In This Issue
• 138 solo sailors challenging for 6 Route du Rhum podiums
• Cup Spy: Swiss show new development
• How so? - Reckmann
• Yara is back
• 18 Skiff Spring Championship
• Golden Globe Race to the Cape Town Gate
• Arbitration Panel For AC37 Confirmed
• Industry News
• Featured Charter: TS5 - Addictive Sailing
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Swan 115-001 Solleone
• • Bavaria C45
• • C&C 66 Classic Cruiser / Racer - Phantom
• The Last Word: Chogyam Trungpa

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138 solo sailors challenging for 6 Route du Rhum podiums
The Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe which starts on Sunday from Saint Malo is set to see a record 138 boats spread across six classes, Ultim 32/23, IMOCA, Ocean Fifty, Class40, Rhum Multi, Rhum Mono. They will set off on Sunday November 6 at 1:02 p.m local time on a course of 3,542 miles (6,500 km) to Pointe-a-Pitre in Guadeloupe.

Rarely has the Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe had so many contenders for victory and podium positions. Here is a quick guide to the key contenders

Ultim 32/23: Veteran Frances Joyon is looking to defend his title on an Ultim which has won the race three times in succession but in light of the strength of the new flying, foiling Ultims it seems unlikely Maxi Edmond de Rothschild is the logical favourite after dominating all the key races for the last three years. The Verdier design is highly optimised and Volvo Ocean Race winning skipper Charles Caudrelier knows his craft perfectly.

Ocean Fifty: an open fleet
No one in Saint Malo wants to be considered favourite. It's like the poison chalice. The smart money in France is on Brit Sam Goodchild and his well proven Leyton,

IMOCA: 38 boats, three levels
There are seven new boats launched in 2022: Kevin Escoffier (Holcim - PRB), Maxime Sorel (V and B - Monbana - Mayenne), Jeremie Beyou (Charal), Boris Herrmann (Malizia - Seaexplorer), Sam Davies (Initiatives- Couer), Yannick Bestaven (Maitre- CoQ V) and Paul Meilhat (Biotherm). But though their boats have great potential most observers consider they are too young and unproven to be really pushed hard by their skippers for whom this race is mostly a learning mission.

Class40: Open season
There are 55 Class40s and the podium has never been so open. There are ten possible winners "But there are so many outsiders around that anything is possible. It's a pity that betting is not allowed," points out Halvard Mabire, the president of the class. There are now no fewer than 30 scows in the fleet.

Mono Rum: Jean-Pierre Dick is the favourite
All eyes will be on Jean-Pierre Dick and his Verdier design (Notre Mediterranean - City of Nice). After four Vendee Globes, two victories in the Barcelona World Race, four in the Transat Jacques Vabre in IMOCA, the Niçois returns here with big ambitions on a race that is missing from his CV

Rum Multi: An historic re-match between the legends
With his famous old Orma 60, Philippe Poupon (Flo) has, on paper, the best of the Rhum Multi fleet. But for this former winner, the primary objective is "to get to the end and tell a great story." Quite a few skippers arrive with similar boats are in this mix including four Multi50s (Interaction, Trilogik - Dys de Cœur, Rayon Vert, Ille et Vilaine -vers inclusion) should be among the front runners.

www.routedurhum.com/en

Cup Spy: Swiss show new development.. Italians hit 28kts before falling over
Luna Rossa and Alinghi Red Bull Racing were the only two teams to sail on Saturday, with the Italians having their first sail in a moderate breeze in their LEQ12. With the change to a boomless mainsail, the Swiss were the first team to unveil the a major new development of any of the five teams competing in the 2024 America's Cup.

Key points October 29, 2022:

Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed their AC75 for the first time in over a week, featuring a new boomless mainsail

Luna Rossa sailed their LEQ12 and got foiling for the fist time unassisted. They also had a zero-speed capsize.

American Magic last sailed their AC75 on October 19, from Pensacola, Fl. This weekend, Doug DeVos and Terry Hutchinson won their fifth 52 Super Series title at Barcelona.

Emirates Team New Zealand last sailed their AC40 on Thursday October 27, and are expected to have moved from One Design to Development mode

INEOS Britannia are yet to sail their newly launched LEQ12 from Mallorca

Richard Gladwell's full article in Sail-World.com

How so? - Reckmann
Bigger yachts, greater loads, fewer crew yet easier sailing. One reason that in 2022 such a bizarre and seemingly conflicting combination of features is possible can simply be described as 'Reckmann'

There is a long-term trend in sailing and especially in cruising. Boats are getting bigger and crews are getting smaller. It's now quite common for a novice sailor's first yacht to be more than 50ft or even 65ft long. Most new cruising boats in that size bracket are designed to be sailed by a couple who may not have a lot of experience, without any other crew on board. Even with the full benefit of today's technologies, this style of short-handed, push-button sailing can be extremely dangerous if you don't have totally reliable, guaranteed failsafe sail-handling hardware and systems. And that's where Reckmann comes in.

'When you sail offshore in a large yacht with a shorthanded crew, your life quite literally depends on a complex, integrated system of mechanical, electric, hydraulic and electronic components,' says Marcus Schuldt, chief executive of Reckmann. 'For previous generations of sailors that would have been unthinkable but the solutions we offer make it feasible today.'

Full article in the November issue of Seahorse

Yara is back
After leaving Italian waters more than 40 years ago, almost forgotten by enthusiasts, this splendid 15 metre wooden yacht is sailing once again in the northern Adriatic Sea. Launched in 1977 by the Crosato yard in the Veneto, she was designed by Carlo Sciarrelli, the Maestro of classic yacht design from Trieste.

Yara is a 15.25 metre masthead rigged sloop (www.yara-sciarrelli.it), built at the Piero Crosato yard in Jesolo in the province of Venice. The gestation of Yara began in 1967 when businessman Adriano Trevisiol of Milan approached a young Carlo Sciarrelli with the embryo of an idea for a yacht. Sciarrelli, who died at the age of 72 in 2006, was a yacht designer from Trieste, destined to become one of the most valued and important interpreters of classic lines in modern wooden yachts.

Given design number 71, on February 26th, 1976, the contract for her construction was signed with Piero Crosato's yard in Jesolo. Construction continued until the summer of 1977 when she was launched. The shipwright and designer for the Alto Adriatico Custom yard, Federico Lenardon (he was also the only student allowed at Sciarrelli's drawing board), described this project as: "....an unconscious headlong flight undertaken by the Maestro to distance himself from the restrictions imposed by the IOR rules that were predominant at the time".

Today, after 45 years of ownership by the same family, Yara's owners are contemplating ceding her to an enthusiastic sailor who would fully appreciate her as one of Carlo Sciarrelli's earliest classic designs, certain that she will be an appreciated participant in any classic yacht event ().

For informations: Luca Trevisiol - Mob. +39 335 281325 - E-mail:

www.yara-sciarrelli.it

18 Skiff Spring Championship Reaches The Half-Way Mark
Tight racing approaching the top mark. Click on image for photo gallery.

The 2022-23 Spring 18ft skiff Championship reaches the half-way mark on Sunday (November 6) when the Australian 18 Footers League conducts Race 4 of the seven-race series, for the Eric Bowen Memorial Trophy, on Sydney Harbour.

Racing in the series so far has been close and unpredictable with three different winners coming from the three races to date and Sunday could produce a fourth different winner as a few of the new teams continue to improve.

Jim Colley's Shaw and Partners Financial Services took out Race 1 then Alex Marinelli's The Oak Double Bay-4 Pines won Race 2.

Last Sunday's honours, in Race 3, went to the young Birkenhead Point Marina team of Kirk Mitchell, Andrew Stephenson and Daniel Barnett who sailed a great race to narrowly take the victory, by just 5secs, from the highly experienced Andoo team of John Winning Jr., Seve Jarvin and Sam Newton.

All three of the winning Birkenhead Point Marina team are products of the Cherub class.

Mitchell and Stephenson team together for two seasons in the Cherubs and were successful in taking out the 2013-14 National Championship. Stephenson later won another Nationals with another skipper.

Barnett also sailed with Mitchell in the Cherubs and the pair sailed a number of races together in the 18ft skiff, Vintec, during the 2017-18 season.

the League's live broadcast team will be out on Sydney Harbour to capture all the action. Live streaming is available at www.18footers.com by clicking on the '18 Footers TV' link. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com

Golden Globe Race to the Cape Town Gate
GGR fleet on the way to Cape Town, last call before the Southern Ocean, battling High Pressure Systems and barnacles (again), and a local hero making a big bet!

Cape Town is a traditional fixture in round the world sailing, and the last port of call for sailors to assess their condition and the one of their boat before venturing in the Indian Ocean. With the strong winds, swell and lack of shelter in the South, once you turn left, there is no turning back...

Some sailors have sorted their issues and maintenance at sea. Simon Curwen (UK) moused his foresail halyard, although he is now facing energy issues. Damien Guillou (FRA) dismantled and put his Hydrovane back together, including the transmission. Ertan Beskardes (UK) finally sorted his electrical problems and is back on full power.

With the barnacle issue and no opportunity to check the hull before Storm Bay in Tasmania where scraping is illegal, several sailors are enquiring whether an anchoring in South Africa would be possible. Some like Elliott Smith (USA) will try to sort their leaking deck, Arnaud Gaist and Damien Guillou (FRA) will change their foresail combination, others will want to check systems of just to feel the warmth of human contact, prior to heading in the extreme solitude of the Indian Ocean.

The leaders Simon Curwen (UK), and Tapio Lehtinen (FIN) are making their way upwind through the northern route in heavy seas as shared today, while Kirsten Neuschäfer (RSA), and Pat Lawless (IRL) have chosen the Southern option on a longer route but faster, more comfortable point of sail. It's been working well for Kirsten, in second position this morning. Damien Guillou (FRA) and Abhilash Tomy (IND) who stayed in a middle route are now in the calm bubble, but should get some pressure coming from the south, where Michael Guggenberger (AUT) is making good progress, catching up on them!

Live Tracker

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Arbitration Panel For AC37 Confirmed
Disputes in the America's Cup are as old as the competition itself. Indeed, trace the history back to that very first race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 where a protest was lodged against the yacht America for rounding inside the Nab Tower light vessel, leaving it to the port hand side when the convention of the time when unspecified in writing was to pass to starboard, and it set the tone for the next 36 challenges for what became the America's Cup.

In the modern America's Cup the formation of an 'Arbitration Panel' was deemed necessary to resolve disputes that fell outside of the racing rules of sailing or the individual class rules of the yachts themselves as well as being a vital source of arbitration between the Defender, the Challenger of Record or individual Challengers should the need arise.

For AC37, the panel has now been selected and is in place with David Tillett (Chairman) from Australia and Graham McKenzie from New Zealand, who were both on the AC36 Arbitration Panel, being joined by Bryan Willis from Great Britain.

"Hugely respected in their own rights as sailors first and foremost, the Arbitration Panel brings great experience as Grant Dalton, CEO of America's Cup comments: "I'm delighted to welcome back David and Graham from AC36 and of course Bryan who is very widely respected into their positions on the Arbitration Panel. We've assembled the very best in our sport for the role and their impartiality and wisdom is something that will ensure fairness and equanimity throughout AC37 in Barcelona. Individually they are all hugely respected in the sport, and specifically within the America's Cup where they have so much experience, and we simply could not have assembled better representatives to make up the Panel. I wish them every success going forward."

americascup.com

Industry News
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The Britannia Sailing Trust, responsible for the restoration in Devon of Britannia, a sixty-foot East Coast smack, recently won two awards at the National Transport Trust's annual award ceremony. One for the excellence of the project and the Peter Allen award given to the best of the best of this year's restoration projects.

The Britannia Sailing Trust was formed in 2014 when the badly deteriorated Britannia was discovered in Brixham. She was initially motored down to Gweek and then for practical reasons, was transported overland to Winkleigh in central Devon.

Britannia was launched in 1915 out of the Worfolk Brothers' yard in Kings Lynn. She was the largest of her type ever built and is now the last one of her type left in the world. After stripping her back, removing substandard timbers the trust was surprised at how many of her original timbers, harvested from the Royal Forest of Sandringham, were still sound.

Sam and Vicki Samuels who owned, lived aboard and brought up their two boys on Britannia from 1973 until 1996 when they sold her, are both heavily involved in this award-winning restoration.

As with all large vessel restorations, Britannia has soaked up a substantial amount of money. The trust is indebted to various grant makers including the lottery fund for providing essential funding. -- Rob Peake

Read more in Classic Boat

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Ingrid Abery Photography is celebrating 100 front covers. And every powerful picture certainly tells a story. Great memories!!

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Yacht Racing Forum / Design & Technology Symposium shaping up to be an unmissable event With three weeks to go, the Yacht Racing Forum is in its final stages of preparation. The programme is complete, while the list of speakers includes no less than 70 industry leaders.

What can yacht racing learn from Formula 1?
Why should yacht racing embrace blockchain strategy (and what is it)?
What impact will the America's Cup have on mainstream sailing?
What are the latest trends in communication and marketing, and how can these be applied to our sport?
These are some of the questions that will be answered by the speakers at the upcoming Yacht Racing Forum in Malta.

The forum programme

Registration is open at www.yachtracingforum.com

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boatica Cape Town 2022 is a wrap. The 20th edition of the event took place from 28 October - 30 November 2022 at the V&A Waterfront

Five new vessels were launched at the show - these included the HopYacht30 Catamaran, SuperTech's Leeuwin42 Sailing Catamaran, Maiden Voyage Industries' Invicta 30, The Nutshell 26 Compact Catamaran and Natal Caravan's Getaway 520. Several new marine products also launched new products over the weekend - some of which included Raymarine's Yachtsense Ecosystem, Carbie Poles Carbon Fibre Shade Poles, EvadeX Marine Decking and Esthec Composite Decking.

The Great Optimist Race was once again a show highlight and took place on Saturday 29 October and raised R130 000 for various charitable initiatives. Hamilton Slater, representing Ullman Sails, took line honours and ended Caleb Swanepoel's two-year reign on the title.

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The owner of Najad has bought the service and maintenance yard, Orust Yacht Service AB, including the company's production and harbour facilities. Given the acquisition, Najad will be moving production back to Henan, on the island of Orust, Sweden. For Najad it means that the company once again can fully leverage the experience and knowledge that exists from the boatbuilders on Orust.

Orust Yacht Service is among one of northern Europe's largest and most respected service, repair, and maintenance yards for sailing boats. The company will continue to be managed as a separate entity offering its quality service to a wide range of customers, regardless of brand. The appointed CEO for Orust Yacht Service is Andreas Samuelsson, formerly the co-owner and Production Director within the company.

Former CEO & boatbuilder, Claes Samuelsson, who successfully built Orust Yacht Service to the company it is today, will continue to support Najad and Orust Yacht Service during the transition period to assist with the future growth of both companies.

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Alistair Murray AM and Shevaun Bruland to lead Australian Sailing Board

Australian Sailing has announced that Alistair Murray AM will be its new President, and Shevaun Bruland the new Vice President after their election at the 2022 Annual General Meeting.

Murray has been the Vice President of the Board since 2019 after joining as a Director in 2016, whilst Bruland commenced her term in 2019.

Murray and Bruland will be charged with ensuring Australian Sailing delivers on its freshly minted 10-year strategy, Sailing 2032.

The Presidency became vacant after outgoing President Daniel Belcher finished his term at the AGM.

Incoming President Murray is the current Chair of Ronstan, an organisation he has been with for 46 years.

Bruland has been a member of the World Sailing Equipment Committee since 2020, and prior to her time on the Australian Sailing Board she spent five years on the board of Yachting South Australia

Murray will serve a two-year term as President before his term as a Director finishes in 2024.

sailing.org.au

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CDK Technologies will expand its Lorient site

The specialist in the construction of offshore racing boats has planned to expand its site based in Lorient (Morbihan) by 6,000 m². It also announces the acquisition of C3 Technologies, near La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime).

The company that designs and manufactures sailboats for offshore racing has announced a project to extend its site located in Lorient, in Morbihan. Its surface will thus increase from 6,000 to 12,000 m2. Work should begin in the second quarter of 2023 for a period of two years. This expansion will allow the company to "diversify" with "new spaces dedicated to customer requests that we intend to address in the yachting industry, or in other industries requiring high performance composite application", specifies Cyril Abiteboul , the director of CDK Technologies.

CDK Technologies announced the takeover of the company C3 Technologies. Based near La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), the latter employs 28 people, all specialists in the design and manufacture of composite parts such as daggerboards and rudders, technical equipment essential to the operation of offshore racing yachts. .

www.lesechos.fr

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The Last Word
As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. -- Chogyam Trungpa

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