In This Issue
• Caribbean Multihull Challenge
• Globe 40 headed to Grenada
• Harken Electric Winches Make Sailing Gloves Last Longer
• 11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia win the weekend
• SailGP will not visit the UK in 2023
• Transpac Navigation Seminar with Peter Isler
• Quarter Ton Cup Notice of Race
• Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca
• Lanzarote International Regatta
• Featured Charter: Pata Negra - Marc Lombard IRC 46
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Carkeek 46 - "LOKI"
• • MC62 Multihull
• • Persico Fly 40
• No Issue on Wednesday
• The Last Word: Douglas Hofstadter

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Caribbean Multihull Challenge
Simpson Bay, St Maarten: In a spectacular conclusion to what had been a sensational fifth edition of the Caribbean Multihull Challenge Race and Rally, the racing classes and rally fleet converged along the southwestern shores of St. Maarten today to wrap up three remarkable days of sailing. Together, under colorful, billowing spinnakers and with spray flying in easterly trade-wind gusts of well over 20 knots, the combined fields of racing and performance-cruising catamarans and trimarans powered to the finish line in company through the roiled waters of Simpson Bay.

There were winners, of course, in all four of the racing divisions, with two boats headlining the action and taking home Swiss watches from longtime CMC sponsor Oris Holstein: Pierre Altier's Diam 24, Cry Baby, which won the Diam 24 division and was named the regatta's Most Worthy Performer for registering the most convincing victory in the event's most competitive class.

Greg Slyngstad's Fujin, which won today's CMC 27 Mile Around Island Circle Race sponsored by Amstel Bright with a time of 2h, 10m, 22s, earned their timepiece for capturing the CMC Trifecta with first places in all three of the event's offshore contests. The 53-foot cat also won Friday's Around Saba Dash sponsored by the Sint Maarten Tourism Bureau and Saturday's Caribbean 60 Mile Multihull Sprint around St. Barth's, sponsored by FKG Rigging.

In the other racing classes, Arthur Banting's Tryst won CSA 2 and Georges Coutu's La Novia was the winner of CSA 3. In the rally fleet, at this evening's prizegiving ceremonies at the St. Maarten Yacht Club, Ron Boehm's beautiful blue Bob Perry-designed Antrim 52, Little Wing, received the award for the Estimated Time Challenge and the Bingo Card Challenge, with Darren Seltzer' colorful Neel 45 trimaran, Panda Rosso, a close second.

The sixth Caribbean Multihull Challenge Race and Rally will take place February 2-4, 2024. -- Herb McCormick

caribbeanmultihullchallenge.com

Globe 40 headed to Grenada
At 15:00 hours local time Sunday, the GLOBE40 skippers took the start of the 7th and penultimate leg of the event, which will lead the fleet to the island of Grenada in the West Indies. The crews cast off from the brand-new Recife Marina to make for the start line, in the middle of the harbour, just off the famous Marco Zero Square, Recife's historic centre, where giant screens have already been installed for the upcoming carnival.

In this next 2,000-mile leg, which kicks off with a passage through the doldrums, the competitors are set to be swept along to their destination in the West Indies by the E'ly trade wind. On paper then, a fairly simple leg awaits, though it comes with the risk of heavy shipping along the coast and fierce competition, with just 3 points separating the top two crews in the overall ranking: the Dutch on SEC HAYAI and the Americans on AMHAS, who won the previous leg. Meantime, Japanese team MILAI Around The World is making a concerted effort to complete repairs in Argentina and rejoin the race.

The racetrack for this next leg will stretch across Brazil, from offshore of Fortaleza in northern Recife to Belem at the gateway to the Amazon River, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, and finally Trinidad and Tobago. A prohibited zone has been set up across the entire course, making it impossible for the competitors to hug the coast due to the abundance of debris swept along offshore of the Amazon River and to the heightened security risk.

globe40.com

Harken Electric Winches Make Sailing Gloves Last Longer
Electric winches have been called the best non-liquid attitude adjusters ever created for the sailor. If you've recently solo-cranked a main to the top of a rig and enjoyed that first-thing-in-the-morning combination out-of-breath / crook-in-the-neck feeling, you can imagine how electric winches put smiles on faces like no other equipment you can add. Here's a secret: If you own manual Harken winches, they were designed up front to be electrified right now. All that's needed is an extended center drive shaft, a motor with mounts, electrical wiring, and switches. It's easier than you might imagine. You don't have Harken winches? No worries. We make a full range of electrics with geometries and motor sizes to make replacement your legacy manual models easy. You've suspected electric is the way to go for quite a while, haven't you? Let's go! February was made for electrifying winches.

Think electric winches might be right for you? Check out this refit project including new Harken Electric winches. It just might convince you.

Harken has a Quick Start path to push-button tacks and halyard hoists. It starts right here.

harken.com/en/news/electrify/

11th Hour Racing Team and Team Malizia win the weekend
The American-flagged 11th Hour Racing Team pushed into the lead on leg 2 of The Ocean Race over the weekend.

Skipper Charlie Enright and his crew held their nerve over an early decision to take a westerly routing on the descent down the Atlantic and the choice paid dividends on Saturday afternoon and overnight into Sunday.

The team wakes up on Monday morning at the top of the rankings as the closest boat to Cape Town, just bow forward on Team Holcim-PRB and Team Malizia, who was the other big gainer over the weekend.

Skipper Will Harris and his team had also subscribed to the 'west is best' theory and went from a fifth place ranking, over 220 miles behind the leader, to being right back in the thick of things with the tight group of 11th Hour Racing Team, Holcim-PRB and Biotherm.

Sliding down the table over the past 48 hours, GUYOT environnement - Team Europe undoubtedly lost a few miles due to a blown out spinnaker, but more significanlty, found themselves in light winds, positioned too far to the east.

Leg Two Rankings at 0800 UTC - 6 February 2023
1. 11th Hour Racing Team, distance to finish, 2027.6 miles
2. Team Holcim-PRB, distance to lead, 18.4 milesv 3. Team Malizia, distance to lead, 28.8 miles
4. Biotherm, distance to lead, 70.1 miles
5. GUYOT environnement - Team Europe, distance to lead, 272.6 miles

theoceanrace.com

SailGP will not visit the UK in 2023
The event has been held at Cowes, then for two years at Plymouth, but in 2023 the series will not hold a UK event, according to the SailGP calendar, recently published.

In 2023 and early 2024, the span of 'season 4', there will be European venues including Cadiz and Taranto, with three more European venues to be announced.

Skipper of the Great Britain SailGP team Ben Ainslie said: "There is nothing like racing in your home country with the shoreline filled with home fans.

"The Plymouth Sail Grand Prix was always one of the team's favourites on the championship circuit, but as the league continues to grow and with two successful Great Britain Sail Grands Prix events under our belt, I am hopeful SailGP will return to UK shores in future seasons."

Julien di Biase, COO, SailGP, said: "It was a competitive bid process for cities to host SailGP in Season 4 and there has been an overwhelming response.

"It was an extremely difficult decision and there are a number of criteria and factors that have to be considered – not just in the individual host city bid but also looking at the season as a whole.

"Unfortunately Plymouth was unsuccessful in its bid application but following two successful Great Britain Sail Grands Prix, SailGP hopes to return to UK shores in future seasons. -- Rob Peake

yachtsandyachting.co.uk

Transpac Navigation Seminar with Peter Isler
On Wednesday, February 8th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM PST the Transpacific Yacht Club (TPYC) will host a special Transpac-specific webinar intended for navigators, tacticians and watch captains presented by internationally renowned navigator, sailor, and author Peter Isler.

This special event is designed to assist entries in the upcoming 52nd edition of the biennial Transpac race from LA to Honolulu, but is open to anyone registered with an interest in offshore sailing.

Topics for this webinar presentation on Zoom include:

- Expedition Navigation software
- How to get the most out of Expedition
- Tips and techniques
- Navigator/Afterguard/Watch Captain communication
- How to get the most out of watch change weather/position briefings
- Weather Routing considerations for Transpac
- A generous Q&A session where students can ask Peter questions

Registration for this special event can be made here.

Prior to this seminar, attendees are encouraged to visit MARINE WEATHER UNIVERSITY to learn more about the course offerings available to enhance their sailing, navigating and software.

Royal Cork's 2023 Quarter Ton Cup Notice of Race is Published
The Notice of Race for the upcoming Quarter Ton Cup in Crosshaven, County Cork, July (13–15, 2023) has been released by Royal Cork Yacht Club and marks the return of the Cup to Cork Harbour for the first time in 36 years.

The event will be based on three-day windward/leeward race courses. The NOR also states that at least three races will be held daily.

The large Quarter Ton fleet from the south coast of England is anticipated to visit the Cork Harbour race track, and it's also anticipated that the harbour's active fleet will compete.

As Afloat reported earlier, the event's awarding to RCYC follows a resurgence in Quarter Ton interest in Crosshaven over the past few seasons.

Download (PDF)

afloat.ie/sail/

The 6 Metre and J/70 classes join the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca
The 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca for racer-cruisers and One Design will be held from the 30th of March to the 2nd of April, 6 Metre and J/70 fleets joining the regatta for the first time.

As has become traditional, the 52 Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca will combine the showcase season opening regatta for Olympic classes with racing for one designs and ORC cruisers, which will compete from the Real Club Náutico de Palma (RCNP).

New this time then is the incorporation of the J/70 and 6 Metre classes into the one design regatta, joining the usual Dragon and J/80 classes.

The ORC category will once again bring together the biggest boats in the Trofeo Princesa Sofia Mallorca, which this year will be a qualifying regatta for the Spanish ORC championship and will count towards the RCNP Regatta League. The competition programme will consist of two days of regattas, on the 1st and 2nd of April, and up to three races. The intention of the Race Committee is to hold at least one coastal race and two windward-leeward races.

The 2023 Sailing World Cup 52 Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofia Mallorca will be held from the 29th of March to the 8th of April under the joint organisation of the Club Nautic S'Arenal, the Club Maritimo San Antonio de la Playa, the Real Club Nautico de Palma, the Real Federacion Espanola de Vela and the Federacion Balear de Vela, with the backing of World Sailing and the main Balearic public institutions.

trofeoprincesasofia.org

Lanzarote International Regatta
The Canary Island hosts a new event for Olympic sailing classes from February 9 to 17, an event that keeps growing, setting a new record number of entries and adding four new classes to the Lanzarote start line.

369 sailors from four continents and in six Olympic classes are already prepared for a competition that will once again focus the Olympic sailing spotlight on Lanzarote.

After the success of the recent Lanzarote iQFOil Games, now it is the turn of the Lanzarote International Regatta, a test that hosts a total of six Olympic classes -49er, 49erFX, 470, iQFOil Women and Men and Nacra 17- that will bring together more than 350 sailors from Asia, America, Oceania and Europe, including Olympic champions and medallists, world and continental champions and many of the Top 3 in the world.

The first classes to compete will be 470 Mixed, 49er and 49erFX, with registrations on Thrusday the 9th while competition will start on Friday the 10th. iQFOil and Nacra 17 will begin racing on the water on Tuesday, February 14th

The 470 mixed class will debut as an Olympic fleet in Paris 2024 and it also does so as a class here at the third edition of the Lanzarote International Regatta.

lanzarotesailingcenter.com

Featured Charter
Pata Negra - Marc Lombard IRC 46. Located Caribbean and UK.

Pata Negra is a prototype IRC 46 design by Marc Lombard and built by CSC Composites in 2016. Marc Lombard is renowned for designing some great offshore racing yachts, including IMOCA 60ʼs, Class 40ʼs and Mini’s. Pata Negra is a great example of this offshore pedigree and has a proven track record of podium results offshore including overall winner of the Round Britain Ireland 2018, 1st in class in the RORC Caribbean 600 2020 and 2nd in class in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2017.

Her twin rudders give her phenomenal control off the wind, her foredeck layout with hank on forestay, inner forestay and bow sprit gives crews flexibility on sail plan. Pata Negra isnʼt simply a great offshore boat she can also perform inshore; her carbon rig and asymmetric sail allow her to perform on any race course, with 10 sea berths make Pata Negra an exciting package that ticks a lot of boxes.

Pata Negra is available for whole boat race charter with an owners rep/ skipper to help you get the most from the boat and the regatta.

For full details please go to....bit.ly/3nepnN2

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Featured Brokerage
2022 Carkeek 46 - "LOKI". 1,400,000 USD. Located in East Coast, USA.

"LOKI" is a mid-sized light displacement race boat built in NZ. She has been designed to thrive in the stand-out 600 mile Yacht Races that dominate the racing calendar, whilst also ensuring round the cans performance is not compromised. Already ticked all the boxes for the owner, so onto a new hom

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McConaghy MC62.

MC62 multihull - PERFORMANCE SAILING MEETS STYLISH LIVING

This range has been designed using a group of experienced owners and sailors (who between them have spent decades sailing and cruising multihulls), a highly experienced design and engineering team, and McConaghy’s 50 years of building yachts for the most demanding customers and conditions.

The MC62’s wide saloon offers a versatile and spacious living area that, with large windows running the full length of the hulls and retractable glass doors to aft, is exceptionally light and provides fantastic views. The galley is arranged open-plan to this area which creates an apartment-like feel and is particularly well suited to socialising.

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Tel: +852 5501 6001
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Persico Fly 40. POA EUR.

The future of owner-racer racing is here: Persico Marine has transferred its America's Cup experience to a 12-metre foiler designed for a 5-person crew.

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Persico Marine
Via Lombardia, 4
24027 Nembro (BG) - Italy
Ph. +39 035 520627
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No issue on Wednesday
Pretty minor medical stuff tomorrow, in theory just outpatient, will preclude doing the Wednesday issue. A reading chair and a few good books awaits post surgery, along with the expectation of sympathetic family serving me dinner and fawning over me. Fat chance, but worth a try.

I tried to get the surgeon to put in writing that "no heavy lifting for a week" specifically includes doing dishes. No luck. But this growing old stuff is not for the faint of heart.

The Last Word
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -- Douglas Hofstadter

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