In This Issue
• The Ocean Race - opening up
• 11th Hour Racing Team Retires from Leg 7
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• ORC Double Handed European Championship
• New Zealand wins SailGP Season 4 opener
• Etchells Saida Cup Regatta
• Kiel Week comes alive in gentle sea breezes
• Reactive Ran wins The Morgan Cup
• Calling All Volunteers For The 37th America’s Cup
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Volvo Ocean 65 - VO65 NO6
• • AC40
• • J 45 Elegance Yacht
• The Last Word: Demetri Martin

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The Ocean Race - opening up
Both the IMOCA and VO65 fleets are finally free of the English Channel and into the more open waters of the Bay of Biscay / Celtic Sea / North Atlantic.

The mission now is to leave the Bay of Biscay to port and run down the west coasts of Spain and Portugal before turning into the Mediterranean.

After a couple of days of very light winds, Sunday morning brings a light to moderate breeze, but it's a south-southwesterly, which is generally the direction of travel, meaning choices will need to be made. Further west there is likely to be more wind, but it comes at a cost of extra miles. This tactical choice over the next 24-48 hours will be one to watch.

The VO65 fleet has pushed further west than the IMOCAs, especially the leader, WindWhisper Racing Team who are over 70 miles west of second-placed Mirpuri-Trifork and Team JAJO in third.

The challenge for WindWhisper skipper Daryl Wislang is to determine when there is enough west in the wind direction for them to tack and start making miles south - at the moment (0800 UTC) his team is pushing nearly directly west, and not making miles towards their goal.

More information about the schedule for 11th Hour Racing Team's Request for Redress with the World Sailing International Jury will be shared when it is available.

Race Tracker

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11th Hour Racing Team Retires from Leg 7
11th Hour Racing Team has officially retired from Leg 7 of The Ocean Race, unable to continue racing competitively following a huge collision, just 17 minutes after the start of the final leg in The Hague on Thursday, June 15.

The team has also submitted a Request for Redress to the World Sailing International Jury. This is a procedure under the Racing Rules of Sailing to compensate a boat when ‘a boat’s score or place in a race or series has been or may be, through no fault of her own, made significantly worse’.

Skipper, Charlie Enright (USA), said, “We are working around the clock to repair the boat as quickly as possible, and our intent is to sail to Genoa to rejoin the fleet and complete this lap around our blue planet. Everyone is obviously devastated – no one wants to finish a race like this – but spirits are high within the team, and everyone is focused on finishing this incredible race on a high note.”

While the five IMOCAs were racing in the inshore section immediately after the start, 11th Hour Racing Team were in second place, and they tacked on the layline of mark 4, approaching on a starboard tack. GUYOT environnement – Team Europe approached on port tack and were required to give way and, despite calls from Enright, didn’t alter course and collided into the side of the 60-foot race boat. No one on either boat was injured, but both vessels had extensive damage, requiring them to return back to The Hague.

Skipper of GUYOT, Benjamin Dutreux, immediately came to see the American team and, clearly devastated, offered his apologies to Enright. “I was helming, and I just saw their boat appear suddenly, and it was too late. The contact was unavoidable [at that point]. I take full responsibility. It is our fault.” The Frenchman also offered his full team to support in any way they could.

Mark Towill, CEO of 11th Hour Racing Team said, “The support from The Ocean Race community here in The Hague has been tremendous, and we have had messages coming in from fans, partners, and supporters from around the world – it really has been overwhelming and felt by everyone here. We will continue to work 24/7 and are doing everything we can to have the boat and full team in Genoa for the Grande Finale.”

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

Scaling it up
The ultra-high performance blocks that Allen Brothers developed for foiling Moths and Olympic dinghies are now available in keelboat sizes too.

Grand prix-level tactical tools... for everyone
With its RaceSense software and Atlas 2 instrument display, Vakaros is now offering sailing technology that was designed for the America's Cup and SailGP to a much wider community of racing sailors.

Broke
Just how much more might Uffa Fox have achieved had he not been permanently scrabbling around to pay the bills? Clare Mccomb

RORC - Fast start
Deb Fish takes on the French two-handed, more Admiral's Cup snippets from Jeremy Wilton

Take your pick
It's not just in northern Europe that the two-handed offshore racing movement continues to gather pace

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ORC Double Handed European Champions crowned in Denmark
Helsingør, Denmark – After 290 miles of racing around Zealand island in challenging stop-start conditions, the fleet of 31 entries have finished and champions are now crowned in the ORC Double-Handed European Championship 2023, hosted by Helsingør Seljklub.

Leading the pack around the course throughout the race was Karl and Maren Book from Norway, racing their Landmark 43 WHITE SHADOW. Their elapsed time of 50H 50M 15S was fast enough to yield a corrected time victory margin of 6 hours over reigning ORC DH World Champions Anders Dahlsjo and Martin Stromberg from Sweden in their Z30+ ZEUS. Finishing after 70 hours of racing and 1.5 hours back in corrected time for third place was Kristian Jerpetjon and Andreas Tinglum from Norway racing their Figaro 2 TETRAKTYS, who finished as the top Corinthian entry as well.

For the father-son team of Jorgen and Rasmus Rosengren from Sweden on their J105 ROSE OF SWEDEN, their margin of victory in Class B was much closer: only 42 minutes after over 60 hours of racing. In fact, their closest rival, the Farr 30 GARANTUM raced by Lars Bergkvist and Michael Wahlroos also from Sweden, crossed the finish line at Helsingør castle just 10 minutes ahead of them. Third in Class B was Michael Hoefgen and Jasper Marwege from Germany on their JPK 10.30 LIGHTWORKS.

And in Class C racing their First 34.7 LETHE, Øyvind Knudsen and Mortin Knudsen from Norway had a similar dominant win as WHITE SHADOW with a 3-hour corrected time victory over runner-up MRS FRECKLES, a Corby 33 raced by Swedes Lena Having and Eivind Boymo-Malm. They are also the top Corinthian entry in the class. Finishing in third were Finns Kim Jääskeläinen and Turo Nummi racing their Mat 1010 GOODIO.

Full results

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New Zealand wins SailGP Season 4 opener in Chicago
In light winds off Navy Pier New Zealand best mastered tough conditions in front of packed shorelines to win the season-opening Rolex United States Sail Grand Prix in Chicago. Peter Burling led his team to victory over Tom Slingsby’s Australia and Phil Robertson’s Canada in the first three-boat event final of Season 4.

It was a day to remember for last season’s two bottom placed finishers as Diego Botin’s Spain and Sebastien Schneiter’s Switzerland won the day’s two fleet races. But the victories weren’t enough to get them into the final which saw very light conditions – with the F50s in the 29 meter wing configuration – and a win for the Kiwis.

ROCKWOOL Denmark SailGP Team opened the season with a solid fourth place finish, one spot ahead of Botin’s Spain. France, Emirates GBR and Switzerland occupied positions six through eight, while newcomers Germany found it tough going in the conditions to finish tenth.

Sailgp Season 4 Championship Standings (after one event)
1. New Zealand - 10 points)
2. Australia - 9 points )
3. Canada - 8 points )
4. ROCKWOOL Denmark - 7 points)
5. Spain - 6 points )
6. France - 5 points )
7. Emirates GBR - 4 points )
8. Switzerland - 3 points )
9. United States - 2 points

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International Etchells Cowes Fleet Saida Cup Regatta
The 2023 Saida cup, hosted by The Royal Thames, got off to a slow start on the Saturday with competitors anxiously waiting for the wind to fill in from the south east. Thankfully after a short wait teams began filtering out towards Hill Head and were met with near perfect racing conditions – 10 to 15knts, flat water and sunshine.

With tide taking the fleet over the line, race one’s start created an unusual scenario in the Etchells fleet, with the majority of the fleet hanging back cautiously. Exabyte capitalized, taking the first bullet.

For the final race the tide began to slacken providing more tactical opportunities than the previous races. Ada took line honours.

Sunday provided a different set of parameters, again the wind was slow to build this time from the south west through low lying cloud which at times obscured visibility to the land making the race course feel like a different venue than the day before.

Once a swift protest hearing was resolved the final standings were Exabyte (Shaun Frohlich) 1st, Rocketman (Rob Goddard)2nd (1st Corinthian) and Ada (Dave Maclean)3rd. 1st youth boat was Shamal (Julia Staite)

Full results on YachtScoring.com

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Kiel Week comes alive in gentle sea breezes
A light sea breeze brought sleeping giant Kiel Week 2023 to life on Saturday afternoon with competition for the 470, ILCA 7, ILCA 6, Nacra 17 and 49er fleets of the eight Olympic classes due to race, and for the 420, 2.4-metre and OK dinghies of the international fleets.

The main show arena was given over to three close 470 races, chosen to open the regatta by shining the spotlight on the strength and depth of Germany’s mixed dinghy squad. Three different German duos won races, but the vice European Champions Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort top the rankings along with Theres Dahnke and Matti Cipra, both adding second places to their race wins.

The Nacra 17 fleet managed two races both won by the young Italians Margherita Porro and Stefano Dezulian. Twentieth overall here last year at their first regatta as a duo, a winter of hard training with their strong squad in Cagliari, Sardinia under national coach Gabriele Bruni has clearly paid off for the 24 year old helm Porro, the 29er Youth Worlds gold medallist in 2017 who was runner up at last year’s Nacra 17 Junior World Championships with Dezulian.

The huge ILCA 7 fleet had just one race for the two fleets. Eighteen-year-old Dutch sailor William Zielinski made an auspicious opening, winning the yellow fleet whilst his local Kiel counterpart Ole Schweckendiek, bronze medallist at last year’s Youth World Championships, won the blue fleet race.

Results

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Reactive Ran wins The Morgan Cup
Morgan Cup Race
RYS Line Cowes - Dartmouth (Approx. 112nm)
Start: Friday 16 June
Organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club in association with the Royal Thames YC, the Royal Dart YC, and the Royal Yacht Squadron.

91 boats crossed the Royal Yacht Squadron Line for the Morgan Cup Race from Cowes to Dartmouth. A weak sea breeze and a favourable tide got the fleet away to a smooth start to the east, but as the front runners reached No Man’s Land Fort the wind shut down, causing the first, and by no means the last, park up of the race. Windless holes were a feature right through the 112nm race to Dartmouth. Avoiding the lulls and making the most of the puffs were the keys to a top performance. In the 91-boat fleet, after IRC time correction, the top ten came from all seven IRC Classes.

Niklas Zennstrom’s Carkeek CF 520 Ran was the overall winner under IRC, RORC Commodore James Neville, racing Carkeek 45 Ino Noir was second and Noel Racine’s JPK 1030 Foggy Dew was third. Congratulations to all of the IRC Class winners including Chris Choules & Nancy Gould racing Sigma 38 With Alacrity, Tom Kneen’s JPK 1180 Sunrise III, and Tim Goodhew & Kelvin Matthews racing Sun Fast 3200 Cora. Peter Morton’s Maxi 72 Notorious took Line Honours for the third race in a row.

Racing with the Royal Ocean Racing Club switches to inshore mode next weekend with the IRC National Championship held from Friday 23 - Sunday 25 June in The Solent. The RORC Season’s Points Championship continues on Sunday 02 July with the 350nm La Trinite-Cowes Race, which will also feature the first race of the inaugural IRC Double Handed European Championship. -- Louay Habib

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Calling All Volunteers For The 37th America’s Cup
The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup in Barcelona today announced the launch of the AC37 Volunteer Programme with an ambition to create the largest and most passionate Volunteer Team in the history of the event.

Volunteering is always an integral part of any major global sporting event and offers the selected volunteers the ability to not only watch the event but become part of the event and gain productive experience through training and briefings offered within the specific areas of volunteering, grouped as follows: On Water, On Land and TV & Media.

The huge number of roles on offer mean a wide-variety of volunteer positions such as supporting the America’s Cup Trophy as it travels around Barcelona, Green Angels promoting sustainability, VIP and America’s Cup Village support, Marshal support out on the water, Stake Boat support to manage the America’s Cup racecourse, Port Olímpic Fan Zone support and even Superyacht programme support – the list of roles is comprehensive, there is something for everyone.

The Volunteer registration for the Barcelona events in 2024, is now open and will run through to November 2023 with the review process taking place between December 2023 and February 2024 ahead of appointments and confirmations that will be communicated in March 2024. Applications can be made solely through the America’s Cup website: americascup.com/volunteers

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