In This Issue
• Globe40: Express Victory In Grenada
• Lanzarote: Kiwis lead Nacra 17s, Kantor & Sills top iQFOiL
• An Opportunity for a Captain and Chef
• Two British skiff golds and a Spanish 1-2
• 50th Rolex Fastnet Race: Winners return
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Cannes IRC European Championship
• RYA Marlow Ropes UK Women's MR Championship
• Road To Gold with Anton Dahlberg
• Timber Boat World Mourns Hobart's 'Battery Point Kid
• Featured Charter: Alegria 67 Catamaran
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Baltic Yachts 50
• • MC68 multihull
• • Corby 37 - "Aurora"
• The Last Word: Kurt Vonnegut

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Globe40: Express Victory In Grenada for Melodie Schaffer and Tom Pierce
February 13th at 22.09 local time (02.09 UTC on February 14th) the Canadian crew WHISKEY JACK crossed the finish line of leg 7 of the GLOBE40 at the entrance to the port of St Georges in Grenada. An express victory for this 2123 miles leg covered in 8 days and 8 hours at an average speed of 10.6 knots, with the 24 hour event record broken on this occasion with 347 miles at an average speed of 14.5 knots. A great recognition for the Canadian skipper Mélodie Schaffer who showed all her energy while several breakdowns in the previous stages had prevented her from claiming the podium. The Dutch from SEC HAYAI will follow during the night as well as the Americans from AHMAS. The general ranking should remain unchanged with a final transatlantic leg to Lorient which may yet decide the fate of the two leaders in the general ranking.

After 8 months of the event, 8 legs with the prologue in Lorient and the Grand Depart in Tangier, 25,000 miles sailed, the question remains. MILAI Around the World, which is in retreat due to its accident and the work in progress in Argentina, is still in the race with a good ranking but can no longer claim victory in the general standings. The Dutch team of SEC HAYAI are showing a superb regularity with an extremely well prepared and motivated team which often compensates for an older support than the others, and should remain in the lead in the general classification at the end of this stage 7. Barring any unforeseen events, their American competitor AMHAS should lose a point at the end of this coefficient 1 leg but remains a serious threat on the last coefficient 2 leg, a long transatlantic course to Lorient which can prove complicated at this time of year. Finally, the Italo-Americans of GRYPHON SOLO2 and the Canadians of WHISKEY JACK have shown with their 2nd place before the jury in Recife for the former and their victory in Grenada for the latter that they are still capable of disrupting the ranking calculations of the overall leaders. A final exciting stage lies ahead with the arrival of the great competition and the great adventure in Lorient for this first edition of the GLOBE40.

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Lanzarote: Kiwis lead Nacra 17s, Kantor & Sills top iQFOiL
Tuesday was the start of part 2 of the Lanzarote International Regatta. After two days of the dusty Calima breeze from the Sahara, today the sunshine returned to the Canary Islands, and 10 to 14 knots of wind were blowing for the opening day of Nacra 17 and iQFOiL racing.

Nacra 17: High-flying Kiwis
The Nacra 17 fleet encountered big rolling waves, but there were also some big strategic and tactical decisions to be made as the wind strength and direction shifted across the course.

Micah Wilkinson & Erica Dawson (NZL) won two of the three races to take an early lead ahead of Mateo Majdalani & Eugenia Bosco (ARG) who won the last race of the afternoon. The Argentineans sit in second, on equal points with Laila van der Meer & Bjarne Bouwer (NED) in third.

Sarah Newberry-Moore & David Liebenberg (USA) hold 10th place overall, and are looking to push further up the fleet on Wednesday.

Nacra 17 (after 3 races)
1. Wilkinson/ Dawson, NZL, 2 points
2. Majdalani/ Bosco, ARG, 4
3. Van der Meer/ Bouwer, NED, 4

iQFOiL Women (after 2 races)
1. Kantor, ISR, 7 points
2. Aguilar, MEX, 8
3. Spychakov , ISR, 8

iQFOiL Men (after 2 races)
1. Sills, GBR, 3 points
2. Koerdel, GER, 7
3. Benedetti, ITA, 7

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An Opportunity for a Captain and Chef
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Two British skiff golds and a Spanish 1-2 in the 470 of Lanzarote International Regatta
Winds of 13 to 19 knots for three Medal Races in poor 'Calima' visibility. Last gasp victory for Xammar & Brugman in the 470 Victory for Great Britain in men's and women's skiff fleets.

Part one of Lanzarote International Regatta reached its climax with three enthralling medal races in the 470 Mixed, 49erFX and 49er fleets. The thick dust of the Calima wind from the Saharan Desert limited visibility but it failed to put a limit on the drama.

49er
1. James Peter / Fynn Sterrit, GBR, 25 points
2. Logan Dunning Beck / Oscar Gunnm NZL, 47
3. Keanu Prettner / Jakob Flachberger, AUT, 50

49er FX
1. Freya Black / Saskia Tidey, GBR, 16 points
2. Jana Germani / Giorgia Bertuzzi, ITA, 19
3. Stephanie Roble / Maggie Shea, USA, 21

470 Mixed
1. Jordi Xammar / Nora Brugman, ESP, 43 points
2. Silvia Mas Depares / Nicolas Rodríguez García-Paz, ESP, 44
3. Anton Dahlberg / Lovisa Karlsson, SWE, 46

lanzarotesailingcenter.com

50th Rolex Fastnet Race: Winners return
With the Rolex Fastnet Race this year celebrating its 50th edition, many past overall winners and winning boats are returning.

Most significant of those who have previously lifted the race's Fastnet Challenge Cup is the 2021 IRC Overall winner, Tom Kneen's JPK 11.80 Sunrise. She led a superb effort when, after a decade of French domination, Britain finally wrestled back control of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's premier event with a 'perfect' scoreline, winning the top three spots under IRC Overall (Sunrise, plus with RORC Commodore James Neville's Ino XXX and Pata Negra) just as France had done in 2013 and 2015.

As previously reported, London-based Swede Niklas Zennström, who won back-to-back races in 2009 and 2011 aboard his all-conquering Maxi 72 Rán II is returning with a Carkeek-designed CF520 Rán 8.

Many past winners are also back from France. Didier Gaudoux won in 2019 on Lann Ael 2, but for this race has replaced his JPN39 with a more modern, powerful, semi-scow, water ballasted, dreadnought-bowed, twin rudder affair: Lann Ael 3, a MN35 design by Vittorio Malingri.

Cherbourg's own son, Alexis Loison, who in 2013 with his father Pascal on their JPK 10.10 Night and Day became the first doublehanded crew to win the Rolex Fastnet Race outright. He is again entered on the JPK 10.30 Leon. Loison has always sailed this race doublehanded and of the last five has won IRC Two Handed four times.

Another returning French winner is Géry Trentesaux, who in 2015 claimed the Fastnet Challenge Cup in supreme style with his JPK 10.80 Courrier Du Leon. Since winning eight years ago, Trentesaux, who is Vice President of the Yacht Club de France, competed in 2021 aboard the Class40 Courrier Redman, in 2019 on his own JPK 11.80 Courrier Recommandé (winning IRC Two) and in 2017 on the TS42 catamaran Guyader Gastronomie. -- James Boyd / RORC

Full story on the Fastnet site: rolexfastnetrace.com

Seahorse March 2023
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Building on success
The number of female skippers in the latest Rhum has raised the bar for shorthanded oceanic events. No one has yet matched the late Florence Arthaud's overall win in 1990 but the queue in her mirrors is growing...

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Fabrice Cahierc has a new VPLP-designed Ocean Fifty trimaran on the way at CDK. To replace the one he launched two years ago and sold a few weeks later... Simone Clodelle

Sailor of the Month
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Only a matter of time
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Old head young shoulders
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Cannes IRC European Championship
The eighth IRC European Championship will be held from Monday 29th May to Saturday 3rd June 2023 in Cannes. The event will be organised by the Yacht Club de Cannes with the support of the Pôle Course of the Yacht Club de France and the Royal Ocean Racing Club.

The Notice of Race is online on the MANAGE2SAIL website and entries are open:

Event: IRC European Championship 2023

Official Notice Board (Including the NoR): MANAGE2SAIL Official Notice Board

Registration: MANAGE2SAIL Registration
The IRC Classes are defined as follow:

IRC 0 : TCC equal or over 1.300
IRC 1 : TCC below 1.300 and equal or over 1.150
IRC 2 : TCC below 1.150 and equal or over 1.065
IRC 3 : TCC below 1.065 and equal or over 1.010
IRC 4 : TCC below 1.010 and equal or over 0.940

IRC ENDORSED certificates are required to participate in the event.

As a major event of the international IRC season, the Cannes IRC European Championship 2023 aims to bring together more than 60 boats around a programme based on tactical and coastal courses, as well as a long coastal race.

As a tourist hotspot of international renown, the Cannes region offers all the facilities for reception and logistics, both for the boats and their crews. All maritime and port services and infrastructures are available on site.

The Yacht Club de Cannes, the City and the Marinas of Cannes are delighted to welcome the sailors to the IRC European Championship 2023, and are working in close collaboration with the IRC Rating, the YCF and the RORC.

yachtclubdecannes.org

RYA Marlow Ropes UK Women's Match Racing Championship
The finale of the sell-out RYA Marlow Ropes Women's Match Racing Championship saw two Scottish skippers battling for the title with Alison Morrish's team taking the crown.

The latest edition of the championship was due to have taken place at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy in September 2022 but was postponed following the death of Her Majesty The Queen, who was the Patron of the RYA.

Rescheduled for 11-12 February 2023, eight teams competed for the title in British Keelboat Sailing's fleet of Elliott 6Ms. Saturday had light winds and although this delayed the start until around 10am, it was still possible to fit in 26 races.

Overall placings
1. Ali Morrish, GBR
2. Rebecca Coles, GBR
3. Sophie Otter, GBR
4. Juliette Kennedy, GBR
5. Octavia Owen, GBR
6. Fiona Tylecote, GBR
7. Emily Page, GBR
8. Ellen Morley, GBR

Road To Gold - This Thursday, Q&A Call with Anton Dahlberg, Olympic silver medallist
Thursday, 16 February, 2000 hours UTC: Q&A Call with Anton Dahlberg, Olympic silver medallist and reigning 470 European Champion, on achieving sailing mastery

TOPIC - How to become not just a very good sailor, but to achieve true mastery of your craft...

Anton Dahlberg is an accomplished Olympic sailor, who has represented Sweden at multiple Olympic Games. At Tokyo 2020 he finally had the breakthrough he had been working towards for so long, an Olympic silver medal with his then crew, Fredrik Bergström.

The 37-year-old has won several medals in international competitions, including gold at the 2021 World Championships and silver at the 2022 Europeans.

Only this week at Lanzarote International Regatta 2023, Anton and his crew Lovisa Karlsson narrowly missed out on a gold medal, ending up with bronze after a tense 470 medal race.

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Timber Boat World Mourns Hobart's 'Battery Point Kid
Bill, leaning on the boom-Photo thanks to https://www.batterypointhall.org.au and Foster Family Much-loved master wooden boat builder and life-long Battery Point resident William "Bill" Foster died on Friday February 3, aged 90, after suffering a stroke.

Far beyond the city village of early 20th century Battery Point and its cluster of boat and shipbuilding businesses, Bill brought to the world the pure joy of making high craft an art, ever since his early teens.

From modest beginnings, never lacking family love, Bill found in himself a deep and abiding fascination for working with wood, primarily in helping to create some of the most famous yachts ever built in Australia.

At age 12 Bill recognised in himself his natural skills and built the determination, perseverance and problem-solving abilities critical to a career as a boat builder.

He also had another great advantage. Aged just 14, he was invited by his uncle, Ernest Jack "Jock" Muir, to join what was to become the best-known marque in Australian yacht and boat building. Bill, as Jock's first apprentice, was drenched in the culture, knowledge, art and craft of designing, building and sailing race-winning, strong and seaworthy boats, many of which are maritime jewels today.

Full article in Southern Wood Boat Sailing

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