In This Issue
• RORC Transatlantic Race
• Olympians Return to Racing for Day 1 of Sail Melbourne 2022
• The 2022 Southernmost Regatta: It's How To Do January At The Front!
• Kiel Week structures and opens up offshore sailing
• Historic Shoreham boat that won the Fastnet Race saved from destruction
• Club Secretary and General Manager - Sea View Yacht Club
• Wight Vodka Best Sailor's Bar
• Setting Up for Emergency Steering
• National Pride
• Round Ireland Vintage Gaff Ketch Maybird
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Carkeek 47 Grand Prix
• • Dazcat 1295
• • Blue Note - JPK 1080
• The Last Word: Rodney Dangerfield

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RORC Transatlantic Race
On the sixth day of the RORC Transatlantic Race a thrilling finish is shaping up for multihull line honours between PowerPlay, Argo and Maserati. The 100ft Maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth is estimated to be over two days ahead of the monohull race record and win for the IMA Trophy for monohull line honours. All the crew are well on Black Pearl but there was sad news from the team mid-Atlantic. Plus, updates from Jangada and even poetry from Tonnerre de Glen.

In the light airs of day 5, the crew on Peter Cunningham's MOD70 PowerPlay (CAY) is getting ready for the return of the trade winds for the final push to the finish at Camper & Nicholsons Port Louis Marina in Grenada.

IRC Zero
Mark Emerson's A13 Phosphorus II (GBR) is leading the class after IRC time correction. Max Klink's Botin 52 Caro (CH) leads the class on the water. Caro and Phosphorus II slingshot the low-pressure system to the north and stayed in the pressure to broad reach southwest. David Collins' Botin 52 Tala (GBR) passed the low south taking a shorter route, but Caro and Phosphorus II look to have made a big gain.

At 15:32 UTC 12 JAN – Botin 56 Black Pearl contacted the RORC Race Team to retire from the race. "We are retiring from the race due to a broken mast. All onboard are OK. We are 800 miles west of the Canary Islands and trying to make our way there under jury rig with engine." The RORC Race Team has established communications with Black Pearl and will standby to give assistance if required."

IRC One
Richard Palmer's JPK 1010 Jangada (GBR), racing Two-Handed with Jeremy Waitt, is having a distinguished race. Jangada is ranked top boat after IRC time correction in a highly competitive class. Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster (GBR) is ranked second. The pair have passed the low-pressure system just to the south, resulting in the wind going well forward of the beam with a significant increase in sea state. Andrew Hall's Lombard 46 Pata Negra (GBR) is leading on the water and ranked third after IRC correction. Pata Negra is just north of the rhumb line battling into head winds! Far to the north, Jacques Pelletier's Milon 41 L'Ange de Milon (FRA) has slingshot over the top of the low and is undoubtedly getting ready to hoist downwind sails and blast south.

Race Tracker

rorctransatlantic.rorc.org

Olympians Return to Racing for Day 1 of Sail Melbourne 2022
Sail Melbourne kicked off today, welcoming the return of several Olympians including Tokyo ILCA 7 Champion, Matt Wearn.

Following the event's cancellation in 2021, sailors have flocked to Royal Brighton Yacht Club and the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria for an enthusiastic return to racing on Port Phillip.

Chris Charlwood and Amelia Catt have had a strong start to the regatta, with the Mixed 470 team clearly enjoying the unpredictable conditions on offer today.

Melbourne produced a 32-degree day, with 20 knots of shifty easterly breeze to keep the sailors happy.

Sail Melbourne marks the return to racing for several of the Australian Sailing Team's Tokyo 2020 Olympians. Matt Wearn proved he hasn't lost his touch, continuing the form that saw him win Gold in Tokyo with two wins from two races in his return today. Mara Stransky finished 6th at last year's ILCA 6 World Championships, but it is Australian Sailing Squad teammate Zoe Thomson who leads the class after the first day of racing.

A key stop on the Olympic circuit, the bright coloured sails of Sail Melbourne have made a welcome return to the city skyline. Plenty of action is expected for the rest of the regatta, which will wrap up on Monday 17th January.

www.sailmelbourne.com.au/home/

The 2022 Southernmost Regatta: It's How To Do January At The Front!
This morning in Pewaukee, it is -15(C). In Key West, the low last night was +23(C). While scraping ice off the windshield it crosses your mind: What could be better than blasting downwind over the bluest water anyone has ever seen on a January day at the end of the road at the edge of the United States? As sailors, come January, we NEED a big event. That's why Harken is in full support of The Southernmost Regatta 2022. It's a great tradition. One we thank Sailing Inc. for bringing back. It's time to get the rust off and the Harken Derm on!

If you're competing, Harken will be on island at the Caroline Street West Marine offering advice on upgrades, tech support and spare parts sailors need. If you're not on the starting line this year, put down that ice scraper and start planning on how you're going to make it happen next year.

Thursday is Harken Day, but check out coverage of the regatta every day, from the run-up through the end of the event, on social media channels, especially the @harken_inc Instagram Story.

harken.com

Kiel Week structures and opens up offshore sailing
Eight Olympic disciplines, 15 international classes with World Championship, Gold and Euro Cup as well as the revision of offshore sailing are the highlights of the Kiel Week 2022. From June 18 to 26, the organizers around the Kieler Yacht-Club (KYC) and their partners expect up to 4,500 sailors from more than 50 nations. Since Thursday noon (13 January), the Notice of Race is available, and everyone can register for the races on Manage2Sail with an early bird discount.

From the first, the international part of the Kiel Week (18-21 June), which is co-organized by the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein from Hamburg and Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee from Berlin on a total of nine racecourses, the Gold Cup (World Championship) of the Nordic Folkboats and the Euro Cup of the 29ers are outstanding. For the final test of the 29er youngsters before their European Championships in Copenhagen, 200 boats are expected on two dedicated courses. In addition, the classes 2.4 metre, Contender, Europe, Finn, FD, ILCA 4 and ILCA 6 (open m/w) as well as OK dinghy and after 2021 again the spectacular flying Waszp are announced. In the second part (from 23 June) the 420s, J/24 and J/70 will start.

Starting on Wednesday (22 June), the Olympic sailors are in demand, whose medal races will be broadcast live on the final day (26 June) on the TV track close to the shore in front of the Kiel-Schilksee Olympic Sailing Center. "Due to the protection of date by World Sailing, we expect a strong international response," said Ramhorst. World or continental championships do not clash in the calendar with Kiel Week.

For the first time, mixed crews present themselves in the 470 ahead of their 2024 Olympic premier in France. After a successful debut in September with much praise from local overall winners Lena Erdil and Sebastian Kördel, the women's and men's iQ Foils remain seeded. In addition to the ILCA 6 (women) and ILCA 7 (men) individuals, the focus will be on the competitions of the three German medal classes from Tokyo in 49erFX, 49er and Nacra 17. A surprise of the extra class: At the same time the international Musto Skiffs come to Kiel for their 11th World Championship.

www.kieler-woche.de/segeln

Historic Shoreham boat that won the Fastnet Race saved from destruction
The gaff cutter called Tally Ho was built by Stow & Son in 1909 and launched in 1910. It went on to win the Fastnet Race for Lord Stalbridge, Hugh Grosvenor, in 1927.

The boat was designed by Albert Strange and some years ago, it was saved by the Albert Strange Association but after a decade of trying and failing to find someone to take on the project, Tally Ho was destined to be destroyed.

Leo Goolden, a boatbuilder and sailor from Bristol, stepped in at the 11th hour and bought the boat for £1 in May 2017. He said it was a beautiful boat, a well-known and important historic vessel, but it was overwhelming to see the amount of work to do.

He has been charting the story of the boat and its restoration for the past four years on the Sampson Boat Co channel on YouTube, helping to fund parts and the work needed.

Leo said: "Although Tally Ho spent a lot of her life on the Hamble and on the Solent, she was originally built in Shoreham.

To support the project: sampsonboat.co.uk/support/

The restoration YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/SampsonBoatCo

Club Secretary and General Manager - Sea View Yacht Club
Salary - Competitive

We are a prestigious Yacht Club in Seaview on the Isle of Wight. We are growing our family membership every year and have over 1,700 members.

We are looking for a senior executive to lead all business activities within the club including budget management, manage the team, operations management (including F & B), social and sailing activities.

The Candidate will have:

A strong leadership style - The ability to lead from the front, and work as part of a small full-time team with our Director of Sailing and House Management Team

Great communication skills - To communicate effectively with Members, Flag Officers, Charterers, staff, suppliers, and the local community

Have a proven track record in operational management skills including: - Financial management - developing budgets to delivering results - Food and beverage experience - HR awareness and people management experience - Understanding of and ability to deliver a modern and effective office environment Ensuring compliance with all current regulations

We have a number of diverse business activities including: - A vibrant member's summer season - A quality racing program - A full suite of training courses - we are an RYA Accredited Sail Training Academy - A schools training program - A thriving chartering business

On the water we enjoy both racing and sailing: - We are home to a fleet of over 200 privately owned Sea View One Design dinghies - The Club owns a large fleet of sailing dinghies - The Club also owns a fleet of 13 racing keel boats – the Seaview Mermaids

An enthusiasm for the sea is desirable, but sailing experience is not essential.

This is a permanent full-time position based in Seaview, Isle of Wight. You will need to live on the Isle of Wight for this position.

To apply, please send a CV by email to together with a short covering letter that explains why you are interested and why you believe you will stand out from other applicants. Please provide details of your current position and remuneration.

Applications to be made by 21st January 2022

Wight Vodka Best Sailor's Bar
Wight Vodka is created, blended and bottled in Clapham, at one of the smallest distilleries in London.

The distillery is run by the seventh generation in a family lineage of distillers dating back to the 1700s.

Wight Vodka has been developed with the understanding and appreciation of the centuries of seamanship born from the United Kingdom and reaching out into the world.

The foundation of Wight Vodka is created using superior quality potato spirit carefully sourced from award-winning local potatoes.

Potato spirit creates full-bodied, ultra smooth vodka which Europeans have enjoyed for hundreds of years. Our spirit is therefore gluten free. The team at 50 Degrees North recognises that potato spirit must form the foundation of Wight Vodka.

Over the years, the time invested in formula testing, distillations and tasting sessions, has resulted in a vodka that is completely unique than that which has ever been created before.

The Wight Martini:
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Setting Up for Emergency Steering
This article from Yachting World will get you started on setting up an emergency steering system. This is one of those items every sailor should be aware of but is easily put on the back burner. Susan Glenny gives you a list of general maintenance and what spares you should have onboard.

In the midst of the 'sway' motion I develop when helming for long periods downwind in response to push back in the wheel, I suddenly felt a flick and heard a loud 'ping!' This was immediately followed by a total loss of pressure in the wheel and the boat steering fiercely into a crash gybe.

"No steerage! Heads, heads, crash gybing!" I shouted, "No steerage!" The boat settled on its new gybe with the preventer taught and then twisted in the next wave to gybe back. As luck would have it we happened to be bare headed at the time: having to deal with a spinnaker or headsail in this scenario would have significantly added to the complication.

"Get the emergency steering gear!" I shouted, then realised I was still clinging to the wheel, which was clearly futile, so I stepped away from the pedestal and collected the emergency tiller myself.

Full article in Yachting World (hat tip to George Day and Cruising Compass)

www.yachtingworld.com

National Pride
Something that struck me in the past week having been in Switzerland was the number of people wearing the Alinghi logo. Gentlemen of a certain age proudly sported the ubiquitous caps with long grey hair flowing out of the back. Some cool young board surfers did their tricks in long-sleeve Alinghi T-shirts. A lady at Geneva airport looked achingly cool in a gilet from 2003. Omega were promoting their Alinghi branded watch on a billboard out of town. Alinghi was everywhere, worn as a badge of pride, a sign of excellence. The Swiss are rightly proud of their national team and it seems to have transcended the sport of sailing to become a mainstream brand. Interesting.

And with Alinghi fusing Red Bull into their logo it's suddenly a potent mix. Red Bull stands for life and sport at the extreme of endeavour and its whole approach to marketing is angled full square at youthful engagement.

Personally I can still just about remember the last time I drank a can of Red Bull – it was a long time ago. I don't think I'm their demographic but the brand still touches me frequently through their involvement with F1 and extreme skiing. It will be a brilliant tie-up with Ernesto Bertarelli's now very much mainstream team.

Magnus Wheatley's full editorial in Rule69.blog

Round Ireland Vintage Gaff Ketch Maybird Will Be Commemorated with New Trophy for June's Ocean Race
Click on image to enlarge.

Darryl Hughes' immaculately-restored 1937 43ft Tyrrell gaff ketch Maybird became both the oldest and the first gaff-rigged boat to complete the Round Ireland Race in 2018.

The historic yacht now moored in Cork Harbour on the Owenabue river is the centrepiece of a new trophy for June's 700-miler from Wicklow that is expected to draw a large entry when entries open on January 24th.

The Hughes' 43ft ketch originally built by Tyrrell's of Arklow in 1937 and restored with the owner as Project Manager in a superb two-year job concluded in 2011, got back to Wicklow in 2018 in a time of nine days and 22 hours.

afloat.ie/sail/events/

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