EuroSail News #4942 - 19 October
In This Issue
• WMRT Final Postponed to March
• World Sailing expects same Tokyo 2020 dividend as for Rio 2016
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Swan One Design winners crowned in St. Tropez
• Twelve 2021 Lipton Cup Teams
• The craziest videos of the new IMOCAs on foils
• Fireworks
• China Coast Regatta
• How Len Heffernan Changed The Style Of Sydney 18 Footers
• Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta
• Featured Charter: Araok - 58ft Ipanama Catamaran
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Grand Soleil 45 Performance
• • ClubSwan 36
• • Jeanneau 54
• The Last Word: Alan Rickman
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WMRT Final Postponed to March
Organisers of the World Match Racing Tour today announced the final event of the 2021 season, the Boa'an Match Cup/WMRT Final in Shenzhen, China will be postponed to March 2022 following a review of the current border and quarantine restrictions in China.
The event was scheduled to take place from 15-19 December as the 2021 tour season finale, which will now be extended to March 2022 (provisional dates 15-20 March 2022).
The decision to postpone the Shenzhen event has been made jointly between the WMRT Organising Committee and the Sports Bureau of the Boa'an District of Shenzhen, official hosts of the event. While it is expected the border and quarantine restrictions will be improved in China over the coming months, the current restrictions impact significantly on the logistics for the event as well as the visiting teams, as WMRT Executive Director James Pleasance explains;
'Our partners in Shenzhen have been working tirelessly over the last few months to go ahead with the first Boa'an Match Cup/WMRT Final in December. Sadly the current travel restrictions to China which include a minimum 14 days of quarantine prior to the event, as well as post event quarantine for event staff, make it unfeasible to organise the event properly and efficiently. It is a shame to postpone the event but it is the right decision and we look forward to visiting Shenzhen again in March.'
World Sailing cuts loss and expects same Tokyo 2020 dividend as for Rio 2016
World Sailing has posted a smaller-than-expected deficit for 2020, while serving notice that it expects its Tokyo 2020-related Olympic dividend to be no smaller than what it received for Rio 2016.
The UK-based body, which elected China's Quanhai Li as President late last year after an eventful and hard-fought campaign conducted in the shadow of the pandemic, said the "successful delivery" of Tokyo 2020 had "alleviated the critical financial risks associated with the cancellation of the Games".
Having made what are described as "reasonable inquiries", World Sailing's directors are now of the opinion that "the projected Olympic distribution from Tokyo 2020 will not be lower than the distribution from Rio 2016".
Accounts for 2016 and 2017 indicate World Sailing received Olympic receipts totalling just under £11.85 million ($16.1 million/€13.9 million) in those years.
This new disclosure that World Sailing has "prudently projected" its distribution from Tokyo at "the same level" as Rio 2016 may be of interest to those involved with other Summer Olympic sports, who might be concerned that the COVID-19-related postponement of this year's Games and extra expenses accrued might eat into their respective Tokyo 2020 dividends.
Seahorse November 2021
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
Update
The America's Cup and why nothing (ever) really changes; stepping away never makes life easier, remembering Tim Colman... the man who really started it all, a poignant and dangerous welcome home, could this be an offshore game-changer... and why many great sailors never really grow old. Jack Griffin, Terry Hutchinson, Paul Larsen, Adrian Morgan, Fitz...
Cause for celebration
Following straight on from a successful start to the TP52 Super Series for the lucky (quite a) few it was then off to Porto Cervo... Rob Weiland
Finesse
And a closer look at how you keep an 'older' production racer at the top of the IRC pile. Antoine Cardin
Many ways (to skin a cat)
Patrice Carpentier speaks with Multiplast's Yann Penfornis to find out more about the company's substantial investment in the increasingly fast-moving field of commercial wing-power
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Swan One Design winners crowned in St. Tropez
Swan has crowned its winners across the four classes of the Swan One Design Worlds after a week characterised by challenging conditions.
In the new ClubSwan 36 class, it was Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio's boat G-Spot which clung onto a commanding lead to close out the regatta. Three bullets at the start of the regatta had set them up, and excellent tactical sailing in today's two races allowed them to fend off a late challenge from Fra Martina.
In the Swan 45 class, last year's World Champion Motions made it two in a row. With just one race in the day for the 45s, there was an element of match racing to the duel between Lennard van Oeveren's Motions and Argentinian Fernando Chain's From Now On.
And despite an unaccustomed slip-up on the third day of racing, ClubSwan 50 Hatari has closed out the regatta to win a second consecutive World Championship. After a couple of false starts for the CS50 fleet, Marcus Brennecke's boat gave an almost flawless display to finish second today and see off a stiff challenge from Earlybird and Cuordileone.
Full results on YachtScoring.com
Twelve 2021 Lipton Cup Teams Prepare for Competition
San Diego, California: The battle is back on for the coveted Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup trophy. Twelve yacht club teams from all around the country come to San Diego Yacht Club on October 28-30, 2021 to participate in a highly competitive series while rotating through a matched fleet of J/105s. From New York to Chicago to California, each team always arrives ready to put up a fight in San Diego Bay.
The trophy, which remains housed at SDYC, was most recently won by Newport Harbor Yacht Club from the 2019 running of the event where skipper Justin Law earned the win. Law is skippering for Newport Harbor Yacht Club again this year. "The talent across all of the teams that participate in the Lipton Cup is off the charts. SDYC does a great job hosting this first-class event," he said.
This year, the participating skippers/clubs are:
Peter Duncan, American Yacht Club
David Wood, Balboa Yacht Club
Allie Blecher, California Yacht Club
Will Curtiss, Chicago Yacht Club
Scott Harris, Coronado Yacht Club
Shala Youngerman, Cortez Racing Association
Keith Ives, Long Beach Yacht Club
Jon Singsen, New York Yacht Club
Justin Law, Newport Harbor Yacht Club
Tyler Sinks, San Diego Yacht Club
Nico Landauer, Southwestern Yacht Club
Chris Perkins, St. Francis Yacht Club
The craziest videos of the new IMOCAs on foils
We could only choose as a cover photo that of Alex Thomson's IMOCA HUGO BOSS, the only, inimitable, mythical "street kid" of ocean sailing. In my opinion, he is a great sailor.
He won a third and a second place in the Vendée Globe and he wanted to win the latest Vendée.
During the last Vendée where the opportunity arose to be filmed by the navy helicopter Banque Populaire of Armel le Cleach on board sailed composed, clean and fast. Alex had broken the starboard foil but for the occasion he took out all the canvas he could hold. The boat lay on the edge, almost out of control, but otherwise it wouldn't have been Alex Thomson.
See all the videos: globalsolochallenge.com/imoca-foils-en/
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Fireworks
It never rains but it pours for Team New Zealand. I awoke this morning to an email from the holier-than-thou Taxpayers' Union in New Zealand with a statement demanding to know whether the syndicate is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office for receiving the best part of NZD$1.5m over the Covid-19 lockdown period. Yawn. We've been here before.
Whatever the outcome in the SFO case, it's just another media headache on top of the Burling/Tuke ego-nonsense and the Patrizio Bertelli loan issue for Team New Zealand who will hopefully get back on the front foot this week with a venue announcement. Surely that is now the key to moving everything forward and will dictate future finances and deals that simply have to be done.
My sense is that there's far more going on backstage than we're hearing. My crystal ball leads me, once again, to the fast-money of the Middle East to solve an almighty array of problems stacking up for the Defender as I just can't see how else they can square the financial circle without a Saudi parachute drop. My compass might be off but where else is the cash coming from?
Magnus Wheatley's full editorial in Rule69Blog
China Coast Regatta
With Hong Kong being subjected to two severe tropical storms in the space of a week, the rescheduling of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club's premier big boat event, China Coast Regatta 2021 finally got underway over the weekend of 15 to 17 October. The wait was worth it. Wind conditions picked up gradually throughout the three day regatta, showcasing Hong Kong's signature sailing conditions at its finest with great monsoon breeze, blue skies and warm waters.
A gentle 6 to 8kts easterly breeze kicked off the regatta for the start of racing on Day 1 with 21 boats taking to the race track, located southeast of Hong Kong's Lamma Island. All IRC racing divisions were sent off on a windward / leeward to start the day's action with text book racing taking place.
Conditions began to deteriorate however with some rainfall with the breeze building throughout Race 2, peaking at 20kts. Race Officer Inge Strompf-Jepsen set an island course for the last race of the first day seeing the TP52 division and IRC Racer 1 sail a 20nm island course; racing around Sung Kung, Po Toi and Beaufort Islands before finishing at Stanley. IRC Racer 2 and 3 were set a shorter course of 16.5nm around Sung Kung and Beaufort.
On Day 3 the TP52s and all IRC classes were set a three-lap for their final race of the regatta. Whilst the race management team had originally planned on sending the HKPN division off on an Islands course for their second race of the day, they were ultimately set another two-lap windward/leeward to suit the prevailing conditions.
Having completed their scheduled seven races, the IRC and TP52 divisions enjoyed a discard, odds-on favourite Shawn Kang's Alpha+ lifted the TP52 trophy with an impressive five wins out of seven races, with Noel Chan's Rampage 88 in second overall.
In IRC Racer 1 Joachim Isler /Andrew Taylor's Ambush took the win over William Liu's Seawolf 2 on countback, and Nick Burns' King Mills 40 Witchcraft took another two bullets on the final day to successfully hold off James Verner's Judel Vrolijk Custom 36 Nightshift in the most competitive IRC Racer 2 division, by 3 points.
In IRC Racer 3, Andrew Pidden 's J99 Juice pipped Nick Southward's J-109 Admiralty Harbour Whiskey Jack, despite Nick notching up two wins on final day. Carl Wilkinson's Lisa Elaine came out ahead of Bradly Wilkins' Blowers Daughter, also on countback, to claim the HKPN division win.
How Len Heffernan Changed The Style Of Sydney 18 Footers
Len Heffernan was a champion 18ft skiff skipper, designer and boat builder of the 1950s and 60s, who changed the style of the Sydney 18 footers in the early 1960s, but never gets the recognition that he deserves.
Along with his talent in all areas of the sport of 18 footer racing, Len had a 'relaxed', fun-loving, attitude and enjoyed the sport. It was this 'love' of the sport and a determination to make it better that stamps him as a special individual in the 129-year history of the class.
His knowledge, together with a wonderful vision, and the skill to put the vision into reality, is what allowed him to change the style of Sydney 18 footers in the 1960s.
It was a knowledge and skill learnt over a lifetime. From the time (as a seven-year-old) that he built his first boat, from driftwood, which capsized and sank the first time she went in the water, until he died, as a 93-year-old, in 2017, he never lost his love of sailing.
Following his retirement from the 18s, Len's love of sailing continued. At the request of Reg Barrington to help him, they completed the build of Historical 18, TANGALOOMA, in 1994, then SCOT in 1997.
At the same time Bob Tearne built a 6ft skiff and a 10ft skiff, and started the Historic Replica Movement, Len also built 10ft replicas and won five Australian titles. He took a five-year break then came back and won his sixth title. -- Frank Quealey
Full article in Southern Woodenboat Sailing
Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta
The fleet for the 2021 Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta has grown to 20, with some of Australia's most historic boats set to take to Sydney Harbour from 10-12 December.
The annual regatta, organised by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, is open to any yacht launched prior to 1976 that has competed in at least one Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
With many former Sydney Hobart winners amongst the fleet, the Sydney Hobart Classic Yacht Regatta has become a popular celebration of the history and heritage of Australia's premier ocean race.Among the famous classic offshore yachts already entered are Love & War, Anitra V, Fidelis, Mister Christian, Kialoa II, Caprice of Huon, Solveig and Margaret Rintoul.
The 2021 regatta will begin with a short no-extras invitation race on Friday 10 December, followed by a pursuit race on Saturday 11 December and a scratch race on Sunday 12 December.
The scratch race starts from a line off Cannae Point, the original starting line for the first Rolex Sydney Hobart in 1945.
www.sail-world.com/news/242935/
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