In This Issue
• Sunday's NSW 18Ft Skiff Championship Decider
• iQFOiL International Games
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• ORC Double Handed European Championship 2022 Now Open for Entries
• Schooner Henrietta: The Magic Of Parallel Lives
• Return for Grenada Sailing Week
• The New Imoca PRB Has Arrived In Lorient
• Golden Globe Entrant sails 8000 miles to start in Les Sables d'Olonne
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Cannonball M72 Custom Maxi Racer
• • Moondoggie - Gunboat 66 #3
• • YYachts Y7
• The Last Word: Johann Hari

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Sunday's NSW 18Ft Skiff Championship Decider
John Winning, skipper of Yandoo. Click on image for photo gallery.

Despite a lack of traditional North East winds throughout the 2021-22 NSW 18ft Skiff Championship, the racing has been fast, exciting and has produced some great finishes with four different teams crossing the finish line first in the seven races so far.

The final race of the series comes next Sunday (January 30) on Sydney Harbour when the 21-boat fleet lines up to determine the champion and only one point separates the two teams at the top of the points table.

Series leader, Yandoo has a net total of 14 points, one ahead of defending champion Tech2 on 15 points, and the two teams couldn't be more different.

The Yandoo team of John 'Woody' Winning, Mike Kennedy and Fang Warren are the oldest in the fleet. 'Woody', the 2000 JJ Giltinan world champion, is the oldest at 69 years.

Tech2's team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake are not only the defending champions but are also winners of the last two Australian Championships, in 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Regardless of the age difference in the teams, both groups individually have many 18 footer and other class records of championship victories in their CVs, and are all sailing brilliantly in the tough conditions the fleet has experienced so far this season.

For a number of various reasons, the two series headers have established a break in points over the rest of the fleet and the winner will almost certainly come from either Yandoo or Tech2.

The club's live broadcast team will be on Sydney Harbour to capture all the action. Live streaming is available at https://www.18footers.com by clicking on the '18 Footers TV' link. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com

iQFOiL International Games
The third day of the Lanzarote iQFoil Games began with ideal conditions on the island of Lanzarote, so the 70 competitors in the men's category managed to compete in two races, both led by French Nicolas Goyard. These two victories have allowed him to snatch the first place in the overall standings from the Dutch Luuc Van Opzeeland, who had a difficult day finishing 12th and 21st and remaining in third place. "I shouldn't complain about today's results, especially staying on the top 3, but during the last race I was just a little bit away from Nicolas Goyard in the end, so I have mixed feelings, but overall, it was very good", said Huig Jan Tak, who took the second place overall.

Both races have been very intense and have been raced at high speed, which has created a very attractive spectacle in the Lanzarote race course. Beyond the sailors in the top 3, the leadership of the men's category is still undefined. Currently in the top 10 are Matthew Barton (GBR), Sebastian Koerdel (GER), Finn Hawkins (GBR), Sil Hoekstra (NED), Louis Pignolet (FRA), Adrien Mestre (FRA) and Andy Brown (GBR) complete the top ten. From the Spanish team, the Andalusian Fernando Lamadrid has managed to finish in 11th place in the first heat, moving up to 29th position, followed by the Canary Islander Ángel Granda.

The final on Saturday, January 29th, will be sailed according to a knock-out system.

www.iqfoilclassofficial.org

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

World news
An almost clean sweep for Guillaume Verdier in the TJV, the imperious march of Cammas and Caudrelier continues at the head of the Ultime fleet, an overdue first win for Ruyant and Lagraviere, and the tightest of contests in the Class40... where nevertheless the 'First-Family' came out on top. Plus Simon Van VelthooveN 'may' be back in the saddle, SailGP business with Maria Del Mar De Ros and the Women's Pathway Programme. Carlos Pich, Patrice Carpentier, Nina Curtis, Ivor Wilkins and Blue Robinson

No introduction necessary
The granddaddy of them all and the model upon which so many great international regattas have been based... Cowes Week is approaching a rather significant birthday

Rod Davis - Flawless
Rod goes racing in San Diego, however this time he doesn't leave his yacht at the bottom of the sea

Hardly midgets
Alan Andrews and Dobbs Davis revisit the mighty tiddlers of the USA's 'Morcey-movement'

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ORC Double Handed European Championship 2022 Now Open for Entries
Lavrion, Greece - Organizers from the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club (HORC) and the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) are pleased to announce the Notice of Race and online entry portal are now published for the ORC Double Handed European Championship 2022 held over 7-16 July 2022.

This major new offshore championship race is based in the Olympic Marine facilities located in Lavrion in the Attica region of Greece. Olympic Marine (shown above) is a premier full-service facility that provides complete services and support for visiting yachtsman.

The ORC DH Europeans will run concurrently with the AEGEAN 600 race, and entries may also enter for trophies awarded in the AEGEAN 600, and vice versa.

On Sunday 10 July will be the start of the race held at the foot of the spectacular ancient Temple of Poseidon located nearby at Cape Sounio.

From here the entries will race on the same course as the full-crewed entries in the second annual AEGEAN 600 race: Milos island to port - a gate at the Santorini Caldera (shown above headline) - Kassos, Karpathos and Rhodos islands to port - Kandelousa to starboard - Kos to port - Kalolimnos to starboard - Farmakonissi, Patmos and Agathonissi islands to port - a gate at Mykonos and Dilos strait - Kea island to port - Finish at Cape Sounio.

The total course distance is approximately 605 miles.

The event is open to all boats with a valid ORC DH International certificate with an All Purpose Handicap (APH) rating between 425.0 and 630.0 sec/NM included.

For more information on entering the 2022 ORC Double Handed European Championship, visit 2022orcdheuropeans.org

For more information on the AEGEAN 600, visit aegean600.com

Schooner Henrietta: The Magic Of Parallel Lives
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In 1941, the ashes of a master mariner from Massachusetts were scattered at sea over the shipwreck of his schooner in Port Phillip Bay. The site is the mile wide reef extending off Point Cook just 7nm from Williamstown, his destination. He had sailed with his wife from Cape Cod to Sydney arriving in 1938. A Russian emigre also arrived in Australia that year. His ashes were scattered at the same location in 2014.

Before being lost on the Point Cook reef in 1940, the magic of the Grand Banks schooner HENRIETTA, brought these two people together. Pete Sawyer was the American owner and captain and Jules Feldman at a loose end in Sydney, joined the crew. Both remained in Australia by circumstance, one making significant sacrifice to the war effort and the other surviving to make an important contribution to sailing journalism and publishing.

The story in Southern Woodenboat Sailing

Return for Grenada Sailing Week
At last, the Caribbean Regatta season has returned after a long hiatus with Island Water World Grenada Sailing Week, the Petite Calivigny Yacht Club edition. Sailors from at least 11 different nations will be racing at the ninth edition of Grenada Sailing Week, January 27-30, 2022. With international entries from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain and even Hong Kong plus Caribbean entries from Grenada, Carriacou, Martinique, Barbados, and Antigua.

This year's event has a new programme. The Petite Calivigny Yacht Club (PCYC) edition features three spectacular coastal races in the sublime surroundings of Grenada and the sister island of Carriacou.

This year's programme of racing is a leeward race from Grenada to Carriacou, a round Carriacou Race and then a windward race back to Carriacou

Friday 28 Jan Race Day 1 - Grenada to Carriacou - Sponsored by Grenada Tourism Authority
Saturday 29 Jan Race Day 2 - Round Island Carriacou - Sponsored by Tyrrel Bay Boatyard and Marina
Sunday 30 Jan Race Day 3 - Carriacou to Grenada - Sponsored by Mount Gay Rum

Four classes will be racing at Grenada Sailing Week. Eight performance cruisers and race boats will be in CSA 1. The largest entry in CSA 1 is Peter Anthony's Antigua Farr65 Spirit of Juno. All of the teams have a high level of racing experience. A special welcome to debutant for the regatta Dominique Tian's Ker 46 Tonnerre de Glen. The team from Marseille in France, just finished third in class for the RORC Transatlantic Race.

There is an international match race in the multihull class with David Slater's Toronto team racing Outremer 45 Delphine against Stephan Bourne's Royal Hong Kong YC team on Rapido 60 Ineffable. The nine-strong Classic Class features six Carriacou Sloops, the biggest gathering of the traditional wooden boats for many years. The largest entry in the Classic Class is also the oldest entry in the regatta. Mathew Barker's Alfred Mylne sloop The Blue Peter was launched in 1930.

Grenada and its islands have over 200 years of history in boat building and the locally built Carriacou Sloops will be an impressive sight, quite literally in their element. Stay tuned to the regatta with stunning pictures and stories from the sailors at: https://www.grenadasailingweek.com

Onboard the Carriacou Sloop 'Genesis':

The New Imoca PRB Has Arrived In Lorient
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After more than 8 months of construction at the Carrington shipyard in Southampton, England, the hull of the 60 footer has just been repatriated to Lorient. It is now in the technical base of the team that the work will continue with a launch target set in April.

The arrival in Lorient of the hull of the future PRB marks a new stage in the construction project for the IMOCA skippered by Kevin Escoffier. Started last May, the project continued for more than 8 months in England in the premises of Jason Carrington. The hull, the manufacture of which had initially been launched for an Ocean Race project, has undergone major modifications to meet the expectations of Kevin, who will set off in November 2024 on his second Vendee Globe .

"We started from an existing boat, so inevitably it has a base that we couldn't modify. But we have changed quite a few things all the same, in particular the bow to have a boat that is more tolerant of downwind conditions and focused on single-handed people and the conditions that I will encounter on the round the world race. We have also modified the deck plan and we will have the latest generation foils. I also wanted all the systems on board to be practical and easy to check or repair at sea alone. It was important for me, but also in the life of the boat so that the technical team could easily intervene on all that."

The launch of the new IMOCA PRB is scheduled for April. Kevin is scheduled to take part in the Vendee Arctique - Les Sables d'Olonne, the departure of which is scheduled for June 12. In September, he will participate in the Azimut Challenge, the last gathering of the IMOCA fleet before setting off for the Route du Rhum which will start from Saint-Malo, his hometown, on November 6th.

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Golden Globe Entrant sails 8000 miles to start in Les Sables d'Olonne
South African Kirsten Neuschafer, the only woman in the Golden Globe, recently completed her GGR refit in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, and is about to arrive home in Cape Town after an 8,000-mile solo non-stop sea trail, before heading 6,600 miles back to France.

Kirsten is a professional sailor, with over 200,000 miles of ocean experience, working with Skip Novak in remote, often hostile places in the Arctic and Antarctic. She chose the Cape George 36 design due to its long waterline, stability, seaworthiness, and generous rig. She discovered one in Canada. She had planned to bring the boat to Maine (U.S.) for refit, but Covid restrictions made that trip impossible. By chance, she found incredible support from the Prince Edward Island community, including local tradesman Eddie Arsenault, who managed the refit, rebuilding "Minnehaha" 100% for the grueling race ahead.

With the one-year refit completed, she set sail towards South Africa in early December 2021, crossing the Equator just before the New Year, then rounding Trindade Island to port and sailing the GGR 2022 course towards her homeport of Cape Town. This 8,000-mile voyage brings immense knowledge of her boat and huge gratitude in her heart, for her new friends in Canada.

Kirsten will arrive in Cape Town in the next few days and stop for just a few weeks to say "HI!" to family, friends and to check on sponsors with her team. She then sets sail on another solo, non-stop, 6,500 miles voyage, to the start in Les Sables d'Olonne, France. Kirsten will be a sailor to watch! She is at one with the ocean, as was Jean Luc VDH, winner of the 2018 GGR.

Follow Kirsten on her website kirstenggr.com

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Industry News
SailGP has announced a new partnership with Mubadala Investment Company as Title Partner of the Season 2 Grand Final. The Mubadala United States Sail Grand Prix is the culmination of the world's most exciting racing on-water and will take place in San Francisco on March 26-27, 2022.

The​​ Mubadala United States Grand Prix partnership will highlight SailGP and Mubadala's shared commitment to the city of San Francisco and build a lasting sport and purpose-driven impact within the local community and beyond. Mubadala will also be the presenting partner of SailGP Inspire Learning, the league's community outreach program which works to leave a positive legacy and build a sustainable sport by providing equal gender, life-changing opportunities and new career pathways for all and aims to impact 10,000 young people by 2025.

As part of SailGP's continuous efforts to accelerate inclusion in sailing by promoting diversity and inclusion - through SailGP's better sport strategy - the San Francisco Inspire Learning program has been designed to connect more than 1,200 young people with educational and teamwork experiences in the month leading up to the race weekend.

SailGP.com/SanFrancisco

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In an effort to secure a future workforce and create a "bigger and stronger pipeline for much needed entry-level workers," the ABYC Foundation has launched the first official Marine Trades Accreditation Program (MTAP) for schools teaching marine services.

The program was announced following two years of research and consultations and tweaking to ensure quality training that aligns with industry needs.

Accreditation starts with becoming an ABYC Foundation Affiliated School, a designation open to all schools that wish to take advantage of the benefits available, including ABYC membership with deep discounts on instructor and student training, access to ABYC standards, and industry outreach.

Schools seeking accreditation must complete an application process that includes passing board review and an on-site visit, and maintaining professional development and academic training for instructors.

Additional information is available through the Foundation at www.teachboats.org

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2022 will celebrate the 50th edition of the La Rochelle international in-water boat show. And although the show has undergone changes over the years to adapt to and anticipate future trends, the show has preserved and upheld certain values which have made, continue to make and create its differences, but conviviality continues to be its watchword. The Grand Pavois La Rochelle remains, as in 1973, a highlight for presenting the new products of the coming year and continues to be perfectly representative of the water sports sector.

50th edition for the Grand Pavois La Rochelle, 50 years for the La Rochelle marina.

The venue: Port des Minimes in La Rochelle (France)
The 2022 dates: Tuesday 27 September to Sunday 2 October from 10 am to 7 pm
Guest country of honour: Tahiti and the Pacific Islands
Area: 100,000 m2
Exhibitors: 800 international brands
Boats on show: 750 boats on show, including 300 in-water expected
Number of visitors: 85,000 visitors expected

www.grand-pavois.com

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Bringing some warmth to the depth of February, on -the-water fans won't want to miss the 2022 RYA Dinghy & Watersports Show (26-27 February 2022) presented by Suzuki, which is heading to Farnborough International for the first time this February.

Hannah Diamond is back to present the 2022 show along with instructor and presenter Lee Timothy and windsurfing legend Peter Hart.

Kicking off the talks, British Sailing Team Meteorologist, Simon Rowell will be sharing his expertise and essential top tips for forecasting afloat whether you're sailor, windsurfer or paddler (11:00 Weather forecasting afloat).

Next up we'll hear insights from some of the fastest sailors in the world including gold medalists Dylan Fletcher and Eilidh McIntyre plus sailors from SailGP. Stay updated on upcoming events, classes, technology, and ambitions for 2022 (Close to the action, 11:45).

Fancy taking a masterclass with some of the UK's top crews? Eilidh McIntyre (Saturday) and Anna Burnett (Sunday) are joined by the Ian Walker and others to share their top tips and advice for successful crewing (Crewing Masterclass, 12:45)

Meanwhile good communication at the start line is essential to achieve the perfect race start. British Sailing Team coach Johnny McGovern will be giving his advice to help you to get ahead. (Start line communication, 12:00)

If you're planning more on water-adventures this year you'll want to watch RS's Jake Elsbury who is covering everything from launching to anchoring to make your next cruising trip plain sailing. (Tips for adventurers, 15:00)

More on events at the Dinghy Show: rya.org.uk/events/dinghy-show

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