In This Issue
• Maxi Edmond de Rothschild establishes new Rolex Fastnet Race record
• Skorpios takes line honours in Cherbourg
• RORC Commodore first home in IRC One
• Sunrise performs a horizon job as therapy is needed after Scilly Isles 'glass out'
• Harken Replacement Traveler Kits: Reduced Heel. Neutral Helm. In a Box.
• Alexela ORC World Championship
• Waiting For Championship Conditions At J/70 Worlds
• 44Cup Tight From The Start
• Wingfoil Race Class added to Caribbean Foiling Championships
• Youth Match Racing Worlds
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Bavaria C57
• • J/133 - Jings
• • Powerplay
• The Last Word: Basil Fawlty

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Maxi Edmond de Rothschild establishes new Rolex Fastnet Race record
The extraordinary 32m long Ultime Maxi Edmond de Rothschild showed a clean pair of heels to the rest of the fleet in the 49th Rolex Fastnet Race arriving Monday 9 August at 20:24:54 BST, setting a new record for the race's new longer 695 mile course to Cherbourg of 1 days 9 hours 15 minutes and 54 seconds.

As the huge blue and white trimaran arrived in Cherbourg's Port Chantereyne, the marina was packed with cheering fans of the team and of its famous crew of six led by co-skippers Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier. Also on board were David Boileau, Erwan Israel, Morgan Lagraviere and Yann Riou.

With so much of their race upwind, Maxi Edmond de Rothschild hadn't often hit super-high speeds. However, they had briefly reached 40-41 knots after passing Bishop Rock on their return journey. -- James Boyd / RORC

Skorpios takes line honours in Cherbourg
Dmitry Rybolovlev's ClubSwan 125 Skorpios took line honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race this evening, after crossing the finish line in Cherbourg at 2015 BST. Their total elapsed time for completing the 695 nautical mile course from Cowes to Cherbourg was 2 days, 8 hours, 35 minutes and 5 seconds.

Competing in her first offshore race, the recently launched Skorpios came through a brutal first 12 hours of the race in good shape. As the breeze softened, Skorpios extended away from her chief rivals for line honours including previous winner George David's Rambler 88 and the strong IMOCA fleet.

Skipper Fernando Echavarri was relieved to have come through the Rolex Fastnet Race with the boat intact. "The boat is very strong, we backed off on speed coming out of the Solent, but so was everyone else," said the Spanish professional. "We had an idea of what the boat might be able to do, but we didn't know for sure, so we learned a lot on this race.

"The owner is super happy, he's a good sailor but new to offshore sailing and he enjoyed the experience a lot. I think there is a very good chance we will be back for the Rolex Fastnet Race." -- Andy Rice / RORC

RORC Commodore first home in IRC One
Royal Ocean Racing Club top brass, including former Commodore Michael Boyd, out-going and in-coming CEOs Eddie Warden Owen and Jeremy Wilton, Race Director Chris Stone and former Race Director Janet Grosvenor turned out en masse on Cherbourg's Port Chantereyne last night to welcome in the present RORC Commodore James Neville whose Judel/Vrolijk-designed HH42 finished the Rolex Fastnet Race leader of IRC One, both on the water and under IRC corrected time.

Ino XXX crossed the finish line at 22:34 BST last night with a race time of 3 days 10 hours 39 minutes and 58 seconds. At that point second placed Swede Jonas Granders' Elliot 44 CR Matador was still north of Alderney with more than 20 miles to go. While this morning Ino XXX has yet to seal the deal in IRC One, her position is looking reasonably secure with, for example, boats like Richard Loftus' Swan 65 ketch Desperado and Chris Schram and Patrick ten Brinke's Corby 38 Double Edge having to finish by 12:23 to topple Neville's team. -- James Boyd / RORC

Sunrise performs a horizon job as therapy is needed after Scilly Isles 'glass out'
Tom Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise has sewn up IRC Two in this 49th Rolex Fastnet Race. The Devonshire team crossed the Cherbourg finish line at 1004 BST this morning. Sunrise's corrected time of 4 days, 6 hours, 45 minutes 4 seconds has given Kneen IRC Two victory by a huge margin. As Sunrise finished, her closest rival was just past the Lizard with more than 120 nautical miles still to sail.

After a hideous outbound beat down the Channel, when they never seemed to be in phase with the tide, Sunrise's first break came after making the last minute call to go up the eastern side of the traffic separation scheme at Land's End with Il Corvo as the majority of the frontrunners chose to go up the TSS's west side.

Rounding the Fastnet Rock on Tuesday mid-evening, Sunrise already had pulled out a 1 hour 12 minute lead under corrected time.

But the key moment of her race came as, while she was forging past the Lizard, the wind utterly switched off for those astern as an area of high pressure rolled over them.

Meanwhile the rest of IRC Two over the course of the early hours this morning compressed into a tight bunch to the west and south of the Scilly Isles as they parked up, unable to break free of the clutches of the ridge. Their restart only occurred at around 0600 this morning. This afternoon they were well on their way to the western side of the Casquets TSS.

The IRC Three race restart has brought some new players into the mix with the British duo of Volvo Ocean Race sailor Henry Bomby and double Olympic gold medallist, turned doublehanded offshore sailor, Shirley Robertson on the Sun Fast 3300 Swell sauntering into the lead on corrected time. Swell also currently holds an 11 miles advantage over the defending champions Léon. Cheekily sneaking ahead of the previous front three is Aileau, the JPK 10.80 of Olivier Burgaud and Sylvain Pontu. Swell was making 9.4 knots but on a course suggesting they may be looking for relief from the Alderney Race south of Alderney this evening.

A restart has also occurred in IRC Four. Ludovic Menahes and David le Goff on the JPK 10.10 Raphael had been emulating Sunrise and Ino XXX in grafting hard to extend away from the chasing pack, both on the water and under IRC corrected time…until they too hit the brick wall at the Scillies. First Raphael's crew was unable to cover as they rounded the west side of the TSS to the west of the Scillies as the two British boats, Richard Palmer and Jeremy Waitt on the JPK 10.10 Jangada and Tim Goodhew and Kelvin Matthews on the Sun Fast 3200 Cora, sailed down its east side. However, the Brits found themselves first to be nailed by the ridge as Raphael and the majority of the IRC Four fleet that was behind her were faster to extricate themselves. -- James Boyd

www.rolexfastnetrace.com

Harken Replacement Traveler Kits: Reduced Heel. Neutral Helm. In a Box.
Pro riggers reinforce what Olaf Harken believed for years: slip-to-slip, cradle-to-cradle, travelers are the equipment most needing a refit - it's not even close. Why? Sailors think replacing them is just too much hassle.

Travelers are too important for crew safety and boat performance to ignore. Harken replacement traveler kits were introduced to address that issue. You'll find five versions with components and purchases matched for perfect performance on boats from 5.5 to 14 m. Select the right kit. Have your chandler cut the correct length of replacement track. Box. Track. Fasteners. Done.

Variable hole spacing track: The Unholy Grail of Traveler Replacement.

This is huge: Harken high-beam variable hole spacing track allows you to install new track using the same bolt holes used for your current track. That's right, no new holes. Put a bolt through a slide. Slip it into the bottom race and slide it to just above a previous mounting hole. Drop bolt into hole. Add washers. Tighten nylocks. Feel that youthful traveler function. With zero new holes. Ask your Harken retailer for the replacement kit right-sized for your boat.

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Alexela ORC World Championship
Tallinn, Estonia: Today's was Rotermann City day for prizes of the inshore competition on the fourth day of racing at the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021, which got a late start awaiting the the mid-afternoon fill of a light westerly sea breeze. Yet the wait was worth it in completing two windward/leeward races for Classes A and B and three races in Class C. For Class C this was crucial in completing the qualifying program to determine who among the 62 entries will be racing for podium positions in the Gold fleet and who will continue racing in the Silver fleet starting tomorrow.

The 8 entries in Class A continue to be dominated by the top three teams, with some lead changes amongst them and a newcomer to the winner's circle in the day's first race. With a building breeze in this race from 6 to 9 knots, the slower-rated boats got a favorable boost in the results amidst their faster-rated rivals. Jani Lehti's GP 42 Mercedes-Benz EQ POW from Finland won this race, his best finish yet in the event, which has helped boost him to third in the standings behind the two German leaders, Tillmar Hansen's TP 52 OUTSIDER in first and Michael Berghorn's Mills 45 HALBTROCKEN 4.5 one point back in second.

Complete results

Racing at the Alexela ORC World Championship 2021 will resume tomorrow with the Pantaenius Coastal Race of about 10 hours duration, with the course to be announced in the morning Skippers Briefing.

Live tracking from Karla Auto O.K.

www.orcworlds2021.com

Waiting For Championship Conditions At J/70 Worlds
Marina Del Rey, California: Sixty-one teams from 11 nations scurried onto the racecourse today, hopeful to make their mark in the five-day competition here. But Mother Nature had other plans. Following an hour-long postponement due to lack of wind, racing commenced at 1:45PM, only to trigger a General Recall. Then a shift in course and start line; followed by another General Recall. And then another postponement.

It was a frustrating day for sailors and organizers alike, who have waited two years for this premier yachting event, as racing was finally abandoned mid-afternoon.

That was no relief for Brian Keane on Savasana and Bruce Golison on Midlife Crisis who finished the day where they started: in a tie for first, eager to shake up the leaderboard.

It's a battle they're all too familiar with. Midlife Crisis won the J/70 Pre-World Championship less than two weeks ago, besting Savasana by three points.

"We were third in Cal Cup and second in the Pre-Worlds, so we're looking at three-two-one!" Keane said, hopeful for a build-up to a win in the Worlds. "We want it this year!

Racing will continue through Sunday August 15, beginning each day at 12:30PM. With conditions expected to improve on Friday, officials hope to complete the 10-race series - as the series NOR allows up to three races a day. -- Betsy Crowfoot

Preliminary Results (Top 10 of 61; 2 races)
1. Brian Keane/ Ron Weed/ Bill Hardesty/ Alec Anderson, USA - 6 -1; 7
2. Bruce Golison/ Steve Hunt/ Erik Shampain/ Jeff Reynolds, USA - 3 -4; 7
3. Andres Ducasse Soruco/ Ignacio Ducasse Soruco/ Francisco Ducasse Soruco/ Rodrigo Ducasse Soruco/ Andres Ducasse Jr, CHI - 4 -9; 13
4. Peter Duncan/ Willem van Waay/ Morgan Trubovich/ Victor Diaz de Leon, USA - 5 -11; 16
5. Laura Grondin/ Taylor Canfield/ Michael Buckley/ Scott Ewing, USA - 2 -15; 17
6. Travis Odenbach/ Ian Coleman/ Marty Kullman/ Geoff Becker, USA - 13 -5; 18
7. James Prendergast/ Christian Prendergast/ Hector Gusman/ Mac Agnese, USA - 8 -13; 21
8. Rich Festa/ Tony Festa/ Allie Blecher/ Mary Stuyvesant, USA - 19 -3; 22
9. Mallory & Andrew Loe/ Giancarlo Nucci/ Cardwell Potts, USA - 16 -7; 23
10. Scott Spurlin/ Evan Aras/ Reed Baldridge/ Austin Powers, USA - 9 -18; 27

2021j70worlds.com

44Cup Tight From The Start
What the opening day of the 44Cup in Cowes lacked in sunshine it more than made up for with close racing. The morning had started with just 8-10 knots of breeze and flat seas but, as the day played out a series of subtle changes took place that kept everyone from trimmers to tacticians on their toes.

The two most notable factors involved the breeze building to a peak of around 15 knots and the tide turning in the middle of the day. Both helped to deliver some very close racing and revealed one team in particular that was clearly in the groove.

Scoring the first win of the event was Team Aqua. An even better place to be was aboard Hugues Lepic's Aleph Racing that finished the day leading overall having been on the podium for all three races.

First warning signal for fleet racing tomorrow will be at 12.00 BST. To follow the racing live visit

Standings after 2 races:
1. France Aleph Racing, France, 6 points
2. Team Aqua, United Kingdom, 9
3. Team Ceeref, Slovenia, 13
4. Peninsula Racing, United Kingdom, 13
5. Charisma, Monaco, 13
6. Russia Atom Tavatuy, Russia, 14
7. Russia Team Nika, Russia, 17
8. Sweden Artemis Racing, Sweden, 23

www.44cup.org

Wingfoil Race Class added to Caribbean Foiling Championships
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The Caribbean Foiling Championships is created to provide a Caribbean race platform for all Foilers. As a new foil discipline called Wingfoiling is emerging, the event decided to add a Wingfoil Race Class to their 2021 event which is held on St. Martin (FWI) from December 10-12, 2021.

'Wingfoiling' is a new board riding sport, a discipline that follows the foiltrend that has been developing in the past recent years. Wingfoiling sits between Kitefoiling and Windfoiling, the sport combines great aspects of both these disciplines into something that feels completely new.

In the past 8 months the Wingfoil-Industry took off, the new sport 'Wingfoiling' is emerging and getting a lot of interest. Participation numbers in the sport are growing rapidly however, the Performance Side of the sport is yet to be developed.

After multiple requests to the event organization from fanatic Wingfoilers wanting to practice their Racing skills the organizers could only respond by adding a Wingfoil Race Class to the already existing Wind- and Kitefoil classes of event.

For those interested in joining the event, registration for the Caribbean Foiling Championships 2021 will open next week.

Questions?
Please don't hesitate to send us an email:

caribbeanfoiling.com

Youth Match Racing Worlds
Photo by Tom Walker Photography. Click on image to enlarge.

Perhaps change is inevitable, but on the second day of the Youth Match Racing World Championship hosted by Balboa Yacht Club, there was little change as the two favorites continued to dominate the double round robin stage of the event. First day leader Jeffrey Petersen (USA, Balboa YC) lost only one race to BYC inter-club rival David Wood (USA, Balboa Yacht Club) to remain ahead on points.

Emil Kjær (DEN, Royal Danish YC), the runner up to Petersen in the just-completed Governor's Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship, maintained his second position in the Worlds at the end of today, Race Day 2. Earlier in the day, Kjaer was looking to pick up a point on Petersen due to Petersen's loss. However, in a minor upset in the next race, the Dane lost to Italian Riccardo Sepe (ITA, FIV).

For the top two, those points could be important at the end of the round robin stage as only the top team will get a bye to the semi-finals. The penultimate match in the round robin will be Petersen vs. Kjær, and while that could be important, at this point, Petersen retains his two-point lead with only two flights left in the round robin.

* No racing on Thursday due to light wind. Full resuts

www.sailing.org/events/youthmatchworlds/

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* From Chris Gould

I've been watching various Olympic events over the last couple of weeks. I was surprised by the commentators' enthusiasm that you could buy a track bike the same as the British team use for the princely sum of £27,000!

I wondered how much a Finn capable of winning the Olympics would be, given the amount of fuss that's made every few years about the cost of Olympic boats. It doesn't seem to bother the cyclists!

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