In This Issue
• WindWhisper wins Ocean Race VO65 Sprint first stage
• Golden Globe attrition, frustration and barnacles
• Clipper Race fleet extends partnership with Marlow Ropes
• Pyewacket70 and Callisto blast reach out of Miami
• Wight Vodka Best Sailors Bar
• The STOPOVER series unveiled
• Lanzarote iQFOiL Games
• Melges 24 Class Celebrates 30 Years of Racing
• New Tall Ship to Sail the Great Lakes
• Featured Charter: Sailplane Mills 41
• Featured Brokerage:
• • X-Yachts X-65
• • Pogo 12.50 Hermes
• • CF 520 IRC Racing Yacht
• The Last Word: Emo Philips

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WindWhisper Racing Team win stage one of The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint
The Ocean Race veteran Pablo Arrarte has led his team to victory in the first stage of the inaugural The Ocean Race VO65 Sprint.

The team battled hard on the opening 48 hours of the race to escape the brutal conditions of the Mediterranean with a lead and was able to extend and protect from there in the fast, downwind conditions of the Atlantic.

WindWhisper crossed the finishing line at 14:11:14 UTC with an elapsed time of 6d 01h 11min 14s.

VO65 Rankings
1. WindWhisper Racing, finished, 5d 16h 35m 21s
2. Team JAJO, finished, 6d 4h 52m 52s
3. Austrian Ocean Racing - Team Genova, finished, 6d 19h 13m 54s
4. Ambersail 2, finished, 6d 21h 49m 04s
5. Viva Mexico, 690.7 miles to leader
6. Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team - Retired from leg

theoceanrace.com

Golden Globe attrition, frustration and barnacles
Simon Curwen untouchable for now bound for Cape Horn, as Kirsten Neuschäfer struggles to keep pace with Abhilash Tomy.

Jeremy Bagshaw's lost battle! Beaten by barnacles once again and in Chichester Class, no longer in the GGR rankings.

Ian Herbert-Jones 5th into Hobart playing the game of attrition, and will leave after Jeremy.

Elliott Smith makes landfall in Australia, ending his round the world dream. He will be missed, but what an adventure it's been!

With Elliott out of the race and Jeremy beaten by barnacles, there are now just five contenders left for the GGR trophy in Les Sables d'Olonne and two sailors in Chichester Class with Guy Waites about to be dropped. Global warming or new found resistance? The barnacles are back big time in the Southern Ocean forcing Jeremy to stop and colonising Nuri's hull! Could they also be the reason why Kirsten is slowing down?

Elliott Smith (USA) arrived to a warm Aussie welcome in the Fremantle Sailing Club marina after crossing Cape Leeuwin earlier this week. The 27 y/o American sailor has sailed 14.000 miles non-stop, solo, unassisted and crossed two of the great Capes out of three! His challenges have been more than most, sailing the last 5000 miles with significant damage to his bowsprit and the last few weeks with no forestay at all after repairs failed. He has shown true grit and determination with real seamanship and skill to make landfall. His tweets, and satellite call to GGR have kept followers engrossed in his voyage and mindset.

It's been quite an adventure and while he is disappointed at not tying the knot into to Les Sables d'Olonne, has no complaints as he shared in his latest tweet.: 24: #ElliottSmith (USA) – Gale Force 34 "Second Wind":thank you everyone.. I am grateful for everything and I have no complaints, whatsoever.

He plans to repair the "Second Wind", then offer her up for sale to another adventure. Bravo Elliott, what a ride it's been!

goldengloberace.com

Clipper Race fleet moves to sustainable running rigging as it extends partnership with Marlow Ropes
Marlow Ropes will be supplying innovative, sustainably made and recyclable running rigging for the eleven-strong fleet in the upcoming Clipper 2023-24 Race. Made with 73% recycled or sustainably manufactured raw materials, this will be the first fleet and ocean race where this type of recycled and sustainable rigging is used – a big leap for both sustainable rope manufacturing and for the leisure marine industry.

The announcement marks over 20 years of partnership for the two organisations, spanning ten editions of the Clipper Race. Throughout this relationship, Marlow Ropes has continued to research, develop and refine its products in the ultimate R&D setting- a 40,000 mile circumnavigation where matched ocean-racing yachts face extreme conditions and intense racing.

If there is space please could we add this last bit in, otherwise happy for you to finish after 'intense racing'

Every rope will now be made using a Bio-Dyneema® core, a sustainably sourced synthetic fibre which has the lowest carbon footprint per unit strength compared to other synthetic fibres as its production relies less on fossil fuels. Whilst the majority of rope covers will be made from blended Blue Ocean rPET (recycled polyester) yarn made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The durability of this yarn was successfully trialled in the 2019-20 edition, with each yacht using Blue Ocean mooring lines used whilst docking in ports around the world.

Click to read the full announcement

marlowropes.com

Pyewacket70 and Callisto blast reach out of Miami
Pyewacket70, the modified Volvo70 owned by Roy P. Disney and Callisto Racing, owned by Kate and Jim Murray got off to a flying start in the second start of the 35th Pineapple Cup - Montego Bay Race. Both teams crossed the Appleton Estate start line at 1405 ET under sunny skies in a 12-15 knot southwesterly.

Rikki, the third team competing in this year's Pineapple Cup started yesterday as organizers have a staggered start to help ensure teams arrive around the same time into Montego Bay. Tracking will update every 30 minutes at: http://pineapplecup.com and via the YB Tracking App.

Pyewacket70 is made up of multiple Volvo Ocean Race winners including 2-time America's Cup winner and Olympic sailor Peter Isler, 2-time Volvo Ocean Race winner Tony Mutter along with multiple Volvo Ocean Race competitors Daryl Wislang and Brad Jackson. The full crew list can be found here. Pyewacket has their sights set on the race record for monohulls last set in 2005 by Tom Hill's Titan 12 at 2 days, 10 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds.

Race Tracker

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Wight Vodka Best Sailors Bar
Sloop Tavern, Ballard, USA -- this is the second year that the Sloop Tavern has made it into the top ten. This is the antithesis of the blue-blazer yacht club bar. Hence a perfect bar for rig rats, foredeck apes and the like. No frills, no BS.

" We are the original home of the super mug or as we like to call it the Slooper; 34oz of the coldest beer in town! Great bar food including our world famous hand breaded fish and chips."

The Sloop has 15 total taps including 1 cider tap and 5 rotating taps. The Sloopersize is 33.8oz of the coldest beer in town served in a chilled mug. Fun fact: the Sloop Tavern sells the most draft Rainier beer in the state of Washington. The Sloop Tavern may not be your next destination for a romantic candlelit dinner but we do have carpet ... and when was the last time you had the luxury of experiencing a carpeted bar?

If this sounds like your kind of bar, vote for the Sloop Tavern to take the top of this year's podium: eurosailnews.com/sailors-bars

The STOPOVER series unveiled
Behind the scenes around the world with the IMOCA teams

The Ocean Race, a crewed round the world race, has seven stopovers in all, over six months. A race start in Alicante last Sunday followed by seven stopovers and hence eight episodes filming behind the scenes of each IMOCA team, through the joys and disappointments, the work and the rest. This documentary series is produced by IMOCA in collaboration with Ouest-France and filmed by polaRYSE. It contains exciting new footage with episode one focusing on the last week in Spain.

Flying windsurfing debuts tomorrow at the 2023 Lanzarote iQFOiL Games
In effect it will be a starting signal for the first event on the world circuit on course for Paris 2024 where the iQFOiL class will debut as an Olympic class. More than 150 sailors representing 35 countries of the five continents will compete in the Canary Islands over the coming days. Among them, there will be the defending world champions Sebastian Kördel (GER), Marta Maggetti (ITA) and the winners of the last edition in Lanzarote Nicolas Goyard (FRA) and Pilar Lamadrid (ESP). Racing starts at 13:00 CET and can be followed live on the YouTube channel of the iQFOil class.

More than 150 sailors from 35 countries in Lanzarote
35 countries from five continents will be represented over five days of competition on the waters of the famous Canary Island and there will be a total of 151 sailors who will go out into the water tomorrow to compete on the first racing day.

There is no shortage of top contenders, many from the world's top 10 in the class, including the current iQFOiL world champions, Sebastian Kördel (GER) and Marta Maggetti (ITA), as well as the 2021 world champion and winner of the last edition in Lanzarote, Nicolas Goyard (FRA). The three of them today took their places at the official presentation to the media of what is the first test of the international circuit, the iQFOiL Games 2023.

lanzarotesalingcenter.com

Melges 24 Class Celebrates 30 Years of Racing, 1993-2023
Introduced in 1993, built by Melges Performance Sailboats and designed by Reichel/Pugh, the Melges 24 experienced instant success. It was awarded Sailing World Magazine's prestigious Boat of the Year in 1994. And by 1998, the Melges 24 became massively popular in the U.S. and across Europe resulting in its first World Championship taking place in Torquay, UK.

In celebration of the Melges 24's 30th Anniversary, the U.S. Melges 24 Class developed a M24@30 logo to mark the milestone. It symbolizes a modern stance on sportboat racing, and represents this iconic boat and all the people, past and present, that have made it the ultimate 'it' boat. Celebrating 30 Years of Racing the Melges 24.

Throughout 2023, the USM24CA and IM24CA will be telling the story of the Melges 24 as we work our way up to the U.S. National Championship happening at its birthplace in Lake Geneva, WI on October 6-8. This is the exact place where its ultra coolness, innovation and cutting-edge sailing concepts met the surface of the water for the very first time.

The Class is also happy to share the M24@30 logo so you can add it to your team gear, websites and social media channels for the 2023 season. Join us in celebrating the Melges 24!

Request the Logo File.

melges24.com

New Tall Ship Will Be Coming to Grand Traverse Bay to Sail the Great Lakes
There will be a new tall ship sailing the Great Lakes this year, and it will soon be heading to its new home in Northern Michigan.

The Inland Seas Education Association made the big announcement to its supporters, they've acquired a new vessel. The schooner "Alliance" will be joining the fleet on West Grand Traverse Bay. "It's a perfect fit for an addition to our fleet, and it's going to allow us to reach more people throughout the Great Lakes and offer our programs at different ports throughout the Great Lakes," says ISEA Associate Director Juliana Lisuk.

It's not a replacement, but an addition to the Schooner "Inland Seas" already in use. The three masts of the "Alliance" top out at 105-feet tall. The group says they'll be able to expand their educational offerings.

The Alliance will be moving from its current home in Virginia to northern Michigan this June.

"This spring, alliance will be making a grand journey home to her new home in the Great Lakes. And we'll be going through the whole St. Lawrence Seaway and through Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and Lake Huron. And coming back to Suttons Bay by the end of June," Lisuk says.

Inland Seas has already hired another captain for the vessel and plans to make additional hires for the summer season as they add programs and opportunities.

Alliance is a three-masted, gaff-rigged schooner, measuring 105' with a Coast Guard license to carry 54 passengers. Originally named Kathryn B., she sailed as a part of a windjammer fleet off the coast of Maine. Sold in 2005, she sailed to Yorktown, Virginia, and was rechristened Alliance in honor of the American-French partnership during the American War of Independence. The Alliance is the vessel built right after Inland Seas at the Treworgy Shipyard in Palm Coast, Florida. Inland Seas was launched in 1994 and Alliance was launched in 1995. While they were designed by different architects, the vessels have many similarities including having the same John Deere engine.

Alliance will spend the winter in her current home waters of Yorktown, VA. We anticipate we will begin the trip from Virginia to Michigan at the beginning of May.

9and10news.com

Featured Charter
SAILPLANE - Mills 41. POA GBP.

Sailplane Mills 41 available for FASTNET charter - includes Fastnet entry

Class winner and 5 overall in the 2021 Fastnet

Current P40 champion

3rd in IRC Europeans 2022 class 1

Contact
Rob Bottomley +447799696748
email:

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Featured Brokerage
2010 X-Yachts X-65. 1050000 EUR. Located in Izola, Slovenia.

Huge spec, just under her second ownership X-65 with carbon rig and Park Avenue boom. Almost every possible option ticked including generator, watermaker, air-con, bowthruster, electric winches and so on.

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Contact
Michele Antonini - Grabau International (Italia)
Tel: +39 333 74 89 281
Email:

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2012 Pogo 12.50 Hermes. 295,000 USD. Located in NYC, USA.

Fully equipped Class40 racer-cruiser, this turbocharged 2012 Pogo 12.50 is a turn-key package.

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Ocean Racers

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CF 520 IRC Racing Yacht. POA GBP

Oystercatcher XXXV, the first example of the CF-520 by Carkeek Design and Fibre Mechanics, was launched in April 2021. Boat two is currently under construction in Fibre Mechanics’ Lymington yard and is scheduled for completion in April 2022. A build slot for boat three is now available, starting December ’21 launching June ‘22.

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Contact
FIBRE MECHANICS
18 Waterloo Road
Lymington, SO41 9DB, UK
+44 (0)1590 427007

www.fibremechanics.com/yachts/cf-520

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The Last Word
So I'm at the wailing wall, standing there like a moron, with my harpoon. -- Emo Philiips

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