EuroSail News #5112

In This Issue
• Round the Island Race: Line Honours for multihull NRB
• Quantum Racing Crowned Rolex TP52 World Champions
• Best for your yacht, better for the environment
• Offshore race finishes fast at 2022 ORC World Championship
• GC32 Lagos Cup finale
• US Sailing Inquiry to Report on Crew-Overboard Incident
• Leyton Wins Episode 2 Of The Pro Sailing Tour In Brest
• Le Depart Dramatique de Tangier
• HP30 Class Nationals
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Ker 40 - "Keronimo"
• • Infiniti 52R
• • HH 50 New Boat
• The Last Word: Ram Dass

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Round the Island Race: Line Honours for multihull NRB
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The 91st edition of the Island Sailing Club’s Round the Island Race started with a bang from the Royal Yacht Squadron’s starting cannons at 0800 this morning, fired by The Marathon Watch Company President, Mitchell Wein. Over 1,100 boats are competing in the 50 nautical mile race around the Isle of Wight, often known as ‘Britain’s Favourite Yacht Race’.

Line honours has gone to Julian Linton's Grand Prix multihull 'N.R.B', who completed the circumnavigation of the Island in a time of 4h19m. The first monohull to cross the finish line was Ian Atkins' GP42 'Dark'n’Stormy', in a time of 4h54m.

Dave Atkinson, Race Director said “The race started under perfect race conditions with a south westerly 15 knot breeze. The Class 0 yachts headed down the solent to the west and showed some close racing. It was a fantastic sight to watch the huge fleet of all types of boat, families and professionals, following at ten minute intervals. -- Jo Bowden roundtheisland.org.uk

Highlights:

Mark Chisnell, the navigator on Dark'n'Stormy, which won the Gold Roman Bowl in the 2022 Round the Island Race, describes their race, winning, close competition with the second place boat, and the joy and excitement of taking part.

Quantum Racing Crowned Rolex TP52 World Champions
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

Cascais remains one of the most rewarding venues for the Quantum Racing team as Doug DeVos’ US flagged crew today lifted the 2022Rolex TP52 World Championship title, their third back-to back regatta win on the Atlantic waters off the Portuguese coast.

And while it is the Quantum Racing’s fourth world title achieved during the ten year history of the 52 SUPER SERIES, and their second ‘worlds’ win in Cascais, this 2022 championship is special to tactician Terry Hutchinson and the whole crew as it is the first won with talismanic owner-driver DeVos on the helm.

After four days of precision positioning and taxing tactics on an unusually - for Cascais - open, light winds race arena, finally the NW’ly trade winds came pumping down the race track at 20-22 knots and the surf built to offer the brisk racing conditions which are so sought after by the nine boat fleet.

Quantum Racing maintain an ‘even years’ pattern, lifting the Rolex TP52 World Championship title in 2014, 2016, 2018 and now 2022. The 2020 event planned for South Africa had to be cancelled. Other winners have been Platoon in 2017 and 2019, Azzurra in 2015 in Cascais, Ran won in 2013 in Miami and in 2021 it was Sled.

Final results
1. Quantum Racing, 33
2. Platoon, 40
3. Alegre, 41
4. Phoenix, 42
5. Sled, 44
6. Provezza , 54
7. Vayu, 54
8. Interlodge, 71
9. Gladiator, 73

52superseries.com

Best for your yacht, better for the environment
A+T Instruments will never tell you to throw it all away

When yacht instruments start to reach the end of their life or a lighting strike forces the issue it is tempting to think only of throwing them away and starting again. A+T has turned this on its head by offering upgrade paths which give the best performance, are superbly engineered, often cost less and do not involve throwing away good working parts and cabling.

A+T products are all repairable at component level and A+T also repairs all older marine electronics, again at component level. Contrast this with other instruments on the market which comprise sealed units or for which parts cannot be obtained, so can only be completely replaced, with parts then ending up in landfill. A further consideration is that almost all A+T parts are made in the UK with manufacture and design in the same place, so cutting down on supply chains and associated shipping. This has the additional benefit of keeping stock levels of finished parts available for shipping worldwide.

Full article in the July issue of Seahorse

Offshore race finishes fast at 2022 ORC World Championship
Porto Cervo, Sardinia - Today’s finish of the first race of the 2022 ORC World Championship has not only put results on the scoreboards of the three classes racing at this event, but also given the participants a full experience of all race conditions offered here in northern Sardinia. Yesterday and last night’s light and shifty breezes changed to a much more brisk easterly with winds approaching 30 knots at times and with large seas.

Ken Read (USA) is the helmsman this week of Karl Kwok’s (HKG) TP52 BEAU GESTE, and being the fastest-rated entry in Class A it would seem like no surprise they crossed the finish line first on their 171.87 mile course. This is misleading, however, as the team had the lead, then lost it, and then had to fight hard to get it back.

The racing was so close in this class that in corrected time BEAU GESTE was only two seconds ahead of Roberto Monti’s (ITA) TP52 BLUE for 10th and 11th place, respectively, after almost 23 hours of racing. Points in this Offshore race are non-discardable regardless of how many more races are sailed in the series.

The reason the TP52’s were deep in the results was due to the building breeze on the course, which gave three slower-rated and well-sailed Swan 45’s a slight advantage by sailing in more wind on average. Fernando Chain’s (ARG) FROM NOW ON was the best of these, but only 5 minutes ahead of Claudio Terrieri’s (ITA) BLUE SKY in corrected time. BLUE SKY is also the top all-amateur Corinthian entry in Class A.

Monday racing resumes on Day Three of the championship, with the first Inshore windward/leeward races held on two course areas set east of the harbor in Porto Cervo. Race managers may hold as many as three races per day, depending on weather conditions.

Tracking

www.yccs.it/en

GC32 Lagos Cup finale
The GC32 Lagos Cup, the pre-Worlds for next month’s GC32 World Championship, concluded in big breeze. Despite the flying catamaran fleet heading out an hour early, by the end of the first race, the sea state was still relatively flat but with the wind averaging 22 knots and gusting to 27 it was ‘survival’ for some of the 10 teams, so PRO Stuart Childerley made the welcome decision to abandon racing.

Otherwise the historic maritime port on Portugal’s Algarve has laid it on, as Lagos has always done since the GC32 Racing Tour first brought its world class sailors here in 2018. Over four days 16 races were held in flat water across the full wind range.

Once again Alinghi Red Bull Racing won, as they did at last month’s GC32 Riva Cup, but on this occasion of their two GC32s it was their development crew on SUI 15 that prevailed, only with a winning margin of ‘just’ 10 points. For this event the Swiss America’s Cup challenger had swapped helms and the common ingredient of their two victories was helmsman Arnaud Psarofaghis.

The GC32s return to Lagos over 13-17 July for their main event of the season, the GC32 World Championship in which 11 teams are entered

Overall results

Position - Team - Nation - Skipper - Total
1. Alinghi Red Bull Racing - SUI 15 , SUI, Arnaud Psarofaghis, 40
2. Team Rockwool Racing, DEN, Nicolai Sehested, 50
3. Zoulou, FRA, Erik Maris, 71
4. Alinghi Red Bull Racing - SUI 8, SUI, Maxime Bachelin, 72
5. Black Star Sailing Team, SUI, Christian Zuerrer, 79
6. Team Tilt SUI, Sebastien Schneiter, 81
7. K-Challenge Team France, FRA, Quentin Delapierre, 91
8. .film AUS Racing, AUS, Simon Delzoppo, 112
9. Team Canada, CAN, Graeme Sutherland, 140
10. HRM Racing Team, POL, Piotr Harasimowicz, 146

www.gc32racingtour.com

US Sailing Inquiry to Report on Crew-Overboard Incident
Since the tragic loss of Colin Golder on Sunday and our statement that evening, the ensign at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club has flown at half mast and been solemnly observed by members and visiting sailors at colours each evening.

The Bermuda Race Organizing Committee has stayed in contact with Mr. Golder’s family and the crew of the 42-foot Morgan of Marietta, which has returned safely to the mainland.

During this time, we have reached out to the leadership of US Sailing, the national governing body for the sport in the U.S., and encouraged the appointment of an independent panel to review what happened and publish a report to help all sailors learn from the loss of Mr. Golder. US Sailing will announce the appointment of a panel in due course.

While words are inadequate at a time like this, we extend our deepest sympathies to Mr. Golder’s family, friends, and crew as we await the report of the US Sailing panel.

bermudarace.com/us-sailing-inquiry-to-report-on-crew-overboard-incident/

Leyton Wins Episode 2 Of The Pro Sailing Tour In Brest
Winning four out of six inshore races during Episode 2 of the Pro Sailing Tour in Brest, France, on Thursday and Friday, the crew of Leyton usually led by Brit Sam Goodchild, but on this occasion with Morgan Lagravière at the helm, stormed home to a convincing overall victory having also won the 24h Finistère Challenge over the weekend.

The foiling trimarans completed the 300nm 24h Finistère Challenge in less than 18 hours racing the tactically challenging course that took the fleet along the coast of Finistère in lively 15 to 25 knot conditions.

The Ocean Fifty multihulls were in their element in a strong south-westerly wind reaching speeds of up to 35 knots, but the conditions combined with heavy seas required an element of caution particularly around Ushant.

The Pro Sailing Tour is a riveting blend of intense inshore racing and tactical offshore challenges that span a very short two-month circuit that takes in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the English Channel. Travelling from Bonifacio, to Brest, to St Brieuc, to Cowes in the UK and back to Roscoff in a whirlwind production that is as much about the competition as the spectacle for the visiting crowds and of course the TV cameras

General Ranking Episode 2 - Brest
Leyton: 70 pts
Primonial: 54 pts
Arkema: 47 pts
Solidaires En Peloton-ARSEP: 47 pts
Koesio: 43 pts
Komilfo: 36 pts
Groupe GCA-1001 Sourires: 12 pts

www.prosailingtour.com

Le Depart Dramatique de Tangier
Photo by Jean-Marie Liot. Click on image for photo gallery.

What if you were told there was a French boat and a Moroccan boat who had just set out on a brand new round the world race? Who would you guess was in the lead, and who was last?

Well, much to the excitement of the people of Tangier, leading the 30,000 mile Globe40 Race after the first 10 miles was the Moroccan team of Omar Boussikouk and Simon Bensenddik. Seven doublehanded crews on Class 40 keelboats set out from Tangier on Sunday afternoon on the first leg of this new race around the world. First stop: the Cape Verde islands, estimated to be about seven or eight days of fast downwind sailing via Madeira and the Canary Islands.

Fast downwind sailing, that is, if you can fly your powerful headsails. That requires a bowsprit. Unfortunately for Eric Grosclaude and Nicolas Boidevezi, just a few minutes into the race as the fleet was trading tacks upwind in 18 knots of westerly breeze, the French crew failed to notice that they were on a port-starboard collision course with the Canadian team of Melodie Schaffer and Gary Jacques. With the French on port, the bowsprit of The Globe en Solidaire snapped in half as it struck the side of the Canadian boat, Whiskey Jack.

While the Canadian boat is believed to have got away mostly unscathed, the French have returned to the Port of Tangier to weigh up their options for repair or replacement of the carbon fibre bowsprit.

Meanwhile the rest of the fleet powers on towards Cape Verde, with the Moroccans holding a surprise lead over their vastly more experienced rivals on the other teams. Aside from the aforementioned crews there is a team from the Netherlands, Japan and two from the USA. -- Andy Rice

www.globe40.com

HP30 Class Nationals
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The three days of close racing, concluded with a close fought circumnavigation of the Isle of Wight, as the finale to the sixth HP30 National Championships. With the race being non-discardable and carrying a point weighting of 1.25 there was plenty to race for.

Starting in IRC Class 1, the HP30s had plenty of traffic to contend with; arguably FarEast28R Vendetta had the best start, finding a reasonably clear lane and took the lead early on. Lutra 30 Jester however, was first to the Needles, when Moral Compass came through.

The next leg of the race in 15 plus knots of breeze, saw the boats ‘take off’, achieving top speeds down the back of the island of between 18 and 20 knots. Some tactical advantage went to those with smaller asymmetric spinnakers or code zeros, being able to reach quicker to the St Catherine’s Lighthouse, before bearing away.

Moral Compass appeared to have horizoned the class, but the fleet hung on to their coat tails, with FarEast28R Cogital beating them into second place on corrected time by 1’43”. Vendetta ended in third followed by Farr 280 Peggy.

It was a super conclusion to the HP30 National Championships, with Jerry Hill & Richie Faulkner’s Farr280 Moral Compass being declared winner followed by Peggy in second and Matthew Waite & Alain Waha’s FarEast28R GoWest coming third.

www.hp30class.com

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