In This Issue
• South Atlantic: For better or for worse
• High Five For Comanche
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Atlantic Cup Returns to Newport
• Racing on the Edge
• Super sailing yacht Mondango 3 sailing in the Caribbean
• Grenada Sailing Week
• Sustainable Mothing
• The M32 Pendulum Swings to Europe
• Featured Charter: Elise Whisper
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Corby 40 Custom - Cracklin’ Rosie
• • Arcona 385
• • Dazcat 1495
• The Last Word: Mark Twain

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South Atlantic: For better or for worse
It's been three weeks since Use It Again! set off on the Round the World Record in Reverse. Romain Pilliard and Alex Pella continue their descent from the Atlantic along the coasts of South America and are currently at the latitude of Argentina. While the two sailors already have their sights set on Cape Horn, which they should be rounding at the start of next week, the trimaran duo have had to deal these days with some technical repairs and disappointments such as traces of oil on the boat, proof if needed of the pollution of the ocean.

since we have been sailing along the Brazilian coast, we have seen and smelled the smell of fields of oil rigs, it's impressive! And this morning, I discovered that we must have gone through a whole slick of oil because it's everywhere on the port float, the starboard bow and on the aft beam. It drives me crazy ! Beyond establishing a reference time on this course, we are also here to bear witness to the beauty of the ocean, to observe this omnipresent pollution and to raise awareness of the urgency of protecting this ocean. » Says Romain Pilliard.

Next stage of this Round the World in Reverse and not the least: the mythical Cape Horn! Christian Dumard, meteorologist and router of Team Use It Again! observes and analyzes for several days the different weather models to allow the crew to cross it in the best conditions. And for now, the least we can say is that it looks complicated. To be continued...

Miles Covered: 6,379 miles
Remaining Miles To Cover: 16,236 miles
Ahead Of Jean-Luc Van Den Heede's Record At 3:00 PM: 990 miles.

To have the WSSRC approve a reference time for double-handed and multihulls, Use It Again! must absolutely beat the absolute reference time of 122 days established by Jean-Luc Van Den Heede (solo and monohull) hence the comparison of the trajectories on the Use It Again!

www.useitagain.earth

High Five For Comanche
The 30.48m (100ft) VPLP Design/Verdier Maxi Comanche (CAY), skippered by Mitch Booth has achieved the quintuple for the 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race. While three boats are still racing under IRC, none of them can beat Comanche's corrected time for the RORC Transatlantic Race Trophy. Comanche is also the winner of the IMA Trophy for Monohull Line Honours, IRC Super Zero and Yacht Club de France Trophy. Comanche has also set a new Monohull Race Record for the RORC Transatlantic Race of 7 days 22 hours 1 minute 4 seconds. Comanche has also set a new Monohull Race Record for the RORC Transatlantic Race of 7 days 22 hours 1 minute 4 seconds and with it established the Fully Crewed IRCRecords™ corrected time record of 16 days 0 hours 12 minutes 57seconds.

The 2022 RORC Transatlantic Race was a complex challenge with several low-pressure systems disrupting the trade winds. However, three teams, all from different IRC classes produced a thrilling battle for overall victory. Ross Applebey's Oyster 48 Scarlet Oyster (GBR) was second overall by just over an hour. David Collins' Botin 52 Tala (GBR) was third, less than two minutes behind Scarlet Oyster after IRC time correction.

Team Comanche: Guillermo Altadill Fischer (ES), Mitch Booth (AU), Diogo Cayolla (PT), Pete Cumming (GB), Dom Davies (GB), Damien Durchon (FR), Shannon Falcone (AG), Pavlo Kalynchev (UA), Alexei Kapustin (RU), Pavel Karachov (RU), Campbell Knox (AU), Petr Lipa (RU), Lago Lopez Marra (ES), Paul Magee (AU), Will Oxley (AU), Corrado Rossignoli (IT), Louis Sinclair, (AG), Justin Slattery (IE), Eduard van Lierde (NL), Rudi van Velzen (ZA), Konstantin Vasilev (RU), Daryl Wislang (NZ)

www.rorctransatlantic.rorc.org

Seahorse February 2022
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Pinning a tale on the rating donkey
The latest DSS design from Infiniti Yachts is something very special indeed... but it still had to secure itself a fair rating. Hugh Welbourn

The legend continues
Iain Mcallister relives the saga of the first, second and then third restoration of the most famous ocean racing yacht of the last 100 years

A spiritual force
Sometimes a simple yacht name can be so much more than that. German and Zelmira Frers share the story of Recluta

Keeping it working
Rondal were honing their rig servicing skills for superyachts long before such things became a mandatory requirement

A good save
Somehow 2021 turned out better for the Maxis that it might have done. Rob Weiland

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Atlantic Cup Returns to Newport
The 7th edition of the Atlantic Cup returns on May 22, 2022 with two new features. Leg 1 will go from Charleston, S.C. to Newport, R.I. increasing the first leg of the race by 80nm. In addition, for the first time in its history The Atlantic Cup will open Leg 2 (Newport-Portland) to PHRF double-handed boats between 30 and 45 feet.

Since 2011 the Atlantic Cup has been the dedicated Class40 race in the United States featuring double-handed teams. As the appetite for double-handed racing continues to grow, race organizers are excited to support this growing segment of racing in the U.S. by opening the second leg of the Atlantic Cup to PHRF teams for a tactically challenging offshore race.

For the Class40s, the Atlantic Cup will once again start in Charleston, South Carolina and travel 705 nautical miles north to Newport. For the second leg, Class40s and now PHRF teams will depart Newport for a shorter sprint leg of 240nm to Portland, Maine.

The third and final stage of the race will be a little different (and we think exciting). Rather than a crewed inshore series, we will hold two coastal day races. The third leg of The Atlantic Cup has previously required crews increase their numbers to 6 for an inshore series, this change will allow teams to retain their pairing from the offshore legs whilst still providing the opportunity to explore Casco Bay and Maine's beautiful coastline.

From its varied format in distance, navigational challenges in both Cape Hatteras and Cape Cod, plus the added bonus of racing in the Gulf Stream, the Atlantic Cup provides sailors many ways to test their skills.

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Racing on the Edge
The latest installment of SailGP's 'Racing on the Edge' documentary series, in partnership with Rolex, has just been released, and looks at the season of Sir Ben Ainslie.

He talks us through a year that brought a dramatic capsize, a title chance-ending crash, and stunning race wins. Sir Ben also speaks about his junior career and how a lack of early commitment nearly saw him walk away from the sport that would bring him so much success.

sailgp.com

Super sailing yacht Mondango 3 sailing in the Caribbean
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Captured recently sailing in the waters of the Caribbean island of St Martin is the 56.4-metres superyacht sailing yacht Mondango 3. Launched in 2014, she was built by Alloy at their Auckland shipyard in New Zealand. Entirely made of aluminium, Mondango 3 features naval architecture and exterior design by Dubois Naval Architects while her interior was penned by Reymond Langton Design. With an interior volume of 499 GT, she can accommodate up to 11 guests across five well-appointed staterooms, each of which flaunts an elegant styling that nods to the great Art Deco era.

To the yacht's transom a Jacuzzi can be found, along with an extendable swim platform that provides direct access to the sea and any onboard toys. She is powered by a single Caterpillar engine that allows her to cruise at 12 knots, even when her sails are furled. Mondango 3 is currently listed for sale with an asking price of €35,000,000. -- Leandre Loyseau

www.superyachttimes.com

Grenada Sailing Week
The old adage goes: "It's Five O'clock somewhere". As a longtime resident of the Pacific Northwest of the USA, my optimistic thought during those long, dark, and gloomy days of winter (read: right now) modifies this cliche: "It's sunny somewhere". And few places are as sunny or sailor-friendly as the Caribbean, which is home to some truly wonderful multi-day regattas, including Grenada Sailing Week (January 27-30, 2022), which is traditionally one of the first of these events to appear on the international racing calendar.

This year's event has attracted a diverse fleet that includes monohulls ranging from J/24s to a classic Alfred Mylne 65, with everything from a trifecta of Carriacou Sloops, to modern hardware including a Reichel/Pugh 37, a J/121, and a J/122 in between.

Like many regattas across the Caribbean and the USA, Grenada Sailing Week has felt more than a few big square waves courtesy of the still-churning pandemic. Fortunately, the event has found a clear lane to proceed this year, giving rain- and snow-socked sailors an early-season opportunity to enjoy some great Caribbean racing and ample Vitamin D.

I checked in with Karen Stiell, regatta manager of the 2022 Grenada Sailing Week, to learn more about this exciting warm-water regatta.

David Schmidt's interview in full in Sail-World.com:
www.sail-world.com/news/245458/

Sustainable Mothing
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In quieter moments, winter usually, I ponder just how sailing will look in 20, 30 or 50 years' time. I opine freely but idiotically that the next generation aren't engaged, don't seem quite as keen or haven't done the hard yards. It's all too easy today. Choices are aplenty. Too many perhaps. Modern life won't, can't and isn't conducive to applied science like sailing. I'm wrong. Oh so very wrong.

But where will the next Bruce Farr, Ed Dubois, Bill Green, Jason Carrington or Rob Humphreys come from? Where are the next-generation engineers, designers and builders hiding? What's coming down the stream that will take our sport and push its boundaries higher into the stratosphere and drive the design envelope, sustainably, ever further beyond the edge of reason and accepted norms? I just don't know where to look.

And then I get my eyes opened to what's really happening and I have to say I'm more excited now about the future than at any other time. I have recently had the enormous privilege to be brought into the inner sanctum, under strict non-disclosure terms, of a young team doing the extraordinary and I have to say I am absolutely blown away by not only their dedication but by their sheer engineering, materials skills, boatbuilding and technical brilliance. The team in question is from the University of Southampton and the challenge is to build a 'Sustainable Moth' - a SuMoth - and it's one heck of a task.

Magnus Wheatley's full editorial in Rule69 blog

The M32 Pendulum Swings to Europe
After the focus on the American fleet for the Miami Worlds in 2021 the pendulum swings back to Europe for the 2022 World Championship in Portugal. After the Miami Winter Series wraps up the US fleet heads to Newport for the Midtown Cup with three events in June July and August, the last event is scheduled to allow for shipping of the fleet from the US to Portugal. In Europe the fleet will enjoy three training events in Italy before the series starts in May on lake Garda, The fleet then heads north to Holland and Marstrand to end back on Garda for the Europeans before the grand finale of the year, the Worlds in Cascais, Portugal, October 3-9.

The European teams are gearing up for the season and several American teams want to join the circuit rather than just doing the Worlds. "With 6 events in the US and 8 in Europe we have a great schedule and great venues for 2022" comments Class Manager Mattias Dahlstrom and continues "With events in bucket list places like Riva, Marstrand and Cascais it's not hard to convince US teams to come over."

Team Inga, overall Bronze medallists at the Worlds in Miami, will compete in the Miami Winter Series before returning to Europe where they will join the 5 other regular European boats (Vitamin Veloce, Vitamina Rapida, Vikings, Leeloo and Warrer Racing) for the European season. There are also new owners joining the circuit including Bruno Zorzan, with a background in the A-cat class, who has just acquired an M32. Being based on Lake Garda he looks forward to joining the fleet for the season start in Riva, at the very north end of the lake.

In addition several American teams, after experiencing what Lake Garda has to offer at the Worlds in 2019, intend to compete in the European Series this year as they build up to the season finale in Cascais.

American Teams already planning to compete in one or more European Series regattas prior to the World Championships include Bliksem, Gravedigger, Pursuit, and Surge.

Full Schedule at m32world.com/calendar/

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