In This Issue
• Rolex Capri Sailing Week
• Fifty+ teams for RORC Vice Admiral's Cup
• Save, secure, capture - new innovative MOB / POB rescue system
• Transat en Double Concarneau - Saint Barthelemy
• Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series: "Women at Sea"
• South African sailor switches boats to book Olympic spot
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Bluebottle in this year's Edinburgh Cup
• A Message From Alan Ostfield, CEO of US Sailing
• John Goode, 1950-2021
• Featured Charter: TS5 - Addictive Sailing
• Featured Brokerage:
• • RITA IV William Fife III International 10-Metre
• • J/122 - "Black Dog"
• • Spirit 46 ILHABELA II
• The Last Word: Evel Knievel

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Rolex Capri Sailing Week
The Tre Golfi regatta began on Saturday May 15 with the start at 19:00, set against the sparkling lights of Naples seafront.

From here some will strike out offshore while others will stick close to the coast, leaving the island of Procida to port. After around 40 miles, the classic yachts will round Ventotene island, while the rest of the fleet sail on to Ponza before returning towards the mainland to round the rocky Li Galli islands off Positano. Finally, after around 150 miles of challenging offshore racing - where the outcome is never a foregone conclusion - the fleet will cross the finish line in Capri.

Onboard KUKA 3 Kuka 3 CREW: Ambrogio Beccaria, Andrea Visentini, Corrado Rossignoli, Enrico Turini, Filippo Ardito, Franco Niggeler, Gianni Giordo, Massimo Farina, Nello Pavoni, Pietro D'Ali, Samuele Nicoletis. Video by RCSW | Alberto Origone.

www.rolexcaprisailingweek.com

Fifty+ Teams for RORC Vice Admiral's Cup
High performance racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club is back with the Vice Admiral's Cup taking place in the Solent from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd May. The 2020 event was cancelled due to the pandemic, but over 50 teams have taken up the challenge for 2021. Eight classes will compete on technical windward leeward courses, with adrenalin-packed action for FAST40+, Performance 40, J/111, J/109, Cape31, HP30, Quarter Tonner and SB20.

The Grand Prix class returns to racing for the first time this year. Whilst the class follows a box rule, the carbon fibre flyers have very similar IRC Ratings. Niklas Zennström's Rán is the boat to beat having won the class at the 2019 Vice Admiral's Cup. Peter Morton returns to the FAST40+ arena with a new boat, Jean Genie which has been tricked up for action. In contention for the Vice Admiral's Cup will be Christian Hamilton & Guy Gillon's Khumbu with several rigging upgrades. RORC Commodore James Neville racing Ino XXX has innovative sails in the wardrobe. Ed Fishwick's Redshift has a lower IRC rating as a result of modifications over the winter layoff.

The Vice Admiral's Cup will be the first round of the 2021 Performance 40 Series. Under tight IRC Rating rules the class provides intense racing for a variety of performance cruisers. Teams will be racing designs from the drawing boards of Jason Ker, Mark Mills, Beneteau and X-Yachts. Proven winners include Michael Blair & Stevie Beckett's Cobra, David Cummins' Rumleflurg and James Gair's Zero II. Past RORC Commodore and Admiral, Andrew McIrvine will be competing with La Reponse. -- Louis Habib

Event documents and Current Entry List

www.rorc.org

Save, secure, capture - new innovative MOB / POB rescue system
Enhance security on board with the all-new person over board rescue net!

A crewmember over board is the nightmare of every sailor. The new and innovative POB Net is easy to use and very efficient. Even one person can operate it alone and get the MOB /POB back on board. The system also works if the person over board cannot assist in the rescue.

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Transat en Double Concarneau - Saint Barthelemy
Off the Moroccan coast, the 14 duos that make up the leading group of the Double Transat - Concarneau - Saint-Barthelemy are heading under spinnaker towards the Canary Islands. The next night promises to be delicate, with a strong wind and no moon. The greatest vigilance is required to avoid going off the track and not being damaged.

Racing on Breizh Cola with French ace Gildas Mahe, Ireland's Tom Dolan reported today that he is happy with their positioning on the Transat en Double Concarneau - Saint Barthelemy fleet.

Racing downwind in 18-20kts of NE'ly tradewinds 175 nautical miles WNW of Cascablanca this Monday afternoon Dolan and Mahe are computed to be lying ninth* in the 18 boat fleet but in terms of latitude they were the furthest south of the leaders and were the quickest boat over the previous 24 hours making 226 nautical miles.

* Now in second place!

They still have over 420 miles to go the Canary Island where there is a passing virtual mark before the fleet turn west to cross the Atlantic.

The Smurfit Kappa backed Dolan reported this afternoon, "Tonight might yet be a key stage of the race as some weather files are looking at 27 to 30kts of wind, downwind, full on, should be tiringly good craic! But it's an important part of the race I'd say. We struggled a bit for speed with all of the reaching at the start over the first few days, it wasn't much fun, it was hard work, always heeling and trying to scrape back every little 0.1 of a mile. But since it has become downwind we're really in the groove! ! am happy with our trajectories and in the right place so all is good on board."

Top ten at 5 PM Monday local time:

1. Normandy region (Alexis Loison / Guillaume Pirouelle)
2. Breizh Cola (Gildas Mahe / Tom Dolan)
3. (L'egoiste) - Cantina St Barth (Eric Peron / Miguel Danet)
4. BECOME (Orange Violet / Alan Roberts)
5. Teamwork (Nils Palmieri / Julien Villion)
6. CYBELE VACANCES TEAM PLAY TO B (Pep Costa / Will Harris)
7. Queguiner - Innoveo (Tanguy Le Turquais / Corentin Douguet)
8. Brittany - CMB Oceane (Elodie Bonafous / Corentin Horeau)
9. Skipper Macif (Pierre Quiroga / Erwan Le Draoulec)
10. Keep sight (Martin Le Pape / Yann Elies)

Mapping

www.transatendouble.bzh

Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series: "Women at Sea"
Presented by Barbara Semple

Women at Sea relates the stories of life aboard a sailing vessel during the late 1800s while embarking on the China Trade. Frances Carleton Brastow Amesbury was one of those women, though her story is not totally unique, it tells of an adventurous series of journeys around the world. While not at sea, she lived in a seafaring town of Rockport, Maine.

Frances Carleton Brastow Amesbury is the great aunt of Barbara Brastow Semple. Through the reading of her fifteen years of journals and several books and diaries, Barbara has been able to put together a travelog of sorts, highlighting the women's voyages, with an emphasis on Frances' experiences sailing the high seas in the late 1800s.

May 20, 2021
Begins at 7pm, Eastern

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South African sailor switches boats to book Olympic spot
Photo by Robert Deaves. Click on image to enlarge.

If all goes according to plan, South Africa will have two boats in the Olympic sailing programme in Tokyo this year. That's after Leo Davis secured a qualification spot at last week's Finn Gold Cup in Portugal to join Benji Daniel and Alex Burger, who qualified in the 49er class last month.

Davis had initially dreamed of representing the country at the Olympics in rowing but was eventually named as the reserve to the heavyweight pair that competed in Rio five years ago. After four years training with the high-performance squad under national rowing coach Roger Barrow, in 2018 he switched boats, with a view to competing in Tokyo in sailing.

Having successfully secured the continental qualification spot in the Finn class, the Cape Town sailor's final selection for Team SA is now in the hands of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

If all goes according to plan, South Africa will have two boats in the Olympic sailing programme in Tokyo this year. That's after Leo Davis secured a qualification spot at last week's Finn Gold Cup in Portugal to join Benji Daniel and Alex Burger, who qualified in the 49er class last month.

Davis had initially dreamed of representing the country at the Olympics in rowing but was eventually named as the reserve to the heavyweight pair that competed in Rio five years ago. After four years training with the high-performance squad under national rowing coach Roger Barrow, in 2018 he switched boats, with a view to competing in Tokyo in sailing.

Having successfully secured the continental qualification spot in the Finn class, the Cape Town sailor's final selection for Team SA is now in the hands of the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC).

Seahorse June 2021
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

A formidable influence
When discussing the great and influential yacht designers some names are often easily overlooked. Ivor Wilkins has been learning more about one such talent with the help of Bruce Farr and Geoff Stagg...

No-brainer?
And there are more considerations around that offshore medal than you think. Rob Weiland

Careful what you wish for
Volvo winner and two-time medallist Ian Walker is very enthusiastic about offshore racing being in the Olympics... or is he?

The great divide - Part II
Now the two sides - north and south - slowly begin to join forces. Clare Mccomb

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The British Dragon Association Welcomes A Historic Entry to this Year's Edinburgh Cup
Photo by Helen Pugh, Edinburgh. Click on image to enlarge.

The beloved keelboat of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Bluebottle has undergone a momentous restoration and a road trip to now complete the Royal fleet in Edinburgh. On completion of the full restoration of this iconic racing yacht in Cowes, Bluebottle has become the very first entry to this year's British Dragon Association (BDA) Edinburgh Cup, national championships.

Built by Camper and Nicholson in 1947, Bluebottle was presented to Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip as a wedding present by the Island Sailing Club, Isle of Wight. In 1956 Bluebottle was loaned to the British sailing team competing at the Melbourne Olympics, with Lt Cdr Graham Mann at the helm, winning a Bronze Medal, the only British Dragon to have done so.

"Bluebottle will be sailed in this year's Edinburgh Cup by the very expert husband and wife team of Graham and Julia Bailey who have each won the Edinburgh Cup, the National Championship of the British Dragon Class."

Julia and Graham, race regularly both home and internationally and have won four Edinburgh Cups between them in recent years. "We are all thrilled and honoured to be racing this most iconic of all Dragons in the Edinburgh Cup. At 74 years old, Bluebottle may be older than The Royal Yacht Britannia, but following the expert restoration with some modern upgrades from David Heritage, we are keen to see how she goes in competition and will give it our all in memory of the late The Duke of Edinburgh."

A Message From Alan Ostfield, CEO of US Sailing
I write to you today with incredible excitement, having just joined US Sailing as its new Chief Executive Officer. Given your important place in the sailing community, I wanted to connect initially to introduce myself in this manner for now at the very start of my time with US Sailing.

I am honored to have been selected by the Board of Directors, and I am excited to work closely with the passionate, dedicated and talented staff and volunteers and do my part to make a difference helping lead this wonderful organization. The Board has set the tone for the culture of excellence that US Sailing will create and we are all hard at work to do exactly that.

A critical piece of putting us on the path to excellence was the hiring of Paul Cayard as the Executive Director of U.S. Olympic Sailing. Paul is one of America's most accomplished sailors, with a drive for excellence and a strong competitive spirit, so the US Sailing Team is in great hands. I look forward to working with Paul and creating a successful and complementary dynamic that will strengthen US Sailing for years to come.

Full message ussailing.org/news/ostfield-message/

John Goode, 1950-2021
Tributes have poured in from across the marine industry after the former editor of Sailing Today, John Goode, died on 15 May, aged 71, following a short illness.

John was editor for much of Sailing Today's first decade, from 2001 to 2007, the magazine having been founded in 1997, and from the outset he imbued the title with his energy and knowledge.

He had gone to sea aged 14 with the merchant navy and was possessed of a level of seamanship matched by few in the sailing world.

More than that, he was first-class educator and he took genuine enjoyment in helping people become better sailors.

His step-by-step articles in the Sailing Todays of his era became widely known for their practical, real-world advice.

Thousands of people still use the "John Goode's Cockpit Plotter" which he designed, as well as his instructional videos, most featuring John sharing his know-how with pipe clamped in mouth.

Group editor of Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting, Rob Peake, said: "At Sailing Today we will be forever in John's debt, for the huge energy he poured into the magazine.

"John took great personal pride in all his work but he rarely sought credit. He was happier in the background, bringing others on and putting things in place to benefit the wider sailing community.

"So many of us have benefitted from his instruction afloat and his truly brilliant articles on seamanship and pilotage. Many of us still use his 'cockpit plotter' today.

"We are much the poorer for the loss, but so much the richer for the knowledge that he passed on and for the great laughs that he gave us."

John leaves Rosie, his wife of 49 years, and children Sam and Patrick.

www.sailingtoday.co.uk

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The Last Word
If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up. -- Evel Knievel

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