EuroSail News #4945 - 22 October
In This Issue
• International Masters Regatta
• Canada Completes Ten Boat Line-Up For SailGP Season 3
• Harken Battcars
• Notice of Race published for 2022 ORC World Championship
• J/111 World Championship Kicks Off in Virginia USA
• C'est La Vie Jewellery
• Notice of Race for the 2024 Vendee Globe is published
• Sailing World on Water October 22.21
• A new IMOCA designed by Sam Manuard for Samantha Davies
• Australian 18 Footers League Academy
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Seaquest SQ46
• • Breeze GBR1866N - CAL 40 (no. 93 - 1967)
• • Kinetic Catamarans - KC54
• The Last Word: Hunter S. Thompson
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International Masters Regatta
Talents were evident in South San Diego Bay today for the first day of the 2021 IMR. If you look at the scoresheet, you'll find bullets in the top, middle and bottom of the fleet. The four races sailed were there for anyone to take, but one sailor in particular made day one of the regatta a real "field day."
Alan Field came out strong, showing his competitors what to expect from the first race. Field pushed into first place in race one, and then sped up even more in race two, finishing with a solid lead against the rest of the fleet. In race three, he was able to stay on the podium and finished in third place.
The current standings have Alan Field in first place with 12 points, Bill Campbell in second place with 18 points tied with Rod Davis in third place, also with 18 points.
The final race of the day, race four, continued to see more shifts in the breeze and in the scoresheet. The Race Committee saw shifts of up to 20 degrees, but settled on a course axis of 280 degrees. Scott Harris started the day with a 12, 10 and 8, and finished race 4 in first. Campbell followed behind him in second, and Rod Davis sailed his best race of the day taking third place. Finishing the day, places four through seven are only four points apart.
Races will resume Friday, October 22.
Follow full results: sdyc.org/masters/results
Canada Completes Ten Boat Line-Up For SailGP Season 3
SailGP has announced that the line-up for Season 3 - starting May 2022 - will be further enhanced with the addition of Canada joining the global league for Season 3. This is the league's second expansion franchise to be announced, with Canada joining Switzerland on the start-line for next season, and confirms the expansion of the league from eight teams in Season 2 to ten in Season 3.
The franchise of the Canada SailGP Team is owned by innovative businessman and investment entrepreneur and lifelong sailor, Fred Pye.
Featuring the sport's best athletes, Canada will join teams from Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the United States in Season 3 - spanning 2022-2023 - and expected to comprise ten events.
SailGP and the Canada SailGP Team will be exploring fan-friendly inshore sailing locations and suitable host cities across the country to bring the first ever SailGP event to Canada in 2022. Further details of the Canada SailGP Team - including the driver - will be announced in due course.
Turboing Your Boat Is Exciting. Battcars Are Built for When You'd Like to Immediately 'UnTurbo'
At this year's classic offshore events, we noticed a lot of boats had come out of the sheds 'All Turbo'd Up.' It was impressive. And it started us thinking. For years, Harken Battcar systems have been so low-friction, sailors reef without incident—for instance, blast reaching through a localized squall. Think about doing that with the new monster fat-top main you added during the pandemic and being able to stay on the rum line with most everyone still on the rail. No having to run off to reef. Yes, Battcars add a safety factor that can be critical.
But think of it another way: Reefing with Battcars is so smooth that the option to hold onto more sail longer opens up when you know you can get it out of there before anything hits the fan. As you move back into the shed this fall, consider launching a strategic 'unturbo' project. Around Harken, we say there's no single change you can make that makes so much sense.
Watch a DIY Battcar Installation:
Notice of Race published for 2022 ORC World Championship
Porto Cervo, Italy: The Notice of Race for the ORC World Championship 2022 is now available online(PDF)
This major sailing event, with a mixed format of inshore and offshore racing, will be organized by the YC Costa Smeralda and held between 22-30 June 2022.
The fleet will be divided in to three classes based on the size and speed of the boats entered, and the winner of each division will be awarded the title of 2022 ORC World Champion in that division.
For further information contact the YCCS Press Office.
YCCS Press Office
Marialisa Panu
Tel. +39 0789 902223
www.yccs.com
J/111 World Championship Kicks Off in Virginia USA
Hampton, Virginia, USAZ: The 2021 J/111 World Championship hosted by Hampton Yacht Club in Hampton, Virginia USA launched on Thursday under sunny skies and breeze averaging 10-12 knots. Seven J/111s completed three races. Taking the early advantage is Rodrick Jabin's Ramrod with two bullets and a second for 4 points. Local Ian Hill's Sitella put together a solid day for second place (8 points), and the Bravo team led by Andrew & Sedgwick Ward is in third (10 points).
Earning the first victory of the Championship was Jabin's Ramrod, with the Wards' Bravo and Jeff Davis' Shamrock following. Hill's Sitella took line honors in race two, while Jabin and the Ward duo remained in the top three. Returning to first place in the day's final battle was Jabin's Ramrod, ahead of Peter Wagner's Skeleton Key and Hill.
Complete results are available on YachtScoring.com
C'est La Vie Jewellery
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Notice of Race for the 2024 Vendee Globe is published
The SAEM Vendee, the organizing entity behind the Vendee Globe, has just published the Notice of Race which details the rules for competing in the 10th edition of the Vendee Globe. Applications for the Vendee Globe 2024 will open on Monday February 14, 2022, at D - 1000 before the Start day, scheduled for November 10, 2024. The qualification pathway to the Vendee Globe is reinforced. The maximum number of racers for the 2024 Vendee Globe is set at 40.
The selection based on Miles established during the previous edition and in line with the Globe Series Championship is renewed. The selected skippers will therefore be those who have covered the most Miles during the Championship selection rounds, the first of which, the Transat Jacques Vabre 2021, starts in less than a month.
It should be noted that the two handed races - such as the Transat Jacques Vabre - will only count half of the miles covered by the skipper.
In an effort to internationalize and open opportunities to female skippers in offshore racing, The Ocean Race 2022 is part of the Championship selection programme, with each skipper then scoring only a quarter of the miles sailed within a limit of 5,000 miles.
In order to promote technological innovation and not penalize new boat projects, the first 13 skippers with a new boat taking the start of a qualifying race will be directly selected.
Finally, the SAEM Vendee gives itself the opportunity, as organizer, to invite up to 1 additional skipper from among the registrants, bringing the maximum number of starters to 40.
Sailing World on Water October 22.21
These are our highlights in the sport of Sailing in the last seven days.
The 42nd edition of the Rolex Middle Sea race starts from the Maltese capital Valletta tomorrow, and travels around Sicily taking in the active volcanoes of Etna and Stromboli. The 120 yacht fleet includes Comanche, Rambler 88, Maserati and the overall race winner at the past two editions, Elusive 2. We will have a race report next week, in the World on Water.
In the Star Sailors League Gold Cup, Test Event 3 Finals, it was between Sweden, Slovenia, Poland and Austria. Sweden gently and comfortably read the wind shifts, Slovenia was happily trailing behind them leaving Poland in third from Austria.
Humankind has always looked to explore, and push its boundaries. We are restless. We are curious. It is this that has led the Clipper Race to help thousands of people step out from their comfort zone and train to become ocean racers. For 25 years, Race Crew, from all walks of life, have had the same purpose: saying yes to discovering personal frontiers, and achieving something extraordinary. The ocean is their race track.
A new IMOCA designed by Sam Manuard for Samantha Davies
Black Pepper Yachts, the Nantes-based shipyard managed by Michel Douville de Franssu, is building a second IMOCA 60 designed by Sam Manuard in the hull moulds of L'Occitane en Provence; it will carry the colors of Initiatives-Coeur and will be skippered by the renowned sailor Sam Davies. Sam will be on the starting line of the next Route du Rhum at the helm of this latest generation boat.
This new Imoca built using the moulds of the former L'Occitane en Provence will not be a "sister ship" in the true sense of the word. Modifications have been made, particularly to the foils, to conform to the new rules.
The hull will be delivered to the Initiatives-Cœur premises in Lorient in December of this year (2021), where its technical team will take charge of the preparation as well as the installation of all the systems on the boat.
The launch, scheduled for May 2022, will allow Sam to take the start of the 2022 Route du Rhum at the helm of this new machine while awaiting the 2024 Vendee Globe.
Australian 18 Footers League Academy
The Australian 18 Footers League has established an exciting new concept to encourage and educate new recruits, or recently recruited, young sailors to the high-speed world of 18ft Skiff racing.
According to organisers, The Academy will fast track learning and teach everyone the right way to set up, care for, sail and be a part of the 18 footers. It will introduce the Academy members to the sailors in the fleet, including, matching every new team with a mentor and show how everything works, so they can quickly enjoy the 18 footers club life. It will also ensure that everyone has a fun, and a successful racing season and will ensure that the 18 footers class remains strong and continues to grow.
The timing of the 2021 program was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Sydney but still managed the first meeting, on zoom, with current JJ Giltinan world champions Michael Coxon and Ricky Bridge, on September 15.
Australian 18 Footers League sailing manager and co-ordinator of the Academy, Jessica Crisp, says it is "a teaching and mentoring program that gives all new teams and crews the tools to become a great 18ft Skiff sailor."
"Each season all new skippers, crews will be invited to join the Sailing Academy. Interested parties can contact the club to join as well, the more the merrier. The new teams are matched with a mentor to help them throughout the season. In the first season, we have invited four new teams to the 18s, along with three teams who had their first season in 2020-21, plus ten individuals."
The newcomers will get their opportunity to 'mix it' with their more experienced rivals on Sunday when the Australian 18 Footers League stages Races 1 and 2 of the Spring Championship on the first day's racing of the 2021-22 season.
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1967 Breeze GBR1866N - CAL 40 (no. 93 - 1967). 74,950 VAT PAID GBP. Located in Hamble, UK.
Iconic William Lapworth design from 1963. Famous for numerous outright (overall in fleet) and Class wins in the Transpac and Bermuda races (as well as many other races) from 1964 to the present day. Listed in the American Sailboat Hall of Fame.
- Comprehensively re-fitted in 2012/13 by David Heritage Racing Yachts of Cowes
- Updated since with a new 35hp Beta engine and 16inch Maxprop installed in 2017
- Placed 1st (out of 35) in Class 4 Division B in the 2013 Fastnet race
- Awarded 1st in Concours (Fiberglass Yachts) at the Royal Southern’s 2016 Classics, she continues to turn heads wherever she goes
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
Contact
Robert Boulter
+44(0)7932 110746
email:
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Kinetic Catamarans - KC54. POA USD.
A performance catamaran that can be comfortably sailed by a cruising couple.
The KC54 maximizes living space with panoramic 360-degree views from inside its large main salon. The coach roof-mounted mast and traveler facilitate a large forward cockpit for both sailing and leisure and an aft cockpit free of sail controls. It is built for fast coastal and offshore cruising in comfort. It can also be configured as a competitive racer.
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
Kinetic Catamarans
USA Tel: +1 954 732 2836
Kinetic Catamarans
SA. Tel:+27 44 382 0439
The Last Word
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