In This Issue
• ILCA World Championships
• Swiss America's Cup challenger demolishes GC32 Riva Cup competition
• Magnifique - Grand Soleil
• Kites and Nacra 17 dodge a bullet to get confirmation for 2028 Olympics
• Il Corvo wins the North Sea Race
• ArMen Race Uship: Yves le Blevec winner in Ultim
• Anna Luschan Takes the Melges 24 Austrian Title
• Class40 Worlds
• California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup
• RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 40-119 'Kathea'
• • Arcona 430
• • McConaghy MC62
• The Last Word: Andy Weir

Brought to you by Seahorse magazine and YachtScoring.com EuroSail News is a digest of sailing news and opinions, regatta results, new boat and gear information and letters from sailors -- with a European emphasis. Contributions welcome, send to

ILCA World Championships
Vallarta, Mexico: The final day at the ILCA 7 Men's World Championship in Riviera Nayarit, Mexico.

The first race of the day brought a little drama when the event leader Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) got a Black flag, and Pavlos Kontides (CYP) finished fifth, which lifted him to a second overall place, with just 12 points behind Jean-Baptiste. By finishing 14th place, Thomas Saunders (NZL) fell to third position, only 5 points ahead of Tonci Stipanovic (CRO).

According to the Notice of Race the last possible Warning signal at 1500 made it impossible to race committee to give to the Silver fleet a second race, so they finished the championship with 11 races sailed total.

However, the Gold fleet still managed to get their last race started in time and Michael Beckett (GBR) made his best race during the regatta by winning that race. Filip Jurisic (CRO) finished second, which moved him up to the 3rd overall position; Joel Rodriquez Perez (ESP) finished third.

Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA) by finishing 7th in last race secured his position he held almost the whole regatta and became the new ILCA 7 World Champion.

For the first time, the ILCA 7 Men's World Champion title goes to France!

Final top ten
1. Jean-Baptiste Bernaz, FRA, 51 points
2. Pavlos Kontides, CYP, 68
3. Filip Jurisic. CRO, 75
4. Thomas Saunders, NZL, 77
5. Tonci Stipanovic, CRO, 81
6. Finn Lynch, IRL, 85
7. Elliot Hanson, GBR, 88
8. Philipp Buhl, GER, 99
9. Jonatan Vadnai, HUN, 101
10. Stefano Peschiera , PER, 105

Full Results

www.laserinternational.org

Swiss America's Cup challenger demolishes GC32 Riva Cup competition
Technically helmsman Arnaud Psarofaghis and his crew on Alinghi Red Bull Racing - SUI 8 won the GC32 Riva Cup with two races spare. In reality, given the 24 point advantage they had earned prior to today, the GC32 Racing Tour's defending champions could have stayed in bed today and still won by five points. Of the 16 races they sailed since Thursday they won half. They finished off the podium just once. They were a class apart.

The Swiss team seemed to go the right way, were fast and never broke. One theory is that now they are challenging for the America's Cup they are elevating their game still further. Even in today's first race when they were OCS they still recovered to second.

Today's conditions were unusual. Following overnight rain storms, Lake Garda was overcast and threatening but this caused the northerly Pèler to remain blowing, at 10 knots when racing got underway at midday, then building into the high teens by close of play.

The GC32 Racing Tour now moves on to the first of two events in Lagos, Portugal, the first over 22-26 June followed by the GC32 World Championship over 13-17 July.

Riva Cup results:
1. Alinghi Red Bull Racing - SUI, 42 points
2. Team Rockwool Racing, 63
3. Black Star Sailing Team, 68
4. Alinghi Red Bull Racing - SUI, 74
5. Zoulou, FRA, 74
6. Argo, USA, 79
7. .film AUS Racing,104

gc32racingtour.com/results/

Magnifique - Grand Soleil
And with their new flagship Grand Soleil 72 Cantiere del Pardo have truly excelled themselves...

Grand Soleil has a new flagship. Or arguably two, because the Performance and Long Cruise versions of the Grand Soleil 72 have distinctly different decks. It's a significant move by Cantiere del Pardo, scaling up to maxi yacht production. This isn't their first foray into that market (witness the GS 80) but rather than being a full custom project, the GS 72 is designed and engineered for series production.

The concept took shape in discussions between the shipyard and Nauta Design. 'It started with the idea, shared between us, to realise a top-of-the-range project,' Nauta's co-founder Massimo Gino recalls. 'A beautiful, fast, modern sailing yacht with excellent performance, yet comfortable and elegant, a boat that is all-Italian and that exudes in every detail the luxury that distinguishes Italian design, offering a high-level lifestyle to its owners and guests, in the tradition of Grand Soleil.'

Full article in the June issue of Seahorse

Kites and Nacra 17 dodge a bullet to get confirmation for 2028 Olympics
World Sailing's Mid Year Council Meeting has just concluded in Dubai. The main business on the final day was confirmation of the Olympic Equipment and Events for the Los Angeles Olympic Regatta in 2028.

The Council had to vote on two submissions - one from the Events Committee M03-22 and the other via the Equipment Committee M05-22. The latter was developed by two of the incumbent class associations - the International Kite Association and the Int 470 Association - and unsurprisingly recommended that their Equipment and Events be retained for the 2028 Olympics.

The Submission from the Events Committee noted that it was "A submission from the Chairman of the Events Committee and the Equipment Committee."

But sticking with its long standing practice, World Sailing Council refused to accept the recommendations of its expert Events Committee, and went off in another direction entirely. The frustration with the inevitable outcome was apparent in the voice of Events Committee Chair John Derbyshire (GBR), as he spoke to the joint Equipment and Events Committee submission.

As for the Mixed Multihull and Nacra 17, the 470/IKA submission skipped over the serious issues of cost and lack of international growth raised yet again on the floor of the World Body meeting, and the bottom line was a vote for the status quo.

The choice made shores up the position of the Kite and 470 Events for Paris 2024, but has no clear way of resolving the issues of cost of the Nacra 17 Mixed Multihull which was claimed to have doubled in price since its inclusion in the 2016 Olympic Regatta. -- Richard Gladwell

Read more in Sail-World.com

Il Corvo wins the North Sea Race
The overall winner for the North Sea Race under IRC was the Dutch JPK 1180 Il Corvo, owned by Astrid de Vin and skippered by Roeland Franssens. Dutch Ker 46 Van Uden skippered by Johnny Poortman was just 121 seconds behind Il Corvo after IRC time correction. Michel Dorsman's Dutch X-362 Team Extra Djinn was third. The top three boats, racing under IRC, all came from different classes. Richard Matthews' British CF520 Oystercatcher XXXV, sailed by James Bolingbroke, took Line Honours for the race.

IRC Class Winners for the North Sea Race

IRC SZ Volvo 70 Telefonica Black
IRC 0 Ker 46 Van Uden
IRC 1 JPK 1180 Il Corvo
IRC 2 First 40.7 Flying Fish
IRC 3 X-362 Team Extra Djinn
IRC 4 Sigma 38 Spirit
IRC T-H JPK 1010 Jangada

Full Results: rorc.org/racing/race-results

ArMen Race Uship: Yves le Blevec winner in Ultim
The crew of Actual Ultim 3, composed of Yves Le Blevec, Anthony Marchand, Yann eliès, Paul Meilhat, Alan Pennaneac'h, Clement Bourgeois and Ronan Gladu, mediaman, won the ArMen Race Uship this Friday May 27 by crossing the line at 3 :53 pm and 10 seconds, only 5 minutes ahead of the Sodebo crew! They completed the 310-mile course in less than 24 hours.

In the other classes
J Lance 25, skippered by Didier le Moal, winner in real time of the Nuit de l'Armen 2022, after 23h08'05" of racing!!
1st IRC and 1st IRC A, the Mach 45 CARTOUCHE skippered by Nicolas Groleau
1st Multi 2000, Lodigroup of Loïc Escoffier
1st Class40 , winner Happyvore skippered by Nico d'Estais
1st Osiris Habitable, Cigare Rouge – Formatives Network of Catherine Chabaud
1st IRC DoubleJuzzy with Thomas Bonnier and Frederic Moreau
1st IRC BVoilerie HSD, skippered by Herve Aubry

www.courseaularge.com

www.facebook.com/ArMenRaceSNT/

Anna Luschan Takes the Melges 24 Austrian Title
Litzlberg / Seewalchen, Austria: Segelclub Kammersee (SCK) in Litzlberg/Seewalchen on Attersee hosted the third event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series on May 26-29. In tricky conditions it was Anna Luschan and her team of Michael Luschan, Jakob Bonomo, Toni Eigenstuhler and Lisa-Marie Bonomo bringing home the Austrian Champion title in Melges 24 class.

For the second time in a row the Melges 24 Austrian title was awarded to Anna Luschan and her team. Starting with Optimist and moving to Zoom8 and 420, Anna is an experienced 49erFX sailor and belongs to the crew of The Austrian Ocean Race Project 2022-2023 now. She was happy to win the Melges 24 Austrian title again admitting it was a tough competition in shifty and gusty conditions with her strongest opponents on German White Room of Michael Tarabochia, whose team was beating her in overall results in 2020, when it was the last time when Melges 24 Austrian Championship was held.

The next appointment for Melges 24 class will be on Garda lake in July, where Fraglia Vela Riva will host the fourth event of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series on July 22-24.

Final top five (6 races, 1 discard):
1. Anna Luschan, Michael Luschan, Jakob Bonomo, Toni Eigenstuhler and Lisa-Marie Bonomo, AUT, 6 pts
2. White Room - Michael Tarabochia, Luis Tarabochia, Sebastian Buhler, Marco Tarabochia, Marvin Frisch, GER, 9
3. Pure - Michael Schineis, Jaun Wickl, Simona Höllerman, Eddy Eich, Diana Fabian, AUT, 14
4. Orca - Helmut Gottwald, Renate Resenig, Christian Egger, Peter Hoffman, Manfred Ferch, AUT, 21
5. Kookaburra - Sepp Hackl, Beate Hackl, Claus Hackl, AUT, 27

Full results

www.melges24.com

Class40 Worlds
The Class40 World Championship returns after several years! Hosted in La Rochelle, at least 17 teams will compete to take home the coveted title of 'World Champion'. Racing will take place from the 13th - 18th June and see teams compete in both short coastal courses and a 24 hour sprint race. It's sure to be a fantastic event in a town we're looking forward to calling home.

Grand Pavois Organisation has already organised a Class40 World Championship in Gijon (Spain) in 2010 and another edition will be proposed by the Rochelle-based association from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June 2022. Another edition of this event which is expected to welcome more than about twenty crews to the heart of La Rochelle in the Bassin des Chalutiers.

This World Championship will be held over 6 days and GPO wants to bring together 3 different countries from a minimum of 2 continents. The regattas will be held around La Rochelle and, in addition to a 24-hour race, coastal and constructed routes will be proposed in the Pertuis Charentais. Finally, a Race Area will be available on Esplanade Eric Tabarly next to the Bassin des Chalutiers to support the event and share it with the general public and many dedicated Class40 partners engaged in this World Championship will be present.

Provisional programme of the Class40 World Championship:

Monday 13 June: Presence Bassin des Chalutiers, registrations and gauge checks
Tuesday 14 June: Presence Bassin des Chalutiers, registrations and gauge checks, briefing and departure of the 24-hour route
Wednesday 15 June: Arrival of the 24-hour route, presence Bassin des Chalutiers and the day's podium
Thursday 16 June: Rounds (2/3 races), presence Bassin des Chalutiers and the day's podium
Friday 17 June: Rounds (2/3 races), presence Bassin des Chalutiers and the day's podium
Saturday 18 June: Rounds (2/3 races), presence Bassin des Chalutiers the day's podium and prize ceremony.

www.world-40.com

California Offshore Race Week Series - Spinnaker Cup
Photo by Erik Simonson, h2oshots.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The California Offshore Race Week returns in 2022 with three events from May 28 to June 4 which take the fleet from San Francisco to Monterey, Santa Barbara, and San Diego.

Encinal Yacht Club, Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, Santa Barbara Yacht Club and San Diego Yacht Club are proud to present the 2022 CA Offshore Race Week, and invite boats to register. The race series consists of three coastal regattas of increasing length (San Francisco to Monterey: 88nm, Monterey to Santa Barbara;: 205nm, and Santa Barbara to San Diego: 250nm).

nautica.news/2022-california-offshore-race-week/

Results on YachtScoring.com

RS Aero UK National Championships & International Open
Photo by Patrick Pakes. Click on image to enlarge.

Paignton, Devon: Day 2 of the 2022 RS Aero UK at Paignton brought more wind for the 101 RS Aeros. Winds mainly ranged from or 7-10kn with a 25kn squall thrown in! Three races were possible for each of the four fleets helping keep to schedule.

Consistency continues to be key in the closely racing of the RS Aero 9s. Steve Norbury (Warsash) now has a 5 point lead with an impressive 2,2,2,2,1,6 from Peter Barton (Lymington Town) and Ben Rolfe (Burghfield) who are both several points behind and already looking forward to the second discard! The RS Aero 9s had an exciting first race as a rain squall suddenly increased the breeze to 25kn on the run as they blasted downwind through the steep rolling waves to test a few sailor's balance!

The RS Aero 7s have the largest fleet with 44 entries and it was another testing day for getting off the start line cleanly without being called over by the eagle eyes of the Race Team. Noah Rees (Torpoint Mosquito) and Jack Miller (Felpham SC/Paignton) share the lead with Jack Lewis (RYA) a few point back.

RS Aero 6s belonged to Ellie Craig (Draycote) today with a clean sweep 1,1,1 to take the lead by just a point from Sam Mettam (Papercourt) in the inaugural 8 boat fleet after the first RS Aero 6 rigs started being dispatched this month. Zak Mitchell (Paignton) scored a 3rd in race 3.

In the RS Aero 5s Axel Almersson (Jollekappseglarna Vasteras, SWE) of Sweden held his lead, but by just a point, from Jonathan Bailey (Hunts). Chloe George (Lymington Town) is just two points further back. The big mover of the day was local sailor Mark Ripley (Paington) who banged in a 1,4,5 to jump to 4th. -- Peter Barton

Full Results

www.rsaerosailing.org

Featured Brokerage
1993 Swan 40-119 'Kathea'. 190,000 EUR. Located in North Tyrrhenian, IT.

Swan 40-119 ”Kathea” was built in 1993. It was bought by a German gentleman and launched in 1994. This person owned the boat until 2013 when the present owner acquired her. At that time the boat had its mooring in Porto Cervo, Sardegna.

See listing details in Nautor's Swan Brokerage

Contact
Stefano Leonardi

-----------------------------------------

2011 Arcona 430. 319000 GBP. Located in Southampton, UK

Sparkling, One owner, 3-cabin, 2-heads Arcona 430 complete with carbon rig and lots of recent updates including new rigging and sails.

See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly

Contact
James McNeil
Tel: Mobile: +44 (0) 7979907210
Email:

-----------------------------------------

McConaghy MC62.

MC62 multihull - PERFORMANCE SAILING MEETS STYLISH LIVING

This range has been designed using a group of experienced owners and sailors (who between them have spent decades sailing and cruising multihulls), a highly experienced design and engineering team, and McConaghy’s 50 years of building yachts for the most demanding customers and conditions.

The MC62’s wide saloon offers a versatile and spacious living area that, with large windows running the full length of the hulls and retractable glass doors to aft, is exceptionally light and provides fantastic views. The galley is arranged open-plan to this area which creates an apartment-like feel and is particularly well suited to socialising.

See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly

Contact

Tel: +852 5501 6001
mcconaghyboats.com

See the RaceboatsOnly.com collection at seahorsemagazine.com/brokerage/

The Last Word
If someone offered me a free trip to the International Space Station, I would decline. I like Earth. I like the internet. I like Diet Coke. I have cats. I write about brave people - I'm not one of them. -- Andy Weir

Editorial and letter submissions to

Advertising inquiries to Graeme Beeson: or see www.eurosailnews.com/advertise.html