EuroSail News #5142 - 8 August
In This Issue
• Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
• Titles Decided at 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE
• A winning formula, improved - Grand Soleil
• Final day of Cowes Week 2022
• Mark Foy Trophy - Lazarus Wins For Australia
• 2022 ORCi European Championship
• Camden Classics Cup
• Cormac Murphy Grabs Third Oakcliff Win of 2022
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 42 - Loco
• • Infiniti 52R
• • RM 970
• The Last Word: E, B. Whitge
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Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
The 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race started from the Royal Yacht Squadron Line in Cowes at midday on Sunday 7th August. The international fleet got away for the non-stop 1,805-mile race without incident. The infamous Solent tide changed favourably just before the start and coupled with light headwinds the fleet raced to the east.
The major decision after the start was which way to go; the majority of the fleet went for deep water rather than the island shore where the tide would have turned earlier. After rounding No Man's Land Fort, the game was to get into a fresh southerly breeze of over 13 knots. Considering the light airs forecast, progress was above expectation, with the boats fully powered-up into open water.
Follow the progress of the race on the website: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org
Live Blog with news from the teams: roundbritainandireland.rorc.org/live
Titles Decided at 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.
Marcus Brennecke's ClubSwan 50 Hatari clinched the ClubSwan 50 class title on the final race at the 40th Copa del Rey MAPFRE but the German flagged crew endured some unnecessarily nervous moments after the nearest rivals Stefan Heidenreich's OneGroup seemingly came back from the dead after being over the start line early.
In the ClubSwan 36 fleet Giangiacomi Serena's G Spot retained the title they won last year but this time they came from behind on the last day to overhaul Lorenzo Mondo's Farstar which led the event from Day 2. A second with Farstar fifth was enough to give G Spot the overall win by a single point.
In the BMW ORC Class 1 fleet it was Carl-Peter Forster and his young Bayerischer YC youth offshore programme team on the 2008 TP52 Red Bandit which prevailed, winning by five clear points, finishing 1,2,1,3 and overcoming a Race 1 DSQ to give a delighted owner his first win at his first ever Copa del Rey. The youth crew, led by eight times America's Cup campaigner Kiwi Alan Smith, achieved the first class win here for the boat which started life as Mean Machine and was third and fourth in recent years as Freccia Rossa.
Enzo de Blasio's Italia 11.98 Scugnizza secured the biggest winning margin of the regatta, 15 points ahead of second place in BMW ORC 3 whilst ORC BMW 4 was won by Germany's Otto Pohlmann on his J99 Meerblick Fun. Pohlmann and his mixed German, Spanish and Kiwi crew also race in the 6 Metre, Dragon and a Classic.
In BMW ORC 2 Javier Banderas won with the ClubSwan 42 Teatro Soho Caixabank.
In the Herbalife J70 class the title went to Alcaidesa Marina skippered by Gustavo Martínez Doreste whilst the Sotheby's Mallorca Women's Cup went to the local Balearia team of María Bover.
Balearia took the overall Copa del Rey MAPFRE title for the one designs, and in the corrected time divisions it was Teatro Soho Caixabank.
A winning formula, improved - Grand Soleil
How do you make the follow-up to an ORC World Championship-winning design even better? Cantiere Del Pardo pulled out all the stops
If it looks right, it probably is right. Generations of sailors, boatbuilders and yacht designers used to swear by that simple rule of thumb. Even today, when the science of CFD modelling has completely replaced the instinct of the designer’s eye, the shape that looks best is still sometimes the fastest. Witness the graceful, swooping curves in the topsides and aft quarters of Matteo Polli’s Grand Soleil 40. Two of the great 20th century designers, Kim Holman and Olin Stephens, would no doubt approve.
The naval architecture of Polli’s contemporary racer-cruisers, like the GS 40 and GS 44, has very little in common with the hull shapes drawn 60 years ago by Holman and Stephens, but they share the same very strong focus – unlike many other sailing yachts back then and also right now – on maintaining the hull’s balance of volume through a wide range of heel angles. That’s why they handle so well and often win races despite being less aggressively endowed with sail area and form stability than some of their rivals. Less rudder action means less drag as well as a more controllable and enjoyable boat to steer.
Full article in the August issue of Seahorse
Short, action-packed races on the final day of Cowes Week 2022
The final day or facing saw a westerly gradient wind, culminating in a spectacularly busy finish line at the Royal Yacht Squadron. A risk of the wind dying in advance of an afternoon sea breeze prompted a change to the race schedule, with three committee boats used, in addition to the Royal Yacht Squadron line, to compress the start sequence for all 32 classes to just 40 minutes.
Rupert Mander's Flying 15 Men Behaving Badly won his race today by almost two and a half minutes and in doing so achieved the distinction of becoming the sole boat at the Regatta to post an unbroken run of race wins. In addition to his class win, he was also crowned overall winner of the White Group dayboat classes.
The last day of Cowes Week featured short, action-packed races in a solid north-westerly gradient wind, culminating in a spectacularly busy finish line at the Royal Yacht Squadron. A risk of the wind dying in advance of an afternoon sea breeze prompted a change to the race schedule, with three committee boats used, in addition to the Royal Yacht Squadron line, to compress the start sequence for all 32 classes to just 40 minutes.
Rupert Mander's Flying 15 Men Behaving Badly won his race today by almost two and a half minutes and in doing so achieved the distinction of becoming the sole boat at the Regatta to post an unbroken run of race wins. In addition to his class win, he was also crowned overall winner of the White Group dayboat classes.
Peter and Alison Morton's Swan 36 Scherzo of Cowes won all but one race and discarding a second place in Monday's race, to win IRC Class 6 with a day to spare. It was a stunning performance that also saw the immaculately restored boat win Black Group overall, and claim the title of Overall Cowes Week winner.
Scherzo sailed with a team of eight, including yacht designer Hugh Wellbourne on the mainsheet and Doug Vincett as boat captain and navigator, plus his daughters and other guests on different days.
Overall results of all classes
Mark Foy Trophy - Lazarus Wins For Australia
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The Lazarus team of Marcus Ashley-Jones, Angus Williams and Phil Marshall became the 2022 Mark Foy Trophy 18 footer champion when it defeated a 16-boat fleet on Italy's Lake Garda.
A 4-boat team representing the Australian 18 Footers League took on a fleet representing six nations and filled three of the first four placings with an outstanding performance.
Lazarus scored five race wins, four second placings and two thirds for an overall total of 16 points, a clear ten points ahead of its nearest rival, Rag & Famish Hotel (Harry Price, Josh McKnight and Harry Hall), also representing the League.
Rag & Famish Hotel finished equal on 26 points with the German Black Knight team of Heinrich von Bayern, Tom Martin and Andy Martin, but secured second place by way of her four race wins, ahead of the Germans' three wins.
League club Commodore Simon Nearn led the Burrawang-Young Henrys team, including Fang Warren and Grant Rollerson, into fourth place with eleven consistent placings between second and sixth place from the twelve-race regatta.
Australia's fourth team, Fisher & Paykel (Jordan Girdis, Charlie Gundy and Elliott Mahar) finished in ninth place.
The regatta was the fourteenth Mark Foy Trophy and Marcus Ashley-Jones joins 18 footer champions like Rob Greenhalgh, Seve Jarvin, John Winning, Alex Vallings, Howie Hamli, David McDiarmid, James Dorron and Michael Coxon, who have previously won the title.
The German Black Knight team's third placing earned it the title of European champion for 2022.
Racing in the 2022-2023 Australian 18 Footer League season will begin on Sunday, October 16 when the club will stage Race 1 of the Spring Championship, in conjunction with the Major Arthur Frizelle Trophy. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.
2022 ORCi European Championship off to a great start
Hanko, Norway: Following perfect 14-16 knot conditions this afternoon at the mouth of the Oslofiorden, numerous teams tested themselves in a lively practice race held just before the opening ceremony of the 2022 ORCi European Championship, hosted by the Royal Norwegian Yacht Club (KNS) and co-organized with the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC).
Fifty-five teams from seven nations are represented here to compete all for their share of European Champion titles and other prizes awarded in each of three classes at this event.
The competitive action in today's practice race was a prelude to what lies ahead for the next 6 days in the 7 inshore and 2 offshore races in the program, with winners in each class crowned after the last race is held on Saturday, 13 August.
Practice race winners include Michael Berghorn's Mills 45 Custom HALBTROCKEN (GER) in Class A, Torkjel Valland's Landmark 43 WHITE SHADOW (NOR) in Class B and Patrik Forsgren's modified First 36.7 TEAM PRO4U (SWE) in Class C - by a mere 39 seconds in corrected time.
Tomorrow's Mills Long Offshore Race will feature a 24-36 hour tour of the southern coast of Norway, with several long legs positioned for multiple wind angles. This will challenge the teams with sail selections and trimming solutions for optimal speed at these angles. Another challenge is navigational, with many small islets and rocks found along numerous sides of the race course.
Camden Classics Cup
Photo by Alison Langley, langleyphoto.com. Click on image for photo gallery.
Camden, Maine, USA: The regatta (July 28-30) featured junior, classic, and modern yacht racing on the waters of Western Penobscot Bay, plus well-attended onshore social events. Lyman-Morse's Camden facility hosted the event, and visiting sailors had the chance to enjoy the full-service marina and boatyard's beautiful new boardwalk, tour their new 34,000-square-foot structure, and sample the tastes at the recently unveiled Blue Barren Distillery and Salt Wharf restaurant.
The Classic 1 class was dominated by three Sparkman & Stephens designs. Scott Gazelle's 47-foot Palawan took top prize, followed by Alec Brainerd's 40-foot Nora, and Brooke Parish's 46-foot Mermaid.
The Hawk, Oivind Lorentzen's 37-foot William Tripp Jr.-designed One Tonner, beat Vortex, Steve White's 52-foot Knud Reimers-designed fractional sloop, and Hound, Dan Litchfield and Tom Stark's 59-foot K. Aage Nielsen-designed sloop, to take home top honors in the CRF Modern Classics class.
The Mystic Seaport Museum and Francis Sutula's 75-foot Nat Benjamin-designed Rebecca of Vineyard Haven beat-out Steve Frary's 64-foot L. Francis Herreshoff-designed Narwhal and Phineas Sprague Jr.'s 74-foot staysail schooner Lion's Whelp, which was designed to John Alden's traditional lines, to win the CRF Schooner & Gaff class.
Competition was stiff in the CRF Vintage 1 class, but this didn't stop Siren, Peter Cassidy's 45-foot Sparkman & Stephens-designed NY32, from beating Black Watch, Joe Robillard's 68-foot Sparkman & Stephens yawl, and Wizard, Maine Maritime Academy's 43-foot Herreshoff-designed Fishers Island 31, to earn top honors.
Full report and results:
Cormac Murphy Grabs Third Oakcliff Win of 2022
Oyster Bay, New York, USA: The Oakcliff World Match Racing Tour Academy Grade 3 saw young teams make big gains. Cormac Murphy and his Waterfront Center team won with an average age of 21.8. The Waterfront Center is an Oyster Bay community sailing organization. Alfonso Garcia Bringas, who only won one race at his last Oakcliff appearance, dominated the round robin but fell in the finals to Murphy. Doug Shannon, sailing with two Oakcliff Graduates, Lindsey Winter and Anne Corvi rounded out the podium.
The two WMRT Academy teams finished 5th and 6th but continued to push harder and harder with strong, hot winds driving them through the regatta. They will continue training for the next three days under coach Chris Kennedy. A rare opportunity to get straight back in the boats and fill in any holes they discovered by being under the intense pressure on the race course.
This is the last Oyster Bay match race regatta before the Oakcliff International August 25-29 and the Thompson Cup August 30 - September 3. Alfonso qualified for the International by winning in Chicago earlier this year.
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Oakcliff's Match Race Calendar:
www.oakcliffsailing.org/programs/
Spectacular setting for opening of OK Dinghy worlds in Marstrand
Two years after it was originally scheduled to take place here, the OK Dinghy World Championship has finally been opened in Marstrand, Sweden, with 109 OK Dinghies completing equipment inspection and registration over the past three days.
Racing starts on Monday, while on Sunday evening, the sailors headed to Carlsten Fortress on the island of Marstrand for a spectacular opening ceremony following the practice race in the afternoon.
Though promising more wind, the practice race was sailed in a decreasing 8-10 knots, with a bumpy sea, after several false starts and a long delay. Sweden's Niklas Edler led at the top mark and the bottom of the reach before the race was abandoned and the fleet sent home.
This world championship has been five years in the making due to the pandemic and has been long in the waiting. The forecast for the coming week looks promising with good wind all days, though it is slightly cooler than recent weeks. The first of 10 races to decide the 2022 OK Dinghy World Champion is scheduled for Monday with racing scheduled through to Friday.
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