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n il recently the only class to have foiling racing and a fully foiling package was the International Moth Many people give the Moth a go but soon rea ise it’s harder han it looks and when coupled with he time and cos s required o have a ruly competitive boat the dream gets abandoned The kite foiling concept is awesome and is by far the fastest and cheapest way of flying above the water making everyone in conven ional boats look l ke they a e in slow mo ion But challenges include he sk lls and experience required plus the location and a suitable s able wind

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Boat Show 48 Southampton A look forward to one of the world’s So for the hard core sa lor who wants o race from a local sailing club but enjoy the excitement and adrenaline rush that fo ling provides what are he options? Well currently it’s a choice between the Moth development class or a one-design catamaran such as the Phantom Nacra 20 or Whisper The cat classes have very few boats in the UK and worldwide as yet so you will often see them sailing around on their own at clubs Having a fo ling concept ike the Nacra 20 or Phantom where you need o raise the windward board for every tack and gybe is far less slick hen watching the Moth Whisper or ki e foiler glide effortlessly through the

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26 ACWS Portsmouth provided the perfect platform to showcase this worthy charity

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Preview 28 Paralympic COVER STORY: A look forward to the

17 If at first you don’t succeed.. give up? Andy Rice

Paralympics. How will Team GB fare?

with the TP52s 36 Training Andi Robertson invstigates the

INSIGHT & ANALYSIS

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18 COVER STORY: How did Ben Ainslie’s ACWS Portsmouth round-up

42 COVER STORY: How to prepare for Solo Fastnet

BAR team fare back on home turf?

one of the toughest races singlehanded

Williams 50 Ian A chat with the top match racer

FEATURE

The Rio Paralympics may be the last time disabled teams have the opportunity to exploit their skills as top level sailors on the racecourse

A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

Team GBR is back; same line up as the last three Games, same ultimate goal but this time with the most powerful element of all – experience

Week 54 Foiling COVER STORY: Jonny Fullerton with the lowdown on this high speed event

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2 4mR sailor Helena Lucas took a go d and Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell secu ed bronze in the Skud 18 In the highly competitive threeperson Sonar class Hannah S odel John Robertson and S ephen Thomas narrowly missed out on a medal after a four-point penalty was imposed due to a technical issue off the water This left them three poin s f om the bronze medal But Team GBR is back same ine up as the last wo Games same ul imate goal but this time wi h the most powerful element of all experience As Games veterans with a fur her four years of intense training under their belt Team GBR has never been more ready o seal the deal and prove to the IPC how impor ant Sa ling is as a Paralympic sport

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ollowing a controve sial decision by he IPC (International Paralympic Commi tee) o axe sai ing as a sport in the Paralympic programme World Sai ing made representations to have he decision overturned but unfortunately was unsuccessful in having sai ing reinstated for 2020 Efforts by he RYA are under way to try and ensu e the sport e umes i s place in the Paralympic programme from 2024 onwards A decision on sports for 2024 will be made in 2018 Since sailing was in roduced to the Paralympic programme in the 2000 Games the RYA has nurtured a strong team which has produced hugely successful esults including an impres ive medal haul at London 2012 Seasoned

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On each occasion, once underway the biggest problems usually turn out to be less significant than feared and we are treated to a few weeks of great sporting action. None of which is to make light of the serious issues Brazil had in the build-up to 2016. And as stated even this close to the opening there are still some major worries. But I remain hopeful all will be well. One of the great benefits of this job is that you get to travel and every four years, you get to travel to the Olympics. I have my mosquito repellent at the ready and will be keeping my mouth closed when on the water (a rarity for me!) Crucially for you, the reader, the Y&Y team will be bringing you daily coverage of the regatta all at yachtsandyachting.co.uk and in next month’s issue.

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Olympics underway inally the Olympic Games are upon us. Actually, as I write this we are still a few days away from the opening ceremony. And it is still not clear that the biggest event in the sporting calendar is going to go off without a hitch. Indeed, several days ago yet another damming report as to the quality of the water was released and the ramp from which the majority of sailing classes are due to launch dismantled itself due to a storm – and, it has to be said, poor construction. But I am going to stick my neck out and say that the chances are, all will be well in the end. I remember covering the build-up to the Olympics in 2008 (my first as a reporter) and struggling to comprehend how the Chinese were going to make it work. For the sailing alone there had been controversy with wind strength at that time of year, fog and a huge quantity of algae that made sailing look all but impossible just weeks ahead of the competition. Similarly, I remember reading about the Olympics in 2004 in Athens, for which many venues where not finished until the last minute. Even 2012 was not without its concerns, need I mention the furore surrounding G4S’ handling of security?

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Phil Robertson and his New Zealand Robertson Racing team were crowned World Match Racing Champions in the Final of the World Match Racing Tour in Marstrand, Sweden. In a high-wind final, Robertson (29) beat Taylor Canfield and his US Virgin Island team 2:1. In doing so Robertson – backed up by his

crew of fellow Kiwis: Stu Dodson, Will Tiller and James Wierzbowski – made history by becoming the first million dollar man in sailing after scooping a prize purse of US $33,000 for winning for the overall tour win, plus a whopping World Champion’s bonus of $1,000,000. An ecstatic Robertson said: “It’s a dream come true and the

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Million Dollar drop goal we’ve been striving for since 2009. We’ve been a super lowbudget campaign. We’ve paid for everything ourselves this season. So we’re over the moon.” Although Team Robertson’s victory was not an all-out surprise, the real favourites going into the World Championship Finals of the Tour were Canfield and

his well-drilled US One crew. If anyone was going to topple Canfield in the finals, the odds were on Ian Williams – reigning World Champion – and his GAC Pindar team. In the event Team GAC Pindar were unable to repeat their winning performance from the first Tour event in Fremantle, and had to settle for seventh overall.

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Competitors signed up for the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 are preparing for one of the toughest challenges in the history of the event. In a recent announcement, organisers conﬁrmed the course will incorporate almost three times as much Southern Ocean sailing as the previous edition of the race and will be contested over the longest distance in race history at around 45,000nm. To add to the challenge, the event is a month shorter than in most of the last 12 editions. The 43-year-old round the world race starts in Alicante in late 2017 and will take the ﬂeet across four oceans with

stops in 10 major cities on five continents including Lisbon, Cape Town, Hong Kong Guangzhou, Auckland, Itajaí, Newport Rhode Island, Cardiff, and Gothenburg. The final sprint of a nine-month ocean marathon will finish in The Hague. Commenting on the extreme challenge Phil Lawrence, incoming Race Director says although safety remains paramount, ultimately, there will always be danger. “Sailors know they put their lives on the line when they take on ‘the Everest’ of professional sailing. That’s what the Volvo Ocean Race is all about – taking the toughest conditions that Mother Nature can throw at you, and overcoming them.”

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Olympics underway By the time this magazine reaches you, the Olympic Games in Rio (5-21 August) will be firmly underway and patterns should be starting to emerge from the race courses in Guanabara Bay, to indicate the likely contenders for qualification to the double points final – see page 35 for information on how to follow medal racing in Rio! Toby Heppell – Y&Y’s acting editor – is currently in Rio reporting from the racecourse on Y&Y’s exclusive live blog – avaiable at yachtsandyachting.co.uk. Our blog will be live all day, every day of the Olympic sailing competition, for those wishing to follow every second of sailing. Or you can sign up to our special newsletter which will deliver round-ups and analysis from the Olympic venue each day direct to your inbox. Sign up on the homepage at yachtsandyachting.co.uk

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SAM PRIETZ – Inshore helmsman and skipper of Goa commenting on the French victory of the Brewin Dolphin Commodores’ Cup.

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The number of minutes by which Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3, broke the Round the Island Race record time.

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JACK GRIFFIN – Cup Experience editor commenting on when the actual AC class race boats will be launched.

“It is an honour to write France’s name on the Commodores’ Cup again.”

The 25-year-old modern Lymington River Scow celebrated its 20th national championship at Keyhaven YC this year with a bumper turnout of over 40 boats. This incredibly simple, yet competitive 11ft race boat is one of the most popular all-round, family dinghies with over 300 built to date. To celebrate the success of the class in its 20th anniversary championship year, Gordon Stredwick – Honorary President of the Lymington River Scow Class Association, World Sailing International Judge and member of the RYA Racing Rules Committee – has produced The Lymington River Scow – A History. In this delightful book, Stredwick maps the entire history of the class from conception to maturity and records the key milestones that have helped the class achieve success. Commenting on significance of the book in the 20th national championship year, Stredwick said: “The 25th anniversary and the 20th anniversary national championship, and indeed foundation of the Association, were happy coincidences, which rather confirmed the justification for the book.” For a copy of the book, go to lymingtonriverscow.org.

“The Protocol requires the teams to wait until 150 days before the first race in the round robin ‘Qualifiers’. That means December 27, 2016 is the earliest possible launch date. All the teams are building their race boats already.”

Number of sailors competing in Rio

Knots is the average speed clocked up by François Gabart during his successful 24-hour Singlehanded record attempt aboard the trimaran MACIF

Lymington River Scow 25th

THEY SAID…

The age of British sailor Stuart Jardine, signed up to compete in the J/24 worlds in Japan later this month

“There’s still a long way to go, a lot of hard work between now and the America’s Cup.” Skipper and team principal of Land Rover BAR, SIR BEN AINSLIE, following the team’s Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series win in Portsmouth.

“Sailing has changed my life – I’d never been outside of London before...” JUNIOR OWUSU – Student of The Greig City Academy, who competed on Scaramouche in the Round the Island Race.

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“Safety First! Foiling is a new game and it requires new safety procedures to guarantee the safety on the race course for everyone involved.” President of the Fraglia Vela Malcesine, GIANNI TESTA, commenting on the collision between the GC32 Malizia – Yacht Club de Monaco and a press RIB at the GC32 Malcesine Cup.

“It’s different to anything else, it’s stylish, it’s attractive. It’s a chain reaction, it keeps attracting better boats because it’s stylish and it looks more stylish because it attracts better boats.” GIOVANNI BELGRANO – Overall winner of Panerai British Classic Week sailing the 1939 Laurent Giles 39ft one-off Whooper.

“The next challenge will be getting used to life back on dry land again” OLIVIER CARDIN – Skipper of LMAX Exchange following the team’s win of the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. They completed the 11-month, 40,000nm voyage when they crossed the Thames Estuary ﬁnish line at the end of July.

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Jim and Kristy Clark’s 100ft supermaxi – Commanche – broke the monohull Transatlantic record with a time of 5 days, 14 hours, 21 minutes 25 seconds. The team, skippered by Ken Read, sailed at an average speed of 21.44 knots and beat the previous record set by Mari Cha IV

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SINGLEHANDED 24 HOUR RECORD SMASHED

in 2003 by 1 day, 3 hours 31 minutes 14 seconds. To ﬁnd out how they broke the 13-year old record, check out the indepth interview with Stan Honey (navigator) in the next issue.

François Gabart has knocked a staggering 67 miles off the Singlehanded 24 hour record set by Thomas Coville just 25 days earlier. Gabart aborted his attempt on the Atlantic Solo record from New York to the Lizard due to unfavourable weather conditions, but still managed to cover 785 nautical miles at an average speed of 32.7kt, aboard his trimaran Macif. The effort was was more than enough

to knock Coville off his perch. The previous record set by Coville’s Sodebo Ultim on 8 June was 718.5nm. Gabart commented: “being able to ride for 24 hours at full speed, it is pure happiness, it shows the real potential of the boat.” Gabart now holds the 24hour solo record for multihull and monohull. The monohull record he broke while competing in the Vendée Globe 2012/13 is 534.48nm.

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Rescued The crew of the MOD70 Musandam-Oman Sail, headed by Frenchman Sidney Gavignet, was rescued safely by the crew of a cargo ship following a capsize while competing in the Transat Quebec-St Malo. The incident happened approximately 450 nautical miles east of St Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Canada. Charity There is still plenty of time to sign up for Bart’s Bash, which takes place on 17-18 September. Go to bartsbash.com Tied

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Royal Navy sailors – leading hand Phil Slade and MOD worker Mark Belamarich – are celebrating their record breaking achievement, which saw them complete a three–night sail in a two-man open dinghy. The Plymouth-based pair, who had to beat the previous record of 300nm, was thrilled to have sailed their Bosun dinghy 309.39 nautical miles in a time of 71hrs 45mins. The team is now hopeful the unsupported achievement can be verified by Guinness World Records, which can be verified by the recording team on the escort yacht, which accompanied the sailors from Plymouth to Portsmouth naval bases, via a leg to and from France. Belamarich commented: “It was a great challenge but physically demanding. We didn’t drink a lot of water and there was a bit of boredom at times but we didn’t fight!” In completing their voyage, Slade and Belamarich have so far raised over £2,700 for the Royal Navy & Royal Marines charity.

Team LMAX Exchange skippered by Olivier Cardin – the ﬁrst French skipper in the event’s 19 year history – has won the Clipper 2015-16 Round the World Yacht Race. The team sailed across the ﬁnish line off Southend Pier on the evening of Friday 29 July in third place, which was enough to clinch the title from closest rivals, Derry~Londonderry~Doire. After a challenging 40,000NM, 11-month race-long battle there was just four points between the top two overall.

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The 2016 IRC National Championship produced an extremely unusual joint win scenario with Adam Gosling’s brand-new JPK 10.80 Yes! (IRC2 winner) and the French consortium-owned A35, Dunkerque - Les Dunes de Flandre, (IRC 3 winner) sharing the title.

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ernard Langley’s TP52 Gladiator powered round the 50-mile course in less than four-and-a-half hours to claim the coveted 2016 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race Gold Roman Bowl from a fleet of 1,533. The team, which included Langley’s sons Bernard (at the helm), Tom, and daughter Charlotte, plus Brett Aarons, Andrew Cape, Lou Varney, Vincent Geake and Freddie Shank sailed at a staggering pace throughout. Although they were unable to match the speed of Mike Slade’s 100ft Maxi Leopard to claim line honours, they enjoyed a close, racelong battle with Sir Keith Mills’ Ker 40+ Invictus. Team Invictus, whose members included Zoe Williams (Invictus Games competitor), and Prince Harry, sailed well but couldn’t quite match the speed of Team Gladiator which was able to claim the trophy on corrected time. The Gladiators hit their best speeds of 20-24kt soon after they rounded the Needles when they replaced their A3 spinnaker with an A4. Aarons, boat

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captain said: “At that kind of speed, the adverse tide only slows you by a small percentage. Once we were back in the eastern Solent we were still in the last of the west-going favourable tide and were almost able to lay the finish line in one tack – it was a huge advantage.” RECORD BREAKER The other highlight of the day was the race record set by Team Phaedo3 – Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 trimaran – which tore round the course in two hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds reaching speeds of up to 35kt. In so doing skipper Brian Thompson and team not only left the other MOD70 – Team Concise – in her wake but also obliterated the multihull race record time Sir Ben Ainslie set in 2013 by a staggering 28 minutes. Significantly, it was just two minutes off the course record sailed in the same boat when it was named Foncia under skipper Michel Desjoyeaux. As he stepped ashore, an extremely happy Thornburg told Y&Y: “It was a dream day. This really was one of our best-executed races as a team, so

Above Lively conditions throughout made for a close, exciting day on the racecourse

it was magic to have it come together in such an historic and amazing race. We didn’t leave anything out there, which is a rare thing.” Commenting on the turning point in the race, Thornburg added: “It was probably at the Needles. We were laying the Needles in one and just got lifted over. The other MOD70 – Concise – had to tack twice around the Needles and I think that was pretty devastating for them. We were then able to extend as we reached away, and were probably able to run a little more conservatively than they were. “On the downwind leg we were about 1.5/6nm ahead of them, and possibly a bit more than that at the end. We’ve traded races with them a lot. Sometimes it comes down to a coin toss. One bad tack can make all the difference, or a lucky puff. Thankfully all ours worked out pretty well today.” The 80th anniversary race day organised by Island SC started later than usual, at 0830, and HRH Prince Michael of Kent GCVO was honoured with the firing of the first gun. The lively

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Big winds, big records and big smiles made the 2016 J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race one of the most spectacular in the event’s 85 year history breeze from the west and a reported 45kt recorded round the south side of the Isle of Wight did, however, force the race committee to cancel some of the smaller classes including Gaffer (Division 3) LWL under 23ft, all multihulls under 9.15m, Sportsboats and J/70s. Commenting on the decision not to send the smaller classes out, Dave Atkinson – ISC Sailing Flag and head of the race management team – said: “The heavy weather forced us into making some pretty major decisions in cancelling some classes but we feel that with safety always being paramount, we were entirely justified in doing what we did.” THREADING THE NEEDLES In the fresh building breeze, a fastpaced, action-packed day began to develop. As always with the Round the Island Race, rounding the Needles is generally where the action begins when misjudged roundings have evil results. Sadly, this year was no exception and victims included the crew of 1977 Dubois-designed Half-Tonner Alchemist which had to be rescued by

the Yarmouth RNLI crew when the boat hit the SS Varvassi shipwreck and sank. The owner Mark Wynter – commodore of Island SC – was not on board. Elsewhere, the big winds and sea state led to a series of incidents including at least one injured crew member, a mast breakage, rudder damage and several reports of hull damage. In total contrast to the high budget professional teams who took out the top four places overall, it was good to see a strong mix of amateur sailors produce impressive results. Paul Dunstan’s ageing Folkboat Mandarin was one of the best placed smaller boats in ninth place overall on corrected time and second place overall in IRC Division 3D. The winner of this division was Andy Shaw’s Flying Boat, another amateur team. This year’s event marked the 12th and final year of the event organiser’s partnership with J.P. Morgan Asset Management, whose support has been invaluable over that time. The good news is that plans are already in place for next year’s 81st event with the date confirmed for Saturday 1 July 2017.

MAJOR TROPHY WINNERS 2016 OBSERVER TROPHY & JPMAM TROPHY – First Monohull to ﬁnish – GBR1R, LEOPARD, Mike Slade GOLD ROMAN BOWL & JPMAM SALVER – First Overall IRC – GBR11152, GLADIATOR, Bernard Langley SILVER ROMAN BOWL & JPMAM SALVER – Second Overall IRC – GBR1851X, INVICTUS, Sir Keith Mills ROYAL THAMES CHALLENGE TROPHY & JPMAM SALVER – 3rd overall IRC – GBR1682R, TOKOLOSHE II, Michael Bartholomew ROYAL LONDON CHALLENGE CUP & JPMAM SALVER – 4th overall IRC – GBR4863R, YES!, Adam Gosling JPMORGAN TROPHY – 1st overall IRC Group 0 – GBR11152, GLADIATOR, Bernard Langley OWEN PARKER MEMORIAL TROPHY – 1st overall IRC Group 1 – GBR4863R, YES!, Adam Gosling RAYMARINE RIR YOUNG SAILOR TROPHY – GBR3277L, WAVE WHISPERER, Richard Barnes TENACITY TROPHY – Last boat to ﬁnish within the time limit – SEASCAPE, John Hulford-Funnell

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The destruction of a beautiful yacht during the Round the Island Race highlights the need for some fairly basic preventative measures

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revention is better than the cure, says the old proverb, but with something bad that happens repeatedly and can be cured, it really should be. During the recent Round the Island Race, the beautiful wooden Dubois half-tonner Alchemist hit part of the wreck of the Varvassi off the Needles and sank. Her owner, the Commodore of the Island Sailing Club, was not aboard. Alchemist is not the first boat to hit this hazard to small boats hell bent on rounding the Isle of Wight in short order. I’ll raise my hand guiltily as must my friend Bruno Troublé with Xeryus. I asked him the next day what the wreck smelled of to which I received the one word reply: ‘Fish’. Joking aside, the damage toll is heavy and I had thought that the marine insurance companies might club together and pay for its removal or just as effectively place a buoy on it. Several (many) years ago the Island Sailing Club used to lay a buoy offshore of the wreck and surrounding rocks, for all to round to seaward. It should return. A case, Commodore, of “Physician, cure thyself ”! When ‘the best laid plans’ work out, there can be nothing but satisfied smiles. When it has taken three years of planning, the satisfaction is supreme. So it was for 28 kids about to finish primary school toward the end of their final term. They came from the Frobisher School in Jaywick, which was selected by the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation for special treatment and they were part of a ‘Buoyed Up’ programme. This programme started three years ago in Australia – landlocked Canberra to be precise – on Lake Burley where about 25 kids were pushed out on to the lake in Optimists, under the watchful eye of Olympic gold medalist, Malcolm Page (always a good idea to have a hero handy for the kids). They were subdued at first, as they tried to steer their boats and there was some banging and barging until they began to get the hang of it,

Island Sailing Club used to lay a buoy off the wreck. It should return..! but that was soon over and with the help of the instructors, order was restored. That day, and those that followed, were so successful that the programme spread throughout Australia and I was fortunate enough to be on hand to observe just how hugely successful the initiative was. As soon as I returned to England I reported on what I had seen to my fellow trustees at the Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation and the programme was underway, with one notable success being in the Glasgow area. Reports of its success in conjunction with the Clyde Cruising Club’s dinghy section further buoyed our enthusiasm and belief that this was a truly worthwhile project. Soon I was detailed – or more precisely pushed into it by my fellow trustees – to find somewhere in the South of England. It’s at times like this that, like most of us, I sought the line of least resistance. At the time my daughter, Alice, was a very active Commodore of Brightlingsea SC.

Above Alchemist was an iconic yacht lost in wholly unnecessary circumstances

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It made sense to hand the idea on to her. Alice’s first task was to unearth a suitable school in a socially distressed area, which proved not as difficult as I had imagined – Jaywick was okay when I was a lad! Having made her choice, she contacted the Head Teacher, Julia Hall, and began the negotiations for the full programme, which included some talks and a visit to a marine firm for all 28 pupils. The first question Alice had to answer was how would the kids benefit from learning to sail. Her reply came in many layers, but principally that it would teach them self-confidence and spatial awareness. Steering a boat in restricted space heightens the senses and they will also develop a sense of direction from the many angles they will sail before having to return to base. From that too, a sense of purpose combined with tidy, ship-shape habits will become the norm. So too will increased responsibility sharpen the all-round attitude. Add to that the fact that they will learn to look at the weather before doing anything afloat. Undoubtedly after learning to sail, kids become braver through the experience – the first capsize is always feared but after a successful righting, the fears quickly dissolve. They soon work out the rules of sailing and retain them, so that when they next go afloat, they will be ready to go. I have no doubt that the boys and girls from Frobisher will be ready next time they are afloat and from their questions I know that won’t be long. “When can we come back?” was the question on many lips as they left the sailing club, and also, incidentally, on those of the Head Teacher. I would, then, like to offer a hearty ‘well done’ to Craig Bond and the five junior instructors – many of those smiles were due to your efforts, and also to my daughter Alice, of course. Maybe the odd reader might know of somewhere waiting for this to happen near them – it won’t take much to find out if it can happen for them too. Find out more at commsatwork.org/buoyed-up

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Aside from a strong showing from Will Harris, British sailors again struggled in La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro. The question is, why?

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t was a very disappointing La Solitaire Bompard Le Figaro for most of the eight-strong group of British sailors who competed among a very competitive group of 39 soloists during late June and early July. The only real bright spot was the Artemis Offshore Academy’s Will Harris finishing as top rookie, but for me it was just as important that Harris came away with eighth on the last, 140 miles sprint leg, beating the eventual winner across the final finish line. Harris joins Jackson Bouttell and Robin Elsey as British sailors who have finished Top Rookie in the last four years. But the harsh reality is that we cannot seem to make the steps from Top Rookie to the top five overall. That may be because of the lack of a clear ongoing funding and support pathway or it may be down to the sailors themselves not being able to make the incremental gains to get to the required level. It was a peculiarly brutal Solitaire. It was an almost all coastal course with three passages in the Channel and on the South Coast which meant tidal gates opening successively bigger gaps in the fleet. There was no real open sea leg at all. Indeed it could be argued that the top five were already decided by the first passage of Wolf Rock on Leg 1 from Deauville to Cowes via the Owers. “But,” reflects Charles Darbyshire of the Artemis Offshore Academy, “Let’s face it the best guys won. It was not an unfair test in any way. You just had to be in the right place, making the right decision at the right time.” Perhaps the burden of expectation on Alan Roberts was too high but he did not finish where he had hoped to, 16th overall. But once you were behind in this edition of the race, there were no real opportunities to get back at the leaders. After Stage 1 it was an exercise in damage limitation. Roberts invested for his future when he took time at the Cowes stopover to look after potential sponsors and go sailing with them, but it could be argued

It was a peculiarly brutal Solitaire. It was an almost all-coastal course that impinged on his race thereafter as it was time he could have been resting. But with luck, that will pay off for next year and Roberts – who I think is the best, most committed Solitaire talent we have – can crack the top places in 2017. Darbyshire points out again that the Artemis programme is a means to an end, not an end in itself. Their objective is getting quality, experienced sailors into the IMOCA 60s and Class 40 not winning La Solitaire. That will become all the harder with the news that Artemis are to step out of all sailing participation after this year. The intention is to keep the Academy going, to attract new sponsors and to draw more on the family of supporters and sponsors, which have built up over the years. All that being said I would be surprised if there are eight GBR boats on the start line next year. At the same time the level at the top goes up all

Above Will Harris ﬁnished as top rookie, but there wasn’t a great deal more success for British competitors

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the time. Maybe there was no Yann Elies and no Jeremie Beyou this year but the Skipper Macif programme is an exemplary two-boat campaign, which took a well-deserved first and second place for Yoann Richomme and Charlie Dalin respectively. I don’t imagine there is much change from €500,000 for the Skipper Macif year-round programme, but the Solitaire delivers a substantial multiplier in terms of media return in France. It is still a well followed, well supported sporting event each summer. That it is now raced in June has reduced the field of amateurs to just about zero. Most of the amateur warriors who could take a month off from work need that to happen in August when the main French holidays are. June is the best time commercially as the host cities want the business then. The race will be in June next year again, starting from Bordeaux. After Plymouth, Torquay and Cowes it will be interesting to see if England can land a stopover in 2017.` Like just about everything else, it is mostly about towns and cities that are prepared to spend money to become a host. Ireland is due a visit not just from the point of view of the destination itself but what the Celtic Sea adds, opening the course up to be an open sea race track. Mathew Sarrot, the Director General of OC Sport Pen Duick concludes: “The prospects for next year are good. Live streaming went well and we will develop the live audience. We do want to go further in this field to tell the inside stories of the race, with the skippers. We do not yet know if the Sprint final stage will be back. It worked well this year but we must discuss this with our partners and the Figaro Bénéteau Class. What is certain is that we will open up the layout of the course, with more offshore stages and more strategic options. We can already announce that the 48th edition of La Solitaire Le Figaro Bompard will be held next year in June. It will leave Bordeaux where we have been twice in the recent past.”

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Sometimes what seems like an unfair outcome to a questionable racing situation can result in a bit of well-deserved karma later on

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ike Lennon must have been wondering what he had done to offend the wind gods when he was competing at the International Moth European Championship last year in Holland. Having won an extremely competitive National Championship the previous year during the build-up to the World Championship at Hayling Island, where he finished a very creditable 10th overall, Lennon was going to the Europeans with reasonable hopes of a top five placing. However, after picking up a couple of OCS disqualifications for being over the line early, Lennon’s patience was starting to wear thin. “I was really convinced that one of them wasn’t an OCS because there was a boat directly in front of me and I was nowhere near as close to the line as many other boats,” he says. He took it to the protest room where the race officer told Lennon simply: ‘You were miles over the line.’ The next day, things were going better as Lennon was leading a race down the final leg to the finish. “I was about 50 metres from the finish when I dropped off the foils and started low-riding,” Mike recalls, “and then the race officer abandoned the race!” I asked him why and he said: “You weren’t foiling any more and the Moth is a foiling class.” So Lennon proceeded to correct the race officer by pointing out: “We might be a foiling class, but we don’t have a class rule that says you have to foil!” But the ‘yes, you do, no we don’t’ argument with the race officer did Lennon no good. The race would remain abandoned. The following day as Lennon was about to start, another Moth lost control and capsized to windward. “I had to luff up to avoid his rig, which I thought would have put me way over the line, so I thought that’s it. Knowing my luck, I am over the line. I’m going home.” He did pack up early and drove home before the championship was even complete. That was Lennon’s last major Moth

Perhaps the unlucky header and capsize was the thing that clinched the championship event before he turned up to this year’s European Championship in Bordeaux. “It was on a lake just a mile from the sea, a mile from the Bay of Biscay, and we had wind from just about every direction,” says Lennon. Having only sailed a couple of UK open meetings in the past 12 months, he wasn’t too sure where he’d fit in with the rest of the fleet, although he was fairly sure that he’d struggle to beat the likes of Chris Rashley and Ben Paton, freshly returned from the Moth Worlds in Japan were they finished second and fifth respectively. “I never expect to be able to beat Chris,” says Lennon. “We do a reasonable amount of training together, and I can often beat him when we do a one-mile, two-boat test in a straight line. I can even beat him in private races, but in the championship I can’t seem to get near him.” However, in the fluky conditions, luck and skill seemed to be going in Lennon’s favour this time. Somehow he managed to climb up a lot more ladders while Rashley slid down a few too many snakes. By the final day, Lennon had such a good points lead that only Paton had a realistic shot at taking the championship away from him. Paton decided on a ‘do or die’ strategy to go all out to win, according

Above Mike Lennon’s ‘go big or go home’ attitude paid off in Bordeaux

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to Lennon. “He still needed to get a good result himself, but he felt his best chance of winning was to match race me out of contention and then sail himself back up the fleet,” says Lennon. “And he nearly succeeded.” Having already been engaged in a catand-mouse chase during the pre-start, Paton proceeded to sit on Lennon’s wind up the first beat and, when a header struck while Lennon was trying to bear away to shake free of Paton’s cover, Lennon capsized. Disaster! Or was it....? Paton must have thought his work was more or less done as he successfully sailed further into the header and into the left-hand corner of the beat. Meanwhile Lennon pulled his boat upright and came out on port tack and went right. While Lennon found good breeze on the right, Paton sailed into a hole on the left and when they converged at the top mark, Lennon was a long way ahead despite that capsize. Lennon fought his way up to second while Paton retired from that race, giving Lennon his first ever European Championship title, at the age of 50. Perhaps the unlucky header and capsize was the very thing that clinched the championship. And perhaps it was well-deserved karma for his string of misfortunes a year earlier in Holland. “Yes, perhaps it was payback after all,” Lennon agreed. So, the moral of the story? If at first you don’t succeed, pack up, go home early and come back next year. And you might win!

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he America’s Cup World Series in Portsmouth provided fine spectacle in 2015 capped by local heroes, Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing winning the weekend. Against this marker, this year’s round of racing had much to live up to. Happily for those attending, the event more than delivered. For all the various successes of the World Series format, one thing remains clear about our sport. We are utterly at the mercy of the weather. A seemingly obvious point, but one that is bought sharply into focus and, indeed, exacerbated by the requirement to fit racing into an hour TV slot. As such, although there was enough wind for the AC45s to foil in the mid-

to-late afternoon on Saturday, the racing needed to be held earlier in order to fit into pre-defined TV schedules, so foiling was essentially non-existent on day one. However, this was no super light wind driftathon, nor was it a pot-luck event, with the circa 10kt wind remaining fairly steady throughout the day. So far in 2016 we have seen the World Series New York and Chicago draw impressive crowds but both ultimately lost a day of racing each. Oman, meanwhile offered great racing but crowds were limited. With thousands turning out to watch the racing, on a Sunny weekend that delivered two days of decent breeze, Portsmouth now looks to stand head and shoulders above the rest.

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For all the successes of the World Series format, one thing remains clear about our sport. We are utterly at the mercy of the weather

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CLOSE RACING “My aim this weekend,” said Sir Ben Ainslie before the Portsmouth AC World Series kicked off, “is to narrow the points lead that [Emirates] Team New Zealand hold at present.” No doubt his ultimate wish was to emerge as the leading team by repeating the Land Rover BAR success here 12 months earlier. He laid down a marker during Friday’s practice races, scoring two firsts and a third, although he would have

grimaced at the third place the British team scored in the fourth race of the day. The race was officially deemed the ‘substitute race’ and would count towards the final regatta score should there be no racing on the following day in the scheduled television slot. The sailing on Saturday was in marginal foiling breezes of 6-12kt, ideal for practice but a little low for excitement. There was slightly more wind on the next day, the first of true racing and a new brand of excitement was in the air as the six boats carried out their parade along the Southsea Sea Front. The breeze was fickle, however. As the six boats approached the start, it was readily apparent that all the crews were eager and all but one, Franck Cammas with Groupama, were over early. This allowed the

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Above Thousands turned out to view an unforgettable weekend of racing

French team the opportunity to make a break, which he held to the finish. Many lessons were learnt from that – principally the importance of the start in the quarter-hour races – yet the same five premature starters were guilty for the second time. This time around, however, there was more law and order in the wind – gone was its streaky nature – and by the second mark Ainslie had placed Land Rover BAR into a narrow lead over Jimmy Spithill in Oracle, while the Emirates Team New Zealand boat was right with them. There was slightly more breeze on the left side of the course and that’s where the British boat gained an extra advantage. By the end of the race BAR was over a minute ahead. By race three, only two teams were over early – Softbank Team Japan and Oracle. Cammas led the fleet away from the start once again, but he was only marginally ahead of Ben Ainslie. It was touch and go all the way down the reach while Dean Barker in Softbank came up

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Not only did the weather deliver but the sailors did too, as Land Rover Ben Ainslie Racing took victory in the regatta and propelled themselves into the lead of the America’s Cup World Series overall standings – to the rapturous adulation of the assembled fans. Things could not have gone better.

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briefly to split the leaders. Upwind, Land Rover BAR sensed a little more breeze on the right and moved into the lead from Softbank. The fight between these two allowed the British team to maintain a watching brief all the way to the finish. British stock was rising – not only were they leading this regatta but they had gained six points on the Kiwis in the overall season’s standings to be just four short. SUPER SUNDAY The breeze was up to 15-18kt for the double points ‘Super Sunday’, which showed every indication of living up to its name. Foiling, even when gybing, was a possibility and important for those who did, but of primary importance was starting. Ainslie gave his rivals a lesson by starting at full speed at the windward end of the line, sailing the longer distance faster, leaving Francesco Bruni on Artemis and Jimmy Spihill trailing in his wake. Each time he

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Clockwise from top left: Light winds meant no foiling on day one; all action on board Softbank Team Japan; Groupama scored a surprise victory in race one; plenty to cheer about for the large crowd of spectators

rounded ahead, large cheers greeted the British skipper, who it had earlier been announced was being watched by his daughter born a few days earlier. The usual suspects occupied the leading places and with double points available, BAR secured an overall lead, level with the Kiwis and stretching further away from Oracle. The message about starting being important appeared to have been learned and the second start of the day was all clear with the Oracle team nearing perfection. It allowed Spithill to sail a commanding race in which Land Rover BAR only worried him in the final stages, but then he imposed a tight cover that gave his rival no chance of passing. Out of the other five teams trying to stop Land Rover BAR from emulating her 2015 victory at home, Oracle had the best chance and only then by winning and beating them with another boat between them. When Glen Ashby launched ETNZ to lead out of the start, there was a short hiatus before Oracle and BAR were leading

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the pack a couple of minutes into the second leg. For the rest of the race Spithill looked for help, but Ainslie was having none of it. The American effort continued even into the final short leg to the line, but without avail. With Oracle the main obstacle between BAR and a repeat of their 2015 victory on home turf, the prestart in the final race was particularly tense and, once again, all were clean. Emirates Team New Zealand, steered by Glenn Ashby, made the pin start and led at the first mark. Then came the rush and, after two minutes of the downwind leg, Spithill led from Ainslie. Now the interest rose again, Jimmy needed to get someone between him and Ben, and while the gap between them varied a small amount, the British team displayed a dogged defiance in their attack on the leader while keeping the opposition at bay. It grew to as much as 16 seconds but their nearest rivals, the Kiwis, were

The British team displayed a dogged deﬁance in their attack

Above High ﬁves all round as Team BAR secure another victory

always a reasonable distance away. At the end Oracle Team USA led across the line by nine seconds, still trying to make a gap for third placed Softbank to sneak in ahead of the Brits, but without success. That second place gave Land Rover BAR another series win and also kept the Cup holders at bay and out of the overall lead in the series thus far. LOCAL HEROES The racing also enjoyed the royal seal of approval, with their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge also showing their support, visiting the Land Rover BAR base and then viewing the racing on the water. The royal couple then took to the main stage to

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present the competing teams with the Victory Trophies, designed by Zak Kay, aged 10, from Portsmouth and made by local artist Michelle Littlewood. On meeting the Royal couple Zak said: “It was amazing meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, they were really nice. They asked me how I came up with the design of the trophy.” On stage in front of the cheering crowds Sir Ben said: “It is a great result in front of the home crowd. It’s amazing for Portsmouth to have these events. The ultimate goal is to bring the America’s Cup back here. It’s going to be a great event in Bermuda next year and we’ll be giving it everything.” “Hours and hours and hours of practice pulled this together and the five of us were reading off the same hymn sheet all day and although it wasn’t the cleanest day of our boat handling, it was enough,” added LRBAR Grinder David ‘Freddie’ Carr. “We are in a massive phase of our Cup campaign, going into Bermuda next year and the lift it gives to everyone at the base is huge. We’ve put a line in the sand where our sailing team is at, and our development and test boats are going really well – we are front footing it right now, it’s a great time for us.”

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he 1851 Trust welcomed over 200 young people from Portsmouth and the surrounding areas to an exclusive preview day at the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Race Village prior to the gates opening to the general public. The ‘Sustainability Challenge’, run in partnership with Land Rover BAR sponsor 11th Hour Racing, was part of the Trust’s broader programme of work to inspire and excite young people into the sport of sailing, design, engineering and the wider maritime industry through the British America’s Cup challenge, Land Rover BAR.

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Young people aged between 9-16yrs from local schools, youth groups and sailing clubs spent the morning taking part in educational activities focused on team work, sustainability and exploring the interactive ‘tech zone’. They were split into different groups, each named after one of the sailing teams taking part in the event before taking part in a single-use-plastic hunt, where they had to find out various facts and identify alternative uses for the plastics. They then used the items they found during the hunt to create model boats made from recyclable items for gutter boat racing. The third activity in the morning gave

Above HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of the 1851 Trust, and HRH The Duke of Cambridge with youngsters beneﬁting from 1851 Trust initiatives

young people the chance to learn more about the America’s Cup environment and gain a greater understanding of the technologies behind sailing. This gave them the chance to use interactive equipment, including stable flight simulator and wind tunnel, which can usually be found at Land Rover BAR’s base in Portsmouth in The Tech Deck and Education Centre. This Centre offers a unique behind-the-scenes experience with hands-on interactive educational exhibits, enabling young people to get close to the boats, people, and technologies in development. Anyone interested in visiting the Tech Deck can learn more and book tickets

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here: https://uk.bookingbug.com/ home/49898-Land-Rover-BAR The morning was rounded off with the 200 young people meeting sailors from each competing team who then awarded the winners, Artemis Racing team, their victory medals. The activity was supported by 11th Hour Racing, which works with the sailing community to advance solutions and practices that protect and restore the health of the oceans. 11th Hour Racing provided all the participants with a reusable, BPA free, locally sourced water bottle. Each bottle carried the message ‘Say no to single use plastics’ and contained a special note from Sir Ben Ainslie to promote responsible environmental practices. 11th Hour Racing also provided a Pledge Board for young people to highlight their commitment in refusing single use plastics. Jo Stocks, CEO of the 1851 Trust said: “We are thrilled that we could involve over 200 young people from Portsmouth and the surrounding areas with the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth. This is such an exciting time for sailing in the UK and we’re keen to use it to inspire a new generation into sailing, the marine industry and caring for the environment. Eight million tonnes of plastic rubbish enters our oceans each year, with this figure set to increase tenfold over the next decade – meaning that by 2050, there will be more plastics in the sea than fish. It’s essential that we educate young people about the role they can play in helping us safeguard our oceans.” Alison Butler-Baines from Grafham Water Centre said: “A huge thank you

from myself and the team for letting us be part of your Youth Day. All the kids loved every second of the day, and were extremely full of it on the journey back home on Thursday.” To round off the weekend on Sunday HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, 1851 Trust Royal Patron and HRH The Duke of Cambridge visited Land Rover BAR and The 1851 Trust both at the team’s base on the Camber and at the Race Village. Their Royal Highnesses met young people from Active Communities Network in Havant who took part in Thursday’s activity. These young people have already overcome significant

Above David ‘Freddie’ Carr – grinder on Land Rover BAR made a welcome appearance at Youth Day Top right Young ‘designers’ race their craft Top left Medal ceremony for Artemis Racing team

challenges in their young lives. One young person who met The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge is Tayah, 17 who talked with the Duchess about her role as a voice for young people’s mental health, a subject close to the Duchess’s heart. In October last year Tayah had the opportunity to go sailing with Sir Ben Ainslie and the Land Rover BAR team when Sir Ben became a Laureus Ambassador. The Trust’s education programme, STEMcrew, launches in October providing free digital STEM lessons to over 4,000 secondary schools teaching key stage 3 (11-14yrs). Based on the national curriculum, the digital lessons use the subject of the Land Rover BAR team to bring STEM subjects to life in the classroom. STEM lessons will also be on offer at the Education Centre at Land Rover BAR in conjunction with a visit to the Tech deck. For more details, contact enquiries@1851trust.org.uk

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The Rio Paralympics may be the last time disabled teams have the opportunity to exploit their skills as top level sailors on the racecourse

A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

ollowing a controversial decision by the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) to axe sailing as a sport in the Paralympic programme, World Sailing made representations to have the decision overturned, but unfortunately was unsuccessful in having sailing reinstated for 2020. Efforts by the RYA are under way to try and ensure the sport resumes its place in the Paralympic programme from 2024 onwards. A decision on sports for 2024 will be made in 2018. Since sailing was introduced to the Paralympic programme in the 2000 Games, the RYA has nurtured a strong team which has produced hugely successful results including an impressive medal haul at London 2012. Seasoned

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2.4mR sailor Helena Lucas took a gold, and Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell secured bronze in the Skud 18. In the highly competitive threeperson Sonar class, Hannah Stodel, John Robertson and Stephen Thomas narrowly missed out on a medal after a four-point penalty was imposed due to a technical issue off the water. This left them three points from the bronze medal. But Team GBR is back; same line up as the last two Games, same ultimate goal but this time with the most powerful element of all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; experience. As Games veterans with a further four years of intense training under their belt, Team GBR has never been more ready to seal the deal and prove to the IPC how important Sailing is as a Paralympic sport.

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British Paralympic Sailing Team line-up Skud18 Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell Alexandra Rickham (35) Lives: Epsom, Surrey Paralympic record: 1 x bronze (London 2012); 5th at Beijing 2008 Disability: C5/6 tetraplegic Kit bag essentials/treat: “Nutri bullet and a really nice pair of noise cancelling headphones which I currently don’t own...” Alexandra Rickham started sailing during rehabilitation in Miami following a diving accident which left her paralysed and conﬁned to a wheelchair at the age of 13. However, it wasn’t until she was studying for her Masters degree in Environmental Technology 10 years later that she started taking sailing seriously. She teamed up with Niki Birrell in 2007, and, less than a year later, the duo made their Paralympic debut at the Beijing Olympic Games. At this event they secured ﬁfth place overall. Although her physical ability on the boat is severely limited, her strength is on the helm, where she has successfully sailed her Skud to an impressive list

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of world-class results. In addition to their fifth in Beijing, Team Rickham and Birrell have featured on the podium at eight Para World Sailing Championships with five world titles to their name, in addition to Paralympic bronze from the 2012 Games. Niki Birrell (30) Lives: Bournemouth, Dorset Paralympic record: 1 x bronze (London 2012); 5th at Beijing 2008 Disability: Cerebral palsy Manchester-born Niki Birrell grew up sailing with his brother Christian Birrell. The talented pair won the Mirror Youth European championship before moving into the 420 and 470 class. They qualified for the worlds in both classes and then carried out an Olympic campaign in the 470. Having contracted the Olympic ‘bug’, Niki Birrell switched from the 470 class into the Paralympic 2.4 metre. However, his talents as a crew were recognised when he teamed up with Rickham in the Skud, and the pair soon made their intentions clear with a fifth place at their debut Olympic

Above right Gold medallist Helena Lucas is one of Team GBR’s favourites Above left Team Rickham and Birrell are hoping to improve on their Skud18 Olympic bronze from London 2012

Games in Beijing. They have won the class world championship on ﬁve occasions and were considered strong favourites heading into Rio but the question is, can they put themselves on the very top step in Rio?

Class: 2.4mR Helena Lucas (41) Lives: Southampton Paralympic record: 1 x gold (London 2012); 7th at Beijing 2008 Disability: Born with no thumbs Kit bag essentials/treat: Electric toothbrush and mobile phone (and of course charger!) Helena Lucas, who was introduced to sailing by her parents sailing an Enterprise on Hedgecourt Lake in Surrey, is in the unusual position of having done both Olympic and Paralympic campaigns. Having raced a 470 since 1997, she switched to the 2.4mR Paralympic class in 2003 and claimed her ﬁrst 2.4mR world championship medal – silver – in Perth, Australia in 2006. That same year saw Lucas achieve the unique feat of taking the Yngling Olympic Classes

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This multi-talented athlete also represented Great Britain in ice hockey keelboat helm for a one-off at the 2006 Olympic Test Event where she won the silver. For this achivement Lucas was shortlisted for the 2006 ISAF World Sailor of the Year award. Being born with no thumbs hasn’t stopped Lucas pursuing her Olympic dream to become the first British sailor to win a Paralympic gold. Lucas made her Games debut at Beijing 2008 where she finished seventh. She then produced more impressive results, including IFDS world championship bronze medals in 2009 and 2011, which was enough to secure a ticket to London 2012 where she won gold. She was also the only female among the 2.4mR Games fleet, and was the first British athlete (Olympic or Paralympic) to be selected for the Rio Games. As she prepared for Rio, Lucas told Y&Y: “After 2012 a lot of people said to me ‘it doesn’t get any better than this, does it?’ A home Games and a gold medal – and they’re absolutely right. But what drives me and inspires me to carry on and compete in Rio is the chance of winning another gold medal and defending my title, which at the moment is something no Paralympic sailor in the 2.4mR class has managed to do. For London we felt it all came together just at the right time, but there was still a lot more that we could do.”

Above The Sonar team of John Robertson, Steve Thomas and Hannah Stodel are planning to make it fourth time lucky

Sonar John Robertson, Steve Thomas and Hannah Stodel John Robertson (44) Lives: Sunderland/Portland Paralympic record: 5th at London 2012; 6th at Beijing 2008; 6th at Athens 2004 Disability: Paralysed from the waist down Kit bag essentials: Leatherman and WD40 Robertson started sailing in a Mirror dinghy with his father when he was 11 years old. When he left school he joined the Royal Air Force, but at the age of 22 his career in the RAF was cut short following a motorbike accident, which left him paralysed from the waist down. Following the accident, he took up sailing seriously in 1996 and was honoured to become the ﬁrst skipper in the history of disabled Sonar Sailing to steer his crew to back-toback world titles in 2005 and 2006. Stephen Thomas (39) Lives: Bridgend Paralympic record: 5th at London 2012; 6th at Beijing 2008; 6th at Athens 2004 Disability: Double below the knee amputee Kit bag essentials/treat: Protein bars and a Theraband

Thomas, who is an amputee as a result of meningococcal septicaemia in 1995, started sailing with Robertson in 2003 at age 26. The team, including Hannah Stodel, trained hard and a year later they were rewarded with a sixth place at Athens 2004. They followed this with another sixth in Beijing in 2008, and a fifth at London 2012. With an extraordinary passion for competition, this multi-talented athlete also represented Great Britain in ice sledge hockey at the Winter Paralympic Games. Hannah Stodel (30) Lives: Weymouth Paralympic record: 5th at London 2012; 6th at Beijing 2008; 6th at Athens 2004 Disability: No lower right arm Kit bag essentials/treat: Aero chocolate Hannah Stodel grew up in a sailing environment in Brightlingsea on the east coast of England sailing Mirrors with her parents. She made her Games debut with the rest of her Sonar team at Athens 2004 where she became Britain’s first ever female sailing Paralympian. This is the team’s fourth Games and, with a hat-trick of World titles and a string of podium finishes to their names, they are definite medal favourites for the 2016 Games.

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Inside paralympic sailing

he Paralympic Games as we currently know them began in 1960 in Rome, where 400 athletes across a range of sports took part. However, many view the true start of the Paralympic movement to be the 29 July 1948 – the day of the London Olympics opening ceremony – when 16 injured servicemen and women took part in an archery competition, then named the Stoke Mandeville Games – after the rehabilitation hospital of the same name. Since that start, the Paralympic movement has gone from strength to strength and in 2000 sailing was officially adopted as a Paralympic sport – though it had been a ‘demonstration event’ at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. This was effectively the culmination of many years of growth within disabled sailing, which had developed significantly, first under the body of

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In 2000 sailing was officially adopted as a Paralympic sport the International Handicap Sailing Committee in 1988 before being renamed the International Federation for Disabled Sailing (IFDS) and receiving official recognition from the IYRU (now World Sailing) in 1991. At the Paralympics in Sydney 2000 the event consisted of two classes, the three-person Sonar and the singlehanded 2.4mR. These two classes continue to be used today and have, since 2008, been joined by the purpose-designed, skiff-style keelboat, the Skud18. CATEGORISATION To the outside observer, one of the most confusing aspects of the Paralympic movement in general terms is their modus operandi of inclusion requires

Above The mixed gender Skud18 keelboat in action

most sports to have a number of (usually very complex) rules around competing in order to ensure that it is not just the most able bodied Paralympians competing to the detriment of the wider disabled community. Sailing is no different in this regard and impairment definitions are complex enough to give the teams and competing sailors a regular headache and run to many pages. But the broad breakdown of class/ impairment rules is: 2.4mR: Open to males and females who meet minimum impairment criteria. Skud18: The only Paralympic class to specify gender (one female one male), the Skud18 is sailed by one person who meets minimum impairment criteria (like the 2.4mR) and one who meets

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criteria (officially called Two-Person Classification B), which sets as a baseline relatively severe physical impairment. Sonar: The Sonar features the most varied system. Sailors are classified by predefined categories between 1 (most physically impaired) and 7 (least physically impaired). The three sailors may between them make up a maximum of 14 points (so, a one point sailor, a seven point sailor, and a six point sailor). THE FUTURE As mentioned previously, in 2015 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) made the regrettable decision to drop sailing from the Paralympic Games for 2020. Understandably this has led to a not insignificant amount of navel gazing and reflection – plus no small amount of infighting and recriminations. To a degree there is still a deal of blame floating around and the infighting continues. However, with disabled sailing now being run wholly by World Sailing, the hope is that a cohesive plan can be assembled in order to focus on the reinstatement of sailing to the Paralympics at the earliest possible opportunity. That looks likely to be in 2018 when assessment begins for the 2024 games, though there are still those holding out hope for reinstatement for 2020… One of the key issues for disabled

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There is still a deal of blame ﬂoating around and the inﬁghting continues sailing is the limited international spread of competitors, in particular there are very few competitors from developing countries – an area that both the Olympic and Paralympic Games have been focusing on for some time. One of the key issues here, however is that of funding. Specifically, with sailing removed from the Paralympics in 2020, many Paralympic sailing programmes look likely to lose some, if not all, funding. Sailing has long struggled with funding, particularly in the Paralympic arena where it has been difficult to convince developing nations to invest in Paralympic sailing. Unfortunately, it is this very lack of diversity that the IOC stated as one of their key reasons for dropping sailing from the programme. To combat these problems World Sailing is currently looking at the Paralympic class lineup and there have been a couple of equipment evaluations so far at parasailing events. It certainly seems likely at this stage that the Sonar will be dropped thanks to the logistical hassle based on its size, cost to own and transport, and number of athletes (three) per boat. It is assumed that cheaper one

Above The 2.4mR singlehanded displacement keel boat was originally designed as a scaled-down 6 Metre

and two-man boats will appeal more to developing nations. Plus any country that has a Sonar campaign at present could translate into a single and doublehanded campaign thus increasing numbers. There has also been talk of selecting a relatively cheap, singlehanded onedesign where boats would be provided for major events (as is the case for the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X windsurfers at the Olympics at present) this would be a strong move and would allow numbers to grow relatively quickly or at least reduce financial comitment required by nations’ sporting bodies. It is imperative that the sailing is in a position to show itself in the best possible light come 2018 when decisions are made for the 2024 paralympics. If the sport can show that it has enough countries regularly participating (30) and is going to lengths to encourage developing nations to take up the sport, its inclusion seems likely for 2024 and would allow most countries and sailors to continue as before. The longer the decision takes to make, however, the less funding will be available and the less likely inclusion in the Paralympics becomes.

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MEDAL RACE DATES: With the preliminary rounds already done and dusted, we are now down to the sharp end of the competition, with just the medal races to go. This is where the action really heats up as sailors battle it out within touching distance of the ultimate prize.

Sunday 14 August RS:X Men – 17:05 BST RS:X Women – 18:05 BST

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Medal racing will be taking place on the Pão de Açucar course for all classes. This course is closest to the shore and sits right underneath the famous Sugarloaf Mountain with Christ the Redeemer in the Background. Undoubtedly this will produce stunning imagery, but the course can also be incredibly shifty. Much like the 2012 Olympic Medal Races on the Nothe course, expect a lot of ups and downs and some real cat and mouse battles. It will certainly be a tense ﬁnal race for sailors and fans alike..

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he 52 Super Series reached the midpoint of its five regatta, May to October, season during the 2016 Puerto Portals Sailing Week regatta. At this early stage Quantum Racing has built a lead, which already looks unassailable. With at least six America’s Cup winners on board the team is programmed to work to the highest standards, and to win. After they were beaten last year by Azzurra it was a long, hard winter of discontent for the Quantum Racing team, which is owned by the DeVos family. The team’s disappointment was turned to hard work, making sure that none of the weaknesses of 2015 were an influence this season. Suffice to say it has been on imperious form. Among the key changes to the Quantum Racing set up has been running an open book,

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two-boat programme with Harm Müller Spreer’s Platoon. The German businessman formerly owned North Sails Germany and so the decision to move from the ‘blue planet’ to Quantum Sails was not one he took lightly. But the chance to share the same winning sail technology, technical support and feedback, plus bringing Quantum’s 1992 Olympic gold medallist and America’s Cup winner, sail designer Jordi Calafat on to the race boat tipped the balance. Quantum Racing meanwhile made some crew changes, Cup winning trimmer James Dagg came in for sail designer Brett Jones with the objective of having specialists’ eyes and knowledge in the chase boat. Ian Moore replaced Juan Vila who had America’s Cup commitments, as did Tommy Burnham who was replaced by Rodney Ardern. Two other fundamental differences contribute to the winning Quantum mix this season. Last year Doug and Dalton, father and son, swapped helming duties at four of the five regattas, which was great for their integration and enjoyment of the team they pay for but did not exactly enhance continuity. Last year, when the fleet’s nine new boats were launched, Quantum Racing was more than one month late in

launching and ran behind its planned development. Terry Hutchinson, the team’s talismanic driving force only sailed some of the season. Meanwhile much of 2015 belonged to a strong, organised and fast Azzurra. A weakened Quantum Racing took half their season to find speed and consistency but by then Azzurra was long gone. This season with 11 or 12 boats, the level has never been higher or closer. Nine boats can, and do, win races. Only in Portals has Quantum Racing led from day one to the last

Above Platoon has joined forces with Team Quantum Racing for a two-boat programme

and designer Jones, plus the hugely experienced Ed Reynolds – president of Quantum Sails – in the coach boat each day. Lyne wears Quantum crew uniform one day and Platoon the next. Each day starts with an 0830hrs team briefing. Lyne presents all the data from the previous day’s racing and the totally objective, empirical observations. He pulls no punches. The numbers don’t lie. More often than not he has solutions or reasons why either one was slow – all of the key performance numbers are repeated in the coach boats

having the crossing of all the information really increases the speed of learning day and, even then, the first two days was tied with different boats. With the hard-driving Terry Hutchinson cracking the whip and the two-boat programme paying a dividend for both Quantum Racing and Platoon, Quantum, which were champions in 2013 and 2014, are back at their best – but not unbeatable. The two-boat programme is completely open book. All data and information is shared between the teams. They share the services of coach James Lyne

via telemetry, as there are for most of the other teams who have the budget. The benefits are to both teams, but Lyne highlights the value so far: “I think the biggest thing is just shortening their learning time, having two boats and having the crossing of all the information really increases the speed of learning. When there’s such free information flow there’s no secrets between the teams, one boat makes a step forward and then the other boat quickly moves onto that

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step and then we’re onto the next one. “Each day the sail shapes are getting closer and closer and our setups are pretty similar now. The boat speeds are pretty much the same. A lot of the time upwind, Platoon’s able to gain bearing but Quantum has higher mode so there’s some crossovers on VMG. Definitely Platoon has times where she’s faster and Quantum has moments when she’s pretty nice.” For Platoon working hand-in-hand with the circuit’s benchmark team has certainly raised the level of their approach: “That side is getting closer too but it’s very interesting,” continues Lyne. “Quantum’s very Anglo Saxon with a rigid structure and process driven. Maybe the Platoon team has a little more Latin or European flare. Overall now we are taking the strengths of both. There’s strengths with that approach that Quantum can take and there’s strengths that Platoon can take from the more structured Anglo Saxon philosophy.” SAIL DESIGN On the water Lyne and Jones are looking all the time at the sail designs and set ups of other teams: “We take a lot of pictures and we’re just trying to see what the differences are between Platoon and Quantum racing and the rest of the fleet,

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it’s really just laying the information out for the sailors, my job is really to just shorten that learning time – getting the right information at the right times to the guys and a little bit of data analysis. “We’ve got a million pieces of data for the day for each boat so we’ve got to chunk through that to make some sense. KND (performance sailing data analysts) do a great job with the historical stuff. I look a little more at two or five minute segments when the boat’s going well or

Above Quantum Racing and Platoon engage in valuable training time

“I think the two-boat or threeboat programme is the way to go forward in terms of getting faster and faster, sail development and crew work. All of a sudden you’ve got 24 great brains going at it rather than 12 and that’s got to be better.” British trimmer Simon Fry is a fantastic objective sounding board for the state of the fleet. Previously with North Sails, he has sailed with Azzurra for many years and for last year and this with Provezza. Fry explains their daily set up. They line up with Azzurra and Alegre contrasting it with the Platoon/Quantum operation: “We do a quick whatsapp telephone call in the morning – ‘what time are we leaving? Is there anything specific you want to achieve?’ and then we just line up. There’s not really a crossover of information, which makes it very important for the quality of guys you have in your chase boat. We have John Cutler and (sail designer) Sandro Benigni. Their eyes for half an hour as you go upwind are incredibly important. “We didn’t have an open book with anyone. Obviously we distribute information between us and the Vrolijk office and they decide what to send out to Ran, Platoon, Gladiator and ourselves (Provezza). “The design office are involved on a daily email chain to every team. They get the data, look at heel angles, rudder angles, rake, where we were sailing, what our set up is, sail depths. I mean we’re talking millimetres here we use to talk metres and now we’re talking in millimetres. I think it’s fair to say the Vrolijk boats have improved immeasurably from last year. They’ve

I think the two-boat or three-boat programme is the way to go forward going badly and we try to work out why we’re slow or why we’re faster and bring that forward to the guys in the morning.” Many of the other teams have training and line up partners, but none share information in an open way. At the end of each season there is a meeting of all the North Sails designers and information and data is then discussed. All the intelligence of each North boat, however, is the property of the team and its contracted designer. But Lyne feels sure that other teams may open up to go two down the two or three-boat team route.

changed the fin, moved the rudder forward. We were lucky enough to have a new rig as well. We appear to be able to live in tighter lanes than we could. We haven’t coughed up too much of our downwind speed so we believe we’re competitive.” COACH ROLE Fry (‘Stir Fry’ as he is known to all), explains their coaches roles: “The first thing is that they’ve got the data in the chase boat, so they know what numbers you’re sailing, they’re into making sure you’re sailing at targets etc.

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and then it’s a case of the differential between the two boats. Then they’re also taking photos, debriefing those in the evenings. We call it the editing suite. We’re very lucky that we get in from sailing and then suddenly there’s five photos up, five boats across the screen.” SAIL SHAPE It is widely acknowledged that Azzurra was fastest last year. In particular the team had a slightly lower, very fast mode. Fry recalls: “Azzurra last year I think led the way with Ran on relatively flat main and the fleet followed. The geometry of their jib was a bit different but I don’t think the depths were that different. That’s only going on the information that North circulated at the end of the year but they were certainly flatter on the mainsails. I think they had an ability to press the boat, to not over heel, and go forward, rather than increase leeway because of added heel. I think you often saw Azzurra going very, very low going 3/10ths or 2/10ths of a knot quicker when they needed to, taking bearing against the fleet. “I think we’ve all gone flatter and they’ve started to reign it in a bit. Quantum is the same, I think Quantum has made a few changes down low in the mainsail and the fleet is coming together

again in this consensus. You look at five photos in the evening and to the layman, they’d struggle to pick difference.” On the topic of Botin versus Vrolijk, Fry adds: “If you broke it down boat by boat, Vrolijk vs the Botins, I think the Vroijk boats are a little more heel dependent. We have to tip our boat over. “So for instance when we sail at target heel we have appropriate rudder angle, if we come upright, the rudder angle comes off. I think they have evolved this sort of flatter mainsail that you can just contril with sheet tension, where we are a little more runner dependent. “We’ve ended up flattening, flattening, flattening and it’s not easy, it’s quite mainsheet and runner dependent but I think we’re moving in the right direction. I think one of the flattest mainsails down low is Alegre. Main trimmer Gerry Mitchell sets up relatively flat down low but his mid leech stands up. He creates heel through that mid-leech and then having a flat main down low means they can sheet the jib pretty hard because the slot is open. We’re now sheeting inside of four degrees – regularly down to three and a half degrees. Eventually maybe we’ll hermetically seal the jib to the front of the mast!” It is a big operation at regattas, between events and through the close

Above The TP52 ﬂeet is now preparing for its forthcoming world championship in Mahón, Menorca later this month

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season: “To give you an idea, we have a team of 20 people at an event and I’d say through the winter probably, the shore crew, sail designer and two or three of the boat guys are full time. You’ve got a guy who’s looking after the RIB development, a guy who’s liaising with the Vrolijk office, the sail designer is continually churning out information... “We have Sandro our sail designer and Ergin (Imre, owner of Provezza) is North Sails Turkey, so we use North sails Turkey for our downwind sail building and preparation and, naturally, North Sails for the fore and aft sails. “North do a relatively open debrief where they take a design from each boat and do an overlay. They have a meeting, a designers debrief and then if you’re in on the brief you get all the information. We had a meeting in Istanbul for two days just to go over everything that was learnt. It’s quite interesting to see the RC44 designs, the TP designs, the Maxi72 designs crossover of information.” The battle may be for second place, behind Quantum for the remainder of this season, but it is still incredibly close across the board. There are plenty of boats pitching to finish on the podium, each committing the same level of resources. It is quite a battle. And too close to call.

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eavy weather and close competition sum up the inaugural edition of this race. While 35kt headwinds are always a possibility on this course, no one could have predicted exactly how close the racing would be for the solo sailors. For many it felt as though they were match racing their closest competitors for days at a time, and at the finish almost half the fleet was separated by little more than two hours on corrected time. Some of the best classic offshore races

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were the result of a chance conversation, or a wager between friends. The seeds for the Solo Offshore Racing Club’s Round the Rock race were sown during a winter pub conversation. Three members of SORC, Nigel Colley, Rob Craigie and Paul Brant, were discussing ideas for the main event in the club’s 2016 programme. In 2014 the regular Channel Week had been successfully extended to a fortnight of racing from the Solent to southwest Ireland and back, while a number of members competed in last year’s Red Ensign

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THE ROCK RACE The new SORC singlehanded Round the Rock Race, from Cowes to Plymouth via the Fastnet Rock, proved to be a tough edition of what shows every sign of becoming a classic event. RUPERT HOLMES reports

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PROVING POPULAR Yet, with all three now keen to give it a go, the idea seemed to be worth a try, even though the organisers had no idea at that stage of what the level of take up might be. As it turned out, they had no need to worry – the appetite for solo offshore racing has been growing on both sides of the Channel for a decade or more and other skippers were quick to sign up. Before long the entry list was filled with 60 boats ranging from sturdy cruisers to ultra-competitive IRC designs, along with a pair of Class 40s and an Open 50. There was an equally wide range of talent among the skippers, who came from seven different countries. While some relished nothing more than the challenge of simply getting around the course, there were also winners of both the OSTAR and TransQuadra transatlantic races, as well as the doublehanded division in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Rolex Fastnet Race. Two aspects of the race in particular appeared to have huge appeal for potential competitors. Firstly, the huge challenge of a long race on a classic course that routinely tests those on fully crewed boats to the limit. Secondly, unlike most of the big Corinthian solo races, this is one that can be completed in a week’s holiday, so people with regular jobs and limited holiday would be able to take part. At the same time, sponsors started coming on board, including headline sponsor Virgin Media Business. Another was Ocean Elements/Alpine Elements, who donated the first prize of a holiday for two and whose MD, James Hardiman, was a competitor. “Doing this on your own is a big challenge, it’s a huge achievement,” he said before the start. “I’ve not done anything as long as this solo before, so part of me wants to see if I can do it; the longest I’ve done solo so far is three days.” If any competitors had been hoping

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Azores and Back race, organised by the Royal Cornwall Yacht Club. But the question remained – what would be good to follow that with in 2016? Brant suggested a singlehanded race around the Fastnet Rock would be a good next step. It would clearly be a huge challenge for the skippers – in many ways tougher than the 1,200 mile leg to the Azores – thanks to the proximity of the coastline, numerous headlands and the density of traffic – all of these would conspire to seriously limit opportunities for sleep.

Above The racing was so close that at the ﬁnish almost half the ﬂeet were separated by just a couple of hours on corrected time

for benign weather on the first day or two, they were disabused of that notion well in advance of the start. With the race starting on the same day the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race took place, the turbulent weather that produced a record result in that race, at the same time as challenging many other competitors to the extreme, meant the solo skippers were plunged immediately into headwinds of 35kt, with 8-10ft standing waves in wind against tide conditions. It was a brutal start to a race that would ultimately test both boats and their skippers to the extreme. CALM AFTER THE STORM By the following morning, the wind had swung to the east thanks to a small low-pressure system moving through the English Channel. This allowed the leaders to stretch ahead with boat speeds hitting double figures.

At the best of times long offshore races can be an extreme emotional test Pierrick Penven, winner of the solo division in the last TransQuadra race, showed more daring than many of the already tired sailors, holding onto his spinnaker as the wind built to 25kt, pulling level with the leading Class 1 boats, despite his Sun Fast 3200, Zephyrin rating 50 points lower. However, it was not long before the

wind completely shut down, giving a welcome opportunity to dry out. At the end of the day most boats had made it past the Lizard Point, carried through by a favourable tide, although the slower competitors in Class 3, among them Charles Emmett’s Sigma 36 British Beagle and Will Sayer’s Sigma 33C Elmarleen missed the tidal gate there. “Yesterday proved to be a very bad day for me, after a really good first night,” reported Emmett. “Becalmed in the afternoon, losing substantial ground to the fleet leaders and I just missed the tidal gate at the Lizard. With winds dying to nothing, I went backwards for four hours, only finally getting enough wind to move again at 0500 this morning.” Despite the length of the race, and the need to both get rest and adequate nutrition, the competition among the leaders was relentless throughout the entire five days. Dawn of day three saw a pair of Class 2 boats – Deb Fish’s Sun Fast 3200 Exocet and Jeremy Waitt’s JPK10.10 Jangada – match racing each other while rock-hopping to gain relief from an adverse tide on the eastern edge of the Isles of Scilly. At the best of times long offshore races can be an extreme emotional test, with both the highs and lows accentuated. After Land’s End Sayer had his biggest low thanks to a tactical error after passing the mainland’s southern-most point. “Why why why did I go for the far side of the TSS?” he posted. “Tired maybe, not thinking straight, or some rubbishy excuse for going on some stupid, stupid flyer. Instantaneously I handed over my

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control of Class 3 to British Beagle. “I have been debating whether to retire based on this mistake; 160 miles to Ireland each way for the fun of it doesn’t sound that fun. For some reason though I haven’t got round to pushing the tiller over. I don’t seem to be able to do it.” AN ATLANTIC GALE On their third evening at sea the fleet was again pounded by headwinds that peaked above 35kt, along with huge breaking Atlantic waves. “Yesterday started well – I caught and overtook Bellino and then moved in on Raging Bee who was four miles ahead,” Ian Hoddle reported from his Sun Fast 3600, Game On. “This was followed by another nasty pasting as a new weather system arrived – 34kt gusts with horrendous big seas. Left my reefing too late – was only expecting a maximum of 25kt of breeze… the pilot crash tacked and my J2 (headsail) ripped its leech as I wrestled it to the deck. So up went the storm jib to get us going again.” Hoddle was among the leaders when he rounded the Fastnet at lunchtime the following day, in third place behind two other Sun Fast 3600s, Conor Fogarty’s Bam and Rob Craigie’s Bellino. At this stage, the front of the fleet remained tightly packed, with many boats rounding the Rock within sight of each other. NO LET-UP AT THE FINISH While all the leaders in Class 1 routed outside the Traffic Separation Scheme west of the Isles of Scilly, Class 2 split each side of the exclusion area, making for an interesting tactical separation.

Above Laurent Stoclet’s Oxymore (FRA43614, JPK 1010) to weather, enjoys a close early race battle. He eventually took 12th overall on corrected time

The boats that went west gained an advantage that helped decide the nail-biting match race between Deb Fish (Sun Fast 3200, Exocet) and Jeremy Waitt (JPK10.10 Jangada) that played out for most of the race. “It was a fantastically close race, and not just against Jangada – all around us there were boats within AIS range, including Pierrick on Zephyrin – who I knew was a very good sailor, so that was very motivating,” she says. “For me it was all about that competition – on the way back from the Rock I was boat lengths away from Wasabi

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(Stephane Bodin, JPK10.10) and at the finish it was impossible to tell which of us crossed the line first. That close racing really made it for me.” With the fleet tightly packed together in a light following wind, almost every boat had to repeatedly gybe spinnakers on the final approach to the finish. Rob Craigie’s Sun Fast 3600 Bellino took line honours at 0719 on Thursday, followed shortly afterwards by Ian Hoddle’s GameOn. The leading Class 2 boat, Louis-Marie Dussère’s JPK10.10 Raging Bee, was third on the water, finishing at 0836. As well as winning his class by almost an hour and a quarter on corrected time. Dussère was also in strong contention to win overall. However, he would have to wait a nervous 18 hours for the slower Class 3 boats before the overall winner could be confirmed. The overall winner was not to be decided until the early hours of Friday morning, when Will Sayer’s Sigma 33C Elmarleen, finished. A patchy breeze had meant he repeatedly exceeded and then fell well below the 4.7kt he needed to average to take overall victory, before finally crossing the line at 0226. “The last 12 hours were really tough – the wind was up and down all over the place, so all the way into the finish I didn’t know whether I would make it in time. Fortunately, the wind held up in the last 5-6 miles, but at any moment it felt as though any chance of an overall win could have been snatched from me. “It was a cracking race with lots of highs and lows. It’s not just about the sailing – it’s about the endurance. You’ve got to know your boat and be able to maintain it. Stuff breaks and you have to be able to fix it – that’s certainly my mentality… never give up.” Given the gruelling nature of the race and the severe weather encountered it’s no surprise a large number of skippers retired. Nevertheless, 19 of the 43 starters completed the course, while all those who retired were able to reach shelter without the need for outside assistance. The French skippers did particularly well in this respect, with only two of the nine entries dropping out. This race was about more than getting round the course in the shortest time. It’s an adventure that instilled a sense of achievement among the skippers, irrespective of their result. At the same time, old friendships were strengthened and new ones forged, while most of those who were forced to retire plan to complete the next edition in 2018.

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t is only when the cream of the British boating world is gathered together that you fully appreciate the great wealth of talent and experience within the British marine industry. The Southampton Boat Show is that moment when the pinnacle of the industry gathers together, making for a magnificent and hugely varied spectacle. The show’s tried and tested format remains intact, but there is still a plethora of surprises for visitors to the stunning Mayflower Park complex. All the big hitters will be

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there with plenty of attractions to keep the racing sailor entertained. This year the organisers have placed a real emphasis on getting visitors out on the water and fully engaged in this sport that we love with such a passion. To this end, there are plenty of opportunities to get afloat and while you may be past the point of trying sailing for the first time, other members of your family may not. For the more adventurous, there is always the chance to sample something new and different such as stand up paddle boarding.

Above Mayﬂower Park is a fantastic venue for a world class show

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Southampton Boat Show presents the best the boating industry has on offer. This year’s show is full of surprises as SAM JEFFERSON discovers

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IAN WILLIAMS The six-time match racing champion has adapted his style to the M32 catamaran, as ANDY RICE discovers

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s a six-time winner of the World Match Racing Tour, Ian Williams ranks as one of the most successful ever match racing skippers. Sponsored by GAC Pindar, the Lymington-based sailor has taken a methodical approach to his craft that has made him the stand-out performer of recent years. Williams secured his most recent world title at the beginning of the year when he won the Monsoon Cup in Malaysia. That was held in FarEast 28R keelboats. But just a few weeks later he would have to contest the first regatta of the new season in M32 catamarans. Going into World Match Racing Tour Fremantle, his arch-rival from the Tour, Taylor Canfield, was the stand-out favourite. The US Virgin Islander had already spent a season competing on the M32 racing circuits in the USA and Scandinavia while Williams had only just put his new team together and had managed just a few weeks’ training in Bermuda.

LEARNING CURVE For a professional sailor that had spent the past decade chipping away at minor details, just working on a few rough edges, suddenly there was a whole new learning curve for the 39-year-old to scale. “Of course, being so strong and so well-established in the monohulls, there was a certain amount of trepidation for me with the change, and not just the changes in multihulls. I think there’s been a lot of other changes, which are wrapped in that but perhaps not so obvious, although equally significant from a competition perspective. One

is that it’s the same boat every regatta, rather than changing boats for each regatta. It’s all about becoming an M32 expert as opposed to a generic sailing expert. Then there was the change in course format, the reaching starts, the course boundaries, all these new things that you need to get your head around.” Williams has always prided himself on being able to adapt himself to any boat on the Tour, but this had always been in the realm of small keelboats. Now the game was about to become a lot faster, and a lot more specialised. “When I heard the announcement for the change to the Tour, it took me about five minutes to figure out that I needed to get hold of a boat, to get access to an M32 for training. Imagine doing an Olympic campaign in a 49er without having a 49er – or any boat for that matter. Any

smartest, most skilful person and that’s great, but generally those people are hard to find. Everybody has strengths and weaknesses. So it’s really a case of working out what the priorities were going to be, and that was the reason for doing two M32 Scandinavian Series events last year. We went to Helsinki and Stockholm with a crew thrown together at the end of last year, no preparation at all but with the aim of simply trying to work out what was going to be important in the class.” Williams settled on a crew of Mark Bulkeley, a fellow Brit and former Tornado Olympic representative with Leigh McMillan in 2004, along with Tour veterans Garth Ellingham and Brad Farrant from New Zealand. “Mark brings a huge amount of catamaran experience, from Tornados through to Extreme 40s

Suddenly there was a new learning curve to scale campaign where there’s one piece of equipment that you are going to use, you need to have access to that equipment to practise. So that was the first priority. “The second thing really was to try and learn a little bit about the boat and try to understand what was going to be important and what kind of crew you need. Do you want to be at max weight [350kg in the M32 rules], or do you want to be light? Is it going to be all about the handling? Do you need three super-strong guys and maybe sacrifice tactical or match racing experience, or do you want to go for your best tactician who may not be as fit? There are always trade-offs. Sure, you can get the fittest,

and AC45s. Garth and Brad have done a lot of match racing on the Tour and they had both done at least one season in the M32, as well as some Extreme 40 experience and, in Garth’s case, the AC45 as well. That seemed a pretty good place to start from for this year’s Tour.” Going into Fremantle, Williams really didn’t know where he’d slot in compared with the opposition. The other 19 teams featured a broad span of knowldge and experience, including first time entrants to the Tour such as Yann Guichard, the multi-talented multihull sailor from France who had only a month earlier completed his 45-day circumnavigation of the planet

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aboard the 40m trimaran Spindrift 2. “We tried not to have expectations, which is probably what helped us in Fremantle,” says Williams. “Normally it’s all about goal-setting, but when it’s something so new, you’ve got no idea; there’s no form book and it’s very hard to have any real expectations. You just have to learn as much as you can and do as well as you can. As a result we went into it very open-minded really…surely giving it our best shot but also to make sure we were learning, really learning about the matchracing game in M32 catamarans.” Williams’ open-minded approach to Fremantle seemed to work wonders. The new format has the fleet of 20 teams divided into four groups of five, and Williams came out on top of his group of five. Then it was into the knock-out phase for the 16 teams still standing.

Things looked ominous when Williams lost his first match to young Sam Gilmour, son of his former match racing nemesis Peter Gilmour, the four-time Tour champion and former America’s Cup skipper. But that opening match race would prove to be Williams’ only loss on the way to the Final against the Olympic medallist from Sweden, Hans Wallén. With scores of 3-0 in the Quarter Finals, the Semi Finals and the Final against Wallén, Williams wiped the floor with all of his competitors. After every session on the water, Williams would go through all the lessons learned with his crew. As he commented on the eve of the Final: “The team that we were on day one here wouldn’t be good enough to win the Final tomorrow. Everyone is learning and progressing at such a rate, you can’t afford to stand still. You’ve got to keep

on improving.” He did, and he won the opening salvo of the M32 era. The next event on the new-look Tour was a bit of an anomaly; the Congressional Cup in California sailed in Catalina 37 keelboats owned by Long Beach Yacht Club. Strangely, Williams crashed out early, not even making the final 16, while his arch-rival Canfield went on to win the trophy for the third year running. While Williams was not happy with his performance, nor did he dwell on it. The focus for 2016 was all about learning the new game in the M32.

Above GAC Pindar at the head of a ﬂeet race Below M32 racing can contrast starkly with match racing in monohulls

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IMPROVING RESULTS The next two events in Copenhagen and Newport, Rhode Island, would be much more important performance indicators. “We performed reasonably well generally at these two events, although we didn’t get the results we hoped for either. We were the only team that won our group in the fleet racing at every regatta. We were consistently strong, but in Copenhagen we didn’t deal with the very tricky gate choice very well. I remember it was quite a shifty venue and in the bright sunshine it was hard to spot the breeze on the water. Also the course boundaries meant you always ended up coming back in a difficult spot. So we didn’t deal with that very well and obviously got beaten by Yann Guichard in the Quarter Finals there. And then we resolved that issue in Newport; we had a best-of-three semifinal against Taylor, it was 1-1 and we were in control at the start and we just

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made a handling error with the tacking of the gennaker and just got stuck in irons at the key moment. That’s all you need to do to lose when you are sailing against somebody as strong as that.” Unlike all previous editions of the Tour, where the Champion was decided by their aggregate performance across the whole season, the 2016 season was a six-day World Championship in Marstrand, Sweden. As with the other events throughout the season, there was reasonably good prize money up for grabs, with $33,000 for the winner. There would also be $33,000 for the winner in Marstrand, but with the added World Champion’s bonus of $1,000,000, the biggest prize money ever offered in the history of sailing. No wonder so many teams

time in the lightweight catamaran. Again in the fleet racing phase, Williams looked very good, winning his group. It was a straightforward run through to the Quarter Finals but then he ran into the up-and-coming Kiwi match racer Chris Steele who had been putting in some hard yards with his crew in the M32. In the strong winds of Marstrand, Steele looked a bit sharper in the start and every bit as good as GAC Pindar around the tight race course. However, Steele’s 3-0 dismissal of Williams belies just how closely matched they were. “We weren’t really prepared for the race being that close at the top mark, at the top gate,” said Williams. “In most of our matches throughout the season, things hadn’t really been that close. By the time we

It’s the biggest prize money offered in the history of sailing had been training hard for this one. After only finishing 7th in Fremantle, Canfield and US One had gone on to enjoy a stellar season, winning back to back events in Long Beach, Copenhagen and Newport. The confident 27-year-old would surely start as the favourite, but Williams would certainly be in the hunt along with Guichard, whose multihull experience had translated very well to the M32, and Iker Martinez, the 49er Olympic gold and silver medallist and Volvo Ocean Race skipper, who was also proving rapid despite his lack of

got to the top mark, we were either clear ahead or clear behind. So we hadn’t really got our own processes sorted for how we deal with a close situation at the top mark, which is what we were up against with Steele. And for me trying to make those tight decisions, I didn’t feel that I was prepared for that very well.” Steele and the other three skippers that made it through to the Semi Finals – Canfield, Matt Jerwood from Australia and Phil Robertson from New Zealand – are all in their 20s. Williams is 39. Was he concerned by the young average

Above Williams and his team hit the ground running when the M32 was adopted into the match racing circuit

age of the top four teams in Marstrand? “Honestly, I think it’s quite a lot of coincidence. If you look at the other regattas in the year, it wasn’t so heavily biased towards the under 30s. Also, if you take a regatta where two-thirds of the skippers are probably under 30, then it’s quite likely that there’s going to be a few of them in the later rounds.” Robertson has been knocking on the door of greatness for some time. He can have his good weeks and his bad weeks, but the Kiwi has never been able to match the kind of consistency throughout a whole season, not like the six-time winner from Great Britain. But Robertson was on fire that week in Marstrand, and never has anyone celebrated victory quite so effusively as this passionate New Zealander. He also revealed that all the Tour teams had agreed to share out the $1,000,000 more equitably between the teams, with the winner keeping $400,000 and the rest distributed further down the Marstrand finishing order. Williams was one of those co-signatories and is pleased to see such a large sum being shared out more equitably among the professional circuit. Meanwhile, the Lymington sailor is taking some time out before preparations begin for the 2016/17 Tour, which is set to kick off in Southern Europe in September. “I’m very much looking forward to it. I’m not sure if everybody’s the same, but for me, I tend to get more motivated when I lose. When I have a bad season it tends to fire me up and I work harder the following year.

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Foiling has taken dinghy design onto a new plane. Foling Week allows pioneers of the sport to compare notes – at high speed – as JONNY FULLERTON discovers

FOILING FRENZY T here is little doubt that foiling boats will play a huge part in the future of sailing. The International Moth class was one of the pioneers of the foiling generation and at the 2015 Moth worlds in Australia there were 165 entries. Since the move to foiling multihulls at the America’s Cup, a myriad of foiling multihull race circuits have sprung up in the last few

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years. A number of the current AC teams use Flying Phantoms, Moths and now the Waszp as training boats. Of the Olympic classes, the Nacra 17 is being tested with a foil package with the possibility of inclusion in Tokyo 2020. How long will it be before a foiling monohull is introduced? Kiteboards, windsurfers and now even Stand Up Paddle boards (SUP) are all into flying, and foiling is being

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made available to recreational sailors with the launch of boats like the Waszp and S9 catamaran, while there are more designs in the pipeline all the time. Now, even offshore race yachts are developing foiling packages, with a number of the future Vendée Globe entries and giant ocean going trimarans fitted with foils. Foiling Week is a unique series of events dedicated to the world of incredible flying boats, their sailors, designers and builders, it is an event that brings together the whole foiling community in one venue. Foiling Week was created by Luca Rizzotti and Domenico Boffi and 2016 was the third edition. So popular has the week proven, it has grown to the point that a second Foiling Week is now set to take place in Newport, Rhode Island in September this year. There are also plans for further events using the Foiling Week format in other parts of the world in 2017. Lake Garda is the perfect venue for Foiling boats as it has superb conditions with regular breezes, the ‘Peler’ in the morning from the north and the ‘Ora’ from the south usually with a break at midday when the breeze shuts down for lunch. The water is clear, fresh and very deep. The host club Fraglia Vela Malcesine has excellent facilities. FORMAT The first two days of the event are dedicated to boat trials with courses set for those who want to test foiling boats

It is an event that brings together the whole foiling community to one venue on a race course. It also provides the opportunity to get to grips with Garda. There are three mornings of forums followed by racing for classes with established circuits including GC32’s, Flying Phantoms and Moths. There is also a course set for all Prototypes, who race as one group. On the final weekend all boats compete together in a long distance race, called the New Garda Classic, in which all boats sail a course passing several landmarks around the lake, finishing in front of a crowd on the shoreline in front of the Fraglia Vela Malcesine clubhouse. Its also a chance for competing craft to earn bragging rights! Onshore there are trade stands, an exhibition and loads of ‘thinkers

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and tinkerers’ all drawn together by their passion for foiling. TRIALS Foiling Week also gives sailors the unique opportunity to try new or innovative foiling craft like the Waszp, S9 catamaran, kite foiling and the chance to sail on one-off prototypes. One of those classes officially launched at Foiling Week this year was the Waszp (see Y&Y’s Boat Test on page 60). Andrew McDougall has spent around five years working on the Waszp project and he is delighted with the results, as he explains: “We could not be happier with how the boats have performed and the enthusiastic response. We had six boats trialling on the water, mainly sailed by people who had never sailed a foiling boat before. Most were foiling within minutes and the smiles on the faces when they came in was gold. “As the week went on and the word got around, more and more people were lining up for a trial. Many GC32, Laser and Moth sailors were among those to fly it. The Waszp is now the talk of the town.”

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RACING CLASSES The GC32 multihulls first made an appearance at the original Foiling Week in 2014. Two boats were sailing as a demo class, one of which sailed by Sebastian Col broke the speed record for the GC32 at over 35kt with three crew and two guests onboard. Round two of the 2016 GC32 Racing Tour, the GC32 Malcesine Cup took place on separate courses as part of Foiling Week. The onedesign fleet has now expanded to 10 boats with the majority crewed and skippered by fully professional teams. The whole fleet race together on courses similar to those used in the America’s Cup with a short, sharp reach to the first mark, bearing away onto a downwind leg to a gate, followed by windward/leeward legs and a short sprint reach to the finish line. Racing is high octane and extremely fast. The GC32s foil downwind very effectively but upwind is still a work in progress for these powerful brutes. The class has attracted a number of the America’s Cup team sailors as the GC32 is close in size, crew numbers

Above The International Moth class, a pioneer of the foiling generation

and characteristics as the AC45, used in the current AC World Series. Franck Cammas of Groupama Team France races his own boat (Norauto Team). The Swiss boat Team Tilt had ETNZ skipper and wing trimmer Glenn Ashby calling the shots, and Gunvor Racing had Francisco Bruni steering, and Artemis sailing manager and tactician Iain Percy onboard. Around the boat park a number of designers, boat builders and team leaders are checking out the kit and

based on an F18 hull, is also growing with an established European circuit of up to 15 boats competing. The Flying Phantom is another foiling boat used by a number of America’s Cup teams as a trainer. She flies upwind and downwind, is technical to sail and capsizes can result from the slightest error. Like a dinghy, however, they are very easily righted and rarely damaged as a result. Flying Phantom sailors relish the flat waters and solid breezes Lake Garda offers in abundance.

Most were foiling within minutes and the smiles on the faces was gold attending the Forums to glean the latest from the inventors and brains behind the nautical engineering present. The Garda leg was won by the Swiss Team Tilt by a single point from Cammas’ Team Norauto. FLYING PHANTOMS The Flying Phantoms returned for their second consecutive year. As with the GC32 fleet this two-person catamaran,

Garda was the fourth leg of the competitive European circuit consisting of 10 teams from six nations. Racing was close throughout and was won by Tom Phipps and Jon Cook (GB). Phipps, who has always been something of a specialist in multihulls since his days racing Hobie 16s in the RYA Development Squad, intends campaign towards and Olympic spot in Tokyo 2020 – in what might by then be a foiling Nacra 17.

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were held in superb foiling conditions with winds ranging from 10-16kt. Rob Greenhalgh (GB), currently ranked third in the world, traded blows with fellow British sailor, Dave Hivey, throughout three days of racing. If it wasn’t for an eighth place in the nondiscardable long distance race, Hivey would have been head to head with Greenhalgh for the overall win. These two sailors dominated racing, finishing well clear of third place overall, the popular local Stefano Rizzi (SUI). Stuart Bithell – British 470 Silver Olympic medallist competed in his Moth for the first time at a big fleet regatta. Bithell scored a number of single digit results ending the regatta in 10th overall. He recognises that foiling

In addition, there was an Orca which is a fully turboed carbon monohull classes will continue to be a major part of the future of sailing and is keen to be part of that future whether it be in an Olympic foiling class or as part of an America’s Cup team or professional foiling multihull team. Bithell found himself clashing with another former 470 world champion, Nic Asher (GB), with Asher finishing 11th just behind Bithell. Both sailors are aiming to return for the Moth worlds next year in Malcesine. Like the Waszp, the Moth is also available for trial at Foiling Week, although it is designed for experienced racers, not an entry level foiler.

INTERNATIONAL MOTHS The International Moth, the development class from which the foiling world has had the greatest thrust, returns every year to Lake Garda. Since the 2012 world championship held the other side of the lake at Campione, ‘mothies’ have been returning to the lake for the love of the climate and sailing conditions. The 2017 Moth Worlds will be held in Garda and Foiling Week provided a great opportunity to familiarise with the sailing waters. Up to 200 entries are expected, showing the immense popularity of this class. A total of 42 Moths from 10 nations raced in a series of 11 races held on the same course as the Flying Phantoms and Prototypes. As per the Flying Phantoms, the first two days of racing

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Above Foling Week provides the perfect opportunity to showcase new ideas Top A one design foiling Phantom

PROTOTYPES Courses where set for an eclectic mix of prototypes but for most of the sailors and designers, the week was spent on speed runs, trials and just enjoying the opportunity to showcase their wares. Among the prototypes on show at Foiling Week were S9 catamarans which are gathering pace, with small fleets establishing in Italy, the UK and USA. The S9 is built in Italy and looks like a small A Class catamaran but much easier to sail (thanks in part to its two foil, two sensing wands setup), and lower in cost. It is aimed at the club/beach cat sailor who wants to enjoy the thrill of foiling in a one-design environment. An impressive A Class DNA F1 cat on show was almost identical to the one which Mischa Heemskerk comprehensively won the recent A Class worlds. Two Cherubs from the UK, one with

a single foil and one with twin foils were quick on the water. The single foil appeared to have slightly more speed on one tack but the twin foiler was more effective around a course. Other interesting entires included a Quant 23 scow monohull, which was fast on the long distance race, and two Voilavion foiling catamarans from France. This boat has a windward canting rig, which is suitable for singlehanded or double handed sailing. There was also a tri-foiler design, which sports two windsurfer type sails on an old tri hull. This showed remarkable speed and manoeuvrability. In addition, there was an Orca, which is a fully turboed carbon monohull not dissimilar in looks to a Moth but a one-off prototype that was launched for the first time. It spent limited time on the water and showed glimpses of high speed but is still in the early stages of development. Four races were arranged for the Prototypes including the long distance race, which was won by perennial Foiling Week attendee, Graham Eels with his Vampire multihull. The Vampire was notably quicker this year and took out the long distance race by a margin. Coaching and boat trials were available on a number of foilers including the Waszp which had six brand-new boats ready for their first organised regatta. FOILING FORUMS Aside from the sailing, the Foiling Week has, since its inception embraced debate and forums. There are three mornings of forums with influential speakers presenting on a whole range of subjects, including new foiling classes, foiling power boats, offshore foiling, equipment, new designs, safety and coaching. The Forums provide a unique opportunity to interact and discuss issues relating to the future of foiling. This year there was a Q&A session with Franck Cammas and Glenn Ashby, and a Round Table discussion on ‘Coaching’. FUTURE FOILING WEEK EVENTS A second Foiling Week is scheduled to take place in Newport Rhode Island on 8-11 September. There, racing will include the Moth NorthAmerican Championship and the A Class Catamaran Pre-Nationals. The C Class multihulls and the usual mix of prototypes will be on the water at the famous sailing venue. Future Foiling Week events are in the pipeline and details of more for 2017 are due to be announced later this year.

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ntil recently the only class to have foiling racing and a fully foiling package was the International Moth. Many people give the Moth a go but soon realise itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harder than it looks and, when coupled with the time and costs required to have a truly competitive boat, the dream gets abandoned. The kite foiling concept is awesome and is by far the fastest and cheapest way of flying above the water making everyone in conventional boats look like they are in slow motion. But challenges include the skills and experience required, plus the location and a suitable stable wind.

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So for the hard-core sailor who wants to race from a local sailing club but enjoy the excitement and adrenaline rush that foiling provides, what are the options? Well currently itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a choice between the Moth development class or a one-design catamaran such as the Phantom, Nacra 20 or Whisper. The cat classes have very few boats in the UK and worldwide as yet so you will often see them sailing around on their own at clubs. Having a foiling concept like the Nacra 20 or Phantom where you need to raise the windward board for every tack and gybe is far less slick then watching the Moth, Whisper or kite foiler glide effortlessly through the

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turns. So what should to learn to foil and the fleet and who have a modest budget, actually buy? Well until now these people have probably been buying non-foiling boats, but that may be about to change with the introduction of the Waszp. Andrew McDougall, who designed the Bladerider and Mach 2 Moth has been working on the concept of a singlehanded foiling boat for many years and has recently announced the all-new Waszp. Now with over 200 on order and nearly 50 in use, is the Waszp the answer to bringing foiling fun to the mass market? With a casual glance, the Waszp may indeed look like a Moth, but with a proper look it soon becomes apparent that the Moth may have been the inspiration, but the Waszp is, in fact something rather different. Having sailed a Moth for the past five or so years, and watched as the speeds increased from around 14-16+kt upwind I have seen first-hand how having a development class can improve the boat making it faster, safer and more fun to sail. So when making a one design similar to the International Moth it is important to incorporate the lessons learnt from the Moth to make the Waszp as good as it could be while making sure it still fits in its target market.

The cost of the Waszp is (US) $10,500 (c£7,966) plus $1,100 (c£834) for worldwide shipping plus local import taxes. If you want a glassfibre travel box as opposed to the wooden one supplied it will set you back a further $950 (c£720). Its target price was to be half that of the Mach 2 Moth design. In the market place it sits somewhere between the cost of a Laser and a Musto Skiff.

Expect similar speeds and angles to a 49er around the course in 10kt

THE BOAT 9/10

1. The rudder and its foil slot 2. The foils are good quality anodised aluminium 3. All controls for Cunningham and foot tensioning outhaul terminate at the base of the mast support area for easy reach

Lots of serious thought and time has been spent on the fine detail of the hull and wing bar assembly, it’s strong, stiff and practical. The mast and housing for the mast is particularly impressive and even looks the part in a clear coat carbonfibre finish, and the mast rotates with ease on a stainless steel pin deep down in the hull. The wand is not adjustable for length and neither is the gearing or the angle the wand is set relative to the pushrod. All these things are standard options on most Moths. To get around this the boat has been set up to sail safely in challenging conditions, which slightly impairs its light wind and flat performance but having the extra controls would be costly and introduce more variables, which would make it

more difficult for beginners to sail. The wand, push rod and control systems are variations of tried and tested basic Moth systems. It all works well despite me breaking a linkage during the testing. (I’m reassured that this part will be changed for something stronger.) The complete weight of a fully rigged boat ready to sail is around 51kg. This means it is a little too heavy to carry in to the water on its side like a Moth but easy enough for two people to put on the roof of a car for transportation. THE FOILS 6/10

The foils are made from a good quality aluminium which is very nicely anodised. They don’t scratch easily and are very stiff.

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The crank on the top of the main foil is similar to the one on a Moth and so is the pushrod. The flap moves freely up and down with very little friction and the hinge that attaches it to the main foil horizontal is stiff, which gives the boat a relatively solid ride. The ends of the foils are plastic, which means if you do happen to touch bottom they can easily be replaced. The section of the foil is thick and the rudder uses the same size vertical section and a similar horizontal to the main foil. Personally I think that the boat would benefit from having a larger span main foil to help with glide through the turns making it slightly easier to tack and gybe as well as being a better spectacle when racing.

SPEED 8/10

Lift out speed is around 8kt boat speed and this is easy enough to get to in 8-9kt of wind. With practice and some specific Waszp technique, I think foiling is possible in around 7-8kt of wind, cruising through 5-6kt lulls. Upwind you should be doing around 10-12kt in 10kt of wind and around 15-17kt downwind. So not slow at all, in fact similar speeds and angles to a 49er around the course in 10kt. HANDLING 7/10

The Waszp is easy to move around in with little to get in your way. The foot of the sail is quite low but with no boom the sail will move out of

Above Upwind in 10kt the Waszp should achieve speeds of around 10-12kt

your way if you happen to catch it on the back of your lifejacket. Carrying out a tack is fairly straightforward. The main sheet attachment point is close to the mast foot meaning you can tack leading with the tiller extension using a similar technique to boats such as the Laser or 29er. In the event of dipping in the wing, the floats help prevent a certain amount of swimming. The foils have a small span, which means that ‘carrying speed’ through the turn is crucial for good tacks and gybes. Foil gybing is quite tricky with the need to carry the boat through the turn at a similar speed. I would say with practice, that a 100 per cent foiling gybe record is possible when it is windy enough to foil.

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the main foil and rudder in place requires locating 6mm pins horizontally though the rudder stock and the top of the board case. It’s not easy to get it perfectly located while sailing the boat so you may find it easier to locate these before you right the boat and sail off. After securing the foils in place you need to release the wand and connect the ride-height worm screw to the top of the gear arm on the main foil. This has a quick-release spring-loaded catch, which is quite easy to locate. RECOVERY FROM A CAPSIZE 9/10

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SAIL CHOICE 9/10

LAUNCHING/LANDING 4/10

Currently the boat is being supplied only with the largest 8.2sq m sail option. The smaller 6.9 and 5.8 will be available later this year. I weigh in around 77kg and for me the largest 8.2 sail was necessary to promote early foiling and to have enough power through the gybes on the foil. Anyone from 60kg up would be fine most of the time with the 8.2. I see the smaller sails being useful for windy conditions or for people under 60kg. Andrew and KA Sails have done a good job with the sail and mast combination and this has helped get the maximum out of the package.

The trolley’s wide base and the flotation provided by the wheels gives plenty of stability when the boat is still attached. Detaching the trolley is, however, not very easy due to the clips being located at the stern. However, with some practice I imagine it would get easier. The best technique is to push the boat in the water on the trolley and then to roll the boat over on its side to remove the trolley. Putting the rudder and main foil down is relatively easy, the rudder just requires a pull from a rope, as is done with a Laser and the main foil glides down with ease. Securing

Above The Waszp is never going to be a Moth – but it was not meant to be

The wing cover floats in the outer edge of each wing are large enough to save a capsize and help when righting. It is easy to get back in the boat after a capsize by stepping over the wing from the hull or, if your legs aren’t long enough, then enter the boat at the forward end of the wing. This is easy because the rig has no stays. Having a righting line stretching from the front to the back wing bar would make recovery from a capsize easier. OVERALL RATING 7/10

Okay, this boat is never going to be a Moth; it is not meant to be. But the Waszp is a well-designed, wellbuilt foiling boat that should fit the right buyers’ budget. It is one design, relatively easy to sail (for a foiler) and it is ready to become a new fleet club race boat. And on that basis I cannot recommend it enough.

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Chris has nicely captured the essence of the Waszp – a fun, fast, easy, affordable one design foiler. One of our main areas of focuss in design was to ensure that the main foil span is optimised to cover all wind strengths. We did start off with a wider span but decided a shorter span worked better overall, especially once you get into the rhythm of the boat. The video, whoch can be seen here: www. waszp.com/vid01 shows that clearly, we think. Launching a narrow foiling dinghy is never going to be as easy as a conventional hull shape, but the retractable foils do give you options where there were not before. A little patience and practice and it certainly becomes manageable – see www.waszp.com/vid02 We have been very inspired by the great response to the Waszp and now our focus is to build ﬂeets and grow the class.

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HOW TO WIN

RULE 19

IMMOVABLE OBJECTS

MARK RUSHALL looks at how to gain an advantage when

approaching an obstruction downwind by using Rule 19

19. But establishing the situation early will often prevent last minute surprises. A clear call of “I’m overlapped”, “I’m clear ahead”, “I (will) need room please”, or even “There is not room to pass in there”, may help the other boats appreciate the situation as you see it. WHAT IS AN OBSTRUCTION? If you were pointing straight towards an object, one hull length away, and you would need a substantial course alteration to pass it, then it will

probably rank as an obstruction. A right of way boat, a non-racing boat that is not keeping clear, or a shallow area are obstructions (a keep clear racing boat is not). So is a capsized boat or an anchored one, or a boat trying to rescue someone in danger. A lobster pot is probably not an obstruction as it would not need a substantial alteration, but two pots connected by a line might be. Rule 19 does not apply to obstructions that are marks – rule 18 applies specifically to marks as obstructions.

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ast time (Y&Y July 2016) we looked at the tactical use of Rule 20 (room to tack) to gain position when racing along a congested shoreline. Downwind, the tricky situations tend to evolve over a period of minutes rather than seconds, but there is still much to gain from recognising the situation early and using Rule 19 to control the winning line. Unlike a ‘room to tack’ situation, there is no requirement to hail in Rule

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Left If Red luffs to pass to windward, Blue remains keep clear boat and must give Red room

Right Green is right of way boat and is therefore considered an obstruction

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Downwind, the tricky situations tend to evolve over a period of minutes rather than seconds Approaching obstructions

Red and Blue are on port tack: Blue overlapped to windward. The moored boat is an obstruction. As right of way boat, Red can choose which side to pass. If Red luffs to pass to windward, Blue remains keep clear boat and must give Red room. There is a good chance that Blue will roll past Red as they luff (F1). If Red passes to leeward, and Blue maintains her overlap, Red must give Blue room. Again, there is a good chance that Blue will roll forward on the exit and make Red’s life hard (F2). Red’s defence is to luff early, then bear off on the approach to the obstruction. This breaks the overlap at the obstruction (there is no “zone” for Rule 19) so Red is not required to give room (F3).

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The situation is essentially the same. In (F4), the obstruction is Green, a right of way boat. Although Red would pass in front of Green if she kept going, she has to give Blue room to pass the obstruction. Once Blue gybes, Red also becomes keep clear boat.

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Rule 19 applies equally to boats on opposite tacks, so long as they are beam reaching or below. If Green chooses to pass an obstruction to starboard, she has to give Red room if Red has an overlap. Green should luff early,

force Red to gybe, then bear off or gybe herself to break the overlap, if she wants to avoid giving Red room (F5).

I’m not able to give room Though there is no ‘zone’ at an obstruction, there is some protection from a boat creating a late overlap. Red does not have to give Orange room if she has been “unable to do so from the time the overlap began”. If Red wants to prevent Orange slipping inside, she needs to keep everything as tight as possible and make it absolutely clear to Orange that she will not be able to give her room even if she gains an overlap close to the obstruction (F6). That is all great if it’s a keep clear boat establishing the late overlap. But if Orange had been approaching as right of way boat, the stationary obstruction becomes a distraction. All the boats have had plenty of time to keep clear of Orange, who is now an obstruction to Red, Turquoise, and Blue. As they are all overlapped, the outside boats must give the inside ones room to clear Orange (F7).

Continuing obstructions There are a few extra considerations for a continuing obstruction. 1 Rule 18 never applies at a continuing obstruction, even if the large island you are racing around is speciﬁed as a mark of the course! 2 If a keep clear boat gains an overlap from clear astern, and at that moment there is not room for her to pass

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between the other boat and the obstruction, is not entitled to room. (Rule 19.2 (c)) She has to keep clear while the overlap continues, and Rules 10 (port starboard) and 11 (windward leeward) do not apply between them. In (F8), there is room for Yellow to pass when she gains the overlap. There is a constriction ahead, but that is not relevant to Rule 19.2 (c). Orange has to give room. This is a classic when running along the shore: Red’s tactic is to sail as low as she dares on Yellow’s approach, and make it absolutely clear that there is no room inside. In (F9), Yellow approaches from behind. She is keep clear boat (clear astern). There is not room for her to pass, so she is not entitled to room, and has to keep clear, even though she has become overlapped to leeward of Red. Yellow has an offensive option if Red is on port: approach on starboard tack. This time she is right of way boat on the approach. Not only does Red have to keep clear, if the overlap is gained while Yellow is right of way boat, Red will have to give room, and continue to give room if Yellow gybes, so long as there is still an overlap. Red’s Rule 19.2 (c) defence is negated. (F10)

As always, there is an option for Red. Seeing Yellow approaching on starboard, Red gybes onto starboard. Yellow is keep clear boat if and when she gains the overlap: Rule 19.2 (c) applies once more. Red ensures that there is not room for Yellow to pass, so even if Yellow gains an overlap, she has to keep clear, and Red will not have to give room. Remember that a vessel under way, however big, whether racing or not, is not a continuing obstruction. So there is no protection under Rule 19.2 (c) if a boat gains an overlap between you and an obstruction that is a boat, even if there were no room to pass at the time. You must give room, so long as you were able to give room when the overlap was gained.

Summary Think well ahead: which side of a simple obstruction will give me an advantage? Know what you would like to happen next and manipulate the approach to the obstruction to make the most of the situation. Keep clarity on which are the keep clear boats: they are entitled to room but still have to keep clear. Be aware of the overlaps: no overlap means no room at the obstruction: there is no ‘zone’ in Rule 19.

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hen it comes to talking about inland sailing destinations, there can be few to rival Lake Garda during the summer months. Like a top notch meal at an Italian restaurant, there are just so many ingredients that make Garda simply irresistible. It helps that the scenery is utterly spectacular, particularly at the northern end of the lake, where the first foothills of the mighty Dolomites

emerge to create a dramatic landscape of sheer Alpine cliffs that plunge into crystalline, iridescent waters. The picture is completed by a handful of pretty towns and villages,which seem to cling tenuously to rocky outcrops. This being Italy, you also have the promise of fine food, fine wine and a healthy smattering of art and culture – Garda is, after all, a stone’s throw from Verona and an hour or so away from Venice. All these factors have ensured that Garda has been a hit with discerning

travellers throughout the ages. Strangely – and most fortunately – it has never been overwhelmed with tourists, but has always enjoyed a steady flow of somewhat more enlightened travellers. DH Lawrence and the poet Ezra Pound are just two who found their creative juices flowed better in this inspiring setting. Yet it is perhaps for sailors above everyone else that Garda is a truly magical place. Sailing – particularly racing – is fun wherever you do

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it, but to do so in spectacular surroundings is always a bonus. Yet there is one final thing that truly sets Garda apart – the breeze. THE PELER AND THE ORA In fact, when you talk about the breeze at Garda, you are talking about two separate winds; the Ora, a strong, steady warm wind that builds through the afternoon and the Peler; a chilly, shifty somewhat sinister brother of the Ora that whistles down off the mountains in the early morning. Sandwiched between these two is a period of mid-morning calm, which means that on a classic summer day in Garda you really do get to have your cake and eat it: an exhilarating morning session, a tranquil sunbathe then an epic afternoon sail in building breezes. The Peler is exactly the sort of breeze you associate with lake sailing; gusty, shifty and treacherous. Yet the beauty of the Ora is that it comes roaring up from the southern end of the lake where the landscape is relatively flat and then funnels into the narrow gorge at the northern end of the lake. This means that it is that rare thing on a lake – a steady, consistent breeze. Even better, the Ora tends to build through the afternoon and generally peaks at around 18-25kt, although it can happily hit 30kt on a good day. Just to top off this sailing heaven, the district of Trentino, which takes in the northern tip of the lake, has outlawed powerboats (with the exception of ferries and rescue boats). This means that you can sail in peace, unmolested by jetskis and speedboats. WHERE TO STAY Given that the northern end of the lake is where the best sailing is to be

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found, we will focus our attention here. That said, the towns at the southern end of the lake are still perfectly acceptable and, although the scenery is not as dramatic, it is much easier to get to Verona or Venice from here. Sticking in the north, however, the small towns of Limone, Torbole, Riva and Malcesine are all very beautiful and, with the economy of the whole area built around tourism, there are plenty of places to stay. Malcesine is often singled out as a bit of a gem. Jutting out into the lake, Scalier Castle is a prominent and beautiful landmark that gives this town a fairytale feel. The shoreside road that sometimes dominates the lake, runs behind Malcesine giving it a nice peaceful feel and allows for lovely lakeside walks. Meanwhile, the narrow streets and numerous old buildings mean that this is an enchanting place to explore. Torbole and Riva del Garda lie at the northern end of the lake and are the real hub of the regatta scene, hosting innumerable top class events throughout the summer and into the autumn. Lying on a flat alluvial basin at the head of the lake, Riva is a decent sized town and accommodation is readily available, although if there is a

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SAILING HOLIDAYS If you’re taking part in a regatta, you’ll probably be bringing your own boat, and your class association will guide you to a venue. However, Garda is also a great place to go for a more laid back sailing holiday. Given its undoubted excellence as a sailing venue, Garda has not succumbed to mass tourism or package holidays, which is part of its charm. That said, the lakeside has a number of sailing schools dotted along

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regatta on, then you will want to book well in advance. Limone Sul Garda lies on the western shore of the lake and is consequently even harder to get to but it is also very beautiful.

Top Looking down the lake with Malcesine in the foreground Above Garda’s post regatta parties are generally lively affairs

The mixture of a pleasant summer climate, consistent breeze and beautiful scenery make this a dream regatta venue. As you may have noted, the best of the breeze and scenery is at the northern end of the lake and this has meant that towns such as Riva, Torbole and Malcesine now host world class regattas with almost monotonous regularity.

its shores and all will be happy to guide you through booking a sailing trip. Europa Surf and Sail is a British run company based in the small village of Navene just to the north of Malcesine. This is the only RYA-accredited sailing school on the lake and it offers a broad selection of dinghies and windsurfing kit to play with. The selection of catamarans is particularly impressive, with the choice of anything from a Topaz 12 to a Hobie 15 or 18. Straightforward hire or tuition are both available here. You can also hire mountain bikes and stand up paddleboards (SUPs). Europa has a number of contra-deals with hotels in Malcesine and Navene and are more than happy to book you in to a hotel, organise a week of boat hire and sort out transfers to and from Verona airport if required. Visit europaholidays. com for more information. Sitting almost directly opposite Europa Sailing on the eastern shore of the lake is the Campione Univela, a modern watersports facility and accommodation complex. The Univela was specifically built with sailors in mind and there is an excellent array of

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SAILING TIPS Sailing in warmer climates always seems that bit easier, but Lake Garda should be treated with respect. Both the Peler and the Ora can blow with real violence when in the mood and that can catch out the inexperienced sailor. The Ora can be particularly deceptive as it builds gradually from a very light breeze and has been the undoing of many windsurfers stuck out in the middle of the lake with an oversized sail. Other than that, if you’re racing then your strategy is often dominated

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kit available, while prices are extremely reasonable. One Stop Sailing offers a special package to get you out there hassle-free, via onestopsailing.co.uk

a good tip is to catch the cable car from Malcesine up to the top of Monte Baldo. From here, there are a number of tracks back down to the lakeside – some of which are extremely challenging. Give yourself a few hours and don’t expect it to be downhill all the way. Hiking is also excellent, with plenty of designated trails. The bus service around the lake is an excellent and cheap way to explore the towns. Looking further afield, the beautiful city of Verona is under an hour away and can be easily accessed by bus. In addition to being famed as the location of Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s balcony is conspicuous in the city centre) Verona boasts a stunning cathedral, while its beautiful outdoor amphitheatre dominates the main square and hosts world class opera throughout the summer. Further afield, but still within reach, lies Venice. It’s 75 miles from the southern end of Garda, so a bit over an hour away, but it’s a perfectly feasible day trip.

GETTING THERE If you’re towing your own dinghy, then Garda is fairly accessible via France, Germany and Switzerland. The San Gotthard tunnel means that you don’t have to face the full trauma of cresting the Alps, but this is still a journey of some 900 miles, so you’ll preferably want a rest day before you get down to racing. Be sure you are fully aware of all the legal requirements to travel on European roads, particularly if you are towing. If you’re ﬂying, then the nearest airport is Verona, which has regular bus transfers to Garda. If you need to catch a train, the towns of Desenzano and Peschiera in the south are served by the train, but you will have to catch a bus from there to the northern end of the lake.

OTHER ATTRACTIONS The beauty of Garda is that if you fancy a day off from sailing, there is ample scope for other activities, while some of the greatest tourist attractions in Europe are also nearby. The Dolomites are a real hotspot for cycling and there are plenty of biker hire spots around Garda. If mountain biking is your thing, then

Above The Ora is a southerly wind that builds throughout the afternoon and can provide exhilarating sailing

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by the cliffs. This is because the sheer depth of the centre of the lake (300m in places) mean the marks are generally laid fairly close inshore. The best breeze is usually found right against the cliffs, although you do sometimes get some magnificent prolonged gusts that come barrelling down the centre of the lake and an adventurous sailor can make big gains on a downwind leg. The general rule, however, is that the closer you are to the cliffs, the stronger the wind. The same rule of thumb applies to the Peler, but there tends to be far greater scope for shifts, which can be worked to your advantage.

Maggiore and Lake Como are nearby and share similar characteristics. Como is perhaps the better known – George Clooney has ensured that is unlikely to change any time soon. It’s another achingly beautiful lake but the scenery is perhaps less dramatic than the north end of Garda and the winds are also a little less extreme. Most regattas are held at Gravedona on the northeastern shores of the lake. Again, you get a morning breeze, the Tivano, which is relatively gentle, while the afternoon is dominated by the Breva, which kicks in during the afternoon and generally maxes out at 16 knots. Ultimately, it’s less spectacular sailing, but good for relaxed family sport. Lake Maggiore is often overlooked and getting here is complicated because the lake straddles the Swiss/Italian border. Consequently the Swiss end of the lake to the north is more costly to visit. Nevertheless, this is another stunning lake, featuring similarly pleasant conditions to those found at Como. You will soon discover a plethora of sailing schools and charter companies clustered around the lake, so it really is just a case of shopping around.

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GRAB BAG

GRAB BAG The principle of having your key safety equipment in one place is well noted, but what goes into an effective grab bag? By RUPERT HOLMES

o you know exactly what equipment is packed in the liferaft and grab bag of each of the boats on which you race? A quick straw poll of very experienced offshore owners and crew revealed that most have, at best, a somewhat woolly idea of the contents of the raft and grab bag. Yet a situation in which abandoning ship becomes necessary could be very sudden, giving only a minute or two in which to gather all the essentials. Starting with the bag itself; while there are many bags available in bright yellow or fluorescent orange colours that might appear to be suitable, not all of these satisfy the essential criteria, especially for boats that race offshore. Firstly, to satisfy World Sailing’s Offshore Special Regulations the bag itself must have

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positive buoyancy built in. The OSR also requires it to be marked with the boat name, be provided with a lanyard with a clip, and have at least one square foot of high-visibility colouring. For Category 3 and 4 races (typically cross Channel and inshore, respectively) there’s no specific requirement for the grab bag to be waterproof, although it’s clearly desirable for the contents to stay dry. A waterproof bag is a requirement for Category 1 and 2 races (typically oceanic – ie greater than 800 miles – or the Fastnet, respectively). Only a small selection of grab bags appear to fully comply with this requirement. ELECTRONICS There are a number of electronic aids that can drastically reduce the time that a crew waiting for rescue may

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have to spend in the raft. The most obvious of these is an EPIRB – ideally the bag will have a dedicated pouch in which this is held securely. As well as being invaluable in raising the alarm – some EPIRB models will also pinpoint your exact position. For the latter, it’s an enormous help if the unit has both a built in GPS and a 121.5Hz homing beacon. These two features all but eliminate the search element of a search and rescue operation, meaning help arrives earlier. If you’re near the limit of helicopter or lifeboat range this can make a very significant difference. A PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) can also be a useful bit of kit for alerting rescue services to your location and will usually be kept on you person as opposed to going in a grab bag. As such the smaller the better is the

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aim of the game here, like Ocean Safety’s PLB1, a very small and effective PLB. A waterproof hand-held VHF will allow you to talk directly to potential rescuers, while a hand-held GPS will enable you to communicate your exact position, which will help to speed up rescue. If you’re out of the VHF radio range of shore stations, a hand-held satellite phone will enable you to speak directly to the coastguard. Make sure it’s registered to the boat and preprogrammed with the phone number for the MRCC Falmouth Coastguard. SARTs (Search and Rescue Transponders) are available in two varieties. The first is a Radar based emergency transmitter that automatically transmits a response signal when it detects an incoming X-band radar pulse from another vessel or aircraft. Battery life when in operation is usually over 96hrs. AIS SARTs operate on a similar principle, but with the transmitted signal appearing on an AIS equipped vessel’s chartplotter/MFD. The drawback of all these devices is that they rely on a limited amount of battery power. You therefore want to be sure they are fully charged if needed – so just loading up the grab bag at the start of the season may not be sufficient. A monthly charging regime makes sense. WATERPROOFING STANDARDS It’s crucial to understand what you’re looking at in terms of level of waterproofing of electronics that will go in the grab bag. It all has the potential to be drenched with water and operated in an environment that’s

WHAT’S IN YOUR LIFERAFT?

It’s impossible to correctly equip a grab bag if you don’t know what’s already in the liferaft. These are the requirements for the relatively recent ISO9650 liferafts with >24 hour packs and <24 hour packs. If you have an older ISAF or SOLAS raft, then it’s well worth checking its exact contents. Given the wide range of different kit in liferafts, it’s worthwhile printing out and laminating the contents of both the raft and grab bag on your boat. That’s the only way to be certain that all crew, both regular and occasional, know exactly what kit they will ﬁnd, and where to look for it, should the worst happen. See the table on p80 for a full summary taken from the OSR for yachts competing in Category 1 and 2 races. Note that RORC requires a Category 2 liferaft even when competing in a Category 3 race.

not simply damp, but has water semi permanently sloshing around. Ideally, equipment intended for grab bag/liferaft use should be IPX7 (protected against immersion to a depth of 15cm to 1m for 30 minutes) or IPX8 (protection against longer periods of immersion at greater depths, under conditions identified by the manufacturer.) PINPOINTING YOUR POSITION Even if an EPIRB, VHF or satellite phone call has raised the initial alarm, you still need to be prepared to pinpoint your exact position to rescuers. The Offshore Special Regulations specify the number of hand-held red flares and red parachute rockets that need to go in the liferaft and/or grab bag. In addition, if possible it’s worth taking the yacht’s flare pack as well. Nevertheless, conventional flares have a burn time of only 30-40 seconds and therefore may well not be seen. And pyrotechnics burn with a fierce heat that makes a small inflatable raft appear vulnerable to damage. High tech flares, such as those manufactured by Odeo, have long been a sensible addition to a grab bag. In addition to the Odeo other companies offer electronic flairs too, including Ocean Safety’s impressive EDF1 (shown right), which uses LED technology to gives a more intense light, while also increasing battery life to six hours. It’s ideal for helping with ‘final mile’ location of your liferaft at night – though it can officially be seen up to seven mils away. It’s also worth giving torches a careful thought beyond satisfying the basic requirement. The Exposure range has a number of compact and totally waterproof models that are sufficiently powerful to be used as a search light and have seriously impressive battery life. AVOIDING HYPOTHERMIA Arguably in the waters around the UK this can be the biggest single risk to survival in a liferaft. If you’ve been exposed to cold sea water and are inadequately clothed it’s possible to die of hypothermia well before you will succumb to dehydration or lack of food. Decent TPAs or thermal protective aids (complying with SOLAS LSA Code Chapter III, 2.5) can significantly improve survival times. The requirement is for only two of these, which may be carried in the grab bag, rather than in the raft, however there’s a strong argument that it’s prudent to include one for each crew member.

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SUSTENANCE Liferafts carry only a limited amount of water – indeed in a raft with a less than 24 hour pack there may be no water at all. A >24 hour pack needs to have 1.5lt per person, of which 0.5lt may be carried in the grab bag. Containers should not be larger than 0.5lt although the foil water sachets made for the purpose are also worthwhile. In addition, an emergency jerry can has the potential to provide survival rations for a number of days. Even so, if you’re venturing a long way offshore, then a solar still, such as the Aquamate Solar Still which produces 0.5-2.0lt per day or a manually operated water maker, such as the Survivor 06 Water Maker which produces 0.9lt per hour, but needs 40 pumps per minute of the handle in order to do so. Either will make a significant difference to potential survival times and to the health of survivors when they are rescued. Food is a different matter – if fit and healthy we can survive for weeks with nothing to eat. You would likely need hospitalisation at the end of that period, but even so food is a lower priority than is commonly believed. Staying warm, the ability to attract attention to your plight, and a supply of water are all far more important concerns. Nevertheless, >24 hour packs stipulate a supply of 10,000kJ (roughly 2,400 calories) per person of high-energy food, which may be carried in the grab bag, rather than the raft.

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The World Sailing (formerly ISAF) Offshore Special Regulations form the basis of safety equipment requirements for big boat racing, defining five categories ranging from round the cans in sheltered waters to trans-ocean races. This can be amended by specific countries, for instance RORC adds its own prescriptions to the OSR. They are revised on a biennial basis.

FIRST AID A critical element of even the most basic grab bag first aid kit is sunscreen and dressings that can be applied when wet. OSR requirements are that the container for this kit should be able to be resealed once opened. If the ship’s main first aid kit is in a waterproof bag or in a Peli case, it can be taken to the raft to give a wider range of options. It’s worth considering medical requirements of crewmembers. If they have to take regular medication, ensure there’s a supply in the grab bag, and if you can’t see without glasses, then stow a spare pair in there. Once packed up, it’s well worth checking the bag periodically to ensure devices are still working.

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it’s a new concept from Austrian foiling enthusiast Peter Steinkogler, who believes that he has designed a boat capable of hitting 60 knots. It may look like a sort of prehistoric bird, but the V-Rex is actually a foiling monohull with ballasted wings that use water to keep the hull and, more importantly, the rig canted to windward. The parallels with an aeroplane continue, as the V-Rex is controlled by means of pedals for helming and a joystick to control lift and heel. The canard wing at the front is designed to prevent nose dives. Will it take off? Steinkogler has secured the services of Swedish composites expert Marström to build the V-Rex, all that remains is the small question of funds.

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Up River Yacht Club in Essex has had a boom in membership and £20,000 in grants after making the most of the RYA’s Push the Boat Out days. For the last three years, the club on the River Crouch has taken on average 120 people sailing on Push the Boat Out days, with members working non-stop to take visitors on the water during a four-hour tidal window. The club then invites participants to join for a cadet membership of just £35, which includes six training sessions to help them get hooked on sailing. As Up River is not an RYA training

centre, the sessions, run by volunteers, lead to a club-awarded certificate; the club’s enthusiasm has been rewarded with a growth in membership and in particular, family and junior memberships. In 2014 the club signed up 12 cadets from its Push the Boat Out day, mainly children over the age of 10, and won a £10,000 Sport England grant to buy six boats – Q’bas and RS Fevas – to support the programme: “All of a sudden it all came together,” says commodore Alex Gore. “We had the boats, the equipment and the cadets.” Eight of this first group carried

on to the next year, when numbers increased to 18 – four adults and 14 children – with growing interest from within the club and the wider community. Success has continued and this year the club had 26 cadets, again with four adults, and had to take on two instructors. It has also bought a Byte and two Enterprises, and secured a second £10,000 Sport England grant. Gore says that in addition to the cadet sessions, the club introduced fun sailing sessions: “All we did was racing, but because people wanted to practise, we introduced fun days into the programme

with a safety boat present where people can just go out for a sail.” The club had an ageing membership and the programme is helping it to remain vibrant for the future: “It’s such a success people want to carry on doing it,” adds Gore. “If we get them into dinghy sailing now, then nurture them, they might go off into cruiser sailing later on or do both, which a lot of people do at the club.” “It was Push the Boat Out that generated the interest to start with and it’s successful in terms of it’s not financially expensive for people, and our club is really hands on – everyone is really friendly and helps out; if it wasn’t for the volunteers it wouldn’t happen.”

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ROUND THE ISLAND IN A LASER RADIAL!

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Congratulations go to Joe Macgregor, who sailed a Laser Radial dinghy around the Isle of Wight to raise funds for the vital work of Ocean Youth Trust South (OYT). The circumnavigation took 10 hours and 45 minutes. Starting at 0800 in the entrance to

Southampton Water, with a support boat supplied by Southampton Water Activities Centre, it was a slow start around Calshot spit in a light northerly breeze. However, it wasn’t long before a steady Force 4 westerly ﬁlled in and remained for the rest of the day. The RIB support crew – David Griffith, Lou Wildblood and Josie Griffith – provided updated tidal information and supplied sandwiches, bananas and encouragement. With an ebb tide for the beat westward, Macgregor, a naval architect who volunteers with OYT South, reached the Needles at midday: “I was really looking forward to some easier downwind sailing! A rest for my leg muscles it may have been but I still needed full concentration to avoid the dreaded Laser death roll as I surfed along the south side of the island in beautiful sunshine.”

Then on turning the final corner and sheeting in at Bembridge, Macgregor discovered his legs had seized up. With the tide against him, Macgregor stayed in the shallow water over Ryde Sands before heading across the Solent on a close reach: “It was the encouragement from the RIB and the knowledge of the fantastic work that the OYT does that kept me hiking hard all the way to the finish. “At 1922 a cheer went up from the RIB as I crossed the finish line, which was an amazing feeling of relief and achievement. This was an amazing adventure, something that OYT South provides for hundreds of young people every year. Macgregor thanks Southampton Water Activities Centre and Elvstrom Sails for their support. To help him raise more visit: justgiving.com/RTI4OYTSOUTH

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CLUBS & CLASSES Championship season is in full swing despite the reluctance of the British summer join in, with plenty of weather making for some challenging racing. PAULA IRISH reports

Close Finish for IRC Europeans Sea fog curtailed racing on the final day of Volvo Cork Week but, as the mist cleared, class winners appeared and the inaugural IRC European Championship went to the wire, with the top three boats all from different IRC classes. At the prizegiving at the Royal Cork YC, the antique silver IRC European Champion Trophy, presented by RORC, did not have to go far; Royal Cork YC’s Paul Gibbons, racing Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge was the winner. John Swan’s Howth team aboard Half

Tonner Harmony was second and Tony Ackland’s Swansea YC team on Dubois 37 Dark Angel third. The inaugural Waterford Crystal Beaufort Cup for the emergency and military services was won by Irish Defence Forces B racing J/109 Joker 2, skippered by Cmdt Barry Byrne. Anthony O’Leary’s Ker 40 Antix from Royal Cork YC were IRC Zero champions; Tony Ackland’s team from Swansea YC, racing Dubois 37 Dark Angel, dominated IRC One; Paul

O’Higgins Royal Irish YC team, racing JPK 10.80 Rockabill VI, won IRC Two. In IRC Three, John Swan’s Howth YC team, racing Half Tonner Harmony, was the runaway winner, with IRC Four won by RCYC’s Paul Gibbons aboard his Farr Quarter Tonner Anchor Challenge. Other winners: Mixed Sportsboats, Simon Henning’s 1720 Alice; IRC Coastal Class 1, George Sisk’s Farr 42 WoW; IRC Coastal 2, Martin Breen’s Dehler 37 Port of Galway Team; Non-spinnaker, Tom McNeice’s Sigma 33 Minx III.

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Taxi and Warren Win Salcombe Merlin Week

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Blithfield’s Andy ‘Taxi’ Davis and Alex Warren won Sharps Doom Bar Merlin Rocket Week at Salcombe YC with a day to spare with an exceptional scorecard of three bullets and two seconds spanning variable and challenging conditions. Burghfield’s Simon Potts and Ally Martin finished the regatta in second overall counting 11 points just two ahead of Shoreham’s William Warren and Mark Oakey.

The four-day long EAORA Offshore Regatta, sponsored by Haven Knox-Johnston, comprised three races from Harwich to Ostend to Ramsgate and back to Harwich, over 200 miles for 2016. The ﬁrst leg saw Pete Smith’s First 40, 40 Love, take line honours and the overall win. Line honours in the Ostend to Ramsgate race went to Richard and Cathy Brown’s Arcona 41 Brave with Robert Leggett in X-332, Ape-X, winning the trophy. The race to Harwich was won by Ian and Laura Ivermee in Sigma 33 Woozle Hunter. At Haven Ports YC the prize for the overall winner went to Leggett and crew on Ape-X with two more Class Three boats, Ickle Jura (J97, Kevin Moll) second and Bule Guila (Elan 333, M Fuller-A&T Thorogood) third.

European Medals for Pascoe and Martin Megan Pascoe added European gold to her 2.4mR Open World Championship title in Bordeaux, fending off a tough challenge from 2015 world champion and 2004 Paralympic champion Damien Seguin. Pascoe sailed a consistent regatta and beat Seguin by just a single point to retain her European title. In Helsinki, rising windsurﬁng star Kieran Martin claimed silver at the RS:X Europeans, missing out on gold by just one point at the hands of France’s Thomas Goyard.

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The B14 worlds proved a close affair as British and Australian crews battled for supremacy at Circolo Vela Torbole on Lake Garda in Italy. Ultimately the Aussie team of Rick Plain/Mike Vincent claimed victory in the 35-boat fleet, counting 29 points from the 10-race, week-long series. The local Ora wind proved not to be as reliable for the world championship as it had been for the preceding Europeans – which were won overall by the Aussies with GBR’s Tim Harrison/Jonathan Ratcliffe claiming the title of European champions in third overall. Just two points adrift of the new world champions were GBR’s Harrison/Ratcliffe, who did enough on the final day to hang onto second, just a point ahead of Australia’s Guy Bancroft/ Dave Grace on 32 points in third overall. Fellow Aussies Craig Garmston-Paul Newman finished fourth overall – having been the top team at the Europeans with GBR’s Nick Craig/Tom Pygall fifth overall.

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D-One Europeans at Lake Lipno The D-One fleet held its European Championship at Camp Jestrabi, Lake Lipno in the Czech Republic. Typical lake weather of Force 1-6 with a variable direction tested the 25-boat fleet to the

full, with overall victory going to Tomai Balazs (HUN). Going into the final day of racing there was a tie-break for second through fourth and GBR’s Humphrey Carter just missed the podium.

At the Laser 4.7 Europeans in France, 14-year-old Matilda Nicholls representing Royal Lymington YC and the Andrew Simpson Sailing Foundation claimed the U16 girls title. Thirty GBR sailors competed in the championship in Morgat, with more than 300 sailors U18 competing. GBR’s Alex Schonrock was fifth U16 girl; Arthur Fry finished top 10 in the U16 boys after a credible overall result in the gold fleet; Benno Marstaller won the silver fleet.

Flying Dutchman Tera Inlands at Grafham The RS Tera inlands at Grafham SC saw the 29-boat Pro ﬂeet won by Ogston’s Roscoe Martin,

with a consistent scorecard of podium finishes giving him the title ahead of Draycote’s Jack Lewis in second and Brightlingsea’s Matt Taylor in third. The 41-strong Sport fleet also saw consistency claim the title, with Frensham’s Ralph Nevile counting all top fives to win ahead of Draycote’s Fergus Pye and Wormit’s Ewan Wilson.

Leckie Wins Hayling Oppie Open Eighty-ﬁve youngsters competed at Hayling Island SC’s Harbour Chandlers Optimist open meeting, with Archie Leckie (LLSC) taking the overall win, Callum Davidson-Guild (Trearddur Bay) second and Kai Wolgram (Llyn Brenig) third. First girl in sixth overall was local India Page-Wood while Oscar Morgan-Harris (Royal

Southern) won the 10 and under prize.

Records Tumble in Volvo Round Island Race Musandam Oman Sail, skippered by Sidney Gavignet, ﬁnished the Volvo Round Ireland Race more than two hours inside the previous record he and his crew set in May 2015. The team crossed the ﬁnish line at Wicklow in an impressive 38 hours, 37 minutes and 7 seconds. American businessman George David’s Maxi yacht Rambler88 then smashed the race record for monohulls in an equally impressive 2 days, 2 hours, 24 minutes, 9 seconds. This team was also declared the outright winner of the race after IRC handicap time correction.

Caernarvonshire YC. This gave second overall on the podium to Johnson/Garlick, who concluded their event counting 20 points, just one point ahead of Best/ Richards in third overall.

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Going into the final day of the National Squib Championship at Weymouth SC, Nigel and Jack Grogan in reHydrated had already established themselves as outright winners – without having won a race – counting a consistent series of top five results. However, behind this Royal Corinthian YC, Burnham team were a very tight group of contenders. With the wind building from a managable 20 to a fierce 30 knots, the final race win in the 60-boat fleet went to Dave Best/Pete Richards ahead of Mike Hart/Mark Hogan, Alan Johnson/David Garlick, and Richard Robinson/Steve Allso – all from Wales’ South

Victory for Sayer in Solo Round the Rock Race Punishing weather made the first SORC Round the Rock race – sponsored by Virgin Media Business – one that will go down in history. The race which follows the classic course from the central Solent to the Fastnet Rock and back to Plymouth proved a mammoth test. with just 19 of the 43 starters completing the course. Will Sayer’s Sigma 33C Elmarleen won Class 3 by more than four hours, and the overall race. ‘It was a cracking race with lots of highs and lows,’ said Sayer. Rob Craigie’s Sunfast 3600 Bellino secured Class 1 victory, with Louis-

Marie Dussere’s JPK10.10 Raging Bee winning Class 2. Sayer’s win secured him a holiday from Ocean Elements/Alpine Elements, whose MD James Hardiman was a fellow competitor.

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With the final points calculated, Lawrie Smith, Joost Houweling and Adam Bowers were declared the Dragon Edinburgh Cup Champions by an eight-point margin – marking the second time that Smith has won this historic trophy. The fight for second among the 35-strong fleet at South Caernarvonshire YC went to countback with Grant Gordon, Kasper Harsberg and Ruihrihd Scott, and Mike Budd, Jeremy Entwistle and Mark Greeves, both counting 17 points apiece – Gordon just pipped Budd for the second step on the podium.

While Budd’s team was disappointed not to have taken second overall, they were delighted to have won the Corinthian trophy by five points from Mark Dicker. Third place in the Corinthians came down to another tie breaker with Neil Hegarty and Rob Campbell both on 16 points, a single point behind Dicker; Hegarty took third on countback. As well as second Corinthian, Mark Dicker’s, sister Selina Dicker and cousin James Campbell also won the Vintage Division Trophy, making it an excellent week for the family.

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Second Dragon Edinburgh Cup for Lawrie Smith

Mussell Sails in Victorious with Contender Crown Simon Mussell won the Contender nationals at Castle Cove SC in Weymouth with a race to spare counting a string of five bullets. As part of the Weymouth Dinghy Regatta, entry was limited to 37 boats, but all Britain’s finest Contender sailors were on the start sheet. The fleet was greeted with a gusty 15-25 knots south-westerly – similar to a year ago in Medemblik where Mussell was crowned world champion – and he took his first race win. He didn’t have it all his own way though, capsizing to windward on the second run of race three, but the recovery was faster than Usain Bolt and it wasn’t long before he

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Scorpion Inlands at Rutland

Hywel Poole Memorial Race Perfect sailing conditions greeted a 32-boat fleet at Port Dinorwic SC for the 4th annual Hywel Poole memorial race on the Menai Strait. Optimist sailor Tyler Green won the youth course while the main fleet was won by GP14 sailors Dave Turtle-Gareth Morris.

Nineteen Scorpions travelled to Rutland SC for their Gul-sponsored inland championship, competing in both fast planing conditions and lighter breezes. The title went to Tom Jeffcoate and sister Penny (Island SC) just two points ahead of Andy Mckee/Chris Massey (Dovestone) with Steve Walker/Jerry Hannabuss (Pennine) third.

Cadets in Flanders Four days of weather extremes were served up in Flanders during Cadet Topsport Vlaanderen Nieuwpoortweek and the Belgian Open National Championships – from a vicious swell and howling winds, to an excruciating light wind ﬁnale nail biting, title decider. GBR’s Jamie Harris/Hamish Taylor took the title from

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Belgian sailors Thibaud Dirix/Ziva Perko, while GBR’s Ellie Wootton/Amelia Mayhew kept calm in all conditions to take third and ﬁrst girls, with Katie Sparks/Hazel Whittle hot on their heels in ﬁfth.

Lark Inlands Ninteen Larks descended on Alton Water in Suffolk for the Helly Hansen Inlands, including seven national champions. Stuart Hydon/Rachael Rhodes (Shustoke/SHSC) won the title, counting just ﬁve points, with Stephen Videlo/Maddie Harris (Waldringﬁeld) second ahead of Pete Gray/Rich Pepperdine (SHSC).

Tideway Nationals on Barton Broad The 53rd annual sailing of the Tideway Challenge was held on Barton Broad in Norfolk and for the ﬁrst time in its history was won

took the lead again. Overnight Mussell led ahead of Ben Holden and Nick Noble. A steady 20 knots the next day was perfect for some champagne sailing, and by race five it was Holden’s last chance to upset Mussell’s total domination. At the finish there couldn’t have been more than a couple of inches in it but Mussell won again to take the title and sailed away to the shore in the glistening sea, like The Silver Surfer proud of his conquest. With Holden safely in second overall it was left to the rest to fight over the crumbs. Graham Scott finished third overall ahead of Nick Noble and Carl Tagoe.

by a glassﬁbre version of this classic dinghy. In ideal sunny conditions with a stiff breeze at Barton Turf Adventure Centre, Hugh and Alison Ambery in Ruby (TW554) claimed the two-handed Challenge Trophy counting two bullets from the three-race series, with 2015 title winners Jolyon and Jennie Pope in Jolybods (TW54) just a point further back in second overall ahead of John Coe/ Arthur Davey in Wild Goose (TW464). The Rose Bowl for singlehanded boats went to Martin Mitchell in Jemma.

RS100 Inlands The RS100 inlands at Llandegfedd served up two glorious days of sailing at culminating in planing conditions, with lots of place changing throughout the ﬂeet. Weston’s Steve Lee took the overall win after seven races, one discard, counting

18 points. Gurnard’s Mark Harrison pulled up to second on 21 points, ahead of Port Dinorwic’s Greg Booth on 24.

East Coast Piers Race The East Coast Piers Race at Marconi SC – raising money for The Cirdan Trust and Essex Air Ambulance – was won by Weston Sailing Club Nacra 20 sailors John Gimson and Pete Jary in impressive style.

18ft Skiff Europeans The strong thermal winds of Lake Garda only came through for a couple of days of the five-day 18ft Skiff Europeans at Torbole but the racing was close in the much improved fleet. The title went to the Be-Light team from Hungary. The leading team from the UK was Union Rose/Haier sailed by Jarrod Simpson, Nick Murray and Sam Caslin, in fifth overall.

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The Buzz national championship hosted by the Port of Plymouth Sailing Association over a weekend of dramatically changing weather and wind directions, concluded with only two points separating the ﬁrst three boats. Medway’s Stuart Bailey-Neil Oxton won the six-race series from Langstone’s Jane Noble/Mark Wilson, both counting 11 points, with Matt Butler/Frankie Cook third.

The Hunter FormulaONE national championship at Rutland SC proved to be a close-quarter affair over a shifty weekend of light to moderate breezes. The result went down to the eighth and last race with Growler (Nick Verdino, Jon Dixon, Paul Heggs) taking their fourth bullet and the title by two points from Whisky Mac (Hugh Neil, Colin Spinley, and Stewart Snowball).

Piggot and Barker win Solent Forts Race The long-distance Solent Forts Race for multihulls, run by Hayling Ferry SC and sponsored by Harken and Wildwind, had an ideal Force 4-5; ﬁrst back was Grant Piggot/Sam Barker on the Nacra Carbon 20 FCS closely followed by William Sunnocks and Mark Self on their M20 Vampire.

Sims Wins Solo Nigel Pusinelli Trophy A 47-strong Solo ﬂeet competed at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the Nigel Pusinelli Trophy, including GP world champion Shane McCarthy from Ireland. Carsington’s Mike Sims ﬁnished with an impressive 1,1,4,15,3,6 to take the title nine points clear from Jack Hopkins, with Pete Mitchell third.

Dragon Force 65 Nationals

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The model yacht Dragon Force 65 National championship took place at Fleetwood Model YC. The overall deserved winner was John Tushingham who battled a broken rudder servo and a couple of ‘weedings’ to navigate himself ahead of local Derek Priestley who took second. Tim Lanigan clung on for third overall.

The Allen Brothers Enterprise Masters Championship took place at Middle Nene SC. A total of seven races took place for the 20+ boat ﬂeet in light breezes; and Yorkshire Dales team of Tim Sadler-Richard Sault won the title convincingly ahead of Ges Brown/Craig Wheatley and Martin Honnor/Iain Bird in third.

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Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy at Ullswater Local 49er sailors Matty and James Lyons won the Lord Birkett Memorial Trophy at Ullswater YC in a 230-boat fleet. A strong south-westerly made for a giant windward/leeward course on the Saturday and Team

Lyons were first back with the 505 of Nathan Batchelor/Andy Weatherspoon beating them overall on handicap. In fresh winds on the Sunday, the Lyons boys were again first back, this time taking first place

RORC CowesDinard-St Malo French teams dominated the RORC Cowes-Dinard-St Malo Race, claiming seven classes and the overall win. Ironically it was in the multihull class, for many years dominated by the French, that Great Britain had its only victory. Tony Lawson’s British MOD70 Concise 10, skippered by Ned Collier Wakefield, took the multihull line honours and win after time correction. Lionel Péan’s Volvo 70 SfsII took monohull line honours and was declared overall handicap winner. St Malo was home to Péan when he skippered L’Esprit d’Equipe to victory in the 1985 Whitbread Round the World Race.

All-British Podium at Moth Europeans It was an all-British podium at the Moth Europeans in Bordeaux. Mike Lennon won, with Chris Rashley second and Ben Baton third. The 73-boat fleet saw these three dominate on day one when, in ideal conditions, two bullets went to on-form Lennon and one each to Rashley and Patton. Lack of wind saw day

and counting just three points for the overall prize. Tynemouth SC’s Batchelor/ Weatherspoon were second overall from Paul and Jude Allen of Leigh and Lowton in an RS 400, both counting 11 points.

two canned before light airs allowed one race on day three with another bullet going to Lennon. Day four then brought a flat race course brushed by a variable southeasterly breeze, with the fleet often split between foiling and floating. After nine races complete, Lennon led the championship into the final day. A north-

westerly 10-12 knots concluded the championship with two more races and while Lennon had dominated the event, counting only top three finishes, the remaining podium places were only decided in the final reckoning, with Rashley jumping from fifth to overtake Paton for second overall after an excellent 1,2 final.

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Buzz Nationals at Plymouth

McNamara and Townsend Win Wayfarer National championship Michael McNamara and Simon Townsend claimed the Wayfarer National Championship title at Medway YC, where 31 entries battled through a variety of conditions which created challenges for the race team and competitors alike. A lack of wind and then thunderstorms saw racing postponed on day one, so day two had four races in a shifty 7-10kts. Most struggled to achieve consistent results, but overnight former champions Michael McNamara/Simon Townsend led a point ahead of Neil Collingridge/Anne Spalding, with Len Jones/ Jamie Lea sitting third just ahead of John and Jamie Clemetson. A breezier day three gave the fleet three very physical 50-minute races, including the occasional capsize, and the heavier or fitter crews came to the fore. Bullets went to JonesLea, and David Wade/John Meadowcroft. The final race was then won by McNamara/Townsend, who managed to neatly book-end the event as they had won the first race too. The former champions claimed the overall championship title once again counting just seven points. In second place overall with 12 points were Jones/Lea, while Wade/Meadowcroft finished third overall on 15 points.

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Morgan Masterclass at D-Zero Nationals

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Ian Morgan won the Suntouched D-Zero National Championship at Highcliffe SC with a race to spare. A Force 4 gusting 5 with wind over tide on day one was to the liking of the sea sailors in the 40-strong fleet and Hill Head’s Morgan took the first bullet. There were opportunities for a good result if you could keep the boat upright. In race two, even Morgan capsized on his way to another win and there were only 25 finishers. In lighter conditions on day two Restronguet’s Paul Scullion took two bullets, with Morgan claiming the next in a freshening breeze. Day three and race six, the wind again built during the day with bullets for Stuart Jones and Iain Horlock, while Morgan had two thirds to secure the title. A depleted fleet for the final race saw Morgan wrap up his series with a fourth win on nine points. Scullion was second overall with 15 points and Shotwick Lake’s Gaz Hensall third on 20 points.

Joint Winners at RORC IRC Nationals finished five points clear of Sir Keith Mills’ Invictus. Former RORC commodore Mike Greville’s Ker 39, Erivale III, meanwhile, dominated IRC One; their 9.5 point lead over Rod Stuart and Bill Ram’s Corby 37, Aurora, was the biggest margin across any of the five classes. The HP30 class saw John Reivers’ Melges 32 Drop Bear campaign victorious ahead of Malcolm Wootton’s Farr 30, Pegasus. American Lloyd Thornburg, campaigning his Farr 280 FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out), finished third overall. The crew includes Olympic 470 silver medallists (in different Games) Nick Rogers and Stuart Bithell.

Marengo Wins Swallow Nationals Eighteen National Swallow teams, a near record number, raced over from Itchenor for their national championship at Bembridge SC. A breezy first day produced some quite unpleasant sea conditions but Carolyn Brigg powered her way to two race wins in Marengo. In slightly less breeze the following day Mike Wigmore in Gwaihir, proved to be the boat to beat, winning both races. Brigg meanwhile claimed a 3,2 with her crew of David and Ollie Sloper and with no time for a third race took the overall win. Second was Wigmore and his crew of Charles Hyatt/Mark Struckett, counting 5,1,1 to pip Harry Roome, Pru and Peter Room Skua.

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The RORC IRC Nationals was one of the most competitive on record, with 61 yachts taking part. This year’s championship had the unusual distinction of joint winners in Adam Gosling’s brand-new JPK 10.80 Yes! (winner of IRC Two) and the French consortium-owned A35, Dunkerque-Les Dunes de Flandre (topping IRC Three). Stand-out performer of the day was RORC Admiral Andrew McIrvine and his First 40, La Réponse, in IRC Two, which scored three bullets. But this was not enough to topple Yes! In the Fast40+ Peter Morton’s Girls on Film

Bullit Victorious at Coutts Quarter Ton Cup A lack of wind on the final day of the Coutts Quarter Ton Cup at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, confirmed the overall winner as Bullit helmed by owner Louise Morton. Morton’s name will now be engraved on the trophy for the fourth time, a record equalled only by her husband Peter Morton. Her crew, who have been sailing together for some years, included Lucy and Kate Macgregor, Colette Richmond, Bethan Carden, and Annie Lush. Second was Blackfun, helmed by 2007 Etchells world champion Oscar Strugstad, who had a late call up to stand in for owner Tony Hayward. Sam Laidlaw’s Aquila was third, while Ian Southworth and the Whiskers crew had to be content with fourth.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS September 1-4 Monohull dinghies, Open Regatta, Royal Harwich YC September 2-4 J/70 UK Nationals, Royal Western YC, Plymouth September 3-4 IRC yachts, Weymouth Regatta, Weymouth YC IRC, Small Boat Championship, Weymouth SC Squib and Lark, Cartoon Trophy,Waldringﬁeld SC IRC Yachts Regatta and Albin Express Nationals, Royal Northumberland YC September 3-9 Contender European Championship, Highcliffe SC September 3 RS Aero Scottish Championship, East Lothian YC September 4 RNLI Pursuit Race, Blackpool and Fleetwood YC September 7-18 Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 8-11 Squib, Southerns/Europeans, Circles des Voiles Lac de Cazaux UBS Jersey Regatta, Royal Channel Islands YC September 9-11 Cowes to Weymouth & Back, Solo Offshore Racing Club IRC, Channel Island Championship, St Helier YC Hansa 2.3, 303 and Liberty, Nationalsi, Carsington SC September 10-11 Miracle, Welsh & End of Season Championship, Shotwick Lake Sailing Wayfarer Southern

Championship, Shoreham SC Europe National championship, Dalgety Bay SC 707, Sprints Slam, Port Edgar YC D-Zero Inland Championship, Grafham Water SC Merlin Rocket, 70th Anniversary Celebration, Upper Thames SC September 16-18 Fast40+ National Championship, Royal Southern YC September 16-17 IRC Double Handed Championship, Royal Southampton YC September 17-18 Bart’s Bash RS Aero, Eastern Champs, Brightlingsea SC Cadet Inlands, Grafham Water SC 50th 24 Hour Race, West Lancashire YC September 18 IRC yachts, Nab Tower Double, Royal Southampton YC September 22-25 RS Aerocup, Fraglia Vela Malcesine September 23-28 Autumn Shrimper Fest, Rock Sailing and Waterski Club September 24-25 Inter-Club Youth Keelboat Championships, Royal Southern YC RYA Zone Championships, Various Venues September 24-25 IRC Solent Championship, Portsmouth SC & Royal Air Force YC

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