In This Issue
• TP Super Series Scarlino
• Voiles de Saint-Tropez: The Mistral Colours the Gulf!
• Mega - in every sense - HH Catamarans
• OK Dinghy Europeans in Bandol
• Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2022 Event 5
• J/70 North American Champion: Jud Smith’s Ten
• Hobie 16 Worlds Semi's are in the books
• Match Race Denmark
• PPL Photo Collection
• Featured Charter: White Star Of RORC
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 115-001 Solleone
• • CF 520 IRC Racing Yacht
• • Gunboat 80
• The Last Word: Andy Weir

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Royal Cup leaders Quantum Racing are back on form in Scarlino
Photo by Max Ranchi, www.maxranchi.com. Click on image for photo gallery.

After two races in winds which topped 27kts in the gusts Quantum Racing lead the Royal Cup Scarlino 52 SUPER SERIES regatta. With American owner driver Doug DeVos back as helmsman after missing the last event in July in Mallorca, the 2022 World Champions posted two second places in challenging, shifting breezes to finish the day on top of the leaderboard.

While Thailand’s Whitcraft family won the first contest – their victory meaning every team on the circuit has now won at least one race this season – it was Takashi Okura’s 2021 circuit champions Sled which took the winning gun for the second race. They outmanoeuvred Quantum Racing at the top of the second beat to take the lead just before the wind dropped and a 120 degree shift in direction upended the race course.

Even if there were no significant place changes caused by the big rain cloud and its effects, it came at just the wrong time for the Race 1 winning Vayu crew who were starved of wind just as they were trying to get around the final turn. Unfortunately they touched the buoy and the resulting penalty dropped them from a potential fourth to ninth place, to lie fourth overall.

Breezes are expected to be lighter for the next few days on Scarlino’s Gulf of Follonica.

Provisional Standings Royal Cup 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino:
1. Quantum Racing (USA), Doug Devos, 2+2 = 4 points
2. Sled (USA), Takashi Okura, 5+1 = 6
3. Phoenix (RSA), Hasso & Tina Plattner, 3+4 = 7
4. Vayu (THAI), Whitcraft Family, 1+9 = 10
5. Alegre (GBR), Andy Soriano, 7+3 = 10
6. Platoon (GER), Harm Muller-Spreer, 4+7 = 11 Pts.
7. Provezza (TUR), Ergin Imre, 8+5 = 13 Pts.
8. Gladiator (GBR), Tony Langley, 6+8 = 14 Pts.
9. Interlodge (USA), Austin & Gwen Fragomen, 9+6 = 15 Pts.

52superseries.com

Voiles de Saint-Tropez: The Mistral Colours the Gulf!
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Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez brings together all the ingredients of a festive extravaganza: sea, sun, sublime sailboats and breeze. For once though, the latter component got a little overeager today, forcing Race Management to keep one of the most beautiful fleets in the world in the port of Saint Tropez. 30 knots of established wind were served up in the gulf itself, gusting to 50 around the edges... Without a moment’s hesitation, the 132 Modern sailboats and the 85 Classic yachts wisely remained dockside, enabling the big crowds to get up close to these delicious racing steeds of all shapes and sizes. Georges Korhel and all the teams at the Societe Nautique de Saint-Tropez are keeping a close eye on the weather data as they wait for the Mistral to ease so that the marvellous show can go on...

The 54.35-metre Shenandoah of Sark is undoubtedly one of the stars of Les Voiles and the 17th edition of the prestigious Rolex Trophy. Originally commissioned from naval architect Theodore Ferris by the American investment banker Charles Fahnestock and inspired by the lines of Meteor III, a yacht belonging to German emperor and King of Prussia, Kaiser Wilhelm II, the fabulous three-master built by the Townsend & Downey shipyard in New York was launched in 1902.

Rescued by Baron Marcel Bich, she took to the water again in Newport for France’s first America’s Cup campaigns. Following a complete overhaul, she flies the equivalent of the original downwind sail area, namely 2,000 m2, but some of the spars and mastheads have been reinforced.

To celebrate her centenary, her owner at the time treated her to a circumnavigation of the globe, which notably included skirting around Cape Horn in close to 50 knots of breeze during an extraordinary cruise through the majestic channels of Patagonia.

The name Shenandoah has Native American roots and means ‘The daughter of the stars’ as well as being the title of an iconic American folk song or sea shanty designed to keep the sailors motivated during arduous manoeuvres.

Programme 2022
Week 1: Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: Modern and Classic
Wednesday 28, Friday 30 September and Saturday 1 October: racing for the modern and classic yachts
Thursday 29 September: Challenge Day, Club 55 Cup, Centenarians Race
Saturday 1 October: Prize-giving (week 1)

www.lesvoilesdesaint-tropez.fr

Mega - in every sense - HH Catamarans
With Morrelli and Melvin on design, Paul Hakes in charge of build and industrial tycoon Hudson Wang investing and guiding his large team it's no wonder the exceptional skills and financial resources of HH Catamarans continues to allow them to keep driving the large electrified performance catamaran genre forwards

When Hudson Wang decided to expand his industrial empire to include boatbuilding he didn’t mess around; he invested $35M building a new yard from the ground up, filled it with state-of-the art CNC machines, and tasked veteran Kiwi boatbuilder Paul Hakes with creating the world’s leading catamaran brand. The new HH60 is a breathtaking boat, as stylish and luxurious as it is quick, and is a fitting model for a brand with such lofty ambitions.

It hasn’t all been plain sailing since the business was launched, but Hakes has homed in on a winning formula.

Full article in the October issue of Seahorse

OK Dinghy Europeans in Bandol
Once again, the beach at Bandol, France, has filled up with OK Dinghies from all over Europe ahead of the 2022 European Championship, which was opened on Tuesday at the Société Nautique de Bandol. The OK Dinghy class loves coming to Bandol and this event marks a much-anticipated return to the home of OK Dinghy sailing on the Mediterranean.

Around 80 boats from 11 nations have arrived in Bandol to be greeted by a mistral that caused the cancellation of Tuesday’s practice race. However, those who arrived early have been training in some amazing sailing conditions, with big waves, sunshine and 20 knot winds on the bay over the past few days.

The OK Dinghy European championship was last held here in 2018 and looking for any excuse to return, the class also initiated an Autumn Trophy which was held in Bandol last year for the first time and that largely acted as a catalyst to attract the high entry this year.

The entry list is a who’s who of OK Dinghy sailing and includes five times world champion Nick Craig, from Britain, twice European champion Bo Petersen, from Denmark, plus past world champions Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, and Thomas Hansson-Mild, from Sweden. In addition, other top sailors here include Valerian Lebrun and Laurent Hay from France, Stefan de Vries, from the Netherlands, and Andy Davis, from Britain.

Racing is scheduled to begin Wednesday at 11.00. Ten races are planned until Saturday 1 October. It is hoped the mistral will moderate overnight but the rest of the event could present some challenging conditions to the fleet with more strong winds forecast.

www.okdia.org

Melges 24 European Sailing Series 2022 Event 5
Imperia, Italy - Taki 4 takes it all when winning Melges 24 Italian title 2022 and being victorious both in the overall and Corinthian rankings of the fifth regatta of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series and Italian Melges24Tour Act 4 in Imperia, Liguria last weekend. The team of three-time Corinthian World Champion Taki 4 includes Niccolo Bertola at the helm, Giacomo Fossati calling the tactics and Marco Zammarchi, Giovanni Bannetta and Pietro Seghezza in crew.

This was the first time ever, when three Corinthian teams conquered top three positions at the Melges 24 Italian National Championship. It was great to see among the race winners also Dutch Ronald Veraar's Kesbeke and Michael Bernfeld's Fusion with Peter Havn at the helm from Denmark; and happy to welcome French teams returning to the Melges 24 scene. The event held on September 23-25, was hosted and organized by the Porto Maurizio Yacht Club along with Italian Melges 24 Class Association.

Top 10 of the Melges 24 regatta in Imperia (boat name, sail no, owner / helmsman, club, scores)

1. TAKI 4 - Giacomo Fossati / Niccolo Bertola, ITA, 16 points
2. WHITE ROOM - Michael Tarabochia / Luis Tarabochia, GER, 17
3. CHINOOK - Akos Csolto, HUN, 25
4. NEFELI - Peter Karrie, GER, 27
5. KESBEKE - Eelko Block / Ronald Veraar, NED, 32
6. GILL RACE TEAM - Miles Quinton / Geoff Carveth, GBR, 36
7. FUSION - Michael Bernfeld / Peter Havn, DEN, 38
8. BLACK SEAL - Richard Thompson, GBR, 43
9. ARKANOE - Sergio Caramel, ITA, 45
10. ORCA - Helmut Gottwald, AUT, 52

Full results

Event website

www.melges24.com

J/70 North American Champion: Jud Smith’s Ten
Mississauga, ON Canada: The J/70 North American Championship was hosted by Port Credit Yacht Club in Mississauga, ON Canada over the weekend. Conditions went from wild to weak over the eight races. Jud Smith’s Ten bested 22 other teams to earn the title with crew Marc Gauthier, Carlos Robles and Patrick Wilson (19 points). Cate Muller-Terhune’s Casting Couch had a stellar regatta placing second at 24 points. David Jannetti’s Very Odd rounded out the top three with 26 points.

Jim Raisides & Charlie Pendleton on Bad Hombres topped the Corinthian Division, followed by David Kerr & Lee Sackett on USA 1516 and Jean Marc Papin’s Pen Segal.

Overall top five results:
1. Ten, Jud Smith - 3 -3 -2 -4 -3 -3 -[6] -1 ; 19
2. Casting Couch, Cate Muller-Terhune - 7 -[9] -6 -1 -2 -4 -1 -3 ; 24
3. Very Odd, David Jannetti - 2 -1 -4 -7 -8 -1 -3 -[10] ; 26
4. Cool Story, Bro., John Brigden - 4 -6 -5 -2 -[7] -6 -2 -2 ; 27
5. Stampede, Bruno Pasquinelli - 5 -4 -3 -[9] -1 -5 -4 -9 ; 31

Full results at YachtsScoring.com

The Hobie 16 Worlds Semi's are in the books. Who made the cut?
Similar to yesterday, racing for the final day of the semi-finals got underway shortly after 11:00 AM in the offshore breeze. The early race started off in 12 knots of breeze but, it didn’t hold. As the wind got lighter during the race it became shifty. Finding the favored side and managing the shifts became the priority. One race was completed in this session before the wind died and sailors were sent to shore.

Session two sailors were held onshore waiting for the onshore thermal that finally arrived in the late afternoon. This race was a light and lumpy one with oscillating winds of 6-10 knots. Those that picked the correct shift pattern did well but it was easy to make a mistake and lose many places.

At the front, the battle for the lead continues with incredibly consistent finishes from Darren SMITH/Claire BISGOOD (AUS) lead followed closely by Cam OWEN/Susan Ghent (AUS) in second and Yamil SABA FUENTES/Gonzolo CENDRA FALCON (VEN) in third.

With the semi-finals concluded the field will now but cut to the top 48 teams who will continue on for the final two days.

See who made the cut

www.hobieworlds.com

Match Race Denmark
Skovshoved, Denmark: Sweden’s Anna Ostling and the Wings Sailing Team have won the inaugural Women’s Match Race Denmark at Skovshoved Harbour in Copenhagen, hosted by the Royal Danish Yacht Club. The event is the second stage of the 2022 Women’s World Match Racing Tour, attracting twelve international women’s match racing teams to the three day event.

Östling and team secured the event win with a 2-0 win over French world no.1 ranked match racer Pauline Courtois and her Match in Pink Normandy Elite Team.

With less experience sailing the DS37 match racing boats, Courtois and her team were quick to find their stride in the heavier boats and remained unbeaten in the qualifying and semi-final rounds. However, it was Ostling and her formidable and long standing Wings Sailing crew that brought their experience in the DS37’s to the finals when it counted most.

2022 Womens Match Race Denmark – Overall results

1. Anna Ostling, SWE
2. Pauline Courtois, FRA
3. Juliet Costanzo, AUS
4. Les Richter Vogelius, DEN
5. Ali Morrish, GBR
6. Sophie Otter, GBR
7. Kristine Mauritzen, DEN
8. Louise K Olesen, DEN
9. Sanna Mattsson, SWE
10. Margot Riou, FRA
11. Ellie Cumpsty, GBR
12. Octavia Owen, GBR

Full results

womenswmrt.com

PPL Photo Collection
PPL has moved its entire collection of watersports and 'Pictures of Yesteryear historic sailing images to our new portal at PhotoShelter.

We've set you up with an account that allows you do browse and download hi.res images without charge. All you need to do is complete the free registration at pplmedia.photoshelter.com/signup/ and you are ready to go

The arrangement remains the same. You have free access to download any image and will be charged only for the pictures you publish. We rely on you to inform us of all usage.

We have re-processed every image, adding more informative captions and key words to help you find what you are looking for more easily.

PhotoShelter provides the option of a visual search through specific collections and galleries such as Olympics, Golden Globe Race, Bermuda Race, cruising sail, dinghies etc, together with a keyword search facility top left that brings up all related images.

We are still migrating the last images from PPL’s old library, which we will keep running in tandem for the moment, so if there is a subject you can’t find, send me a list of what you require and we will perform the search for you.

The most recent uploads include the 2022 Golden Globe Race, - you will find these within the Ocean Yacht Racing folder within the Watersports collection.

We've also added a Bernard Moitessier archive which include pictures taken last week of the extensive restoration work being carried out on his yacht JOSHUA at the National Maritime Museum, La Rochelle, together with images of Moitessier’s adhoc shrine in Bone, Brittany which has become a magnet for all manor of flotsam and jetsam - including tins of spam left by his followers! The French answer to marmalade sandwiches and Paddington bears left for Queen Elizabeth II

Within the archives you will find important historic images within:

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Archive
Sir Chay Blyth Archive
Eileen Ramsay Archive
Ian Dear Historic Archive
Charles Currey Archive
1968/9 Sunday Times Global Challenge archive
Whitbread Round the world Race Archive
Bermuda Race archive - including all images from this year’s race
America’s Cup archive dating back to 1853
1968/9 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race
The Francis Chichester Archive

To view "Pictures of Yesteryear" collection in the PPL Media Ltd media library. You can click here to get there.

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CF 520 IRC Racing Yacht. POA GBP

FIBRE Mechanics and Carkeek Design announce a new 52ft IRC racing yacht for 2021. Full production tooling for the new boat, to be known as the CF-520 is now under construction at FIBRE Mechanics in Lymington UK. We plan to build a short series of CF-520s, with boat one already scheduled for launching in early March 2021. A second build slot is available for delivery in May 2021.

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