathanael's abilities as a helmsman and designer.

Soon after becoming a member, the Club asked Nathanael to develop a measurement formula and time allowance rules for handicapping the various sized yachts in their races. The resulting direct reading time allowance tables were first issued in 1867 and remained in wide use for well over a century. It is truly remarkable to think an 18-year-old college student was recognized as having the necessary mathematical skills and understanding of sailing yacht performance to be assigned such a task. Nathanael resigned from the Boston Yacht Club upon leaving MIT in1869 but was made an honorary member in 1877 and served as Rear Commodore in 1891.

An alternative theory about NGH's job offer at Corliss being made through an MIT connection (discussed in Part I) comes from another account that states Nathanael became acquainted with George Corliss at the Boston Yacht Club. Although George Corliss does not appear to have been a member, it is certainly possible another Club member provided a recommendation or introduction which lead to a job offer.

Full article: herreshoff.org

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

World news
Unbowed, and growing, a rush to new builds (amen to that), staying (120 per cent) focused, a blinding return to form and a mood change in the US of A. Patrice Carpentier, Ivor Wilkins, Halvard Mabire, Kevin Shoebridge, Ben Ainslie, Tom Slingsby, Blue Robinson, Dobbs Davis

Let strong classes lead the way
When you've been the world's biggest sailmaker and the king of two major sporting disciplines, then your opinions warrant a proper audience. Neil Pryde talks to Oyvind Bjordal

Stay classy
We've seen some shockers in recent years but the standard of racing yacht motherships appears to be back on the rise again. Iain Mcallister

Phoney war
The enigma of four completely different AC75s was only made worse with the cancellation of the AC World Series in Sardinia. Andy Claughton

Planting the seed
Seems strange but the Botin-designed Deep Blue is the first new racing Maxi launch for close to 10 years. Jocelyn Bleriot and Adolfo Carrau

Simple pleasures
Will Ricketson

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2020 J/24 World Championship Postponed to September 2021
The International J/24 Class Association (IJCA) and the Parkstone Yacht Club in Poole United Kingdom today announced that the 2020 J/24 World Championship scheduled for September 12-18, 2020 will be postponed until September 24-October 2, 2021.

"With the current COVID-19 situation, it is looking very likely that the lockdown in the UK is going to carry on for some time yet, and at this time no indication has been given on how an exit policy will work," commented Bryan Drake, Regatta Chair. In addition to health and safety concerns, travel restrictions are likely to remain for some time as well as limited access to yacht clubs and marinas.

"The IJCA is extremely fortunate to have incredible World Championship hosts committed to the next four years that allow for this scheduling change," said Nancy Zangerle, IJCA Chair. "We hope this approach will allow our Class members and our hosts to plan accordingly. At this time, of greatest importance is the health and well-being of our J/24 family. We all long for the time when we can return to the water."

The IJCA World Council met via phone conference on April 20, and is able to confirm that all previously approved World Championships for 2020 through 2023 have agreed to shift as follows:
2021 World Championship, September 24-October 2, Parkstone Yacht Club, Poole UK
2022 World Championship, March (exact dates To Be Announced), Mendoza, Argentina
2023 World Championship, July 16-23, Corpus Christi, Texas USA
2024 World Championship, dates and exact location To Be Announced, Greece

j24class.org

Norman Long
It is with sadness that we learn of the death of our fellow Corinthian Norman Long who was a great contributor to Irish and International sailing since the late sixties. My memory of Norman appearing on the sailing scene was in a Mirror dinghy with his signature white construction helmet and impish attitude. He was an oddity- an English adult sailing in what was then a embryonic junior class. But it was this that endeared everybody to Norman he didn't care and his enjoyment was infectious. He with the late Theo Harris founded the Irish Mirror Class. They, as Secretary and Chairman, guided it in its early years to become the largest Irish dinghy fleet, training hundreds of juniors and producing three Irish Mirror World Champions. While racing Theo in Mirrors in Dun Laoghaire Harbour in the winter of 1970 they decided it would be fun to have a series of races for Mirrors and thus the DMYC frostbite was founded in 1971 which is run to this day almost fifty years later.

He graduated from Mirrors to the Glen class in Dublin Bay having found a Glen in Dickies Yard in Holyhead. They launched the boat to sail it back to Dun Laoghaire whereupon it promptly sank! After a soaking, the planks tightened and they completed the voyage home to the Royal Irish YC.

His love of organising led him into race organisation, management and judging. He was race officer for many years at the annual Dublin Bay and Alfred regattas. He also served for many years as Senior Race Officer for West Highland Race week, which requires a robust constitution for the heaving seas and an enduring ability to hold your Malt, neither of which was a challenge to Norman. He was one of Irelands first World Sailing International Judges (then ISAF) and served for over twenty years at various regattas in Ireland and around the world. He also provided support for many prospective IJ's such as the late Paul Murphy and Tony O'Gorman. He was elected in the late 1990's Commodore of the Royal Alfred YC and served with distinction for three years. During his tenure there were a total of four International race officials from three disciplines on the committee; befitting the club that wrote the first Racing Rules of Sailing.

He was an avid chorister and a member of the Waterfront Players, an irregular troupe of actors, singers and musicians who entertained members of the Dun Laoghaire yacht clubs for many years.

Thank you Norman for all you did for the sport of sailing. RIP -- Gordon Davies IJ

* From Craig Dymock:

I fear your correspondent stating that the Fastnet Race was suspended in 1937 due to WW2 (Eurosail April 20th) may not have got his history quite right. In every historic source I can find including those of the RORC states it was run in 1937 and won by Yacht "Zeearend". American's having done so well in previous races this time it was won by a boat from Holland, thus prompting a famous comment by one of the race's great chroniclers and participants, the American journalist Alf Loomis: "For once the race wasn't won by a damned Yankee; no, the winner was a blasted Dutchman".

The Fastnet was run again in 1939, this time won by the famous yacht "Bloodhound" (whose mast now adorns the RYS start line at Cowes). The race was suspended 1941 until 1945 once hostilities had started between Germany and the UK and was reinstated in 1947.

It intrigued me that there was a 1939 Fastnet Race at all, so with a little time on my hands at the moment, I decided to have a look in my own archives. The excellent Ian Dear book cataloging the history of the RORC "The Royal Ocean Racing Club - The first 75 years" tells the story and I thought it might be of interest to your readers.

Not only was the war just one month away but there were three entries from Germany. Yacht "Roland von Bremen" which had competed in the 1937 race and two Kriegsmarine (The German Navy) entries, "Walkure" and the 60ft Yawl "Nordwind".

"Nordwind" broke the course record set in 1926 but wasn't placed on handicap however "Roland von Bremen" went on to come third overall.

Dear writes; "At the after dinner race the "Roland von Bremen's" skipper made a speech about how the Germans intended to win the 1941 Fastnet. No one present was left in any doubt what he was alluding to, and when the German crews gave the Nazi salute as "Nordwind's" skipper was handed his trophies they were roundly booed".

Thought this might brighten up an otherwise dull day indoors!

* From David Brunskill re: World Sailing Finances

The United Kingdom currently is host to around 1200 international Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) , everything from "Amnesty International" to "World Youth Service and Enterprise". They collectively employ thousands of British employees, support the office property market and retail suppliers of everything from computers to stationery. Their visitors support the hotels, restaurants, off duty leisure activities and international transport services for which London in particular , at its hub excels.

World Sailing (WS) is one such organisation. As at 31 December 2018 World Sailing (UK) Ltd. reported turnover of £3,175,227, paid taxes of £33,706 and had 30 employees (most of whom are British). The value to the economy is not just to the taxman, but to all the other services WS supports, the jobs available to British citizens and the value of the amounts paid to our hospitality and travel services by the many overseas visitors to London.

WS has been a relatively small but important contributor to the economy of the United Kingdom for many years. I do not resent WS taking advantage of the current Covid 19 financial arrangements. Far from it. If these and other arrangements persuade WS and other NGO's to remain in the United Kingdom after Brexit and for other NGOs to join them, then that's fine by me.

Taking advantage of the Furlough and other arrangements for UK limited liabilities is a matter of sensible and prudent financial management, freely available to WS and supporting its decision to remain in this country when its location was last reviewed.

WS should be congratulated, not criticised for accepting the Covid 19 arrangements of its host country.

* From Morty (Peter Morton): re: World Sailing

In fairness the UK Revenue authorities have been collecting tax from IYRU/ ISAF / World Sailing employees for years. However, my understanding of the British furlough offer is to protect those jobs in " Viable companies" for the future and mainly for those who have genuinely lost their job through Covid 19 and CAN'T work from home. Hmmm!

This begs the question, is World Sailing still viable and have a future and if not I hope HMRC have a close look at who authorised this application.

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In This Issue
• Jason Carrington: "I'm A Big Fan of the IMOCA Boats"
• The future of UK Red Diesel: An update from the Cruising Association
• Oyster Design Manager
• The Race is on - Lockdown Cup Challengers revealed
• New Date for Dublin Bay-Cork Harbour Race
• Flexible - Musto
• 2020 Flying Fifteen European Championship has been cancelled
• Stay at home Finn reading
• Antique Engine Expos
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter: Sciomachen 56
• Featured Brokerage:
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• The Last Word: H.L. Mencken

Jason Carrington: "I'm A Big Fan of the IMOCA Boats"
World renowned boat builder Jason Carrington has had something of a dream order book since setting up Carrington Boats in November 2017 with the Carkeek designed Fast40 Rán. The new Imoca Hugo Boss for Alex Thomson Racing, INEOS' UK's Britannia as well as their nearing completion AC75 boat 2 are complemented by a part completed Ocean Race Imoca 60 which is currently on hold but which may become available. But with over 60 on the payroll at its recent peak, a big challenge is ahead of Carrington….Tip & Shaft spoke with Jason.

Jason, how are things right now given the current situation?
Slower than normal but its's better than nothing. We stopped for a couple of weeks after that first briefing from Boris. It just felt like the right thing to do so we shut the place down for a couple of weeks and everyone went home and then we came back, feeling that we all knew we were okay. We got some new security guard on our door that takes deliveries, we check everyone's temperature and we have put in two shifts so that we have less people. We have a shift that starts at half-six to half past three and then half-three through until two o'clock.

How many guys have you got working just now?
If we put everyone together including office staff, we have about fifty at the moment, but we have only really got two or three in the office, we have a couple working away who can. It certainly feels better. It feels like we can do this social distancing as we should, the only danger is people wanting to talk to each other to be honest. The actual factory feels quite spread out, with twenty people in it, to be honest.

How has it affected your deadlines?
It's always a challenge, the schedules are always really tight on these boats. Fortunately, we were in pretty good shape before all this kicked off so. We have run a night shift from the start of the project so we have managed to get a big chunk ahead of where we thought we would be. We have obviously eaten into that a bit, but we are still okay. The danger for us is if we were forced to stop. If we did stop for a certain amount of time, quite quickly it becomes just not feasible to even get the boat done in time, so we are pretty aware of that. At the moment we're on track.

The INEOS boat is the only one you are working on right now?
Yes, it is. We have got an Imoca boat here which is sort of half built but we're not really working on that at the moment. We're chatting to those guys today actually but at the moment we are full steam ahead.

What's the status of that Ocean Race boat?
The hull is complete, about a third of the structure is in it, and all of the structure is built. We haven't started the deck yet. The deck mould is here.

But this Ocean Race IMOCA is on hold is it?
Yes, it's on hold I guess is the best way to describe it.

As it stands it is not available to any other team or owner supposing they wanted it?
No, not yet but that is sort of where we are trying to get to really. We've got a very strong contract and so far, although the client has got different plans now, he has been fair to us. It's personal stuff but everything is paid up to date so far and it's more the fact that we are now missing a chunk of work that we thought we had. It's just trying to come to an agreement with him about that, that we are both happy with. So, obviously ending up with a boat and being able to sell it on could be a good option for him and us.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

The future of UK Red Diesel: An update from the Cruising Association
The Cruising Association's Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS) has been in communication with HMRC and confirmed, as a result of the March Budget Statement, that it is their intention to legislate that red diesel in the United Kingdom can only be used in agricultural equipment, on the railways and for non-commercial heating from 1st April 2022.

Since the propulsion of waterborne craft does not fit into these categories, it is HMRC's intention that they will have to use white diesel for this purpose. The duty on white diesel for boats will be the same as the full rate paid on white road diesel in the UK. This means that the present so called '60/40' fuel duty split will disappear but commercial vessels, such as fishing boats, will still be able to claim a rebate on the full rate through their 'Marine Voyages Relief' scheme.

HMRC are exploring the issues involved in introducing a scheme that allows private pleasure craft to pay only the current lower rate for red diesel non-propulsion uses.

RATS welcomes the clarification on the use of white diesel which should make it more conveniently available throughout the United Kingdom from marinas and ports as they will have to supply all marine vessels with one colour of diesel. The bonus will be that sailors can continue to fulfil the SOLAS V regulations for sea voyages and no longer have the concern of the presence of red diesel in their tanks when visiting EU Maritime States.

HMRC continue to say there will be a forthcoming consultation from them which will deal with the full range of issues involved. Unfortunately, there is no indication as to when this will be published due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for RATS points out that private pleasure craft should continue to legally use red diesel as they currently do, since it is still the only easily available diesel fuel throughout the UK. At the moment, it is far from clear if boat owners will be able to sail to EU State waters in the remainder of the 2020 season, but if they can do so, they might wish to continue to follow theCA's advice on using red diesel when visiting the EU which can be found on their publicly accessible page here: www.theca.org.uk/rats/red_diesel_use_in_EU

Oyster Design Manager
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Oyster has a worldwide reputation as a leading builder of quality cruising yachts and the successful applicant is likely to be a qualified naval architect with relevant experience in yacht design, construction and management. Oyster yachts are created with modern design tools, efficient build systems and the skilled hands of some of the UK's finest craftsmen.

Our Oyster design manager will need an in-depth understanding of value engineering as it applies to yacht building and share our passion for creative design and quality.

This is a significant opportunity for the right candidate.

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The Race is on - Lockdown Cup Challengers revealed
Watch all the action LIVE at 16.00 on Wednesday 22 April

The line-up for the Lockdown Cup has now been revealed as five challengers take on some of the best amateur and full time racers on the British sailing scene.

Selected from hundreds of online entries the five challengers will race head to head against Olympic Champions, National Champions and eSailing experts on the virtual race course in a bid to claim the Lockdown Cup.

Our challengers are:
- Nick Cherry
- Alasdair Ireland
- Pete Chambers
- Donnie Gillies
- Max Tait

Our challengers will face the top five racers from Round One which took place last week, including:
- Adam McGovern
- Ben Saxton
- Luke Patience
- Dave Hivey
- Nick Craig

As well as the title of Lockdown Cup Champion the winner will receive a LPX Gor-Tex Jacket courtesy of Musto, official clothing supplier to the British Sailing Team.

The Lockdown Cup will stream LIVE at 16.00 on Wednesday 22 April on the YachtsandYachting.com YouTube channel.

Find out more about eSailing with Virtual Regatta at www.rya.org.uk/go/esailing

New Date for Dublin Bay-Cork Harbour Race
The postponed date of Friday, July 31st is being considered as a feasible time to think of starting the ISORA-organised 160-mile Dublin Bay to Cork Harbour Race, which was originally planned for July 9th to link this summer's celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Dun Laoghaire's National Yacht Club with the massive Tricentenary Celebrations of the Royal Cork Yacht Club.

A port-to-port offshore race by its very nature involves much less shoreside infrastructure than a major regatta, and Dun Laoghaire's Peter Ryan of the Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association, a key player in its renewed vitality in recent years, reckons ISORA can thus play a leading role in getting sailing going again, as the Association operates flexibly, and may even offer the slight possibility of a couple of shorter races earlier in July.

Talking to Sailing on Saturday late this week, while Peter Ryan emphasised that his thoughts were speculative and entirely his own, he reckoned that thinking in terms of starting what would have been ISORA's big one in 2020, the historic re-sailing of the path-finding 1860 offshore race from Dublin Bay to Cork, could be on the cards by Friday, July 31st.

It was June 23rd 1861 when a distinctive 95ft schooner with markedly raked masts slipped into Cork Harbour and came to anchor off Cobh. She'd the look of a vessel which had recently sailed many offshore miles, but her congenial ship's company were sailing under the burgee of the Royal Victoria Yacht of Ryde on the Isle of Wight, and they flew a well-used British ensign. So despite the absence of a properly-maintained ship's log, the officials of this naval port accepted the schooner's bona fides of being on an easygoing family cruise from the Solent to southwest Ireland, and accorded them the privileges which this conferred in terms of the waiving of harbour dues, while the Cobh-based Royal Cork Yacht and Royal Western of Ireland Yacht Clubs both made them welcome.

In July 1860 the Royal Cork Yacht Club, under the enthusiastic guidance of its 80-year-old Admiral Thomas G French, had led the way in the inspiration for the first proper offshore race in British and Irish waters. The Royal St George Yacht Club in Dublin Bay had organized a week of regattas in early July, and after they'd concluded, no less than 16 boats – of very varied size and type – had accepted Admiral French's challenge of racing the 160 miles to Cork, and it started on the 14th July.

WM Nixon's full article in Afloat magazine

Flexible - Musto
Faster boats demand more dynamic sailing techniques placing different requirements on crews. Energy used up in folding and bending clothing fabric is energy wasted... but you still have to keep out the water

Less is more with Musto's new LPX Gore-Tex range being launched for spring and summer this year. The company's ambassadors, its core of professional sailors who are out competing or training on the water most days of the year, emphasised the need for breathable, waterproof and lightweight design in their inshore racing gear. Ergonomic is the watchword, so that's what Musto's designers have aimed to deliver for this latest edition of the brand's popular LPX Gore-Tex range, as Musto's head of product Chris Holliman explains. 'We're seeing a trend towards one-design, technically advanced boats that are lighter and faster than previous generations,' he says.

'Those trends are demanding more physicality from the sailors, with a higher emphasis on agility and ease of movement around the boat. The changes to the LPX range have been made with that in mind, using lightweight, breathable, durable waterproof fabrics and carefully designed seaming to enhance a sailor's freedom of movement.' Holliman identifies J/70s and Fast 40s as two examples of the modern kind of inshore racer around which the LPX range has been designed, although it should appeal equally to crew of older and still popular classes such as the greatly revived Quarter Tonner fleet.

Full article in the May issue of Seahorse

2020 Flying Fifteen European Championship has been cancelled
Grand Prix de L'Ecole Navale has advised that the 2020 European Championship and Championship of France due to be sailed in May, have been cancelled due to the Corona Virus (Covid-19).

As previously reported, Flying Fifteen International (FFI) plans to advise the status of the 2021 Flying Fifteen Worlds in August. The FFI Worlds are due to take place in Fremantle, Australia in February 2021.

FFI advise:

"We will now review the timing of all future events in August when we will hopefully have a better handle on the spread of the virus and its impact on the community" -- Michael Clark, FFI Secretary

Stay at home Finn reading
Even though most Finn sailors cannot go Finn sailing at the moment and are being encouraged to stay at home, there are a lot of Finn books and magazines that can entertain you while we are all waiting for racing to restart.

We have put together sets of back issues of FINNFARE dating back to the late 1990s. In total there are about 60 editions available, totalling more than 1500 pages.

Issues have been split into two sets of roughly 30 copies each and for those that don't have copies, they can now be ordered as individual sets or both together.

Back issue sets of the Finn Masters Magazine are also available.

More information and ordering details can be found here

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Antique Engine Expos
The Herreshoff brothers were really known for their steam engines and boilers in the early days of the company's operation. What do steam engines look and sound like in operation? We don't often get to see them in action today, so we thought you might enjoy getting a sense for steam from these videos of two annual antique engine expos that happen not so far from HMCo.'s original site in Bristol. The first is a video from the New England Steam and Wireless Museum's Yankee Steam-Up that happens every fall, and the second is from the Mystic Seaport Museum's summer Antique Marine Engine Expo.

Yankee Steam Up:

Mystic's Engine Expo:

* From Gordon Davies: (click on image to enlarge)

This is a classic image of Norman Long - in the white helmet, sailing a fully rigged ship!

The helm is Theo Harris - they were founding fathers of the Irish Mirror Association

* From Jim Champ, Epsom

I am quite sure that my tax money - or more likely your descendants' tax money - is going to many even less worthy causes than World Sailing's junior employees. Because its not really World Sailing we are bailing out, its the junior staff. Not a penny goes directly to World sailing, and I bet that otherwise they would all be out of the door with statutory minimum redundancy payments - which would almost certainly still be cheaper for WS than topping up the last 20% of their salaries, as I bet a substantial percentage of them have only been working for WS since that foolish move to London.

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The Last Word
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. -- H.L. Mencken

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In This Issue
• The Ocean Race: Francesca Clapcich on plans for Italian VO65 campaign
• Sir Richard Francis Sutton Medal
• The Austrian Ocean Race Project
• Dublin Bay Sailing Club Surveys Members on COVID-19 Hit Season
• RYA OnCourse - keeping the racing community together to #RuleTheWaves
• Limerick Ketch Ilen DIY Kids’ Model
• Finishing the job - Harkenderm
• Medemblik Regatta and Semaine Olympique Francaise to launch in Virtual Regatta
• Monaco's yacht owners have been banned from taking out their superyachts
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
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The Ocean Race: Francesca Clapcich on plans for Italian VO65 campaign
Thirty-two year old Italian sailor Francesca Clapcich first established herself on the professional sailing scene as an Olympic campaigner, first in the singlehanded Laser Radial class in which she represented her country at the London 2012 Games, and then in the 49FX where – crewing for Giulia Conti – she won the 2015 European and World Championships before the pair finished in fifth place at Rio 2016.

After retiring from Olympic campaigning Clapcich switched focus to ocean racing after being offered the chance to fulfil a long-time dream to race around the world as part of Dee Caffari’s VO65 crew on the Turn the Tide on Plastic campaign in the 2017-18 edition of The Ocean Race. She describes that experience as “a crazy journey, an emotional roller coaster” but nevertheless at the end of the race she was left wanting more.

Now she has revealed plans to mount an Italian-centric VO65 campaign for the 2021-22 edition

Full interview in Yachting.life yachtracing.life

Sir Richard Francis Sutton Medal
The Herreshoff Marine Museum / America's Cup Hall of Fame will award the Sir Richard Francis Sutton Medal to co-recipients, the late Maldwin Drummond (1933-2017) and Antony Matusch (b.1940), for volunteering thousands of hours of their time to lead the Royal Yacht Squadron's effort to produce the 2001 America's Cup Jubilee, one of the finest moments in yachting history.

The Sir Richard Francis Sutton Medal, instituted by the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2018, recognizes the spirit of the America's Cup, as set down by the founding donors in their Deed of Gift "to promote friendly competition between foreign countries." It is awarded, from time-to-time, to persons or entities that have exemplified that spirit, in the course of their association with the America's Cup.

The 2001 America's Cup Jubilee achieved what many thought impossible - it remains a once in a lifetime experience for all those who participated. Great endeavours such as this are the work of an international army of people, both acknowledged and unsung. For all of these, seeing the fruition of their efforts during those remarkable days in August 2001 was all the reward they sought.

Bruno Troublé, a member of the America's Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee who was integrally involved in the planning and execution of the event notes, "The thoughtful planning of the Jubilee by Drummond and Matusch reflects the Royal Yacht Squadron's enduring ethos of sportsmanship, volunteerism, and cordiality."

The presentation of the Sutton Medal was originally intended to take place during the America's Cup Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the INEOS Team UK base in Portsmouth, UK on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. In light of the global health crisis and the subsequent cancellation of the America's Cup World Series event, the 2020 America's Cup Hall of Fame Induction will take place at a later date and location which will be announced once the situation becomes clearer.

www.herreshoff.org/achof

The Austrian Ocean Race Project
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The Ocean race (formerly known as The Volvo Ocean Race) is often called the longest and toughest experience a sailor can participate in. Every four years since 1973 sailing teams compete around the clock in this offshore racecourse all around the world across the world’s most demanding waters.

The last episode took place in 2016 where the winning team was crowned after having finished the 11 legs within 126 days. The race in 2021-22 will achieve a new level with two different classes competing. On the one hand the high-tech, foiling IMOCA 60 focusing on new-edge technology. On the other hand the one-design VO65 concentrating on youth and crew diversity.

At this point the Austrian Ocean Race project steps in. A young and diverse crew not only with the ambition to win this race but also to make the world a better place. The crew of this VO65 is dedicated to the protection of the environment. Of particular interest for them is the saving of the oceans and the banishment of pollution of oceans as water is the source of its sports. For this reason they have even launched an educational program at Austrian schools in cooperation with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Program.

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Dublin Bay Sailing Club Surveys Members on COVID-19 Hit Season
In a week when Ireland's biggest yacht racing club was due to start its summer schedule, Dublin Bay Sailing Club (DBSC) is instead surveying members in lockdown for their thoughts on the prospect of racing on the Bay later this summer as the COVID-19 emergency greatly affects 2020 Irish sailing fixtures.

The survey is being conducted as the club sees a delayed start to the season and 'potentially reduced budgets and resources'.

In the online poll, Commodore Jonathan Nicholson urges as many skippers and crew to complete the three short questions to help the club decide what can be offered.

The club is the umbrella organisation that runs year-round racing for members from all Dun Laoghaire Harbour's waterfront yacht clubs; the National Yacht Club, the Royal St. George Yacht Club, the Royal Irish Yacht Club and the Dun Laoghaire Motor Yacht Club as well as sailors based at the town marina.

"We want to try and plan for this as best we can in order to deliver our members the best possible racing, as soon as it is safe to do so," Nicholson tells members.

The 2020 DBSC season was due to start on the capital's waters this Saturday for over 250 boats in 20 classes and some estimated 1,500 sailors.

As Afloat previously reported, the timing of the questionnaire is in line with Sport Ireland's own bid to frame protocols for a return to sport with social distancing. Protocols for sailing are being drawn up by Irish Sailing, according to its CEO Harry Hermon yesterday.

afloat.ie/sail/

RYA OnCourse - keeping the racing community together to #RuleTheWaves
It's a #SailFromHome OnCourse special this month as we make the most of our time off the water during this unprecedented time.

We want to keep the spirits and knowledge up so the British Sailing Team and British Youth Sailing have put together a host of videos covering everything from working out at home to getting those tactics and techniques locked down.

We also have the latest news from Team GB as Tokyo 2020 is put on hold for a year, details of the Racing Rules of Sailing webinar coming up and eSailing Youth Nationals news.

Limerick Ketch Ilen DIY Kids’ Model
Junior and very junior sailors who’d like a special indoor Do-it-Yourself Challenge in these locked-in times will find something of special interest in the latest idea from current Irish Sailing Presidential Award holder Gary MacMahon of Limerick.

Gary received his award for his twenty-years of dedication in getting the 1926-built 56ft ketch Ilen of Conor O’Brien fame restored to such good seagoing order that, last summer, she voyaged to Greenland from Ireland and back, and collected other awards for that achievement.

This year the plan had been to have Ilen busy in and around the Shannon Estuary for the first half of the season, visiting all the local ports as part of her regular “Sailing into Wellness” programme. Then, on July 19th, she was to depart for Madeira to replicate the 1926 voyage Conor O’Brien made there with the ship, on his way to the Falklands, where Ilen was to spend her 40-year working life.

the Ilen team have been prevented from assembling in any way by current regulations in what would normally have been be a very busy time of joint effort for her fit-out programme, and thus the ship is effectively moth-balled in Limerick when she should already be sailing.

So in the meantime, one day Gary was idly observing a Tetrapak and got to thinking how it might be completely re-purposed to be the basis of a kids’ home project and competition for a €150 Amazon Gift Prize to create a pint-sized version of Ilen, complete with Conor O’Brien and the Cadogan cousins from Cape Clear, who crewed with him on the long voyage of 1926.

And yes, we know that a standard Tetrapak actually holds a litre, but for most of us “pint-size” has a much more resonant meaning. Take the basics off this pdf, and then you’ll just need a few little things that “should be readily available in a modern household….”

afloat.ie/sail/

Finishing the job - Harkenderm
Minimising sun damage when sailing has long been a major concern for sailors but a casual conversation with America’s Cup winner Jimmy Spithill highlighted the second part of the equation for dermatologist Edit Harken

It was a beautiful breezy September morning in 2014 during the famous (or infamous) E-scow Blue Chip invitational regatta when I finally decided to start a skin care line for sailors. As a tradition, my husband Peter (Harken) and I hosted the mystery guest at our house every year. Pewaukee Yacht Club has always invited sailors that had an outstanding accomplishment the previous year and although it wasn’t the Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award, Peter, Olaf (Harken) and the rest of the yacht club gang somehow always managed to convince the sailors that competing in an E-scow invitational with the best of the inland sailors may just be the biggest honour and challenge of their life.

Full article in the May issue of Seahorse

Medemblik Regatta and Semaine Olympique Francaise to launch in Virtual Regatta
The Medemblik Regatta and Semaine Olympique Francaise (SOF) are the latest internationally renowned Olympic sailing events to join the eSailing world.

Following the successful hosting of the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Iberostar, and the ongoing Hempel World Cup Series Genoa, the Dutch and French hosted regattas are the latest to join the platform for special events.

Hempel World Cup Series Genoa runs through to Saturday 18 April before SOF starts on 20 April with the concluding Medal Races on 26 April. The Medemblik Regatta will commence on 4 June and conclude 7 June. The previously announced Kiel Week will run from 20 – 28 June.

Both World Sailing and Virtual Regatta, the leading digital sailing platform, have worked closely with each regatta to recreate each one as a virtual racecourse, available for eSailors all over the world to take part in.

At each regatta, two Olympic boats - 49er and the Nacra 17 - will be available for players to race.

The first few days of each event launch will consist of challenges. Ranked Medal Races will take place over the final two days, open to all players - no qualification for these races is necessary, but results will count towards World and National rankings for eSailors.

These Medal Races for these challenges will also provide an opportunity for two eSailors (one from the 49er and one from the Nacra) to qualify for the eSailing World Championship Playoffs. This will give eSailors a chance at qualifying to the Live Final, where the 2020 eSailing World Champion will be crowned.

The challenges are available now and can be played on Virtual Regatta Inshore on Desktop - iOS - Android.

Monaco's yacht owners have been banned from taking out their superyachts
As Monaco, like the rest of the world, deals with the coronavirus pandemic, its wealthy residents have been mandated to stay in their homes except for essential activities - and cruising on a multimillion-dollar superyacht is not considered essential, even in Monaco.

Monaco's government has temporarily banned all leisure boating activities and barred entry to cruise ships. Port Hercules now requires yachts larger than 78 feet to fill out a mandatory Declaration of Health before entering the port.

Raphael Sauleau, the CEO of Fraser Yachts, a yacht brokerage with offices in Monaco, told Business Insider that residents fully support the lockdown.

"Many captains and crew remain on board yachts, so on lockdown but in good spirits, keeping the yachts (and themselves) in good shape and preparing for the eventual rollback of restrictions which is currently set to start in Monaco in May," Sauleau said. "Yachts sound their horns each night to thank the frontline and essential workers."

www.businessinsider.com

*From Iain McAllister:

I enjoyed reading Craig Dymock's correction (Eurosail 21 April) of the erroneous Rolex Giraglia statement (Eurosail 20 April) about the 1937 Fastnet Race, but struggled with his comment about the origin of the Royal Yacht Squadron's flag staff which I have always believed comes from the 1874 William Fife II-designed racing cutter BLOODHOUND - originally and at the end of her life owned by the Marquis of Ailsa and broken up c1922 - not Isaac Bell's 1939 Charles E Nicholson-designed ocean racer, later owned by the royal family and now moored at Leith. I of course stand to be corrected.

* From David Brunskil:

I was delighted to see the thoughtful and detailed article by John Quigley.

I should declare an interest - whilst due to age and ill health I am no longer an International Judge I remain an unpaid World Sailing Delegate to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).

With reference to paragraphs 1&2 of John Quigley’s editorial, World Sailing does act in a broad way to protect the interests of all recreational sailing boat users. The World Sailing IMO delegation is currently involved with the applicability of IMO legislation toward subjects affecting recreational craft including the Polar Code, the use of fully automated ships, the dangers of floating containers and environmental issues including floating plastics and discarded fishing tackle,

Achievements include for example recommendations to all IMO member governments on antifouling for recreational craft and obtaining IMO agreement that all Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres should hold copies of the offshore special regulations. The latter is particularly important as coastguards worldwide now have a complete understanding of the safety equipment and crew training required for yachts involved in offshore races governed by the offshore special regulations.

Most of the work is not newsworthy but over the last twenty years or so it has made a significant impact on global legislation affecting our sport.

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The Last Word
To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what you want? -- Andy Zaltzman

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In This Issue
• RORC - Update on forthcoming races
• The Abnormal But Normal America's Cup
• You keep our world moving
• Half Ton Class News
• Celebrating Antigua Sailing Week 2020 at Home
• Endless quest - UBI Maior
• Two Nathaniels
• RYA launches racing rules webinars
• Sailing in focus - renouncing event areas and large stages
• Letters to the Editor
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RORC - Update on forthcoming races
The Royal Ocean Racing Club announce further cancellations and changes to some of its key events as the season progresses and the COVID-19 pandemic continues throughout April. The decision comes after continued close monitoring of Government and medical advice, and in line with guidance from World Sailing and the RYA. The RORC's intention is to adapt its race programme and courses as necessary in order to get members and competitors on the water as soon as it is possible and appropriate.

Myth of Malham - Cancelled
One of the most popular and tactically challenging races, the 230nm Myth of Malham race, scheduled to start on Saturday 23rd May (Bank Holiday), has regretfully been cancelled. The course from Cowes, around Eddystone Lighthouse and back to a finish in the western Solent, mirrors the first 130nm of the Rolex Fastnet Race and takes in some of the most complex tidal gates around notable headlands that include Portland Bill and Start Point.

De Guingand Bowl - Cancelled
The next cancellation in the 2020 RORC Season's Points Championship is the De Guingand Bowl on Saturday 6th June. The race traditionally sails a course relatively close to the Isle of Wight with a Club finish back in the Solent.

RORC Racing Manager Chris Stone comments: "In previous editions, it has provided a great opportunity for the Race Committee to try different aspects of course setting to challenge the fleet and its navigators. Last year we tried out some really exciting and new ideas around the course and the weather, and we were extremely keen to keep that going again. Sadly it's not to be this year, but we will continue to explore these ideas in 2021!"

East Coast Race - Under review
The Club is also working closely with EAORA (East Anglian Offshore Racing Association) and the East Coast Race which is still currently scheduled for the 19th June. The Associations' PRO, Paul Jackson said: "The East Coast Race is still under review. There have been some positive comments from the Netherlands, but it is still early days at the moment and we will wait until we are a little closer to the event to make a final decision."

IRC National Championship - Potential Date Change
The RORC are also considering moving the IRC National Championships from its scheduled June timeslot to Friday 11th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. The potential move would see the IRC Nationals being run together with the IRC Double-Handed National Championship scheduled for the same weekend.

www.rorc.org

The Abnormal But Normal America's Cup
Back in the real (although unreal) world amidst the global COVID-19 pandemic it is an altogether different and fluid path ahead for all of the teams in their home countries in how they now approach the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada both philosophically and logistically with all of the changing variables day to day.

They have no more information on their relative performance other than what they already know via differing levels of early reconnaissance. Do they trust their initial instincts? Their current design knowledge and interpretations of the class rule? Or do they change their approach based on certain nuggets of information that contribute to an overall incomplete puzzle?

American Magic's Skipper Terry Hutchinson acknowledged recently, "We missed the opportunity to see where we are vulnerable," by not being able to race in Cagliari or Portsmouth "It's going to require us to lean that much harder on the design side of the program."

The biggest question mark though is the progress on each of the teams highly anticipated second AC75's currently in production in their home countries. Build timelines that were well established long before COVID19 had made itself known to the world are near impossible to change without flow-on effects to the wider campaign. Some production continues, some has been halted. Do the teams complete the build at home, or get their new boats to Auckland to finish? Do they ship them or fly them direct to Auckland. And most importantly- how will they compare relative to each other when they eventually see the light of day.

If there is one thing that is guaranteed in the America's Cup- that is to expect the unexpected, and COVID-19 has certainly thrown the biggest cat amongst the pigeons the event has seen in a long long time.

americascup.com

You keep our world moving
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Half Ton Class News
Hi the Halfs! Yes, this is the long-awaited newsletter … For obvious reasons that you all can imagine, it is with regret that we inform you that the Half Ton Class Europe has decided to cancel the Half Ton Classics Cup in Cowes this year (26-31 JUL 2020). Even if the actual restrictions were to be lifted next week, which we all hope but which will not occur, we would not have decided otherwise. Out of respect for the many thousands of casualties in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, out of respect for their families, out of respect for all health care personnel, … we will simply not go out and have fun while a large part of the country is mourning their deads. We are sure you will all understand

Nevertheless… we also have good news to announce: Cowes 2020 is dead, long live Cowes 2021! Yes indeed, please mark the date of the next Half Ton Classics Cup in your nautical (and other) agendas: 19 - 23 JUL 2021 That week the European halftonners will all meet again for an unforgettable week in the Solent! And for the die-hards amongst you… our week is followed by the traditional Cowes Week, so some nice opportunities at hand there!

2020 Regatta Calendar for Halftonners
As to what the local sailing calendars are concerned, the HTCE proposes that as soon as all restrictive measures are lifted and regatta sailing allowed again, the local representatives get in touch with their local herd, and make a draft of such a local calendar. In Belgium f.i. thi scalendar will concentrate around some local regattas in Nieuwpoort and the mid-September event in Ostend.

In Ireland no doubt that David Cullen will unite the local fleet to take part in the Wave Regatta, Massimo and Domenico will certainly do the same in Italy.

www.halftonclass.eu

Celebrating Antigua Sailing Week 2020 at Home
This weekend would have found us participating in the official opening of the 53rd edition of Antigua Sailing Week (ASW) and the Peters & May Round Antigua Race Prize Giving to kick off an incredible week of racing. The inevitable cancellation of the event in light of the global crisis means we are all at home together and following instructions wherever we are in the world to stay safe. Although we can't Race, Chase and Celebrate together we can still have some fun.

Over the next week, join us in recalling your experience of Antigua Sailing Week by posting your ASW event memories to any of our social platforms starting with the English Harbour Rum Neon Rave Party, the Peter's & May Round Antigua Race, the opening parade to the 52nd edition, any of the 5 race days on and off the water, Reggae in the Park, Wadadli Beer Lay Day and the final award ceremony.

Along with a brief description, don't forget to tag Antigua Sailing Week and include the following hashtags. #celebratingASWathome, #ASW- followed by the year you attended (ASW2019, ASW2018, etc).

Spot prizes will be effect, so be sure to catch our eye with your submissions. We are looking forward to welcoming everyone next year April 24 - 30, in fact our provisional schedule is already up and entries are open. Be sure to let us know if you plan to come by putting your entry in as soon as you make a decision.

www.sailingweek.com

Endless quest - UBI Maior
The young Italian engineers at UBI Maior are steadily working their way through pretty much everything that moves on a modern yacht... and working hard to make it move better

This time it's the snatch block. When it appeared decades ago, it seemed a magical device: with its opening cheeks to expose the sheave and rotating head, lines could now get redirected at any angle without having to be re-led from an end. Snatch blocks were a real boon for headsail and spinnaker sheets and invaluable for sail changes with their fast and easy attachment, loading and unloading, and release.

The original snatch blocks were heavy and cumbersome, built as they were from stainless or even bronze with thick, heavy cheek covers of rubber or plastic. The next generation saved weight with Delrin sheaves and lighter plastic cheeks reinforced with stainless straps, but these were not very strong compared with the main blocks designed to take the loads. In the current generation these blocks have evolved further to have soft loops instead of metal shackles for attachment, and even loops to close the cheeks and capture the line. This generation is a fraction of the weight of the early models, and are generally stronger and more versatile.

Full article in the May issue of Seahorse

Two Nathaniels
Detail of one of the earliest dated Stebbins' photos of an HMCo. boat: SHADOW, photographed in 1884; from the Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection (PC047), courtesy of Historic New England. Click on image to enlarge.

Two Nathaniels and several hundred photos make for one extraordinary digital archive: a guest post on the Nathaniel L. Stebbins Historic Photo collection from Historic New England, with additional commentary and guidance from friends of HMM.

Two Nathaniels (Stebbins and Herreshoff) were born within a year of each other in 1847 and 1848. Stebbins began taking photos in 1884, only five years after the brothers Herreshoff had established the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. For 37 years between then and the end of Stebbins's life he took many photos that show Herreshoff yachts - of which some 450 survive - creating what may be the most extensive visual history of early Herreshoff creations to be found anywhere.

You don't have to travel or pay to view these treasures; you can see every one of them on your computer at home. Historic New England (HNE) scanned all of its Stebbins images (6,700 prints and 2,500 negatives) and has since published them online in high resolution. The collection is one of the very finest and most convenient visual yachting resources of the era available to us online today.

The creators of the wonderful online Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné (HCR) have identified all the HNE/Stebbins images of Herreshoff boats and arranged them for viewing either by HMCo. hull number or by the date Stebbins snapped his shutter. The HCR's additional annotations pin down many of the racing events that brought out the boats.

Click here to view Stebbins / Herreshoff images ordered by date taken

Or click here to view Stebbins / Herreshoff arranged by HMCo. hull number.

RYA launches racing rules webinars
The RYA will be hosting a series of free webinars for racing sailors and aspiring race officials to introduce and explain the racing rules of sailing.

Whether you are your club's rules expert, a squad sailor or just want to know a bit more, the six-week series will guide you through the racing rules to give you the best advantage on the race course.

The sessions will be delivered by some of the top names in the world of racing rules including British Sailing Team coach and strategist Mark Rushall, World Sailing Governance and Rules Consultant Jon Napier and Tokyo 2020 video umpire Chris Lindsay.

The webinars, which will be screened at 8pm every Wednesday starting from April 29, will help you understand the right of way rules, how to deal with marks, obstructions and more.

Each webinar will aim to be interactive, giving you the opportunity to get your questions answered, and will also be recorded for those who can't make the initial screening.

No camera or microphone is required to join - you can simply relax, view the slides and listen to the presenter as they explain each rule, and how they apply to real life scenarios. If you tune in live there will be the opportunity to ask the presenter your questions.

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Sailing in focus - renouncing event areas and large stages
"Back to the roots" is the motto for this year's Kieler Woche. Kiel's longest week of the year is this time dedicated to sailing only. From September 5th to 13th, national and international sailors will prove their skills on the regatta courses. The "KiWo" program on land will look significantly different than usual - there will be no event areas and large stages that attract many thousands of people.

With the postponement of Kieler Woche from the end of June to September, the organizers of the state capital Kiel and the Kieler Yacht-Club sent a signal in mid-March. Already at the time of this decision, all parties involved agreed that the sailing and summer festival could not take place in the proven form in times of the Corona pandemic. Which cultural offers and smaller events will be possible will be planned in the course of the coming months and adapted according to the current situation.

"The Corona pandemic will keep us all busy for many months to come. We are convinced that, unfortunately, it will not yet be possible at the beginning of September to celebrate exuberantly with many people," emphasizes Lord Mayor Ulf Kämpfer. However, there are no plans to cancel Kieler Woche at the moment: "This year it's 'back to the basics' and 'sailing plus X'. We want to put the sport of sailing - and with it the historical foundation of Kieler Woche - into the centre of attention as a signal. And we want to see what we can offer the people of Kiel beyond that."

With regard to the sailing program, the Kieler Yacht-Club and the co-organizing clubs have agreed to offer a platform especially for the boat classes that have contributed to the success of Kieler Woche in the past years. "We will give an appropriate number of sailors the opportunity to sail the Kieler Woche in the usual scope. The observance of regulations and measures concerning handling and hygiene is a matter of course", explains Dirk Ramhorst, Head of Organization of the Kieler Woche regattas.

Ramhorst emphasizes: "The regatta cannot be held one to one as in June. Flexibility and new ideas are needed now". All planning - for example, with regard to the number of participants - is coordinated with the corona restrictions currently in force until August. "This will probably also lead to maximum registration numbers in various classes," says Ramhorst. In addition, the event area in Schilksee will be geared purely to sailing and not to visitors.

www.kieler-woche.de

* From Andrew McIrvine: re: Craig Dymock's note "I have received a few emails about it from two former RORC commodores, one of which became RORC Admiral so you have a good class of reader!"

I think he means me!

But a lot of the credit goes to my friend Svante Domislaff who is a fantastic source of knowledge for all things German and nautical.

It also made me look up about the 'Windfall' yachts.

As a schoolboy in the CCF I remember sailing on one of them, 'Marabu', when attached to the Navy in Gosport.

Due to the wonders of Google I even found this video which has footage of 'Marabu' sailing.

Amazing that Craig's correction ended up digging up so much material. The original cause, the YCI press release cancelling the Giraglia, was a bit odd even mentioning the Fastnet since the Giraglia did not start 'til 1953!

* From Craig Dymock:

It turns out that I need to correct the correction of the correction, here goes!

My mistaken comment about the mast at the RYS seems to have raised some interest and I have since received some correspondence from some friends and archivists who have furnished me with the whole story for which I am very grateful.

Your contributor correcting the provenance about the RYS mast was correct, almost. The mast which stood on the line until 2015 was from a Bloodhound but not as I had thought, from the Bloodhound which won the 1939 Fastnet and bought and sailed later by Prince Philip. The RYS mast's Bloodhound was a 40-tonner that was winning everything in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

According to these sources she was an extraordinarily successful gaff cutter (photo below) built by the younger William Fife for the Marquis of Ailsa in 1874 to be raced on the Clyde and at Cowes. She began wining races virtually from the day she was launched and was known for her grace and sea-keeping qualities. She was extremely strong and could race in conditions that would lift the mast out of many modern yachts. She won 71 prizes in her first six years, and the Marquis then sold her to Thomas Dunlop, a Glasgow businessman. Eventually, after 35 years of racing, Bloodhound was sent off to a scrap yard as she was considered to be too narrow and generally out of date.

When the Marquis of Ailsa heard about this he bought her back and refitted her, only to have her sunk at Cowes in 1908 after a collision with a yacht called L'Esperance. She was salvaged and, extraordinarily, went on to win 142 more prizes in the next five years, being as successful as ever. In 1922 she was lost in a fire in a shipyard at Cowes. Obviously her mast survived, but so did her tiller which can be seen mounted high up on the north end wall of the Platform of the RYS. It's a beautiful 8' long piece of mahogany, carved like a rope, brass-banded and with a bloodhound's head carved onto the end of it.

For the record, the mast now standing on the RYS line is a steel replica of that mast as the original was found to be going rotten and was replaced in 2014/5.

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Alix is under original ownership since new and has been based in the Med with light usage during the summer months except for two winters in the Caribbean (2011/2012 and 2016/2017). She has done a few charters each year but not more than three weeks annually. The owner has carefully selected the charter clients.

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• At The Sharp End
• America's Cup: J class to merge as part of AC36 events program reshuffle
• RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance
• Harken: You Will Get What You Need. We Will Make Sure
• Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 14 - Boris Herrmann
• Personal Taste - Y Yachts
• J/99: Join the experts for a Live Show with Jeff Johnstone
• WIZARD: Herreshoff's Fishers Island 31
• Tall Ships Races 2020 Postponed To 2021
• New Video Shows Howth Youth Laser Star Eve McMahon in Action
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 82-010 Grey Goose
• • Outremer 4X - New Boat
• • Victory '83
• The Last Word: Bertrand Russell

At The Sharp End
Renowned yachting photographer Ingrid Abery celebrates a pictorial life at the forefront of international sailing regattas. Delving into her extensive archive Ingrid shares gems captured over the past two decades.

With the current situation putting paid to the opening round of the 36th America’s Cup World Series due to take place this week in Cagliari, Sardinia, here is a look back at some highlights from the final exhilarating races of the previous incarnation in Bermuda.

To see more of the selection link through to: www.ingridabery.com

America's Cup: J class to merge as part of AC36 events program reshuffle
The Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron has confirmed that the J-class regattas will be merged with the superyacht events in the upcoming 36th America's Cup.

Earlier the J class managers had announced that the 120-135ft sailing leviathans, which participated in the America's Cup from 1930-1937, would not be sailing as a class in Auckland, as a consequence of the COVID19 virus.

Originally five of the majestic yachts of which only ten were built, were entered in the New Zealand regattas. But most of the current J class are new builds and must be constructed to a unique J class design from that era.

Although an official class event will not now be held, individual J-class can still sail to New Zealand and compete with the superyachts. The re-jigging of the J class event will be part of a reconsideration of the total regatta program, which is expected to expand, due to new events and interest.

Although the J class usually carry around 30 crew, many of these were expected to have been New Zealanders - former America's Cup and Volvo Ocean race crew, who pre-COVID19 who raced onboard the J's as part of the so-called "Seniors Tour".

As an extension to the superyacht regattas, events for super motor yachts could be included in the new program, Hayden Porter, RNZYS CEO told Sail-World. More classic yachts will also be encouraged to complement the strong New Zealand based classic fleet which will compete. Twenty superyachts are expected to compete in racing for their class, which usually requires a minimum length of 120ft to be classified as a superyacht. -- Richard Gladwell

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RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance
Vol. 4 - Skip Novak
Whitbread Racer and Antarctic Explorer

Born in Chicago in 1952, Skip Novak is best known for his participation in four Whitbread Round the World Yacht Races, including three as skipper with Alaska Eagle, Drum and Fazisi. Simon Le Bon's Drum famously capsized in the 1985 Fastnet Race but went on to compete in the Whitbread Round the World Race, finishing third. In 1989 Skip Novak project-managed the build of the first Soviet entry in the Whitbread Race - as the Iron Curtain was coming down, Novak skippered Fazisi in the round the world race. Wishing to combine his mountaineering skills with sailing, Novak built his first expedition yacht Pelagic in 1987 and has since spent every season in Antarctic waters. www.pelagic.co.uk

Harken: You Will Get What You Need. We Will Make Sure
Do you suddenly have time for a bigger boat project and find you need more Harken products? If you can’t find them at your local shop or at an online dealer, Harken is up and running. We’re here to help you get what you need. Send an email to order [AT] harken [DOT] com. Include your contact information and the part numbers and quantities of what you want to buy.

An experienced, caring, motivated Harken team member will return your email with the option that best assures you will receive your products as quickly as possible. Please understand, we’ll work to find you product other ways first, but to keep our Harken resellers healthy during these times, equipment that must be shipped directly from Harken will be sold at suggested retail prices—our dealers normally charge less.

But if you need Harken, Harken will get you Harken.

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Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 14 - Boris Herrmann
Our guest on Episode 14 of The Yacht Racing Podcast is the highly accomplished German ocean racer Boris Herrmann. Herrmann has an impressive track record that includes competing in two double handed around the world races - the Global Ocean Race in 2014 (which he won with Felix Oehme) and the Barcelona World Race with...

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Personal Taste - Y Yachts
When experienced sailors define their own perfect yacht they often find others have been thinking the same thing. If you have a lifetime of experience in the industry you’re better placed than most to pull it off...

When Michael Schmidt wanted a large yacht to go off cruising with his wife, he found nothing on the market - new or second-hand - that came near to meeting his rather exacting requirements. Most people in that position would explain their ideas to a designer and commission a full custom shipyard to build the boat they want, but Schmidt went much further than that and founded a whole new shipyard to ensure that he had total control over every aspect of the build. Unsurprisingly, given Schmidt’s entrepreneurial spirit and keen nose for such things, it turned out that there was a gap in the market for the sort of yacht he had in mind and six years on, his Y Yachts shipyard continues to thrive.

It must be said that Schmidt is neither a typical yacht buyer nor an average sailor. One of Europe’s major yachtbroking networks bears his name; his Yachtwerft Wedel produced some of the fastest IOR racers of the 1980s - boats such as Pinta, Düsselboot, Outsider and Container - and he personally won the Admiral’s Cup for Germany in 1985 as skipper of Rubin.

Full article in the May issue of Seahorse

J/99: Join the experts for a Live Show with Jeff Johnstone
Since 1977, nearly 15000 J/Boats have been launched. The J/99 is the latest design and in many respects, truly innovative as a J Boat. Hull #40 has just been delivered to J/Boats co-founder Rod Johnstone, and nearly 50 boats have been delivered worldwide to date.

Join us for a Live interview with J Boats President Jeff Johnstone, and Key Yachting Sales Director Hannah Le Prevost, for a detailed discussion on the J/99. The live feed will have detailed pictures, videos and the latest updates on the J/99.

This will be an open discussion with viewers able to comment and ask questions.

When: Thursday 30 April 1400 UTC (10am Rhode Island, 3pm UK)

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WIZARD: Herreshoff's Fishers Island 31
Last week we looked at the beginnings of Capt. Nat's career as "The Wizard of Bristol." Today, thanks to our friends at Off Center Harbor, we get a close look at one of his later and most celebrated designs, the eponymous Fishers Island 31 WIZARD. After successfully completing a 3-year circumnavigation in 1962, she endured decades of stationary neglect. Thanks to a 2017 restoration at Brion Rieff Boatbuilders, she's sailing as beautifully as ever.

Tall Ships Races 2020 Postponed To 2021
Sail Training International has announced that due to the COVID-19 outbreak the Tall Ships Races 2020 has been postponed until next year - the first time this has happened since the event was first held in 1956.

The Tall Ships Race is a huge pubic celebration of youth development and international friendship. During the Cold War years, it was almost alone in bringing together large numbers of young people from both sides of the Iron Curtain - an achievement that resulted in a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

In 2019, over 4,000 young people from 59 different nations took part on 87 vessels. Nearly 6 million visitors went to see the ships in six different ports. The 2020 event was scheduled to start in Lisbon on 2 July and finish in Dunkerque on 9 August, visiting Cadiz and A Coruna en route.

Jonathan Cheshire, Chair of Sail Training International, the UK-based charity that coordinates worldwide sail training, said:

“It is a great sadness to us and this year’s host ports to have to postpone the event until next year, but we all agree that a public gathering of this size is out of the question in the midst of a pandemic. We feel for all the young people who will be disappointed by the decision, but public health and safety must take priority. The financial impact on the charity will be serious, but survivable; and before the outbreak, we had just commenced a search for new sponsorship to put the event on a more secure long-term footing.

“We are determined that the postponed event next year will be as rich and rewarding an experience as usual. The interaction between young people from so many nations, on board and in port, is a powerful catalyst for cross-cultural tolerance and understanding. The experience of life at sea gives young people unparalleled opportunities to learn responsibility, self-confidence, trust, and teamwork. In our highly managed and mechanised world it offers unmediated contact with one of the last great wildernesses.”

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New Video Shows Howth Youth Laser Star Eve McMahon in Action
A new sailing video of youth Laser Radial star Eve McMahon gives a clear understanding of why the Howth Yacht Club ace was awarded the 2019 Irish Youth Sailor of the Year Award in February.

The video below prepared for HYC members also gives an interview with the rising star who is one of four sailors seeking the Irish Radial nomination for the Tokyo Olympic Regatta, a trial that sees her up against Olympic silver medalist Annalise Murphy.

McMahon had an outstanding 2019 season becoming Irish youth national Radial Champion at Royal Cork in May 2019 before going on to take the Under-17 World title in Kingston, Ontario in August, also impressively finishing 3rd in the overall competition.

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* From Tom Hayhoe and Natalie Jobling, J105 Mostly Harmless

As we have done for the past ten years with Mostly Harmless, once social-distancing restrictions are relaxed we will be entering as many Solent races as possible. However, we fear that continuing restrictions may prohibit fully crewed racing for some time. In the meantime, there may be a window for double handed sailors to train or race informally before restrictions are completely removed. We are impatient to get sailing again and hope others will join us to seize the opportunity.

Anyone interested in joining the Solent IRC Double WhatsApp Group should email IRCdouble [AT] mostly-harmless [DOT] co [DOT] uk with details including a mobile phone number so they can receive an invitation to the group.

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1983 12 Metre Victory 83. All Reasonable Offers Considered USD. Located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

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The Last Word
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts. -- Bertrand Russell

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In This Issue
• Andrew McIrvine: "This Will Be A Big, Big Reset For Everyone"
• The best yet - HH Catamarans
• Oyster Design Manager
• That time Ted Turner got suspended so he could captain the America's Cup Team
• Travemunder Woche Cancels 131st edition
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• America’s Cup: ETNZ develops new technology for return to work
• RYA launches eSailing Spring Class Championship
• New Animated Rules Quiz Posted
• Quantum Live Series: Debriefing With Data Points
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Racing sailboat TP52
• • Dazcat 1495
• The Last Word: Christopher Hitchens

Andrew McIrvine: "This Will Be A Big, Big Reset For Everyone"
Andrew McIrvine is the driving force behind the success of the International Maxi Association over recent years helping support key, focused events, developing and encouraging a wider range yachts and owners to the fold including developing the Maxi72 fleet and bringing the J Class under the wider IMA umbrella. The Secretary General, also an Admiral of the RORC, is locked down at home in London keeping a very close eye on the COVID-19 developments around the world. A consultant vascular surgeon at three prominent hospitals he is a past president of the Section of Surgery, Royal Society of Medicine and served as a council member of the British Medical Association. As such then very much an informed realist when it comes to looking at the altered horizons for big boat racing…..Tip & Shaft caught up with him.

How are things this week with the International Maxi Class members, owners and sailors, these are pretty grim times? Well initially there was some enthusiasm and promise, people calling to say ‘what’s happening, what’s happening?' That moved on to boat captains and tacticians calling to say 'please, please try and run some kind of racing', some time but now to a gradual silence as each regatta goes over, one after the other, now speaking with some of the yacht clubs saying 'are you going to make a decision soon because we need to tell people to cancel flights, and hotels and so on'. But the real problem now is the cross border stuff is really difficult. If you tried to run an international regatta you could not get crews there. I have spent a disproportionate amount of my time looking at all the statistics and country worldwide things. The problem is that because I think the Chinese data is not to be believed there was the hope the other countries would follow their trajectory and hit a peak and fall off rapidly. It isn't. Look at the numbers in Italy, Spain and France and it has peaked but it is not coming down very fast. I don't see it coming down very fast. We are either waiting for a vaccine or for some cocktail of drugs to work on people who are in hospital. And for me the disturbing feature that has come out this week is that even if you have had it, you are probably not immune.

Could it still work out later this season?
I have a feeling that even if it opens up and everything gets better quickly, a lot of our owners will be in turmoil trying to keep their businesses going. What happened last time there was a financial crisis is that a lot of owners mothballed their boats. They did not want to be seen to be having fun when they laid off half their staff. So the thing took a big dive. I have a nasty feeling we will see the same thing again. They are still talking about running Cowes Week. There are a lot of people not being very realistic, not looking at what is really happening. Even Cowes Week did happen with just the Dayboats, two or three people in the same family or whatever, racing and going home there is not much fun in that. I think a lot of people would say 'why bother, there is not much fun there if you can't have a drink with anyone afterwards?’ these are the things that make a regatta like Cowes fun.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

The best yet - HH Catamarans
Dripping with custom features and with wireless control throughout the yacht the latest Morrelli & Melvin-designed HH66 cat from Hudson Yacht Group was created with one particular emphasis in mind... performance

For a few years now, Hudson Yacht Group has been the genre-leader in performance luxury offshore catamarans by combining innovative design from Morrelli & Melvin with outstanding raceboat build quality driven by veteran boat builder Paul Hakes and his team at the Hudson Yacht Group facility in Xiamen, China. Even with a brief interruption due to the virus precautions, this massive operation is still in gear to deliver on its years-long order book of the full range of HH models: the HH50, HH55, HH66 and largest model to date, the HH88.

With some customisation details found in each, all these models nonetheless still consistently deliver on the basic Hudson Yacht Group promise of high-tech design, practical utility and performance in sailing, comfort for the owner, crew and guests, and high construction quality and aesthetics appropriate for this elevated class of yachts.

Full article in the May issue of Seahorse

Oyster Design Manager
An opportunity has arisen for a creative dynamic yacht designer to take responsibility for the management and development of our design team.

Our Oyster design manager will need an in-depth understanding of value engineering as it applies to yacht building and share our passion for creative design and quality.

This is a significant opportunity for the right candidate.

No agencies please

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That time Ted Turner got suspended so he could captain the America's Cup Team
Former Braves public relations director Bob Hope spills the beans about how Ted Turner got himself suspended just in time for him to Captain an America’s Cup team.

Turner mouthed off to Giants owner Bob Lurie that he would sign Gary Matthews when the outfielder became a free agent. Well, that was tampering, and it got Turner in big trouble.

Turns out it was all an act. Turner wanted to not make Braves fans believe he had given up on the team, so he did something stupid to get suspended.

Travemunder Woche Cancels 131st edition
Travemunder Woche is striking sails for 2020. All efforts to find a modified version for the sailing and festival week during the Corona crisis had to be abandoned. With the decision of the state government to prohibit all major events up to 31 August, the alternatives to the original date had been reduced to only one date. However, the option of a Travemunde week from 3 to 11 October proved to be unsustainable. In consultation with the City of Lubeck, the partners and TW co-organizers and after feedback from the sailing classes, the 131st Travemuende Week has therefore been cancelled today.

The marketing of the Travemunde Week, which is necessary for the implementation of the sailing competitions, would have been largely deprived of its basis in autumn. Due to further expected restrictions and due to the weather conditions, it would hardly be possible to realize a festival event. The presentation areas for the partners would be omitted, the sales opportunities for carnies would be limited.

Not only from an economic, but also from a sailing point of view, the 131st Travemuende Week could not be realized on an October date.

With the cancellation of the 131st Travemunder Woche, preparations for the 132nd edition of the event have already begun. Some championships are already scheduled or announced. The sports management of TW will continue in-depth discussions with the classes in order to take off in 2021 with renewed energy.

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Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Who'd a thunk it?
Oak trees and acorns does not do justice to how an invitation by Luca Rizzotti to a few of his friends to join him for a bit of fun in Garda turned into one of the most influential events in sailing

Elephant in the room
Every single America's Cup skipper believed the first AC World Series was going to be crucially important... Ben Ainslie, Jimmy Spithill, Terry Hutchinson and Rob Kothe

Finishing the job - Harken Derm
Minimising sun damage when sailing has long been a major concern for sailors but a casual conversation with America's Cup winner Jimmy Spithill highlighted the second part of the equation for dermatologist Edit Harken

Elegant solution - Reckmann
There is something immensely satisfying in taking the massive loads of a superyacht furling system and by exquisite engineering reducing the task of controlling those loads down to the touch of a button or joystick

Boys of the pontoon
And he still won't wear a tie... Rob Weiland

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America’s Cup: ETNZ develops new technology for return to work
In the early stages of the level 4 lockdown, Emirates Team New Zealand was casting its thinking forward to what level 3 would look like to be operational again and what measures would be needed to keep team members safe so that it could be in the strongest possible position to make up for lost time.

“So we went looking for a simple technological system that could aid the team with their personal distancing but nothing seemed to be readily available.

Because we are an organisation with technology at its core, we looked at what we could do ourselves and who we knew could help.”

Dalton thought of Brent Russell and company Igtimi who are in charge of developing the pinpoint accurate boat tracking software for the America’s Cup race management system.

Brent and the team at Igtimi were straight onto the job developing an Ultra Wide Band positioning system of personal tags that accurately measure the distance between people. The tags are programmed to react by flashing, beeping and vibrating when a pre-programmed perimetre is intersected. The interactions between the two tags (or people) are then logged for contact tracing purposes.

“We have basically come up with a cost-effective technical solution to keep the Emirates Team New Zealand crew separated in their own bubbles in their work environment, and recording any contact between them for traceability and accountability.” Explained Russell.

Full story in YachtRacing.life

RYA launches eSailing Spring Class Championship
Following the popularity of the RYA eSailing Spring Club Championship, which has seen over 235 clubs get involved, with more than 3,000 sailors expected to take to the virtual waters, the RYA has launched the 'RYA eSailing Spring Class Championship'.

Over the coming weeks’ competitors from across the classes will have the chance to compete for the title of RYA eSailing Spring Class National Champion.

Classes firstly need to register to take part by 10 May, after which they must run their own Class Championships and submit details of their champion by no later than 31 May 2020.

The champions from each Class will then go into the final series with qualifying rounds to be held on the 06 and 13 June 2020 with the top 20 going into the National Final which will be held on Saturday 20 June 2020.

“We at the GP14 Class Association are thrilled that the class will be taking part in the RYA’s eSailing Spring Class Championships. At this challenging time, eSailing provides an excellent opportunity for sailors across the country to continue to meet and compete in a safe and socially distanced way. The excellent Virtual Regatta platform allows us to get our competitive ‘fix’, whilst Zoom and Facebook Messenger provide a space for post-race chat and maybe even a sociable beer with your racing friends. One design racing against some of the best sailors in the country from the comfort of your living room is just the diversion we all need at this point”, commented Les Burns GP14 Class Association Secretary.

The qualifying rounds and National Final will all be live streamed, details of when and where will be announced in due course. There will also be some great prizes up for grabs.

Register today to be in with a chance of clinching the National Championship crown for your class. For more information and to register visit www.rya.org.uk/go/esailing

New Animated Rules Quiz Posted
UK Sailmakers just posted an animated rules quiz that deal with rules 18.3, 17, 16.1 and 13. This quiz is an example of how UK Sailmakers will be reviving our popular Rules Program that was sold in the past for $55. We all be updating those 42 quizzes and posting them for free to the UK Sailmakers website. As you’ll see in this quiz, we not only post the correct answer to the situation, but we include the text of any rule mentioned and offer tactical advice on how to avoid getting in the situation in the first place. Expect more that simple “yes” and “no” answers. Here is a direct link the quizzes on the UK Sailmakers site: www.uksailmakers.com/rules-quiz

Make sure to check back each week as we will keep adding quizzes and test questions.

Instead of charging as we did in the past, we are posting the test questions and animated quizzes at no charge in exchange for your email address and your agreement to receive the UK Sailmakers monthly online newsletter. Know that UK Sailmakers respects your privacy and we do not share or sell our mailing list to any other group or company. Those who sign up will not get spam, only newsletters from UK Sailmakers.

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Quantum Live Series: Debriefing With Data Points
Quantum Racing Tactician Cameron Appleton and Quantum Racing Coach Tom Burnham guest starred on US Sailing's Starboard Portal and gave a powerful inside look at how Quantum Racing debrief's races with data points from multiple sources. The Duo walks you through the 2020 52 Super Series race in Cape Town

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The X41 is a very strong and lively yacht to sail. Easily handled by two without the need for a row of gorillas on the side. Ergonomic deck layout and a nice bend of simplicity and comfort down below. GODSPEED is very well appointed and available right now for the next owner.

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2008 Racing sailboat TP52. 360000 EUR. Located in Gaeta, Italy.

Originally designed by Reichel-Pugh to fit the 2008 Audi/Med-Cup, she was built by Cookson Boats, NZ and optimized for IRC mods by Ericsson boatbuilders. Optimized for ORC 2020.

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Dazcat 1495.

The Dazcat 1495 really is our champion. Not only has she won numerous RORC and MOCRA races, including her class in the Fastnet 2017 and the 2-handed Round Britain & Ireland 2018 as well as twice MOCRA Nationals Champion (2017 & 2019), she’s also the perfect yacht for long distance cruising or family weekends, ensuring comfort and safety wherever you are.

You’ll be able to follow two of our D1495s in this year’s Rolex Fastnet as they race against three of their smaller sister Dazcats, including the 1295. We’ll be posting live to our Facebook page from on board one of the 1495s.

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The Last Word
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. -- Christopher Hitchens

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In This Issue
• At The Sharp End
• 52 Super Series Fleet Is On the Move and Heading Home
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• Organisers officially cancel The Transat CIC 2020
• Calling all Solent Sunbeam owners
• J/99: Join the experts for a Live Show with Jeff Johnstone
• C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta
• OK Dinghy World Championship schedule gets reset
• Restart Racing
• Devonport's pocket rocket tall ship, Julie Burgess
• Featured Charter: Figaro 3 -Raw
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Latini Marine Farr 85 Custom
• • Ramrod For Sale
• • Swan 601-002 Wohpe
• The Last Word: Matthew 6 05

At The Sharp End
It is a rare treat to witness the Grand Classics circumnavigating the lsle of Wight. They are usually seen at home on Mediterranean waters. In celebration of the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Bicentenary it’s namesake’s regatta was held on the Solent in the summer of 2015. In an event that saw conditions spanning the Beaufort Scale thrilling racing took place. Leading the charge of the the race Around The Island were Eleonora, Mariquita and Sumurun. The elegant Fife designed 1911-built Mariquita secured her first place.

Much anticipation was rewarded with a showdown between three of the J-Class yachts. After competing off the Cornish coast the previous month Lionheart, Ranger and Velsheda burst onto the stage and lit up the Solent. Returning to ‘home waters’ Velsheda stole the show winning the RYS Bicentenary’s fifty mile circumnavigation of the Isle. Picking the right wind-shift thundering down the channel minutes off the start set the team in a good position that was capitalised on when Lionheart incurred a minor setback. My lenses have been fortunate enough to capture these iconic thoroughbreds in Palma, the Caribbean, Porto Cervo and Bermuda yet freezing the historic scene as Les Elegantes des Mers powered down the Eastern Solent was breathtaking.

Photos from the RYS Bicentenary can be seen at IngridAbery.com

52 Super Series Fleet Is On the Move and Heading Home
After what has proven to be the biggest challenge in logistics since the start of the 52 Super Series, the TP52 fleet is back at sea, heading “home” to the Mediterranean from Cape Town, South Africa aboard the 120m LOA general cargo ship, BBC Dolphin.

The Odzala Discovery Camps 52 SUPER SERIES V&A Waterfront Cape Town regatta proved a memorable success in early March, racing for the first time ever on the iconic South African waters in the shadow of Table Mountain. While Azzurra ran out narrow winners ahead of Hasso Plattner’s local favourites on Phoenix, unfortunately, the global pandemic put paid to the second planned regatta, the Rolex TP52 World Championship, which has had to be re-scheduled to September.

Now with the fleet released after being trapped by the COVID-19 lockdown in the South African city, the race boats and all the ancillary containers and support RIBs are expected to arrive to Valencia by around the 16th May.

Getting the fleet and equipment loaded onto the ship has required a considerable team effort on the part of 52 SUPER SERIES logistics partners Peters & May; their local agents Pronto Clearing; a diligent and committed team of 52 SUPER SERIES shore crews who have remained in Cape Town, some for more than six weeks; and numerous Cape Town locals who have ensured the process has been completed in the most diplomatic, pragmatic manner possible. A top priority has always been the health, safety and well-being of the local population.

At the moment the remaining 52 SUPER SERIES are scheduled with the primary first objective to run the Rolex TP52 World Championship in September in Puerto Portals. The rest of the dates remain open with several options.

www.52superseries.com

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
This month's nominees:

Matias Capizzano (ARG)
One the greatest of the many great photographers who we are privileged to work with at Seahorse, what is less well known is the enormous amount that Matias does to support sailing in South America, youth sailing especially, and most of all the Optimist class, of which his native country produces more than its fair share of champions… along with all the Optimist coaches who are flown around the world non-stop by grateful parents. Do visit his online gallery. It's a nice 'reminder'

Abby Ehler (AUS)
Three Volvo races under her belt - the most recent with Bouwe Bekking on Brunel - and, more significant in the wider scheme, helping to create and run the Magenta Project which continues to do great things all around the world for women's sailing. Current Magenta activities include an international mentoring programme to help around 40 promising women sailors take the next step, as well as a very timely campaign to help to revitalise grass roots club racing.

Last Month's winner:
Mateusz Kuznierewicz (POL)
'Sailing warrior!' - Marcin Studzi; 'I vote for him because I am a fan!' - Robert Czaja; 'Mateusz and Bruno [Prada] walked on water at the Bacardi' - Jurgen Schünherr; 'He sees the breeze better than anyone else I have ever sailed with' - Simon Fry; 'Amazing comeback years after stepping away from sailing' - Maja Wojcikiewicz; 'The best of the best and he wins us the first Polish gold medal!' - Kasper Orkisz; 'The greatest in the world!' - Pawel Gardasiewicz.

View past winners of Sailor of the Month

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

Organisers officially cancel The Transat CIC 2020
OC Sport Pen Duick, the French subsidiary of international event organiser OC Sport, have announced the cancellation of the 2020 edition of The Transat CIC, due to the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The transatlantic race, which was scheduled to start from Brest in France on May 10th, was due to celebrate its 60th anniversary with a 3,500-mile race across the North Atlantic to Charleston in the USA. Known as the world’s oldest professional solo sailing race as well as one of the toughest, the public were expected to flock to the race village in Brittany in their thousands for 10 days of celebrations and to wave off the world’s best solo sailors.

However, after spending extensive time exploring possible alternatives, including a postponement until later in the year, a joint decision by the race organisers, its partners and the class representatives will now see the next edition of the race take place in 2024.

OC Sport Pen Duick, title partner CIC and the city of Brest are now turning all their attention to the 2024 edition of The Transat CIC, to ensure the delivery of an historic race.

www.thetransat.com

Calling all Solent Sunbeam owners past and present - your input and photos are needed!
Click on image to enlarge.

With the centenary of the legendary Sunbeam fast approaching in 2023, the association of this Itchenor based fleet is keen to update the history and ownership of each of these classic boats with a view to some form of publication for the 100th celebrations.

Back in 2005, Sunbeam owner of V1, Dainty, Peter Nicholson published the stunning book, “The Brilliance of Sunbeams”, with a comprehensive boat index as an appendix. This gave a potted history of this handsome, historic fleet.

In advance of the Sunbeam’s centenary, the class association is asking anyone who has owned a Sunbeam, past and present, to update their history in order to update the story of this popular and enduring keel-boat.

The class association is looking for images (past and present), anecdotes, stories, restorations, regatta wins as well as details of the current owners.

For further information and details of how to access this new “Boatology”, please contact Simon O’Hea at info [AT] solentsunbeam [DOT] co [DOT] uk.

In normal times, the 97-year-old Solent Sunbeam keelboat fleet, based at Itchenor Sailing Club, offers competitive and extremely sociable racing throughout the season including weekend regattas, relaxed Thursday evening harbour racing as well as week-long racing events.

Over 30 Solent Sunbeams regularly sail from Itchenor ranging from 97 years in age to brand new, low-maintenance GRP yachts. The class is extremely welcoming and sociable with very supportive owners who have a common passion for the design, heritage and sportsmanship of the fleet.

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

This will be an open discussion with viewers able to comment and ask questions.

When: Thursday 30 April 1400 UTC (10am Rhode Island, 3pm UK)

Where: http://www.facebook.com/KeyYachtingLtd/

C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta: Online coaching for Clagett sailors
While sailors are all facing challenges and uncertain times due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the coaching duo of Dave Perry and Dave Dellenbaugh have stepped up to offer an alternative to in-person coaching with an online coaching program.

“One of our board members saw on Scuttlebutt that Dave Perry and Dave Dellenbaugh have come up with coaching sessions available online, and given the coaching relationship the Clagett sailors have with them we thought it would be a great opportunity to be able to offer this to Clagett sailors,” commented Clagett President and Co-Founder Judy Clagett McLennan (Portsmouth,R.I.).

The Clagett has had a long term coaching relationship with the “two Daves,” in both Newport R.I. at the fleet racing regatta and in Oyster Bay, N.Y. at the match racing regatta, where sailors have benefitted from their expertise.

“We want to be part of the Clagett community and we were having withdrawals,” said Perry (Southport, Conn.). "We were picturing everyone under the tent sharing information before and after sailing, and then along came the Zoom platform and we said “hey, we can be back under the tent with everyone again - virtually!”

“This is our way of engaging with the sailors who we see each year in Newport and Oyster Bay when they’re at a Clagett regatta,” remarked Dellenbaugh (Clinton, Conn.). “We love helping all the sailors in the Clagett community improve.”

Clagett sailors are being offered the opportunity to continue learning from the internationally renowned pair with weekly online sessions organized for Clagett sailors starting in May and the sessions are free thanks to the support of the friends of the Clagett community and start on May 9, 2020.

Clagett sailors can register for these sessions by going to forms.gle/AzsDC2A3mmn8jYb78

Registration is on a first come - first served basis.

clagettregatta.org/Clagett-Regatta-Master-Class

OK Dinghy World Championship schedule gets reset
OKDIA is today announcing the following changes to its World Championship schedule, after conversations with all its events organisers. In essence the schedule has been reset by one year.

2021 World Championship - Arco, Lake Garda, Italy
This will be moved to early July as the existing dates clash with the rescheduled Olympic Games.

2022 World Championship - Marstrand, Sweden
The 2020 World Championship venue moves two years and will now host in 2022. Dates have not been arranged yet and will remain provisional until there is more certainty.

2023 World Championship - Lyme Regis, UK
Likewise the 2022 venue moves forward one year to 2023. New dates will be announced as soon as possible.

2024 World Championship - Royal Queensland YS, Australia
The 2024 World Championship will most likely be held in January-February 2024.

Furthermore, OKDIA will not be accepting proposals for any world championship from 2025 onwards until such time as there is some certainty on this existing event schedule. However, bids are welcome for European Championships.

www.okdia.org

‘Restart Racing’ The Call Of Special Interest Group To Lobby For Sector’s Fair Treatment In Britain
A British sailing industry figure is looking to form a Special Interest Group (SIG) of clubs, classes, sailors, trade and other stakeholders to lobby for the safe restarting of racing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

SailRacer managing director Simon Lovesey says the aim is to develop strategies and plans to allow sailing and racing to resume as soon as sensible (and safe) and, if need be, to lobby for fair treatment of sailing particularly among the grassroots of Britain’s sailing community.

“As and when the [UK] Government looks to ease restrictions, my concern is that sailing will be treated the same as much broader sectors, so clubs will be lumped in with bars and restaurants, and sailing events as festivals,” he says.

“The indications are these broad sectors will only be allowed to restart near the end of any easing of restrictions. In Holland, sailing events are categorised as festivals, which are prohibited from operating until September at the earliest.

“So, it is important we learn to live with the situation and make adaptations to allow some activities to be undertaken.

Any parties interested in taking part in the suggested Restart Racing Action Group can contact Simon Lovesey at simon [DOT] lovesey [AT] sailingchallenge [DOT] org

Full article in Afloat:

Devonport's pocket rocket tall ship, Julie Burgess
The ownership of Devonport's million dollar historic sailing ketch the Julie Burgess will be taken over by its current crew and operations committee.

The new owners plan to keep the historic Tasmanian boat in its home region and establish an incorporated organisation to operate the vessel.

There's a moment of magic that happens when the restored Tasmanian ketch, Julie Burgess, sails out of the Mersey River.

The 83-year-old Julie is the last of over 100 vessels built by five generations of the Burgess family across Northern Tasmania.

Some were even built on remote Three Hummock Island in western Bass Strait.

From that improbable outpost, Richard Burgess and his family pioneered commercial crayfishing, delivering the fish to Melbourne markets at the end of the 19th century.

"The Julie Burgess is certainly among the largest and last surviving examples of working craft that used sail as their primary source of power and one of the last gaff-rigged ketches with a Tasmanian ketch rig to be built."

www.abc.net.au/news/

Featured Charter
Figaro 3 -Raw

Available for:
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The Figaro 3 is the first production foiling one-design monohull. Resulting from a collaboration between group Beneteau’s best experts and the Van Peteghem Lauriot-Prevost (VPLP) office, the architects of the two last boats to win the Vendée Globe, this boat is fast, powerful and very exciting to sail. It is equipped with foils, a ballast-free hull, a slender and deeper keel, a setback mast and an extensive and large sail plan.

The Figaro 3 has recently been awarded Sailing Worlds “Boat of the Year” for 2019, with judges praising its sailing on all points of sail! Chartering the Figaro 3 will be the experience of a lifetime. A truly awesome racing machine, you are bound to have an exhilarating time on the water putting the boat through its paces.

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Featured Brokerage
2005 Latini Marine Farr 85 Custom. 1,580,000 EUR. Located in Gaeta, Italy.

Farr designed performance racer-cruiser in full pre-preg carbon composite with telescopic keel, push-button rig and 4-cabin plus crew quarter interior layout.

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Contact
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2000 Ovington Farr 30 'Ramrod'. 55000 USD. Located in Annapolis, MD USA.

RAMROD, is a world renown Farr 39o that has had an owner that has spare no expense. new sails, bow prod that can be removed easily, all new kites to fit the new prod, as well as a host of class kites in required All Offers !!

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2004 Swan 601-002 'Wohpe' 800,000 Euros Vat Paid. Located in Monaco.

Swan 601 Wohpe, winner of the Swan 60 class at the 2014 Rolex Swan Cup, is now on the brokerage market and available for sale. Since winning the Rolex Swan Cup in 2014, she has undergone a comprehensive refit and now features a new teak deck, all new painting on deck and superstructure.

The Swan 601 has proven to be a serious competitor in both ORC and IRC classes and difficult to catch in light conditions. Well set up for offshore or inshore events, Wohpe is a turn-key program and ready for the Autumn regatta season.

Currently lying in Monaco, Wohpe is available for inspection by appointment.

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The Last Word
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. -- Matthew 6 05

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In This Issue
• Emirates Team NZ resume on the water testing after 5 weeks in Lockdown
• Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship
• Robline Kitelines enriching water sports
• The Ocean Race: Phil Harmer on 2021-22 route
• Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association
• Oyster Design Manager
• Knot Tying at Mystic Seaport Museum
• HKYC Team Agiplast Welcome Expert Foiling Coach - Chris Rashley
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Johan Anker Flush Deck Cutter - 'Bojar'
• • Nautor Swan 65 - 'Eden'
• • SB20
• The Last Word: Meher Baba

Emirates Team NZ resume on the water testing after 5 weeks in Lockdown
Emirates Team New Zealand resumed their on the water development and testing program this morning after being forced off the water on March 23rd by the Alert Level 4 COVID-19 lockdown.

After dropping their test boat Te Kahu into the water at 8.00 am, the 12metre foiling monohull was put through a tow-test to check some new modifications that have been ready for testing since the day prior to the national lock down.

On the basis that test was satisfactory, the team was expected to sail-test the new design feature later in the day.

The government ordered lockdown has cost the team almost six weeks of their vital development time, which is unlikely to be recovered by rearranged scheduling.

Grant Dalton told Sail-World by phone: “Emirates Team New Zealand is a commercial enterprise in terms of COVID19 alert level 3 and its test boat is an extension of that business activity. We have been in communications with all appropriate parties and received a letter from MBIE that did not disagree with this position."

Late last week the team announced that it was using personal social distancing devices developed by Dunedin's Igtimi who are also responsible for developing the GPS based positioning hardware and software for use in the regatta and vessel management for the 36th America's Cup regattas. -- Richard Gladwell

www.sail-world.com

Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship
Newport Beach, CA: 2020 and 2019 Youth World Match Racing Champions, Australians James Hodgson and Tom Grimes, respectively, along with “GovCup” defending champion Nick Egnot-Johnson (NZL), lead the field of skippers selected by Balboa Yacht Club for this year’s Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship, presented by Disc Sports and Spine Center. The Governor’s Cup is the oldest youth match racing event in the world and the 54th Annual Championship will be held July 20-25 in the Pacific Ocean off Newport Beach, California.

The caliber of the skippers is reflected in World Sailing’s Open Match Racing Rankings (nonage limited) with Egnot-Johnson in the #2 position and fellow invitee Jordan Stevenson (ZL) at #8. With virtually all of the skippers ranked in the most recent WS tally, the GovCup has more than enough “skipper points” to justify a regrading of the regatta by World Sailing to Grade 1, the highest graded regatta other than world championships, reflecting a quality of competition generally reserved for professional sailors. BYC believes the 2018 Governor’s Cup was the first age limited regatta to be retroactively granted Grade 1 status in the world. The 2019 application is pending.

For the second year in a row, the presenting sponsor will be Disc Sports and Spine Institute, founded by BYC member Dr. Rob Bray. One of the top neurosurgeons in the United States. Dr. Bray and his wife Tracey Kenney Bray are committed sailors and supporters at BYC and beyond. In 2013, Dr. Bray served as team doctor for the Oracle Team USA America’s Cup team.

Identical “GovCup 22” sloops designed by former BYC Commodore Alan Andrews and built by Westerly Marine in nearby Santa Ana in 2016 will be provided to all competitors. They are optimized for Newport Beach conditions and are considered by competitors to be among the best boats used in similar regattas in the world. They feature a “flat top” mainsail, masthead spinnaker, modern “T” keel and an “all up” weight of only 1470 lbs (666 kg).

The 54th Annual Governor’s Cup, presented by Disc Sports and Spine Center, will be held July 20-25, 2020. A double round-robin of racing is scheduled Tuesday through Thursday with the top four teams advancing to knock-out Semi-Finals on Friday; the Finals are on Saturday, July 25.

http://www.govcupracing.com

www.facebook.com/bycgovcup

Robline Kitelines enriching water sports
Our Yachting Ropes division with the brands Robline and New England Ropes is really well known. But did you also know that Robline is a hidden champion in the kitesurfing business? In 2006 the cooperation with Duotone (formerly North Kiteboarding) started with no-one ever knowing that this will be such a huge and ongoing success story.

One kite needs around 120 meters of different lines per year whereas the biggest role is played by the Flying Line. The reason is that Depower Lines, Leader Lines and Bridle Lines mostly do not face access ware out but Flying Lines are to be changed regularly. Most typical kites need a bar with 4 flying lines each maximum 30 meters and in ideal way different colors in front and back lines to see the difference.

For this reason, we decided to offer from now on standard kitelines on minispools, each in 2 different colors, to be able to sell full replacement kits to customers. Besides this, these kitelines will also be available on big spools with a standard length of 1000 meters.

www.roblineropes.com/en/

The Ocean Race: Phil Harmer on 2021-22 route
Australian yachtsman Phil Harmer is a five-time competitor in The Ocean Race and has been on the winning team twice - first with Groupama sailing team in 2011-12 and then again the following edition in 2014-15 with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing - so who better to include in our series of interviews about the round the world route for the 2021-22 edition.

When we spoke to Phil recently he was in Sydney, Australia.

What was your immediate reaction to the confirmed route for the next edition of the race? What are the most notable elements of the course in your opinion?

I was pleased to see some “semi traditional” legs announced but I was also surprised by some parts of the course. The notable element for me is the long leg to Asia! That will be tough and long, but saying that, those sort of legs are usually my favourites!

The race is shorter (estimated to be 38,000 nm) and has two less pitstops, what are your thoughts on that?

The “shortness” is no issue for me. It’s in the ballpark of previous races and still a bloody long race! I am pleased to see the reduction of pitstops though, as they are tough on the sailors, the shore teams and the sponsors, so no love lost there.

What stands out for you as likely to be the most challenging leg from a sailor’s perspective?

For sure Cape Town to Shenzhen is the standout leg by miles - literally - a good mix of upwind, reaching and downwind sailing in all conditions.

It’s always difficult leaving Cape Town, then you face a week of tough Southern Ocean sailing, before transitioning into light airs, and sweltering hot conditions in the Indian Ocean, only to then face a battle through the islands of Asia.

Full interview in YachtRacing.life

Irish Sea Offshore Racing Association
The ISORA Race Management Team held a 'zoom' meeting earlier this week to consider the ISORA programme for 2020 and a meeting of the Race Committee on Sunday 26th April.

The first two coastal races have already been postponed and the flags have just been raised today to announce the postponement of Race 3 and Race 4 - these were the first two offshore qualifying races from Dun Laoghaire to Holyhead scheduled for 2nd May and the Conwy to Dun Laoghaire on 23rd May .

Looking at reshaping the 2020 series Chairman Peter Ryan said 'we are committed to running a full series in 2020 by providing the offshore racing requested by competitors. To achieve this, we will continue to listen to suggestions and consider all options. We will introduce all of the cutting-edge technologies to achieve this'

There is, however, a lot of speculation about when the lock-down restrictions will be eased or lifted, what form of social distancing will be imposed and for how long these will last. We then need to consider the impact these restrictions will have on sailing and offshore racing. We are, of course, reliant on the advice given by our National Governing Bodies RYA & IS. Whilst considering options the safety of our competitor and those who support us is of paramount importance.

ISORA does, however, have the ability to be very flexible in setting a revised programme and will react very quickly when there is clarity in what will be allowed.

We have looked at a number of options in what may be a very crowded calendar for late summer and autumn. In considering options we are conscious that ISORA has always provided the races required to qualify for the round Ireland Race and we hope to provide this again this year. The new date for RI is 22nd August. We also want to support other established Championships and Regattas, such as the Wave Regatta 11th - 13th September and the IRC Welsh National Championship 14th to 16th August. The ISORA-organised 160-mile Dublin Bay to Cork Harbour Race is also in the mix with a proposed start date of 31st July.

www.isora.org

Oyster Design Manager
An opportunity has arisen for a creative dynamic yacht designer to take responsibility for the management and development of our design team.

Our Oyster design manager will need an in-depth understanding of value engineering as it applies to yacht building and share our passion for creative design and quality.

This is a significant opportunity for the right candidate.

No agencies please

Applications in confidence to Paul Adamson, Oyster Yachts - CCO paul [DOT] adamson [AT] oysteryachts [DOT] com

oysteryachts.com/news/oyster-design-manager/

Knot Tying at Mystic Seaport Museum
Join Sarah Clement, Museum Rigger, in this Digital Class on knot tying. Come to the session with your own piece of rope so you can practice along. Learn different types of knots used on the Museum vessels, how particular knots are better for specific purposes, and review proper terminology.

HKYC Team Agiplast Welcome Expert Foiling Coach - Chris Rashley
Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Rashley to be the Head Coach of the Club’s entry into the Youth America’s Cup, RHKYC Team Agiplast.

Chris, an experienced international foiling coach from the United Kingdom, started sailing at the age of nine and his passion and enthusiasm for the sport has never wavered. At 16 he left school to pursue a career in sailing and in 2005 as Tornado helm was part of the British Sailing Team’s development programme. Having switched from Tornados to 49ers when the Tornados were deselected as an Olympic sailing class, in 2010 he was appointed Head 49er Coach of the Irish Olympic Team. Chris returned to the British Sailing Team in 2013 to take a role as Podium 49er FX coach during the Rio Olympic cycle. In 2016 he started sailing the Nacra 17 and once again joined the British Sailing Team in 2017.

In addition to juggling full time coaching commitments, he was also an integral part of the Exocet Moth development project working with Kevin Ellway and Simon Maguire and won four European Championships and placed five times in the top 10 at the Moth Worlds, twice finishing 2nd. Within the Moth class he has also coached Paul Goodison, Brad Funk, Victor Diaz de Leon, Dylan Fletcher and Rome Kirby, to name a few, who all went on to win or medal at major Championships.

hkyc.org.hk

Industry News
Beneteau has restarted production at three of its sites as half year earnings announced; CEO takes salary reduction, new strategic plan to follow in July to reflect deep transformation of its markets

Groupe Beneteau has announced 2019-20 first-half consolidated revenues of €519.4 million, up +4.7% year-on-year (+4% at constant exchange rates), thanks it says, to a sustained level of business for both its Boat and the Housing divisions. The global boatbuilder also reported a robust financial position, with €609 million of equity at February 29, 2020 and over €300 million of credit lines already in place and currently being confirmed - to be supplemented with a €120 million government-backed loan..

www.ibinews.com

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Yachting Developments yard resumes operations after five-week nationwide Covid-19 lockdown

It has been an interesting time dealing with business operations here in New Zealand under Covid-19 Alert Level 4. Today marked the official return to work for Yachting Developments under the country's new Level 3 status which came into play today after nearly five weeks of Level 4's total country-wide lockdown for all but essential business. To meet the stringent requirements for safe work we have chosen to scale our workforce's return to work. This allows us to get organised to have the whole team at the yard over the next two weeks.

We are pleased to report that there is plenty of work ahead and we are busy with the refit on the Tripp 88 Black Pearl, finishing service work on a Volvo 65 and we are looking forward to Level 2 when we can launch the first 9m AC9F Youth America’s Cup boat for testing. We can also announce the safe delivery of 33m Al Duhail to her home port following her February launch. Our Upholstery department and 3D printing facilities will be back up and running and from 12 May 2020 and will have the capacity to expand to new projects and jobs.

Like all businesses returning to work under the Covid-19 Level 3 status, our staff will be practicing safe distancing within our workplace and we will expect the same from people that come on site. There will be restrictions on movements within our site, while entry to buildings/offices will only be permitted to Yachting Developments staff members and approved accredited contractors.

Our usual delivery acceptance systems will be unaffected but we will be enforcing strict contactless procedures for all our transactions. Please do not be offended if we ask to record your full contact details for tracking in the unlikely event that this is required. All deliveries and pickups must involve safe distancing. We have a designated area for deliveries at our stores door, at the south eastern side of the building.

We kindly ask for no sales reps to visit the site until the country has transitioned to Alert Level 2, but please do contact us via telephone as we want to maintain our relationships with your business.

Ian Cook
Director
Yachting Developments

www.yachtingdevelopments.co.nz/

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Hallberg-Rassy works as normal and we see no reason not to continue to deliver boats on time, as we have always done.

The number of ill workers is so far on a completely normal level, or even less than normal. Also deliveries of components from sub suppliers work as normal.

Our financial situation is strong and we are debt free.

We are getting our first demonstrators ready in the water. It is more a question of that many non-Swedish visitors have issues getting to us. But if you can get to us and you feel healthy, you are welcome visiting us and we can show you boats, sail and deliver boats.

The Swedish Krona has weakened considerably since the Düsseldorf boat show and that makes an excellent opportunity to order a new Hallberg-Rassy for 2021 now.

We continuously follow the development and take precautions to stay healthy.

www.hallberg-rassy.com

* The Hallberg-Rassy 40C has been nominated to the German Design Award 2021. This prize is said to be worthy of being won by the best: it honours innovative products, their manufacturers and designers, who have made pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape.

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The organisers of the Palma Superyacht Show today announced that the rescheduled edition of this year’s event, planned to run from June 4-7, has been cancelled due to the ongoing nature of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next edition will be held next year, from April 30 to May 4, 2021.

www.ibinews.com

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Ancasta’s first Virtual Boat Show has been deemed a great success, with 7,000 visitors, nearly double the usual traffic to the company’s website.

The ten-day show, which brought together a large display of Group Beneteau boats in one place, was devised in response to many spring boat shows being cancelled or postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Website traffic increased 70.8%, compared with the same period in 2019, with more than 72% visiting for the first time. The most popular models were the Prestige 460S, the Oceanis 51.1 and the Lagoon Seventy8.

Visitor feedback called the show a positive and fun event which helped them plan new adventures. The show has also resulted in a list of customers who are now waiting to physically view specific models once the lockdown is over.

Ancasta will be hosting a Virtual USED Boat Show on the 21 - 25 May 2020 with more than 100 used boats on display.

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* From Jock Wishart: re: Mariquita Round the Island in 2015

I was privileged to be on board that day as I was in 2013 and 2014 when we won the Panerai Mediterranean Big Boat series (and thanks to John Caulcutt who made it all possible).

It was a marvellous 3 years for sure and memories are still treasured.

What I do remember off that race was the shock loadings we encountered round the back off the Island going through some short steep seas.

A few days later we were just off the Brambles leading in Mariquita's final race in UK waters and the top of the rig came down when the main halyard inexplicably failed.

Fortunately we had George and Matty on board who understood where all the "jungle" of lines went and while the cream of British yachting looked up in awe and as we gently bumped off the Brambles the two of them cooly sorted it out.

Back in Cowes that evening and by the end of the day the spare top mast was fitted

Great memories
Great crew
Great mates
I will remember it always.

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1977 Nautor Swan 65 'Eden'. 590000 USD. Located in St. Martin, Caribbean

This Swan 65 has been extremely well cared for throughout her life. Her list of upgrades is endless and her previous owners have all treated her incredibly well. In recent years she has had sails, bow thruster, generator and rebuilt engine.

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SB20 - ready to sail. 30,000. EUR.

Designed by Tony Castro, the SB20 is a British-built strict one-design 6.15m keelboat conceived as a wide appeal, affordable, competitive sportsboat for teams of three or four sailors. It is also, arguably, the most successful sportsboat in the world with 800 owners competing regularly in a programme of exciting local, national and international events.

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• At The Sharp End
• Iain Murray Appointed As Regatta Director For The 36th America's Cup Presented By Prada
• Mark Turner: "The Most Important Question Is What Is The Meaning To What We Do"
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Focus On... Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team
• Calibrating a 5O5 Rig
• Irish Sailing Submit 'Return to Sailing' Document to Government
• The Story of the NY50 PLEIONE (HMCo. 714 - 1912)
• From The Vault
• Kenneth Newman 1929-2020
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Bavaria C57
• • Powerplay
• • 1946 Eugene Cornu 13.5m Bermudan Sloop
• The Last Word: Lawrence Ferlinghetti

At The Sharp End
“Do these catamarans ever capsize?” was my first question to the RIB driver as we sped past Portsmouth. “Never have” came his reply and literally as he finished mouthing the words Team Volvo Ocean Race dug its bows in and pitch-poled before our eyes. The driver was agog. Meanwhile, I was (and I must apologise) enthusiastic to have bagged an entertaining sequence. Not five minutes later a second, Team Tommy Hilfiger then cartwheeled. My camera shutter was getting a real work-out. Be prepared for any on-the-water eventuality is my motto.

The Extreme 40 series was to evolve into the iShares Cup and some years further down the track the AC45 series, the AC75 and SailGP were born. The following season I had been invited to donate a gift for auction. A day on my RIB picking up photographic tips from the heart of the action produced more than the recipient had bargained for. The JP Morgan team had rounded the leeward gate, flown past us and promptly nose-dived. Another one for the lens! -- Ingrid Abery

To see more of these cartwheels

Iain Murray Appointed As Regatta Director For The 36th America's Cup Presented By Prada
Renowned international yachtsman and regatta official Iain Murray will once again take the reins as the independent Regatta Director for the 36th America's Cup presented by Prada, the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series and the America's Cup World Series Auckland including the Christmas Race.

Jointly appointed by the Defender Emirates Team New Zealand and the Challenger of Record (COR36) Iain is taking over from John Craig, who stepped down from the position late last year. With his solid background and reputation of yacht designer, skipper and yachtsman - including the participation in four America's Cup campaigns and several world championships in different classes - Iain Murray is a unanimously respected figure in the world of international yachting, and the America's Cup in particular.

This will be the third time that Murray has held this prominent position, after having been appointed from 2010 to 2017 in the dual role of Regatta Director (34th & 35th America's Cup) & CEO of America's Cup Race Management (ACRM).

His longtime knowledge of the Waitemata Harbour will be an additional guarantee of fair racing for all the competitors as it will be a return to the place where he made his first marks on the international sailing scene, with two notable wins.

The first was as a 17-year-old student where he designed, built and sailed a 12ft skiff, Sunset Hotels, to win the 1976 Interdominion 12ft skiff title on his second attempt from a fleet of 24 boats from Australia and New Zealand. He returned a year later to win the JJ Giltinan Trophy, the unofficial world championship of the 18ft skiff class.

In his capacity of Regatta Director Iain Murray will also oversee the training of all personnel and volunteers involved in the racing, security, rescue and on-water management of different areas.

More background on Iain Murray's colourful sailing career

Mark Turner: "The Most Important Question Is What Is The Meaning To What We Do"
With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the whole planet, it has meant a great deal of uncertainty for sport in general and sailboat races are no exception. What will the impact be on our sport? What changes will there be to the economic model? How do races need to change? How will sponsors behave?

To try to get to grips with this new situation, Tip & Shaft is carrying out a series of five interviews about the future of sail racing. Our first interviewee, Mark Turner, cofounder with Ellen MacArthur, of Offshore Challenges, which became OC Sport, was head of the Volvo Ocean Race between 2016 and 2017, and now works as a consultant.

Mark, in your opinion, to what extent has sailing been affected by the crisis that we are currently experiencing? I can see two types of impact: in the short term - in the next twelve months - and in the longer term. For the short term, we can separate French sailing from what happens internationally with private owners - TP52, Maxis, super yachts and all the rest. This latter category is clearly down and knock-out and I think for this year it's over, which makes it very tough for professional sailors who usually take part in these circuits. The big problem is that we don't know what will happen: whether you are a small club or a professional organiser, you are bound to be affected by this uncertainty. It's not like having an on-off button. This uncertainty means that in general, if today I was the organiser of an event, I would forget about 2020 and look ahead to 2021. It may be possible to do something at the end of the year, but I think that given the current situation, it is better to say, "We're going to stop it all, avoid spending any more and prepare instead for 2021." It's a tough decision, but today, we can't really say that sailing is something essential. We have to get things into perspective. When I look around me at doctors, nurses and firemen... they are essential to our life. All of that reminds us that sailing is a bonus. We will have to take that into account in the future.

Do you think the French ocean racing model with sailors supported by commercial partners will suffer a lot? Yes, obviously. Already there is the fact that many events have had to be cancelled this year and then, if you are out there looking for a sponsor today, good luck to you... Not every economic sector will suffer the same impact, but given the uncertainty we are in today, it is very hard to find a CEO or marketing director who is ready to take a major decision and sign up with a huge budget for the next two years. We keep hearing lots of numbers from economists about the extent of the crisis that we are about to face, but no one really knows. This is an unprecedented situation. We have never seen the global economy come to a standstill like this.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

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Focus On... Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team
A virtual tour for an exclusive visit to the Luna Rossa headquarters in Cagliari.

The America's Cup World Series should have been taking place right now in Cagliari, with the incredibly technical and competitive AC75 boats in action for the first time ever. The spread of Covid-19 forced the organizers to cancel the event, but we still wanted to "open" our doors, through a virtual tour of the base. Have you ever visited our base in Cagliari? This unique experience gives you the chance to discover the place where Luna Rossa was conceived and developed.

Calibrating a 5O5 Rig
Most boats, particularly smaller ones like a 5O5 that don't change to smaller rigs or sails as wind increases, have a way of reducing power as wind increases. This often requires changing mast rake to rebalance the boat which also triggers a number of other necessary changes in sail trim as a result.

Under racing conditions the crew needs to be able to make all these adjustments quickly without losing concentration on racing.

In the case of a 5O5 there are tuning grids available which give you settings of various controls for different wind strengths. These calibrations have generally been determined by the top sailors over years of experience and require markings on lines and the boat so changes can be made with minimal thinking and in the knowledge that the settings will be correct.

In this video Australian Yachtsman, Robin Duessen explains how he has used color coding in his 5O5 to keep it simple. Having worked out where the key controls that affect sail shape need to be (the tuning grids are a good starting point) colours are used as markers so when rake is changed all the other relevant controls are simply set to the same colour. Done correctly this maintains the mast configuration to ensure it continues to suit the luff round cut in the mainsail and even how far out board the jib should be set.

Irish Sailing Submit 'Return to Sailing' Document to Government
Since the Covid-19 shutdown commenced, Irish Sailing has been communicating on behalf of our members with various government stakeholders to present a case for our sport to be viewed as a 'low risk' activity, so that we will be allowed to return to sailing as quickly and safely as possible as restrictions start to be lifted. We believe that with appropriate measures, a basic level of safe and responsible activity can be delivered to get our members active on the water.

To this end, we submitted a proposal to Sport Ireland (the Government's agency coordinating a return to sport activities) outlining protocols and priorities in a "Return to Sailing Scheme" document. As our members know, it is a fundamental principle of sailing that the decision to go afloat both for individuals and activity organisers is based on a combination of self-responsibility and risk assessment. The Return to Sailing Scheme proposed by Irish Sailing extends these principles to include the mitigation of Covid 19 risks to allow individuals and activity organisers make informed decisions on their own interests and activities.

More in Afloat magazine

The Story of the NY50 PLEIONE (HMCo. 714 - 1912)
"Pleione - A Star on the New England Coast" is a short historical documentary about yachting in the early and mid 1900s, and the emotional relationship between a beloved sailing vessel and the extended family and community that sailed aboard her. We are lucky to be able to share it with you today thanks to our good friends Gary Jobson and Art Santry.

From The Vault
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Not every Harken innovation survives the test of time. Some products that are ingenious solutions to problems in one era become less relevant due to changes in the way we sail or in developments in other areas of rigging. One example of this is the Harken Magic Box that was discontinued in the early 2000s. Here's what Peter Harken remembers about how they came to be - and how they ended:

The Magic Box was "The Poor Man's Hydraulics." It acted like a small hydraulic cylinder; it created a lot of power within a rectangular aluminum tube fitted with thin multiple stacked plastic sheaves that formed an internal block and tackle system. One end with sheaves was fixed and the other end with sheaves was on a shaft with a clevis that slid about three-quarters of the internal length of the box when the input line was pulled.

Products like these were popular in small boats (470, 505, FD, Lightning, and Soling) to power systems for boom vangs, outhauls and halyards that needed to be moved during racing where only a limited amount of power movement was needed, like 6, 8, or 10 inches. They came in basically two power sizes with 6:1 or 8:1 systems.

We made a lot of them, but they fell slowly out of favor with the oncoming more flexible, less friction, more movement cascading block systems made possible by today's much stronger, smaller line. These same developments are the reason we developed FLY blocks.

From Harkens "At the Front" newsletter

Kenneth Newman 1929-2020
Ken grew up in Kingston upon Thames, attended Surbiton Grammar and did his National Service with the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant 1947-1949.

Whilst at Imperial College in the 1950's he played rugby with the Old Surbitonians and this led to his playing for Rosslyn Park as Fullback.

It was here at the club whilst 'resting' on the floor during an evening celebration that a chap next to him (also 'resting') asked him if he'd like to try sailing on his boat. It was David Maw who owned Blue Jacket. This was Ken's introduction to sailing.

The Fastnet was a fascination for Ken who relished the highly technical challenges of tide gates and obstacles. He competed in every race bar one from 1957-2013 and was awarded the Dennis Doyle Trophy and a Lifetime Achievement Award for his accomplishment, a record unlikely to be matched let alone beaten especially as the finish is now proposed to be at Cherbourg. Other yachting success's included the Onion Patch team in 1966 Trans Atlantic (I think they won), and Admirals Cup teams in 1971,73(UK), 83 Japan, and 87 USA. He also sailed the Buenos Aires-Rio, Sydney-Hobart and many other offshore events.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and was early on the scene with Satellite technology for navigational use.

Ken served as a Rear Commodore of the RLYC 1994 - 95 and was Secretary of The Daring Class for several years. He campaigned Daring Dolphin with John Terry and later with David Gower who bought her in 2001. His great friendship with Andy Cassell introduced him to the Sonar class with whom he also had some involvement for several years .

He took up the Cresta Run when he was 64 and became their Archivist (272 runs down, last when 82 in 2011).

He was married to Jean Newman for 25 years and had 2 boys and after they separated he married Jenny Mews in 1986 who sadly passed on in 2002.

He is survived by his 2 sons and has 2 grandchildren who live in USA, and half a litre of Famous Grouse (not quite sure how that happened!). -- Ken's son Mark Newman and David N Gower, Commodore Royal London Yacht Club

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MOD 70 POWERPLAY. 1,500,000 USD.

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1946 Eugene Cornu 13.5m Bermudan Sloop. 180,000 EUR. Located in La Spezia, Italy.

Beautifully restored of one of the most winning Canoe Shape design from Eugene Cornu, JALINA represents a beautiful turn-key solution for who is looking to get into the classic regattas circuit with a winning boat.

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The Last Word
Poetry is the shortest distance between two humans. -- Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End: "May the Fourth be with you"!
• RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance
• Harken: You Will Get What You Need. We Will Make Sure
• Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 15 - Bouwe Bekking
• Design Your Own Signal
• Funding allocated for renovation of French sailing centre
• Crossing the Atlantic to Europe: Where Can I Stop?
• What Does the COVID-19 Restriction 'Roadmap' Mean for Sailing & Boating in Ireland?
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Alfred Mylne Glen-Coats Gaff Sloop 1926 - 'Duet'
• • Farr 400
• • Cookson 50 - 'Endless Game'
• The Last Word: Ronan O’Rahilly

At the Sharp End: "May the Fourth be with you"!
Last summer the Solent was treated to the 8 Metre World Championship hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron. The sleek lines of the 8mR Neptune class are epitomised here with Saskia and Carron II crossing tacks off Osborne Bay.

A photographer is an acrobat treading the high wire of chance, balancing the body, camera and horizon whilst framing these moving targets to produce arresting images worthy of their elegant designs. -- Ingrid Abery

More of the 8 Metre Worlds can be enjoyed at: www.ingridabery.com

RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance
Vol. 5 - Carlo Borlenghi: Lights-Camera-Carlo: Passion and art in sailing

Carlo Borlenghi was born in 1956 in Bellano on Lake Como, Italy where he still lives today. Carlo started his photographic career following local regattas and since then has become a world-famous photographer working for Rolex nautical events, the America's Cup and much more. His award-winning photography has been at the heart of the Rolex Fastnet Race for generations. Join Carlo for a voyage through some of his amazing pictures, detailing the techniques used and also the story behind the scenes.

But if you need Harken, Harken will get you Harken.

harken.com

Yacht Racing Podcast Episode 15 - Bouwe Bekking
Our guest on the latest episode of The Yacht Racing Podcast is the legendary Dutch ocean racing skipper Bouwe Bekking.

Bekking is best known as an around-the-world race campaigner and has eight Whitbread and Volvo Ocean Races to his name. Even more impressive is his track record of results which features six top three overall finishes.

2017-18 Brunel - 3rd
2014-15 Brunel - 2nd
2008-09 Telefonica Blue - 3rd
2005-06 movistar - 6th
2001-02 Amer Sports One - 3rd
1997-98 Merit Cup - 2nd
1993-94 Winston - 4th
1985-86 Philips Innovator - 2nd

Away from round the world racing Bekking is highly active on the international regatta circuit skippering the J Class Lionheart as well as several other top flight big boat or superyacht programmes.

However, as you will hear on the podcast Bekking may not yet be finished with around-the-world racing as he has hopes of mounting a Swedish-flagged entry in the 2021-22 edition of The Ocean Race, to help promote the work of the World Childhood Foundation.

Justin Chisholm, editor of the Yacht Racing Life website and host of The Yacht Racing Podcast, spoke to Bekking on Zoom at his family home in Denmark.

yachtracing.life

Design Your Own Signal
In the days before radios or cellphones, people would hoist flags on ships to communicate with anyone out of reach of shouting, whether on other ships or ashore. This included national flags to indicate where a ship was from, and signal or code flags to send messages. There are 26 alphabetical code signal flags (one for each letter) and 10 numerical flags. When flown in groups, they can be used to spell out words. When flown alone, each of the alphabet signal flags also has its own meaning - for example, our Lima signal means "stop! I have something important to say!" when flown at sea, or "this ship is quarantined" when flown by a vessel in harbor or at anchor. The meanings of code flags have changed over time, and can mean different things when you are underway versus at anchor or in port.

But at HMM, our favorite type of signal flag is probably the private signal: a flag that belongs only to you! The custom of using personal ("private") flags to indicate when a specific (usually important) person was onboard a ship dates at least as far back as the Roman times. The history of private signals can also be traced to the history of adorning boats with carved statues to show who a vessel belonged to (sharing some origins with figureheads, which evolved symbolically into something a bit different - we'll get to that in a later post!). On land, it can also be connected to the use of symbolic heraldry and family crests from the Middle Ages, and a time when people used banners with colors, symbols, animals and patterns to indicate the presence of a specific person in a castle or on a battlefield. Later on yachts, flying a private signal typically meant the owner was onboard. Various Herreshoff family members had their own private signals. Captain Nat's consisted of two maltese crosses (one yellow and one red) on a blue swallowtail field. Today at the Herreshoff Museum we have added an "H" to the middle of N.G.H.'s crosses to make our own custom signal for the museum.

herreshoff.org/2020/04/design-your-own-signal-flag/

Funding allocated for renovation of French sailing centre
Funding of €1.2 million (£1.05million/$1.32million) has been allocated to the Pole France de Voile in Marseille, to enable the renovation of the centre ahead of the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The French National Sport Agency announced in October 2019 that they approved the financing of the renovation and reconstruction of the French Sailing Centre, located in Marseille.

The project is designed to help with the French Olympic team's preparations ahead of the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the summer of 2021 as well as a home Olympic Games in Paris 2024.

The agency, which launched in April 2019 with the target of improving the country's performance at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games wrote in the newsletter that "this reconstruction project aims to provide France with modern and unique infrastructure for high-level preparation and high sport performance."

The renovated centre is located in Marseille, in the immediate vicinity of the area that will be used for the sailing competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

www.insidethegames.biz

Crossing the Atlantic to Europe: Where Can I Stop?
Noonsite, in association with the Ocean Cruising Club, has compiled a list of transatlantic ports, Mediterranean ports and Northern European ports that are open to yachts in transit for re-supply, re-fueling and/or in emergencies during the current Covid-19 health emergency. Known procedures and contact details are included and there is a link to a downloadable pdf to print off for reference at sea.

www.noonsite.com

What Does the COVID-19 Restriction 'Roadmap' Mean for Sailing & Boating in Ireland?
There's no doubt the Government publication of its five-level Covid-19 lifting restrictions was well received on Friday because it gave certainty and an idea about the future reopening of Ireland's economy and society.

The roadmap will start from 18 May, from which point the country will re-open in a slow, phased way. Clarity is still needed on some aspects of the 'live plan' but where does it leave sailing and boating and other watersports in Ireland? How the lifting plan is interpreted by the sport's national governing bodies appears to be key to this.

The map sets out five stages for unlocking restrictions, at three-week intervals. As we ease restrictions, the rate of the virus in the community will be constantly monitored by the National Public Health Emergency Team and the government.

The framework sets out how we can keep the level of transmission as low as possible while balancing continuing restrictions proportionately with the positive social and economic benefits which will be brought about by lifting restrictions.

Irish Sailing concluded in March that social distancing is 'not only difficult to achieve onshore from an organisers' perspective but also difficult to achieve at a personal level on the water'. The National Governing Body submitted a plan on a return to sailing requested by the Department of Sport in mid-April. This submission document was not published but an 'overview' of IS recommendations are here.

Peter Ryan of ISORA told Afloat this morning that the lifting looks like it has some 'conflicting conditions' which will be hard to work with. He cites, for example, the sport of Rugby with social distancing? The offshore chief, who redrafted the 2020 Irish Sea calendar last week (that has its first race now scheduled for June 13), says ISORA will have to see how Irish Sailing and the Royal Yachting Association interprets the lifting conditions.

Details in Afloat magazine

Industry News
Show organisers are under pressure to reveal plans for upcoming autumn shows as one of the industry's most important marketing channels

Yesterday's SuperYacht Times webinar which was hosted by its publisher Merijn de Waard and Hein Velema focused on the issues facing boat show organisers in the coronavirus era, and engaged with exhibitors on key concerns…

The two show organisers who took part were: Andrew Doole - who manages the international Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Palm Beach Yacht shows, as well as the more local Sun Coast and St. Petersburg boat shows on the West Coast of Florida; and Gaelle Tallarida, the director of The Monaco Yacht Show. All six of these exhibitions are owned by the British company Informa which has been expanding its portfolio of boat shows over the past three years and now ranks as the world`s largest events business.

www.ibinews.com

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The organiser of the Korea International Boat Show (KIBS) confirmed to IBI today that the show is planned to go ahead as scheduled from June 5-7, 2020. There will also be an invitation-only business forum on the afternoon of June 4.

www.ibinews.com

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Groupe Beneteau is confident it will weather the COVID-19 crisis with a robust financial position and with some plants already up and running.

The company has €609 million of equity as at end of February and over €300 million of credit lines already in place but warns that the financial impact of the pandemic will not reflect in the company's accounts until the second half of the year.

First half consolidated revenues for 2019/20 came to €519.4 million, up 4.7% year-on-year, thanks to a sustained level of business for both the Boat and Housing divisions.

Boating division revenues for the same period are €422.2 million, up 4.7% year-on-year. This growth is supported by fleet sales which represent a quarter of all first-half revenues. On the European markets all segments, with the exception of monohull sailing, show growth.

Sales in North and Central America have been affected by a destocking throughout the market with the sales of American brands continuing to fall. Markets in other regions recorded low levels of activity representing just 8% of first-half revenues.

Buoyed by growth in fleet sales for charter firms, the percentage of sailboats is up 3.5 points to 53.5% of Boat division revenues, compared to 46.5% for motorboats.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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Following an Extraordinary AIMEX Board Meeting to discuss the developing situation of COVID-19, a decision has been made to cancel the Australian Superyacht, Marine Export & Commercial Marine Industry Conference (ASMEX) for 2020.

ASMEX organisers, the Australian International Marine Export Group (AIMEX), the Australian Commercial Marine Group (ACMG) and Superyacht Australia stated that the health and well-being of their members, sponsors, speakers, staff and other stakeholders is their top priority.

With the Australian Prime Minister's announcement this morning, Wednesday 18 March, declaring an indefinite ban on indoor gatherings of 100 people or more, has prevented ASMEX 2020. Ticket holders will be contacted shortly regarding a refund.

The Australian Marine Industry Awards will still be awarded this year. The application period has now been extended with a closing date of 30 June 2020 and the format for their announcement currently being revised and rescheduled for later in the calendar year.

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Southampton International Boat Show 2020 could take place in October - that's one of the options organisers British Marine is looking into in response to Government restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

A decision will be made by July 1 as to the format and date of the ten-day show - currently scheduled to start on September 11.

"We are continuing to plan as if Southampton International Boat Show 2020 will happen," said BM CEO Lesley Robinson. "We hope it will; everyone would like it to happen."

And Lesley confirmed all options for the shape and format of the show are being considered including an event with social distancing built in or postponing until later in the year.

"There is some latitude in it moving back a few weeks," she said. "We need to look at what impact that would have on the shape of the show."

Organisers are also considering the possibility of holding a virtual show or virtual aspects of the show to complement a physical show.

Last year the show attracted around 103,000 visitors.

www.boatingbusiness.com

* From Mark Chinell

I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Ken Newman. I sailed with him aboard the Maxi Congere and particularly remember the 1988 Kenwood Cup and the 'hate-the-State' race. Ken was a proper old time navigator, but still took a great interest in what the new technologies could bring and was instrumental in getting me onboard with a very new-fangled Deckman. He was a genuinely kind and generous man, and my condolences to his family.

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The Last Word
I'm in the why-not business. -- Ronan O’Rahilly

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In This Issue
• SailGP Season 2 rescheduled for 2021
• Relive the moment!
• Oyster Design Manager
• And the osCA goes to...Nick Mines!
• Ken Read interview: The rise and rise of an all-American sailing hero
• Transatlantic Support for All Cruisers in 2020
• Eric Twiname Junior Championships goes virtual for 2020
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• HMM Tour, Part 4: The Boat Hall's Classic Centennials
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • YYACHTS Y8
• • Dazcat 1795 NEW BOAT
• The Last Word: Sir Tim Berners-Lee

SailGP Season 2 rescheduled for 2021
London, England: With a continued emphasis on protecting the health and safety of its national teams, global staff, partners and event communities, SailGP has determined that its racing must remain suspended for the remainder of 2020. Consequently, SailGP Season 2 events will be rescheduled for 2021.

Two of the four impacted events have new dates for 2021 - San Francisco on April 17-18 and New York on June 4-5. SailGP also intends to return to the U.K. and Denmark during the rescheduled Season 2, replacing racing previously planned for August 14-15 and September 11-12 of this year.

Season 2 is set to be expanded from five to a minimum of seven events during the year-long period beginning in April 2021, spanning to the early months of 2022. Results from 2020 Sydney SailGP - the first and only completed event of the year - will be null and void.

Two months ago in Sydney, teams representing Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan, Spain and the United States took to the water for what was anticipated to be the first of five events in 2020. There, four-time Olympic gold medalist Sir Ben Ainslie led the British entry to victory in his SailGP debut, overcoming the local favorite and defending season champion Tom Slingsby and his Aussie crew.

In a bid to protect the organization throughout this unpredictable period, Russell Coutts has temporarily forfeited his salary in its entirety, while remaining employees have voluntarily taken salary reductions effective through the end of the year. The overall workforce has been tapered proportional to the current modified requirements, while the contracted athletes are being compensated for more than 50 percent of the planned season activity.

The rescheduled Season 2 events will continue to be showcased around the world via partnerships with top-tier broadcasters in more than 100 territories, including in each team market: SKY Sports (U.K./Ireland), CBS Sports (U.S.), Fox Sports (Australia), Canal+ Sport (France), TVE and TV3 (Spain), TV 2 Sport (Denmark), and DAZN (Japan).

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Relive the moment!
Without much sailing going on, there is little to do but dream of races from the good old days.

We've created our Relive the Moment series, where each week we look back at a key race in recent years and chat with sailors that featured prominently in the racing. It's provided a fascinating behind the mind look into current teams. On Friday we will feature Annemiek Bekkering and Annette Duetz (NED) as they review their Worlds win.

We've also looked through races with:
- Vittorio Bissaro (ITA)
- Stephanie Roble and Maggie Shea (USA)
- Nathan Outteridge (AUS)
- Jim Colley (AUS)
- Annemiek Bekkering & Annette Duetz (NED)

Seen enough of today's top sailors? As a Special Treat. we have found the footage from the 1999 Schneider Series!

All 4 of the 1999 Schneider Series recently made it's way onto youtube thanks to the 18footers. There was a 2 hour show for each regatta. This early days 49er sailing action is pretty awesome. This only was the 3rd year of 49er sailing, and the worlds top teams at the time got together for a Tour Down Under in the lead up to Sydney 2000.

We've compiled the 4 regatta series into a page for your watching pleasure.

Want to check out some global legends learn the 49er. We've got Chris Nicholson, Dan Slater, Morgan Larson, Ian Barker and many more. Want to see the Bugen Brothers go back to back OSC, it's all there. Enjoy!

49er.org/1999-schneider-series/

Episode 5 - Annemiek Bekkering & Annette Duetz:

Oyster Design Manager
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This is a significant opportunity for the right candidate.

No agencies please

Applications in confidence to Paul Adamson, Oyster Yachts - CCO paul [DOT] adamson [AT] oysteryachts [DOT] com

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And the osCA goes to...Nick Mines!
The first-ever winner to emerge from a bumper crop of 15 entries to the Cruising Association's (CA) inaugural Vlog (video log) competition - The osCA, sponsored by MS Amlin Boat Insurance - is Nick Mines on Hejira, a Southerly 135, with Ollie and friends.

A first for 2019, the osCA was introduced alongside the popular CA log competition in recognition of increasingly creative sailing vlogs appearing on sailors' social media platforms.

The Log and Vlog judge, Mark Jardine, who is Vice-Chair of the YJA and Editor of the news and cruising news websites Y&Y.com/Sail-World/Sail-World Cruising, commented that Nick's video kept on giving and is "just hilarious."

"As the voyage progresses, the camera keeps going back to the aft deck view, where more and more people are joining in a dance party. This required planning in advance and was cleverly done. I love the way they made all that effort."

Speaking on behalf of MS Amlin Boat Insurance, Paul Knox-Johnston added, "What a great way to highlight the fun side of sailing. Sailing is about enjoying the journey and these guys look like they have. A worthy winner and congratulations from all of us at MS Amlin Boat Insurance on a great concept and delivery."

Nick wins a stunning trophy and a Hero GoPro, both kindly donated by MS Amlin Boat Insurance.

Owing to the postponement of the CA's Hanson lecture and prizegiving event in late March due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the Hanson lecture, being delivered by Mike Golding OBE, and the prizegiving, will now be held on October 7 at CA House in London.

Meanwhile, Nick's winning video can be viewed below.

...and he also has a well populated and entertaining Hejira website: www.hejira-sailing.com

Ken Read interview: The rise and rise of an all-American sailing hero
President of the North Sails Group and one of the world’s most decorated sailors, Ken Read has risen to the top of both business and sport, writes Mark Chisnell

There are many successful sailors and many more successful businessmen, but it’s rare to find someone who has achieved great things in both spheres. Ken Read is one of them. Twice Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, a College Sailor of the Year, nine-time world champion, America’s Cup and Volvo Ocean Race skipper, he has also risen to the top of his profession as President of the North Sails Group.

It’s been a long and storied career both on and off the water, driven by Read’s self-confessed intensity. “I remember the fundamental change in my life going from loving to win to hating to lose. And it’s been a long time since I’ve technically loved to win, but man, oh man, do I hate to lose. And that’s in anything. That’s in selling a jib to a guy down the street in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, or sailing in the Volvo [Ocean] Race. Everything in between.”

It’s no surprise then that Read grew up in a family that took sport very seriously. His father, owner of a home delivery milk business, sailed and played ice hockey, while his mother was inducted into the Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame. “My mother was the competitive one. My mother was the athlete. She was the one during hockey games screaming in the audience to hustle,” he told me.

Full interview in YachtingWorld.com

Transatlantic Support for All Cruisers in 2020
The season for crossing back from the Caribbean to Europe is almost upon us, however, this is no normal Transatlantic season and yachts undertaking this passage have more than the standard set of challenges ahead of them. The good news is that the support network available to Transatlantic sailors has widened considerably this year with a number of cruising organisations opening up their services to non-members at this challenging time.

Full list and links at Noonsite.com

Eric Twiname Junior Championships goes virtual for 2020
British Youth Sailing is delighted to announce that the much-loved Eric Twiname Junior Championships will still be going ahead this year - but as a virtual regatta.

The regatta, which usually takes place at Rutland Sailing Club, was cancelled when the RYA announced its suspension of all organised activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

However British Youth Sailing has teamed up with leading eSailing provider Virtual Regatta and the Eric Twiname Trust to ensure that young sailors can still get their racing fix despite not being able to hit the water.

While it is not a replacement for the event proper, the eETs will give junior sailors the chance to sharpen their racing skills while on lockdown.

The move to eSailing follows the success of the inaugural eSailing Youth National Championships earlier this month which saw 16-year-old 420 sailor Terry Hacker take the top spot.

The eETs will take place over the same dates - May 8-10 - on the virtual waters of Portsmouth Harbour and will be open to youngsters eligible to compete at the original regatta apart from the Laser 4.7 and RS Tera classes which will be open entry.

Racing will be done in virtual J70s, with each of the classes racing in flights to determine a winner.

The virtual regatta will then conclude with a showdown race featuring the best two eSailors from each class.

The Notice of Race can be found here.

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

The best yet? -- HH Catamarans
Dripping with custom features and with wireless control throughout the yacht the latest Morrelli & Melvin-designed HH66 cat from Hudson Yacht Group was created with one particular emphasis in mind... performance

RORC news - Winter challenge
Or how we squeezed that one in just in time. Eddie Warden-Owen

Seahorse build table - Growing under your feet
How your new boat may well be doing just that. Friedrich Deimann

Update
More 'glamour' please, an extraordinary man indeed, (very) uncertain times, (also) interesting times, young hopes, au revoir or a bientot? Adrian Thompson, Jordi Xammar, Terry Hutchinson, Jack Griffin, Carlos Pich, Don Street

Sailor of the Month
One for the boys... one for the girls. So cute

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HMM Tour, Part 4: The Boat Hall's Classic Centennials
1914 was a special year for Herreshoff sailboats with a lineage of stunning designs coming out in rapid succession. Join Maynard Bray and Eric Blake as they trace the design elements of Herreshoff’s ALERION to SADIE to the Buzzard’s Bay 25 and the beloved 12 1/2.

Now more than ever, the Museum really needs your support. We've challenged ourselves to grow our membership with new digital initiatives like this that can bring the museum to our community, so please help us achieve that goal by taking a minute to renew, join or donate now.

We'll be sharing more Off Center Harbor videos featuring other HMCo. boats and the Museum on Sundays for the next few weeks.

Off Center Harbor is providing these videos free to members and supporters of HMM at the link here. If you'd like to get full access to the hundreds of videos and articles on Off Center Harbor right now, you can click here to join and get 8 weeks for $5. This new 8-week membership was created to provide wooden boat lovers with the perfect companionship for the coming weeks of isolation.

* From Malcolm McKeag: re: Ken Newman

So many of us will have naught but the fondest of memories of Ken Newman, who did not appear to have an ungenerous bone in his body nor thought in his head. Of my own perhaps the keenest is the dilema into which he thrust me by inviting me to celebrate my 60th birthday by joining him at the Cresta run.

For an ageing thrill-seeker it was a great temptation. Fortunately, considering my subsequent accident-littered career, wiser counsel (aka the uxorial veto) prevailed but part of me still regrets not taking him up on the offer. He was an inspiring character.

* From Alistair Dickson, RYA Director of Sport Development

We are at the point in the Covid-19 pandemic where people are beginning to plan and look to the future and we just wanted to reassure you that the RYA is no different. Since the start of lockdown we have encouraged everyone to follow the Government’s clear guidance for people to stay at home and save lives and we would like to thank everyone for their support of this stance.

At the same time, in conjunction with other sports and agencies, we have been in constant communication with government to facilitate a return to boating as soon as practical and in accordance with any future government advice. We believe that as an inherently socially distanced outdoor activity, boating should be one of the first to restart as we emerge from lockdown.

We expect an announcement from the UK Government this week on their thinking on initial relaxation of current lockdown restrictions. We are now developing a ‘Return to Boating’ strategic framework which aims to create consistency across the boating community whilst also providing you with the freedom and autonomy to make decisions based on your own unique set of considerations.

In the meantime, we encourage you to start considering the following:-

How could your club facilitate activity which minimises the risk of transmitting infection? (including operating within any necessary social restrictions, adequate cleaning & hygiene measures and deciding which communal areas of the club will need to remain closed)

How can your club reduce the likelihood of a callout to emergency services? (enhanced risk assessment/management, maintenance and safety)

We will be doing what we can to support you through this process and we are planning a series of interactive webinars through our #SailFromHome programme which will attempt to address each point in turn.

As ever, we will be looking to capture and share examples of best practice and innovative thinking so please reach out to us if you have already made significant progress in this area.

I can assure you that the entire RYA is looking forward to a phased return to normality where boating can take place once again, hopefully sooner rather than later. We will keep you informed and updated with regards to our ‘Return to Boating’ planning and please do contact us if you have any feedback, questions or concerns.

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The Last Word
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch. -- Sir Tim Berners-Lee

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End - Cowes Week
• Season 2 of Shirley Robertson's Sailing Podcast
• Oyster Design Manager
• Why sargassum weed is posing increasing problems for Transatlantic sailors
• Guernsey and Ireland are making tentative preparations to lift the COVID-19 lockdown.
• Alex's 8 Tips to help you Go It Alone
• Transatlantic sailing clothes: Pip Hare explains how to pack light
• 2020 Tornado Europeans to be moved to 2021
• Queen Of The Harbour: 18 Footers History
• The Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Stay on course, trim sails accordingly
• Featured Charter: Ker 40 - Keronimo
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Swan 90-708 Alix
• • SW100RS Mrs. Seven
• The Last Word: Evangeline Anderson, Planet X

At the Sharp End - Cowes Week
There's no dividing line between adventure and photography as this medley illustrates. A snapshot of great Cowes Week 2019 memories reminds us of the annual pilgrimage to the Isle of Wight.

This event is always such a pleasure to photograph. Enthusiastic youngsters sharing start lines with Olympians and offshore heroines, heroes and everything in-between. All four seasons test the skills across one week and the enjoyment is captured through the lens.

From a Tiffins breakfast bacon sarnie, via the race course through to the yacht haven and parade throbbing with music and merriment Cowes Week would be a welcome tonic as the first regatta of this English season.

The regatta has provided countless photo opportunities many of which are on show at: www.ingridabery.com

Season 2 of Shirley Robertson's Sailing Podcast gets underway with Australian Offshore legend Nick Moloney
Shirley Robertson kicks off Season 2 of her Sailing Podcast with an insightful two part interview in celebration of the eighteen year anniversary of the day Aussie Nick Moloney won the Jules Verne Trophy.

It was on May 5th 2002 that Moloney, on board Bruno Peyron's catamaran 'Orange', crossed the finish line as one of thirteen onboard the record breaking circumnavigation. The non-stop blast around the planet had taken 64 days 8 hours and 37 minutes, and for Moloney, sailing with French offshore legend Bruno Peyron was just one of many highlights in an incredible voyage...:

"Bruno had a lot going on....so you didn't see a lot of him, but whenever you were out of control, which was pretty often in those boats, before we knew it, before we actually knew we were out of control, he'd put his wet weather gear on, his harness on, and as soon as the situation got critical he appeared like a fairy, and just grabbed the helm, laid down command and got the situation back in control immediately, and that for me was absolutely amazing.

"I remember getting the trophy, and having said to myself 'I'm gonna put my name on that trophy', everyone's name's on the base.....and the trophy itself is this chrome canoe body suspended on a magnetic field.....and when the (black silk sheet) dropped off the base, my name was right there! It was so emotional!"

Success in the Jules Verne came at a time when Moloney had been making a name for himself in Europe in the competitive world of offshore sailing. His route to the round the world record though, was a star studded one. In similar fashion to many of his Australian peers, Moloney's career was given an early boost by the talent spotting of the legendary Syd Fischer, who initially invited the young sailor into his 1992 America's Cup campaign "Challenge Australia". Moloney then talks of his time at the same Cup with the Italians, 'Il Moro di Venezia' under Paul Cayard, before sailing for John Bertrand's 1995 Cup campaign "oneAustralia". The pair then discuss Maloney's excitement at being called up to sail on Dennis Connor's 1997 Whitbread Round the World Race entry "Toshiba", a boat with, at the time, one of the most phenomenally experienced crews to have ever attempted the race.

More recently, Moloney and Robertson both held key roles as skippers in the fledgling Extreme 40s Series, the groundbreaking, fast catamaran series that paved the way for inshore, 'stadium' style racing. Their recollections are of wild early days, racing fast boats in small spaces, with the inevitable collisions and dangers of the new sport pushing them all to their limits.

This edition of the podcast is in two parts and is available to listen to via the podcast page of Shirley's own website, at www.shirleyrobertson.com/podcast or via most popular podcast outlets, including iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcast and aCast. The podcast is produced and written by Tim Butt - for further enquires, please contact podcast [AT] shirleyrobertson [DOT] com

Oyster Design Manager
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Our Oyster design manager will need an in-depth understanding of value engineering as it applies to yacht building and share our passion for creative design and quality.

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Why sargassum weed is posing increasing problems for Transatlantic sailors
To the usual list of concerns facing transatlantic sailors - too much wind, too little wind, gear failure - a new one must be added: seaweed. Specifically, sargassum. Sam Fortescue reports

Sargassum's yellowish-brown straggles in the water have traditionally been considered a sign that boats are nearing the tropics, but record blooms of the weed in recent years have created a vast raft straddling the Atlantic, dubbed the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt.

The first mass bloom was seen in 2011, while the record bloom recorded in 2018 was ten times bigger - sargassum is an increasing problem. Reports by participants of the ARC transatlantic rally suggest that the weed can be a real nuisance on the crossing.

Camilla Ljungberg describes seeing "big orange carpets" several kilometres wide during her Atlantic crossing in 2015. "It's very strange stuff; had the texture of shredded cabbage," adds Grant Jamieson-Hesk, who crossed in 2017.

Full story in Yachting World

Guernsey and Ireland are making tentative preparations to lift the COVID-19 lockdown.
The Irish Taoiseach has issued a five point plan to re-open the country in a phased way whilst Guernsey has issued guidance to recreational boat owners.

The five point plan in Ireland has been broadly welcomed by the sailing community although clarity is needed. From 18 May, outdoor spaces and tourism sites in Ireland can re-open, a move which has largely been seen by marinas as allowing them also to re-open. Phase 2 from 8 June will put boats back on the water for sailing and training and Phase 3 beginning on 29 June might allow racing to restart. Phase 4 on 20 July will see sports competitions resume with limitations on spectator numbers whilst phase 5 on 10 August sees a further relaxation with gyms re-opening and close physical contact sports and festivals resuming, again with caveats such as regular cleaning and social distancing.

Guernsey

Recreational boat owners in Guernsey will now be able to use their boats in local waters provided the latest weather forecast has been obtained, the vessel inspected before use and all surfaces and objects frequently cleaned. Social distancing must be followed with skippers only accompanied by members of their own household or, where the boat is large enough to allow social distancing, one other person from a different household.

Landing on Alderney, Sark and Herm is not currently permitted and skippers and crew are advised that they must self-isolate for 14 days if they make landfall outside of the Bailiwick's waters.

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Alex's 8 Tips to help you Go It Alone
Isolation is a concept that British sailor Alex Thomson is all too familiar with. When Thomson sails solo, non-stop around the world in the Vendee Globe, he must solve problems, overcome challenges and remain mentally strong all without the support of anyone else around him. Using that experience, here Alex shares his advice on staying positive, even in the most challenging of times.

1.Train your mind to make the distinction between loneliness and isolation. Are you isolated at home? Yes. But are you lonely? No. You can't possibly be lonely because you have loved ones at the end of the phone, thinking of you. It's sometimes easier when we're able to separate those two emotions.

2.To help make this period more manageable, try to view it as a privilege, a rare chance to spend uninterrupted time with those closest to you, which you probably won't ever have again.

3.It's important to introduce routine. But remember, these are exceptional circumstances and achieving everything we normally would in a day is not going to be possible. So don't set yourself up to fail.

4.Give yourself realistic goals each day, and work towards those. If you start to feel overwhelmed, change them, make them smaller. Every time you achieve one, you'll feel a little bit better.

5.When you start to feel overwhelmed, transfer your focus away from whatever it is that you're looking at - such as the TV or computer - and switch to a peripheral focus. Take a step back and alter your perspective. This can help to de-emotionalise the moment.

6.When I race alone in the Vendee Globe, I try to persuade myself that 3 months is not a long time. Try to do the same. Although we might not know when social distancing will end, most of us would not consider a matter of weeks or months a considerably long time.

7.If you don't manage to achieve everything you wanted to in a day, or you find yourself feeling overwhelmed, try not to be too hard on yourself. Take each day as it comes and slowly things will start to get easier.

8.Happy people perform better. And - although it may sound very simple - the easiest way to feel happy is to look happy. So even when times arez tough, try to smile. And you may just find some sense of happiness in that moment.

www.instagram.com/alex_thomson_racing/

Transatlantic sailing clothes: Pip Hare explains how to pack light
Packing light for a transatlantic crossing can seem like an impossible task as these trips take you through a vast range of temperatures and conditions

In November last year I completed my 18th transatlantic so my kit bag is now fairly trimmed down. Here's a rundown of the sailing clothes I pack when crossing the pond:

2 sets of foul weather gear
Boots and trainers
1 full midlayer + 1 fleece
2 full sets of thermals
2 long sleeve t-shirts
1 short sleeve t-shirt
3/4 leggings
Running shorts
4 hats
1 sun hat
4 sets of gloves
3 pairs warm socks, 3 pairs light socks
2 sets of sunglasses
Travel towel

Pip's full article in YachtingWorld.com

2020 Tornado Europeans to be moved to 2021
Following actual developments related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the situation across Europe and the World, the International Tornado Association Event Committee for the 2020 European Championship's Organising Authority (OA), has decided to postpone the European Championship by one year to the 23rd - 27th of June 2021.

The decision has been taken first and foremost to preserve the health and safety of all participants,helpers and their families as well as friends joining the event.

As of today, there is no evidence that the World Championship event in Thessaloniki, September 26th to October 3rd, 2020 will be cancelled. We will take further decisions mid June, and involve you in the decision making process.

We hope that the Tornado family and community stays safe and motivated in these difficult times. We also want to thank all sailors who registered in the event so far (15 crews from Austria, Australia, Belgium, Czeck Republic, Germany, Greece, Spain and Switzerland) the registration will remain valid for 2021. If payment has been made and you need a refund, please let us know.

We wish you and your families health and resilience and we look forward to seeing you on the racecourse soon! -- Jurgen Jentsch

ITA and SCFF Club President, on behalf of the Event Organisation of the Tornado Open, Mixed and Youth European Championships 2020

www.tornado-class.org

Queen Of The Harbour: 18 Footers History
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It was unfortunate that we had such a sudden end to our 2019-2020 Sailing Season, but well done to all to get the JJ Giltinan 18ft Skiff Championship to be completed. It wasn't possible to save the time-honoured 'Queen of the Harbour' event but there's no doubt the club will arrange a suitable date as soon as all restrictions are lifted.

To say that the Queen of the Harbour (originally known as the 'Queen of the Waves') is one of the most important events to the Club is not over-stating the truth as the annual event has a history almost as long as the League itself.

The League was formed in 1935 and by 1936 inaugurated a competition to raise funds for the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Camperdown. To achieve their goal, a decision was made early in 1937 to stage a Queen of the Waves competition each year.

The aim was to use the proceeds from the competition "to build a school at the hospital to have crippled children transported from their homes to the hospital, receive treatment and education, and then taken back home each day."

Co-operation of both individuals and businesses enabled the scheme to get off to a successful start. Candidates for the honour of being named the 'Queen' were nominated, more than $6,000 raised, and plans were made to build the school on the Booth Street frontage of the hospital.

Due to the world unrest at the time, activities were curtailed and the $6,000 was handed to the hospital as a trust fund. Hospital authorities then decided to build the school with other funds they had and named it the Fred Birks Activity School. Authorities then suggested that a wing of the school be named after the club.

The League weren't happy about that arrangement as the donations by members were made specifically for the purpose of building the school. An agreement was finally reached for the club to use its funds to take over a ward at the hospital, have it renovated, and use it for in-patients on nearly the same lines as the club had originally intended.

From then, the Queen of the Waves (now known as Queen of the Harbour) Competition has been held each year until it had to be postponed this year.

We can only look forward to getting the go-ahead ASAP to recommence our racing and make up for the race we lost on March 29, 2020. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League

18footers.com

The Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Stay on course, trim sails accordingly
In agreement with the French Sailing Federation and in accordance with government directives, the Societe Nautique de Saint-Tropez confirms the following in terms of organisation for the 2020 edition of the Voiles de Saint-Tropez for modern and classic boats from September 26th to October 10th.

At this stage and taking into account the information available, the organisers are working on a number of options : a "normal" version with a capacity to welcome 2,500 people at the same time, a reduced version with a capacity of 1,000 people, a restricted version with a capacity of 500 and a version closed to the public.

Despite the situation, requests for participation from competitors are higher than last year at the same period, reflecting a readiness to race. "The signs are that there is a strong demand to participate, which is not surprising in light of the regatta cancelations that have to date marked this season." Explains Tony Oller, the Director General of the Societe Nautique. "The popularity of the Voiles is long standing, and each year there is a waiting list which, for logistical and security reasons, we are often unable to accommodate. It is for this reason that the event is "by invitation". We may have to do the same this year because of the restrictions that will be imposed on us, particularly with regards to foreign boats and crews. The other question concerns the on-shore organisation, receiving competitors and the public, the village festivities, the crew parade and all the entertainments which could, potentially, be restricted".

The format of the event will be reviewed monthly
- at the end of May
- end of June
- end of July
- end of August
in order to better specify the conditions for welcoming competitors and the public, as well as ensuring the protection and safety of the staff and volunteers involved in the organisation.

www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr

Featured Charter
Ker 40 - Keronimo

Keronimo is the original Ker 40, built by McConaghy in China. 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.

Keronimo has twin carbon wheels and has a large sail inventory, B&G 3000 instruments, a smooth underwater finish and a Gori 420 Racing Prop. Keronimo is available for whole boat charter, with an owner’s rep/skipper, to help you get the most from the boat and the regatta.

For full details please go to........bit.ly/LVY-keronimo

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Contact
Lucy Jackson - LV Yachting
Call: +44 2392 161272
Email: info [AT] lvyachting [DOT] com

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Featured Brokerage
2007 Grand Soleil 50. 250000 EUR. Located in Sicily.

Well-equipped example of the Judel Vrolijk designed Grand Soleil 50 aft cockpit performance cruising yacht. FREETIME 5 is still under her first ownership and she is presented in great condition inside and out.

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Contact
Michele Antonini - Grabau International (Italia)
Tel: +39 333 74 89 281
Email: enquiries [AT] grabauinternational [DOT] com

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2009 Swan 90-708 Alix. 4,100,000 EUR. Located in Genoa, Italy

Another successful collaboration between Germán Frers and Nautor, the Swan 90S 'Alix' is the quintessential performance cruiser combining elegant and powerful lines with Finnish quality to achieve an aggressive beautyThe anthracite grey colour scheme and customized four-cabin interior with Wengé and tinted oak give Alix a modern edge while maintaining the classic and timeless appeal of a Swan yacht.

The yacht is MCA LY2 coded for commercial use and was inspected by MCA in June 2018.

See listing details in Nautor's Swan Brokerage

Contact
Lorenzo Bortolotti
Nautor's Swan Brokerage
T. +377 97 97 95 07

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2008 SW100RS Mrs. Seven. 4,900,000 (Under Leasing) EUR. Located in Monfalcone, Italy

High performance version of the Southern Wind 100 mini-series, Mrs. Seven features a sporty deck and four cabin interior. Recent major refit, currently lying in Italy

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Contact
Southern Wind Shipyard (Pty) Ltd
Salita Dinegro 7/1
16123 Genoa Italy
sales [AT] sws-yachts [DOT] eu
Tel. +39 010 570 4035

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The Last Word
Just because they’re not humanoid doesn’t mean they’re not intelligent, Krisa. You can’t label something an animal and just dismiss it as unworthy of respect. -- Evangeline Anderson, Planet X

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End: Blue Thursday
• The Stig of Virtual Sailing - who is IRL55248?
• R for responsible Robline
• David Graham appointed World Sailing Chief Executive Officer
• US Sailing Confirms Nomination of Eight Athletes to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team
• Sailing DEFIANT - AC75 Shakedown Video
• How to run the pit like a Volvo Ocean Race sailor
• Pulling together in the pandemic world
• Launchings
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Botin 56 - FLING 16
• • Gunboat 60 - ARETHUSA
• • GC32 Malizia MON 023 For Sale or Charter
• The Last Word: Rhys Ifans

At the Sharp End: Blue Thursday
The RYS Bicentenary regatta, Olympic 49ers, the J70 Worlds, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, X-Boats through to the 52 Super Series have all provided high-octane photo opportunities in varying shades of blue.

I'll take a moment to say thank you to the NHS and all emergency services on this Clap for Carers day. And closer to 'home' thanks also go to the RNLI and Coastguard services.

See all the galleries at www.ingridabery.com

The Stig of Virtual Sailing - who is IRL55248?
Since we launched the Irish eSailing National Championship, over 600 players have signed up - and top of the Irish leaderboard is the enigmatic IRL55248. But who is IRL55248 ?

They used to say that sailing was a game of least mistakes. Until now. Enter IRL55248. The course is their canvas and we are at the mercy of their brushstrokes. They break the bias on zero, cross the fleet at full speed and onto the shortest course to the next mark. The fleet becomes puppeteered like a cat playing a mouse, bouncing them to the lesser corners of the racetrack, confused, frustrated, desperately rolling the dice.

When Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute mile the running world changed overnight. IRL55248 has introduced the sailing World to something we thought was unobtainable... the perfect race...

There is so much we don't know. What does IRL55248 sail? Are they a recognised champion? A sailmaker or boat builder? Man or woman? An Optimist child protegé or an old master teaching us a lesson? All they give us is that sail number, razor sharp tactics and the feeling that they giggle behind their screen at our tweaking inadequate frustrations as they teach us a lesson in sailing tactics with each passing wind shift.

In the virtual world of eSailing we are mere mortals simply lucky to appreciate such wizardry but in the real world, at sea, the 'Stig' of sailing glides amongst us, in our evening race or a wandering cruise, we pass unknowingly, like ships in the night.

Who is IRL55248?

sailing.ie/eSailing

R for responsible Robline
We want to protect this planet every day and have done so for decades. Anybody who, like Robline, mixes it at the top with the elite also has a responsibility towards society and the environment. With Robline cordage you can be assured that we will make our contribution together.

Sustainability for Robline is more than just a modern buzzword, it is in our DNA. Being part of TEUFELBERGER, owned and managed in 7th generation, it is very clear, that all our thinking, all our activities are focusing on the wellbeing of our upcoming generations. So it comes very natural to treat the environment with respect and consideration.

We are consequently analyzing all our activities and processes to reduce our global footprint. This starts by carefully choosing suppliers who share our philosophy with heavy consideration to reduce our CO2 footprint.

Robline focuses at three major aspects: recycling, reducing waste and increasing efficiency.

Reduce plastic
We banned plastic bags as well as plastic packaging almost 100% from our warehouse. Plastic might not be the most environmentally friendly material, but sometimes it cannot be avoided. BUT: pure plastic is very easy to be recycled, because the infrastructure worldwide is up and running. It becomes difficult as soon as you mix materials that cannot be separated in a way to be recycled. So we decided to use 100% PP for our spools to make sure they can be reused.

Waste
At Robline, we are carefully analyzing our waste to continuously reduce our levels. This includes production material or unnecessary printing of catalogues. We severely reduced our number of printed copies as well as changed our publication cycles from yearly to bi-yearly. Customers will still find all products and data up-to-date on the website.

Efficiency
What better way to avoid waste of energy or material by daily challenging our manufacturing processes with the clear goal to relieve the environment.

We are very much aware of the fact that we only have one planet, with limited oceans and lakes to do what we love so much (sail and kite). At Robline we are also aware, that it is the people that can make a difference, so we are starting with our own.

Robline is a very stable team that loves nature, enjoys it and is doing everything in its power to help to make the world a better place. With that mindset, we are confident that Robline will keep sustainability in its DNA.

www.roblineropes.com/en/

David Graham appointed World Sailing Chief Executive Officer
World Sailing has appointed David Graham, a 20-year veteran in the sailing industry, as its new Chief Executive Officer starting 13 July 2020.

Graham's extensive and impressive career includes functions in sales, events, coaching and sponsorship, including CEO and Managing Director roles.

Graham's most recent role was at Oman Sail, a national initiative that uses the power of sport to contribute to the development of the Omani people, where he served as CEO from 2009 through to April 2020.

During his tenure, Graham was instrumental in establishing the sport in Oman, growing the national sailing team to one of the leading teams in Asia and developing the nation as a top destination for Class World Championships, America's Cup World Series and Extreme Sailing Series events. Prior to his tenure at Oman Sail, Graham managed a sailing school before spending over a decade in senior positions in the world's leading dinghy manufacturers.

His experience as an active sailor is equally as strong. An active sailor his whole life, he grew up as a dinghy sailor and was involved in major big boat series and races onboard both monohulls and multihulls. In addition he has recently taking up kiteboarding to add to his repertoire of sailing skillsets.

sailling.org

US Sailing Confirms Nomination of Eight Athletes to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team
The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) released Guiding Principles for Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Selection Procedures, on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The document states, "Where athletes, or a team, have been nominated to the USOPC, in full or in part, the selection procedure shall not be amended in such a way that removes those already nominated athletes."

In accordance with the above guidance, US Sailing confirms the nomination of the eight athletes below. As of February 29, 2020, each earned selection to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Sailing Team, per US Sailing's Selection Procedures.

Riley Gibbs (Long Beach, Calif.) & Anna Weis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Mixed Nacra 17
Stephanie Roble (East Troy, Wisc.) & Maggie Shea (Wilmette, Ill.), Women's 49erFX
Charlie Buckingham (Newport Beach, Calif.), Men's Laser
Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.), Women's Laser Radial
Farrah Hall (Annapolis, Md.), Women's RS:X
Pedro Pascual (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Men's RS:X

U.S. athletes Nevin Snow & Dane Wilson also won the U.S. Olympic Trials in the Men's 49er class. Their nomination status will be made official pending country qualification.

The Trials are still in progress for the Men's 470, Women's 470, and Finn classes. US Sailing will nominate the five remaining athletes upon the conclusion of each class' Trials.

All nominations to the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team are pending approval of the USOPC.

US Sailing's Olympic Trials system

Sailing DEFIANT - AC75 Shakedown Video
In September 2019, American Magic's DEFIANT became the first AC75 to both sail and foil on the waters of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. Since then, the first of two AC75's to be built for the U.S. America's Cup Challenger has been in a "shakedown" phase, where the complex and cutting-edge systems have been tested and refined.

Also part of this groundbreaking period has been the shakedown of the human element; the training of some of the world's first AC75 sailors. American Magic's team of grinders, trimmers, and other specialists have been recruited from the best of Olympic, foiling, and previous Cup classes, but sailing onboard DEFIANT is unlike anything else.

"Liftoff on the AC75 is surprising compared to a Moth, SuperFoiler, GC32, or the other mainstream foiling boats out there now," said trimmer/grinder Dan Morris (Newport, R.I.). "Liftoff on this boat feels like an airplane. When [helmsman] Dean Barker, [main trimmer] Paul Goodison, [flight controller] Andrew Campbell and the grinders are in sync, the boat takes off like an airplane on a tarmac. There's acceleration, the bow comes up, and the boat lifts free. In most other foiling boats the takeoff is a labored effort, with the boat 'working hard' to take off. The AC75 feels easy and smooth." -- Will Ricketson

www.sail-world.com/news/228725/?source=rss

How to run the pit like a Volvo Ocean Race sailor
While running the pit is all about establishing repeatable systems and processes that run like clockwork, Justin Slattery prides himself on being open to all possibilities. "The more organised I am in the pit, the better everything will run. But I don't like to restrict what the back of the boat wants to do. The biggest thing for me is to remain open about everything, and always to encourage conversations about how you can make it better all the time," he explains.

For Slattery, 'That's the way we've always done it' is the phrase that stands in the way of progress. With new technology coming on stream all the time, he believes it's vital to keep your mind open to new ideas and new ways of trying things. "I remember the first time putting a tracer line on a 140-footer to hoist the Code Zero and people saying 'that will never work.' Now more than half of the Grand Prix fleet are using tracers."

Five tips, article in full in YachtingWorld.com

Pulling together in the pandemic world
The cruising community at large is an extraordinarily supportive community at the best of times, and the Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) represents some of the most experienced and helpful members of that cruising community. But it is in the worst of times that the fellowship of cruisers shines the brightest.

The OCC would like to recognise all the people who have gone out of their way to help fellow cruisers facing challenging situations and difficult decisions when they found themselves in places they didn't expect to be as borders closed around the world. This Covid-19 pandemic was like nothing previously experienced, yet OCC members, Roving Rear Commodores, Regional Rear Commodores, Port Officers & PO Representatives and volunteers around the world pulled together to assist all cruisers regardless of affiliation or membership in the OCC. Non-members chipped in, too, helping with various functions from setting up communications channels to sharing verified information.

The Board and General Committee have approved issuing Ocean Cruising Club commendations to all those we have identified as of 1 May 2020 as having dedicated extraordinary effort in this trying time. Commodore Simon Currin remarked, "The COVID-19 crisis has created unprecedented difficulties for the entire cruising community. I am delighted that the Ocean Cruising Club has been able to deploy its formidable global support network in order to assist all stranded sailors find safe havens."

Ocean Cruising Club Certificates of Appreciation were issued to the following:

Addison Chan
Asadhulla Mohamed
Brian Murray
Daria Blackwell
Frances Rennie
Gordon Nicholl
Graham Gower
Grahame L. Brookes
Guy Chester
Hank George
Jenny Crickmore-Thompson
Jerome Belheurne
Jose Azevedo
Juan Boschetti
Julia Torres
Linda Lane Thornton
Liz & Steve Davis
Mindy Piuk
Peter Whatley
PredictWind
Rick Palm
Russ Owen
Silvio Ramos
Steve Kerswill
Sue Richards
Thomas Nicolaisen
Tim Goodyear
Victor Langerwerf
Steven Kirk

www.oceancruisingclub.org

Launchings
Take a tour through X-Yachts' Pure X Range via its 'Virtual X-perience' VR guides for the stylish X4⁹, the European Yacht of the Year winner X4⁰, and the X5⁶, the new performance cruiser scheduled to launch later this year.

Using your computer, tablet or smartphone, you can step onboard and explore the important features of these luxury yachts both above and below deck.

Test your position at the helm, or go below into the saloon and discover the front and aft cabins, bath and heads.

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Sparkman & Stephens 84' Sloop

Onboard the new sailing yacht from Sparkman & Stephens no detail is spared. Stunning lines, elegant sheer, 84 feet of performance underway.

Specifications
Design No:2828
LOA:84.0ft / 25.6m
LWL:69.1ft / 21.1m
Beam:20.0ft / 6.09m
Draft:15.8ft / 4.8m

sparkmanstephens.com/projects/84-sloop/

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Dufour’s new Flagship is the sleek-looking Dufour 61. She is designed by Felci Yacht Design, who has been designing all of Dufour’s yachts since 2002. Felci is noted for not compromising on performance. So, as a result, the new Dufour 61 is quick but stable and easy to handle. Irish agents for the Dufour range is Cork Harbour's Crosshaven Boatyard.

The company has produced a new video on the 61.

All her sail controls lead back to the after part of the cockpit. Her mainsheet is on an arch which allows a better sheeting angle and is also clear of the cockpit. She has a number of sail configurations including the option of the in-mast furling mainsail and self-tacking jib.

Her many advantages include decent dinghy garage, large cockpit, loads of sunbathing areas, two cockpit tables and big windows giving loads of light down below.

She has a number of layout options below including the forward galley which Dufour have perfected with the option of an aft galley. Dufour has made an extra effort to make the boat feel even more luxurious than previous models adding extra soft furnishings and more upmarket fittings etc. The new Dufour 61 with an overall length of 63 feet will certainly turn a few heads”.

More details from Hugh Mockler at Crosshaven Boatyard on hugh [AT] crosshavenboatyard [DOT] com

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The Goal? Making the joy of foiling accessible to every sailor. The means? The TF10.

The 10m-long one-design TF10 trimaran - also known as the foiling flying machine - was designed four years ago by renowned duo Morrelli & Melvin. The specific properties of a trimaran and foiling technique were aligned to create a one-design. The distinctive pre-preg carbon Nomex honeycomb core guarantees a pleasant racing experience for all type of maritime conditions. ”The threshold for sailing and foiling is not only in the speed but also in the comfort” according to Heemskerk. ”On a catamaran or trimaran, the foils have a big impact on the way the boat behaves in the water. For example, a multihull naturally wants to dip underwater with its nose. The foils completely eliminate this problem. The front foil provides a lift and helps prevents ‘nose-diving’ and the rear foil pulls the rudder down when the boat wants to dive. The hard slamming movements make room for a boat that almost silently flies above the water.’’

The original idea of the TF10 stems from the initiative of a group of five sailing friends on the Us East Coast (Newport, RI). TF10 sailing class was conjured up to make sailing safer and more accessible. No longer the boat, but the sailing experience of the owner/skipper must be decisive for the position in the field. In addition, costs should be reasonable and equal for everyone. It is the expressed goal of the class to avoid an ‘arms race for equipment, sails, and crew’.

sailmon.com/the-tf10-a-miniature-americas-cup/

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The first hull of the new Swan 58, a proper Bluewater yacht which combines comfort and performance, is out of the mould. The transparent gelcoat, used on the first hull both for bottom and topsides, is employed to better detect any possible imperfection in the infusion process.

At the moment, the hull is still at the yard in Kallby where it will be completed with structural details, go through a thorough quality check and then be transported over to the Boat Technology Centre for assembly work.

The joinery shop has already started working on the interiors and pre-assembly of electrical components is underway. At the same time, the deck mould will soon be ready to enable deck lamination to start.

Featured Brokerage
2018 Botin 56. 1,495,000 USD. Located in Newport, RI, USA

Built in 2018 by King Marine, a 56’ bigger sibling of the TP52 class, but designed for regatta sailing, not to a class rule. This Botin 56 has twin wheels, twin rudder and hydraulically powered sail controls, which make her a unique and very potent inshore and coastal racing yacht.

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Contact
ben [DOT] cooper [AT] berthon [DOT] co [DOT] uk
Berthon Yacht Sales
Tel: +44(0)1590 679222

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Gunboat 60 - ARETHUSA. POA USD.

ARETHUSA is exceptionally maintained by professional crew and has benefited from significant upgrades to be the reliable and beautiful global mile-eater that she is, presented in better-than-new condition.

Her recent 2020 refit incorporates new daggerboards that improve performance and pedigree even further, for sailing that is thoroughly enjoyable both on the race track and while offshore blue-water cruising.

Turnkey ready for her new owners, ready for worldwide cruising, regattas and whatever your dream sailing plans may be.

For full details go to.... gunboat.com/brokerage/arethusa

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Contact
sales [AT] gunboat [DOT] com

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GC32 Malizia MON 023 For Sale or Charter. 200’000 excl.VAT EUR.

Experience the foiling revolution with this 30+ knot GC32 flying catamaran, ready to compete on the GC32 Racing Tour.

See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly

Contact
Christian Scherrer
email: christian [AT] gc32racing [DOT] com

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The Last Word
In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions. -- Rhys Ifans

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End: BANG!
• Updated ORC Speed Guides Now Available
• Mike Sanderson on his three decades maxi racing
• French Class 40 Yachts Eye Round Ireland Race's August Start
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Francois Gabart: "Offshore Racing Plays A True Role In Our Society"
• Barcolana Presented By Generali: Doctors And Scientists Join The Advisory Board
• National Yacht Club Sesquicentennial Regatta Cancelled
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 77 RS - BANDOLERO
• • CNB Bordeaux 60
• • Excess 12 - NEW BOAT
• The Last Word: Perdita Weeks

At the Sharp End: BANG!
Heightened anticipation filled the air as the seconds counted down to the start gun. Heavyweights of the maxi yacht world judging the last seconds, gauging the line, too fast and it's an OCS, too slow and you're on the back foot. Illusion, a 30M Southern Wind sloop was looking too early, went to dip behind another but misjudged the distance. Bang! Not a transom kiss, not a scrape but a full on T-bone into the 24M Swan Kora. The impact was undeniably substantial. A few miles off Porto Cervo, Sardinia, a crew member did an involuntary back-somersault off the yacht. The rest of the fleet swerved to cross the line and left the pair with clean pairs of heels.

Illusion reversed leaving a healthy V-shaped imprint on the Swan and sustained a reworked bow in the process. A swift reaction saw crew on Kora handing laptops and guests quickly onto passing tenders while other team members began to plug the gaping hole with sails. Damage took the incision inches from the waterline.

With the yacht's Wally tender at the beach for the morning our press boat driver elected the tow the Swan back to port. A cautious hour long trip back gave all time to assess the situation as the rest of the fleet navigated the enviable conditions further up the course. Allegedly the damaged yacht had agreed a sale prior to race start but it would be sometime before Kora was transformed from a navy to a white hull that turned heads on the Balearic circuit.

For the rest of the sequence go to IngridAbery.com

Updated ORC Speed Guides Now Available
New updates include calculations and graphics for all sail types, will benefit all sailors to help develop performance targets in inshore and offshore sailing

While inshore and offshore races are shut down all over the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the technical team at the Offshore Race Congress (ORC) has nonetheless been hard at work updating its system for use when racing resumes.

Just completed among the projects is a revised and updated version of the ORC Speed Guide, a product available online through the ORC's publicly-accessible Sailor Services website. The Speed Guide is a complete report of the boat's performance as calculated by the ORC's Velocity Prediction Program (VPP) in both graphic and digital formats for all wind angles and wind speeds from 6 to 20 knots.

The Speed Guide has been updated according to the changes in the ORC VPP and the 2020 ORC rules and with these, several new features are now possible. Previous versions, for example, could only depict the performance of the largest of each sail type in the boat's inventory. Now multiple sails of the Headsail set Flying and Asymmetric spinnaker <85% midgirth (ie, Code Zero) types may be plotted, in addition to a "blended" summary performance of all sails of these types.

In this way tests may be made on sails of different sizes and designs to determine which is fastest within a wind speed and wind angle range of interest.

What's also new is the HTML format of the Speed Guide report, which allows greater functionality than the past PDF format. For example, tick boxes on each page allows the user to have a choice of which sail curves are plotted on the polar diagrams of wind direction and boat speed. All curves are now both color coded with varied line types, and show the optimal Velocity Made Good (VMG) upwind and downwind for each of seven true wind speeds.

This polar table data is also made available for download in an Excel-readable SYLK format or a format readable directly by Expedition routing software. This then helps users develop optimal performance targets available through their on-board instrument systems.

To order an ORC Speed Guide in the ORC Sailor Services system, first register for a free login credential at https://www.orc.org/sailorservices, and use the Search command to find your boat of interest in the ORC database – there are >125,000 measurement records in the system. If the boat has a 2020 ORC certificate of any type (Club, International or Double Handed), and a Speed Guide is needed for this boat in its certificate configuration, then simply click on the green Speed Guide button.

The price of an ORC Speed Guide is 50 credits (€60, or about US$65), with credits purchased through Pay Pal on the Sailor Services site. The Speed Guide is delivered in HTML format with links to download the Speed Guide explanation book in PDF, as well as the Expedition and SYLK data files.

If the boat is in the database from previous years, a new ORC test certificate will need to be run once the boat's measurement record is added to the user's online My Boats folder, and then a new Speed Guide may be ordered. Test certificates are 10 credits and then a Speed Guide costs an additional 40 credits. Measurement records from the online My Boats folder may be edited by the user to generate additional test certificates and Speed Guides as desired, there is no restriction or limit...in this way the user my gauge the effects of changes in parameters such as rig and sail dimensions or crew weight changes to the performance and rating of the boat.

"As we sit waiting for racing to re-open, this is a perfect use of our open Sailor Services system," said Bruno Finzi, Chairman of ORC. "No other rating system has this kind of open, self-serve approach to explore the effects of different sail, boat and crew trim scenarios. With Sailor Services this can be tested to help decide how the owner wants to race his boat this season.

"This new Speed Guide will benefit all sailors, not only those who are interested in knowing rating effects, but all those who want to more about their boat's performance potential and thus help to improve their sailing skills."

www.orc.org/sailorservices

From New Zealand Endeavour to Bella Mente: Mike Sanderson on his three decades maxi racing
In yacht racing circles he is best known for skippering ABN AMRO One to victory in the 2005-06 Volvo Ocean Race, and more recently in the industry as the new owner of Doyle Sails, but, as a sailor, for almost three decades Mike Sanderson has been involved in more consistently top level maxi racing yacht projects than perhaps anyone. Moose, as he is known, spoke to the International Maxi Association about his trail-blazing career.

There was some consternation when in 1988 a 17-year-old Sanderson quit the top public school he was attending in his native Auckland a year prematurely in order to become a sailmaker. This, he rightly anticipated, would be step one towards his ultimate aim of becoming a professional sailor. His inspiration came through this being the first halcyon era of Kiwi yachting: the Chris Dickson-led Kiwi Magic had proved an exceptional challenge for the 1987 America's Cup, comfortably winning the round robin stage, while offshore Peter Blake was mounting his Steinlager campaign that would go on to win every leg of the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race.

James Boyd's interview (this is part 1) at the IMA site:

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

French Class 40 Yachts Eye Round Ireland Race's August Start
As preparations continue for the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race's new start date on August 22nd, there is speculation that the postponement could play into the hands of the Irish offshore race with a larger than normal French entry as the international Class 40 fleet eye the late summer fixture.

There are no additional French yachts registered so far for the 700-miler but it is understood the cancellation of Class 40s Transatlantic race due to COVID-19 in May has led the French sailors to look further afield for racing this year.

It may well be that Round Ireland Race Organiser Kyran O'Grady's pioneering efforts at the Paris Boat Show last December may yet bear fruit with a bumper international Round Ireland fleet.

As regular Afloat readers will know, Class 40 are no strangers to Irish waters or Round Ireland itself over the years with top Figaro sailor Nicolas Troussel competing off Wicklow two years ago.

afloat.ie/sail/events/

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Stay classy
We've seen some shockers in recent years but the standard of racing yacht motherships appears to be back on the rise again. Iain Mcallister

Phoney war
The enigma of four completely different AC75s was only made worse with the cancellation of the AC World Series in Sardinia. Andy Claughton

Planting the seed
Seems strange but the Botin-designed Deep Blue is the first new racing Maxi launch for close to 10 years. Jocelyn Bleriot and Adolfo Carrau

Simple pleasures
Will Ricketson

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Francois Gabart: "Offshore Racing Plays A True Role In Our Society"
How have you been organized at MerConcept since lockdown on March 17 and what is the program from next Tuesday, the so called day of deconfinement?

The trimaran Macif, which had been launched on March 12, just before confinement, remained at the dock in Port-la-Forêt and will get back under way when the rules allow it, so pretty soon, depending. Right now, today we do not know exactly what we will do in terms of the programme. What is certain is that we will do everything to continue to optimise and progress the boat and to feed ideas into the future trimaran . We will also try to carry out PR operations to take members and guests of Macif sailing and also nursing and medical staff who have helped so much in this crisis. The Imoca Apivia will go back in the water next week with the objective of preparing it for the Vendee Globe. As for the build of the new Macif trimaran and the new Imoca, part of MerConcept, the design office has continued to operate by teleworking since March 17. Building stopped initially and then gradually resumed.

On Tuesday you participated in the videoconference meeting which was organized by the FFVoile to propose measures to resume sailing to the Ministry of Sports. Was it necessary for the ocean racing to be one united body to challenge the public authorities?

Yes, it was important to collaborate together, because so many things are happening in this very uncertain period, that it is by working together that we will be able to get out of all of this in the best shape possible. So it's good that everyone can present their good ideas. We can't afford to hold them back in our own corner today, they have share ideas to find solutions fast so we can revive and repeat races that remain the backbone of our ecosystem. I think that this ecosystem has a very strong capacity to prove resilient. But in the days, months and years to come, we will have to be smart, that we try to react intelligently, and we help each other so that we adapt and we transform. There are lots of projects to set up so we can deal with the 'storm' that we are experiencing.

"If the Vendee Globe enables some people to have a better winter, it has to go ahead"

Is it important in the crisis we are currently going through that the Solitaire du Figaro and Vendee Globe, which were given priority at this meeting, take place by the end of the year?

It's very hard to answer that, as if you step back a bit, there are bound to be things that are more important, such as people's health. When I say health I mean it is linked to the virus that is killing people. It's horrible, but there are also some indirect effects, as it affects those people who are unable to be given the treatment they need. If we look more widely at the question of health and well-being, there are also all those people who are going to find themselves without work. So given that context, is it important to have the Solitaire or Vendee Globe? I would like to say yes, if they can offer something to society. If the Vendee Globe enables people to have a better winter, yes, they should go ahead.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

Barcolana Presented By Generali: Doctors And Scientists Join The Advisory Board
The Board of Directors of both Barcolana Llc. and the Società Velica di Barcola and Grignano have merged their Advisory Boards, (usually comprised of sailing experts), with a team of doctors and scientists. These new members are themselves avid sportsmen and sea enthusiasts who studied and trained in Trieste and have vast international experience. This group is comprised of Alessandro Bavcar, the point person for Disease Prevention & Control within the Department of Health of the Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina. Joining him is Stefano Fabris, physicist and director of the Institute of Materials for the National Research Council, Paola Storici, biochemist and senior researcher at the Synchrotron of Trieste, and Serena Zacchigna, Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Trieste and Director of ICGEB's Cardiovascular Biology Lab. In May, these four scientists will join the Advisory board, which, for the last five years, has advised the organizers of the Barcolana presented by Generali regarding the introduction of new ideas and innovations for the event.

The expansion of the Advisory Board is motivated by the desire to work with a tireless group of science and health experts who can support the Barcolana organizing committee in the great challenge that is being faced: to create, together with the authorities, an event that is safe and in full compliance with the rules and the guidelines to date (which may be subject to change); an event that may be different from the past but with a commitment that will remain firm: a beautiful event to be experienced first-hand, while ensuring safety.

www.barcolana.it

National Yacht Club Sesquicentennial Regatta Cancelled
With the Government announcement last week of the phased plan to relax restrictions, sailing can begin preparing for a resumption of sailing activity in accordance with the phases of that plan. The National Yacht Club has now cancelled its special 150th-anniversary Regatta originally scheduled for the 10th to the 13th of June.

The NYC will be working with the other Dun Laoghaire waterfront clubs to put on the 'Dun Laoghaire Combined Clubs Solidarity Regatta 2020' planned for 31st July to 3rd August if circumstances allow, and with a fallback Plan B date of September 5/6 also in the Irish Sailing and DBSC diaries.

afloat.ie/sail/

Industry News
Maryland Boating Ban update

Effective Thursday, May 7, at 7 a.m., recreational boating activities, including motorized and non-motorized vessels and personal watercraft, are permitted, however:

- Boaters must be with immediate family members or people with which they reside.
- No more than 10 people can be on a boat at one time, including captain and crew.
- Boats must be distanced from each other by at least 10 feet and are prohibited from rafting up, beaching, or having rendezvous events.
- Boats are prohibited from docking at restaurants or bars.
- Vessel and boat races remain prohibited.
- Marinas can reopen to recreational boaters, but must adhere to Maryland Departments of Commerce and Health guidelines.
- Pump-out stations and boats may resume operations under the Departments of Commerce and Health guidelines.
- Local jurisdictions may choose to open public boat ramps, but must ensure social distancing guidelines.
- All normal boating rules and regulations are in effect and must be followed.

See the DNR website for additional information on other activities.

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In a bid to boost Development for the sport of Sailing, ASAF (Asian Sailing Federation) in association with World Sailing, decided to conduct Sessions every Tuesday on the Development of Sailing.

The first session of the series was held on Tuesday 28th April'20, on the topic of 'Creating Access', by Mr. Rob Holden (Training Development Manager), World Sailing and Dr. Malav Shroff , President ASAF.

The aim Dr Shroff said, is 'to find a way to grow the sport of sailing in Asia and to prevent youth from leaving the Sport'

The Webinar delved upon how the sport can be evolved from the grassroots, by creating programs in clubs, schools or centers, Importance of having Goals and Plans and Creating Access through Financial Models, Markets, Facilities, Staff and Equipment.

There was a Q&A round at the end.

The session saw encouraging participation across MNAs and was very well received.

The second webinar will be held on 5th May (Tuesday) on the topic of 'Retaining Sailors in the Sport'.

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A joint statement from the governors of three neighboring Northeastern U.S. states with substantial coastlines outlined the reopening of marinas, boatyards and marine manufacturers.

Governors Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Andrew Cuomo of New York said the businesses can reopen following strict social distancing and sanitation guidelines.

"Aligning our polices in this area is another example of that strong partnership and will help ensure there is no confusion or 'state shopping' when it comes to marinas and boatyards," Cuomo said.

While some marinas, ramps, repair facilities and manufacturers have remained open during the pandemic, others - such as Viking Yachts - closed voluntarily for a while.

"Our states share workforces, resources, public transit, and we all have a shared connection on the water," Lamont said. "This is yet another example of how our states have shared interests. ...This decision provides uniformity across our marinas."

Boat rentals and charters are still prohibited, and marina restaurants would be under the same take out or delivery-only guidelines as other food service establishments in the three states.

"We've committed to working with our regional partners throughout this crisis to align our policies when and where appropriate," Murphy said. "A unified approach is the most effective way to alleviate confusion for the residents of our states during the ongoing public health emergency."

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In discussion with analysts on the company's first quarter results today, FLIR Systems has confirmed that it has withdrawn the sale of Raymarine initially announced in late February.

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The Greek National Commission for the Protection of Public Health has announced that all private leisure boats and commercial craft, regardless of flag, are prohibited from departing or arriving within the Greek Territory between Monday 4 May at 6am until Monday 18 May at 6am for precautionary public health reasons.

www.ibinews.com

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The Yacht Racing Forum is pleased to announce a partnership with B&G, the leading manufacturer of Sailing Electronics, including chartplotters, instruments & autopilots around the world.

"B&G is a major player in its field and we are proud to welcome them as a sponsor", says Bernard Schopfer, the organiser of the event. "The Design & Technology Symposium, which is part of the Forum, has been showcasing the latest innovations and cutting-edge technologies for more than a decade. B&G's involvement is a tribute to the respectability of this event."

Knut Frostad President & CEO, B&G, said : "We are extremely proud and excited to be sponsoring the Yacht Racing Forum. It is an exceptional and important industry event in normal times, but it is even more so during this critical time, when it is more important than ever for us all to be working together, as an industry, for the better of sailing and yacht racing."

The Yacht Racing Forum will take place on November 23-24, 2020 in Portsmouth, UK, an iconic venue for the sport of sailing.

About B&G: www.bandg.com/en-gb/

For more information and registration: www.yachtracingforum.com

* From Paul Newell:

IRL 55248, when googled, came up with an Irish 420 sailed by a Lucy Kane.

No idea if that's who is thrashing the best of you and I doubt that whoever it is will want to be revelled any time soon.

Happy sailing, once we get back on the water.

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The Last Word
I like my name, but I do share it with a lot of dogs and cats. -- Perdita Weeks

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End: Cowes Classic Week
• RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance: Vol. 6 - Dee Caffari
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• PlanetSail - On Course Episode 3
• Mark Mills Irish Sailor of the Month for April
• Rule 18.3 Explained
• Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 & 3600s Make Their Mark in 21st Round Ireland Race Entry List
• Coast Guard coordinates rescue of two British mariners 598 miles off Bermuda
• The Day The Wind Blew 25 Knots
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Gunboat 57 - VAI VAI
• • Cape 31 One-Design - FLAME
• • Alfred Mylne 54 Ft Cutter - Irina VII
• The Last Word: Man Ray

At the Sharp End: Cowes Classic Week
A showcase of Classic boats and classic cars in the form of Cowes Classic Week is still on course to run between the 25th and 31st July in Cowes. Organised by the Royal London Yacht Club, Commodore David Gower announced this week "We hope to run a 'full fat' Classics Week".

The addition of Cowes Classics Day on the 30th featuring classic cars and classic power boats is to be a very special and glamorous day. The latter will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cowes-Torquay race initiated by Sir Max Aitken when Commodore of Royal London Yacht Club. A display is planned of over fifty cars on the Parade together with exhibits from the Cowes Classic Boat Museum and power boats on the London Landing and RYS Yacht Haven.

For those whose interest crosses over from historic sails to four wheels this will be a visual feast. "We will make a final decision on June 15th and in the meantime planning continues".

Images from previous Cowes Classic Week race courses are featured here:

www.ingridabery.com

RORC Lockdown Live Series | Time Over Distance: Vol. 6 - Dee Caffari
Dee Caffari has sailed around the world six times. She is the first woman to have sailed single-handed and non-stop around the world in both directions, and the only woman to have sailed non-stop around the world a total of three times. Dee was awarded an MBE in recognition of her achievements, including multiple sailing world records.

The interview with Louay Habib includes stories, pictures and videos of Dee's amazing voyages and news about her plans for the future.

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Elephant in the room
Every single America's Cup skipper believed the first AC World Series was going to be crucially important... Ben Ainslie, Jimmy Spithill, Terry Hutchinson and Rob Kothe

Boys of the pontoon
And he still won't wear a tie... Rob Weiland

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PlanetSail - On Course Episode 3
The UK's lockdown continues, but there's still plenty to report on. For starters, there's the on going developments with the America's Cup where two of the four teams have managed to get afloat by using some ingenious thinking. INEOS Team UK explain how they use software to replace time in the wind tunnel and towing tank. There's also the issue of their boat's new look as Britannia returns home plus, some more cool footage from the Americans.

I admit to getting all misty eyed over a former favourite class, but manage to compose myself for a trip to a very special yard on the UK's East coast where I found a bigger story that I hadn't expected. Plus, board games and hairdryers!

In Brief:
America's Cup - What the four teams are up to
505 Worlds - Getting excited about an old flame
Amazing Spirits - Much more than just gorgeous boats
Board sailing and hairdryers

Mark Mills Irish Sailor of the Month for April
Mark Mills was named Irish Sailing and Afloat.ie's Irish Sailor of the Month for April, reflecting a focus on off the water activity during the current pandemic. Mills was recognised as "a breath of global fresh sea air" for the success of his designs from the large to the small.

Singled out for mention were his recent MDO Monte Carlo award for the design of the Wallycento 'Tango' and the success of the Melges IC37 as the latest New York Yacht Club One Design. "While the water is temporarily off limits for most of us, I feel very lucky to receive this honour, and to be able to continue to work through this difficult period."

In a time of inevitable national introspection, the design work of Mark Mills is a breath of global fresh sea air, taking us out of ourselves. Already in 2020, his design work has been recognised with the MDO Montecarlo Trophy for the quality of the biggest vessel to emerge from his County Wicklow design studio to date, the 30-metre Wallycento Tango. And his smaller designs continue to attract, with the rapidly-growing popularity of his Melges IC37 - in which Anthony O'Leary's Royal Cork team took the Bronze at last Autumn New York YC Invitational - a testament to the versatility of this talented naval architect, our International Sailor of the Month for April.

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Rule 18.3 Explained
Most protests between sailboats on the racecourse come from situations where boats are going around marks, which is Rule 18. Rule 18.3 (mark room when a boat tacks in the zone) was written to reduce congestion at the windward mark. The rule makers wanted to encourage boats to tack for the mark farther away than three boatlengths, which may be another reason they increased the zone from two to three lengths. With the fast action of boats tacking, turning the mark and hoisting spinnakers in a crowded space, there was too much going on in a very small space, which created too many protests.

Rule 18.3 makes it hard for a port tacker to approach the mark within three lengths and not lose a protest — and the rule makers did that on purpose. The rule gives the boat approaching the mark on starboard a lot of control over the boat tacking in the zone. In fact, UK Sailmakers' rules guru Butch Ulmer has said, "If you tack in the zone, you are leading with your chin." His quote is a boxing reference that refers to a boxer not protecting his head, which often leads to a knockout punch from his opponent. The video below offers a thorough explanation about what rule 18.3 requires of a boat tacking in the zone from port to starboard ...what to do and what not to do.

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Jeanneau Sunfast 3300 & 3600s Make Their Mark in 21st Round Ireland Race Entry List
Two Dun Laoghaire Harbour Sunfast 3600s - Hot Cookie Sunfast 3600 (John O'Gorman) to weather and Brendan Coghlan's YOYO (also below) from the Royal St George Yacht Club competing in a 2019 ISORA race Photo: Afloat.ie. Click on image to enlarge.

If the prospect of a fleet of four Sunfast 3600s for this summer's Round Ireland Yacht Race is not enough of a sign of Jeanneau's potency offshore these days, the race debut of at least two brand new Sunfast 3300s is also another exciting aspect of the postponed 700-mile race that looks set to attract an international fleet for its 21st edition.

As regular Afloat readers will know, the recently arrived Kinsale-based 3300 supplied by MGM Boats 'Cinnamon Girl' is signed up and, as Afloat sources now reveal, this West Cork entry brings with it the prospect of a UK sistership entering the race too.

As Afloat's WM remarked in March, weeks before lockdown, the launch of the 3300 will make Irish sailing fun again, let's hope he is right!

afloat.ie/sail/

Coast Guard coordinates rescue of two British mariners 598 miles off Bermuda
Coast Guard personnel coordinated the rescue of two British mariners 598 miles off the coast of Bermuda using the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System, Friday morning.

Watchstanders at the Fifth Coast Guard District command center received the initial call from the Rescue Coordination Center United Kingdom on Wednesday at 7:43 a.m., who reported that a 39-foot sailboat had become disabled due to a non-functional steering box with two persons aboard.

The Fifth District command center activated the AMVER System to alert vessels in the area to the emergent situation and request assistance from them. The motor vessel Torm Laura answered the call and diverted to the disabled sailing vessel on Thursday, but was unable to enact a rescue due to the heavy seas, and eventually departed from the scene.

On Friday morning, two additional AMVER vessels arrived on scene: the tanker vessel Magellan Spirit and the motor vessel Ethane Sapphire. The Ethane Sapphire acted as a wind barricade for the Magellan Spirit to launch a small boat and safely recover and transfer the two British mariners onto the tanker vessel. The Magellan Spirit and the two British mariners are now en route to Spain.

The vessel was left adrift with navigation lights on and the Automatic Identification System activated so the vessel will be able to be tracked for any future recovery operations.

coastguardnews.com

The Day The Wind Blew 25 Knots
Click on image for photo gallery.

On Sunday February 24, 2013 the Australian 18 Footers League hosted one of the most spectacular 18ft Skiff races ever staged on Sydney Harbour. The race was Race 7, which was the final race of the 2013 JJ Giltinan world Championship.

Going into that race, Gotta Love It 7 (Seve Jarvin, Scott Babbage, Peter Harris) and Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel (Jack Macartney, David Witt, Mark Kennedy) were level on a net score of eight points, with three more very strong teams vying for third place in the regatta.

Thurlow Fisher Lawyers (Michael Coxon, Dave O'Connor, Trent Barnabas) went into the race in third place and retained that placing despite capsizing twice while leading the race. One capsize was on-the-wind, the other as the team attempted a mark rounding at the Shark Island Totem Pole.

New Zealand's C-Tech (Alex Vallings, Josh McCormack, Peter Burling) and Smeg (Nick Press, Dan Phillips, Dave Ewings) completed the 'big 5' and produced a wonderful match race exhibition before the kiwi team took fourth place ahead of the Smeg team.

Adding to the drama of the occasion, a strong North East wind (25-knots) blasted across the harbour in the face of the fleet, and produced some great action and numerous capsizes. Only 19 of the 31 teams entered for the championship were able to complete the course.

The defending champion Gotta Love It 7 team was faultless on the day and won the race, and took the title by just two points from Coopers-Rag & Famish Hotel.

The other winners were the spectators on hand to witness the live action and the photographers who got to capture it all. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League

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The Last Word
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers. -- Man Ray

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• At the Sharp End: Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• America's Cup Defenders and Challengers Timeline: Why Selection Series Matter
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Glenn Ashby -- Yachting New Zealand Podcast
• Gregor McGuckin Revives Memory of Rod Stephens in Howth Fifty Years Ago
• More News on 'Return to Sailing Plan Early This Week', Say Irish Sailing
• 2020 Edition of the OK Dinghy Class Rules
• English Boaters Can Return
• 2020 RS:X Windsurfing European & Youth European Championships
• Eight Bells: Harry Anderson
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Vismara V45 Fast Cruiser
• • 60ft Classic Sailing Yacht "LASSE"
• The Last Word: George Orwell

At the Sharp End: Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
The annual pilgrimage to the rocky coastline of northern Sardinia plays host to refined racing machines - Wallycento, Maxi 72s, Supermaxi, Maxi and Mini Maxis. Organised by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with the International Maxi Association and support of sponsor Rolex, it is a showcase for new design and technical advancement. Rivalry is set against the spectacular natural scenery of the Arcipelago della Maddalena in optimal conditions for much of the week.

It is an impressive sight as the fleet rounds the rocky outcrop of Monaci, navigating through the islands and launching back through 'bomb alley' at pace. Sitting in the slipstream on a RIB conveying the drama in-camera the racing really is breathtaking. Once the cogs of the sailing industry are re-oiled these thoroughbreds will again enjoy the ritual of pure racing.

More images from the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup can be seen at:

www.ingridabery.com

America's Cup Defenders and Challengers Timeline: Why Selection Series Matter
How many vessels fought each year just for the chance to compete for the America's Cup?

A guest post by America's Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chair Steve Tsuchiya!

The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) successfully defended the America's Cup 24 straight times from 1870 to 1980 - the longest winning streak in competitive sporting history.

The NYYC's practice of holding defender selection trials, starting in 1881, was one of the keys to their success. The Club's America's Cup Committee organized races to evaluate and select the best yacht to defend the Cup.

These trials honed the defender-candidate's sailing and tactical skills, and, most importantly, allowed the strongest team the opportunity to defend the Cup time and time again. For example, the trials ensured the powerful duo of yacht designer Nathanael G. Herreshoff and manager C. Oliver Iselin would always have the opportunity to compete for the right to defend the Cup; that duo were 4-0, defending the Cup in 1893, 1895, 1899, and 1903.

Full post on the Herreshoff Marine Museum site (a superb resource for keeping one's sanity under quarantine) herreshoff.org

Seahorse May 2020
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Paul Cayard - Going too far
Have we really thought this through... properly?

IRC - Sustainable rating
And how one thing really does lead to another. Jason Smithwick

No limit - em-trak
As AIS systems become de rigeur we have only touched the surface in terms of the information which they can provide

Plug and play - A+T Instruments
Whatever happens to your electronics, there is a powerful and quick upgrade available

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Glenn Ashby -- Yachting New Zealand Podcast
Glenn Ashby is New Zealand's favourite Australian sailor and in 2017 skippered Emirates Team New Zealand to victory in the America's Cup in Bermuda. In this podcast, Glenn talks about that campaign and how things are shaping up for the next one but also delves into his background, his love of motorbikes, winning the first of his 17 world titles on his first overseas trip as a green 18-year-old, the impact of missing out on winning gold at the Beijing Olympics and what it was like for the boy from Bendigo to get immersed in the big business world of the America's Cup. And, like all guests, he describes his worst wipeout ever, and it was a painful one.

Gregor McGuckin Revives Memory of Rod Stephens in Howth Fifty Years Ago
Rod Stephens in Howth aboard Jack McKeown’s S&S 34 Korar, May 11th 1970. Photo by John Bourke In Ireland, these days, the name of Rod Stephens is most readily associated with an international award - the Cruising Club of America's Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship - for the very good reason that during the past six years, it has twice been awarded to Irish skippers: Sean McCarter in 2014, and Gregor McGuckin in 2018.

We were shooting the breeze the other day with Gregor about how his dismasted Golden Globe entrant, the Biscay 36 ketch Hanley Energy, continues doggedly afloat in the Indian Ocean with the possibility of retrieval always a consideration. It was another opportunity to congratulate him again on his award last year of the Trophy for his heroic efforts to rescue the seriously injured Indian competitor Abilash Tomy, despite his own injuries and his boat's crippled jury-rig condition. It was then that the memory suddenly arose that once upon a time, Rod Stephens himself came to Howth to give a practical demonstration and talk about getting the best from an offshore racer's rig.

In fact, it was exactly fifty years ago to the day from this coming Monday, May 11th 1970, and it's all in the June 1970 issue of Afloat Magazine on quaint old-fashioned paper.

WM Nixon's must read at afloat.ie/blogs/sailing-saturday-with-wm-nixon

More News on 'Return to Sailing Plan Early This Week', Say Irish Sailing
Irish Sailing hopes to have 'more information' early this week on its 'Return to Sailing' document, outlining guidelines for a return to the water as Government COVID-19 guidelines are eased.

In his latest update, dated May 8th, Irish Sailing Chief Executive Harry Hermon now says the government body Sport Ireland has indicated they believe 'sailing will be able to resume in Phase 1 (May 18), subject to the approval of the Irish Sailing plan and the lifting of the Coastguard's current advisory notice'.

So far, the plan has not been published but, as Afloat previously reported, the national governing body has prepared a 'draft document' that it circulated to clubs and classes. It says it is 'a first look' at recommendations for how sailing, windsurfing and powerboating activities may be resumed on a phased basis.

Dun Laoghaire Marina, the base for over 500 pleasure craft, has indicated there will be full access to boatowners by May 18th in line with government guidelines.

afloat.ie/sail/

2020 Edition of the OK Dinghy Class Rules
Following the email vote at the end of 2019, the 2020 edition of the Class Rules has been published and is now available on the World Sailing website.

The rules can be downloaded here and came into effect from 11th May 2020.

The amendments are listed here

It has been a long process to get these out due to time pressures with World Sailing and then, just as they were about to be published, the staff were all furloughed because of COVID-19.

Please read the list of amendments to understand all the changes.

It is planned to explain all the changes more fully in the next edition of the OK Dinghy Magazine.

English Boaters Can Return
Boaters in England can return to the water from Wednesday, according to the RYA's interpretation of the Government's latest announcement stating unlimited outdoor activity is now allowed following the coronavirus lockdown.

However, confusion remains with many marina operators still not allowing their berth holders to access the water.

In an email to berth holders, Michael Glanville, MD of MDL that operates 18 marinas and 13 boatyards in the UK, said while boaters can now carry out work on their craft, it is still not permitted for them to get out onto the water.

The RYA that has been lobbying the Government for the resumption of boating saying it can be resumed safely.

"From Wednesday, 13 May unlimited outdoor activity will be permitted in England and we understand that this will include all forms of boating," said the RYA in a statement.

"Any activity will still need to be alone or with members of a single household and social distancing must be followed at all times."

Following the latest Government announcement, more tenant businesses will now be able to use their offices with staff working on site.

In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the return to boating has not yet been confirmed and it is not yet known when clubs and training centres will be able to reopen their doors.

www.boatingbusiness.com

2020 RS:X Windsurfing European & Youth European Championships
The new dates: 22-28 November 2020, Athens, Greece

The NOTICE OF RACE is published and ONLINE ENTRY is open for registration!

Welcome to Athens!

Please read more on the Event website: www.rsxclass.org/europeans2020/

Eight Bells: Harry Anderson
Henry Hill Anderson Jr passed away peacefully on the morning of May 11 in Mystic, Connecticut. Commodore Anderson was a young man of 98 years. In his beloved Latin, Harry proved "Quam bene vivas refert non quam diu... it is how well you live that matters, not how long." Harry lived an incredibly full and generous life for almost a century.

"Harry", as he was known to his family, friends as well as by those who knew him by his legend, was a man of enormous intellect, inspiration, leadership, and inexhaustible energy. Recognized by many as a leader in international sailing circles for more than 60 years, Harry was also a mentor to many, a champion of experiential learning, and an historian of rare equal.

An adventurer from a young age, Harry sailed his first Newport-Bermuda Race at 15 years. Harry's passion for the sport of sailing took him along many paths; from sailing as a child on Six Meters in the 1930s, to introducing the Finn dinghy class in the United States in the 1950s with his friend Glen Foster, to serving on the America's Cup Selection Committee in the 1970s and 80s. Harry was the Commodore of the New York Yacht Club during the club's last successful defense of the America's Cup in 1980.

Harry's achievements and contribution to the sport may never see an equal. He was a very successful racer having collected dozens of victories over the years sailing his many boats of all sizes and varieties. He was a stalwart shipmate whose seamanship skills were exemplary. Many Collegiate and Frostbite sailors compete on the "Harry A." race course, a unique dinghy racing course created by the imaginative Harry A.

A graduate of Yale, Harry completed his studies there in three and a half years so he could join the United States Army in 1943. He served in World War II as a Field Artillery captain in Patton's Third Army having landed at Normandy, D-Day plus 30. He was a part of Patton's historic campaign which helped to liberate Europe from the Nazi's.

Harry was very generous to causes he believed in. All were focused on the development of young people through experiential learning from being on the water. Gifts in lieu of flowers can be sent any of the causes that were important to Harry:

- Yale Sailing Association, Ray Tompkins House, 20 Tower Parkway, New Haven, Ct. 06511
- Ransom Everglades School, Attn: Julie Rosenfeld, 3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
- Henry H. Jr Anderson Sailing Endowment, The University of Rhode Island Foundation, PO Box 1700 Kingston, RI 02881
- Tall Ships America, 221 3rd Street, Building 2, Suite 101, Newport, RI 02840

Notes of condolences and reflections can be sent to:

New York Yacht Club, Harbour Court
c/o General Managers Office
5 Halidon Court
Newport, RI 02840

www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2020/05/11/eight-bells-harry-anderson

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The Last Word
In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. -- George Orwell

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In This Issue
• The 2020 Vendee Globe Will Start On 8th November
• Mike Sanderson on his three decades maxi racing (Part II)
• Robline Product News: POB-Net
• Restart Sailing
• First ever virtual Eric Twiname Junior Championships a huge success
• 17th PalmaVela will be held between October the 22nd and the 25th
• How Can Keelboat Racing Work with Social Distancing?
• The Mexican - Kiwi Style
• J/99: Join the experts for a Live Show with Jeff Johnstone and Hannah Le Prevost
• Racing for the Rest of 2020
• Featured Charter: Sciomachen 56 for charter
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Aquarius Alfa - Swan 100S
• The Last Word: John Prine

The 2020 Vendee Globe Will Start On 8th November
Preparations for the start of the next Vendee Globe are going ahead in an uncertain context in terms of public health and the economy. The Vendee Council and the SAEM Vendee are doing their utmost in conjunction with all the partners, skippers from the IMOCA Class, their sponsors and public authorities to ensure arrangements for this ninth edition of the Vendee Globe go smoothly.

Maintaining the start date of 8th November for the race is our goal and everything is being done to achieve that.

In terms of racing, nothing prevents the race starting on 8th November, as long as the national authorities allow that to be the case. However for the Vendee Globe, which is a popular event and belongs to the local people, the presence of the public is important for us.

The organisers are therefore studying every possible situation to be able to welcome the public at an event like this in the economic and public health context, the evolution of which is hard to predict. The decision to keep Race HQ in Les Sables d'Olonne throughout the whole race will in fact help to ensure a maximum number of people can fully enjoy the Vendee Globe adventure.

At the same time, the Vendee Globe organisers are working in conjunction with the IMOCA Class towards the goal of adapting some of the deadlines for the skippers, in particular, the final date for registrations which has been pushed back until 1st September and the organisation of a preparatory solo race this summer.

A race from Vendee-Arctic-Les Sables d'Olonne to take place in July

With sailing gradually starting again, the IMOCA Class has been working over the past few weeks on organising a preparatory race, which was initially scheduled for June. In agreement with the Vendee Department, the headline partner for the event, the IMOCA Class proposed a race starting from off Les Sables d'Olonne on 4th July. This will be a solo race taking the sailors up past Iceland and into the Arctic Circle and then down to the Azores with a return to the start location planned around ten days later.

www.imoca.org/en

www.vendeeglobe.org/en/

Mike Sanderson on his three decades maxi racing (Part II)
After a disappointing end to the 2000s, as Team Director of Keith Mills' Team Origin, unsuccessfully attempting to challenge for the 33rd America's Cup (ultimately a Deed of Gift match solely between BMW Oracle Racing and Alinghi), the 2010s have been good to Sanderson both as a sailor and as a businessman.

For the last decade Sanderson's main grand prix sailing has been in the Mini Maxi/Maxi 72 fleet, joining Hap Fauth's Bella Mente team in 2011 aboard the team's second race boat, a Reichel/Pugh 69. In a fairly dramatic episode, during that year's Cabo Race (from Newport Beach, CA to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) they dismasted and it was all hands to the pumps to get Hall Spars to build a new rig in just two months. But they succeeded in doing this and with their brand new spar they went on to win the Transpac.

Fauth's third yacht of this size was his most successful Bella Mente - a Judel-Vrolijk 72. Fresh out of the box she won the Rolex Mini Maxi World Champonship in 2012 and then, following the formalisation of the Maxi 72 class, plus some considerable development of boat, she won back to back Rolex Maxi 72 World Championships in 2015 and 2016. "We did a whole new aero package for it and a new keel and built a new rig and put those fast sails on it!" Since then Fauth has acquired his fourth race boat, a Botin Partners design which showed moments of promise last season and is due back on the race course, it is hoped, this season.

As a fan of offshore racing, Sanderson says it is a shame that Maxi 72s have become increasingly optimised for inshore racing, but they remain great boats.

As to this season, if grand prix sailing is allowed to resume in Europe, Sanderson sees a dense period of grand sailing taking place in the late summer/early autumn which could include Copa del Rey MAPFRE, Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup, Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez and a rescheduled PalmaVela, but also with TP52 and 44Cup events shoehorned in too.

James Boyd's full interview:
www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

Robline Product News: POB-Net
As one of the biggest maritime ropes suppliers, Robline is always dedicated to look for rope-related inventions. So did we introduce already some time ago the Hook & Moor product where Robline has the worldwide distribution rights. Some years later, we now want to introduce another fabulous product invented by the Austrian Hermann Cisar - the POB (person over board) -NET.

With this newly developed rescue system people and objects can be saved easily and fast out of the water within three steps: Capturing, Securing, Rescuing. In comparison to conventional person over board systems the POB-NET obviates the risks of the person to be rescued. The difference is that the POB-NET consists of a self-expandable, tubelike net where a person can rescue the victim who might even has lost consciousness. The clue is that the system only has to be slipped over the person's head and can be winched on board by attaching the POB-NET to the Halyard before.

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Restart Sailing
Sunday's PM announcement on the easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures brought a pleasant surprise with grass roots activities, including sailing, given the go ahead to resume this week, under self distancing measures. The media talk the previous week had been of a return of elite sport, including the Premier League being given priority. It seems that even with matches played behind closed doors, there are still many issues to overcome, notwithstanding the need for several hundred people to be on-site in close proximity to each other.

It looks like some casual sailing will be starting this week, where access to the water is available. Many clubs will be reliant on their landlords and those who control the water (eg harbour authorities) to allow sailing to restart. Now we have an official roadmap, there is much hard work to be done, but at least we have started the journey back to some normality. The journey is likely to be a long one, so we need to adapt and learn to live with this new normal.

It is good to see the RYA issuing guidelines to sailing clubs, helping them develop their own plans to suit local conditions, the hard work starts now.

#restartsailing Task Groups

It has been great to see a significant number of the sailing community offer to help with the Task Groups, some with some highly relevant experience outside of sailing. The Task Groups will start to meet this week.

restartsailing.org/page/task-groups

#RestartSailing survey

The first #RestartSailing survey analysis has now been received and highlights the many different challenges the sector is experiencing. The good news is the C19 situation is bringing the sailing community together, working on solving many major problems in collaboration.

Executive Summary

- Sailing sector (clubs, classes and trade) facing massive financial struggle with all activity cancelled and drop in membership renewals due to Covid-19 situation.
- 59% stated they have financial concerns.
- Mixed levels of support available (good to bad)
- Concerns over time and money needed to restart as facilities and equipment has been effectively mothballed
- The need to reassure the sailing community and neighbours that sailing is being responsible and taking the C19 risks seriously.
- Long term concerns over long term impact over Covid-19, particularly a lack of confidence in people returning to sailing and reputational damage of sailing seen to return too soon
- Need to reboot sailing and use the Covid-19 crisis to bring much needed reform
- Lots of good ideas emerging

restartsailing.org

First ever virtual Eric Twiname Junior Championships a huge success
YA London and South East's Max Steele won the first ever virtual Eric Twiname Championships over the early May bank holiday, taking the title ahead of over 200 young racers.

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the cancellation of the event proper, British Youth Sailing and the Eric Twiname Trust quickly came up with a solution: to hold the regatta virtually.

Traditionally held at Rutland Sailing Club, this year junior racers pitted their skills in the computer-generated seas off Portsmouth Harbour in J70s for the Virtual Regatta event.

The fleets were open to youngsters eligible to compete at the original regatta with the Laser 4.7 and RS Tera Sport classes open entry.

Podiums were decided over the first two days of racing in each class with the top two advancing to the final day's three race showdown.

The finals, commentated on by the British Sailing Team's Luke Patience and yachting journalist Mark Jardine, were a closely run affair with Laser 4.7 sailor Steele eventually coming out on top. The finals can be viewed on the Yachts & Yachting Online Youtube channel here.

Top three results

Topper Fleet
1st - Reuben Hudson (London & South East) - Reuben48177
2nd - Oliver Bull (Scotland) - Wng Cdr Oli
3rd - Roo Purves (Scotland) - Rooboat

Optimist Fleet
1st - Platon Khodykin (South) - Platon K6283
2nd - Thomas Peace (South) - Splash-2
3rd - Ben Welfare (North) - Ben5500

Feva Fleet
1st - Rose Hallam (South West) RocketR
2nd - Freddie MacLaverty (Wales) Bobby3465
3rd - William James (South West) WilliamTera

Techno Fleet
1st - Tommy Millard (South) CEO of funny
2nd - Olly Cooper (North) Olly13
3rd - Dylan Galloway (Scotland) Dylan-Techno293

Tera Sport Fleet
1st - Mark Jenkins Jauma (South) Mark2616
2nd - Dara Jenkins (North) Tera915
3rd - Freddie Sunderland (Midlands) - freddie tera

Laser 4.7 Fleet
1st - Max Steele (London and South East) 21MaxSteele6648
2nd - Oscar Shilling (North) ShillsToPayTheBills
3rd - Henry Redmond (Midlands) Henry R 206839

Showdown Final
1st - Max Steele (London and South East) 21MaxSteele6648
2nd - Tommy Millard (South) CEO of funny
3rd - Oliver Bull (Scotland) - Wng Cdr Oli

Full results can be found here.

17th PalmaVela will be held between October the 22nd and the 25th
The Organizing Committee of the PalmaVela regatta has now set the dates for the 17th edition of the regatta. It will be held between the 22nd of October this year and the 25th, as long as the health and sports authorities authorize it.

On the past 25th of March it was announced that the regatta, scheduled for its usual dates of May, between the 6th and 10th, was postponed due to the worldwide problem of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision was taken even before the health and sports authorities had forbidden any professional and amateur sporting events.

Now, eight weeks after the state of alarm was announced in Spain, and with the advancement of sports restrictions in the de-escalation phases, the Organizing Committee sets the penultimate week of October as the date to hold this edition of the PalmaVela.

The president of the Real Club Náutico de Palma, Emerico Fuster, has spoken on how the postponement of the regatta had been managed: "After watching over the health of the our employees, our club members and the athletes who use the club's facilities regularly, we believe that, after having entered Phase 1 of the Transition Plan towards the New Normality, we are already in a position to set the dates for the celebration of the PalmaVela, in which security measures for its organization will prevail above all."

www.palmavela.com

How Can Keelboat Racing Work with Social Distancing?
Olympic helmsman, professional sailor and coach Mark Mansfield takes a look at how it may be possible to return to keelboat racing while maintaining social distance onboard.

The latest Government five-phase programme appears to allow the reinstatement of boating and sailing from May the 18th, under certain restrictions.

The RNLI and Coastguard will likewise need to lift their advisory notice as well for this to happen.

Irish Sailing is liaising with the yacht clubs in Ireland and the Government to get clarity on specific aspects of this five-phase plan. In the interim, commencing racing appears to be positioned in Phase 3, which would begin on June the 29th but many sailors are asking; how can this happen under the requirement to also socially distance ourselves from others?

Olympic helmsman, professional sailor and coach Mark Mansfield takes a look at how it may be possible to return to keelboat racing while maintaining social distance onboard.

The latest Government five-phase programme appears to allow the reinstatement of boating and sailing from May the 18th, under certain restrictions.

The RNLI and Coastguard will likewise need to lift their advisory notice as well for this to happen.

Mark Mansfields full article in Afloat afloat.ie/blogs

The Mexican - Kiwi Style
Click on image to enlarge.

On April 9, UK Sailmakers on our website posted an instructional How-To article about how to execute a Mexican spinnaker takedown. As an aside at the end of that article, we recounted the popular lore that it was "invented" and named by Buddy Melges sailing America3 off San Diego in the 1992 America's Cup trials doing modified float takedowns in leeward port roundings and ending-up pointing at Mexico afterwards. This same article noted that "Down Under," these takedowns are referred to as Kiwi drops. Ever curious, we floated the challenge for someone to explain the derivation of the Kiwi nomenclature. To our glee, Freemantle, WA, sailor Mark Wheeler, with subsequent input from David Clark, responded with the answer...and more.

Stick with us here as we connect the dots:

Dave says that the 'Kiwi' was actually invented by mistake!! This was during the run-up to the '87 America's Cup series (in mid-86) in 12 Meters in Fremantle. When debriefing a video of a bottom mark 'cluster' with their coach (after having gone late into late bottom mark gybe, starboard approach at bottom for left turn...delay dropping chute until just on/after gybing), they decided it was actually a handy maneuver.

www.uksailmakers.com

J/99: Join the experts for a Live Show with Jeff Johnstone and Hannah Le Prevost
Since 1977, nearly 15000 J/Boats have been launched. The J/99 is the latest design and in many respects, truly innovative as a J Boat. Hull #40 has just been delivered to J/Boats co-founder Rod Johnstone, and nearly 50 boats have been delivered worldwide to date.

Join us for an hour long live interview with J/Boats President Jeff Johnstone, and Key Yachting Ltd Sales Director Hannah Le Prevost, for a detailed discussion on the J/99. The live feed will have detailed pictures, videos and the latest updates on the J/99.

Note: the live show has been fully archived:

Racing for the Rest of 2020
Like all sports organizations, with 49er Class and Nacra 17 Class sailors wait at home while critical workers around the globe try to clean up and keep us going through this covid pandemic. It is our privilege to sail and race as much as we do and of course that must be put on hold while such a serious medical contagion is being tackled.

In coming weeks or months, constraints at various locations will be relaxed as per the instructions of the governments at which point teams will hit the water again. However, going out for a sail is quite different from getting together at a regatta with friends from 30 or 40 different nations.

As such, we have asked each of our regional fleets to come up with a plan for racing closer to home for the rest of 2020. Geographies and politics are different from place to place, so our guidelines are loose, but essentially we have asked our fleet to put in place regional, and national championships with some coordination so that if travel is possible neighboring regions can cross attend. This might look like a Pacific Coast Championship in the USA and Canada, an Australian and New Zealand series down under, or a series of national championships across Europe, for examples.

As an international federation, we are still prepared to host our Junior World Championship and European Championship should conditions allow. Equally, we are prepared to forgo these championships if it is not safe or possible for them to be carried out.

Our Junior Worlds are scheduled for late August in Lake Como, and we will make a final decision about whether this championship will happen in late May. For our Europeans, we have a venue that we can race at in late September, and likewise, we will make a final decision about this championship in June.

www.sail-world.com

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The Last Word
If I can make myself laugh about something that I should be crying about, that's pretty good. -- John Prine

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In This Issue
• At the Sharp End: Superyacht Cup
• 25 Years On... The con job that finally won Team New Zealand the America's Cup
• Sailing.Dog Interview with Mr David Franks
• Harken: You Will Get What You Need. We Will Make Sure
• Indian Summer for Landsail Tyres J-Cup
• 2020 Youth Sailing World Championships cancelled
• 1st Edition - Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy June 27-28
• A statement from the Cruising Association
• Icebound: The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logs
• Dr. James "Jim" Thompson
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • HH 50
• • GC32 Team France
• • Outremer 51 - New Boat
• The Last Word: Marcus Tullius Cicero

At the Sharp End: Superyacht Cup
The five J-Class competing in the Superyacht Cup were chased like rock stars exiting a stage door at speed. The bay of Palma is an ideal amphitheatre popular with sailors. As such it will notch up a 25th anniversary next season. Here's a look back at the 2014 edition:

25 Years On... The con job that finally won Team New Zealand the America's Cup
It remains arguably the biggest con job in New Zealand sporting history and it brought home the mighty America's Cup.

Murray Jones, a key member of the Team New Zealand afterguard that lifted the Auld Mug 25 years ago today, still chuckles about how they pulled the wool over their opponents' eyes in San Diego in 1995.

Early trials of NZL32, aka Black Magic, were so impressive that Team New Zealand decided to tuck it away for when it mattered most.

They instead sailed on NZL38 through the Louis Vuitton Cup challenger series, amassing a 41-2 record in a boat so good that everyone had virtually forgotten about the supposed "dog" that was left sitting in the syndicate's shed.

Then when it was time to front Team Dennis Conner in the match for the oldest trophy in sport, out came Black Magic and the blitz was instantly on.

With vastly superior speed the Kiwis completed a 5-0 sweep of "Mr America's Cup" for a breakthrough win that has kept the Cup near the forefront of New Zealand's sporting psyche ever since.

"We were aware from day one we had something special and we had a lot of fun with it along the way," Jones told Stuff of the secrecy around their best boat.

Duncan Johnstone's full article in Stuff.co.nz

Sailing.Dog Interview with Mr David Franks
David is the long-standing Fleet Captain of the Cowes Etchells Fleet. He is also the founder and main driving force behind the most successful youth sailing operation that I have seen. Ok, ok, there is of course the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's famous youth development scheme, as well as hugely successful operations at clubs in Australia (such as CYCA, Royal Sydney YS and Royal Prince Alfred YC). But where this one differs is that it is totally outside of a Yacht Club or Association structure. It started as one man's desire to want to build a fleet, at the same time as wanting to give something back to the sport of sailing and assist youth sailors transition into keelboats.

David is also one of the most generous people I have ever had the privilege of meeting. When my family moved to the Isle of Wight after the 2013 America's Cup, David went out of his way to welcome us and offered all sorts of assistance as both Kate and I established businesses in sailing.

After settling in the man-cave, we chatted about his late entry into the sport of sailing and his path into the very competitive Etchells class. He also laid out an effective "how-to" with regard to building up a fleet of one-design racers that had basically lapsed. David also outlines what is needed for a youth program to prosper (great people and determination - no surprises there) and how it all works.

Andrew Palfrey's full interview: www.sailing.dog/post/sailing-dog-interview-with-david-franks

Harken: You Will Get What You Need. We Will Make Sure
Do you suddenly have time for a bigger boat project and find you need more Harken products? If you can't find them at your local shop or at an online dealer, Harken is up and running. We're here to help you get what you need.

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Indian Summer for Landsail Tyres J-Cup
In the light of recent UK Government announcements, it has become clear that the 2020 Landsail Tyres J-Cup will be postponed and not take place in July. The new date, confirmed by an amendment to the Notice of Race, will be 3-5 September 2020.

Whilst the current measures on social distancing have been eased, they are still in place. However, by early September, the UK Government may allow competitive sports for fully crewed yacht racing, which would allow the Landsail Tyres J-Cup to take place. Key Yachting will continue to monitor the Government announcements and will keep the J Boat community updated with any relevant developments.

For more information: www.keyyachting.com

2020 Youth Sailing World Championships cancelled
World Sailing has announced that the 2020 Youth Sailing World Championships have been cancelled due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The regatta was originally scheduled to take place from 12-19 December in Salvador, Brazil.

Australian Sailing had recently announced the selections for the Australian Sailing Youth Team (ASYT) to compete at the event. Those athletes will remain as a part of the 2020 ASYT, but the team will be re-selected for the 2021 Youth World Sailing Championships.

In its 50-year history, the Youth Worlds regularly attracts the best youth sailors from upwards of 60 nations. World Sailing's Board of Directors and the Confederação Brasileira de Vela (CBVela) agreed to cancel the event in anticipation of global travel restrictions and to ensure the health and well-being of athletes, coaches, parents, officials and suppliers.

Australian Sailing will work with the impacted athletes and coaches to ensure that they are supported through the process.

The fourteen athletes selected to the team come from five states, having earned their spot on the team after their performances at Class National Championships and the 2020 Australian Youth Championships over the 2019/2020 summer.

World Sailing and CBVela are now discussing the possibility of hosting the Youth Worlds in Brazil at the earliest opportunity.

The 2021 edition of the Youth Worlds will take place in The Hague, The Netherlands in July 2021.

1st Edition - Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy June 27-28
The Mirpuri Foundation together with Clube Naval de Cascais announces the first edition of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy

Around 50 Offshore Sailing Boats including conventional and high-performance cruisers, are expected for the first edition of the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy, that will take place in Portugal, home country of the Mirpuri Foundation, next June 27th and 28th. The race will take place between Cascais and Sesimbra with route details to be announced soon. The Clube Naval de Cascais partners with the Mirpuri Foundation for this event.

The Award will be the Mirpuri Foundation Trophy, plus a prize money, with details to be announced soon.

The Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy will be a plastic-free sustainable regatta, and a charitable event, with team registration fees in this first edition of the race being supported by the Mirpuri Foundation and donated to Marine Conservation programs.

The Mirpuri Foundation will once again innovate by promoting the first health controlled Race in the world, with a dedicated medical team ensuring all staff and sailors are in good health and free from the virus Covid-19, including the use of last generation tests that will give the result in less than 15 minutes.

Teams can obtain further information by contacting:
- Clube Naval de Cascais - regatas [AT] cncascais [DOT] com
- Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy - mfst [AT] mirpurifoundation [DOT] org

A statement from the Cruising Association
The Cruising Association is pleased to confirm that, from today and subject to local regulations, all forms of watersports, including the use of privately-owned motorised craft, can go ahead in England.

In guidance issued this morning (13 May 2020), the Government has confirmed that:

'All forms of water sports practised on open waterways, including sailing, windsurfing, canoeing, rowing, kayaking, surfing, paddle-boarding and the use of privately-owned motorised craft (in line with the guidance issued by the relevant navigation authority) are allowed.'

The re-opening of marinas (like golf courses), for leisure boating customers, is now permissible subject to the strict compliance to social distancing and hygiene guidelines provided by government.

Although government restrictions on outdoor activities have been lifted, many of our members' facilities have not had the time to implement the measures set out by government to safely manage the gathering of people on their sites. There are variations in the relaxation of the rules and we therefore recommend that CA members check with their individual port or harbour authority, marina or inland or other navigation authority prior to taking any further action.

It has been confirmed that the Canal & River Trust and the Broads is able to welcome boaters back from today. On the Canal & River Trust waterways short boating trips can take place - avoiding use of locks and any staff-operated structures if possible - providing, as per current government guidance, boaters do not stay away from home overnight and return to home moorings (where possible).

Guidance for the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland differs and therefore marinas that operate in the UK outside of England should remain closed to leisure customers until they are permitted by their government to open.

www.gov.uk

For up-to-date information on Covid-19 Cruising Restrictions please visit: www.theca.org.uk

Icebound: The climate-change secrets of 19th century ship's logs
An eccentric group of citizen-scientists called Old Weather has transcribed millions of observations from long-forgotten logbooks of ships, many from the great era of Arctic exploration. As the polar regions grow ever warmer, the volunteers have amassed a rich repository of climate data in a 21st century rescue mission.

Meteorologists have long recorded the weather at land-based stations. But nearly three-quarters of the planet is covered by water, and that's where most weather takes place. Thousands of ships have criss-crossed the oceans, noting the weather in handwritten logbooks that for decades sat forgotten in bookshelves and basements.

In a sometimes-obsessive quest, thousands of Old Weather volunteers have extracted millions of observations about barometric pressure, wind speed, air temperature and ice from the old logbooks. These are fed into a huge dataset at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, creating what NOAA calls "a dauntingly complex, high-resolution, four-dimensional reconstruction of the global climate that estimates what the weather was for every day back to 1836."

Or, as NOAA has nicknamed it, "a weather time machine."

www.reuters.com/investigates/

Dr. James "Jim" Thompson
Dr. James "Jim" Thompson knew someone everywhere he went. And if he went somewhere and didn't know someone, he'd know someone by the time he left.

A longtime Easton resident, Thompson passed away on Saturday, April 25, at age 86 after a five- to six-year battle with traumatic onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). His family, friends, former employees and patients remembered the ophthalmologist who fell in love with sailing and seemed to have friends in all parts of the world.

"When he was in his earlier days, he went to Japan to climb Mount Fuji, which was like a Shinto rite of passage. He was the only non-Asian guy in town," his son Ian recalled. "He was standing on the side of the street, and from across the little river or bay, he heard this 'Hey! Jim Thompson!' One of his buddies who was in the Navy with him recognized him and shouted out his name across the sea of Japanese pilgrims. And sure enough he happened to run into somebody all the way over in Japan. There's just been countless of those types of stories. He really made friends across the globe, mostly because of his sailing and ocean racing and just his sort of propensity for adventure and travel.

"He had many personalities," close friend Bill Chapman said. When he was being a doctor, he had an excellent bedside manner and excellent professional manner. When he was racing boats, he was a wild man. He cared about his friends, was a wonderful host ashore and on board."

Thompson served in the United States Navy as a flight surgeon from 1960 to 1964. He began practicing as an eye doctor on the Eastern Shore in 1966. He started in Easton and expanded to Cambridge, before opening his own Surgical Eye Center in Easton.

His sailing history is extensive. He sailed across the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, the English Channel down to South America and to various islands, among other places.

As Chapman referenced, he also enjoyed racing sailboats. Some of his race locales include Bermuda, Annapolis to Newport, Key West to Baltimore, Middle Sea, and Ecuador to Galapagos.

Thompson didn't want a funeral. One of his dying wishes was for his family and friends to throw a big party when it's safe to do so after the pandemic subsides. He's remembered as such - the life of the party, always seeking a good time and ensuring those close to him did the same.

* From Euan Ross: to friends and fellow travellers:

I hope you are all well and not yet stir-crazy

For those of you who have been following the three-year gestation of 'Highland Cowes', you may be relieved to know it is finally completed.

As for the distribution of the book, it occurred to me that, since no one ever makes any money from sailing books, I should dispense with the author's royalty, as a small contribution to the common good, for the duration of the Covid-19 lock-down. It was published yesterday, on the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale - which seems appropriate.

So, if time is hanging heavy on your hands, 800 even weightier pages of Scottish sailing history await.

The book is now for sale in UK for £15.98 inc. p&p (or equivalent in US$ and Euro) from Amazon. Unfortunately, it cannot yet be ordered through pukka bookshops as I will have to raise the retail price to cover their additional costs. So if you don't want to patronise Amazon, you will have to wait. The link to the book and 'Look Inside' is here.

During the work on Highland Cowes, it has been a pleasure to collaborate with Ian Howlett, arguably the man who knows more about the International Rule than any current, or indeed past yacht designer. It has also been my good fortune to liaise with Jon Reid, Hon. Historian of the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club, and indeed my many other friends who double-up as vaults of fact, fiction and anecdote.

The following extracts, from Ian Howlett's Foreword, gives something of the flavour of the book.

"Accumulating an excess of old books on yachting has been a vice of mine since the early 1970s, when hidden gems were still to be discovered in the little bookshops of Southampton. These writings from the past feel of a different quality to almost all those of today. Highland Cowes is a most noteworthy and pleasing exception. This book, like old volumes of the Yachting Monthly, is to be savoured in front of a log fire along with a glass of malt.

Highland Cowes is a 'magnum opus' in all senses of the phrase, both in scope and content, describing the history of this extraordinary and beautiful area that was for so long the richest centre of all, for the design, building and racing of yachts. Euan Ross has a special talent for covering much ground in fine detail whilst rooting out the most entertaining stories. It is, of course, the latter that make history interesting. Euan's approach and the resulting text is in marked contrast to what might be termed the 'dumbed down' museum techniques of today. He combines accuracy, along with the entertainment of many good stories, and like a good malt there is a complexity and depth to be appreciated."

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