EuroSail News #5128

In This Issue
• Day Two At British Classic Week
• Coming In Hot... Are Quantum Racing Favourites In Puerto Portals?
• BSI Group at Cowes Week
• Etchells National and British Open Championships 2022
• Drheam-Cup Is Enhancing Its Position
• Drheam-Cup - Grand Prix de France de Course au Large start
• Team Malizia - a new approach
• International WASZP Games
• 49er, FX, and Nacra 17 Europeans to Vilamoura, Portugal in 2023
• Featured Charter: Pura Follia
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Stella Timoa Triumphs In The Nab Tower Race On Day Two At British Classic Week
Photo by Chris Brown. Click on image for photo gallery.

With temperatures set to soar in the UK on day two of British Classic Week, it was an early start for the fleet taking part in the 30nm Nab Tower Race sponsored by Spirit Yachts.

As the early morning cloud cleared over Cowes, the fleet started on the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS) combined line just after 8am. With 5-8 knots from the east, it was an upwind start against the tide.

Having crossed the line, the fleet tacked up the Solent with several yachts opting to go inshore to get out of the oncoming tide. As the tide slackened, the yachts stretched their legs with long tacks up the Solent towards No Man's Land and Horse Sand Forts.

Upon reaching the forts, the sailors were put to the test as the sun really started to heat up and the breeze sat around 6 knots. Once they passed between the forts, the yachts took a south-easterly heading down to the Nab Tower, which is famous for its use as anti-submarine protection during World War I.

Rounding the Nab Tower to starboard, spinnakers were hoisted for the downwind leg back in 8-10 knots of breeze to the finish at the RYS line.

The race was won overall by one of the smallest yachts in the fleet, 26ft Stella Timoa. Spirit 65 Chloe Giselle retains her line honours top spot from last year's Nab Tower Race. -- Helen Porter

britishclassicweek.co.uk

Coming In Hot... Are Quantum Racing Favourites In Puerto Portals?
After two regattas on the Atlantic, May in Galicia and June in Cascais, Portugal the 2022 52 SUPER SERIES returns to the Mediterranean next week, to the perennial high summer favourite venue, Puerto Portals, Mallorca.

Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week sees Quantum Racing, winners of both events so far this season, arrive on the Bay of Palma carrying a 14 points lead on the overall standings for the season-long championship. The US flagged team have shown a high level of consistency, sailing smartly with good all round speed and generally low risk strategies.

But the championship leaders return to Puerto Portals, a venue where they have not won since 2018, without their talismanic owner-driver Doug DeVos. A long standing, historic commitment to race the Chicago-Mac race at home each and every year, means DeVos will be absent and Terry Hutchinson will take the helm of Quantum Racing. Usual strategist Argentina's Olympic bronze medalist Lucas Calabrese takes on the responsibility of the tactician's role ably supported by navigator Michele Ivaldi.

Racing at the Puerto Portals 52 SUPER SERIES Sailing Week starts with the official practice race on Thursday 21st July and then runs with points races Friday 22nd to Tuesday 26th July.

Standings after two of five regattas,
1. Quantum Racing (USA) Doug DeVos 19,33 52pts
2. Platoon (GER) Harm Muller Spreer 26,40. 66pts
3. Phoenix (RSA) Hasso & Tina Plattner 27,42 69pts
4. Alegre (GBR) Andy Soriano 43,41 84pts
5. Sled (USA) Takashi Okura 43,5,44 87.5 pts
6. Vayu (THAI) WhitCRAFT family 45,54 99 pts
7. Interlodge (USA) Austin & Gwen Fragomen 39,71 110 pts
8. Provezza (TUR) Ergin Imre 61,54 115 pts
9. Gladiator (GBR) Tony Langley 60,73 133 pts

52superseries.com

BSI Group - Biggest One Design Fleet Prepares to Set Sail for Cowes Week
Photos by James Tomlinson and Cape 31 UK.

Cape 31, a class known to many, is one which has seen expeditious growth over the last 12 months. Cowes Week 2022 will witness an impressive display of talent with circa 20 boats signed up, a threefold increase in numbers from 2021.

Over 34 boats have been sold throughout the UK and Europe, with a growing interest in the USA. "This is an exciting time of year for the Cape 31 Class," Comments David Bartholomew from 31 North Yachting. "Our next big event is Cowes Week where we will have the biggest one design start over 30ft in years. This is followed by the National Championships at the Royal Yacht Squadron at the end of September. Keep an eye out for more events coming in the UK, Europe and the Caribbean!"

In what is set to be an impressive display on the water, the Cape 31 is a class to look out for both during Cowes Week and at regattas across the world. This thrilling One Design Class provides competitive fleet and handicap racing with regatta wins under IRC, ORC, CSA and other rating systems.

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Etchells National and British Open Championships 2022
This weekend saw the Etchells National and British Open Championships fought in the Solent, on one of the sunniest and hottest 3 days of the year so far. Organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron and with a race committee headed by Peter Saxton the event was professionally and well run.

Friday began with light north easterly winds in the morning delaying the start until a strong afternoon sea breeze filled in from the southwest. With Mila helmed by Lawrie Smith winning the first race, the second race was increased in length and dominated once again by Mila giving them a clean sweep for the first day. Conditions in the afternoon were choppy with wind against tide making for interesting racing with gains to be made downwind on the waves.

Saturday saw a very similar start to the day, with AP up until early afternoon to allow for the breeze to settle. The breeze was more E/NE giving different tidal opportunities and mixing up the racecourse and results. The race committee got racing going the moment the wind was settled. MBF, Mila and Tango took podium positions in race 3. Race 4 produced a new winner, 'Eat, sleep, E, repeat , and race 5 won by Swedish Blue.

Sunday brought a completely different routine with an early start allowed by a moderate breeze from the East. The first race was won by Tango, beginning a strong day for their team overall, with second race seeing similar conditions and Louise Racing making the right calls and gaining their 1st place. The final race of the regatta was a curveball in strategy, with tide on the right hand side giving a substantial lead to the 5 or 6 boats that went that way and a huge lead to Jolly Roger, held for the entire race. A long 2nm leg allowed time for plenty of fleet separation, with the second lap most boats picking up on the right hand side gain upwind.

Podium positions were:
1st - Mila (14 pts) Lawrie Smith, Richard Parslow, Ben Saxton, Ruairidh Scott
2nd - MBF (31 pts) Paul Brotherton, Hannah Peters, James Fawcet, Alain Sign
3rd - Tango (34 pts) Chris Hampton, Elliot Hanson, Sam Haines
1st Corinthian and Youth - Shamal (63.5 pts) Anthony Parke, Ross Mackley, Ali Grant, Sasha Tydeman, Ben Flower

A huge thanks again to the RYS and the race committee for running a great regatta, especially with the variable conditions over the 3 days.

etchellsukfleet.co.uk

How The Drheam-Cup Is Enhancing Its Position On The Offshore Racing Landscape
Launched in 2016, the Drheam-Cup, which started on Sunday, celebrates its fourth edition this year, offering three different courses between Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and La Trinite-sur-Mer. With 128 boats entered, the race has managed to strengthen its position on the offshore racing landscape, Tip & Shaft looks at this growth.

The idea of the Drheam-Cup surfaced eight years ago thanks to its founder, Jacques Civilise, a former manager (among other things) of Renault's innovation programs, who is also an enlightened amateur racer: "I raced for 50 years, but with the advancing of my age [he is now 76 years old], I decided to stop. To occupy myself, I wanted to find a role in the world of sailing, so I did a bit of an analysis the of races that existed and I said to myself that, well, France is world champion in oceanic and transoceanic events - Vendee Globe, Route du Rhum, Transat Jacques Vabre - but there was a need for a major offshore race, in the format of the Fastnet Race, the Sydney-Hobart or the Middle Sea Race."

So in early 2015, Jacques Civilise presented his project to the French Sailing Federation, which he named Drheam-Cup - Drheam for the development of human relations and application management, a management model he had developed during his professional career. The reception by president Jean-Pierre Champion was favorable: "He told me that there was a place in the calendar for such an event each summer." This is how the first edition was launched in August 2016, when it mustered 40 boats to race between La Trinite-sur-Mer and Roscoff.

Two years later, that July, there were almost double (76) the number of boats setting off from La Trinite, but this time racing to Cherbourg. That increase in participation is explained because the Drheam-Cup had become a qualifying race for the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe. "It put a big spotlight on the race of which we had only run the one edition", recognizes Jacques Civilise. He adds : "But even so in 2020, without it being a qualifying race, we managed to have 104 entrants and 96 starters, this means that the race had managed to really settle down."

Full article in Tip & Shaft

4th edition of La Drheam-Cup - Grand Prix de France de Course au Large gets off to a spectacular start
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On Sunday 17 July, the 118 competitors in La Drheam Cup / Grand Prix de France de Course au Large divided into 10 categories sailed off safely from Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in early afternoon, in weather conditions everyone dreams of and a fifteen-knot easterly breeze. It is hard to imagine better conditions.

Three courses:

The "DC 600" course, an approximately 600 nautical mile course starting in CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, via SHAMBLE WEST, WOLF ROCK (The Isles of Scilly), then the Waypoint "DRHEAM / Ouessant", with a finish in LA TRINITE-SUR-MER.

The "DC 1000" course, an approximately 1000 nautical mile course starting in CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN, via SHAMBLE WEST, The Isles of Scilly, the FASTNET, then the Waypoint "DRHEAM / Ouessant", the BXA buoy, with a finish in LA TRINITE-SUR-MER.

The "DC 1500" course, an approximately 1500-mile course from CHERBOURG-EN-COTENTIN via SHAMBLE WEST, the SW of England, then the "DRHEAM-IM" waypoint, placed by the OA North of the Isle of Man, the FASTNET, then the Waypoint "DRHEAM / Ouessant", a buoy off Bilbao, with a finish in LA TRINITE-SUR-MER.

The "DRHEAM IM" waypoint can be moved by the OA closer or further from the Isle of Man before the start of the Race, to adjust the distance of the race depending on the ETA the OA wants. It can be modified during the race with the agreement of the skippers of the ULTIME boats.

** NOTE: DC 1500 course has been cancelled:

The Race Direction informed the competitors in the morning of the suppression of the 1500 miles race course initially planned for the Ultimates.

Two versions of the DC 1000 course now co-exist.

The 1000A race, identical to the one initially planned, will lead the competitors concerned to Urville, Shambles, the Fastnet, the BXA buoy located at the entrance of the Gironde estuary and then to the finish city, La Trinite-sur-Mer.

The only Ultime entered SVR Lazartigues will line up on the same course as the Ocean Fifty.

The 1000B race has just been created and concerns the Large Monohulls, the Class40s, the IMOCAs, the Rhum Mono and Rhum Multi.

These 5 classes will also set off towards Urville, Shambles and the Fastnet. They will turn the mark of Rochebonne, off the Ile de Re and the Vendee, before going up towards Trinite-sur-Mer.

Wednesday 20 July: Estimated arrival of the first boats

en.drheam-cup.com/

Team Malizia - a new approach to the twin challenge of The Ocean Race and the Vendee Globe
In the fast-growing world of IMOCA sailing, there are all sorts of teams - French, international, large, small, well-funded and not so - but one that stands out right now is the group behind the charismatic German skipper Boris Herrmann.

This outfit is one of up to five or six in the Class that is taking on the pioneering challenge of both The Ocean Race - starting from Alicante in Spain in January - and the next Vendee Globe, starting in November 2024.

It's a massive schedule and as a result the Malizia team has grown to meet it. Right now, it is one of the biggest IMOCA operations in Lorient with more than 45 people working together in the "IMOCA capital" as the team's new boat - designed by VPLP - comes out of the shed for the first time.

Malizia - Seaexplorer has a hectic plan of sailing ahead of it, with the Defi Azimut-Lorient Agglomeration followed by the Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe, then a reverse transatlantic and then The Ocean Race. So there is a huge amount of work to do as the group commissions and prepares this boat for the challenges ahead.

He said this boat has a hull structure that will not fail. "At the end I had a lot of confidence in the old boat (VPLP/Verdier from 2015 - Gitana 16, now called Fortinet-Best Western), but this is on another level. I will never worry about the hull - this hull will never break structurally anywhere - I'm super-confident about that."

Herrmann says the current team size will not last beyond The Ocean Race. "We have adapted to the necessity of what we are doing in a way," he explained. "It is not the plan to remain with 45 people for four years. Of course the peak period of workload is this summer, commissioning the boat and making it work. Then there is still lots on during The Ocean Race. But after that, we will go back to a more normal IMOCA set-up. We have to do that because of budgetary constraints." -- Ed Gorman

imoca.org

International WASZP Games
After three years of build-up, significant preparation and 5 days of quality racing, New Zealander Sam Street has taken out the 2022 International WASZP Games in an exhilarating final day of racing on Lake Garda.

Street made his move on the first day of finals with three wins, however, a 24th in the first race of gold fleet competition left him vulnerable right up to the end of the event. Sam Whaley from Great Britain had sailed an incredibly consistent event with only two scores outside of the top ten leading into the last day. Enzio Savoini from Italy was also in the running on the back of a brilliant performance in qualifying.

We now turn our attention to 2023, class manager Martin Evans has been busy setting up the schedule for the years to come and continue this momentum. For the Europeans we head to France and Quiberon Bay for a huge European Games, we hope we can build on the fleet we had in Italy, with such close proximity to the large fleet in the UK as well as its relative central location to Spain, Italy and Switzerland we can expect an incredible event.

Then in December 2023, the International Games return to Australia, Sorrento. An unbelievable place to sail with good wind and flat-water racing. The club will have a new facility completed in 2022 and will be ready to host 150+ WASZPs with no stone left unturned to match the experience in Garda.

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49er, FX, and Nacra 17 Europeans to Vilamoura, Portugal in 2023
The 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 Classes have agreed with Vilamoura Sailing who will host the European Championship in October of 2023. This championship will be a critical one in the lead up to Paris 2024 and will likely be the European continental qualifier for the games. Additionally, many nations will use this championship as part of their internal selection process to determine which athletes will be appointed to their Olympic teams.

Vilamoura Sailing has become a premier destination for Olympic training and racing in recent years. Especially in the October through March time period it is one of the best places on mainland Europe to train and race. 49er, FX, and Nacra 17 sailors will already be familiar with the venue and that should make for a fair championship, perfect for getting a read on who's in form before Paris. The dates of the championship are October 10-15, 2023 and will include a live broadcast of the final days of racing to ensure sailing fans worldwide can follow along with the best of fleet racing.

Full details: 49er.org/event/2023-european-championship/

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