EuroSail News #5020 - 14 February

In This Issue
• 18ft Skiffs 100th Australian Championship
• CEEREF Takes It to the Wire at the 44Cup Calero Marinas
• Volvo Cork Week - 300 years in the Making
• Boris Herrmann: "I Want To Get In The Right Frame Of Mind To Be Able To Win"
• Stormvogel: the first of the Maxis
• Camden Classics Cup
• Rolex Tre Golfi Sailing Week
• BoatLife's Debut Show Displays Over 120 Boats
• Kirsten Neuschafer | Golden Globe Race 2022
• Featured Brokerage:
• • TP52 - "Macchia Mediterranea"
• • Aeolos P45
• • SW 78 Elise Whisper
• The Last Word: Morticia Addams

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18ft Skiffs 100th Australian Championship, Races 6 and 7
Click on image for photo gallery.

Sydney Harbour: The Andoo team of Seve Jarvin, Matt Stenta and Sam Newton became a deserved winner of the 2021-22 100th Australian 18 Footer Championship which concluded on Sydney Harbour today.

With three wins, a second and two thirds from the seven races, Andoo finished the championship with a total of 14 points, followed by Smeg (Michael Coxon, Ricky Bridge, Zac Barnabas) on 22 points and Noakesailing (Sean Langman, Ed Powys, Josh Porebski) on 33 points.

Defending champion Tech2 (Jack Macartney) finished in fourth place on 37 points, followed by Finport Finance (Keagan York) on 41 points and Lazarus Capital Partners (Marcus Ashley-Jones) on 43 points.

Today's racing was split into two distinctive races with the first (Race 6) sailed in a patchy NE breeze and the latter, Race 7, in a much steadier breeze.

With only 200 metres left on the course [in the final race] it appeared that the Sean Langman-led Noakesailing would be the winner before a wonderful finishing burst by Finport Finance, gave Keagan York and his team its best result of the season when they crossed just 1s ahead of Noakesailing.

Andoo finished another 11s back in third place, which was enough to give the team its championship victory.

In yet another tight finish, Smeg finished fourth ahead of Lazarus Capital Partners and Balmain Slake

Next Sunday is the last race of the Club Championship.

The 2022 JJ Giltinan Championship will be sailed on Sydney Harbour, from March 5-13. -- Frank Quealey Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com

CEEREF Takes It to the Wire at the 44Cup Calero Marinas
Going into the final day of the 44Cup Calero Marinas, Igor Lah's Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 held a strong 11 point lead. Normally this would have seen them packing their bags early, having won with a race to spare. However this is the 44Cup, home of high performance one designs and owner-drivers surrounded by Olympic medallists, America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race winners and nothing is ever certain. Ultimately the Slovenian team did win here in Lanzarote, but for several tense minutes victory seemed to have fully slipped through their fingers.

Today's three races took place in a moderate easterly that built during the second race into the high teens.

Today's stars were certainly Team Nika, posting a 2-2-1. Half of the Team Nika crew are new for 2022 and Prosikhin paid special tribute to tactician Francesco Bruni. Bruni said that there had been more passing lanes today.

Trying their hand at RC44 racing, were the former Melges 32 champions on La Pericolosa, who led the fleet at the top mark at least twice.

44Cup racing resumes at the 44Cup Cascais over 11-15 May.

www.44cup.org

Volvo Cork Week - 300 years in the Making
Entry is open for 2022 Volvo Cork Week, celebrating the tricentenary of the world's oldest yacht club, the Royal Cork YC. Since 1978, Cork Week has been the venue for many epic battles on the water and legendary craic ashore. The 300th birthday celebrations for the Royal Cork adds a unique dimension.

Cork300, a collection of events marking the tricentenary, was due to take place in 2020. Due to the pandemic, the Tricentenary celebrations have been extended and organisers look forward to welcoming visitors from all around the world to celebrate the founding of the oldest yacht club in the world.

Volvo Cork Week features up to five days of world class racing. Over 60 boats have already signed up and the Royal Cork Yacht Club is preparing for over a thousand sailors from around the world to take part. All boats already entered, and who enter before Easter Sunday, will be in with a chance of winning a maximum of eight branded crew jackets from Musto. Enter your team here

Volvo Cork Week has a huge diversity of competing boats, including inshore racing for keelboats for the ICRA Nationals, and One-design racing for the 1720 Europeans, the SB20 Grand Slam, Cape 31s, and the Dragon South Coasts. Volvo Cork Week will feature a variety of courses both inside and outside Cork Harbour.

The international Inter Service Regatta, the Beaufort Cup, will be held during Volvo Cork Week, including an overnight race around the Fastnet Rock. Inshore racing for Volvo Cork Week will be held on different style courses every day. Plus, specially designed courses for non-spinnaker, coastal and classic classes. The Harbour Race will take place on Wednesday 13th July.

Racing under the IRC and Echo rating rules, the 2022 ICRA Nationals will be the biggest keelboat meeting in Ireland for 2022.

New to Volvo Cork Week will be the pocket-rocket Cape31 Class with potentially ten teams expected from overseas as well as new boats from Cork and Dublin. Designed by Ireland's Mark Mills, the 31-foot high-performance keelboats will revel in the conditions.

www.corkweek.ie

Boris Herrmann: "I Want To Get In The Right Frame Of Mind To Be Able To Win"
Fifth in the 2020 Vendée Globe, Boris Herrmann very quickly started a new campaign with more means and a new boat designed by VPLP and built by Multiplast, which is due to be launched "at 10 a.m. on 19th July," he promises. Tip & Shaft talked to the German about this project, and as the One Ocean Summit comes to an end in Brest, about the environmental concerns that are dear to him.

The One Ocean Summit ends in Brest on Friday. Does such an event help move things forward or is it just a place to show off your good intentions?

That's a good question! I took part myself, spending several hours at a forum concerning observing the ocean with the Imoca class. I think the weak point in these meetings is the commitment from civil society and ordinary people. Of course, President Macron and some other leaders are here, so there are articles about the summit, but it lacks the emotional side, a way to get the man in the street involved so that he will understand that this affects him. As far as that is concerned, the Vendée Globe is a good way to offer this subject a powerful means of communication.

How long have you been really concerned about the topic of preserving the oceans?

In 2010-2011, we did the Barcelona World Race with Ryan Breymaier on Bilou's boat (Roland Jourdain's ex Veolia), and due to the presence of ice, we had to sail further north than planned and add a great distance to our route. The result was it took us 100 days whereas we had only taken 85 days of food aboard. Ryan lost 25 kilos. That left its mark on us and led us to think about the problems of global warming, even if I had always been interested in this subject and in fact did studies in sustainable management.

Full interview in Tip & Shaft

Stormvogel: the first of the Maxis
Stormvogel on her way to line honours in the Fastnet 1961. Click on image to enlarge.

Sixty years on from a sensational Fastnet line honours win, she took on the race again in 2021. And what a 60 years it's been. We trace the story of Stormvogel.

Day one of the August 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race – brutal. The fleet banged its way up the Solent into 30-knot headwinds and as the tide turned off the Needles, a wind-over-tide situation developed that none of the sailors there will forget. By mid-afternoon, the winner of the Vendée Globe had turned for home, a 70ft round-the-world multihull limped in with an exploded winch drum, a 60ft racing catamaran dismasted, a glut of the latest, out-and-out race yachts turned tail and headed for the nearest port. Thirty boats had retired by nightfall and many more were to follow suit.

One of the oldest boats in the fleet, meanwhile, ploughed on.

At the helm was the man who has owned her for four decades. By his side was the boat's skipper, pleased to see the refit he'd overseen was standing the old girl in good stead. Her international crew, a collection of first-class, amateur sailors, worked her hard, despite the conditions.

She was Stormvogel, on a mission to mark the 60th anniversary of her winning Fastnet line honours in 1961, when she was navigated by Chichester. -- Rob Peake

Full story in ClassicBoat.co.uk

Camden Classics Cup July 28-30, 2022
Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Camden Classics Cup, July 28-30, 2022.

The shoreside landscape will look a lot different this year thanks to our newly reconstructed Lyman-Morse marina complex. What will be the same are two days of great racing on Penobscot Bay, along with the annual Youth Regatta and the Parade of Sail around Camden Harbor.

Details for the post-racing parties are coming together. Expect to enjoy plenty of socializing, dining and music at the Lyman-Morse facility in the heart of Camden harbor. Last year's events sold out early, so now is the time to buy tickets for your crew.

Dockage is included with your registration*. Many thanks again this year to Stephens Waring Yacht Design, our dockage sponsor. Any questions about your registration, we welcome you to email our new Regatta Organizer, Holly Paterson. You may recognize Holly from her many years of yachting and regatta planning in New England and the Caribbean. You can email Holly here.

camdenclassicscup.com

Rolex Tre Golfi Sailing Week Moves to Sorrento from Capri, May 2022
Guido Fiorentino, sailing enthusiast and owner of Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria, is delighted that Sorrento, Amalfi, will host the prestigious Tre Golfi Sailing Week from May 14-21, sponsored by Rolex.

The Vittoria Terrace of the Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria with its spectacular views over the Bay of Naples, Vesuvius, Capri, Procida and Ischia, will play a major role in hosting the celebrations for yacht owners, sponsors and guests.

This will be the 67th Tre Golfi Regatta, which launched its first "Sailing Week" 20 years ago. The event has been supported by major sponsors in sailing from Zegna to Loro Piana and Telecom, before joining the elite of international yachting under the Rolex banner.

Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (CRVI) organiser of the Sailing Week, is one of the oldest Italian sailing clubs, founded in 1889 a mere 55 years after the opening of Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria in 1834.

www.tregolfisailingweek.com/en

BoatLife's Debut Show Displays Over 120 Boats
The brand-new show, BoatLife Live, opens on 17 February. The four-day show taking over 3 Halls at the NEC [Birmingham], has secured an exciting line-up of exhibitors, speakers and features and will deliver a memorable first show.

The lifestyle event will be opened by Pip Hare, the 8th woman in history to complete the Vendee Globe and after, she will take to the stage to talk more about her experiences and take questions from show visitors. The live stage is the main attraction at the show, and with speakers such as Katie McCabe, Tom Cunliffe, Atlantic rowing teams and SUP record-breakers there will be something for everyone.

The big spectacle of the show is boats and exhibiting are a wide variety of well known brands at both the affordable and high end scale. From Fairline, Brig, Aquaspirit, Saxdor to Momba, Sea-doo, Viko Yachts and Bavaria. The show will host several boat debuts, including the RYCK 280, Nordkapp Airbourne 7, SwordFish 690, Seven Seas Hermes Speedster, and Polycraft Tuffy 300.

Alongside the boats will be a vast selection of equipment and engine companies, including Quick UK, Raymarine, B&G, Mastervolt, English Braids, Technical Marine Supplies, Barrus Marine Equipment, Bainbridge, Honda and Pirates Cave. Complimented by other marine leisure brands including SBS Trailers, Freedom Boat Club, Flexisail and ProMarine Finance.

Show Guide

boatlifeevents.com

Kirsten Neuschafer | Golden Globe Race 2022
There's only one woman taking on the 2022 Golden Globe race and she happens to be South African. Port Elizabeth sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer is in Cape Town and will be presenting a photo journey and sharing her exciting adventure with our Club members, limited press and sponsors on Friday 25 February at RCYC.

Kirsten Neuschafer is one of the few skippers taking part in the Golden Globe Race 2022 who has Southern Ocean experience. The 39-year-old South African has worked for Skip Novak since 2015 aboard Pelagic Australis, sailing to South Georgia, The Antarctic Peninsula, Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. She learnt to sail off South Africa's Eastern Cape, giving her valuable experience of the Agulhas Current and heavy weather sailing.

You are invited - join us for a chat and presentation!
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