EuroSail News #5139 - 3 August
In This Issue
• Pip Hare wins Cowes Week Women's Day Trophy
• Italians and Germans Strong In Key Classes
• Next generation regatta management - Phlotilla
• J/70 Grand Slam 6 at Cowes Week
• AC37 Base Allocation
• Fleet of 115 to sail OK Dinghy World Championship
• Golden Globe, todos a Gijon, Spain!
• RS Aero European Championship
• The Sunbeams of England
• Featured Charter: Reichel Pugh 86 - Way of Life
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Corby 37 - "Aurora"
• • Reynolds Turbo 33 - "Cat Attack"
• • Jeanneau Sun Fast 3600
• The Last Word: H.L. Mencken
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Pip Hare wins Cowes Week Women's Day Trophy
Photo by Ingrid Abery, www.ingridabery.com. Click on image for photo gallery.
This evening solo round the world racing sailor Pip Hare was awarded the Cowes Week Women's Day Trophy, which recognises the outstanding contribution, commitment, and achievements of women in sailing.
Pip rose to fame in the 2020/21 Vendee Globe non-stop solo round the world race. Having started as an underdog in one of the oldest boats in the fleet, she out-performed many newer boats in what is surely by far the most gruelling competition in the sporting world. At the same time, her excellent reports from the race course endeared her to a rapidly growing fan base in the UK and around the world, including in France, where she is now a household name.
The Women's Day Trophy was introduced for the first time in 2006 to champion the role of women in sailing and the sheer number of female competitors racing at Cowes Week, where more than one-third of competitors are female.
The Magenta Project co-hosted the prize giving and evening celebrations that recognise great women in our sport. It was followed by a panel discussion with elite sailors including The Ocean Race veterans Libby Greenhalgh and Emily Nagel, who discussed their career pathways and recent developments in women's racing opportunities at Grand Prix level.
Italians and Germans Strong In Key Classes
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.
With four good races now sailed at Palma, Mallorca's showcase 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE the only boat with a perfect scoreline - four first places - is Enzo de Blasio's all Italian Italia 11.98 Scugnizza which finished runners up in class last year.
They lead the 21 boat BMW ORC Class 3 by a whopping ten points. But the regatta format, where it is the points from the position gained in the qualifying series which are carried forwards to the Finals from Thursday on, means that the biggest margin Scugnizza can hope to carry into the Finals is a single point.
Maybe the secret weapon on board Scugnizza is ace Italian navigator Andrea Visintini who last week finished second on Sled at the 52 Super Series on these same waters, won the 2021 series with Sled as well as the world championships.
In the BMW ORC 1 Class all three DK46s hold the top places, led by last year's champions HM Hospitales which leads after a 1,7 today. Wednesday sees the final day of the Qualifying series before the Finals start Thursday.
Overall results. Day 2
(Position/Boat/Skipper/Results/Points)
ClubSwan 50
1. OneGroup, Stefan HeidenReich, 4+4+9+1=18
2. Earlybird, Hendrik Brandis, 11+3+2+2=18
3. Hatari, Marcus Brennecke, 6+10+1+3=20
... 14 boats.
ClubSwan 42
1. Koyre-Spirit of Nerina, Mirko Bargolini, 1+1+6+2=10
2. Canopo, Adriano Majolino, 3+3+7+1=14
3. Raving Swan, José Maria Meseguer, 6+4+1+3=14
... 9 boats.
ClubSwan 36
1. Farstar, Lorenzo Mondo, 4+1+5+1=11
2. Goddess, Nikolai P. Burkart, 1+3+3+5=12
3. G Spot, Giangiancomo Serena, 2+6+1+4=13
... 8 boats.
BMW ORC 1
1. HM Hospitales, Carles Rodriguez, 1+3+7+1=12
2. Estrella Damm, Luis Martinez Doreste, 4+5+3+3=15
3. Palibex, José Maria Torcida, 6+4+2+4=16
... 18 boats.
BMW ORC 2
1. Teatro Soho Caixabank, Daniel Cuevas, 1,5+1+1+1=4,5
2. Katarina II, Aivar Tuulberg, 1,5+2+3+3=9,5
3. Rivareno Gelato-Elena Nova, Christian Plump/Javier Sanz, 4+3+4+2=13
... 14 boats.
BMW ORC 3
1. Scugnizza, Enzo de Blasio, 1+1+1+1=4
2. Immac Fram, Kai Mares, 5+5+2+2=14
3. Brujo, Federico Linares, 3+2+3+7=15
... 21 boats.
BMW ORC 4
1. Mestral Fast, Jaime Morell, 3+1+2+1=7
2. Enewtec, F. Miguel Giménez, 2+3+1+2=8
3. Meerblick Fun, Otto Pohlmann, 1+2+3+3=9
... 7 boats.
Mallorca Sotheby´s Women´s Cup
1. Balearia, Maria Bover, 2+1+1=4
2. Dorsia Coviran, Natalia Via-Dufresne, 1+4+3=8
3. Soho Boutique Hotels-Trocadero, Eva Gonzalez, 5+2+2=9
... 9 clasificadas.
Herbalife Nutrition J70
1. Let it be, Juan Calvo, 3+1+2=6
2. Bodega Can Marles, Jorge Martinez, 2+2+4=8
3. Alcaidesa Marina, Gustavo Martinez Doreste, 1+5+3=9
... 8 boats.
Next generation regatta management - Phlotilla
How the new device-oriented Phlotilla package does do it all
Newport, Rhode Island is the home of Phlotilla, formed in 2019 by experienced sailors, technologists and entrepreneurs, including world champions, America's Cup veterans, Olympic sailors and race committee officials. Its next-generation event management platform eases the load on organisers and builds engagement within fleets.
Built on modern, mobile-friendly technology, Phlotilla supports onedesign, handicap, pursuit, team and match racing, even classic yacht scoring. Officials using the Race Management system can post results within seconds of the last boat finishing. Competitors can find all they need, such as notice board posts, NoR, sailing instructions, weather and tide data, schedule, scratch sheets, results and more on the Regatta Dash, just three clicks from their phone's home screen.
Full article in the August issue of Seahorse
Vamos and Little J win J/70 Grand Slam 6 at Cowes Week
After 11 races held in predominantly full planing conditions, the J/70 UK Class Mini-Series at Cowes Week has concluded after four days of top competition with 32 J/70 teams racing. It was Aussie Rule in the Open Division and a youth team winning the Corinthian Title, as well as beating dad!
Tim Ryan's team from Sydney Australia was the Open Division winner at Cowes Week. Sam Haynes team on Celestial, also from Sydney Australia, was runner up with Charles Thompson's Brutus just three points behind in third. In the Corinthian Division, Max Clapp's Little J was the winner with Jack Davies' Yeti runner up. Ole Bettum, Tim Simpson, Markus Bettum & Hector Simpson racing Dads 'N' Lads was third.
The Corinthian team on Little J are all 26 or under: Max Clapp, Mathieu Cadei, Horatio Sykes & Felix Trattner. Liitle J had a stonking final day of the Mini-Series scoring a 3-7-2 to win the Corinthian Division and top youth team, and also placed fifth overall. But Little J had another ambition that they fulfilled. "We also dreamed of beating dad (Graham Clapp racing Jeepster), so that was really cool, but I am not sure I should mention it to him too much!" commented Max Clapp.
Racing at Cowes Week continues for three days for the J/70 Class, but the next Grand Slam meeting will be the final of the seven-regatta 2022 programme: Grand Slam #7 will be held as part of the One Design Championships held at the Hamble River Sailing Club 01-02 October.
AC37 Base Allocation
"Like a jewel in the sun" was how Montserrat Caballé and Freddy Mercury described Barcelona in their famous song about the Catalan capital and the city is starting to shine as preparations are well underway to welcome the teams to their new bases. Base allocation is coming together, just four months after the venue announcement, with the confirmed sites now ready for selection in strict order of entry as set out in the Protocol.
It has been a huge undertaking in a spirit of collaboration between the Port de Barcelona and AC37 Events Limited (ACE) to both identify the satisfactory required spaces for all of the entered teams and communicate requirements effectively. The Port Authority has been working closely with key personnel from ACE since the moment of the venue confirmation and have provided a far more comprehensive and detailed plan than ever seen before at this stage of an America's Cup cycle.
Work will now begin on all the sites to the teams' specifications once the allocation has been confirmed.
According to the Protocol for the 37th America's Cup, the final allocation of bases to the teams is conducted in accordance with the priority specified in Article 51.2 of the Protocol - Defender first, then Challenger of Record, followed by the remaining Challengers in the order that their challenges were accepted. ACE are now in consultation with Alinghi Red Bull Racing, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and American Magic in that strict order according to the Protocol conditions.
Fleet of 115 to sail OK Dinghy World Championship
Thirty months have passed since the last OK Dinghy World Championship, which was held in New Zealand in February 2019, so it is with some degree of excitement that 115 sailors from 11 nations around the globe are now heading to Marstrand, Sweden, where the 2022 OK Dinghy World Championship starts this week.
Marstrand is steeped in OK Dinghy tradition, with strong fleets there through the early years of the class. The last two scheduled world championships have been cancelled due to the pandemic. The 2020 World Championship was supposed to be in Marstrand, but was delayed until 2022, while the 2021 World Championship was scheduled for Garda, but was pushed back to 2025. So this will be the first full international event since 2019 and has attracted a large fleet, boosted by many sailors who have joined the class in recent years.
This will also be the first event that sees the return of sailors from New Zealand and Australia. While it is still not viable to ship boats from the other side of the world, those that have made the effort have chartered boats or even bought boats to store in Europe for the next few years.
The fleet also numbers several other former world champions including Greg Wilcox from New Zealand, Thomas Hansson-Mild and Mats Caap from Sweden, as well as the 2017 European champion, Lars Johan Brodtkorb, from Norway.
Registration and equipment inspection begins on Friday 5 August with the 10 race series commencing on Monday 8 August and concluding on Friday 12 August. -- Robert Deaves
Golden Globe, todos a Gijon, Spain!
Sailors and their team managers are heading to the Asturian capital for the Prologue of the GGR from August 6 to 14, when they set-off in the "SITraN Challenge" to Les Sables d'Olonne, and the start of the 2022 GGR on Sept 4th.
The programme includes important safety briefings, and non-attendance will incur time and financial penalties. Some entrants are facing tough decisions in the coming weeks, with two more retiring.
- Gijon is gearing up for an unforgettable prologue and send-off to Les Sables
- Two more retirements, the GGR fleet now set at 16 sailors
- 4 entrants are currently in Asturias, some meeting for the first time
- 9 are leaving from LSO and the UK to make landfall in Gijon this week
- American Elliott Smith will not make Gijon on time, heading directly to Les Sables.
From the 32 original paid-up entries, 22 were originally headed to the start in France, but in the past six weeks, six entrants have retired, or been forced out through non-Compliance of the Notice of Race. 16 are now confirmed for the start, and two retired skippers fighting to get back into the Race.
Sailing around the world is hard but getting to the start for some is even harder. The GGR has some of the most stringent crew qualifications and safety regulations in the world. The remaining captains and their boats are of a very high standard.
2022 GGR entrants to date:
1. Abhilash Tomy (43) / India / Rustler 36
2. Arnaud Gaist (50) / France / BARBICAN 33 MKII (long keel version)
3. Damien Guillou (39) / France / Rustler 36
4. Edward Walentynowicz (68) / Canada / Rustler 36
5. Elliott Smith (27) / USA / Gale Force 34
6. Ertan Beskardes (60) / UK / Rustler 36
7. Guy deBoer (66) / USA / Tashiba 36
8. Guy Waites (54) / UK / Tradewind 35
9. Ian Herbert Jones (52) / UK / Tradewind 35
10. Jeremy Bagshaw (59) / South Africa / OE32
11. Kirsten Neuschafer (39) / South Africa / Cape George 36
12. Mark Sinclair (63) / Australia / Lello 34
13. Michael Guggenberger (44) / Austria / Biscay 36
14. Pat Lawless (66) / Ireland / Saga 36
15. Simon Curwen (63) / UK / Biscay 36
16. Tapio Lehtinen (64) / Finland / Gaia 36 Masthead sloop
RS Aero European Championship
Photo by Phil Jackson / Digital Sailing. Click on image for photo gallery.
Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy, UK: Day 2 of the 4th RS Aero European Championship provided an air of anticipation on arrival to the dinghy park with 22kns of breeze across Portland Harbour promising a lively 3 races for the four RS Aero fleets 5,6,7 & 9.
The challenges of the day were the physicality of the up-winds, which there then rewarded with the fun of weaving around waves on the down-winds. The bounce-back of the waves from the harbour breakwater to leeward provided a cauldron of excitement at the leeward gate and bottom reach as sailors focused on keeping their bow up as they bounced over the waves crests whilst planning at mach 10. The fog came in after the first race which provided an added variable - finding the marks! You could see the marks from about halfway up the leg - so it all came good if you kept faith and avoided going too hard into the corners!
Chloe George (GBR) took two more wins in the RS Aero 5s to take the lead. The chasing pack of Tom Ahlheid (GBR), Roscoe Martin (GBR), Andrew Frost (GBR) and Sam Blaker (GBR) are all tightly packed behind.
In the cool new RS Aero 6 fleet yellow jersey holder Chris Hatton (GBR) took two more wins to continue his streak. Ants Haavel (EST) made a move upwards with a 3,2,1 to draw equal 2nd overall with one of Devon's finest Luca Michell (GBR). Top Females are Abigail Larr (GBR), Beth Milledge (GBR) and Cathy Lunn (GBR).
The RS Aero 7s are all about Lithuania with their top RS Aero sailors Vejas Strelciunas (LTU) and Martis Pajarskas (LTU) topping the leader board. Just a few points back is Tim Hire (GBR).
The RS Aero 9's supreme athletes loved the fresh breeze, stretching their legs upwind and enjoying the exciting rides back down wind. Peter Barton (GBR) took the three wins, pushed hard all the way by Chris Larr (GBR) and Ben Charnley (GBR).
The Sunbeams of England
This photo is believed to have been taken in 1924 at the St. Mawes Sailing Club’s starting line during the first season of racing for the Falmouth Sunbeams. Courtesy Of The Harden Collection. Click on image to enlarge.
Alfred Westmacott arrived in 1899 on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England, at a propitious age and time: he was 31 years old and had moved to a burgeoning yachting area to start a career as an independent boatbuilder and designer. He was well established by the early 1920s, the years when post-World War I interest in one-design racing was reaching new peaks, and it was then that he created what many people think is his finest design: the Sunbeam.
The story of the 26'6" LOA Sunbeam one-design class is one of remarkable endurance. Two fleets emerged: Solent Sunbeams in The Solent and surrounding waters and Falmouth Sunbeams in Cornwall. Both are still active today.
Nearly a century has passed since the Hamble River Sailing Club near Southampton, opposite the Isle of Wight across the legendary waterway known as The Solent, asked Westmacott to produce a new design. The club members had in mind a yacht specifically for the newly fashionable Bermudan sloop rig, with the idea of improving on gaff-rigged and earlier Bermudan-rigged classes. -- Nigel Sharp
Full article in Wooden Boat magazine
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