In This Issue
• Davy Beaudart Wins Figaro Stage 1
• Gonzalez/Sanchez Take Snipe Worlds
• Harken MKIV and MKIV Ocean Furlers
• IRC Europeans’ opening day
• Star Western Hemisphere Championship
• Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
• The Launch of the Virginia
• UF50 Celebration
• Dart 18 World Championships
• Featured Brokerage:
• • X-Yachts X-43 Modern
• • Elizabethan 30 - MOONSHOT
• • Seaquest SQ46
• The Last Word: Jennifer Doudna

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Davy Beaudart Wins Figaro Stage 1 After Fred Duthil Penalised For Engine Sealing Infringement
French rookie Davy Beaudart (Nauty Mor), 37, has been declared the winner of Stage 1 of the 53rd La Solitaire du Figaro after Fred Duthil (Le Journal Des Enterprises) who this morning crossed the finish line in Port La Foret one minute and one second ahead of Beaudart was given a statuary 30 minute time penalty after finishing for an equipment seal infringement.

Ironically Beaudart had narrowly led the vastly experienced 48 year old Duthil into the pretty Breton bay this morning but misread a buoy and so let Duthil through to what would have been his fifth stage win in a La Solitaire du Figaro career dating back to 2002.

A very much part time racing sailor who runs a boatyard specialising in race preparing boats and high tech painting Beaudart has multiple successes in the Mini 650 class and is credited with helping originally generate the trend for rounded ‘scow’ bows which has spread through the Mini, Classs 40 and now the IMOCA fleet. Now on just his third ever Figaro Beneteau 3 race Beaudart becomes the first rookie to win Stage 1 of La Solitaire du Figaro since Yves Parlier did so in 1991. The last ‘bizuth’ to win a stage was Italian Pietro d’Ali who triumphed on the second stage in 2005. Duthil drops to third place.

Race Tracker

lasolitaire.com/en/

Gonzalez/Sanchez Take Snipe Worlds
After a 47 year drought, the Spanish duo of Alfredo Gonzalez and Cristian Sanchez sailed a great last race of the Championship to return the Snipe World trophy to Spain. The last time the Hub Isaacs Snipe World title was in Spain (and Europe) was in 1975 with Felix Gancedo and Manuel Bernal as champions. It was a long time overdue and the Spanish are elated.

Hailing from Lanzarote, Gonzalez/Sanchez have been silently chipping away. Their best prior performance at the Snipe Worlds was 4th overall in 2017, and their lead up regatta was a win in June for the Spanish Cup with 200 boats. Lanzarote was the perfect heavy air training ground which proved to their advantage in Cascais. With finishes of 4 (9)-3-8-2-7-4-3-3, their ability to finish in the top 10 each race proved to be their winning formula.

The last race of the regatta was held in relatively lighter winds than the other 8 races, with 8-12 knots and no swell. Quite a change over the week and a bit of a surprise as the competitors left the Club in heavy air.

The finish for the Earl Elms Trophy - winner of the last race, was extremely close with the Belgian team of Sam and Daan Vandormael just taking the gun. Nelido Manso/Sanlay Castro de la Cruz (CUB) finished 2nd and Gonzalez/Sanchez finished 3rd, securing their title. Second overall was still to be determined, and Paradeda/Kieling crossed in 7th with Rodriguez/Tocke in 14th which created a tie for 2nd overall with Paradeda/Kieling winning the tie breaker.

With 17 nations represented, the 87 teams was the largest Snipe Worlds held and the competition was fierce with the best team winning.

Final top ten
1. Alfredo Gonzalez Cristian Sanchez #Esdlanzarote, ESP, 34.0 points
2. Alexandre Paradeda Gabriel Kieling dos Santos, BRA, 38.0
3. Ernesto Rodriguez Kathleen Tocke, BRA, 38.0v 4. Henrique Haddad Gustavo Nascimento, BRA, 54.0
5. Juliana Duque Rafael Martins Os roedores , BRA, 57.0
6. Bruno Bethlem Dante Bianchi, BRA, 88.0
7. Gustavo Del Castillo Rafael Del Castillo, BRA, 92.0
8. Henrique Brites Francisco Maia, BRA, 98.0
9. Sam Vandormael Daan Vandormael, BRA, 05.0
10. Enrique Quintero Charlie Bess, BRA, 129.0

Final Results:

2022.snipeworlds.org/race/worlds

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

https://youtu.be/JWFHKu6QeWE

IRC Europeans’ opening day
Racing got underway today in the seventh IRC European Championship, this year taking part in the Netherlands as part of Damen Breskens Sailing Weekend. Part of the four day competition to determine who gets this year’s title for the RORC and UNCL’s popular rating rule, is a medium coastal race which was contested today. This only started at 1200, after a 90 minute wait for the wind to fill in.

For the three classes, their rating bands determined by the fleet’s IRC TCCs, PRO Menno Vercouteren set three winding courses, the longest of 30 miles for IRC One, the shortest 21 for IRC Three, with the aim of all three finishing approximately in unison. In fact the Ker 46 Van Uden was first home while the last arrivals in IRC Three arrived some 45 minutes later. Anticipating the right shift Vercouteren set multiple triangular courses to ensure there would always be some form of upwind, downwind and reaching in between.

While over the day the wind veered through the best part of 180°, racing got underway off Breskens in the mouth of the River Scheldt in a light 11 knots southwesterly which gradually veered but dramatically increased.

While today saw almost the full range of weather conditions and points of sail, tomorrow the wind is forecast to be from the northwest and more stable. The intention is to run three races: two windward-leewards and then a round the cans course. -- James Boyd

Full results

www.breskenssailing.nl

Star Western Hemisphere Championship
The 2022 Star Western Hemisphere Championship started yesterday with the first race, sailed with very light wind on Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire, USA. Two more races were finished today by the 33 teams attending the championship, mostly from the USA, with three Canadians, a Bahamian and a German boat.

Today’s bullet in the third race and a couple of good results before it, make Braverman/Cook provisional overall leader of the fleet, followed by Lake Sunapee Ivey/Krakower with John Dane III/Timothy Ray third.

Up to three races are in plan for tomorrow, day three of the competition that will end on Saturday with a Silver Star winning team.

Full results in YachtScoring.com

2022whc.starchampionships.org

Seahorse Sailor Of The Month
This month's nominees:

Irvine Laidlaw (GBR)
Going all the way back to the original Highland Fling One Tonner in 1982 and no doubt plenty more boats before that, the now Lord Laidlaw has kept a sizeable portion of the marine industry fed, along with the thousands of sailors who have crewed his many Flings in the years since. Then a few years back he launched the Cape 31 Class, which also turned out rather well. Most recently he has discovered the lure of two (big) hulls so heaven knows where that could be leading

John Greenwood (GBR)
There were a lot of smiles among the Finn fleets of the world when the big man won this year’s Grand Grand Masters world title to add to back-to-back UK Masters titles. Greenwood has been a lifelong Finn enthusiast with more ‘stories’ to tell than most. He has also successfully dipped in and out of the Star Class with many of his contemporaries and continues with his regular Finn training – along with a lot of time spent encouraging younger newcomers to the sport in the UK

September's winner:
Merritt Sellers (USA)
‘Merritt at the age of 14 displayed a fearless passion and made it clear she was always ready to assume as much responsibility as you handed her’ – Bob Bake; ‘A father with his 14-year-old daughter winning class in a race of this importance, stupendous!’ – Byron West; ‘Merritt rocks!!’ – Brian Berger; ‘This girl inspires!’ Laurie Dubin; ‘Way to go, hope you win this!!’ – Grandpa; ‘At only 14 years old. Unbelievable’ – Katie Pandes; ‘Go, Merritt’ – Marion Umana.

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The Launch of the Virginia
On June 4th, after over a decade of work involving hundreds of volunteers, Maine's First Ship launched a reconstruction of the Virginia, the first English-built ocean-going ship in the New World. Watch this video of the launch!

The Virginia was built at the Popham Colony between 1607 and 1608. Our own Tom Whitehead has been guiding the DC power systems on the Virginia. This exciting project isn't over, so stay tuned for more updates, possibly including an electric hybrid propulsion system!

Read more about the Virginia and all the incredible work done to get to this point here.

UF50 Celebration attracts over 1000 visitors and 80 Uffa boats
As part of the celebrations a secure dinghy park was constructed on Cowes Parade this weekend, with 40 Uffa Fox boats displayed, with some going racing on the Friday and Saturday.

These ranged from Uffa’s 22 square metre Vigilant, the Flying Fifteen Hobgoblinand the 1934 frostbite dinghy Fay with bamboo mast, which is now on display at the Classic Boat Museum. Also in the mix were National 18’s, Albacores, plenty of International 14’s, a Pegasus, National Redwings, a National 12’, a Flying 10 and a small swarm of Fireflys.

The oldest boat was Anthony Wheaton’s 101-year-old gaff-rigged International 14’ Grebe of Hampton which sadly lost her mast on Saturday. Other boats of note, and there are too many to mention, were Patricia Knight’s International 14’ K201 Daring, in which Uffa won his second Prince of Wales Cup, the first being Avengerwhich is at Cowes Library, and Alastair Vines Firefly 503 Jacaranda which was the GB entry in the singlehanded dinghy class in the 1948 London Olympics sailed at Torquay.

Competitors, volunteers and visitors were given an Uffa Fox trail map enabling them to view various aspects of Uffa’s life, at Commodore’s House which was his last home and where Prince Philip’s Flying Fifteen Coweslip, a wedding present from the Townspeople of Cowes, was displayed. Also at the Sir Max Aitken Museum, the Classic Boat Museum Shed, Cowes Heritage and Community Group, Cowes Library, East Cowes Heritage Centre and the Classic Boat Museum Gallery in East Cowes.

People are asking when the next UF event will take place to celebrate further Uffa’s life and achievements, hopefully in less than 50 years' time.

For full results, list of entries and boat histories: www.uf50.org

Dart 18 World Championships
Photo by Elena Giolai. Click on image to enlarge.

Circolo Vela Arco, Lake Garda, Italy: the Dart 18 Catamaran World Championships are in full swing. About sixty crews, who in the first three days of competition competed in a total of six races with a very challenging start due to the strong wind (18-22 knots) and the insidious waves, which put some crews in difficulty.

Italy took the lead with Alessandro Siviero, the Ferrara-born helmsman who has been at the top of the national and international rankings in the Dart 18 class for several years now, and for this Championship was racing with young Giacomo Parasacchi Bozzoli on his bow.

The pair leads with four victories, a second and a third, which currently gives them a 9-point advantage over the French Hervé and Melania Le Maux. Third are the Austrians Klampfer-Berger.

The world championship titles will be awarded on Saturday, 27 August, after the last two days of racing.

Full results

www.circolovelaarco.it

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The Last Word
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