EuroSail News #5081 - 11 May
In This Issue
• Countdown to season 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour
• Melges 24 World Championship
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Porto Montenegro Match Race
• Which boats were designed by Groupe Finot & Finot-Conq?
• The Alternative Propulsion Meeting For A Carbon-Free Future For Yachting
• Video highlights from the 2022 Antigua Sailing Week
• J/45 Trans-Atlantic to Newport soon
• 52 Super Series Go Smartmark in 2022
• Featured Charter: Sunfast 3200 - Hair Of The Dog
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 36-116 'IRA'
• • Corby 40 Custom - CRACKLIN' ROSIE
• • ICE 54 - ICe Yachts
• Off until Monday
• The Last Word: Every Nurse
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Countdown to season 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour
Season 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour, one of ocean racing's most exciting new competitions, gets underway on Thursday in Bonifacio, Corsica, with two days of inshore racing on the agenda, followed by a round Corsica challenge that kicks-off on Saturday.
The fleet of 7 - the 8th Armel Tripon, will return for Episode 2 - Ocean Fifty foiling trimarans will descend on one of the most beautiful locations the Mediterranean has to offer for a four-day spectacle that will give a glimpse of who might challenge the defending 2021 champions Leyton, led by Brit Sam Goodchild.
The turquoise waters off Bonifacio will be the battleground for what promises to be an intense and committed effort by the fleet to oust defending champions Leyton, who won season 1 decisively in 2021 taking four out of five victories to claim the overall title.
Sébastien Rogues, Primonial - with Solitaire du Figaro winner Pierre Quiroga among his crew - and Erwan Le Roux, Koesio, 1st and 2nd respectively in the Transat Jacques Vabre, are also ones to watch. While Gilles Lamiré, Groupe GCA-1001 Sourires, who recently finished 3rd at the Caribbean 600 off the back of setting a round-Martinique record earlier in the year, is also very motivated to make his mark.
Armel Tripon, skipper of Les P'tits Doudous, will be sitting out the season's opening regatta following a capsize off La Coruña. He hopes to re-join the fleet in Brest for Episode 2.
Eric Peron, skippering Komilfo, is this season's newcomer to the Pro Sailing Tour.
Melges 24 World Championship
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA - With several days of pre-regatta registration, boat and sails inspection at Pier Sixty-Six now completed and first practice races sailed, on the eve of the official start of racing, all thirty-one boats competing at the 2022 Melges 24 World Championship in Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S, are moored in the docks of Lauderdale Yacht Club, where this evening at six o'clock will be regatta's Opening Ceremony.
Melges 24 World Championship 2022 is hosted by Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) and organized along with the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) and U.S. Melges 24 Class Association (USM24CA) on May 7-15.
This year's Championship has attracted entries from five nations and features crews from Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, and United States. As is expected at major Melges 24 championships, the pedigree of the fleet is impressive as ever, boasting past Melges 24 World Champions, U.S. Sailing Rolex Yachtsmen, any number of dinghy, one-design and offshore national and world champions, as well as Class stalwarts and some of the most talented international Corinthian crews to be found anywhere.
Melges 24 World Championships are raced as one fleet but include a Corinthian Division which strictly excludes World Sailing Category 3 sailors. Ten teams have qualified to race as Corinthians at the 2022 World Championship including defending, three-time Corinthian World Champion Niccolo Bertola (ITA) at the helm of Taki 4, 2019 Corinthian U.S. National Champion Steve Suddath on 3 and a Half Men and 2017/2019 Corinthian Melges 24 North American Champion Fraser McMillan (CAN) on Sunnyvale, if to name only a few.
The International Melges 24 World Championship is raced for the Melges Performance Sailboats Trophy. This trophy was presented in 1998 by the Melges family of Melges Boatworks, Zenda, USA to the International Melges 24 Class as the World Championship Perpetual Trophy.
Schedule of Events:
May 7-10 - Registration and Measurement
May 10 - Practice Race and Opening Ceremony
May 11 - 15 - Racing at the Melges 24 World Championship 2022
May 15 - Prize Giving and Closing Ceremony in Lauderdale Yacht Club
Seahorse May 2022
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
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Porto Montenegro Match Race
Estonian match racer Mati Sepp and his Clean Energy Sailing Team won the 2022 edition of the Porto Montenegro Match Race on Sunday, an official event of the World Match Racing Tour and stage four of the 2022 championship series.
The three-day event was hosted by the Porto Montenegro Yacht Club, part of the spectacular Porto Montenegro superyacht destination with racing on the waters of the UNESCO protected Bay of Kotor.
Light winds graced the opening day of the event which challenged the race committee to complete the first flight of racing in the round robin qualifying round. The Northerly breeze filled for the start of Day 2, swinging to the SW in the afternoon to completing six flights by the end of the day.
The event was generously sponsored by Porto Montenegro https://portomontenegro.com/ with support from Portokali and superyacht refit yard Adriatic42 https://adriatic42.com/
Final results;
Mati Sepp (EST) - Clean Energy Sailing Team
Riccardo Sepe (ITA) - Blessed Galleria Sailing Team
Rocco Attili (ITA) - RBYS Racing
Dave Hood (USA) - DH3 Racing
Bojan Rajar (SLO) - Eureka Sailing Team
Jeffrey Petersen (USA) - Golden State Match Racing
Sophie Otter (GBR) - Team Otter
Ellie Cumpsty (GBR) - Team Phoenix
For more information on Porto Montenegro Yacht Club, visit pmyc.portomontenegro.com
Which boats were designed by Groupe Finot & Finot-Conq?
Jean Marie Finot is a Frenchman, who became passionate about design and architecture after seeing the French rebuilding efforts following the devastation suffered by his home region, the mountainous Vosges region, during World War II.
After having been involved in designing a sailing boat for the local Sailing School, Finot teamed up with Philippe Harlé and getting no interest from any French Shipyards, the boat was eventually built by the Dutch firm Huisman. This boat was an IOR ¼ ton yacht called Écume de Mer.
This boat immediately won the 1970 & 1972 ¼ ton cup and was later heralded 'Boat of the Year' in 1975.
As a result of this success and the interest in his design, Finot set up his business Groupe Finot in Vannes, France in 1973.
In 1985 Pascal Conq, another French designer joined the group. Conq's pedigree was impeccable and he is. To this day, regarded as a quiet genius. Indeed in 1982 Conq had invented the canting keel, so his expertise and innovation was a fantastic addition to the group.
Together they have designed over 200 boats for clients around the world. In the period 1978 to 2017, they designed 61 boats for the famous French boatbuilders Beneteau alone.
It is believed that over 25,000 boats designed and built by this combination were sold worldwide. in 2009 the design aspect of the group was taken over by a new company, Finot-Conq SARL leaving the original company to concentrate on research. -- Dave Proctor
Full story in the Global Solo Challenge site: globalsolochallenge.com/finot-conq-en/
The Alternative Propulsion Meeting For A Carbon-Free Future For Yachting
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As the 5th Monaco E-Prix and Salon Ever ends in the Principality, both focused on sustainability and renewable energy, the Yacht Club de Monaco has extended its lead in the search for eco-friendly solutions as it gears up for the 9th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge 4-9 July 2022.
Held under the aegis of the collective 'Monaco, Capital of Advanced Yachting' umbrella brand and bringing together a new generation of engineers, Monaco Energy Boat Challenge intends to play its part in meeting the 21st century's energy and environmental challenges. It is doing this by promoting innovative solutions for recreational boats, particularly in the propulsion and alternative energy field. Since its launch in 2014, the event has gone from strength to strength establishing itself as the international rendezvous for tomorrow's yachting.
For this edition, more than 35 teams, including 27 universities will represent 20 nationalities in the Principality. "We want to build the future through an eco-responsible societal prism that cares about future generations. The yachting industry cannot evolve if it does not incorporate the sustainable development concept into all its initiatives," says YCM General Secretary Bernard d'Alessandri.
Alongside countries like Indonesia, Monaco, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Peru and China with the Hainan Institute of Electronics, Canada and India are making their first appearance since the event started. These two nations will be represented by students from the Montreal Polytechnic and Kumaraguru College of Technology.
Organised in partnership with the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, with support from Credit Suisse, BMW and SBM Offshore, as well as Dutch shipyard Oceanco, the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge powers creativity and stimulates innovation.
With registrations confirmed for the Solar and Energy classes, it is the turn of non-CE regulated prototypes and hydrogen in the Open Sea Class to finalise their registrations, while CE ratified boats have until 1st July.
Yacht Club de Monaco: ycm.org
Video highlights from the 2022 Antigua Sailing Week
Antigua Sailing Week, considered one of the Caribbean's most prestigious regattas, is held annually at the end of April and the 53rd edition commenced with the Peters & May Round Antigua Race on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Following that was five days of competitive racing off the rugged south coast of Antigua, wrapping up on Friday, May 6, 2022.
For full details on Antigua Sailing Week and the Peters & May Round Antigua Race including daily news, photos, videos and results, visit the official website:http://www.sailingweek.com.
J/45 Trans-Atlantic to Newport soon
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This ocean-going beauty will soon be sailing off Newport in late May. Wish to take a peek at her and take her for a sail? It's the new J/45 performance offshore cruiser.
The J/45 delivery from Les Sables d'Olonne, France to Southampton, England went as planned. She gets loaded onto the Seven Star Yacht Transport ship this week and begins her 3,000 nm journey across the North Atlantic Ocean to Newport, Rhode Island. We await with great anticipation her arrival in America.
Learn more at www.jcomposites.eu/j-45-elegance-yacht
52 Super Series Go Smartmark in 2022
During the upcoming five regatta season the 52 SUPER SERIES will utilise autonomous remote controlled marks from the German company Smartmark. The buoys were comprehensively tested last season at the Rolex TP52 World Championship in Mallorca. The marks can be precisely remotely controlled to a GPS position said to be accurate to within 11cms.
The Smartmark will significantly reduce the number of RIBs and personnel required on the water each day thereby reducing the fuel burned and thereby contributing to the circuit's sustainability targets this year. It will also eliminate the use of anchors for mark buoys which damage the seabed.
And while the sustainability gains are significant and long lasting there are expected to be some improved efficiency and accuracy in course laying which is all controlled from the Race Committee Boat.
The Smartmark are built around a GRP hull – like a small RIB - and are positioned using 3-D Drone technology. Each has quadruple sensors - four gyroscopes, four barometers, four compasses and seven thermal sensors. One part of the sensors is thermally encapsulated whereas the other part is located in the atmosphere. With the help of the intelligent software the sensors are responsible for more than 70% of the precision of the Smartmark (30% by GPS). Allowing to distinguish whether the mark is moving or it's deviations in the GPS signal. They are positioned using two electric motors. A web based interface system makes it relatively straightforward for the PRO to set up the desired course geometry and make any changes quickly and efficiently.
Featured Charter
Sunfast 3200 - Hair Of The Dog. Located in UK.
Built to win, the Sunfast 3200 provides effortless speed. Built using the latest technology to ensure the best strength-to-weight ratios, this boat is uniquely adapted to performance racing. The Sun Fast 3200 is particularly impressive while sailing off the wind. Available to Charter in the UK 20
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Contact
Lucy Jackson - LV Yachting
Call: +44 (0) 20 3920 6261
Email:
lvyachting.com
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Featured Brokerage
1989 Swan 36-116 'Ira'. 105,000 EUR. Located in Croatia.
The Swan 36 incorporates the collective talents of naval architect German Frers, stylist Andrew Winch and Nautor's very own 'in-house- design team.
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Contact
Mihael Primorac
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1996 Corby 40 Custom - Cracklin' Rosie. 85000 GBP. Located in Cowes, UK.
A very well known race yacht on the South Coast of the UK, and Ireland. This Corby 40 Custom was repainted and given new sails in 2020 - granting her a fresh new look for the next owner and plenty of opportunity with Performance 40 or IRC racing.
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Ben Cooper
Berthon Yacht Sales
Tel: 0044 (0)1590 679 222
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2021 ICE 54. Located in Italy, La Spezia.
ICE 54 has a freebord increased by 6 cm that allow the generation of wide interior. Therefore ICE 54 joins the ICE 52 production, enhancing the characteristics of comfort, luxury and habitability. The "scimitar-like" design of the bow and "smiling" carving shape of the stern, trademarks of the shipyard, come from the regatta boat ICE 33.
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Off Until Monday
Your humble narrator will assume the role of very proud father at the end of this week as his youngest child graduates from nursing college and joins the transplant team at a highly prestigious teaching hospital. She fought and beat a number of serious health crises in her young life; she turned those struggles into empathy for others. I'll be the fellow in the seersucker suit doing the chest thumping with tears in his eyes. Back on Monday...
The Last Word
I'm a nurse. I'm here to save your ass, not kiss it. -- Anon.
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