In This Issue
• 11th Hour Racing wins Leg 5 of The Ocean Race
• Finn World Masters finally opened on idyllic Greek beach
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• First day of Dragon Worlds in Perfect Conditions
• Cup Spy - May 23: Kiwis reveal new top speed of 50.7kts
• Scarlino set to offer opportunities for all
• Cruising Yacht Club of Australia picks IRC
• Entries go supernova for Rolex Fastnet Race
• Winter Harbor 21
• Featured Charter: Felci 71 'La Videlle'
• Featured Brokerage:
• • J Boats J/121
• • Imoca 60 MERCI
• • Seaquest SQ46
• The Last Word: George Jackson

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11th Hour Racing wins Leg 5 of The Ocean Race
11th Hour Racing Team finishes Leg 5 of The Ocean Race in first place after racing for 7 days 8 hours 41 minutes, and 49 seconds across the Atlantic

The 3,874 nautical mile leg from the team's hometown Newport, RI, U.S. to Aarhus, Denmark saw record-breaking distances covered in 24 hours

At 0256 UTC (0456 local), 11th Hour Racing Team crossed the finish line of Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in Aarhus, Denmark, closing out the critically important double-pointer leg in first place, bagging the full ten points. After sailing for 7 days 8 hours 41 minutes, and 49 seconds and with back-to-back leg wins, the US team now lies first on the overall race leaderboard with 28 points.

The crew onboard 11th Hour Racing Team's IMOCA, Mālama were skipper Charlie Enright (USA), Navigator Simon Fisher (GBR), Trimmers Justine Mettraux (SUI) and Charlie Dalin (FRA), and Media Crew Member Amory Ross (USA).

The team left its home town of Newport, Rhode Island, on Sunday, May 21 and dominated for nearly all of the 3,874 nautical mile [4,458 mile, 7,174 kilometer] leg, leading the four-boat fleet across the Atlantic back to Europe for the first time since the race set off from Alicante, Spain, on January 15.

It's a short turnaround for 11th Hour Racing Team's shore crew in Aarhus with the restart of the Race for Leg 6 to The Hague, The Netherlands on Wednesday, June 8, 2023.

11th Hour Racing Team Crew for Leg 5 of The Ocean Race 2022-23:
Charlie Enright (USA) - Skipper
Simon Fisher (GBR) - Navigator
Justine Mettraux (SUI) - Trimmer
Charlie Dalin (FRA) - Trimmer
Amory Ross (USA) - Media Crew Member

Leg 5 current positions as of Monday, May 29, 2023 0655 UTC
DTF=distance to finish
DNS=did not start
1. 11th Hour Racing Team 7d 8h 41m, and 49s
2. Holcim-PRB DTF 3.4nm
3. Team Malizia DTF 4.3nm
4. Biotherm - DTF 770nm
5. Guyot environnement - Team Europe - DNS

Overall Leaderboard as of Monday, May 29, 0650 UTC
5 points = first; 4 points = second etc.
Note: Leg 3 and Leg 5 socred double points

1. 11th Hour Racing Team - 28 points (4+3+3+3+5+10)
2. Team Holcim - PRB - 19 points (5+5+5+4+TBC)
3. Team Malizia - 18 points (3+2+4+5+4+TBC)
4. Biotherm Racing - 13 points (2+4+2+2+3+TBC)
5. GUYOT environnement - Team Europe - 2 points (1+1+0+0+0+0)

theoceanrace.com

Finn World Masters finally opened on idyllic Greek beach
The 2023 Finn World Masters was finally opened Monday evening on the idyllic beach at Nea Itaklitsa, near Kavala, in Greece and against the backdrop of the beautiful Gulf of Kavala.

Earlier in the day the opening race was held. The fleet was held ashore until just after midday and while there was a good breeze on shore, it was still building on the race area. There has been very little raceable wind for the past few days, but against all the odds, a southerly filled in at a quite stable 5-7 knots and Race 1 got away first time.

The leaders came from the left with World No.1 Laurent Hay from France rounding ahead of Portugal's Filipe Silva and Spain's David Terol. Not much changed downwind but on the second beat, Britain's Nick Craig moved up to third and was right behind Silva at the top. Hay then extended for a comfortable win from Silva and Craig.

A second race was attempted but was abandoned halfway up the first beat and the fleet was towed home

Racing is scheduled to continue until Friday.

Top ten after one race:
1. Laurent Hay, FRA, 1
2. Filipe Silva, POR, 2
3. Nick Craig, GBR, 3
4. Giacomo Giovanelli, ITA, 4
5. Thomas Schmid, GER, 5
6. Marco Buglielli, ITA, 6
7. David Terol, ESP, 7
8. Simon Percival, GBR, 8
9. Peter Peet, NED, 9
10. Zdenek Gebhart, CZE, 10

Full results

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First day of Dragon Worlds in Perfect Conditions
Bodrum, Turkey: Two clear starts under a black flag, 24 teams racing in the most amazing conditions. Blue sky, 12 knots of wind in crystal clear water. Grant Gordon helming GBR 820 leads after recording a 2nd and 4th place.

Close behind is POR 90 Michael Zankel and in 3rd position is the late Queen of England's "Bluebottle" GBR 192 helmed by Graham Bailey.

It was the most beautiful day for all 24 teams. Bodrum truly delivered.

dragonworlds2023.com

Cup Spy - May 23: Kiwis reveal new top speed of 50.7kts
Emirates Team New Zealand had an early start, with a poor forecast which didn't eventuate. The Kiwis set a new top speed of 50.7kts - achieved in a bear-away. Alinghi Red Bull Racing broached twice in top end conditions - self recovering each time. Luna Rossa started their session in a 15kt breeze, but stopped for the day after a gear issue which could not be identified on the water.

- Luna Rossa sailed from Cagliari, in a medium strength SSE breeze. The session was shortened soon after it started due to the crew hearing an unusual noise on the boat, and decided to stop the session, find the source rather than risk damaged to the boat. Horacio Carabelli (Co-Design Coordinator) disclosed in a post session interview that the team was close to signing off the final design for their race boat.

- Alinghi Red Bull Racing sailed in top end conditions, broaching twice - and effecting an unassisted righting in their AC40-4 LEQ12.

- Emirates Team New Zealand had an early morning sail, due to an ominous weather forecast for later in the day. In the interview session after the sail, crew member Blair Tuke revealed that they had hit a new top speed - 50.7kts - presumably set in one of their bearaways. The Kiwis training session turned into a tack/gybe fest with 151 tacks/gybes with 138 of those being dry for a success percentage of 91.3% in a fresh offshore breeze.

- INEOS Britannia did not sail.

- American Magic, last sailed on March 10, and is packing out to make the move to their permanent base in Barcelona.

- No further news from the Orient Express Team (formerly K-Challenge).

Read Richard Gladwell's full report in Sail-World.com

Scarlino set to offer opportunities for all
After the one way, one sided gains of the track of Saint Tropez earlier in the month, the 52 SUPER SERIES teams seem set to be offered the very opposite type of sea-breeze conditions over the first few days of the 52 SUPER SERIES Scarlino Sailing Week which starts Tuesday on the Gulf of Follonica, Tuscany.

Today's two short, sharp practice races underlined how the shifty, unsettled sea breezes might present continued challenges – or opportunities - to the afterguards of the 11 teams representing seven different nations racing this week. Jean Luc Petithuguenin's French team on Paprec won one practice race, the other went to the Thai team on Vayu.

The winners of the French event, Ergin Imre's Provezza, arrive in Tuscany holding a six points circuit lead and have full confidence in their set up and their team but navigator Nacho Postigo denies they hold the rank of favourites to win here again.

"The fleet here is so high level I don't think you can say anyone now is a favourite except the usual suspects, Quantum and Sled, Phoenix and so on. Honestly I think we now have a good package right now with the boat, the sails, the mods we have done and the crew. And if we manage to get the most out of the boat as we did in Saint Tropez then I think we can be up there again."

Racing starts Tuesday and runs through until Saturday.

52superseries.com

Cruising Yacht Club of Australia picks IRC
Over the years, IRC and ORCi rating rules have diverged. The complexity and workload for owners and crews in maintaining adherence to both is significant.

IRC, as the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia's (CYCA) primary rating rule, has good compliance. ORCi, as the Club's secondary rating rule, is witnessing increasing compliance and data errors. This undermines the integrity of the sport of sailing, races and the Club.

The reputational risk of continuing with two rating rules and having further compliance issues is too great. Action is required to protect competitors, the Club and its races.

The CYCA is moving to a single rating rule:

- It's too complicated and time consuming for owners to stay on top of two rules.

- The only way to mitigate future compliance issues and the associated negative press is to move to a single rule.

- The one rule has to be IRC

As the CYCA's current blue water fleet is optimized for IRC, (the rating rule used for the Tattersall Cup), IRC has to be the rule that it consolidates with at this point in time

Consolidating to a single rating rule simplifies the administration, cost and compliance burden on competitors.

It improves the spectator experience with clarity on winners. And it significantly reduces the risk of reputational damage for competitors, the Club and its races.

This move in no way diminishes the importance of the Ocean Racing Congress and ORCi as it will continue to provide one of the two ways in which a boat can demonstrate that it satisfies the stability requirements of the Rolex Sydney Hobart race. Importantly, the CYCA will continue to uphold the highest of safety standards in all of its races.

This change will take effect from the upcoming Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race and will apply to all races in the 2023/24 Audi Centre Sydney Blue Water Pointscore:
Noakes Sydney Gold Coast Yacht Race (29 July 2023)
Flinders Islet Race (Saturday 23 September 2023)
Tollgate Islands Race (Friday 13 October 2023)
Bird Island Race (Saturday 11 November 2023)
Cabbage Tree Island Race (Friday 1 December 2023)
Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (Tuesday 26 December 2023)

cyca.com.au

Entries go supernova for 50th anniversary Rolex Fastnet Race
The 50th anniversary edition of the Royal Ocean Racing Club's flagship event, the Rolex Fastnet Race will set sail in just under two months' time on Saturday, 22nd July from Cowes to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin in northern France via the Fastnet Rock.

The Rolex Fastnet Race is well known for having by far the biggest fleet size of the international classic 600 mile offshore races, with the fleet growing steadily with every edition up until 2019 when it hit the present record of 388 yachts. But this year, also celebrating its 50th edition, the entry has gone supernova, with 494 yachts currently registered, including around 3,000 crew from 32 nations.

As usual the Rolex Fastnet Race fleet represents the complete pantheon of offshore racing, where amateur sailors line up, albeit briefly, against some of the world's top teams. This includes the fastest offshore racing yachts, the giant flying Ultime trimarans; 29 IMOCAs, as used in the Vendée Globe and the present Ocean Race; to the world's top privately owned racing machines, including this year Bryon Ehrhart's 88ft Lucky and Peter Morton's Maxi 72 Notorious. The bulk of the entries form the IRC fleet competing for the race's historic top prize, the Fastnet Challenge Cup. At present this alone stands at more than 400 entries making it one of the biggest races ever held under IRC in the 23 years existence of the RORC/UNCL's rating rule. -- James Boyd/RORC

rolexfastnetrace.com

Winter Harbor 21
Zephyr. Click on image to enlarge.

The Winter Harbor Knockabouts, also known as Winter Harbor 21s, are believed to be the oldest complete fleet of one-designs in the USA. They spend their summers together racing along the Schoodic Peninsula at the Winter Harbor Yacht Club in Winter Harbor, Maine.

Brooklin Boat Yard currently cares for two of the seven Knockabouts, one of which is Zephyr owned by Tom Kirchoff.

Haddie has grown fond of Zephyr during his time caring for her. "This boat is phenomenally strong, and she's really old. Just a fascinating shape. I love to consider what they were thinking when they made her that way." The Knockabouts were designed and built by Alpheus A. Packard (1871-1948) and William Starling Burgess (1878-1947) of Marblehead in 1906. They were delivered to the yacht club in 1907.

The Knockabouts are still raced every Saturday from July 4th through August at the Winter Harbor Yacht Club. With any luck, we will go see them in action this summer with Zephyr boasting her newly-restored hull!

You can read a complete history of these extraordinary boats at the Winter Harbor Yacht Club's website and in the book, A Fortunate Fleet: A Century of Sailing in Winter Harbor Knockabouts by Victoria Goldstein.

winterharboryachtclub.com/knockabout-history

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