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In This Issue
• Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat - J/70 UK National Champions
• Sled Slide Into Rolex TP52 World Championship Lead
• New Player - Dimension Polyant
• Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• British one-two at 29er European Championships
• M32 World Championship
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• ORC Sportboat European Championship
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Mighty Merloe - Orma 60
• • Ker 46 - "Lady Mariposa R"
• • Vismara V60 Classic
• The Last Word: Walter Sobchak

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Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat - J/70 UK National Champions
Royal Torbay Yacht Club, Torquay UK: Paul Ward's Eat, Sleep, J, Repeat is the 2019 J/70 UK National Champion. King and Wilson's Soak Racing is the Corinthian UK National Champion. Michael Goldfarb's Warcanoe from Seattle (USA) was the top team out of all the 35 international teams competing. Calascione & Ripard's Calypso (MLT) was third for the Open UK Championship, and second for the Corinthian entries. 2018 J/70 UK Champion, Doug Struth's DSP, was third this year.

For the final day light airs conditions continued, two races were completed won by the highly impressive Luis Albert's Patakin (ESP) and Peter Duncan's Relative Obscurity, which finally found a vein of form. Sergei Dobrovolskii's Amaiz Sailing Team (CYP) continued their sensational form to finish the regatta third overall. Marcos Soares' Highlanders and Renato Faria's To Nessa, both from Brazil, also impressed.

Racing at the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, hosted by the Royal Torbay Yacht Club, will commence with a practice race on Sunday 1st September. Five days of world championship racing will follow, with the 2019 J/70 World Champions crowned on Friday 6th September. -- Louay Habib

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Sled Slide Into Rolex TP52 World Championship Lead
Puerto Portals, Mallorca, Spain: Delivering a 1,1,2 from three of the four races sailed so far, Takashi Okura's Sled team now lead the Rolex TP52 World Championship just one point up ahead of the 2017 World Champions Platoon of German owner-driver Harm Muller-Spreer.

If the Bay of Palma has a reputation for consistent, steady seabreeze conditions, the second race of the day rather upset that notion. A 25 degree shift in wind direction complicated the first run, the prelude to a funky, challenging second half of the race, which was completed in a dying, very unsettled breeze. After winning the first race of the day, Race 3 of the world championship, Sled were able to hold fast through the tricky moments.

After breaking their mast on Sunday, Provezza reported today that they have managed to step and dock tune their replacement and expect to race again Tuesday. A frontal system is due to move across the island of Mallorca Tuesday, which will bring some very different conditions and a new set of challenges for the Rolex TP52 World Championship fleet.

Regatta standings after Day 2
1. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 13 points 2. Platoon, Harm Muller-Spreer, GER, 14
3. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR, 20
4. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 20
5. Azzurra, Alberto Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 20
6. Phoenix 12, Tina Plattner, RSA, 20
7. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 22
8. Phoenix 11, Hasso Plattner, RSA, 28
9. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 30
10. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubbard, FRA, 33
11. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 48

Live link for Tuesday's Racing

New Player - Dimension Polyant
Not exactly... but Dimension-Polyant still have good reason to be pleased with their first foray into a production film-less laminate sailcloth

There are few that would dispute the advent and development of film-less sailcloth has been a revolution in sailmaking. Now, however, Dimension- Polyant has developed its own version of film-less thin-ply multi-axial laminate sailcloth called i-LEX that may help broaden the benefits of this technology to more boats in the 35ft-45ft raceboat marketplace.

Not only have the issues of film laminate crazing and associated problems been eliminated, but the overall weight has been reduced while strength and durability increased to impressive degrees of performance. Sails built with these materials are tough, light and hold their shapes, a perfect combination of qualities for the premium racing programme.

Full story in the September issue of Seahorse

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
The 2020 Hempel World Cup Series is set for the lift off with 496 sailors from 46 nations ready to race across ten Olympic fleets on Sagami Bay in Enoshima, Japan.

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima follows on from Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event, and is expected to be a harder event to win based on larger, competitive fleets with more than one sailor per nation on the startline.

Just a small number of nations had more than one athlete in each fleet at Ready Steady Tokyo but now, at the Hempel World Cup regatta, the full squads have assembled, aiming to prove their worth for Tokyo 2020 Olympic selection.

Racing is scheduled to take place on the same racing areas as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the event will be a real indicator as to who will be in contention for medals in just under one year's time.

As well as a fight for Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima glory, the regatta also acts as the Asian Olympic qualification event in the Finn class. China's He Chen, Hong Kong's James Dagge and Iran's Ahmad Ahmadi are the three sailors fighting for the single spot and will do battle in a 25-boat fleet.

Racing will start at 12:00 local time on Tuesday 27 August.

The 49er, 49erFX, Nacra 17 and RS:X fleets will conclude racing on Saturday 31 August with their Medal Races which will be available to watch here from 12:00 local time. The 470s, Laser, Laser Radial and Finn will follow on Sunday 1 September at 12:00 local time and you can watch here.

wcs-enoshima.org

British one-two at 29er European Championships
Britain's young sailors showed their strength at the 29er European Championships in Italy last week with a gold and silver medal-winning performance.

Held at Circolo Vela Arco, Great Britain's youth racers also took home the Nations Trophy, the prize for the best performing nation, on the back of four top ten finishes in the 210-boat fleet.

Two-time Youth Worlds competitors Ewan Wilson and Finley Armstrong claimed gold in the boys' fleet and in the overall competition standings followed by the British Sailing Team pairing of Freya Black and James Grummett in silver.

Top ten, Gold Fleet
1. Ewan Wilson / Finley Armstrong, GBR, 70
2. Freya Black / James Grummet, GBR, 73
3. Mathias Berthet / Alexander Franks Penty, NOR, 77
4. Zeno Biagio Santini / Marco Misseroni, ITA, 79
5. Marius Westerlind / Olle Aronsson, SWE, 80
6. Jens-Christian Dehn-Toftehoj / Mads Fuglbjerg, 82
7. Jonas Schupp / Moritz Hagenmeyer, DEN, 95
8. Ville Korhonen / Edvard Bremer, FIN, 106
9. Oliver Evans / Will Jarman, GBR, 124
10. Henry Jameson / Louis Johnson, GBR, 132

Top ten, Ovington Nations Cup
1. GBR, 344 points
2. ITA, 432
3. DEN, 544
4. GER, 562
5. SWE, 631
6. NOR, 637
7. FRA, 641
8. NED, 727
9. ESP, 751
10. RUS, 829

www.29ereuropeans.org

M32 World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: Last weekend's M32 Pre-Worlds at Riva del Garda gave some indication of the form of the 12 catamaran teams going into Tuesday's M32 World Championship, but was not the last word.

Certainly Convexity and Convegence, skippered respectively by Chicago-based brother and sister Don and Jennifer Wilson, are favourites, having finished second and first in the Pre-Worlds, 16 points clear of third. They are reaping the rewards of their two boat team, each having heavyweight crews, notably Match Racing World Champion Taylor Canfield on Convexity, alongside Ted Hackney, Kinley Fowler and Josh McCaffery, while Convergence has Antipodean match racing specialists Chris Steele, Will Tiller and Ricky McGarvie, plus Don's 17-year-old daughter Ava.

No M32 World Championship would be compete without some entries from Sweden, home of the M32's builder Aston Harald. New to the M32 European Series this season is Inga from Sweden of experienced keelboat campaigner Richard Göransson who is sailing with experienced crew Mark Bulkeley, Brad Farrand, Tom Powrie and boat captain Oliver Tizzard.

Also from Sweden is the M32 Worlds' youth team - Karlsson Racing Team, skippered by 17-year-old Anton Karlsson. Karlsson competed at the M32 European Series Marstrand and his crew, who are otherwise all in their early 20s, comprises Pontus Karlsson and Filip Karlsson (unrelated to Anton) plus Pontus and Lukas Andersson, who are brothers.

Of the other M32 European Series teams, Ian Williams' team has been rechristened GAC Extreme2 for the M32 Worlds and has a mixed Anglo-US crew with Dan Cheresh helming, joined by Dave Shriner who sails on Cheresh's Extreme2 M32 in the US. Williams moves on to tactics joined by team regulars Will Alloway and Richard Sydenham.

Switzerland is represented by Section 16 of Zurich-based Brit Richard Davies - the sole Swiss sailor competing being Chris Rast. They are joined by French catamaran veteran Herve Cunningham plus Russian Niko Kornev and Austrian 49er Olympian Niko Resch. Section 16 finished third at the Pre-Worlds, highest placed of the European teams and has been practicing hard on Lake Garda.

Having finally retired from his beloved Finn dinghy in which he represented the Netherlands at two Olympic Games, Pieter-Jan Postma is a long-standing M32 campaigner. He is joined by Aston Harald's Jakob Wilson and match racer Pontus Dackhammar plus up and coming Dutch dinghy sailors Lars van Stekelenburg and Scipio Hautman. The new team had good opening day at the M32 Pre-Worlds finishing fourth.

m32world.com/europe/

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

All bases covered
Volvo Ocean Race winner and Doyle Sails CEO Mike Sanderson did not mess about when he went looking for the biggest talent he could find to drive forward Doyle's fast-expanding European operation

Quality always sells
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Perfect match
Upgrading the world's fastest superyachts with the latest and lightest grand prix carbon rigging is no place to be discussing tolerances...

Paul Cayard - Multi-tasking
Is there no limit to the man's ambitions

Sailor of the Month
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ORC Sportboat European Championship
Portoroz, Slovenia - The ORC Sportboat fleet has gathered in Portoroz and is ready to race starting tomorrow Tuesday 27 August having passed their measurement checks and registration and inspection formalities. These include weighing all boats, checking all sails to be used (and measuring them when necessary), and checking all safety equipment.

The first race on the four-day schedule is a Coastal race from Portoroz north around Piran and around a mark set off the coast near Izola, and return. The time limit is 1900 CET.

Inshore windward/leeward racing then starts on Wednesday, 28 August and continues daily through Friday 30 August. Six inshore races are planned in addition to the Coastal race, and no more than three inshore races will be run per day.

In total there are 30 boats from 8 countries: 18 in Division A and 12 in Division B to be raced and scored separately. Corinthian trophies will be awarded to entries that qualify with all-amateur crew.

Results and ratings

www.orcsportboats2019.ycmp.eu

Industry News
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Tornado Boats International have moved into new, bigger and more sustainable headquarters in Lystrup, Denmark. The new headquarters is a big improvement in terms of production capacity, but it is also an upgrade in terms of reducing the environmental impact. Tornado Boats International works for a sustainable development where environmental considerations are integrated into all business decisions. Offices and warehouses are now under one roof and geographically located with the aim to minimize travel and logistics for both personnel and goods. The new building is thus placed only 500 meters from the Djursland highway, minimizing Co2 emission as much as possible.

The company has grown steadily since it moved from England to Denmark in 2008 and Tornado RIBs has been introduced onto new markets, both within and outside the EU. The company got their first dealer in the US last year, and this year, new dealers in countries like Greece, Ireland, Canada and Australia has joined the Tornado family, which has made it even more necessary to expand.

The new building is 1400 m2 and has a large space for stock boats, an open office, a conference room, a canteen, a large workshop for fitting of engines, a dedicated workshop area for the dirty work (laminating, gluing, etc.), as well as multiple parking spaces for truck loading.

The new address:
Tornado Boats International
Skæringvej 107
8520 Lystrup
Denmark
Tlf.: +45 86 26 56 55
Mail: info [AT] tornadoboats [DOT] com

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Gill Marine, one of the leading technical apparel brands in the world, are set to partner with the Junior Offshore Group (JOG) in the UK. Gill will become JOG's Official Clothing Supplier, so JOG can offer their members exclusive discounts as well as a bespoke JOG-branded range. Gill will also be working with them on special events, including the exciting anniversary race next year to commemorate 70 years since the launch of this unique yacht club as well as being the primary sponsor of this year's Cowes to Cherbourg race to be held on Friday 20th September.

JOG is a yacht club with a difference - since 1950, the JOG has been focused on making coastal and offshore racing accessible to small boat owners by keeping entry fees modest. The yacht club doesn't have a clubhouse, but instead organises events at host ports for their weekend events.

www.gillmarine.com

www.jog.org.uk

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Kier has secured a construction contract for the second phase of the Oceansgate marine industry hub in Plymouth.

Phase two will see the creation of a new three storey office building and a further 15 light industrial units, which has the potential to create an additional 130 jobs. The buildings have been designed to be flexible, allowing for a range of sizes of industrial and office space, depending on businesses' needs.

The development's first phase, which transformed disused MOD land in South Yard, Devonport, was completed in April 2018 and is now a base for eight businesses. These include the new Marine Business Technology Centre, as well as Lang & Potter Marine, international marine consultants MECAL and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

Like Phase 1, the plans for Phase 2 include the use of natural building materials such as stone to ensure the development fits within its historic surroundings at South Yard.

The contract for constructing Phase 2 is worth £7.6m. This second phase of Oceansgate has been funded by a £2.25m grant from the European Regional Development Fund and a Plymouth City Council loan.

www.boatingbusiness.com

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A new marina is to open in San Vicente de la Barquera on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, thanks to an investment estimated to be worth some €4m.

Local authorities have obtained seven bids in their tender for the construction of the facility. Spanish construction firm Sato offered to develop the marina for slightly more than €4m, around 36% less than the tender budget of €6.27m, according to local paper El Diario Montanes.

Under the plan, the new marina will have 272 berths. Of these, 137 will be for boats of up to 6m (20ft), 65 for boats up to 8m (26ft), 51 for boats of up to 10m (33ft), and 19 for boats up to 12m (39ft).

Financing for the project will spread from 2019 to 2021. This year the municipal budget includes around €130,000 in investment, while the remaining amount will be included in the budgets for the years 2020 and 2021.

San Vicente de la Barquera is located in Cantabria, a region in northern Spain.

www.ibinews.com/marinas/

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The Yacht Racing Forum and Beneteau are pleased to announce the continuation of their partnership.

Gianguido Girotti, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Product Strategy and Brands, will be the events' keynote speaker on day two, addressing the commercial case for the sport of sailing. "Beneteau has always followed the Yacht Racing Forum with great interest ", he explains. " Given the quality of talks, participants and intellectual exchange, we felt it was our mission to be more actively part of it to further sustain the leading edge technology and the sharing of ideas. "

Bernard Schopfer, the organizer of the Yacht Racing Forum, believes that " the support from the sports' leading commercial actors reflects the evolution of the Forum over the years. Elite sport has always been at the heart of our concerns; it paves the way for the entire industry and directly impacts mainstream sailing. We are proud to welcome important brands such as Beneteau. It confirms our mission to address the top of the sport as well as a wider and less specialised audience."

The Yacht Racing Forum will take place on November 25-26 in Bilbao, Spain. The conference and exhibition will once again reassemble the sports' leading actors from all over the world.

www.yachtracingforum.com

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Formidable start for Bliksem at M32 Worlds
• Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals: Racing Cancelled Due to Thunderstorms
• Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup 2019 Final
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• 2019 J/111 World Champion: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff
• Marcus Eagan wins Viper 640 World and North American Championships
• RS Elite Irish Championships
• Martin & Lowry Win 5O5 North American Championship
• For the Record
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • Modified ORMA 60 'TRITIUM'
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• The Last Word: Marcus Aurelius

Formidable start for Bliksem at M32 Worlds
Riva del Garda, Italy: Pieter Taselar’s Bliksem team provided a masterclass in success through making the least mistakes rather than winning races on the opening day of the M32 World Championship on Lake Garda. The US-based Dutch team never won a race but never scored worse than a fourth leaving them with a might nine point lead, ahead of Don Wilson’s second-placed Convexity, in turn just a point ahead of Larry Phillips’ Midtown.

Such consistency may only have been possible thanks the Trentino Tourist Board conditions that prevailed today with the southerly Ora wind filling in on schedule for the 1400 start, then building to 16 knot peak in race four. This enabled the race team from the Fraglia Vela Riva led by Mattias Dahlstrom to complete the full five race schedule comfortably.

James Prendergast’s Gravedigger was having a good day until, once again, race four when they suffered a capsize heating it up too much coming out of a gybe. Aside from this their average race result for the day was 3.5 and they ended the day fourth, two points ahead of the Dan Cheresh-skippered GAC Extreme2.

Wednesday racing is once again scheduled to start at 1400 local time in Garda’s famous southerly Ora afternoon wind.

Results Day One
1. Bliksem, Pieter Taselar, 14 points
2. Convexity , Don Wilson, 23
3. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 24
4. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, 26
5. GAC / Extreme, Dan Cheresh , 28
6. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 31
7. Spindrift, Xavier Revill, 36
8. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 37
9. Section 16, Richard Davies, 38
10. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, 42
11. Team NL, PJ Postma, 46
12. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 48

m32world.com/m32-world-championships-2019/

Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
Brazil's Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze got off to a perfect start in the 49erFX as racing commenced at the first regatta of the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series in Enoshima, Japan.

Fresh from last week's gold at Ready Steady Tokyo, the Olympic test event, the Brazilians could not have asked for a better day, winning both of their races in their bid to retain the title they won one year ago.

After an idyllic weekend that was blessed with clear blue skies and a stable breeze in the mid-teens, the waters of Sagami Bay were somewhat calmer on Tuesday. It took until the latter part of the afternoon for a reasonably stable 5-9 knot south westerly breeze to fill in and fleets headed out from 14:00 local time.

Five fleets completed their scheduled races with the remaining fleets one race short. These will be added to Wednesday's schedule.

Tomorrow's forecast is for strong breeze which may delay or even postpone racing but the schedule is for a 12:00 start.

Full results

wcs-enoshima.org

Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals: Racing Cancelled Due to Thunderstorms
A series of thunderstorms put plans to rest on the third racing day here at the Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals 2019. The fleet of 11 boats was held ashore while a first squall blew through with strong winds, torrential rain and lightning. With another one forecast and tracked on the real time weather maps, racing was cancelled for the day.

With four races sailed Takashi Okura’s Sled are at the top of the leaderboard, one point up on 2017 world champions Platoon. Principal Race Officer Maria Torrijo says she will aim to run three heats on Wednesday if the weather permits.

After breaking their mast on Sunday, Ergin Imre’s Provezza have stepped a spare, replacement which they brought from Valencia and they will be ready to race for Wednesday.

The fourth day of the Rolex TP52 World Championship Puerto Portals should see racing start around 13:00 CEST.

Full results

http://www.52SUPERSERIES.com

Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup 2019 Final
The 71st British Dragon Nationals, the Haulfryn Edinburgh Cup, came to a close on Thursday 18 July after two final races were sailed.

The event was shortened by a day due to an increasing weather front approaching the Irish Sea but all six championship races were successfully sailed thanks to the organisation of the SCYC race team.

The 33 Dragons, including several visitors from Ireland, Turkey, Scotland and the United States, were part of very close competitive racing across the three days.

Northern Championship winner Mike Budd and his team onboard Harry led from the start with a bullet in race one and race six. Utilising every bit of local knowledge they sailed well every day to hold off the top three chasing Dragons.

Martin Byrne’s 2011 Championship winning team of Adam Winklemann and Pedro Andrade on Jaguar were focused on a second Edinburgh Cup win. Two race wins and a tactically astute attitude led them to the podium once again.

Reigning Champions Graham and Julia Bailey’s Aimee went into the last race on equal points with Bear carrying a win from race four.

Not placing outside of the top ten Bear put in some great results to add pressure to the 2018 Champions onboard Aimee, challenging them for a podium position.

Final top three:
1. Harry - Mike Budd, Adam Bowers, Mark Greaves
2. Jaguar - Martin Byrne, Adam Winklemann, Pedro Andrade
3. Bear - Martin Payne, Chris Grosscurth, Emma York

Final Top Three Corinthian Results:
1. Aimee - Graham Bailey, Julia Bailey, Will Heritage, Will Bedford
2. Avalanche - Mark Wade, Many Wade, Chris Brittain
3. Phantom - David Williams, Peter Bowring, John O’connor

Winner of the inaugural Seagull Trophy for the first placed lady Corinthian helm went to Gavia Wilkinson-Cox, skipper of Jerboa who placed 5th overall.

The Jordan Bell trophy was presented to Simon Barter, James Barter and Donald Wilks on Bertie as the top Dragon to have not placed 5th or higher.

Phormerly Phantom, skippered by Chris Thomas with Selina Thomas and Charlie Pearson were awarded the trophy for the highest placed ‘old’ Dragon, built in 1994 or earlier.

Next year’s Edinburgh Cup will be hosted by the Royal Forth Yacht Club, Edinburgh from Tuesday 30 June to Friday 3 July 2020.

https://www.britishdragons.org

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
This month's nominees:

RNAS Culdrose
Forty years ago more than 100 vessels took part in the ’79 Fastnet rescue, but we doubt anyone will argue with our choice of the Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose to represent all of those involved. Fifteen helicopters from Culdrose flew multiple missions that night as crews rushed back from holidays. Nineteen sailors died but 100 more were lifted off by Culdrose crews plus 65 others rescued by sea

Peter Askew (USA)
For several years now Peter and his brother David who campaign the Volvo 70 Wizard have been doing a sterling job on behalf of their country competing in the ocean racing classics. In 2019 they have won the RORC Caribbean 600 and Fastnet Race overall and in between showed well in this year’s Transatlantic Race from Newport to Cowes. From the Fastnet prizegiving Wizard set straight off to prepare for this year’s Middle Sea Race. Perhaps a few more US big boat racers may yet be inspired by their successes?

Seahorse Sailor of the Month is sponsored by Musto, Harken McLube & Dubarry. Who needs silverware, our prizes are usable!

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2019 J/111 World Champion: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff
Chicago, IL, USA: Rob Ruhlman’s Spaceman Spiff took control of their own destiny on Friday, nailing both race wins to earn the title of 2019 J/111 World Champion. Coming into the final day, the Cleveland, OH-based team was in third overall, but Ruhlman and his crew of Marty Kullman (tactician), Doug Moose (mast), Abby Ruhlman (pit), Ryan Ruhlman (spinnaker trimmer), Maegan Ruhlman Cross (main trimmer), Jim Sminchak (headsail trimmer) and Mark Wiss (bow) ended with 25 net points in the eight-race series. Five points behind in second place was day-three leader Martin Roesch’s Velocity. Former World Champion Peter Wagner’s Skeleton Key came in third with 34 points. It was another wild day on Lake Michigan. PRO Becky Ashburn, summarized, “Winds were around 15 knots. Waves were three to four feet with a sideways swell, which made it really choppy.” Under a champagne shower in the harbor, Ruhlman smiled, “I’m not sure this has sunk in yet! We have a great team, a great family. The competition was outstanding. I’m thrilled to be a part of this Class.”

Top five:
1. Spaceman Spiff, Rob Ruhlman - 1 -[14] -1 -10 -4 -7 -1 -1 ; 25
2. Velocity, Martin Roesch - 8 -[12] -2 -1 -3 -6 -6 -4 ; 30
3. Skeleton Key, Peter Wagner - 6 -[8] -4 -5 -7 -2 -4 -6 ; 34
4. Kashmir, Michael Mayer / Steve Henderson - 13 -5 -7 -6 -1 -[16] -2 -2 ; 36
5. Rowdy, Richard Witzel - 3 -[20] -9 -4 -2 -4 -10 -5 ; 37

Twenty-three J/111s competed from August 20-23 at Chicago Yacht Club, including teams from Australia and Switzerland.

Full results on YachtScoring.com

Marcus Eagan wins Viper 640 World and North American Championships
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, California: Congratulations to Marcus Eagan, Andrew Eagan, and Jackson Benvenutti (Mandeville, LA) for winning both the Goslings 2019 Viper 640 World Championship and the 2019 Viper 640 North Americans. Hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club (Long Beach, CA), the four-day Championship consisted of 13 races in atypical Long Beach conditions – light, 8-10 knots except for the final race on Day 2 and the last two on the final day when winds were mid to high teens. It was a regatta where sailors were faced with a wide range of conditions and those atop the podium had to be capable of dealing with them all.

Eagan ended with 33 points after five of the races atop the 41-boat fleet. In second was Geoff Ewenson (Annapolis, MD), Ryan Cox, and Jon Ziskind with 44 points having won an extremely consistent series with 11 top-ten finishes. In third, from South of Perth Yacht Club in Western Australia, were former Viper 640 World Champions Nick Jerwood, Brian DeVries, and Matt Jerwood.

Final top ten (helm, tactician, crew)
1. Marcus Eagan / Andrew Eagan / Jackson Benvenutti, USA, 33 points
2. Geoffrey Ewenson / Ryan Cox / Jon Ziskind, USA, 44
3. Nick Jerwood / Matthew Jerwood / Brian DeVries, AUS, 52
4. Kevin McCarthy / Greg Dair / Zak Merton, USA, 57
5. Jay Golison/Steve Flam / Steve Flam / Eric Doyle, USA, 60
6. Mike Pentecost / Garrett Brown / Chuck Tripp, USA, 69
7. Jay Rhame / Rachel Beardsley / Peter Beardsley, USA, 79
8. Jeff Grange & Chris Parker / Chris Parker / Tedd White , USA, 86
9. Brad Boston / Curtis Florence / Lee Shuckerow, CAN, 101
10. Abbott Atterbury / Rebecca Anderson/Jake Bartlein / A. Tucker Atterbury/Neil Stapleton, USA, 102

Full results

https://abyc.org/regattas/viper-640-worlds

https://www.viper640.org/events/2019-viper-640-world-championship/

RS Elite Irish Championships
Royal Ulster Yacht Club welcomed the RS Elite fleet back to race last weekend in their Irish Championships. Boats competed from the Bangor home fleet of RUYC and BYC as well as visitors from Royal North of Ireland YC, Ballyronan Boat Club and Strangford Lough YC. These boats are a one-design class, there are no performance handicaps involved so it it is straight one-to-one racing.

The class had a fresh start to the championship on Saturday racing over a windward leeward course in a south westerly breeze. Racing was very close on the water for all four of the races completed with Simon and Jack Brien and Stephen Milne in Kin taking the line honours in Race 1 ahead of Jeff Ralston’s Upfront with John Patterson and Robin Flannigan crewing. The current Irish Champions, John Gunning, Stephen Polly and David Kelso came in third in Storm.

At the end of Day One, after discarding each boat’s worst score, Upfront held a slender two point advantage over Kin with Storm a further point behind and Brian Corry with Keren Corry and Henry Greer from SLYC in fourth. The wind was only a zephyr on Sunday morning but Race Officer Colin Loughead managed to get Race 5 started and it looked like it could be turning the title race on its head. Finding a stronger vein of breeze on the left side of the course Storm opened up a good lead at the first windward mark and held it to the finish.

A start line confrontation between Kin and Upfront could well have decided the outcome but in spite of a poor start Upfront managed a ninth place as against Kin’s seventh. With both boats discarding this race as their worst score, coupled with the abandonment of the final race due to lack of steady wind, Upfront clinched the title of Irish Champions 2019 by one point ahead of Storm in second and Kin in third. Toucan had a strong second place in the final race to finish fourth overall.

All the results can be viewed on Royal Ulster Yacht Club’s web site http://www.ruyc.uk/sailing/results-central

Martin & Lowry Win 5O5 North American Championship
Kingston. Canada: A strong fleet was challenged by mixed conditions and tight racing over 4 days on the fresh water of Lake Ontario. With 4 of the current top 5 boats in the world competing, the battle for the podium places was always destined to be tough. However the renowned Kingston seabreeze "wasn't normally like this" and the fleet endured challenging racing with shifty and variable breeze which made racing particularly challenging.

Current world Champions Mike Martin and Adam Lowry (USA) ultimately managed the conditions to win with a comfortable lead over ex World Champion Howie Hamlin (USA) sailing with relative newcomer Russ Clark from the UK who started his 5o5 racing recently with wife Penny Clark in the UK Association boat.

Top five final results:
1. Mike Martin & Adam Lowry, USA
2. Howie Hamlin (USA) & Russ Clark, GBR)
3. Mike Holt & Carl Smit (USA)
4. Parker Shin & Eric Anderson (USA)
5. Michael Quirk (AUS) & Reeve Dunne (USA)

Full results, daily race reports and photos can be found on the 5o5 event page at https://www.int505.org/north-american-championship-2019/

For the Record
The WSSR Council announces the ratification of the following new World Nautical Mile Records established at La Palme, France in June 2019: For further details visit the WSSR Website https://www.sailspeedrecords.com

World Nautical Mile Kitesail Record:
Roberto Douglas. USA. 10/06/19. 39.04 kts

World Women’s Nautical Mile Record.
Heidi Ulrich. SUI. 10/06/19. 37.62 kts

World Women’s Nautical Mile Kitesail Record.
Marine Tlattla. FRA. 10/06/19. 35.41 kts
Marine Tlattla. FRA. 22/06/19. 35.86 kts

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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In This Issue
• Platoon Takes Control in Puerto Portals
• Convexity ahead at half way stage of M32 World Championship
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• RS:X and Finn sailors battle against the power of the Pacific
• International Nacra 17 Class Association Safety Statement
• A-Class Catamaran Worlds
• IMOCA skippers committed to a sustainable future
• Jeanne Socrates Closing In On Vancouver
• Greta Thunberg Sails into NY Harbor
• Letters to the Editor
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Platoon Takes Control in Puerto Portals
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Puerto Portals, Mallorca: A testing, northwesterly offshore wind of 12-17kts produced fantastic racing conditions today at the Rolex TP52 World Championship on the Bay of Palma out of Puerto Portals as Harm Muller-Spreer's Platoon took control of the title race. They posted two first places and a fifth to lead the championship by seven points going into the final day, Thursday.

But for all that the 2017 world champions stepped clear of the pack today, sailing smart and fast, they did start each of the three races on the back foot, forced each time to climb through the fleet. After seven races their average points score per race remains three points.

Vladimir Liubomirov's Bronenosec sailed a 6 and 3 before winning the third race, which moved them to third on the regatta rankings.

Regatta standings after Day 4
1. Harm Muller-Spreer, GER, 21 points
2. Azzurra, Alberto Roemmers, ARG/ITA, 28
3. Bronenosec, Vladimir Liubomirov, RUS, 32
4. Alegre, Andres Soriano, USA/GBR. 36
5. Sled, Takashi Okura, USA, 40
6. Quantum Racing, Doug DeVos, USA, 40
7. Phoenix 12, Tina Plattner, RSA, 41
8. Phoenix 11, Hasso Plattner, RSA, 51
9. Gladiator, Tony Langley, GBR, 57
10. Team Vision Future, Jean Jacques Chaubbard, FRA, 59
11. Provezza, Ergin Imre, TUR, 61

Full results

Convexity ahead at half way stage of M32 World Championship
Riva del Garda, Italy: With clouds over some mountains but not others and a stillness in the air early on, there was much uncertainty over what the wind would do on day two of the M32 World Championship, hosted by Fraglia Vela Riva on Lake Garda. In fact the call to wait for the local afternoon southerly proved correct and the 12-strong international fleet was able to sail the full five race schedule.

After day two a new team has taken the lead overall, although not unexpectedly, Don Wilson's Convexity having been pre-start favourite with most time in the class, with a strong win rate this season and part of a two boat team with his sister Jennifer's Convergence.

However it was day one winner, Bliksem of New York-based Dutchman Pieter Taselaar, that came out firing, reeled off wins in today's first two races. By lunchtime today the wind was gusting into the mid-teens and the call was made to reef the Swedish-built one design catamarans. In the first race which got underway at 1400, Bliksem did a short timed run into the line found a gap and led into the reaching mark and from there on. In the second race when the wind had dropped slightly and reefs were removed, Bliksem was also thereabouts in the start.

With the forecast turning unstable again tomorrow, the race organisation has chosen to sail in the northerly Pelèr win in the morning, with a first warning signal at... 08.30.

Overall results after day 2
1. Convexity , Don Wilson, 34 points
2. Bliksem, Pieter Taselar, 36
3. Convergence, Jennifer Wilson, 43
4. Midtown, Larry Phillips, 56
5. GAC / Extreme, Dan Cheresh, 58
6. Gravedigger , James Prendergast, 65
7. Spindrift, Xavier Revill, 69
8. Inga from Sweden, Richard Goransson, 73
9. Section 16, Richard Davies, 76
10. Downunder Racing, Harry Price, 78
11. Team NL, PJ Postma, 92
12. Karlsson Racing Team, Anton Karlsson, 105

m32world.com/europe/

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

World news
La Grande Route... one of several new temptations seemingly on offer, metal fatigue never sleeps, fattening up (a little) for Tokyo 2020 and Block Island deals a blow to the naysayers. Will Ryan, Carlos Pich, Ivor Wilkins, Blue Robinson, Patrice Carpentier, Dobbs Davis

Under the sun...
With another America's Cup class reset have we nailed down the history books or might we be missing more useful clues? Dave Hollom

Time to revisit
As the big-catamaran offerings proliferate, are out-of-date preconceptions holding back similar growth with three hulls? Marc Lombard

Still captivating...
What makes a successful class? Rob Weiland

Interesting times
Hugh Welbourn looks on as rating systems try to keep pace during some fast-moving times

Fresh start
Under its new ownership a famous British yacht builder is taking a step up in the world

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RS:X and Finn sailors battle against the power of the Pacific
The Men's and Women's RS:X and Finn fleet battled against the elements at Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima as wild winds and booming waves hit Sagami Bay.

As the seven remaining Olympic fleets were postponed early on in the day, the RS:X and Finn sailors hit the water and were put to the test in winds gusting 30 knots and waves 2.5m high.

France's Charline Picon, Rio 2016 Women's RS:X Olympic gold medallist, described the day as, "a bit of a war" with sailors expressions and body language reflecting that statement as they returned to shore following the racing.

Nonetheless, the 24 Finn sailors and 31 Men's and 24 Women's RS:X racers relished a new challenge on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic waters.

After two days of competition, Picon has demonstrated her all round excellence. On day one, in very light breeze, Picon expertly worked her board, using her physical strength to record three fourth place finishes. As the heavier breeze kicked in on Wednesday, the French Olympic champion took the challenge head and recorded a second and a third.

Thursday sees an additional race added to every fleets schedule, minus the RS:X who will sail three. Racing is scheduled to start at 12:00 local time and the forecast is for a more favourable with 14-16 knots of breeze.

Podium positions, round 1

470 Men
1. Paul Snow-Hansen / Daniel WillcoC, NZL, 1
2. Kazuto Doi / Naoya Kimura, JPN, 2
3. Giacomo Ferrari / Giulio Calabro, ITA, 3

470 Women
1. Yuki Hayashi / Chika Nishidai, JPN, 1
2. Silvia Mas Depares / Patricia Cantero Reina, ESP, 2
3. Luise Wanser / Helena Wanser, GER, 3

49er Men
1. Dominik Buksak / Szymon Wierzbicki. POL, 6
2. Tim Fischer / Fabian Graf, GER, 6
3. Federico Alonso Tellechea / Arturo Alonso Tellechea, ESP, 8

49erFX Women
1. Martine Soffiatti Grael / Kahena Kunze, BRA, 2
2. Kimberly Lim / Cecilia Low, SGP, 8
3. Carla Munte Carrasco / Marta Munte Carrasco, ESP, 8

Finn Men
1. Joan Cardona Mendez, ESP, 4
2. Nicholas Heiner, NED, 4
3. Ioannis Mitakis, GRE, 9

Laser Men
1. Tonci Stipanovic, CRO, 8
2. Pavlos Kontides, CYP, 11
3. Nick Thompson, GBR, 14

Laser Radial Women
1. Manami Doi, JPN, 8
2. Dongshuang Zhang, CHN, 11
3. Emma Plasschaert, BEL, 11

NACRA 17
1. Ben Saxton / Nicola Boniface, GBR, 5
2. Nathan Outteridge / Haylee Outteridge, AUS, 8
3. Jason Waterhouse / Lisa Darmanin, AUS, 9

RS:X Men
1. Louis Giard, FRA, 14
2. Pierre Le Coq, FRA, 17
3. Kun Bi, CHN, 29

RS:X Women
1. Yunxiu Lu, CHN, 12
2. Charline Picon, FRA, 13
3. Peina Chen, CHN, 16

Full results

wcs-enoshima.org

International Nacra 17 Class Association Safety Statement
A safety incident occurred in training just before the Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, Japan. A Nacra 17 crew was struck by the rudder and elevator resulting in a cut. The crew was immediately rescued by a coach in attendance where a tourniquet was applied to stem the bleeding and steps were taken to counter any infectious matter.

The coach then brought the sailor to shore where they were then brought, by ambulance, to the local hospital. World Sailing, along with the Japanese Sailing Federation had a safety plan in place, including translation services, which worked well. The sailor was given immediate medical attention. After a few hours the sailor was released from hospital, and after overnight rest and recovery they have decided to sail in the regatta. The injuries amounted to a cut to the leg that did not require stitches and bruising.

The Nacra 17 Class was made aware of the foil strike incident overnight. Safety is a core value of the Class, and we are working diligently to reduce the risks and consequences of sailing incidents in the Nacra 17.

Over the last 20 months the Class:

has recommended that Nacra Sailing consider, in the short term, removing the torpedo on the elevator and making the leading edge more blunt, and/or replacing the current elevators to blunter elevators built without a torpedo

has led a joint working party made up of sailors, the Class executive, and Nacra Sailing to develop long term improvements to safety through re-engineering elements of the Nacra 17 design. The most promising of these options are currently being tested.

set up a safety working party to look into how to reduce the number of foil strikes and to minimize their severity. One of the items this WP brought forward was in the training of coaches for first aid incidents, and training was run for coaches prior to the 2019 Europeans specifically in how to apply a tourniquet, among other items. -- Marcus Spillane, President International Nacra 17 Class Association

Full statement: nacra17.org

A-Class Catamaran Worlds
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The third day of competition at the Worlds really just continued where the last one left off. David Campbell-James was keen to get the race numbers evened out and back on track for a full series as we'd promised Weymouth could deliver. Day three saw 3 open fleet and 1 Classic fleet races in a light 5-8 knots, getting underway after a 2hr postponement.

The Open class first race went off with little fuss, recalls at this level are not frequent, especially in these winds and with the minimal tide effects in Portland harbour. Again, the left looked favoured in the Westerly wind direction and the fleet largely took off in that direction. Upwind foiling was not possible in that wind speed, so it was in low-rider model that they reached the top mark. There, Manuel Calavia ESP 11, just had the lead over Mischa Heemskerk NED 7 and Tymu Bendyk POL 41 in close persuit. They, and the rest of the fleet all set of on the cavalry charge that is 'A' Class Catamaran downwind foiling. These modern boats, with their Z shaped foils and adjustable rudder rake, have become much more docile to sail than they used to be. Far fewer pitch-pole crashes happen now, especially in these light winds and it is remarkable how little wind these top sailors can get airborne in.

The three laps unwound at a good pace until at the finish, it was a real neck and neck racing with Manuel just pipping Mischa, and the NZL sailor Dave Shaw NZL 230, in third only seconds behind. The next race was a similar exciting finish only with Mischa, who had narrowly missed a jury boat on the final few yards of the run-in, got his first bullet of the championship. But this time with Tymu second and Manuel, who was rather angry with himself, after he'd led Mischa on the last leg, in third. Their last race of the day was a somewhat tame affair wind-wise, however, the mental workout of a minimum condition race cannot be underestimated in these boats. The leaders are with ones capable of stringing together the bits of breeze. This time, it was the Swiss lake sailor Nils Palmieri who just beat Mischa on the line by a length.

Then the Classics had a go. This was much more their territory as with less drag underneath, they can be faster in the light stuff. The race was won in great tactical style by Scott Anderson AUS 31 with the Aussie Wunderkind Andy Landeberger AUS 300 next, and the ever present Alberto Farnasi SWE 56 on his trusty old Marstrom.

Top five, Classic Fleet
1. Andrew Landenberger, AUS, 14
2. Scott Anderson, AUS, 19
3. Andy Landenberger , AUS, 19
4. Alberto Farnesi, SWE, 21
5. Hugh Macgregor, GBR, 28

Top five, Foiling fleet
1. Mischa Heemskerk, NED, 9
2. Manuel Calavia, ESP, 33
3. Dave Shaw, NZL, 39
4. Tymoteusz Bendyk, POL, 44
5. Jakub Surowiec, POL, 44

Full results

www.a-cat.org

IMOCA skippers committed to a sustainable future
A key supporter of the call for the Ocean to be seen as a common good for mankind and signatory of the "Sports For Climate Action" memorandum, the IMOCA class has also set up its own Programme for the Oceans, suggesting concrete measures, which can easily be carried out and which involve as many people as possible. The first to be involved are the IMOCA skippers themselves, like Boris Herrmann, one of the most committed sailors in this field. He is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean alongside the young, Swedish green activist, Greta Thunberg. We look here at some of the measures taken by the class, competitors and race organisers in favour of sustainable development

The IMOCA class has set up the Programme for the Oceans, which aims to reduce the impact of the boats and to spread a positive message to encourage people to act. The action plan they have drawn up is based around four themes (events, ecological transition, making people aware of the matter and sciences).

The IMOCA class was one of the first signatories of the call for the Ocean to be seen as a common good for mankind, which was launched on 8th June 2018 during the Monaco Globe Series. To make this partnership official, the class signed a patronage agreement a year later with Ocean As Common, in order to support its message and to work alongside it at IMOCA events.

Some dates for your diary:

- Paris, Tuesday 17th September: Tip & Shaft sustainable development special: "Sustainable development offering leverage to sailing sponsorships." Antoine Mermod (President of the IMOCA), Stephane Le Diraison and Paul Meilhat will be among those taking part.

- Genoa, 20th September: The Ocean Summit #1: The Ocean Race (the crewed round the world race with stopovers) is launching a series of eleven summits called The Ocean Race Summits. These will bring together various leaders and influential figures from the world of sport, sustainable development, politics, business, universities and sciences with the goal of taking concrete measures to restore the health of our oceans. The first summit is due to be held in Genoa on 20th September.

The Transat Jacques Vabre with its fifteen eco-friendly commitments: The environmental action plan for the race will be announced shortly.

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Jeanne Socrates Closing In On Vancouver
Jeanne Socrates, aboard S/V Nereida, successfully completed a nonstop, single-handed, unassisted sail around the world at 2:26 a.m. on Monday 8th July 2013, when she passed Ogden Point at the entrance to Victoria Harbour, 259 days after leaving Victoria in October 2012.

She became the first woman to sail solo nonstop around the world from North America and the oldest woman to sail solo nonstop around the world (a record noted in the Guinness Book of Records)

This was her third attempt to circumnavigate solo, nonstop and unassisted - eastabout via Cape Horn and the Southern Ocean - all attempts made without the help of a shore-based support team .... "My team is simply 'Nereida' and me!"

She received the Ocean Cruising Club's Special Award on landfall and, in April 2014, their Barton Cup. On 7th March 2014, she was presented with the Cruising Club of America's 'Blue Water Medal' and, in April, with the Royal Cruising Club's 'Seamanship Medal'. She was short-listed both for the 'Yachtsman of the Year Award' (U.K.) and also for the 'Yachtworld Hero of the Year Award' (U.S.A.).

* Her latest attempt is now in its 328th day, headed towards Vancouver to complete her solo circumnavigation.

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Greta Thunberg Sails into NY Harbor
It's been 15 days since 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg hitched a ride on a sail-powered yacht from Europe to the U.S. for the U.N. Climate Action Summit taking place in New York in mid-September. Thunberg has vowed to avoid air travel, due to environment-harming carbon emissions. The Malizia II docked this afternoon at 4:00 EDT at Coney Island in Brooklyn so its passengers could clear customs and immigration and then proceeded to North Cove Marina at the southern tip of Manhattan, just a stone's throw from Wall Street.

Despite a light drizzle, a crowd of more than 200 gathered at North Cove to welcome Thunberg. The young activist has gained an adoring following in the last few months as she's worked, with great success, to highlight the urgency of the climate situation, which she says is most accurately described as a "crisis." She has 1.2 million followers on Twitter and 1.1 million friends on Facebook, and her Facebook post announcing her arrival in New York has drawn more than 2,000 comments, nearly all celebratory.

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In This Issue
• Platoon Take their Second Rolex TP52 World Championship
• Two horse race in the M32 Worlds after dawn start
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Team NZ's winning America's Cup catamaran brought 'back to life' at Auckland's Viaduct
• Pushing the Limit - Hempel World Cup Series Enoshima
• Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships
• Courageous Wins Inaugural Road To The Worlds Waypoints Series
• Secrets Of The Late Main Gybe
• Mexican Tall Ship is Dublin Port Bound
• Royal St George Yacht Club Take Delivery of New Firefly Dinghies
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Platoon Take their Second Rolex TP52 World Championship
Harm Muller-Spreer's Platoon team won the Rolex TP52 World Championship title on the Bay of Palma today, but the German-flagged team, led by the Hamburg-based owner-driver did not make it easy for themselves as they had to contend with two additional penalty points that they were given for twice making contact with rival boats as well as two penalties for different infringements during a tense, nervy showdown with Azzurra.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

Entry List:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Final podium positions:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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Neo Yachts' Neo 57C
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Windy conclusion of the 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship
The 2019 ORC Sportboat Championship ended with a victory for Arkanoe by Montura in Division A and Chardonnay in Division B. The event was held from August 24 to August 30 and saw 29 teams from 8 nations race in 6 inshore races and one coastal race for the Championship, organized by the Yacht Club Marina Portoroz in collaboration with Jadralni klub Ljubljana, the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) and with the support of Marina Portoroz.

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

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

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

Full results: www.orcsportboats2019.ycmp.eu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

Full article in the September issue of Seahorse

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Top five after 3 races

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

Full results on YachtScoring.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

75'. Foiling. Monohull. Wow.

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

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

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

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

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

Harken's September newsletter

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

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

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

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

Full results

d35trophy.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.gc32racingtour.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

www.j70worlds2019.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The racing will be outside the harbour in Hayling Bay and at this time of year the water will be at its warmest, with a combination of sea breeze and gradient winds hopefully to give good sailing conditions, as happened last year.

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

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

YJA MS Amlin Yachtsman of the Year Finalists

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

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

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

YJA MS Amlin Young Sailor of the Year 2019 Finalists

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marlow Ropes Blue Ocean Dockline on Clipper 70

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

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

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

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Featured Charter
Ker 40 - Keronimo

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

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

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

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33 High Street
Poole, Dorset
BH15 1AB
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Dazcat 1295. POA GBP.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Provisional Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Olympians
Matias Capizzano

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.premieresailingleague.com

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

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

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

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

www.transpac-tahiti.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.rolexmiddlesearace.com

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

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

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

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

www.hallberg-rassy.com

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

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

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

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

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2014 Mills 41 'Skye'. 239000 USD.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Provisional Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fleet Tracking

Entry List

rorc.org

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

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

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

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

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

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

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

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

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

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

imoca.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sharpies.org.uk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Eat Sleep J Repeat & Soak Racing Crowned in Tor Bay
• Victory for Cannonball at Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup
• Southampton Boat Show 2019 - What's In Store At Marlow's New Interactive Stand
• Great British Sailing Challenge Final
• Phosphorus II wins RORC Cherbourg Race
• The Clipper Race: Thrill ride conditions as Ocean Sprint gets underway
• Melges 20 Russia Cup
• Who really is the Team New Zealand skipper?
• Flying Fifteen World Championship
• The Fife Regatta returns in 2020
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• The Last Word: George Packer

Eat Sleep J Repeat & Soak Racing Crowned in Tor Bay
Two races were held on the final day of the Darwin Escapes 2019 J/70 World Championships, 12 knots from the southwest provided a true wind for the start of racing but that moderate breeze shifted and built west to 20 knots, gusting 26, to produce a fantastic finale. A memorable world championship for both Open and Corinthian Classes was decided in the very last race.

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

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

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

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

Full Results

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

www.j70worlds2019.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

www.internationalmaxiassociation.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.marlowropes.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results on YachtScoring.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.rorc.org

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

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

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

www.clipperroundtheworld.com

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

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

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

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

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

melges20.com

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

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

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

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

www.stuff.co.nz/sport/

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

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

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

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

www.flying15worlds2019.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.fiferegatta.com

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1911 William Fife III 19 Metre Gaff Cutter - Mariquita. 2,750,000 EUR. Located in United Kingdom.

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

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In This Issue
• Star Eastern Hemisphere Championship
• Merlin's Magical Cosmic Tour Rolls Into SF Bay
• The annual B2B conference for anyone involved in yacht racing
• The Clipper Race Surfs into Portimao
• Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta 2020 from 2 to 6 June
• Two Years Of The Start, Who Are The Possible Teams For The Ocean Race?
• Ocean Safety's Daily Expert programme unveils for Southampton Boat Show
• Jeanne Socrates sails into the record books again!
• SAILGP Grand Final In Marseille
• Helsinki, Finland To Host 2020 12 Metre World Championship
• Featured Brokerage:
• • William Fife Iii 19 Metre Gaff Cutter - Mariquita
• • M.A.T. 12 - Night Owl 2
• • Chessie Racing
• The Last Word: Dr. Ishiro Seriwaza

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

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

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

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

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

2019ehc.starchampionships.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have you?

Registration: www.yachtracingforum.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

clipperroundtheworld.com

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

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

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

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

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

The Notice of Race is available here

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

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

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

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

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

The full analysis in Tip & Shaft

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

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

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

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

oceansafety.com

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

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

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

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

www.svnereida.com

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

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

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

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

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

sailgp.com

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

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

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

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

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

12mrworlds.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

monacoclassicweek.com/en/home/

yacht-club-monaco.mc/en/home-en/

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

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

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

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

Harken At The Front
Show information

Flying 15 Worlds
Click on image for photo gallery.

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

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

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

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

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

www.flying15worlds2019.com

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

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

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

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

11thHourRacingTeam.org

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

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

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

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

www.yachtracingforum.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.minitransat.fr

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full article

johnsburnham.com

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

An excerpt from his life story as told in Scuttlebutt:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

monacoclassicweek.com/en/news-2/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.imoca.org

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

In addition to the bareboat from Dream Yacht Charter the prize also includes flights to Antigua plus dockage in UNESCO heritage Nelson's Dockyard which is the perfect base for participants and spectators both as a great marina and as an entertainment venue.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter Gerard in the 12m Class newsletter

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

jerseyregatta.com/

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

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

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

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

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

www.sailingvideoaward.com

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

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

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

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

monacoclassicweek.com

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

Harken's newest products will be on display, including the new Element™ stand-up swivel blocks, the SnubbAir™, new deck organizers, Fly™ blocks, and the new Power3 ratchet blocks.

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

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

Harken at the Front

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

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

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

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

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

www.gc32racingtour.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ticket options

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

To book, see: www.northsails.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.ibinews.com

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

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

The ICOMIA bid was made by the entire UAE marine community through a collaborative effort that involved P&O Marinas, Bvlgari Marina, D- Marin Marinas, Dubai Marina Yacht Club, Exalto Emirates, JA Marina Dubai, Meraas, StratConn LLC and marina professionals Bruno Meier and John Paul Rebollini, supported by Dubai Maritime City Authority and Dubai Tourism.

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

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

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

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

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

Final results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full results

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next edition: 15-19 September 2021.

monacoclassicweek.com/en/home/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Last Word
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In This Issue
• Alinghi claims GC32 Riva Cup
• Back to the Future - 120 years of the One Ton Cup
• Yacht Racing Forum: Business, Network, Information - and Fun!
• Endeavour Trophy count down
• Managing the field of play - B&G
• Kick off the Caribbean regatta season with the Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week 2020
• Dolan Finishes 2019 Figaro Season On A High
• Classic conditions for Bosham SC Revival
• Mini-Transat
• Ocean Racing Club of Victoria: Reflecting on 70 years
• Featured Brokerage:
• • 1894 G L Watson 36 FT Cutter
• • Italia Yachts 12.98
• • COYOTE Botin Carkeek 52
• The Last Word: Rudyard Kipling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full race by race results

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

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

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

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

Register and pay before the 30 Nov 2019 to benefit from early fee of US$90.00
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Dolan Finishes 2019 Figaro Season On A High
Tom Dolan, the Irish skipper of Smurfit Kappa, finished his first season in the Beneteau Figaro 3 on something of a high note when he took fourth place on the last stage of the 12th Tour de Bretagne à la Voile.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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B&C 52 ex CAIXA GALICIA - 2001. Botin & Carkeek's design. Winner Cupa del Rey 2002, IMS World Championship 2001 and 2002. Very good condition. Ideal IRC and IMS racing. Ready to race 2019 season. SPARCRAFT carbon mast, boom and spinnaker pool. 2005 BROOKS AND GATEHOUSE instruments with 6 jumbos repeater. All LEWMAR winches. HARKEN blocs, travellers and rails. SPINLOCK jammers.

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

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In This Issue
• SailGP Grand Final - $1,000,000 Final looks out of reach for Brits in Marseille
• Argo Group Gold Cup To Rejoin World Match Racing Tour
• Join us At The Front: Subscribe to Harken's Newsletter
• MS Amlin Seamanship Award
• Mini Transat Prologue postponed until Friday
• Yacht Racing Forum: Business, Network, Information - and Fun!
• Pensacola YC Offers Spring 2020 Safety at Sea Seminar
• Hong Kong to Vietnam Race: Two Racing Trimarans Ready and Set to Go
• For the Record
• Launch Of Spindrift 2 and a New Appointment
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
• • X-50 - MAXIAN
• • Swan 45-007 'Eala of Rhu'
• • Vismara V52
• The Last Word: Robin Ince

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On receipt of the award Disney said,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The 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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2005 X-50 - MAXIAN. 230000 GBP. Located in Hamble, UK.

From 2005, by X-Yachts and Jeppesen, the X-50 is very much a sailor’s yacht. With a powerful, easily managed rig with in boom furling and well-drawn lines, she is every bit a performance cruising yacht. Fully equipped for long distance adventures.

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2002 Swan 45-007 'Eala of Rhu'. 295,000 VAT Paid EUR. Located in Barcelona, Spain.

Swan 45 EALA of RHU is an excellent example of this hugely successful one design fleet, built as a Two Cabin version with twin heads and a large sail locker accessed from the cockpit.

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

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In This Issue
• Augie Diaz Wins The Second Silver Star In Less Than Two Weeks
• Proto: four-way match, and some?
• Harken Tech Team on Duty at Audi 52 Super Series Porto Cervo Sailing Week in Sardinia
• Defi Azimut speed runs for the IMOCA
• World on Water Live Sail Die ETNZ TOW Test on Auckland Harbour
• Beastie Boy - Dehler 30 One Design
• New Life for Dublin 21s as 'Naneen' is Unveiled in Kilrush
• Robline in a nutshell... may we introduce the brand:
• Swan One Designs at the Nations Trophy
• Special Cashback Offer with B&G - Save up to 120E
• Marseille SailGP Grand Final
• Royal Southern Yacht Club Land Union September Regatta
• Not Sailing... but VERY cool
• Featured Brokerage:
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• • ORMA 60 Mighty Merloe
• The Last Word: Mario Savio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Full list of skippers

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

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

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

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

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

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

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

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

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

Full article and more photos in Afloat magazine:

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

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