In This Issue
• Figaro Stage 1 Course is Shortened
• Snipe World Championship Day 2
• Yacht Racing Forum / Design & Technology Symposium
• Alex Thomson backs new Canadian offshore sailing team
• Harken MKIV and MKIV Ocean Furlers
• Holcim - PRB confirm new IMOCA entry in The Ocean Race
• SITraN Challenge finished, Golden Globe Race Ready to go
• 2022 America's Cup Hall of Fame Induction
• Barcolana54
• Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
• Featured Charter: OLA - San Lorenzo 82
• Featured Brokerage:
• • TP52 - Gladiator
• • RM 1380
• • Excess 12 - Catamaran
• The Last Word: Richard Feynmann

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Laperche and Dolan Lead As Figaro Stage 1 Course is Shortened
With the course now shortened by 85 miles to 559 nautical miles because of intermittent periods of light winds, the leaders on Stage 1 of the 2002 La Solitaire du Figaro should round a virtual waypoint at the mouth of the Bristol channel late this Tuesday night where they will turn for the finish line in Port-la-Forêt, Brittany some 230 miles to the south.

The stage winners are expected some time on Thursday morning, the course being shortened to ensure that all 34 competing solo racers get sufficient time to recover before Sunday's re-start for Stage 2.

Pre-race favourite Tom Laperche (Region Bretagne-CMB Performance) who has two overall podium finishes already has slightly extended his lead, moving out to be 2.7 nautical miles ahead of Ireleand's Tom Dolan (Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan) who in turn is just over one mile ahead of audacious French rookie Basile Bourgnon (eDeNReD). The 20-year-old, whose Swiss dad Laurent won the 1988 La Solitaire on his first attempt, made a big move to the west last night and gained 19 places, stealing third from Brit Alan Roberts (Seacat Services). Roberts is in a tightly spaced group alongside Corentin Horeau (Mutuelle Bleue) both tussling over fourth and fifth place.

Laperche led at Bishop Rock, 16 minutes up on Dolan and 27 minutes ahead of Bourgnon.

Tracking

lasolitaire.com/en/

Snipe World Championship Day 2
Day 2 of the Snipe World Championship in Cascais, Portugal started with a delayed starting time giving the sailors some time to reserve energy. As the sailors set off for the race course, the wind was light leaving the harbor, but began to build steadily with big shifts, causing the Race Committee to move the course 3 times to find suitable conditions for racing. After 2 hours, the sequence began in 18 knots with the RC signaling a double triangle course, as recommended by the Snipe Class rules.

The new leader is Alfredo Gonzalez and Cristian Sanchez (eSP) who have sailed a consistent 4–9-3 to put them atop the leaderboard. Henrique Haddad/Gustavo Nascimento (BRA) posted a 6-14-8, Americans enrique Quintero and Charlie Bess moved into 3rd overall with a 14-8-9, Perez Campos and Noguera move into 4th with a 27-1-5 and yesterdays leaders Mario Sergio de Jesus and Henrique Wisneiwski (BRA) falling to 5th overall due to a check-in failure when arriving back to shore.

The championship continues tomorrow with 2 races scheduled and the possibility of a 3rd since the schedule is behind 1 race. The discard does not factor in until 7 races are completed. The wind forecast for the remainder of the week looks to be more manageable. The final races scheduled for Thursday, August 25. -- Jerelyn Biehl

Provisional Results:

2022.snipeworlds.org/race/worlds

Yacht Racing Forum / Design & Technology Symposium
The Yacht Racing Forum will take place on 21 and 22 November in Malta at the Intercontinental Hotel.

The Forum will reassemble the sports' leading personalities from all over the world. It is the ideal place to discover (or present) the latest innovations, discuss the present and future of the sport, network and do business.

Conference modules:
- The Sport Of Sailing In A Changing World
- Sports Governance And Business
- Marketing & Media
- Top Of The Sport
- Design & Technology

The detailed programme and speakers list are on line. Registration is open too: www.yachtracingforum.com

There are still limited speaking and partnership opportunities. Feel free to contact us:

Alex Thomson backs new Canadian offshore sailing team
The newly formed Canada Ocean Racing Team, launched today, will compete in the solo, non-stop round the world race, the Vendée Globe, with Scott Shawyer at the helm. With the ambition to become the first Canadian to complete the pinnacle event in offshore sailing, with Alex's backing, Shawyer aims to make history.

The new IMOCA team aims to lead and inspire the development of offshore sailing in Canada, continuing to promote the internationalisation of the Vendée Globe, a cause Alex has always been passionate about.

The Alex Thomson Racing Team are supporting the campaign, utilising their 20 years of industry experience, their team of professionals are supporting across technical operations as well as commercial, marketing and communications and all shore-side logistics.

Shawyer and the Canada Ocean Racing team have recently began training as they prepare to compete in the IMOCA Globe Series, a series of offshore races including solo and double handed transatlantic crossings, leading to the pinnacle event, the Vendee Globe in 2028. With the mentorship of Thomson, who has competed in 5 Vendée Globe races, including two podiums and numerous world records, Shawyer's team will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to run a successful professional sports team.

www.canadaoceanracing.com

Harken MKIV and MKIV Ocean Furlers: Family Resemblance, Yes. Identical Twins, No. Here's How To Tell Them Apart.
Early indications are that Harken's new MKIV Ocean headsail furler is a hit. We think that might be because we asked cruising sailors what they wanted—and we built that.

The Ocean furler, as we call it, is built on the chassis of our trusted MKIV furler. Owners and riggers alike praise MKIV for the component efficiency which makes furling easier and for how smoothly it converts from racing foil to furling drum for deliveries or all vacation long. It's been proven over thousands of miles of combined duty both inshore and offshore.

Their names are similar. They share components. Both are designed for intuitive assembly and retrofit. Both can be installed at the dock…without taking the mast down…in an afternoon. So just how do MKIV and MKIV Ocean differ? Which features were voted off to assure MKIV Ocean comes with its less racy price? The Harken Tech Team compares and contrasts the two in this new video.

www.harken.com

Holcim - PRB confirm new IMOCA entry in The Ocean Race
Photo by Eloi Stichelbaut - polaRYSE / HOLCIM-PRB. Click on image to enlarge.

Kevin escoffier, a previous winner of the event, will enter his new generation IMOCA, Holcim - PRB, in The Ocean Race beginning 15 January 2023 from Alicante, Spain.

escoffier confirmed his entry as his re-branded IMOCA, in striking green and blue, was rolled out of the workshed in Lorient, France, and relaunched in a ceremony on Monday.

escoffier says the team will name the crew for the fully-crewed The Ocean Race in the coming weeks. In the meantime, he will be competing solo in the Défi Azimut in Lorient, France in September and the Route du Rhum transatlantic race in November.

Holcim-PRB joins Charlie enright's 11th Hour Racing Team, Boris Herrmann's Team Malizia, Benjamin Dutreux and Robert Stanjek's GUYOT environment - Team europe and Paul Meilhat's Biotherm as confirmed entries in the MOCA division for The Ocean Race 2022-23.

www.theoceanrace.com

SITraN Challenge finished, Golden Globe Race Ready to go
With the finish of the SITraN Challenge from Gijon to Le Sables D'Olonne, the GGR Fleet is assembled for the first time on the Golden Globe Race dock.

Damien Guillou (FR) on his Rustler 36 PRB was the first to cross the finish line in the dark at 0630 local time, having sailed solo from Gijon, mostly under spinnaker. The race was "pretty full-on" Damien said on arrival, as he had to contain the attacks of Simon and Nikki Curwen (UK) who also flew spinnakers on the Biscay 36 Clara, for a long beam reach from the Asturian coastline, arriving just 53 minutes behind PRB. One hour later, South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer on her Cape George 36 Minnehaha arrived 3rd on the finish line, having reached under working jib and staysail only in what she considered fast cruising! All three have staked a claim on the ultimate prize of winning the GGR!

GGR Veteran Abhilash Tomy (IN) on his Rustler 36 Bayanat was doing well and in the lead with Damien Guillou, before a collision with a bulk carrier in the morning of the second day. Abhilash was below deck with his manager on watch at the time. There were no injuries and the ship stood by for two hours while the crew checked the yacht then resumed sailing. The yacht's bow needs serious composite work before the race starts on Sept. 4th just three weeks away. Abhilash has taken the mast off for a complete rig check, and has a team coming from Belgium led by Dutch designer and builder Dick Koopmans bringing a full Rustler bow with them. Bayanat will be back in the water and functional on August 29.

Other skippers are in Les Sables d'Olonne meeting with the fleet for the first time, with Graham Dalton (NZ) back from his 2,000 nm GGR qualification. He has submitted a new application to re-join having previously resigned, which was accepted by the organisers, and the fleet now has 17 official entrants.

The GGR departs from Les Sables-d'Olonne, France on September 4th, 2022 and sail solo, non-stop around the world, via the five Great Capes and return to Les Sables-d'Olonne.

goldengloberace.com

2022 America's Cup Hall of Fame Induction
Bill Lynn, President of the Herreshoff Marine Museum and the America's Cup Hall of Fame, and Steve Tsuchiya, America's Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee Chair, invite you to join them for the 2022 America's Cup Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner in the iconic Model Room at the New York Yacht Club on Friday, October 14th at 1800.

Following the resounding success of the America's Cup Hall of Fame's 30th Anniversary Celebration earlier this year, and the 2016 induction, both held in the same venue, this year's inductees, Larry ellison, Dirk Kramers and Dawn Riley, are looking forward to another wonderful dinner in the Model Room surrounded by legendary America's Cup yachts. Hall of Famer Gary Jobson will serve as the evening's Master of Ceremonies.

The evening will begin with cocktails in the NYYC Grill Room followed by dinner in the Model Room and tributes befitting the Inductees' achievements in the world of yacht racing and the America's Cup.

Tickets to the event are $250 and can be purchased at herreshoff.org/achofic or email to reserve a full table.

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Barcolana54
Registration for the 54th edition taking place in Trieste between 30 September and 9 October 2022 opens today. After two years of COVID-19 measures, this year's edition aims to restore the spirit of 2019, with a great celebration on land and the famous "sailing pilgrimage" taking place at the beginning of October, which turns Trieste into the universal international sailing capital. The event will focus on sustainability, gender equality, scientific dissemination and especially on coming together once again united by our passion for the sea.

With the 54th edition, Generali has decided to renew its three-year partnership as presenting sponsor with Società Velica di Barcola e Grignano – SVBG (the Sailing Club of Barcola and Grignano), to support the sporting event in its international development. Therefore, Generali, which has supported the world's largest sailing event for more than forty years, will enhance its contribution through internationalisation (which has been a key feature of the past three years), the promotion of the bond with the territory, of sports, and with a focus on sustainability, climate change, Diversity&Inclusion.

www.barcolana.it/en/

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race
There are still four boats racing after esprit Scout arrived in the early hours of Tuesday morning (23 August), so follow the progress of the final boats in the race here

Bar Talk - Bellino & Mzungu!
In the 2022 Sevenstar Round Britain & Ireland Race the battle to be the first Two-Handed team to finish was extraordinary, with two teams in sight of each other for 15 days of match racing. Rob Craigie & Deb Fish racing Sun Fast 3600 Bellino was the first double-handed team to cross the line. After 1,805 miles of racing, JPK 1080 Mzungu! raced by Sam White & Sam North was just 10 minutes behind. The two teams have huge respect for each other and shared a beer or two, as well as their thoughts in the RORC Clubhouse in Cowes.

roundbritainandireland.rorc.org

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