In This Issue
• Route du Rhum
• English rookie Harayda ready to rhumble
• 2023 Aegean 600 Race
• Caribbean Multihull Challenge
• Ireland's Women On Water
• Latest 18ft Skiff For The Rag & Famish Hotel
• Cup Spy Nov 6: Luna Rossa drops rig
• Barfoot & Thompson Women's MR Worlds
• Selden Sailjuice Winter Series
• Featured Charter: Reichel Pugh 86 - Way of Life
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Melges IC37 - Fargo
• • HH42 - INO XXX
• • MC68 multihull
• The Last Word: Bob Saget

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Route du Rhum
Delayed Route du Rhum start will be rewarded by favourable conditions but early dynamic decisions will hold the key to winning

A record sized armada of 138 solo skippers set to race in six different classes should be blessed with brisk but very manageable wind and sea conditions when the 12th Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe starts Wednesday at 1415hrs off Saint Malo. After waiting for the start rescheduled from Sunday lunchtime due to a big storm which blew through Monday, the reward seems set to be W'ly winds of between 13 and 15kts with a bumpy, choppy sea made difficult by the residual swell of between 1 and 1.5m. There should be some breaks in the cloud maybe with some sunny interludes.

From the start line to the Cape Frehel gate it will be almost dead upwind. With the massive fleet starting off the same line, maximum concentration and anticipation will be required. After the gate the objective is to get out of the Channel as efficiently and safely as possible, avoiding the no-go areas such as a large wind-farm to the SW of the main westwards course. As they progress towards the tip of Brittany the seas will build to 3 to 4.5 metres. By the end of Wednesday evening the fastest Ultim 32/23s should already be into the Atlantic in a lifting breeze.

Thereafter the strategic choices are fairly open. The first decision is whether to go south or north of the Ushant traffic separation scheme. As usual the option to head west and north will encounter the toughest conditions through a front set to lie between the Azores and Ireland. The conservative option is going south across the Bay of Biscay, increasingly for the fast foiling boats like the newer IMOCAs and the Multi 50s it is the optimum sea state rather than wind strength which will affect the routing.

Tomorrow morning (Wednesday) the Rhum Multi category will be the first to leave the dock from 0620hrs, followed an hour later by the Rhum Mono and the final three Rhum Multi boats. Finally, the Class40 monohulls will go through the locks at 0820 and 0920hrs. The whole fleet will then remain at sea until the start at 1415hrs.

You can follow the tracker on the website with updates every five minutes until 5 miles west of Cape Frehel, then every 15 minutes until midnight. After that, the tracker will be updated every hour until they near Guadeloupe.

There is a live English feed of the start on the website and on the social networks

Facebook (live broadcast of the start)

www.routedurhum.com/en

English rookie Harayda ready to rhumble
At 24 years old the British rookie James Harayda is the youngest skipper in the IMOCA class. He is setting off on his first major ocean race armed with a well founded, strong and reliable 2007 Finot Conq design which was previously Stephane le Diraison's A Time for Oceans and an ample supply of confidence

After two seasons sailing double-handed with Dee Caffari on a SunFast 3300, collecting the British national two handed title along the way and benefiting from Caffari's decades of deep ocean experience, Harayda is doing all he can to fast track his way to the 2024 Vendee Globe.

Since he acquired his boat in the spring Harayda has sailed nearly 5000 miles including his Route du Rhum qualifier, "I'm not feeling a huge amount of pressure at the moment. I'm looking at it more as a learning experience." He says, " These are useful qualifying miles for me. I'm feeling very comfortable with the boat now and have got my head around most of it. I'm trying to get to the next level in terms of performance, which is something I'm working on. I've been fortunate to go out and do a lot of sailing this season. The Route du Rhum qualifier was the first time I'd been out on the boat by myself. I had a knee injury before that and there was the refit of the boat. I had 25 knots gusting to low thirties for several days, so I feel good with the boat."

www.routedurhum.com

2023 Aegean 600 Race
The relationship of the Greeks with the sea has been measured for millennia. Since ancient times, with their small sailboats or rowing boats, they were bold seafarers and explorers. In modern times, our sailing athletes are amongst the world's leading and compete in international events in Olympic classes as well as inshore and offshore regattas.

The Aegean Sea, known from philosophy, literature and fine arts to all civilized world, is one of the most beautiful sailing venues for racing and leisure sailing. The Hellenic Offshore Racing Club, a yacht club with extensive experience in organizing international events, decided to give sailors the opportunity to take part in a 600 nm non-stop race. AEGEAN 600 is a race with many challenges as the participants will need to come "face-to-face" with the famous Aegean Northern winds while, at the same time, enjoy the beauties of the Aegean islands.

As a member of the International Olympic Committee, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee and a former Olympic athlete, I would like to invite sailors to take part in the "AEGEAN 600", wish them to enjoy the sailing race as well as the parallel onshore events planned by the organizing committee, always taking into consideration the principles and values of Greek hospitality.

Spyros Kapralos
President Hellenic Olympic Committee

The 2023 edition of the Aegean 600 takes place 7-15 July. For information on how to register, marina and accomodation details, contact us at or call (+30) 210411 3201

aegean600.com

Caribbean Multihull Challenge Announces prize for the winner of the CMC Trifecta
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten: The organizers of the February 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge Race and Rally announce that the winner of the 2023 Caribbean Multihull Challenge TRIFECTA will receive a beautiful and durable Aquis Diving Watch worth $2,000.00 provided by Gold Sponsor ORIS Watches of Holstein, Switzerland.

Competitors in the new CMC TRIFECTA will race on three consecutive days in the winter trade winds off the coast of Dutch and French St Maarten/St Martin. Each day will feature another race to be scheduled by Race Officer Rien Korteknie based on his estimation of that specific day's weather.

The TRIFECTA consists of three challenging courses:

- The Caribbean Multihull Challenge 60-Mile Sprint
- The Around Saba Dash
- SXM Circle Race

Registration is now open at YachtScoring.com

Further details at CarribeanMultihullChallenge.com

Ireland's Women On Water Are Doing Fine - It's The Men Who Need Help
Anyone with a basic knowledge of the development of sailing in Ireland - particularly from 1890 onwards - will be aware that women sailors played an active role afloat in this country's sailing boat sport for a long time. For how could it be otherwise in an island nation which produced the great sea queen Granuaille? Admittedly, most of the ancient organisations in sailing appeared to have a sometimes totally male dominance in their membership requirements and general administration. But nevertheless, a significant element in the more forward-thinking sectors in the sport provided women with an at least equal role, even if some of the dinosaurs on the male side liked to think that their gender - and they themselves in particular - were the all-powerful hubs of the universe.

Recent national developments in sailing regarding female participation are frankly bewildering for anyone with the slightest knowledge of the everyday history of our sport.

Thus It looks to us as though today's maritime-minded women of Ireland are getting a very raw deal. They're being treated as some sort of inferior species that can't even think of going near a boat without the support of various well-meaning initiatives, of which the apparently well-resourced and doubtless well-meaning Women-on-Water movement is the most conspicuous.

Yet it seems to exist on the hypothesis that our sailing women, or would-be sailing women, are delicate flowers who need to be nurtured, cosseted and encouraged in every way possible in order to get them into a boat. And to add further insult, its existence suggests that those many women sailors from throughout Ireland who have already made it to the top on their own abilities over many decades are some sort of freaks.

WM Nixon's full article in Afloat magazine

Latest 18ft Skiff For The Rag & Famish Hotel
The original Rag & Famish Hotel skiff in 1996. Photo by Frank Quealey. Click on image for photo gallery.

The latest in a line of Rag & Famish Hotel 18ft skiffs, dating back to 1996, was launched in the rigging area alongside the Australian 18 Footers League clubhouse in Double Bay on Sunday October 30 and continues the unbroken, highly successful 26-year association between the hotel and the club.

The North Sydney hotel and the iconic Australian 18 footers, both go back to the 19th Century, but still remain prominent features of Sydney and both have a strong family tradition, particularly since the late George Calligeros purchased 'The Rag' in May 1975.

Since George's passing, the hotel has continued to develop the strong family values through Peter and Anna Calligeros, who continue to run the business under the Calligeros Hotel group.

The continuation of the association with the club is a great tribute to the memory of George Calligeros.

During the early years of sponsorship, George Calligeros was a regular in the Double Bay Park rigging area, speaking with his crew, then following the team as an on-the-water supporter, from the cockpit of 'Bonito', where he would sit, with a beer in hand, watching his crew go around the track and screaming at the top of his lungs "Go The Rag".

One problem for George was eyesight and he was concerned that he couldn't always see where his boat was on the track. A problem he solved when The Rag started carrying a bright fluro-yellow spinnaker, which could be seen all over Sydney Harbour in the 1999-2000 season.

Fortunately, George got to see his dream of winning a JJ Giltinan world Championship before he passed away in 2005, but his memory is still large at each JJs regatta when the George Calligeros Memorial trophy is presented to the winning team of Race 1 in the championship. -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com

Cup Spy Nov 6: Luna Rossa drops rig
What happened in the Cup - November 6, 2022:

- Luna Rossa had a rigging mishap before launching at their base in Cagliari

American Magic did not sail on Sunday.

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

Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed on Saturday, from Barcelona

Emirates Team New Zealand were expected to sail on Monday, before several team members headed for the next round of SailGP in Dubai.

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli - LEQ12 - Cagliari

Italian America's Cup Challenger, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli dropped their rig while in the pre-launch process on their LEQ12, in Cagliari, Sardinia on Sunday (local time).

No statement has been issued by the team however information has been posted in the AC37 Joint Recon project repository. -- Richard Gladwell

www.sail-world.com

Barfoot & Thompson Women's Match Racing World Championship
The Waitemata Harbour stage is set for its second consecutive week of world-class sailing with the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron hosting the Barfoot & Thompson Women's Match Racing World Championships (WMRWC) from the 9th to the 13th of November 2022.

The World Championships follow an extremely competitive New Zealand Women's Match Racing Championship (NZWMRC) regatta last weekend. With the addition of eight more international teams for this weekend's World Championships, there will be another elite display of match racing in the City of Sails.

The regatta will be held in the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron's fleet of Elliott 7s, a one-design boat similar to the Elliott 6s used in the 2012 Women's Match Racing Olympics. This fleet, alongside RNZYS' Youth Training and Performance Programmes, is responsible for creating some of the best match racers in both the open and women divisions.

Teams competing:
- Match in Pink (FRA) - Pauline Courtois, Maelenn Lemaitre, Louise Acker, Thea Khelif, Clara Bayou
- WINGS (SWE) - Anna Östling, Anna Holmdal, Annika Carlunger, Annie Saeedfar Wennergren, Linnea Wennergren
- Edge Racing (NZL) - Celia Willison, Charlotte Porter, Serena Woodall, Paige Cook, Alison Kent
- 2.0 Racing (NZL) - Megan Thomson, Ellie Copeland, Chelsea Rees, Josi Andres, Anna Merchant
- Matchmoiselles (FRA) - Margot Vennin, Juliette Dubreuil, Elena Circiello-Vaillant, Clotilde Poncon, Chloe Salon
- As One (USA) - Janel Zarkowsky, Allie Blecher, Rose Edwards, Meaghan MacRae, Aimee Famularo
- Easy Tiger Racing (AUS) - Juliet Costanzo, Jemma Hodgson, Sarah Parker, Ruby Scholten, Rosie Rowell
- Team Bergqvist (SWE) - Johanna Bergqvist, Isabelle Bergqvist, Ellinor Hansson, Fanny Edgren, Clare Costanzo
- Vela Racing (USA) - Nicole Breault, Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer, Dana Riley Hayes, Karen Loutzenheiser, Julie Mitchell
- APCC Women's Racing (FRA) - Margot Riou, Maiwenn Deffontaines, Tiphanie Ragueneau, Chloe Le Roux, Blandine Jaffrain
- Athena Racing (GBR) - Octavia Owen, Chloe Collenette, Arwen Fflur, Charlotte Fensom, Jasmine Boote
- Five by Five Racing (GBR) - Allison Morrish, Emily Robertson, Anna Carpenter, Rebecca 'Boo' Coles, Sarah Jarman
- CYCA (AUS) Chelsea Williams, Jessica Tavener, Charlotte Alexander, Sofia Higgott, Audrey Scheu
- Sailing Mums (NZL) Samantha Norman, Polly Powrie, Miranda Addy, Hana Hielkema, Bex Costello

rnzys.org.nz

Craftinsure Returns To Sponsor 'Top Class' In Selden Sailjuice Winter Series
The 14th edition of the Selden SailJuice Winter Series gets going in less than two weeks' time with the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash on 19 & 20 November 2022.

Aside from the main contest for overall honours, there are lots of other category competitions including 'Top Class', which is based on taking the best three results from each class in each individual race of the Series. Craftinsure.com returns as a category sponsor of the the Selden SailJuice Winter Series, this time as supporter of 'Top Class' as well as subsidising the travel and running costs of Series photographer Tim Olin who captures hundreds of photos of competitors during the course of the winter championship.

At the helm of Craftinsure.com is Rob Cage who has won a few championships in his long years of dinghy racing. Most weekends Rob is racing either his ILCA, Scorpion or Merlin Rocket, and each winter usually competes in a couple of the events in the Selden SailJuice Winter Series.

There are many other different categories available for sponsorship in the Series. If you're interested in becoming a commercial sponsor for one of the different categories (eg. Family/ Lady/ Club/ Youth), please contact:

www.sailjuiceseries.com

Entries are already coming in for the Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, which you must enter by Tuesday 15 November. There is no late entry permitted for this event.

The following events are in the Selden SailJuice Winter Series 2022/23:
- Fernhurst Books Draycote Dash, Draycote Water Sailing Club - 20 & 21 November 2022
- Datchet Flyer, Datchet Water Sailing Club - 3 & 4 December 2022
- Yorkshire Dales Brass Monkey, Yorkshire Dales Sailing Club - 27 December 2022
- Burghfield Breezer, Burghfield Sailing Club - 27 December 2022
- Grafham Grand Prix, Grafham Water Sailing Club - 2 January 2023
- Bloody Mary, Queen Mary Sailing Club - 7 January 2023
- King George Gallop, King George Sailing Club - 21 January 2023
- John Merricks Tiger Trophy, Rutland Sailing Club - 4 & 5 February 2023
- Oxford Blue, Oxford Sailing Club - 18 February 2023
- Prizegiving at RYA Dinghy Show, Farnborough - 25 February 2023

Featured Charter
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Contact
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Featured Brokerage
2021 Melges IC37 - Fargo. 275000 GBP. Located in UK.

"Fargo" is the newest IC37 on the planet and developed far beyond the standard OD specification. In current format she is exceptionally potent under IRC and ORCi, but of course an inherent ability to comply to the One Design format, should you so wish. Immaculately presented and ready to race.

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Contact
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+447759 424900
+442380 016582

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2013 HH42 - INO XXX. 375000 GBP. Located in Malta.

HH42, INO XXX is one of the most successful RORC yachts on the last few years. Now turbocharged into an offshore rocket with twin rudders, deeper keel and bigger rig. 2nd in the Fastnet 2021, and has the horsepower to go one better in 2023.

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Berthon UK
Tel: 0044 (0)1590 679 222
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MC68 multihull. POA USD.

One of the largest models in our innovative multihull series, the MC68 is designed with the performance cruiser in mind.

At 68ft length overall, the MC68 offers increased interior volume, enhanced performance and impressive capabilities for spending long periods at sea.

The MC68’s accommodation arrangement offers three guest cabins and one crew cabin as standard; a four-cabin layout (all en suite) or two variations of a five-cabin layout, which are ideal for a boat that will run with a live-aboard crew.

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The Last Word
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