EuroSail News #5116

In This Issue
• Beau Geste, Essentia44 & Sugar 3 are 2022 ORC World Champions
• Superyacht Cup Palma 2022 - Day 2
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• 44Cup Marstand
• Cowes Classics
• Highlights in the sport of sailing
• Foiling Film Festival, First Edition, The Winners
• Key Yachting J-Cup
• First Finn World Masters set to begin in Helsinki
• Featured Brokerage:
• • ClubSwan 36-019 ‘SKORPIDI’
• • Cat Attack - Reynolds Turbo 33
• • SY SOJANA
• The Last Word: Bobby Seale

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Beau Geste, Essentia44 & Sugar 3 are 2022 ORC World Champions
Porto Cervo, Sardinia - After five days of competitive sailing with a long offshore and six inshore windward/leeward races, three new ORC World Champion teams have emerged here at the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.

In Class A Karl Kwok's (HKG) TP52 BEAU GESTE, driven by Ken Read (USA) and guided by tactician Gavin Brady (NZL), were among the early favorites but had not raced in an ORC Worlds since 2018 when they won Class A in that year's Worlds. The 9th place earned in the non-discardable Offshore race was due to a filling breeze that favored the slower boats in the class, but the remainder of their scorecard was impressive with 3-1-1-1-1-2 in the inshore races. This pushed them out on top of the standings where they stayed

In Class C there was a similar dominance by one team, who were also past ORC World Champions. Ott Kikkas's (EST) Italia 11.98 SUGAR 3 won the 2019 Worlds in Sibenik, Croatia with this boat and were runner's up in last year's Worlds in Tallinn, so they too were favorites coming into the event.

Class A Overall Top 3
BEAU GESTE TP52 of Karl Kwok (HKG) - 9-(3)-1-1-1-1-2 - 15 pts
FROM NOW ON Swan 45 of Fernando Chain (ARG) - 1-5-86)-5-6-2-3 - 22 pts
MILU III Mylius 14ESS of Andrea Pietrolucci (ITA) - 4-(12)-4-6-5-3-7 - 29 pts

Class A Corinthian Top 3
MILU III Mylius 14ESS of Andrea Pietrolucci (ITA) - 4-(12)-4-6-5-3-7 - 29 pts
BLUE SKY TP52 of Claudio Terrieri (ITA) -
TENGHER Swan 45 of Alberto Magnani (ITA)

Class B Overall Top 3
ESSENTIA44 Grand Soleil 44 P of Catalin Trandafir (ROU) - 2-4-1-1-5-(6)-5 - 18 pts
MELA Swan 42 of Andrea Rossi (ITA) - 3-(11)-7-3-1-4-3 - 21 pts
KATARIINA II Swan 42 of Aivar Tuulberg (EST) - 7-3-2-2-4-(9)-9 - 27 pts

Class B Corinthian Top 3
SIDERACORDIS X-41 of Pier Vettor Grimani (ITA)
SETSAIL Swan 42 of Valentin Oeru (ITA)
TETTA IMX 45 (SD) of Giacomo Dell´Aria (ITA)

Class C Overall Top 3
SUGAR 3 Italia 11.98 of Ott Kikkas (EST) - 2-1-1-1-1-1-(23 DNC) - 7 pts
SCUGNIZZA Italia 11.98 of Vincenzo De Blasio (ITA) - 1-2-(5)-2-4-3.5-1 - 13.5 pts
TO BE Italia 11.98 of Stefano Rusconi (ITA) - 4-6-2-3-3-(9)-5 - 23 pts

Class C Corinthian Top 3
LADY DAY 998 Italia 9.98 F of Annis Corrado (ITA)
SOUTH KENSINGTON - MODES First 35 of D'Andrea Massimo Licata (ITA)
IL PINGONE DI MARE IIII J 112 std of Federico Stoppani (ITA)

www.yccs.it

Superyacht Cup Palma 2022 - Day 2
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

The entire Superyacht Cup fleet made the Bay of Palma their arena today as Europe's longest-running superyacht regatta hit its stride with another day of sparkling Mallorcan sailing conditions.

Pantaenius Race Day saw slightly lighter breeze than Wednesday's opening races for the J Class, but the 11-strong fleet showed their mettle in a hard-fought three hours-plus coastal race, with the outcome of the three class contests in doubt until the final legs on each course.

The elegant 27m modern classic Savannah led the rest of the Superyacht Cup fleet away, the first in a series of staggered starts which soon filled the bay with a diverse cross-section of impressive superyachts.

Racing in Class B the Pedrick-designed Savannah had her work cut out to match the pace of the 46m Ganesha, the powerful Oyster 1225 Archelon and bluewater cruiser La Belle, but she made the most of her handicap rating to take the class win.

Class A saw a tussle for supremacy between the 32m Farr-designed carbon flyer Kiboko 3 and the similarly high-performance 33m sloop Pattoo, with both making a striking impression as they raced on a leg up the eastern side of the bay framed by the rugged coastal cliffs at Badia Gran. At the finish it was Kiboko that edged the contest.

Racing continues on Friday with New Zealand Race Day before Saturday's concluding St. Regis Race Day – supported by SYC's Preferred Hotel Partner the St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort – completes the Superyacht Cup Palma.

www.thesuperyachtcup.com

Seahorse July 2022
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Less is more?
Not always, says Rob Weiland. We are all surely delighted with the growth of two-handed sailing but it does come at a cost as opportunities for less experienced sailors inevitably contract

Neanderthal in a carbon cave
Tour Voiles winner, TJV winner, Barcelona World Race winner, yet never quite the Vendée Globe. But there is plenty else to be proud of. Oyvind Bordal meets the hyperactive Jean-Pierre Dick

Master craftsman
Federico Nardi and his four other co-owners at the Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario could never have imagined how a single challenging 12 Metre restoration would give birth to an entire new industry. Giuliano Luzzatto

We've got it covered
Persico Marine is in the throes of delivering everything from a new Imoca for brilliant skipper Paul Meilhat to the first batch of Persico FLY40s which will mark the debut of the large foiling one design

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44Cup Marstand
The eight teams and their high performance one design RC44 yachts were eased gently into the regatta. There was flat water and brilliant sunshine, while the northwesterly wind started at the lower end of the spectrum, at 6-8 knots, for the first race and then built to a moderate 12-14 for the third and final one.

Torbjörn Törnqvist, host of the 44Cup Marstrand, steered his royal blue RC44 to victory in the first race, taking the left side of the course on the first upwind as the rest of the fleet went right.

Then in the third race, Artemis Racing looked set to score her second bullet of the day, leading at the top mark only to lose it on the first run. "We missed the gybe in," admitted Horton. "It [the wind] switched over and started working near the shore on the downwinds."

Ultimately Artemis Racing has ended up leading after day one, albeit on countback, tied on points with Team Nika, a past victor here in 2017 and winner of today's second race after they started to weather of the fleet and pulled ahead by claiming the right – ironic after Artemis Racing won the first race by going left. In race two Team Nika finished narrowly ahead of Igor Lah's Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860 and John Bassadone's Peninsula Racing.

Racing continues Friday with a first warning signal scheduled for 1130 CEST.

Results after three races:

1. Artemis Racing, 8
2. Team Nika, 8
3. Charisma, 12
4. Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860, 14
5. Aleph Racing, 15
6. Team Aqua, 16
7. Black Star Sailing Team - 3 7 7 - 17
8. Peninsula Racing - 8 3 8 - 19

www.44cup.org

Cowes Classics
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Day 2 of Cowes Classics Week saw South Westerly winds from 8 to 15 knots and some sun, giving competitors an easier day's racing and enabling two races for the classic dayboats on the bank and one longer race for the classic yachts. Day visitors to the regatta were the Victorys, getting in three races, the last one being back to their base at Portsmouth.

The classic yachts were sent off to the west to Gurnard Ledge and Cowes Yacht Haven, and then down to the east as far as Howden Fastnet and the Royal Yacht Squadron racing mark over on the Lee on Solent shore, and then up and down to the Ryde Middle, before finishing on the Royal London line at Cowes. The Old Gaffers had a course to Williams Shipping, not as far to windward, then to Royal Thames, East Bramble up to the Ryde Middle and home.

Division 1 was won by Bojar followed by Sunmaid V and Crusade. Spirit of Tradition class was won by Chameleon of Cowes with Bel Canto second. Division 2 was won by Binkie II followed by Sally of Kames and Janessa, and Division 3 by Warrior followed by Zest and Paloma third with the Old Gaffers won by Alberta with Spinaway X second.

The XODs raced on the bank from a committee vessel stationed near the Hamble Winter Series racing mark, with a windward leeward race following a general recall and then a round the cans race up and down the bank from Williams Shipping to Hill Head, finishing at RORC rather than off Cowes Green due to shipping movements in the main channel. With John Tremlett helming Astralita counting a UFD the day was won by Ben McGrane helming Swallow, followed by Claire de Lune and Tortoise. -- Giles Peckham

www.cowesclassicsweek.org

Highlights in the sport of sailing
Highlights of what happened globally in the sport of sailing in the last 7 days. Emirates Team New Zealand explain their Land Yacht's wing sail and how it works. All this as they relocate to Australia for the trials.

The fabulous "Round the Island" race is the highlight of the Isle Of Wight. Thousands of boats and sailors race around the island in a day of enjoyment. It's huge!

Racing in winds which were much lighter than Cascais has built its reputation for, Doug DeVos US flagged Quantum Racing has the early lead of the Rolex TP52 World Championship after opening with two second places.

Fantastic start in Torbole, on Garda Trentino, of the Formula Foil World Championships, multi-brand foil series boards according to precise rules of rating.

It's Kiel Week time and the Naca 7 fleet the Path to Paris has begun, is on and it's the biggest annual regatta of the year.

www.boatson.tv

Foiling Film Festival, First Edition, The Winners
The Foiling Film Festival has found its winners. Last night, in the 14th-century Palazzo dei Capitani in Malcesine, the awards ceremony of the first edition of the world festival entirely dedicated to the cinematography of "flying boats" took place.

The award for best foiling film of the year went to the medium-length film "GONE WITH THE WING" by Andrew Englisch, Australia (2022), who was in the audience with his family. It retraces Englisch's own first world attempt to cross by Wingfoil, the treacherous Bass Strait (between Australia and Tasmania). An ordeal that helped him recover at a very difficult time.

Best Series 2022 is "CHALLENGER FOR NOW" an 8-episode production by America's Cup team Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, represented for the occasion here on Lake Garda by Stefano Baruffaldi, the drone-man and design team member involved in the filming of the film.

The prize for best short film was awarded to "VENT" by Pietro M. Bressan, Italy. It is an intimate tale between Olympic champion Ruggero Tita and the wind, or rather the winds of Garda, seen as magical presences that accompany the sailor in his training discipline

The award for best story goes to "LINKED OUT - VENDEE GLOBE" by Thomas Sametin, which presents the genesis, difficulties and satisfactions of French skipper Thomas Ruyant in building his boat with Vendee Globe 2020 as a goal.

www.foilingweek.com

Key Yachting J-Cup
The Key Yachting J-Cup, in association with B&G, kicked off with 56 teams enjoying superb sunny conditions in the Solent. A south westerly breeze built steadily during the day, and by the second race the gradient breeze was up to 15 knots, with 20 knots in the gusts. Race winners on Day One of the Key Yachting J-Cup: J/99 Jump 2 it, J/105 Jacana, J/92s Upstart, J/111 McFly, J/109 Jumping Jellyfish, J/109 Joule, J/70 Brutus, and J/70 Jelvis.

Racing at the Key Yachting J-Cup continues tomorrow, 1st July.

Full results on YachtScoring.com

First Finn World Masters set to begin in Helsinki
Seventy years ago the Finn changed sailing history and put in its first appearance at the Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. To celebrate this occasion, the Finnish Finn sailors decided to hold the 2022 Finn World Masters in Helsinki and after three years of planning, it opens this weekend with around 125 sailors from 22 countries expected to take part.

Racing starts on Monday 3 July, while the Open Finnish Championship is currently underway, giving many competitors some valuable preparation time on Helsinki's tricky waters. Despite many fearing cold weather, Finland is currently experiencing a heat wave with 27-30 degrees and 15-20 knots wind.

The entry includes a lot of new names for the Finn Masters and no recent winners. The most recent winner here is John Greenwood, from 2002, who has been training hard with Tim Tavinor, who is making a welcome return to Finn sailing. Also from Britain, Lawrence Crispin and Allen Burrell should figure well.

Last year's Grand Master champion Laurent Hay, from France, is still looking for his first overall win, but will be up against last year's European Masters champion, Akos Lukats, from Hungary, Christoph Christen, from Switzerland, and the ever strong Dutch team led by Bas de Waal and Karel Hellemond. -- Robert Deaves

fwm2022.com

www.finnworldmaster.com

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