EuroSail News #5546 - 29 May
In This Issue
• J/70 European Championship
• Caracole repeats Swiss Open 5.5 Metre Title
• Less than 60 days to the AEGEAN 600
• Cup Spy : Two teams dance the AC75 Tango in Barcelona
• Road to the America's Cup - Episode 10
• The 5 Minute Warning
• Salcombe Gin Morgan Cup Race
• Women's WMRT Heads To Marstrand, Sweden
• Industry News
• Featured Charter: First 40 - Flying Cloud
• Featured Brokerage:
• • FRA 9292 Concorde (Andrieu 1989)
• • Weddell Racing Yacht
• • 2011 Judel Vrolijk TP52 / IRC 52
• • Italia Yachts 11.98 (2018)
• • Vismara MAS 60
• The Last Word: Grace Slick
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J/70 European Championship
Cala Galera, Italy: After several hours of waiting onshore due to a lack of wind, the fleet of nearly 90 boats from over 20 countries completed the 11th and final race of the J/70 European Championship series. This race was crucial in determining the final standings, which had been marked by dramatic shifts and intense emotions until the last moment.
The race course of Argentario favored Joel Ronning and his Catapult crew. The American team claimed the top spot in the European Championship in Cala Galera, edging out Brazil's Ocean Pact by just 6 points, while their compatriots on Good To Go secured the bronze medal.
According to J/70 Class regulations, however, the European Champion title must be awarded to a crew representing a nation from the continent. Therefore, the 2024 J/70 European Champion title was bestowed upon Wanderlust, helmed by Sofia Giondi with Matteo Morellina, Luca Tubaro and Filippo Baldassari on board. Placing fourth overall, Wanderlust achieved a thrilling victory. This young and determined crew has been making a name for themselves among the numerous professionals in the J/70 circuit, winning also the Italian Championship in 2023.
"It's an indescribable feeling, I'm speechless," said Sofia Giondi upon crossing the finish line of the final race. She added, "I want to thank my crew for the extraordinary atmosphere they created on board. Every evening, we returned home incredulous of our position in the standings, but we faced every challenge of this long and complicated Championship with concentration. Thanks also to everyone who supported us from afar; there were so many of you, thank you!"
Wanderlust also secured the European Corinthian title, reserved for non-professionals, and climbed on top of the division for female skippers.
In the Corinthian podium, Wanderlust was followed by Jeepster (GBR) and Marnatura (ESP). The "Young Crew" award for the best youth team went to Bulla - Yacht Club Italiano (ITA). Why Not #CAIM (ITA) won the Mixed Plus division, while War Canoe (USA) was awarded in the One Pro category.
Caracole repeats Swiss Open 5.5 Metre Title
Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) have successfully defended their Swiss open title at Société Nautique Rolloise, at Rolle, on Lake Geneva, after schooling the fleet on light wind speed and tactics. Winning four out of five races sailed, they retained the title with less than a third of the points of runner up MF XXII (SUI 233, Jürg Menz, Cédric Evard, Christof Wilke). Third place went to Dune (SUI 218, Philippe Kolly, Annette Martin, Philippe Dupont).
After only a single race was sailed on Thursday, Friday brought brighter prospects, but it was again a long day. One race was sailed in the very light morning breeze, but three more were sailed in the afternoon in a building thermal wind and great conditions.
Top five final results
1. Caracole (SUI 214, Bernard Haissly, Nicolas Berthoud, Daniel Stampfli) 6
2. MF XXII (SUI 233, Jürg Menz, Cédric Evard, Christof Wilke) 20
3. Dune (SUI 218, Philippe Kolly, Annette Martin, Philippe Dupont) 23
4. MELX IV (GRE 6, Stavros Papagiannopoulos, Yannis Mitakis, Panagiotis Kambouridis) 23
5. Topaz (SUI 217, Andre Bernheim, Mark Buchecker, Urs Werner) 24
Less than 45 days to the AEGEAN 600
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It is now less than 45 days to the 7 July start of the 2024 AEGEAN 600, the annual offshore race organized by the Hellenic Offshore Racing Club in conjunction with Olympic Marine. This spectacular 605-mile race starts at Cape Sounio under the watchful gaze of the ancient Temple of Poseidon for a scenic tour of 23 islands of the Aegean archipelago before finishing back at Cape Sounio.
Among the offshore racing world's classic 600-mile races, this is the newest, with the first edition held in 2021. Since then the event's popularity has grown every year, with already 60 monohull and multihull entries from 18 nations planning to participate in this year's 4th edition, a figure that is on its way to a new record turnout with the entry deadline still a few weeks away on 30 April.
These entries represent a large cross-section of the offshore sailing world, ranging in size from Jerry Petratos and Evi Delidou's double-handed Dehler 30 AETHER to George Procopiou's Volvo Open 70, ex-I LOVE POLAND, last year's runner-up elapsed time champion. Teams also range from amateur crews racing for fun to all-pro squads in search of elapsed time course records and corrected time victories in IRC and/or ORC scoring.
In this latter category are two successful international teams making their AEGEAN 600 debut: Austrian Stefan Jentzsch's Botin water-ballasted Botin 56 BLACK PEARL and American Jason Carroll's MOD 70 trimaran ARGO. Both have proven track records and highly-experienced crews that are regular competitors in the world's most competitive ocean races.
"The challenge of this course is precisely why we are coming," said ARGO project manager Chad Corning. "That and we have heard this is a fantastic race, a very cool course and a must-do on the global circuit."
Cup Spy : Two teams dance the AC75 Tango in Barcelona
Two AC75 teams lined up against each other, in the chaperoned way prescribed by the America's Cup Protocol. The sixth and final AC75 race boat was revealed by the French team Orient Express Racing.
What happened in the Cup - May 245, 2024:
- Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli sailed for the second day off Barcelona in the occasional company of US Challenger American Magic, sailing in winds of 7-12kts and a left over seaway from the previous day.
- Orient Express Racing Team: Yesterday the revealed their AC75 raceboat, outside their Barcelona base, we have the report from the AC37 Joint Recon Team in this issue. It is to a base design supplied by Emirates Team New Zealand, and has some obvious similarities to 'Taihoro'. A launch date has yet to be publicly advised.
- Alinghi Red Bull Racing did not sail today.
- Emirates Team New Zealand did not sail today. Emirates Team New Zealand's AC75 is in the process of being shipped to Barcelona. It left NZ on Tuesday afternoon and will go through the Panama Canal en route to Spain.
- American Magic put in a five hour session sailing on a similar part of the Barcelona coastline. In the latter stages of the session they intersected courses with Luna Rossa, from what Cup Spy has been able to find on the video shot by the America's Cup Recon, there was no infringement of the rules covering such encounters, and each team and pundits will take away what they will.
- INEOS Britannia did not sail as stated after Thursday's session and will not be back off Barcelona until Monday.
Read Richard Gladwell's full commentary in Sail-World.com
Road to the America's Cup - Episode 10
Of the six teams that signed up to the 37th America's Cup cycle, four had sailed in the previous event in Auckland. Four teams that already knew how hard the task was going to be and four teams who came away from the last America's Cup with pages of notes on how they would do things differently next time around.
Anyone coming into the 37th Cup afresh would need to be playing a big game of catch up.
But while Alinghi Red Bull Racing are one of those, having won the America's Cup twice before, the Swiss team has an impressive track record. Matt Sheahan goes to their base in Barcelona to find out how they have been playing catch up.
The 5 Minute Warning
Sailjuice's Andy Rice calls up from Turkey to update PlanetSail's Matt Sheahan on the world of wingfoil racing. One of the big topics is lowest possible take-off windspeed for foiling, a common design challenge for all forms of foiling craft including the AC75s aiming at the next America's Cup.
Matt reports that the Kiwis have done some digital mapping of all the challengers' new designs and... surprise, surprise! The Kiwi analysis reveals that it's none other than their own boat that is looking fastest for the Cup! Real news, or smoke and mirrors? Who knows...
Meanwhile the venerable old J Class yacht, Shamrock V, has been beautifully restored while the IMOCA fleet is ready for a rematch back across the Atlantic in the New York Vendée...
For all the detail and in-depth analysis of these stories...
sailjuice.com
roadtogold.net/p/watch
planetsail.co.uk
Matt Sheahan's blog
Salcombe Gin Morgan Cup Race
RYS Line Cowes - Dartmouth
Start: Friday 07 June from 1200 BST
This year's Morgan Cup Race will incorporate the final race of the IRC Two-Handed National Championship and is generously supported by The Salcombe Distillery Co.
The RORC fleet will be racing to Dartmouth with the Royal Dart Yacht club opening its doors to all competitors. No doubt one of the 20 double-handed teams entered will be celebrating having been crowned 2024 IRC Two-Handed National Champion.
Tim Goodhew & Kelvin Matthews racing Sun Fast 3200 Cora lead the IRC Two-Handed Championship after winning the class in the De Guingand Bowl Race. Cora is defending their win in 2023 and have hot competition this year. Currently in second place is Nick Martin's Sun Fast 3600 Diablo with Dan Fellow's Sun Fast 3300 Orbit in third. Other top boats in contention to be national champions include Rob Craigie's Sun Fast 3600 Bellino, Ian Hoddle's Sun Fast 3300 Game On and Gareth Edmondson's Sun Fast 3300 Insert Coin.
The big boat match-up between two formidable opponents is Peter Morton's TP52 Notorious and Eric Turckheim's NMD54 Teasing Machine. This will be the first time the two boats have raced each other and they are both favourites for Line Honours with almost identical IRC ratings. -- Louay Habib/RORC
Women's WMRT Heads To Marstrand, Sweden
The line-up of eight all-female match racing teams have been confirmed for the 2024 Nordea Women's Trophy from to take place from 1-6 July on the island of Marstrand, Sweden. Hosted by GKSS (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club), the event joins the 2024 Women's World Match Racing Tour as an official stage and will take place alongside the 30th edition of the long-running GKSS Match Cup Sweden, a founding event of the World Match Racing Tour since 2000.
Heading the all-star line-up for this year's Nordea Women's Trophy are defending event champion and Women's World Match Racing Tour champions Anna Östling and her WINGS team from Sweden. France's Pauline Courtois, two-time Women's Match Racing World Champion will also be in Marstrand with her Match in Pink Normandy Elite team.
Also joining the line-up are New Zealand's Celia Willison/ Edge Women's Match, and Megan Thomson/ 2.0 Racing. Thomson and crew won the third stage of the Women's WMRT at the Normandy Match Cup in Le Havre last weekend.
Completing the line-up are Julia Aartsen and her Out of the Box Team from the Netherlands, Kristine Mauritzen and her Seagulls team from Denmark, Renee Groeneveld from the Netherlands and Martina Carlsson from Sweden.
Nordea Women's Trophy Entries - Women's World Sailing Ranking at 1 May 2024
Anna Östling SWE (World Sailing Rank #1)
Pauline Courtois FRA (World Sailing Rank #2)
Celia Willison NZL (World Sailing Rank #3)
Megan Thomson NZL (World Sailing Rank #4)
Julia Aartsen NED (World Sailing Rank #8)
Kristine Mauritzen DEN (World Sailing Rank #10)
Renee Groeneveld NED (World Sailing Rank #21)
Martina Carlsson SWE (World Sailing Rank #47)
gkssmatchcupsweden.se womenswmrt.com
Industry News
Haven Knox-Johnston (Haven KJ) has unveiled a new online dinghy insurance quote and buy tool which allows dinghy owners to get an insurance quote in less than 30 seconds.
Haven KJ has also taken the opportunity to tune their dinghy insurance policies to precisely match the evolving needs and preferences of dinghy owners. The 'All-Weather' policy now includes cover for dinghy racing, inland and coastal use in the UK, 30 days' use in European Continental waters as well as road and ferry transit as standard. A 'Base Layer' policy option is available to provide a basic level of cover often required by sailing clubs and events, including £5m Third Party Liability.
In addition to providing dinghy insurance, Haven KJ remains dedicated to catering for the diverse needs of the marine industry right across the UK, coupling industry-leading customer service with comprehensive cover options for yachts, motorboats, narrowboats, and much more.
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Finnish Offshore Racing Association and Alandska Segelsällskapet, as the organizers of the 2024 ORC European Championship, are proudly announcing Garmin as the Gold Sponsor of the event, being held from August 9 to 17 in Mariehamn, Aland. As a global company, Garmin is one of the most experienced GPS technology developers and manufacturers. Time is ticking as the 2024 ORC European Championship draws closer and the early entry deadline approaches. Competitors are reminded that May 31's early entry deadline is only days away.
Gold Sponsor Garmin designs, manufactures, markets, and sells navigation, communication, and information devices and applications, most of which utilize GPS technology. As the world's most innovative and recognized marine electronics manufacturer, Garmin has revolutionized life for sailors, mariners, and boat enthusiasts everywhere with chart plotters, marine cartography, radar, autopilots, transducers, and more. Garmin, with Navionics, will provide the course details for the long offshore race and award Garmin Quatix 7 Pro Sapphire GPS multisport watches to the long offshore race winners and the overall winners of the 2024 ORC Europeans.
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To support its work on sustainability and inclusion, the IMOCA Class today announced a new partnership with US-based 11th Hour Racing.
The partnership will help promote and develop a series of programs that the IMOCA Class has been working on over the last four years aimed at driving sustainable innovation in offshore racing, and increasing opportunities for female sailors and shore crew in the sport.
Antoine Mermod, the President of the IMOCA Class, welcomed the formal collaboration with 11th Hour Racing which, he said, is the perfect partner to support the Class's pioneering work in these areas.
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Following the recent completion of Simpson Marine's acquisition by Sanlorenzo, Asia's largest yacht and superyacht services business is now on a path of expansion which will see the company extend its operating footprint throughout the APAC region. This process will see three new offices open this year in Australia, Vietnam and Japan.
Now trading as the Simpson Marine Group (SMG) as part of Sanlorenzo, SMG chief operating officer Richard Allen confirmed the new locations to IBI during the launch of the SL 50Steel superyacht MY Almax in La Spezia, Italy last weekend.
The strategy for SMG was planned by Massimo Perotti, Sanlorenzo chairman and CEO, during the long period that it took to negotiate the purchase deal with Mike Simpson who founded Simpson Marine 40 years ago.
The new offices will be added to the 11 that are already opearting in the APAC region – in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. The strategy for SMG, in addition to expanding its geographical footprint, is to expand its brokerage activities, especially for superyachts and also chartering.
Featured Charter
First 40 - Flying Cloud. Located in Australia.
The Beneteau First 40 is a yacht that many would describe as the ultimate racer/cruiser. With its uncluttered deck layout, spacious cockpit and well fitted out interior, the First 40 offers you not just speed but comfort.
The First 40 has proved itself over the years but notching up impressive race results and is a firm favourite for those looking to charter. Great for novice crews but also a very popular boat with the more experienced teams looking to push for silverware
The hull, rig and appendages were configured to achieve the best performance versus handicap for racing under IRC. These specific IRC-oriented design features include an undistorted hull shape with powerful ends to quickly maximize sailing length when heeled; a large, non-overlapping headsail rig and a "T" keel for high stability and low drag. The rig also includes large masthead spinnakers for excellent downwind performance.
See listing details in Seahorse Charters
Contact
Lucy Jackson - LV Yachting
Call: +44 (0) 20 3920 6261
Email:
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Featured Brokerage
FRA 9292 Concorde (Andrieu 1989). 36,000 EUR. Located in southern Norway.
Concorde is a late model Daniel Andrieu design from 1989 that was built for Alain Gautier at the B&B yard in La Trinite-sur-Mer.
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
Contact
Sven-Erik Hansen
Mob: +47 934 48 476
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1996 Weddell Racing Yacht. 250000 EUR. Located in Nova Scotia.
Grand Mistral Maxi One Design. Fantastic sloop with Kevlar hull and carbon spar and boom designed by Bruce Farr for long distance crossings, racing, sailing school or cruising.
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
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2011 Judel Vrolijk TP52 / IRC 52. 420,000 USD. Located in Western Australia.
This TP / IRC 52 has so much pedigree, built as Azzura then to become Shogun, Ichi Ban, Envy Scooters and now Crush. She has as excellent performance record under IRC and ORC and comes complete with an extensive up to date inventory that will sure to impress.
- Offshore and Inshore modes
- Wheel steering & Tiller steering
- Optimised IRC /ORC keel package 2023 by Judel Vrolijk
- New standing rigging & turnbuckles 2021
- Excellent North sails wardrobe
- Cat 1 offshore safety
- Professionally maintained
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
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Italia Yachts 11.98. 285,900 (Ex. VAT) EUR.
The Italia 11.98 project is aimed to create a boat that is really adaptable to different uses both cruising and racing. The result is a boat that will inspire the most ambitious pro sailor and, it will give pleasing cruises to its owner. Fun, highly performing and easy at the helm, Italia 11.98 has an essential and clean design, perfect for racing, without giving up space and maintaining adequate interior volumes and layout for long cruises. Italia 11.98 reintroduces the concept of an all-round boat, that is really able to support the efforts of the best sailing teams and as well as to meet the comfort needs of a more leisure oriented purpose.
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
Contact
YM Yachts & Brokerage
yacht-match.com/italiayachts
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Vismara MAS 60. 495000 EUR. Located in Viareggio, Italy.
A stunning collaboration between Vismara and world-famous Italian architect Renzo Piano, continuously upgraded and professionally maintained, KIRRIBILLI I is an instant classic that also constitutes a piece modern yachting art.
See listing details in Seahorse's RaceboatsOnly
Contact
Michele Antonini - Grabau International (Italia)
Tel: +39 333 74 89 281
Email:
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