EuroSail News #5016 - 8 February

In This Issue
• 18ft Skiffs 100th Australian Championship, Races 4 and 5
• Countdown to the RORC Caribbean 600
• Keeping the pace up at home at Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series
• "This boat rewards teamwork."
• J/70 Midwinter Championship
• Musto Skiff Worlds part of Kiel Week 2022
• WASZP Tutorials
• Jade's Journey - Lacking water and huge stress onboard Merci
• Industry News
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Baltic Yachts 42 C&C
• • SAHIB Sangermani Bermudan Ketch
• • Moondoggie - Gunboat 66 #3
• The Last Word: Ralph Steadman

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18ft Skiffs 100th Australian Championship, Races 4 and 5
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The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton continued the outstanding form it has shown over the first two days racing with another impressive display in today's Races 4 and 5 of the Australian 18 footer Championship on Sydney Harbour.

On total points, with three wins and two other podium placings from the five races sailed so far, Andoo has already established a 19-points lead over the defending champion Tech2 team of Jack Macartney, Charlie Wyatt and Lewis Brake, with the rookie Rag & Famish Hotel team of Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall in third place.

Allowing for each team discarding its worst performance to date, Andoo has a total of five points, Race 2 winner Smeg (Michael Coxon) is next on 11 points, followed by Tech2 on 12, Rag & Famish Hotel on 16, Noakesailing (Sean Langman) and Lazarus Capital Partners (Marcus Ashley-Jones) tied on 22.

Unlike yesterday's gusty 18-23 knots SSE winds, today's racing originally began in light, fluky conditions before a solid breeze came in.

The 100th Australian Championship will continue next Sunday, February 13, with the final two races (Races 7 and 8) of the championship. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com

Countdown to the RORC Caribbean 600
With nearly 80 entries racing under the IRC Rating Rule, MOCRA and Class40 division, the 13th edition of the RORC Caribbean 600 is set to be an awesome event. The race has attracted over 600 sailors from 30 different nations and will start off Fort Charlotte, Antigua on Monday 21 February at 1100 AST (1500 GMT).

Monohull Line Honours is likely to be decided by three Maxi Yachts: The Club Swan 125 Skorpios, Verdier/VPLP 100 Comanche, and the Farr 100 Leopard. IRC Super Zero has six versions of the Volvo Open 70 design, plus the 115ft Swan Shamanna, and the Mills 68 Prospector.

Ten Class40s have answered the call and with explosive speed and close competition, it will be a wild ride for teams from France, USA and Italy. Unquestionably this is a tough race for Class40s; with little sleep or respite for crews due to the multitude of sail changes and harsh conditions.

The overall winner for the RORC Caribbean 600 Trophy is decided by IRC time correction. While the Line Honours contenders will be in the hunt for the double, teams racing in IRC Zero and IRC One have an equal chance of winning the race after time correction. -- Louay Habib

www.caribbean600.rorc.org

Keeping the pace up at home at Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series
Fifty-two international teams (12 nations) were again on the start line of the third and penultimate Act of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series (3-6 February) which also marked the start of The Tenzor International Cup J/70 circuit. All have their sights set on the upcoming J/70 World Championship being organised by Yacht Club de Monaco in partnership with FxPro from 14-22 October 2022.

The Brit Paul Goodison, gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics in ILCA 7, with seven world titles in five different classes and participation in the America's Cup on Artemis Racing in 2017, was sailing with the Swedes on Intermezzo which came 4th. Also competing was Finnish match racing supremo Staffan Lindberg, and the brilliant Finn sailor Ed Wright.

Winner this weekend was a YCM member, Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio (G-Spot), with the Brits on Brutus II putting in a fine performance to come 3rd in the overall ranking (1st in the Corinthian category) just behind the Russian Tenzor Sport, helmed by Milena Nikitina in 2nd. This team also leads the field for the moment in The Tenzor International Cup circuit which will end back in Monaco when the next Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series kicks off weekend 3-6 November 2022.

The J/70 fleet returns to the Principality for the 38th Primo Cup-Trophee Credit Suisse (3-6 March 2022), which also constitutes the fourth and final Act of the Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series. Launched in 1985, the Primo Cup which awards SLAM garments, is reckoned to be the largest European winter one design regatta in the Mediterranean. A hundred teams are expected divided across J/70, Smeralda 888, Longtze Premier and RS 21.

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"This boat rewards teamwork."
Peter McClennen and his Gamecock crew walked away with another win in Fort Lauderdale for the IC37 Winter Series - but once again - by just one point.

"These boats are the tightest when it comes to one design. I do a lot of other design racing in the Melges 20 and 24 and nothing is more than one design than an IC37."

With each individual race coming down to feet at the finish line after miles of racing, no lead is considered comfortable in the highly competitive Corinthian fleet. McClennan described a 15-boat length lead coming down to 6 inches in the end.

"The racing is tight, the boats are identical but also the esprit de corps is wonderful across the fleet and it is great to see everyone helping each other and just enjoy sailing," added McClennen.

As the class enters its fourth year, all the IC37 teams in Florida are looking ahead to the next regatta - the MidWinter Championships but then in just a few months time, the teams will be back up north again for the summer season in New England with 20 NYYC Charter boats joining the nearly dozen private boats.

The three-event IC37 Winter Series attracted seven teams for the second stage on February 4-6 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Final Results (6 races, 1 discard)
1. Gamecock, Peter McClennen , USA - 4 -1 -3 -4 -[5] -1 ; 13
2. Zing, Robert Hesse , USA - 1 -3 -1 -[5] -4 -4 ; 13
3. New Wave, Steve Liebel , USA - 2 -[5] -4 -3 -1 -3 ; 13
4. Midnight Blue, Alexis Michas , USA - [5] -2 -5 -2 -3 -2 ; 14
5. Arethusa, Phil Lotz , USA - 3 -4 -2 -6 -[7] -5 ; 20
6. Ticket, Whitmore / Greenhouse , USA - 6 -[7] -7 -1 -2 -6 ; 22
7. Next, Jon Desmond , USA - [7] -6 -6 -7 -6 -7 ; 32

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Fernando Perez Ontiveros' Black Mamba Victorious at J/70 Midwinter Championship
Fernando Perez Ontiveros' Black Mamba topped 62 other boats to claim the title of 2022 J/70 Midwinter Champion. The team from Mexico, including Gonçalo Almeida, Bernardo Freitas and River Paquin, retired from the eighth and final race on Sunday as they had the title locked up at Davis Island Yacht Club in Tampa, FL. They finished with 38 net points, four better than Brian Keane's Savasana. Richard Witzel's Rowdy placed third with 46 net points.

In the Corinthian Division, Francisco Van Avermaete's Juicy (with Geronimo Galvan, Francisco Bellochio and Trinidad Silva) from Argentina topped the 28-boat group, ahead of American Bob Willis' Rip Rullah and Swedish Filip Engelbert's Charter. USA1516, with Dave Kerr, Lee Sackett, Geoff Becker and Tom Sessions, bested the seven-boat One-Pro group. Rounding out that top three were Mark Gorman's Pazzi and Peter Barrett's Reset.

Top Five Overall:
1. Black Mamba, Fernando Perez Ontiveros - 3 -2 -12 -7 -1 -4 -9 -[64] ; 38
2. Savasana, Brian Keane - 10 -4 -[11] -10 -3 -6 -3 -6 ; 42
3. Rowdy, Richard Witzel - [23] -3 -14 -1 -10 -11 -5 -2 ; 46
4. Very Odd, David Jannetti - 4 -7 -1 -3 -4 -12 -21 -[33] ; 52
5. Stampede, Bruno Pasquinelli - 5 -1 -8 -13 -14 -[16] -10 -4 ; 55

Sixty-three teams representing the United States, Argentina, Chile, Great Britain, Germany, Mexico and Sweden competed February 4-6. Photos and video are available on the USA J/70 Class Facebook page, and complete results may be found at YachtScoring.com.

Registration Open for the Musto Skiff Worlds as Part of Kiel Week 2022
The International Musto Skiff Class Association is pleased to confirm an invitation to host their ACO 11th Musto Skiff World Championships 2022 event as part of Kiel Week 2022, with registration for entry now open.

This year's Musto Skiff Worlds will take place over 21st to 26th June 2022, with a one-day pre-Worlds event on the 21st of June, followed by five days of championship racing, as well as daily social activities and a gala dinner for all participants and guests attending the class event.

The annual Worlds typically attracts between 70 and 100 skiffs and is the premier event in the Musto Skiff calendar. The previous ACO World Championships took place in Medemblik, Holland, in 2019, with 92 entries representing countries from both hemispheres - including Australia, South Africa, the USA and much of Europe.

The ACO 11th Musto Skiff World Championships 2022 will also be an opportunity to celebrate the delayed 20th anniversary of the Musto Skiff Class Association and a 10-year sponsorship milestone with the Worlds event title sponsor, ACO, the global market leader in drainage technology.

Notice of Race

www.kieler-woche.de

WASZP Tutorials - European Champion Matt Beck takes us through how to get the most out of your WASZP
Over the last 6 weeks, we have released a full suite of WASZP Tutorials, narrated and developed by European Champion Matt Beck in conjunction with WASZP HQ.

In the tutorials, we focus on the fundamentals to enable all WASZP sailors or those new to foiling to get the most out of their experience.

At WASZP we have a heavy focus on making our product accessible and getting more people foiling earlier by flattening the learning curve. Anyone can do this and if you follow Matt Beck's tips and tricks, you will be taking flight, foil gybing, foil tacking and foiling earlier.

With a packed event circuit in 2022, there is no better time to get into a WASZP and head to one of our major or local events. The Class culture is incredibly inclusive and many events have clinics attached to them so anyone of any level can get involved. The top sailors are more than happy to share 'most' of their secrets to help those who are new to the fleet.

VIDEOS:
Introduction
Taking Flight
Tacking
Gybing
Pumping

Playlist on YouTube

Jade's Journey - Lacking water and huge stress onboard Merci
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7/2/2022 - Day 49 - As everyone knows, facing strong trade winds sailing up the northern Atlantic is not your preferred champagne sailing conditions.

"Dad always told me that this stretch of water wasn't going to be a picnic. But I didn't expect it to be this much of a challenge" said an eighteen year old Jade Destremau.

Indeed, Merci had used almost all of the energy stored in the batteries when she was faced by a very light wind patch late last week. One of the immediate consequences of this energy deficit was the implementation of drastic restrictions.

"No wind means no energy. It meant switching off the computer, navigation software, wifi and satellite coms... But more importantly, we weren't able to make fresh water!! So, we had to tap into our emergency reserves" Jade continued.

48hours of harsh restrictions later, Merci has managed to restore about 1/3 of her energy capacity and the duo have made an extra 20 litres of fresh water.

"We need this water as we are about to face another couple of days of light wind. We will be careful and try to make some extra water over the next couple of hours. When you do not have all of your three operating systems in good working order, the management of your energy is very stressful" concluded Sebastien Destremau.

Track their progress

mercivendeeglobe.com/jades-journey/

Industry News
World Sailing has appointed sustainability expert and Paralympic medalist Alexandra Rickham as Head of Sustainability.

Rickham brings a wealth of expertise across sustainability, diversity and inclusion as a sports executive and professional athlete.

Since transitioning from her ten-year sailing career, during which she won two Paralympic bronze medals (2012 and 2016), five World Championships and three World Cups, Rickham has focused on her passion for environmental and social change.

She joins World Sailing directly from specialist sports sustainability consultancy Earth to Ocean, where she set up SailGP's sustainability programme and later transitioned into being their Diversity & Impact Manager, helping the global sailing league to achieve its ambition of becoming the world's most sustainable and purpose-driven global sports and entertainment platform.

Rickham has also advised a host of other sporting property clients over the course of her time at Earth to Ocean.

She is well known in the global sustainability community as a public speaker, appearing regularly on The Sport Ecology Group's Climate Champions and GreenSports podcasts, as panelist for COPtimism and Sport Positive Summit, working with global sports stakeholders to accelerate climate action.

Rickham also serves as Advisory Board Member and Ambassador for EcoAthletes, which brings together athletes, academics, climate scientists, ecopreneurs, green business leaders and journalists.

sailing.org

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Sydney 38 class steps up to support women in sailing

The Sydney 38 Association has gone all out, chartering a Sydney 38 for an all-female crew to race at the 2022 Sydney 38 One-Design NSW Championship, to be held in conjunction with the Pittwater Regatta in NSW this weekend.

"We've taken this step to encourage women to sail in this Championship and other Sydney 38 events," Class President, David Hudson, said.

"The Sydney 38 Association has chartered Calibre and we've sponsored an all-female crew to be led by Liz Charles," said Hudson, who has been president of the Association since end of October 2021.

"I think it's brilliant and we have the support and the interest of women in our class," he said. -- Di Pearson/Sydney 38 media

www.sydney38class.com

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The British Marine & Boating Business Awards 2022 are now open for entry!

We're celebrating the achievements of marine businesses and professionals from across the UK. As the largest networking conference of its kind within our industry, the British Marine & Boating Business Awards are free to enter and open to all.

Enter now before the 28th of February 2022.

The Awards ceremony will be taking place on the 15th March, at the National Conference Centre in Birmingham and will be attended by over 300 of our industry's top decision-makers.

Set to be a memorable evening, complete with a networking dinner, the Awards will be presented to the deserving winners by former Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls.

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The annual Captain Henry Marx Memorial Safety at Sea course returns to The Mariners' Museum and Park on Saturday, February 26, 2022, with a new offering for area sailors. Participants will have the opportunity to earn a World Sailing approved Offshore Personal Survival certificate from US Sailing. This day-long course, co-sponsored by Landfall Navigation, will take place at the Museum and Brittingham-Midtown Aquatic Center in Newport News.

The registration fee for the hands-on training is $265. It covers lectures, demonstrations, course materials, lunch, transportation to and from the Museum and the Aquatic Center, a copy of Safety at Sea: A Guide to Safety Under Sail and Personal Survival, and an International Offshore Safety at Sea (ISAF) with Hands-On Training Certificate from US Sailing (valid for five years).

The hands-on course in Newport News is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is taught by experienced lifelong sailors and experts in their fields. Topics include lessons learned from recent incidents, fire prevention and firefighting, emergency signaling (flares), and in-the-water training in individual and group cold water survival techniques, personal safety equipment, life raft inflation, and proper wearing and rearming personal flotation devices.

Space is limited and is open to those ages 18+. Registration closes on February 22, 2022. To register, visit MarinersMuseum.org/Safety-at-Sea. For more information, contact Julie Murphy at or Luisa A. Vazquez-Lopez at

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Superyacht refit and repair specialist MB92 Barcelona has announced the start of operations at its new Fittings Centre, a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the painting, service and storage of superyacht fittings.

Located close to the MB92 facilities, in the Port of Barcelona, the installation covers a total over 1,600m2 and contains:

Jordi Ariet, MB92 Chief Operating Officer, explained that :"this service is something we have long wanted to offer our clients. We have undertaken extensive research to develop the optimum environment to deliver the highest quality, efficiency, safety and sustainability. This facility really is a game-changer, providing numerous advantages to clients not just in terms of increased productivity and quality but also safety and control, with ATEX certification, comprehensive security throughout, and tracking registry of each fitting."

www.ibinews.com

Letters To The Editor -
Letters are limited to 350 words. No personal attacks are permitted. We do require your name but your email address will not be published without your permission.

* From Russ Saunders: IMOCA: The Market For Masts Is Under Tension

Why are so many masts breaking? This is really a rhetorical question. I have a comment which can be corrected by truly knowledgeable professionals... but here it is: I was an office volunteer with Dawn Riley's America True (USA-51) for the 2000 America's Cup. Our beautiful boat and mast were made up in Nevada from my memory and I asked why this was done From so many years ago, my memory tells me that the answer was that the humidity in Nevada was so low that the water vapor in natural air allowed the carbon fiber to be made with virtually no "holes" caused by moisture in the resin and structure and so was much, much more firm and would not allow stresses to work the material which would cause a break. What I am wondering as a non-professional is this: if hulls and masts are made in very humid areas, could this be the reason for these failures. We had no failures on America True in that America's Cup. One would not think that water molecules would be an issue, but I wonder if this truly is the case. Why such failures> Just a question...

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