EuroSail News #4960 - 12 November

In This Issue
• Sodebo Heads For Help As Fleet Spreads Across 1000 Miles
• The First Prototypes Expected Into Guadeloupe Tomorrow
• Eileen Ramsay - the Queen of Yachting Photography
• Star South American Championship
• Record Entry for 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Bushwhacker Week
• Peters & May Round Antigua Race
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Brokerage:
• • SW78 KIWI
• • Swan 115-001 Solleone
• • Breeze GBR1866N - CAL 40 (no. 93 - 1967)
• The Last Word: Martha Mitchell

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Sodebo Heads For Help As Fleet Spreads Across 1000 Miles
Sodebo 3 is limping to Madeira for repairs as the rest of the Ultimes power on towards Cape Verde. The Class 40 leaders have finally found breeze at Cape Finisterre. Ocean Fifty and Imoca boats are enjoying happier days north of Madeira.

Ultimes - Sodebo runs for repairs

After spending much of the day trying to repair their starboard foil, Thomas Coville and Thomas Rouxel have conceded they will need extra help. Their shore crew are rushing to Madeira where the sailors are expected to arrive Thursday night. It will be a race against time to get the boat fixed and back onto the race course.

"After having taken the mental blow just after the collision, the two Thomases quickly got back on track to find ways to keep racing," explained team manager Jean-Christophe Moussard. "We exchanged photos with them to answer their questions, we identified the few parts we needed to repair as quickly as possible. We're all in warrior mode, we want to go all the way, we're not giving in."

The damage occurred at 01.00 on Thursday morning north of Madeira when Sodebo 3 hit a UFO (unidentified floating object). The boat was in second place at the time.

Meanwhile the remaining four Ultimes are steaming south led by Maxi Edmond de Rothschild (Franck Cammas & Charles Caudrelier) with 80 lead over Banque Populaire (Armel Le Cleac'h & Kevin Escoffier)

IMOCA - and then there were 20

The second IMOCA to have suffered a broken mast this race has officially pulled out. 11th Hour Racing Alaka'i is now docked in La Coruna, Spain where a bitterly disappointed Simon Fisher (GBR) and co-skipper Justine Mettraux (SUI) announced their race was over.

www.transatjacquesvabre.org

The First Prototypes Expected Into Guadeloupe Tomorrow
The denouement of the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef is nigh, for the prototypes at least, who are expected to make landfall in Saint-Francois from tomorrow, Friday 12 November. With less than 15 hours to the finish, Pierre Le Roy (1019 - TeamWork), nicely settled in the driver's seat for six days already at the head of the fleet, is continuing to consolidate his lead and with it his place as champion of the leg and the event. Behind him, barring technical glitches, Fabio Muzzolini (945 - Tartine sans Beurre) looks set to hang onto his current second place. However, things could be a little trickier for Tanguy Bouroullec (969 - Tollec MP /Pogo). Indeed, though the winner of the first leg is assured of a podium place in the overall ranking, there's a chance he may be pipped at the post in this second leg by Sébastien Pebelier (787 - Décosail) or Irina Gracheva (800 - Path). Suspense reigns supreme tonight!

This Thursday, Pierre Le Roy has less than 250 miles to go to reach Saint-Francois and complete the 2,700-mile passage that makes up the second leg in this 23rd edition of the Mini Transat EuroChef. Though the skipper from Lille is on a straight-line course for victory, it's out of the question for him to take his foot off the accelerator, even with a cushion of over 80 miles ahead of his closest rival.

www.minitransat.fr/en/

Eileen Ramsay - the Queen of Yachting Photography
Eileen Ramsay was at the centre of a unique period in yachting history, and this wonderful book, featuring her classic photography, celebrates an extraordinary woman and her extraordinary subjects. Eileen's heyday was between 1950 and 1970 - a time when eccentrics ruled, records were there for the setting, and women weren't often to be found behind the lens. But Eileen established herself as one of the greatest yachting photographers of her time, taking famous portraits of sailing icons like Francis Chichester and Eric Tabarly, Olympians, including Rodney Pattisson and Keith Musto, and historic pictures from the first Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic (OSTAR) Races. She was the only photographer Chichester allowed on his Gipsy Moth yachts, and commissioned to photograph notorious charmers like Uffa Fox and Max Aitken, learned to stave off their amorous advances.

Eileen, now into her 90s can remember just about every photograph she has taken and relate an anecdote or story about each one. Many of these memories are also recorded in the book.

Eileen Ramsay - the Queen of Yachting Photography, is a spectacular celebration of a pioneering photographer and a fascinating time in yachting history.

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Star South American Championship
Ilhabela, Brazil: The first race of the Star South American Championship is scheduled to start Friday, November the 12th at the Yacht Club de Ilhabela (YCI), on the northern coast of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The competition counts on 32 athletes, 16 teams, and the races will continue until Monday, November the 15th, a national Brazilian holiday. The Continental event will have big names such as the great Olympic medalist Robert Scheidt, Star World Champion Jorge Zarif and other national legends of the sport.

The Star South American Championship has been held since 1952, and this is the 51st edition of the traditional competition. The last edition was held in 2019, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the title went to the duo Tomás Hornos (USA) and Pedro Trouche (BRA), here as crew for Marco Szili. Pedro also won the SSL Finals in 2018 with Olympic Finn sailor Jorge Zarif.

Robert Scheidt, who won the 2006 and 2018 editions of the South American will be joined for the first time by Ubiratan Matos. "We've never sailed together before but we had a few days before the event starts tomorrow to get used to each other, get the maneuvers right, and regulate the boat. I enter the competition without any great expectations and I hope to make the most of the competition," said the Olympic medalist in Star in Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

Robert Scheidt, a Brazilian Olympic sports idol, will face high level opponents like Jorge Zarif, who, in this edition, will race alongside Arthur Lopes. The entries also includes World Champion such as Guilherme de Almeida and Samuel Goncalves, who will race alongside Juninho de Jesus and Pedro Lodovici, respectively.

Teams confirmed in Ilhabela (SP)

The 2021 Star Class South American Championship is organized by the Yacht Club de Ilhabela in partnership with the Ilhabela City Hall. The official sponsorship is by Mitsubishi and the support of Madalena Brewery and Regatta.

2021sa.starchampionships.org

Record Entry for 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race
The Royal Ocean Racing Club, in association with the International Maxi Association (IMA) and the Yacht Club de France, expect a record entry for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. From the mighty Comanche to the miniscule Jangada, 29 teams from all over the world make up an extraordinary entry list. A world class fleet of multihulls and monohulls are scheduled to start the RORC Transatlantic Race on the 8th of January 2022 from Puerto Calero, Lanzarote.

The 3,000 nautical-mile race across the Atlantic to Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina, Grenada, has two major prizes for the monohulls. The overall winner, after IRC time correction, will win the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy. The IMA Transatlantic Trophy will be awarded for Monohull Line Honours. The star-studded entry list of racing yachts includes teams from Austria, Cayman Islands, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States of America.

Current entry list

The firm favourite for Monohull Line Honours is the 100 ft (33 m) canting keel maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth. Comanche holds the Monohull West-East Transatlantic sailing record (Ambrose Light - Lizard Point. 5d 14h 21m 25s) and has taken Monohull Line Honours in the Rolex Fastnet Race, the RORC Caribbean 600, the Rolex Sydney Hobart, the Transpac and the Rolex Middle Sea Race.

Skipper Mitch Booth confirms that Comanche will be aiming to set a new race record for the RORC Transatlantic Race, which was set in 2018 by Pier Luigi Loro Piana's Supermaxi My Song (10d 05h 47m 11s).

The smallest yacht in the current entry list, both in terms of water-line length and crew, is Richard Palmer's JPK 10.10 Jangada, which will be racing in IRC Two-Handed with Jeremy Waitt as co-skipper. This will be the third RORC Transatlantic Race for Jangada, including an overall victory under IRC in 2019. Jangada was in fine form for last month's Rolex Middle Sea Race, winning IRC Two-Handed in feisty conditions. -- .Louay Habib

rorctransatlantic.rorc.org

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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Bushwhacker Week
Pensacola, FL, USA - Welcome to the countdown to the Pensacola Yacht Club's 2021 Melges 24 Bushwhacker Cup. Practice races, final registration, a North Sails clinic, the competitors briefing, and a party kick it off Friday (Nov 12). A full slate of racing is on tap for Saturday and Sunday.

PRO Hal Smith has set the bar at 10 races scheduled. The forecast for Pensacola Bay looks spot on for delivery... big 20+ North wind Saturday and the coolest day this fall, moderating to a perfect 12-15 day on Sunday

22 Melges 24's are entered. The fleet includes one of the top boats from Europe, Peter Karrie's GER 859 "Nefeli" arrived last week and Bora Gulari's 2021 Melges 24 Point Series Leader "New England Ropes" - USA 820 returns. Gulari finished second in Pensacola's 2019 Bushwhacker Cup.

Pensacola YC fans hope their new home town Melges 24 "Phoeniceus" USA 086, owned by members Nathan and Jennifer Simonson, will be on the Corinthian podium... a dark horse.

Daphne, AL sailor Zane Yoder's "Friday Night Gigolos'" - USA 9- broke it's mast in the Pensacola YC's West Florida Open Regatta in October in similar wind to those predicted for Saturday. They have a replacement mast and will be out on a windy course to try again.

The 2021 Bushwhacker Cup is the first step toward the 2022 Melges 24 World Championships scheduled for May in Ft. Lauderdale. In December After Pensacola sailors will move to Miami for the Bacardi Series, racing in Key West and St Petersburg and the back to Miami for the Bacardi Invitational then up to Charleston Race Week and back down to the Worlds.

Pensacola Yacht Club will then host the 2022 Melges 24 North American Championship at next year's Bushwhacker Cup #3.

Race information for both the WFORC and the Bushwhacker Cup ... NOR/SI's, regatta entry, team lists and official notices... is all on a Yacht Scoring Web Page. Links to those pages are also on Pensacola Yacht Club Racing.

pensacolayachtclub.org/Racing

Peters & May Round Antigua Race
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The Notice of Race for the 2022 edition of the Peters & May Round Antigua Race is now available. The race, a prelude to Antigua Sailing Week (ASW), is an independently scored one-day yacht race around the island of Antigua attracting over 40 boats making it one of the more competitive circumnavigation races in Antigua & Barbuda .

Competitors who come from the Caribbean, UK, Europe and USA to participate in Antigua Sailing Week are eligible to enter this 53 mile race which doubles as a fiercely competitive warm up for the ensuing 5 day series. The race is also a challenging end of season highlight for some that have chosen not to be a part of the ASW fleet because of scheduling but want to be a part of the kick off. Eligible classes include CSA racing, CSA double-handed and multi-hull.

Participants complete the course around Antigua by starting at 8am off Fort Charlotte racing east towards Half Moon Bay, past Green Island, around to Dickenson Bay, past St. Johns & Five Islands Harbours, along the coast featuring the white sands of Jolly Beach & Darkwood, passing the outer Cades Reef to Curtain Bluff, and then back to the finish line outside of English Harbour.

Land based spectators can make their way to one of the many vantage points on the South (Shirley Heights Lookout), East (Devil's Bridge) and West (Pearns Point) to watch the race progress.

www.sailingweek.com

Industry News
Map Yachting Paint Systems has formulated a bespoke metallic paint shade for three of today's modern icons: a Gunboat 68, a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle and a Triumph Rocket 3. Map Yachting was commissioned by Gunboat to create a silver blue metallic paint coating that materialised the owner's vision to coordinate the three machines. The beauty of the matching machines in action has been captured in a stunning drone video recently released by the group.

The Map Yachting team will be exhibiting at METS on the Sicomin stand, EF.102.

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There's nothing quite like walking the halls at METS, at the front of the marine industry's most sophisticated technology with its most creative minds. Harken lives for this. We've missed it. And we're delighted to be back in 2021.

The Harken stand location has changed this year. Find Harken in hall 5 at stand #361. Close by in the same hall, you'll find our former Dutch distributor and our new subsidiary, On Deck at stand #431.

During challenging times, count on Harken to keep innovating. Since the last METS, we've launched important new products, which will be on display including:

Harken's DAME award-nominated Air® winch 900 which provides a 9000 kg working load while weighing just 31 kg. Its closest competitor weights 77% more.

The new MKIV Ocean manual headsail furling line, engineered on the proven MKIV platform and configured for cruising, at a less racy price;

The Vang-Master rigid boom vang, which uses air rather than squeaky springs to maintain optimal boom height;

The new Harken integral hydraulic backstay cylinder, designed to simply deliver reliable, repeatable settings for years;

Also on display will be a complete array of products for all of our segments including the growing full line of CLR (compact light retractable) powered mooring winches that offer power comparable to the competition while requiring a fraction of the under-deck space.

Come by hall 5, stand #361 at METS.

harken.com

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First new owner for Hobbs Boatyard in over 100 years\

The landmark site was acquired by Adam Toop in October 2020 as the future home for the Rose Toop Collection.

Substantial investment is planned for the boatyard, which will be operated on a not-for-profit basis and in the absence of sponsorship. Facilities will be both improved and expanded for the benefit of the small community of marine businesses that operate from the site, the boat owners they serve, along with traditional boat clubs and societies. Hobbs will also retain an important presence, continuing their operations on approximately one third of the site, leased back to them on extended terms to ensure continuity.

The restoration, preservation and maintenance of these important craft can be sustained only by actively supporting the relevant artisan skills. The boatyard provides a fertile base to nurture such skillsets and encourage apprenticeships wherever possible.

Lying on the bank of the Thames directly opposite the River & Rowing Museum, the collections are complementary to one another and we look forward to collaborating with the Trustees'.

There was a short but important era of Thames history known as the Golden Age, dating from 1880 to 1940 or thereabouts. The upper river was transformed from a means of transport with occasional bursts of pageantry, to a stream of pleasure. This was aided by an increase of wealth from a key century of innovation and a new transport system that brought people from the city within a day's rail excursion to the Thames between Richmond and Reading.

The Collection began in the late 1960s when hand-built wooden river craft were superseded by fibreglass. Old boats were broken up or abandoned, the traditional building and maintenance skills no longer needed. The collection started with the best examples of pleasure craft that could be found. Criteria were established as follows:

The collection period is 1890-1940. -- William Rose

www.rosetoopcollection.com

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Leading French offshore sailor Louis Burton has been named as the newest Musto ambassador

Burton joins Musto's pantheon of elite sailors taking part in the Transat Jacques Vabre, including Sam Goodchild and Erwan Le Roux in the Ocean Fifty class, Armel Le Cleac'h in the Ultim Class and Sam Davies, Jeremie Beyou and the 11th Hour Racing Team duos of Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidegorry, and Simon Fisher and Justine Mettreaux in the IMOCA class. The sailors will be kitted out in gear from Musto's HPX high-performance, offshore range, that will provide the skippers with the protection they need.

Following an outstanding third place in the last Vendee Globe, Burton's offshore career has been going from strength to strength. He finished fourth overall in the recent Defi Azimut 48 hour race and is considered one of the favourites to win the Transat Jacques Vabre in the IMOCA class, after six previous participations.

www.musto.com

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A forthcoming ruling by the High Court of Justice of Cantabria, the top court in Spain's Cantabria autonomous community, could allow local company Sociedad Anónima de Trabajos y Obras (SATO) to resume construction of a new 272-berth marina in San Vicente de la Barquera on the Spanish Atlantic coast.

The project was put on hold around 20 months ago after a local court ordered SATO to halt construction work. The decision was made after local environmentalist group Ecologists in Action filed a complaint, claiming the investment could endanger the region's natural resources.

Meanwhile, local politicians are also awaiting the ruling, with Cantabria's Minister of Public Works Jose Luis Gochicoa recently declaring that the port's expansion and upgrade is necessary given its strategic role on the Cantabrian coast, reports local daily El Diario Montanes.

www.ibinews.com

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* From Col (Retd) Mark Pemberton:

David Brunskill may be right in his defence of the international jury. But if he is, I suggest that Mr Bumble was also right: "The law is a ass".

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2015 Swan 115-001 Solleone. 14,000,000 EUR. Located in Marina di Scarlino, Italy

Designed for comfort and performance, SOLLEONE is the first Swan 115 S Version, delivered by Nautor's Swan in Summer 2015. The magic combination of German Frers yacht design alongside a luxurious and elegant italian style interior designed by Nautor's Swan in house styling team and Michele Bònan.

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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

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