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Dan and Nathan power up for Zapcat season Shelley Jory page 11

Don’t knot it – splice it . . .

You are never too young or too old to learn

Ellen MacArthur page 14

Training page 29

Honda F4SA racing in Plymouth 2008

Honda F4 birthday bash PLYMOUTH has been chosen to celebrate ten years of the Honda Formula 4-Stroke Race Series this month.

The city will hosts the party and the 100th race in the series over the weekend of June 20 and 21 for the Plymouth Grand Prix, the second leg of the 2009 championship.

When Honda launched its first large scale outboard engine in 1999, the 4-Stroke BF130 the early model set the basis of what would become the World’s largest Offshore Powerboat race series.

Its popularity is expanding year on year with nearly 20 teams competing in 2009 in front of ever increasing spectator numbers.

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Steve Curtis, eight times Class 1 World Powerboat Champion said: “If any more proof were needed of Honda’s Power of Dreams philosophy the Honda Formula 4-Stoke series certainly is it.”

Plymouth Hoe acts as an excellent spectator area and a perfect base for the multitude of additional on-shore activities.

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A GUIDE TO BRIGHTON

Dee’s girl power bid for record DEE Caffari, the British yachtswoman who made history by becoming the first woman to sail solo, non stop both ways around the world, will attempt to break the record for sailing around Britain and Ireland this month.

Caffari will be joined onboard her yacht Aviva by an all female crew, including fellow British yachtswoman and Vendée Globe race rival Samantha Davies, for the record attempt.

Starting and finishing in Portsmouth, the route is almost 2,500 nautical miles around the British coastline featuring some of the world’s most technically difficult waters with ever-changing weather, tidal flows and adverse land effects. Extra

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vigilance will be needed throughout the record attempt for shipping and other obstructions such as oil rigs in the North Sea. Caffari said: “It’s been over two months since the end of the Vendée Globe, so I am really looking forward to being reunited with Aviva and getting back out on the water. Although I haven’t sailed with a crew for a while, I think it will be great to have some company for this record attempt.”

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CREW AND CONTENTS Sea talk.. ................................................ 2 News...................................................... 2 Kit - the latest boating gear.........10 Shelley Jory....................................... 11 Consultant Editor Bob Satchwell

Ad Manager Katie Hawksworth

Sticky’s Tips........................................ 13 Ellen MacArthur.. ............................. 14 Sébastien Josse.. .............................. 15 Sarah Donohue........................ 16-17 Get into powerboating........ 18 - 19

Group Sales Manager Jody Bratley

Managing Director Sue Baggaley

In the drink........................................ 20 Boating Britain...........................23-26 South Wales Boat Show................ 28 Training feature....................... 29-31 Private adverts................................. 34

South Coast Rep. Bill Oakley

Designer Flo Terentjev

Book reviews.. ................................... 36 Classifieds....................................43-45

Production Controller Anthony Gibbons

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Contributors Ellen MacArthur Philip Dunn Sébastien Josse Shelley Jory Sticky Staplyton Paul Antrobus Tim Spicer Alex Smith Sarah Donohue

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A power-full edition JUST when you thought this newspaper was blinkered, I hope we have caught you out.

To prove beyond all doubt – whether or not we really needed to - that All at Sea is precisely what it says on the label, we thought we would make this issue extra special for one part of the boating fraternity.

You may have thought we were run by a bunch of pernickety, set-in-their-ways ageing mariners of distinctly sticks and rags inclination. Nothing could be further from the truth.

We are largely youthful – just look at the pictures on this page. Er . . .um . . . in outlook, if not entirely in looks (but take account of the weather beating).

We are as keen to please and as full of humour as a south coast ice-cream vendor on a wet Wednesday in February.

And most of all we are as broad minded as a parliamentary expenses checker.

That is why so much of the paper this month is devoted to power boating.

We were amazed to find that petrol and diesel have taken over from steam. We had begun to wonder just how Shelley Jory could be so quick with all that coal on board.

Most of all, it was a pleasure to find so many young people making a mark for themselves in power boats. Teenagers such as Carolina Sandbrook and Milly Pascoe who make up a new all-girl racing team and Ben Morse, Keiran Rix and Charlotte Newton battling for the RYA Youth Powerboating title should be lauded and applauded.

< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The current outright record to sail around Britain and Ireland in a monohull yacht stands at 7 days 4 hours and was set in May 2004 on board Solune.

The record for an all female crew stands at 10 days and 16 hours, which was set by Samantha Davies and her crew onboard Roxy in June 2007.

With the potential to break two records, Caffari and the crew of Aviva will be waiting for ideal weather conditions before setting off.

Samantha Davies said: “I can’t wait to get on the water and start chasing down the two records – I already hold the female crew title but I’m more than happy to break that with this team, and hopefully we can claim the outright record in the process.

“Dee and I became good friends during the Vendée Globe and with four other girls onboard Aviva as well I’m sure we won’t be short of conversation.”

Joining Caffari and Davies will be fellow Brits, offshore sailor Miranda Merron and boat captain Alex Sizer, German Figaro sailor Isabelle Joschke and freelance journalist Johanna Payton. www.avivaoceanracing.com

Seatalk

By Bob Satchwell

So with apologies to those of our readers who curse the invention of the internal combustion engine we humbly point out that there is still plenty to read about the majesty of green-powered sailing, we like to emphasise that we are All at Sea. And as for you petrol heads - we hope you appreciate it!

Good business

AND talking of young people, one of the most heartening of reports this month concerns boating business rather than pure pleasure.

A consortium of marine companies from the New Forest, Southampton and Fareham have set up a government-backed project that will support jobs and training for 60 apprentices.

That is good for the young people of course especially at a time when thousands of school leavers are competing for a dwindling number of jobs. It is also good for the firms involved who need to prepare for the end of recession.

What’s more it is good for the country. It is an example of a canny can-do spirit which is to be preferred to the ‘please feel sorry for us’ attitude too often displayed, especially by those companies that cannot understand why they are failing.

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English cross border for Scottish honours AFTER more than 20 years competing on Loch Fyne, Nigel Biggs and the Checkmate Sailing Team from North West England won the overall Brewin Dolphin Scottish Series Trophy.

Sailing a 35-foot J109 in the highly competitive IRC Class 3, Biggs and crew won by a single point from two past winners of the trophy that is the top award for the annual regatta.

Racing took place off Tarbert attracted 160 boats racing in 14 classes over the Spring Bank Holiday.

Winning with a stock production boat named Christie Cancer Care to publicise the Manchester centre of excellence which cared for Biggs’ late father, it was a poignant and appropriate year for the crew to get their hands on the top award.

The nine strong team endured a tough final pair of races when they started prematurely in the final race of the series and were hampered by slower boats in the first race to post a second and third, their weakest scores of the regatta.

While Cheshire based Biggs cut his teeth as a racing helmsman as a member of the Scottish 470 Olympic class squad in the mid 1990s, the crew came together originally at Scottish Series as the core team on Welsh based 38and 40 footers before racing a 25 foot Beneteau Sportsboat when the Checkmate Sailing Team won their class for the first time.

“I’ve been to the prize giving so many times and been disappointed and so I really was not expecting to win, so I am pretty much lost for words. It is fantastic to win at last,” said Biggs.

“Our philosophy has always been to sail hard, to try and win but with friends and to have a good time doing so.”

Conditions for the final day were typical of one of less pleasing faces of Loch Fyne: wet, grey and a mix of light winds peppered with periods of difficult gusty breezes.

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Fly Newquay

BMIBABY is launching new four times weekly flights from Birmingham to Newquay in Cornwall, the surf capital of the UK. Fares start from £18.99 one way including taxes and charges and the flight lasting just over an hour, means the service will reduce the cost and time of reaching the resort from the Midlands.

Over the limit

Other contenders for the top award, which is appointed by an executive representing sponsors and the organising club, the Clyde Cruising Club, included the IRC Class 1 winning King 40 Argie Bargie, a King 40 owned and skippered by Allan Hogg and the IRC Class 2 victor Impetuous, a Corby 37 from Wales which scored six individual race wins with South Queensferry’s Hamish Mackay serving as tactician. www.clyde.org

Boats set to take to Tees

ORGANISERS of Take to the Tees have released an artist’s impression of how Stockton’s riverside will look as it comes alive with a dazzling flotilla of vessels taking to the water to mark the start of the week-long event. Up to 150 vessels made up of everything from rowing and dragon boats to personal watercraft, water skis, pleasure cruisers

and steam boats are to take part in the colourful water procession on Saturday, August 22. The fleet will make its way from Victoria Bridge in Stockton to the Tees Barrage where the vessels will be used to provide free demonstrations and taster sessions. www.Rivertees.org.uk

Photo : Marc Turner / CCC

SPEEDING boats and jet-skiers have triggered calls for police to step up patrols along Devon’s Exe estuary and crack down on offenders exceeding the 10mph speed limit. Canoeist David Moore said:”It’s like the Wild West.Some boats were doing 25 knots in restricted water. On the road they would be booked for dangerous driving.” Exmouth harbourmaster Keith Graham said the problem was that many river-users did not know about the 10mph regulation and has called for more speed-limit signs.

News in brief Scilly wildlife A NEW project has been launched to safeguard the unique marine environment off the Isles of Scilly and protect rare corals, sponges and basking sharks. The two-year scheme, run by the islands’ wildlife trust, will involve local divers surveying reefs, wrecks and seagrass meadows to check for environmental damage.

Open light THE UK’s most southerly lighthouse, on Cornwall’s bleak Lizard peninsular, has opened to the public for the first time in 250 years. A Heritage Lottery Fund revamp has paid for a visitor centre in the lighthouse’s former engine-room which gives the history of the light that was built in 1752 and is still a major landfall beacon.

Until made automatic 20 years ago, the light was manned by six lighousekeepers living in adjacent cottages.

The light is visible for 26 miles. The lighthouse is open daily from 11-6.

Return lecture PETE Goss has agreed to give a second talk at the Maritime Museum in Cornwall on Monday 29 June after returning to the UK following his epic adventure sailing 11,800 miles from Newlyn to Australia on a 37foot wooden lugger Spirit of Mystery.

Profits will go to the Cornwall Playing for Success charity of which Pete is a founding trustee. Tickets are limited and are available on 01326 214546.

Forces teams seek support ADVENTURER and new Chief Scout Bear Grylls has pledged his support for Exercise TRANSGLOBE, the joint services around the world sailing challenge.

He joins Ambassador Nick Knowles and Official Supporters Babs and Robert Powell in flying the flag for the crews taking part who need corporate support.

Exercise TRANSGLOBE is a yearlong sailing expedition that is open to regular and reserve members of all three armed forces.

It will start from Southsea Castle on Saturday 11 July. Nick Knowles will fire the starting gun at 1300 hours.

It is circumnavigation in 13 stages, using three identical Challenge 67-foot steel hulled yachts operated out of the Joint Services Adventurous Sail Training Centre at Gosport, Hampshire.

The crews will be changed at each destination. More than 550 personnel will participate.

Selected crews will also represent their respective services in the 2009 Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the 2010 Antigua Race Week.

Grylls said: “Exercise Transglobe is a challenge of the highest calling - one that stretches human endurance, tests

resolve and builds character through one huge adventure.”

Every other leg is being used as an adventurous training exercise while the emphasis on the other legs will be to encourage a spirit of Corinthian competition between the Services.

An initiative called ‘Battle Back’ supports the integration of personnel recovering from severe injuries received on operations or in accidents into all forms of adventurous training.

Twelve Headley Court patients will be crew members during the Antigua to Charleston stage in May next year. Service personnel are paying towards the costs of the event and organisers are looking for financial support to help defray the high cost of airfares for the crews to the various ports of call around the world.

Three Corporate Patrons are already on board for the duration of TRANSGLOBE including the official clothing suppliers GILL who are providing all the technical clothing and boots, Crewsaver with their Crewfit 275N lifejackets and McMurdo who are supplying their Fast Find personal locator beacons. www.exercisetransglobe.com.

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Exercise TRANSGLOBE Racing Crews at Gosport, Hampshire.

On the pontoon from L-R are the race skippers: Richard Tarr (RN Skipper ADVENTURE Navy); Becky Walford (Joint Service Skipper DISCOVERER RAF), Andy Fernie (Joint Service Skipper CHALLENGER Army).

Picture: Crown Copyright/MOD 2009. LA(Phot) Caroline Davies.

Boatbuilder sails back into history

WEST Country boat-builder Will Stirling has completed a labour of love - a 30-foot replica 1797 clinker yawl for HMS Victory, flagship of Will’s direct ancestor, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Nelson.

“It’s a job I couldn’t refuse,” said 30-year-old Will, who builds 18th-century replicas at his largely one-man boatyard on the River Tamar at Morwellham, Devon. “After all, Nelson is my middle name.”

Commissioned and paid for by the Ministry of Defence, the rowing and sailing yawl was built using original plans from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and built from full-length planks fastened with copper and bronze nails.

Next project is a replica 1760s longboat planked with larch on oak frames which will carry tourists up the Tamar powered by an electric engine. This autumn, Will will begin

work on a 39-foot Victorian yacht with a period interior.

His most ambitious project was Alert, a 37-foot 15-ton replica of an 1835 smuggling lugger, which recently made her sailing trials to Iceland.

Will built her literally single-handed - he was recovering from a horrific road accident which meant he temporarily lost the use of one arm and hand.

“I’ve been fascinated by 18th-century sail for as long as I can remember,” Will said.

Leaving Eton, he dropped a university course to study at Lowestoft’s international boat-building college before building pilot cutters for Working Sail on the Helford River in Cornwall and doing an MA in maritime history at Exeter.

He hopes to keep boatbuilding in the family - the “son” in his company Stirling and Son is his son Alfred. He’s just had his first birthday.

The HMS Victory replica yawl

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Back from the murky depths of the Solent COWES-based specialist divers and salvage experts MMC had to battle deep water, zero visibility, strong tides, and heavy shipping to recover the Cougar Cat SeaRaider from the Solent seabed.

The boat based in Cowes Yacht Haven was returning from a fishing charter in December last year when she sank after a collision with South Ryde Middle Buoy.

Skipper Jason Lovell was rescued by a Coastguard helicopter that was already airborne.

It was thought the vessel had gone down in five to ten metres and the Queen’s Harbour Master, Portsmouth, judged it to be a hazard on the edge of the main channel.

Sam Connelly of island-based MMC-diving services took on what was expected to be a relatively straightforward salvage operation.

In March this year the wreck was located but was found to be in 25 metres of water.

The sunken vessel’s position in the main shipping channel meant major

News in brief Match racing THE RYA and the Port of Plymouth Sailing Association will host almost a month of match race training and racing events in Devon between Saturday 11 and Thursday 30 July.

Six training and racing events will be staged from Mayflower Marina in, including qualifier three of the 2009 RYA National Match Racing Series, at which a place in October’s Series Grand Final will be at stake.

There will also be a one-off PPSA/ RYA Match Racing event during the Port of Plymouth Regatta Week.

The events will be used in part to assess the feasibility of staging similar regional match racing events around the UK in the future. www.rya.org.uk

Fastnet memorial

Photo: Hamo Thornycroft

shipping had to be stopped from going through the dive area during each dive which could only take place at slack water.

Another Cowes business, Seaflex, provided lifting equipment, providing an overall eight tons of lift to ensure the vessel would come up with the first lift.

The vessel eventually came to the surface, stern first on the morning of the third day of a salvage operation

that had initially been supposed to be quick and straightforward.

There was still the danger that SeaRaider might sink again in the deep shipping channel so she was towed to the shallower waters of Osborne Bay. SeaRaider was finally towed into Cowes Yacht Haven in remarkably good condition.

The day after SeaRaider was recovered Sam Connelly saw Jason

Cycling for sailors MORE than 300 cyclists took to the streets of Southampton for the first Deloitte and Sailors’ Society Cycle.

Cyclists took chose from 10, 25 or 45 mile routes in and around Southampton. There was also a special route, courtesy of ABP, where cyclists could travel through parts of Southampton Docks not normally open to the public.

Keen sailor Mandy Parker completed the 45 mile route and collected more than £300 in sponsorship. She won a year’s free gym membership at Spirit Health Club in Southampton and was presented an award for Highest Individual Fundraiser by Geoff Holt.

BP Shipping’s ‘Beyond Pedalling’ team picked

up the award for Highest Corporate Fundraising Team, raising £2,130.

There was also a prize draw for participants who raised £100 or more. David Clinton, who also completed the 45 mile route, picked up a holiday for six, courtesy of Hoburne Holidays.

Sailors’ Society Events Fundraiser Vicky Macleod said: “The Sailors’ Society would like to thank everyone who contributed to making the day so successful. The money raised will go towards supporting seafarers around the world, particularly in times of need, but also to help them to make contact with their families after many months at sea.” www.sailors-society.org,

Pete Angiolini, Jamie Thompson and Thomas Mortimer gear up for the cycle

Lovell and was able to return his wallet that had been left on board, still with all his cash in it.

Cowes photographer Hamo Thornycroft who watched the salvage operation said: “It was an impressive and heroic job and fantastic to see Cowes businesses carry out such a difficult undertaking so professionally, and with everyone pulling together, literally.”

A MEMORIAL service for the tragic 1979 Fastnet Race will be held on 5 August at Holy Trinity Church, Cowes, behind the Royal Yacht Squadron.

But With 300 yachts registered by March for the 608 nautical-mile 2009 race which starts on 9 August, the Royal Ocean Racing Club took the unprecedented step of closing the entry list some three months ahead of the date set in the Notice of Race. www.fastnet.rorc.org

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News in brief Swan regatta

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Clipper skippers named

THE 14th edition of the Swan European Regatta will take place in Cowes from 11to 17 July. The five days of racing organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron on courses around the Solent has already attracted 35 entries from more than nine countries including Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the USA.

Fire safety FIRE Minister Sadiq Khan says that if your home is a boat, you should get a smoke alarm. The minister was launching the Boat Safety Scheme.

Boat Fire Risk Checks, available throughout England, offer boaters the opportunity to gain help and advice from their local Fire and Rescue Service.

Royal visit THE Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will visit the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy June 11.

The academy is the first venue to be completed for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Royal Party will meet both Olympic hopefuls in training and local people who are learning to sail as part of WPNSA’s programme with the Chesil Trust.

Felixstowe regatta THE Haven Gateway Partnership is to sponsor the Felixstowe Regatta for a second time this year and is also committed to sponsoring the event in 2010,. The regatta has been moved from its traditional end of May slot to take place on 10-12 July – after GCSE and A level exams but before most schools break up and families head off on their summer holidays.

Members’ success ROYAL Southern YC members were at the front of several fleets in the first of the club’s monthly regattas. In challenging conditions members won four of the six classes. The regatta incorporated the J-80 class Southern Area championships and in the two races the class managed to sail on Sunday morning Victoria Gregory and Rob Larke who had swept the board in the recent Raymarine Warsash Spring Series, again won both races. www.royal-southern.co.uk.

Photo: onEdition

THE elite skippers for the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race have been unveiled.

The ten international sailors have been appointed following a rigorous selection process.

They will each skipper one of the ten stripped down, 68-foot racing yachts which are preparing to compete in the 35,000-mile challenge, the only global ocean race open to everyone, regardless of background and sailing ability.

The first edition of the Clipper Race was run in 1996. It was established

by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston who wanted to make ocean racing available to everyone, regardless of nationality or background, and since that first race almost 2,000 ordinary people have taken the opportunity to step outside of their comfort zone More than 5,000 more have been introduced to sailing through the Clipper Training programme.

Sir Robin said: “Leading a team in a race around the world is one of the hardest and most challenging jobs that any skipper could ever undertake.

“They have the ability to draw the line between competitiveness and safety while, at the same time, motivating the crew to retain their focus during races lasting several weeks at a time, whether it be through roaring gales and towering seas or the frustration of tricky calm spells.”

With just 15 weeks to go to the start, at the end of May more than 300 future ocean racing crew competing in this year’s race headed to Portsmouth to discover which team they will be representing and who their skipper would be.

Among them were lawyers, nurses, students, CEOs, train drivers and clergy representing 33 nationalities with boat entries from Singapore, Canada, the USA and China and stopovers in all five continents.

The race will start from the Humber River, the first time an around the world yacht race has set off from the east coast of the UK, taking the sport to a new audience.

During the 35,000-mile race the fleet will stop at 14 ports around the world before arriving back in the Humber in July 2010.

Jim Dobie, 30 (Uniquely Singapore) Singapore-born Jim now lives in Sydney, Australia, where he has been the chief instructor at an adventure training company for the last four years.

Brendan Hall, 27 From Brisbane, Australia, Brendan has been sailing since he was a child.

After working in the IT industry and gaining a degree in philosophy, he became a professional sailor.

Matt Pike, 40 From Ipswich, Suffolk. Like Nelson, he learned to sail on the Norfolk Broads.

Chris Stanmore-Major, 32 (Qingdao) Chris grew up in Torquay, Devon, UK, and has lived in Hong Kong for the last four years. He spent four years working as an instructor trainer on a sail training yacht and has an impressive racing pedigree.

Piers Dudin, 31 (Hull & Humber) Lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, has been sailing from the age of six and has accumulated a wealth of experience.

Richie Fearon, 28 (Cork) Richie has been sailing since he was a child and has combined a love of the ocean with a career in business.

Eero Lehtinen, 45 Originally from Helsinki, Finland, Eero now lives in Cape Town. He has previously competed in the Whitbread Race and was a skipper in the 2004 Global Challenge Race.

Jan Ridd, 46 (Cape Breton Island) Previously a professional photographer and the owner and landlord of a pub in Weymouth, Jan discovered sailing much later than his colleagues.

Pete Rollason, 41 (California) An experienced offshore racer, London-born Pete will take a break from running his own sailing school in Cape Town.

Peter Stirling, 43 Peter learned to sail in the tricky waters of the Menai Straits in North Wales and now calls Hampshire home. He was a keen rower with aspirations of Olympic glory but chose sailing.

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Sailing legends line up for Island race TWO giants of the multihull world were shaping up to do battle when Francis Joyon and Tony Bullimore registered for this month’s JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.

Francis Joyon currently holds the race record for the fastest multihull which he established at 3 hours 8 minutes 29 seconds in 2001.

Seven years later, in Idec II he broke Dame Ellen MacArthur’s solo, round the world record, shaving two weeks off the previous time. At 30 metres long Idec II weighs only 11 tons with a mast height of 32 metres.

Joyon last competed in the Round the Island Race in 2004 and led the Grand Prix Multihull Class home just 24 minutes outside his own record.

Tony Bullimore’s sailing career spans more than four decades and 400,000 racing miles. He survived for five days in the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean when his yacht capsized in 1997, famously popping out from an air pocket to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy.

Spirit of Antigua is 31 metres long with a 37 metre mast, designed by Nigel Irens. Skippered

by Bullimore she came second in the 2005 Oryx Quest non-stop, round the world race.

Mike Slade’s current monohull race record holder ICAP Leopard with a time of 3.53.05 tops IRC Class 0 while in the ISC Rating Division, the brand new Discovery 67 Tilly Mint, hull number one of this design, looks to be the one to beat.

Vendée Globe heroines Dee Caffari and Sam Davies will be firing the first starting gun. Dee Caffari said: “The JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island Race is the biggest sporting event on the water in the UK. It is incredible to see boats of all shapes and sizes alongside each other with sailing talent that ranges from first timers to Olympic medallists.

“The impressive site of around 1,600 boats circumnavigating the Isle of Wight is inspiring.

It is an honour to be sounding the gun to mark the start of the stampede of boats, a great many of whom will also be raising money for charity.”

A record 1,875 boats were entered in 2008 with around 16,000 sailors who raised £100,000 for chairities.

News in brief Roped in MARLOW Ropes has again been appointed as the official rope supplier for the Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht Race. The company has a proven track record in supplying cordage for the last three editions of the Clipper.

Charity challenge STRONG winds led to a change of plans for the inaugural Isle of Wight Challenge organised in aid of the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.

Instead of racing around the Isle of Wight the fleet was set a course that took them out past the Needles to Bridge buoy before running back through Hurst Narrows down the length of the Solent to Spit Sand Ford and back to the finish at the Wight Vodka buoy near the mouth of Southampton Water. Sponsored

by HarbourWorld.com event raised more than £3,000. www.roycastle.org

OSTAR start

Photo: Patrick Eden

The classic course, established in 1931, goes westward 50 miles round the Isle of Wight, starting and finishing in Cowes, the centre of British yachting £100,000 was raised for charities in 2008. www.roundtheisland.org.uk.

Photo: Paul Wyeth

Minibuses help sailors miles away from home SHIPPING agent Zodiac Maritime has provided minibuses to the Sailors’ Society for visiting seafarers at Felixstowe and Immingham.

Jan Webber, of the Sailors’ Society, based in Southampton, explained: that Seafarers, many from developing countries, often spent up to 12 months at sea and their families relied on their income to survive.

“Time ashore is limited due to modern technology and quick turnaround times in docks, so the new minibuses will ensure that seafarers’ time is spent wisely, giving them access to make telephone calls to loved ones and to stock up on amenities.”

Mark Rawson, Quality, Safety and Environmental Manager for Zodiac Maritime

said: “We recognise the work the charity puts in to making things more bearable for seafarers, particularly in ports and in times of need. We’re delighted that we can contribute to this work with the purchase and maintenance of the two minibuses and look forward to them being of value to the two port communities.”

The Sailors’ Society has also had minibuses, being used in the Philippines, sponsored by Pacific Basin Shipping. Two minibuses have been purchased for seafarers visiting Manila and the charity is also looking for sponsors for minibuses in South America, where much-needed work is being progressed by Sailors’ Society Port Chaplains in many ports in the region.

Email halexander@sailors-society.org

PLYMOUTH was packed with spectator boats on May 25 to watch Prince Philip send 30 competitors on their way across the Atlantic in the 2009 OSTAR race to Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Then event which started in 1960 and run by the Royal Western Yacht Club is the world’s oldest solo ocean race and is aimed mainly as amateur sailors.

News in brief Super racers A FLEET of sailing giants are set to take to the starting line of the Loro Piana Superyacht Regatta on June 10. This second edition of the event, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda and Boat International Media, is open to yachts over 24 metres and will feature four days of racing. Eighteen superyachts with an average length of over 33 metres will compete in the regatta. Entrants range from the cutting edge Wally 101 sloop Indio, launched just one month and making its regatta debut in Porto Cervo. www.loropianasuperyachtregatta.com or www.yccs.it

Marine skills LYMINGTON based Berthon led a consortium of marine companies including businesses such as Discovery Yachts at Marchwood, Griffon Hoverwork in Hythe, Scorpion RIBs in Lymington and SYS in Southampton and Moody Deck in Fareham in a project that will support the employment of 60 apprentices over a two year period. Funded with £880,000 from the Government’s Apprenticeship Expansion Programme to improve skills across the local marine industry, the investment will be used to pay the wages of apprentices for the next two years and support their training needs. Berthon was supported by the BMF, Paragon Skills who carry out the training, and Marine South East.

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Top sailing stars support charity Solent challenge SAILING legend Sir Robin KnoxJohnston, female star of the sea, Dee Caffari, and Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie, have given their backing to a new fundraising challenge for Action Medical Research.

The charity, which is dedicated to improving the health of babies and children, will launch its Sail the Solent challenge in October.

Teams of would-be sailors from complete landlubbers to more experienced crewmates will be trained by professionals to handle 40-foot yachts and race around the Isle of Wight.

In just one long-weekend they will get the chance to become their own sailing heroes and make a real difference to children’s lives at the same time.

For nearly 60 years the charity has been instrumental in significant medical breakthroughs including the development of the UK polio vaccine and ultrasound scanning in pregnancy.

It funds research into serious diseases and conditions, including

meningitis, pneumonia, cerebral palsy and inflammatory bowel disease.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, whose incredible biography reads like a roll-

call of inspirational achievements, said: “Sailing is a sport which makes you realise how tough but exhilarating life can be. As someone with a passion

Dee Caffari sitting on the bow of the new “Aviva” in the waters off Wellington, New Zealand.

for sailing, I predict that everyone who takes part in the Sail the Solent will fall in love with life at sea. What an adventure awaits you!”

Dee Caffari, the first woman to sail solo, non-stop around the world in both directions, said: “You will be amazed how quickly skills are acquired and how competitive you can get in just one weekend. On a boat there is a job for everyone whatever your experience level so why not sign up for a great weekend?”

And Ben Ainslie, triple Olympic gold and silver medallist, ISAF World Sailor of the Year 2008, YJA British Yachtsman of the year 2008 and BBC South Sports Awards: Sports Personality of the year 2008 said: “If you’re going to achieve anything important in life, you have to put in the effort you think it’s worth.

Doggedness and determination have motivated Action Medical Research to back some extraordinary medical breakthroughs throughout its 60-year history. It’s a spirit I admire “ The event will place between 9 and 12 October. www.action.org.uk/sailing

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Photo: UKFSC

And the winners were...

1st - UKFSC Rosebowl Peter Crowther (West Yorkshire 2)

Sponsors Trophy Dave Redman (Telent)

2nd – UKFSC Silver Yacht Adrian Murphy (West Sussex 1)

Best Hertfordshire Trophy Trevor Bassett (Hertfordshire 1)

3rd – UKFSC Silver Yacht Manikin Ray Crouch (Hampshire 4) Boddingtons Electrical Trophy - White Sail Paul McCartney (West Yorkshire 4) Ian Thresh Trophy (1st Hampshire boat) Ray Crouch (Hampshire 4) SolentNightz Trophy (1st non fire service) Roger Glass (Met Police)

Photo: UKFSC

Bluelight crews race for trophies and charities CREWS from the emergency services all over the country battled strong winds and raid in the sixth UK Firefighters Sailing Challenge in the Solent.

The three day regatta is organised by serving and ex members of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service.

The 31 matched Sunsail Sunfast 37 boats with 248 competitors included six police crews one ambulance service crew and one Mountain Rescue Team.

Inexperienced crews had the option of racing with white sails only - no spinnaker - and 12 boats went for this option.

A passage race started the event to give crews a chance to get to know their boats and each other as many crew members were trying sailing for the first time.

The UKFSC organising committee actively encourage skippers to enter crews of mixed ability so that newcomers to sailing are provided with a safe but exhilarating introduction to sailing.

For the first time the passage race was won by Peter Crowther from West Yorkshire. with Roger Glass (Met Police 2) in second place and Robert Jones (Oxfordshire Fire) in third place. Michael Holt (Suffolk Police) was the first ‘White Sail’ yacht over the line.

Round the world yachtsman and former firefighter Mike Golding presented the trophies.

Sponsors were Telent, Boddingtons Electrical and Inspired 2 Learn, SolentNightz and SunSail and £2,500 was raised The Fire Fighters Charity and Care of Police Survivors (COPS).

News in brief Blonde in a boat OLYMPIC sailing champion Pippa Wilson made her first international outing since the Beijing Games at the fifth leg of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Medemblik, Netherlands at the end of May. The former Yngling bowgirl and the youngest of the famed gold-medal winning trio returned to international waters on the Ijsselmeer at the 2009 Delta Lloyd Regatta – but this time there’ was just one blonde in the boat.

With fellow Beijing gold medallist Sarah Dempsey – with whom Wilson earlier this year announced she will campaign in the 470 class towards London 2012 – in the latter stages of pregnancy, Wilson will go it alone for the time being, in a single-handed Laser Radial to keep her competitive hand in during 2009.

Youth champs FIFTEEN year-old Ben Morse and 13 year-old Keiran Rix battled it out in round two of the JT250 RYA National Youth Powerboating Championship at Lowestoft and Oulton Broad Motor Boat Club, Lowestoft on 23/ and 24 May. The more experienced Morse eventually came out top, giving him his second consecutive win of the championship and Rix his first national event podium place. It was also a first time national podium place for 12 year-old Charlotte Newton. The Midlands Powerboat Racing Club (MPRC) in Warwickshire hosts round three of the RYA National Championship, on 13 and 14 June. www.rya.org.uk

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KIT VHF FOR UNDER £50 Another handheld VHF for you here, the HH125 EU has a backlit LCD display and turns off automatically to conserve power. Its scan feature allows you to quickly locate conversations, while the Signal Strength Meter, obviously, shows the signal strengths. This VHF comes with five rechargeable NiMH batteries, a 12v accessory charger, belt clip, wrist strap and costs £49.94.

Marathon Leisure: 02393-637-711 www.marathonleisure.co.uk

ALPHA VEST FROM HELLY HANSEN This impact jacket arrived unannounced the other day and we loved it. It is a great, snug fit and very comfortable. It has hardly any bulk which means mobility is fantastic.

The reflective side strips make it highly visible and the side zip means it’s easy to get into. It is CE approved to 50 Newtons and costs £100.

Alpha Vest £100 www.hellyhansen.com

ALRIGHT MATE 3 FOR COMFORT The i3 microfleece tops and pants from Gill have been improved both in terms of warmth and comfort. As a mid layer or base layer when it’s colder, the i3 Zip Neck and i3 Pants’ inner brushed-fleece surface is the key to staying comfortable. Sizes range from XS to XXL with prices starting from £35.

Gill: 0115-946-0844 / www.gillmarine.com

Here are a selection of new handy tools from True Utility, great for on the boat and to have at home too. The MultiMate + Lite not only has 27 tools but a powerful LED torch. It’s made from high grade stainless steel and comes with a belt pouch, for £34.99. A great Father’s Day gift!

Alternatively there’s the MultiMate Mini, which includes pliers, a knife, file, saw, Philips and flat screwdrivers and bottle opener with a useful key ring attachment.

True Utility: www.trueutility.com

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Dan and Nathan power up for a new Zapcat season

By Shelley Jory British Powerboat Champion www.shelleyjory.com

AS THE 2009 Zapcat National Powerboat Championship got underway in Bournemouth, at just 18, youngest pilot Dan Smith of Southampton could not wait for the green flag to drop.

With a new boat and new sponsor on board Dan and co-pilot Nathan Parker were looking for a strong start to their championship campaign.

“We finished 13th overall last year out of a fleet of nearly 40, so we were really pleased with how well we did,” said co-pilot Nathan.

Dan was introduced to Zapcat racing when he won a competition with a local radio station offering him the chance of a go in one of these 50hp boats and was hooked.

A short while later the marine engineering apprentice was spending all his spare time down at the events company helping them with experiences and looking after the boats and equipment. They

helped him to get his powerboat qualifications and he started clocking up driving hours driving for Vortex Events the UK’s Zapcat specialists and this is where he met co-pilot Nathan Parker.

“I was looking for a co-pilot for the 2008 season, when Nathan came for an experience he’d been bought for Christmas. Most people are a little nervous when you first get them in the boat but Nathan was just shouting to go faster and refused to get out the boat at the end of the day.

“He was hooked just as I’d been, so I asked if he’d been interested in co-piloting for the season and he said yes,” said Dan. “Bournemouth will be a special event for us to start the season off at as we took our first gold medal there last year so hopefully it will be a lucky venue for us again.”

Zapcat racing will see around 40 boats head to Bournemouth beach as the season starts and kicks off the 14round championship.

“We have a new sponsor and a new hull so we are looking to do well this year, and although some of the top

contenders of last year won’t be there, the competition will still be close.

“There are a few seasoned racers coming back who will want to show that they still have the speed and there are a lot of rookies to compete against. We can’t wait.”

“I’ll be happy if we take a top five finish this year at the end of the season but will still be a bit disappointed if I can’t make the top three or win overall.

“We’ve spent lots of time in the boat practising and working out our set-ups. Being strict one design and about team work Zapcat racing is an open playing field anyone can win. We just want a strong start to the season and consistent finishes after that.”

The team will be racing as Blue Sheets Racing II and their hull is currently being rebranded following its participation in the 2009 Drambuie Pursuit where it was the flag ship of the Zapcat fleet.

The likes of rugby legends Lawrence Dallagio, Kenny Logan and Hollywood star The Stiffmeister (Seann William Scott) had the opportunity to compete against each

other and international competitors in one stage of the adventure pursuit race that follows the route of Bonnie Prince Charlie evading the English armies during his escape to Skye.

the metal” is not necessarily the order of the day for this season. Next stop Istanbul, Turkey June 19 – 21.

Caught speeding I have teamed up for the P1 Season with Audrien Ciantar who is part of a power boat dynasty in Malta and has been living in the powerboat world all her life.

Audrien and I made it on to the podium on our second race despite being a little too quick on our first outing.

Proudly being the first all-girl team in Powerboat P1 and racing our newly named boat IKO CASA, we scored a fifth and a third in our first Grand Prix in Malta. This means a fourth overall in the tables.

We had a difficult start when we received a five minute penalty on the first race - caught speeding on our first two laps!

Supersport rules mean a limit of 85mph. I am more used to getting the “max” out of any power boat and I had to learn quickly that “pedal to

Shelley & Audrien Malta P1 Grand Prix

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A stitch in time to keep us safe through Biscay Sticky’s tips

By Sticky Stapylton

THE Bay of Biscay is a “Matterhorn” to some and has a fearsome reputation.

I have crossed it five times and three of those passages have been under engine the whole way.

This time, even though we set sail nearly a fortnight after the alleged vernal equinoctial gales, I thought I would play safe and make up a Series

Drogue (see photo).

This is a safety device designed to prevent the capsize and damage of both mono and multihull sailing yachts and other vessels operating in the open ocean. This drogue will improve the motion of a boat in storm waves and will reduce drift. It has been used at sea for over 15 years. At least 1,000 are in use all over the world.

The drogue has been deployed through many storms including several hurricanes. No boat has ever been damaged or crew injured when

these devices have been in use.

It is basically a length of line with a bridle at the end which is fixed to the boat. It has a series of drogues, similar to those you would have on your horseshoe buoy, but stronger and there is a weight at the end of the line.

Making it was rather fun, I had read quite a bit about this drag device from the internet and from a number of books on long distance passage making. I had taken advice and help from Roddy Coleman of Neptune’s Locker in Dorset (www.oceanbrake.com/index.html) and he provided all the necessary for me to set up the drogue. I cheated a bit and asked Roddy to make up the drogues for me.

Our sewing machine, which I gave to Mrs Sticky in 1977, is excellent and still does sterling service but I think it would have tempted providence if I had asked her either to sew up all the drogues or if I had “borrowed” the machine whilst she was away.

So the 100 plus drogues came with the line and all I had to do was sit down and lace them on.

There is a lot of useful information at www.jordanseriesdrogue.com.

There is a video which shows you, not only how to make the cones (drogues) but how to attach them to the line.

The website says that the series drogue has been developed using modern engineering technology, including model tests in wave channels, computational dynamic analysis, and full scale testing by the US Coast Guard at their motor lifeboat testing facility where boats are subjected to breaking waves formed on the Columbia River bar.

It did not take long to attach the cones to the line but I had to be careful that I did not dig too deep through the outer sheath of the braided line and

I had to check that my stopper knots were good and tight. They need to be checked on passage that none of the drogues comes adrift.

It is rather like taking an umbrella into the Sahara to keep off the rain and there is a good chance that we will not have to use this drogue.

If we do, I will try to get some photographs and report on how effective it was.

Staying friends at sea BY the time you read this I trust that my seven week delivery trip from Dartmouth to Split in Croatia will be over.

Six legs, with either three or four crew with me on each leg will, hopefully, have been a good chance for people to gain some experience of long distance passage making, put some miles under their oilskins and practise astro navigation.

They will have learnt how a boat can be organised and sailed, I trust

efficiently and effectively over a week or even more without seeking a refuge.

The great thing about such trips is that, although I have sailed with half a dozen of the 19 taking part, none have sailed in company with any of the others. So it is important that we all get on well with each other.

I think that during the last 20 years or so, when I have been delivering boats over some distances, I have only had one crew member who failed to gel with the rest. Perhaps I have been lucky but a skipper does need to sense if there are any problems with crew members and aim off by sorting out any nascent conflicts at an early stage. That is not always easy if you have a further 600 miles to go but one of the joys of sailing is that the person who sails is a volunteer and usually he or she is going to try to get on with the rest of the crew. www.sail-help.co.uk

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Don’t knot it – splice it . . .

By Ellen MacArthur I WILL be visiting our long-term sailing team partner Marlow Ropes this month.

I am going to be officially opening their new site at Hailsham, East Sussex. Paul Honess, Marketing and

Yachting Sales Manager, and his team will be showing us around.

The history of ropes is fascinating.

Modern fibres have massively replaced stainless steel on racing yachts as they are capable of being up to 15 times stronger than metal.

However when steel cables and connectors like shackles started to become commonplace, the traditional techniques got lost and

it was only when modern fibres came of age that riggers started to rediscover those skills.

Splicing needles and other old fashioned tools started to reappear en masse and everyone developed their own little tricks, based on old methods.

Splicing is the logical choice when you consider that a knot makes you lose 50 to 60 per cent of the rope’s

initial strength. A knot is made of bends and angles which generally go against the natural direction of the fibre and create weak points.

A 4mm braided rope can withstand a load of one ton, if you tie a knot in it, that figure goes down to 600 kilos whereas if you splice it properly, it will still hold 980 kilos, it’s as plain and simple as that. It really has to be done properly so it is crucial that the rigger

pays a lot of attention to detail.

On our BT Open 60, the rigger Yvan Joucla uses Dyneema almost exclusively, whatever the application, because he finds that it is an extremely versatile and tolerant fibre, but if we need a rope to be stiffer and less prone to stretching, Marlow Ropes can come up with a custom made product for us, with the addition of another type of material like Vectran, or PBO. In terms of weight, considering the whole standing rigging, using fibre instead of metal amounts to a 70 per cent gain, a figure which speaks for itself.

You will probably be surprised to find out that the BT Open 60’s standing rigging only weighs about 60 kilos, and it is crucial to save weight up in the mast for stability.

Talking of the BT Open 60, I will be back on board for the Round the Island Race on 20 June, sailing with my BT Team Ellen teammate Seb Josse which is always fun. The BT Extreme 40 meanwhile will be in Hyeres in France where Nick Moloney and his crew will be putting in some training in preparation for the second event in the iShares Cup circuit which takes place on 3-5 July.

BT Team Ellen is in full swing!

Twittering around Britain

(left to right on rail) Dan Monk, Cath Vise, Joseph Cunningham, Chloe Parsons, Harriet Wills, Jack Clark, Ellen MacArthur. Karen Fraser coaching Rachel Blackford at the helm.

Photo: OnEdition

WE have had some great stopovers during the Ellen MacArthur Trust Skandia Round Britain Voyage of Discovery and the kids really seem to have been enjoying themselves as their Twitters bear testament.

For those of you who have not come across Twitter before, it is a system that allows communication through messaging!

One of my favourite twitters was one from Rachel who sailed on Leg 1 and admitted that even though she got a bit seasick during the trip to Dover, she still managed to recover in time to enjoy fish and chips!

I have to say that I have also been enjoying my “Audience with Ellen” talks – a series that I will be giving around the British Isles in conjunction with the Round Britain trip.

I love getting out and about and meeting people look forward to meeting up with the crew at opening parties at venues such at the new Fox’s marina and chandlery in Ipswich. www.btteamellen.com www.roundbritain.org www.isharescup.com

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Sailing attracts bigger crowds than Wembley

By Sébastien Josse IN A week, I will have ended one story and started a new one.

The Vendée Globe prizegiving ceremony officially closed the 2008 singlehanded roundthe-world chapter, and as I’m writing this, final preparations are being carried out on the boat prior to the first “real” race of 2009, the Transmanche (“Cross Channel”) that I am taking part in with my co-skipper JeanFrançois Cuzon.

Naturally, the contrast between those two events is stark and I was overwhelmed by the huge crowd that turned up on the beach in Les Sables d’Olonne for the final ceremony of the Vendée Globe.

About 120 000 people gathered on the sand on Saturday evening, May the 23 - that’s more people than even a major football venue like Wembley can accommodate.

Needless to say we were all blown away, it’s fantastic to see our sport get that much support despite a still timid media exposure.

Les Sables is a very special place for that kind of welcome and my British fellow skippers were once again amazed as well.

The page is now really turned for all of us and even though we had started looking ahead a few months back, it really feels like the chapter is definitely closed.

So... about that upcoming race! Nothing like three months at sea alone, the Transmanche is more like 20 hours with a co-skipper - barely time to feel we’ve left before it’s time to head back towards the finish.

Yet it will be the first event my co-skipper Jean-François “Jeff” Cuzon and I will race together, as a build-up towards this winter’s double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre.

Jeff and I have been friends for ages. He is an electronics wizard and a fantastic tactician,

who was crowned World Champion in the 470 Olympic Class some 10 years ago.

We are obviously looking forward to that short stint across the Channel, because it will put us in real race conditions. We have trained a lot together already, but nothing can replace real-life experiences.

Organised by the small, local and friendly Yacht Club des Abers in Northern Brittany, the Transmanche takes us from the Aber Wrac’h, a Fjord-like bay north of Brest, across to Plymouth and back, non-stop.

It is open to a variety of yachts and we will definitely be among the biggest if not THE biggest. We are expecting to spend less than 20 hours at sea, considering the monohull record of the event set by Gaël Le Cléac’h (yes, Brit Air skipper’s brother) stands at 16 hours.

Funny to think that last year, almost at the same time, I was in Plymouth taking the start of The Artemis Transat, having just relaunched BT after an extensive winter refit.

The Transmanche does not allow for a pit stop and a quick drink in the Barbican, we will only get to see the breakwater that the sailing instructions tell us to “round from east to west” before diving South and heading home.

I must say that this breakwater is a fairly impressive piece of work, one of those massive constructions Europe would never have had if it had not been for the military institutions reacting to potential international conflicts.

From up close, it looks like a small island rather than a wall, and I’ve been curious about it ever since I sailed in the Plymouth Sound for the first time.

The fact that a 2000 OSTAR competitor shattered his boat on it trying to reach Queen Anne’s Battery also springs to my mind when I think about Plymouth!

It is staggering to think that this defensive artefact required four million tons of stones and occupies more than 1.5 kilometre across the bay.

One thing is for certain, when rounding it, Jeff and I will be extra careful!

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Mixing speed with studies

By Sarah Donohue A NEW all-girl crew has emerged from Southampton and there has never been a team quite like this one.

Southampton has bred many powerboat racers over the years, many of whom have been female. Allgirl teams used to be rare way back when I first raced with my all-girl crew in 1.3ltr, the equivalent class to that Milly and Carolina are racing in now, but an all-girl crew is not so unusual nowadays unless of course they are aged just 17 years old!

At time when most teenagers are studying or going to parties, Milly Pascoe and Carolina Sandbrook are finding a balance between studying and racing. “‘Both need maximum attention and we both love the water, so we have a schedule of when to test and when to study, and as long as

we keep to this, then we should do well at everything,” said Milly from Hedge End. The ‘GIRLRACER’ brand spotted the dynamic duo and signed the girls up as their very own race team.

Girlracers Milly and Carolina are just at the start of their racing career, and it is almost time for the older girls to step down and allow them through.

The girls have got a strong team around them. Milly’s mum Fiona has been managing top race teams for more than 25 years. Her father is racer and boat builder Mark Pascoe.

Debra France raced for 20 years and is now one the Class 1 officials.

And then the girls have my brain to pick. I started racing in the early 90’s, in an all-girl team just like theirs, but I was not as young. They have almost 100 years of experience to put them on the right course to victory and we are all Southampton based near to the girls.

Carolina is half Norwegian and

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half Welsh and has lived all over the world, settling in Southampton for the past three years.

“I love it here, and I’m really glad that Milly and I work so well together, as friends and team mates.

It’s really stressful in the boat at times but we know that when we shout at each other, it’s just a part of racing and we don’t take it as anything else,” she said.

Milly raced in the Kids Class many years ago and is no stranger to speed with her farther Mark taking her out on boats that do 100mph.

The girls, from Peter Symonds College in Winchester, have a whole summer of racing ahead of them starting at the ‘Adrenaline Coast Festival’, in Penmaenmawr, Wales on June 20.

Carolina and Milly

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All new X-Cat series with a $1.5Million prize fund IN a time of recession, with sponsors even pulling out of mainstream sports, how can a single powerboat series double in size overnight and become the biggest series in the World with over 30 boats crossing the start line?

Sarah Donohue reports.

It’s simple. Give popular ‘clubracing’ such as 6ltr a re-brand, throw in some style and give it a sexy name such as the ‘X-Cat Series’, then give the competitors amazing venues, superb organisation, and a prize fund of $1.5 million, and there you have it, a simple solution to make the biggest racing fleet in the world. And they didn’t even advertise!

The series which has just finished its first season, as many know, is 6ltr rebranded. So why the re-bra nding?

What has changed and why?

Saeed Hareb, president of the World Professional Powerboat Association (WPPA) and the MD of

Dubai International Marine Club had the idea to make the series stronger. To take it away from club racing which is where 6ltr came from and make it totally international with the idea to draw in as many nationalities as possible all under the banner of the WPPA. It was now important to make sure that it became a class that other international boats, similar in design, weight and power from other hemispheres could race in. Sid Bensalah WPPA General Secretary and Rory Power WPPA Race Director along with Saeed took a good look around the globe to see what was racing, taking into account what could be shipped over without much change to run in the new series.

In the USA, the similar OSS Class is ‘Cat Outboard’ and in SBI it is ‘Superboat Stock’.

The rules were then slightly tweaked to allow these boats into the X-Cat Series, but making sure to keep everything within the boundaries of ‘fair racing’ and also to focus on a direction which would be

innovative in boat design, exclusive to catamarans, thus giving them a marketable brand image.

They looked at boats everywhere and worked this same system so everyone could ship their boats in and race in this fierce competition.

After much research, all boats have to have canopies for safety reasons, the lengths are to be 7.6m-10m with minimum weight being 1675kg going up in 110kg increments for each metre added. For example a boat 7.6m would be 1675kg in weight and for every metre above, it would weigh an extra 110kg pr metre.

All boats would then only run outboards, the preferred choice is 2x 2.5EFI V6 Mercs 280hp each up to a max of 6000cc. Or the new EPA engines max of 600hp 2x300.

The top speed these cats run is 120mph. Boat design is then the choice of the individual.

A favourite amongst the Arabic competitors is the very old but hugely advanced for its era, ‘Quiver’ originally designed at Midas Marine in the UK. The Italians go for the

Argentinean ‘Hot Boats’, and it is one of these which has just won the World title. The Americans and the English favour the ‘Doug Wright 32’, and the Victory hulls and Skaters are also popular.

X-Cats accelerate quicker than Class 1 boats because of the power to weight ratio and it has been said that when they reach 110mph, they weigh 0kg!

With the first season having just

finished, it has been a huge success and can only get better. The next season starts in Novem ber and already racers are leaving the Honda and P1 powerboat fleets and building X-Cats all in search of the $1.5million prize.

Congratulations are also in order for the first ever XCat World Champion, Italian Giovanni Carpitella in boat 10 ‘La Vida Loca’.

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Get into power boating There is so much fun to be had with a power boat in the UK with miles of fantastic coastline to explore and hundreds of stunning lakes. The feeling of speeding across the ocean with the salty wind licking at your face is unsurpassed. And getting into power boating is not difficult. Tim Spicer gives you a head start.

FIRST, what is a power boat?

Power boats are usually powered by an outboard engine. Whether it is a RIB - a Rigid Inflatable Boat - or a sports boat, they do not normally have accommodation on board, and so are not intended for extended cruises.

They are generally used for short coastal or inland trips, recreational fun on the water, and racing.

Power boating is a fantastic way to

spend your past time and is an activity that is open to all ages.

It can be enjoyed as a family, bringing you together with something that you all love, from Dad taking out the fishing rod and catching the dinner, to the little ones screaming with excitement as they bounce over waves.

Owning a boat also gives you the opportunity to tow water skiers,

wakeboarders, and inflatable toys – opening up your world to new water sports. Suddenly, every weekend is a holiday.

If you know somebody who already has a boat, why not ask them to take you out for a day and see how you like it? If not then find your local slipway, whether it is a lake or coastal launch site, and speak to the local boaters.

Ask them some questions and get a

feel for the place.

Most boaters will be keen to give you advice, or even take you out for a ride on their boat. The boating community is generally very welcoming. Likewise, visit your local boat dealer who will be happy to take you out for a ride.

While at your local slipway, suss out the facilities – changing rooms, toilets, and café – and try to imagine yourself spending time here.

Your choice of destination is dependent on how close you live to water, and how far you are willing to drive to reach different launch sites.

Boating on a lake has its restrictions, according to the size of lake but also has its advantages such as calmer water for learning on and towing.

Coastal launching may be more at first but ultimately the ocean is the best place to enjoy power boating.

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Boating can be green As boaters, we only contribute a small portion of the overall pollution entering the sea but it often concentrates in confined bays and harbours.

• Use shoreside facilities whenever possible.

• If your boat has a holding tank/portable toilet avoid using chemicals or bleach in it. Instead use enzyme or bio-active treatments.

• Never dump litter or waste overboard.

• Refuel carefully. Avoid spilling even one drop of fuel into the water, and have fuel absorbent materials ready.

• Put a “fuel saver” over your petrol cap to catch spills and alert you that the tank is full.

• Don’t pump oily bilge water overboard. If it discolours the water’s surface, it is pollution. Large amounts of fuel or oil in the bilge must be pumped into a closed container.

• Two-stroke outboards discharge up to 25 per cent of their fuel/oil mixture straight into the water. When buying your boat, All at Sea always recommends four-stroke engines.

Train before you buy With the fun also comes responsibility and this is where the appropriate training comes in.

Fortunately we are lucky enough to have the Royal Yachting Association, which provides a benchmark standard of training, and will provide you with the tools to become confident in controlling a power boat.

For those getting into power boating, it is recommended that you take the RYA Powerboat Level Two, which can be done on the same day as Level One. It is the most popular powerboat qualification and is also known as the

‘National Powerboat Certificate’.

Those gaining their Level 2 can then apply to the RYA for their ICC - International Certificate of Competence. The course suits those who have never stepped on to a boat before.

After you have completed your training with a qualified instructor, you will have a better idea of what sort of boat you will want to buy, based on the activities that you plan to partake in, how many passengers you will be carrying, your towing capacity, and skill level.

It is recommended to start small and build up to larger, more powerful powerboats as your experience develops. Plus your Powerboat Level Two certificate will restrict you to less than 28 feet, which is ample for a beginner.

The Southampton Boat Show is coming up on 11 September, or the London International Boat Show in January. You will find plenty of information on power boats, the necessary equipment, and just about anything to set you up.

At both shows you will have the opportunity to try a boat for free. In doing so, you can get a feel for different styles, RIB or sports boat and sizes of

vessel, and perhaps even buy your first power boat.

Alternatively, return to your local dealer who you now know and discuss with him which boat would best suit you.

Choose your favourite boat in his showroom and take it for a test ride.

You will know when the moment is right and driving away from that dealership, towing your first boat is an exciting feeling.

Then, the ocean is yours to explore!

Useful sites www.allatsea.co.uk www.sportboat.co.uk www.ryatraining.org

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Dutch courage is for soldiers… and sailors In the drink

By Paul Antrobus

IT IS June and the East Anglian Offshore Racing Association fleet is off once more to Holland for Anglian Week and the Medway Yacht Club Cannon Ball Trophy.

This interesting ‘touring’ regatta takes in such Dutch delights as Ijmuiden, the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam and the Markermeer.

It is always reported as an excellent sailing and fun week, no doubt bolstered by regular doses of Dutch gin and Heineken beer chasers.

Dutch ‘genever’ gin is the original gin, from whence cometh ‘Dutch courage’ which sustained earlier visitors from England, the mercenaries fighting for the Dutch in the Thirty Years War (1618-48).

They returned home laden with ‘genever’ souvenirs, which they called ‘gin’. When these supplies ran out, the English turned their hands to making a local equivalent which eventually became London Dry Gin, such as Gordon’s, which claims to be the original London gin, established 1769, Gilbey’s or Beefeater.

Genever gin, in fact, was preceded by juniper berry medicines. In the 14th century, the Black Death was rampant all over Europe and monks discovered that the juniper berry was effective against kidney disease and might cure prostate problems. Well, no wonder that caught on!

Jonge Bokma bottle

Bokma, founded 1826, is now owned by Bols but remains a distinctive genever and my favourite.

It is made traditionally from barley or rye to make a fermented mash ‘beer’, which is then distilled. The result is distilled again, this time with juniper berries, the hallmark of all gins and the reason for the generic name, plus botanicals such as orris, caraway and coriander. Not that much different from the process and recipe for Gordon’s, yet Bokma

has its own distinct flavour and strength of spirit and is slightly sweet and viscose.

It is made to drink neat, downed in one, and small shot glasses are provided in any bar.

Nowadays over ice and sipping is popular. But it should always be accompanied by a Dutch beer chaser.

Just as we have many brands of London gin, there are many other brands of Dutch gin, Bols, for example, for what is, after all, their national spirit. And there are differing versions of the basic spirit.

‘Jonge’ is the so-called modern style, light strawcoloured with an oily texture.

‘Oude’ is traditional old style with a malty flavour, full bodied, with a touch of sugar or caramel added to produce quite a sweet spirit.

And there are many variations on the theme, such as even older, dark or light, some in glass bottles, some in traditional stone jars. Personal

experimentation is the only way to find your favourite. Usually a happy task!

Despite starting out as the soldiers’s original gin, Dutch gin has never really made it over here. Distribution is sparse and Bokma is just not here. But it is an excellent on-board sipper to brighten up bland continental lagers, a badge of passage-making and/or splendid regatta participating… and something to enjoy sharing with friends. Which is, after all, what foreign drinks are all about.

Bokma varieties miniature boxed set

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A guide to Brighton

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Ideal stopover going E Midway between Eastbourne and the eastern edge of the Solent sits the famous party town of Brighton.

Alex Smith heads south to check it out ...

ON the face of it, Brighton does not seem to be a place blessed with much in the way of natural assets for the visiting boater.

It occupies a relatively featureless stretch of the south coast, it has no estuary to afford it any natural shelter from the elements and it offers little variety in local cruising options for the curious boater.

But what it does have is a position that makes it a great staging post for a boating venture west towards Portsmouth, east towards Eastbourne and south towards any number of attractive French harbours.

Moreover, it is also a very attractive place to be, full of tourist curiosities and options for self-indulgence.

In fact, if you do yourself the favour of stopping here during a south coast cruise, you will quickly appreciate that Brighton deserves a place on your itinerary as an entry in its own right...

The facilities for boating are as

good in Brighton as anywhere in the UK. Sadly, the marina is not in the town itself but a mile east. Even so, that should not dissuade you from visiting because Brighton Marina, one of eight run by Premier Marinas, has several impressive claims to fame.

For a start, it is the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest marina, with 1,600 berths on a 126acre site. It is also as professionally appointed as any marina you will have seen, with a fully serviced boatyard, extensive marine services, spacious toilet and shower blocks, a huge marina control building and hi-spec pontoons.

Staff are helpful and efficient, prices are reasonable and your boat is protected by round-the-clock security patrols and a comprehensive CCTV network. The marina has a simple well sign-posted approach and a dredged two-metre channel and, if you are running low on fuel it is one of the few places to serve unleaded alongside.

In short, it is large, well serviced,

friendly and secure. In fact, Brighton Marina is about as faultless as a marina can be but there is more to it than just marine facilities.

Since its redevelopment, a broad range of bars and restaurants directly overlooking the water have sprung up to service its customers and residents, so, even though you are a mile from town, in many ways you feel as though you have arrived at a place you want to be.

And when you decide you have finished with the marinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waterfront entertainment, you can use the dedicated bus service to get into the centre of the town.

Take the number seven for little more than a pound and get off when you reach the pier. Otherwise grab the old train on the promenade apparently the oldest in the world - and cast your eyes left to witness the Black Rock nudist beach as you trundle sedately towards the hub of this bubbly little coastal city.

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East, West and South Watching the world walk by

Marina stats Inner harbour: ten acres Outer harbour: 61 acres Total area of site: 126 acres Residential properties: 863 Berths: 1600 Sea access: 24-hour Wi-fi access: yes Petrol: yes

Diesel: yes Daily Berthing (up to seven days): £2.25 per metre Short Stay Berthing (up to four hours): • Up to ten metres: £9.80 • 10.1 to 15 metres: £14.70 • 15.1 metres plus: £19.60

SINCE the 1750s, people have been travelling to Brighton for healthrestoring constitutionals and while I have my doubts about the restorative properties of a long weekend in Brighton, the enjoyment factor is not in question.

On a good summer day its streets are as vibrant as its beachfront and by night the pubs, restaurant and clubbing scene has something for every taste.

Brighton, recently re-classified as a city, is seedy, fashionable and vibrant.

It fizzes with energy, enjoying a big student population, great shopping, a really dynamic arts scene and more pubs, clubs and cafés than you will ever need.

The town just manages to exude a resilient and infectious swagger.

Unapologetic freedom to indulge is like a religion here but even if your sensibilities are delicate, you will find something about the place attractive.

Everybody does.

Most of the inexpensive accommodation is to be found to the east of the main pier, and, usefully enough that takes you closer to the marina. Off-season, you should shop around, as the options are not in short

supply. In high season, you should book ahead or prepare to spend the night on the beach.

Go a step back from the seafront to one of the streets that join Marine

Parade. One of the very best B&Bs for a long weekend is Paskins Town House on Charlotte Street (www. paskins.com). Rooms are quite small but it’s done out in funky Art Deco, it’s extremely friendly and the breakfast is astonishingly good.

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Sounds dull perhaps, but, given the youthful attitudes of the locals, not to mention their openness to experimentation with appearance, there can be few places in the world where people watching is as rich and rewarding an experience as it is in Brighton.

If you want some decent al fresco dining (and in the height of a Brighton summer you probably will) there is plenty on offer. Again, the nearer you get to the water, the more you seem to pay but, there are so many options that it’s not hard to find a ‘credit crunch lunch’ among the pricier places. The North Lanes, just a five-minute walk from the seafront, offers pretty much everything you could want.

A road or two back from the seafront, strange quirky little pubs pepper the backstreets with customary Brighton mystique.

And if eating and drinking is no great thrill, relax, you still have options. Both the pier and the seafront offer plenty to see. You get the regular cliched elements of the traditional seaside town – deck chairs, arcades, ice cream and trampolines – but you also get art shops, bars, restaurants and live music venues In fact, there’s so much on offer down on Brighton’s lower promenade that I can think of no town that makes better use of its beach.

Top ten visitor activities • Go shopping for quirky bric-a-brac in the Lanes • Enjoy a picnic on the beach between the piers • Stroll west to the lively elegance of Hove seafront • Visit the 600-foot cliffs at Beachy Head, 20 miles to the east • Enjoy the tremendous variety of Brighton’s eating out culture • Take the old promenade train past the famous Black Rock nudist beach • See some high-class street theatre in the North Lanes • Take a fishing trip from Brighton marina • Visit Prince George’s famous 18th century party pavillion • Visit the famous Choccywoccydoodah café (for chocolate lovers only) Shopping is also varied and individual, both in the Lanes and just off North Street. But if you want a monument to the character of the place, check out the ludicrously ostentatious Royal Pavillion.

Prince George, always keen to party with his wayward uncle, the Duke of Cumberland, enjoyed his

raucous jaunts to the seaside, and so had it built as a lavish love-shack in 1787. It was then tarted up in response to the craze for all things Indian in 1802, before reaching its final form in spectacularly over–thetop fashion in 1822 courtesy of John Nash. For an entry fee of about £8, it’s well worth a visit.

Contacts www.visitbrighton.com www.tourism.brighton.co.uk www.viewbrighton.co.uk www.premiermarinas.com

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Boat show fun in Wales THE South Wales Boat Show returns to Margam Park for a fourth year on Friday 12 June to Sunday 14 June 2009.

Last year saw thousands of visitors descend on a range of attractions throughout the weekend including a fairground, a shipwreck on the beach for the kids with a play area and huge sandpit, the six knot challenge, a Father’s day sea shanty singing contest and a multitude of chandlery stalls.

There were more than 300 craft from national and local manufacturers on display. More than 1,000 people took rides on the Margam Park Lake aboard jet skis, Zapcats, sailing dinghies and other craft.

All these will be back for this year’s show alongside several new attractions.

Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob Square Pants will be there on Saturday and Sunday. Swansea Watersports will be running the Come and Try feature on the lake with a selection of craft which is expected to include a jet ski,

a Zapcat, several sailing dinghies and a selection of canoes, subsidised by National Boat Shows to make it great value at only £1 a go.

Will you be able to ride the waves on this year’s Surf Simulator? Or you could try diving with a quick taster in the pool so take your swimmers and a towel.

The Pirate Ship play area will be back again in the kid’s play area and dad’s can pit their wits against their mates and splash some targets.

James Ketchell will be at the show with his boat, that he is rowing 2,931 miles across the Atlantic ocean alone and unaided in. This will involve 70 - 80 days in his boat with only himself and the deep blue ocean for company as James endeavours to cross from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua.

Christopher Colombus followed a similar route when he discovered America back in 1492. He took just under three months to do it. With the help of the Trade Winds James

Photo: Louis Milburn

hopes to complete the crossing in a similar time when he sets off in December 2009.

James hopes his epic adventure will raise upwards of £50,000 for the NSPCC. And if you dare you can try Bob’s driving challenge, by demonstrating your driving skills with a trailer in tow.

Bob’s back for a second year, and will train people who may not be aware of the laws regarding trailer towing and the RNLI will be on hand to talk about safety.

There will be a radio controlled jet ski slalom where you can race against your friends by setting the fastest time around the track. If you set the fastest time during the show

you could win a jet ski experience day with Worldwide Watersports.

Admission Adults: £7 Children: £3.50 Families*: £16 * a family can be up to two adults and four children.

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You do not have to be licensed to get out on the water.

The Royal Yachting Association leads the battle against over-regulation of boating. Education is better than legislation, is the philosophy behind RYA training schemes.

There will be one to suit your experience and needs.

IT IS a total clichĂŠ, but it is also true that every day is a school day.

It is also fair to say that the moment you step on to a boat, the learning process is multiplied massively.

Part of the beauty of boating is that it is so hugely varied. That means that even if you have been out on the water every day for the last 30 years, there will always be something new that will surprise you: boats tend to find you out.

On the other hand, if you are a beginner there can be few more satisfying feelings than picking up

some new skill. However much you may have hated learning at school, picking up a new skill is an immensely satisfying feeling.

No matter what your ability or type of boating you are into there will be a course that improves your skill level and consequently increase your enjoyment.

Getting started can be a daunting prospect, but an RYA course is the ideal way to dip your toe in the water without investing in a boat and lots of gear.

You will be part of a training programme which is respected

Photo: Paul Wyeth/RYA

You are never too young or too old to learn worldwide, promoting safe, enjoyable boating.

Accredited training centres are rigorously checked to ensure that equipment is safe, well maintained and suitable for training. Instructors are regularly assessed to ensure that they are adhering to the high standards which the RYA demands.

At the end of a course, you will

receive an RYA certificate, which is recognised across the globe. If you are looking for a centre, check for the tickmark logo; this means that the centre is RYA accredited. If in doubt, call the RYA on 02380 604241, or go to www.rya.org.uk.

And who says you cannot teach an old dog new tricks? No matter how much of a seasoned old salt you are,

there is ample scope within the RYA syllabi to refresh your skills or even pick up a few new ones.

In addition the RYA can provide you with the specialist training required. Courses such as the one day radar course can arm you with the knowledge to get the most out of your boat and equipment.

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Which course is for you – power?

THERE are four main options to consider when choosing a power based course each varying enormously.

Courses are run for Personal Watercraft and Inland Waterways but most of the RYA’s power courses lie under either the Motor Cruising Scheme for larger motor boats or the Powerboat Scheme, for smaller ones.

The Powerboat Scheme is designed for those interested in small powered craft such as RIBs and Sportsboats.

There are a series of four progressive courses under the scheme. Powerboat Level 1 is a one day course for beginners. Powerboat Level 2 builds on level 1 including more manoeuvres and introducing navigation. Powerboat Intermediate is aimed at coastal passages and is

followed by Powerboat Advanced escalating this to offshore and night time passages.

The Motor Cruising Scheme offers courses for those who want to start cruising, or expand their cruising into new areas.

The scheme provides three progressive modules, which combine with shorebased courses to give you a comprehensive understanding of both practical and theory.

The Helmsman’s Course teaches newcomers basic seamanship. This course is ideal for new owners conscious of the difficulty and hazards of boat handling in the marina.

The Day Skipper Course introduces pilotage and coastal navigation to give you the confidence to take charge on short passages.

The Coastal Skipper Course requires quite a lot more experience after having completed the Day Skipper course so suits an already competent skipper with some experience under the belt.

The Inland Waterways Helmsman’s Course is a one day course dealing specifically with the requirements of the inland boater whether they be a narrowboat owner or cruiser enthusiast. No prior knowledge or experience is needed but the more seasoned boater will learn plenty of tricks of the trade and tips to enhance their boating.

The Personal Watercraft Course is what it says in the tin and if you purchase a new personal watercraft you will receive a voucher towards the

cost. Increasingly this qualification is needed for launching in UK harbours and is essential if you want to use your PW abroad. The one day course

teaches you how to use your personal watercraft safely, responsibly and with confidence ensuring that you get the best out of your craft.

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And if you are a sailor FOR sailors, there are two main prongs to the RYA’s syllabus: the National Sailing Scheme and the RYA Sail Cruising Scheme.

The National Sailing Scheme teaches sailing in dinghies, multihulls and keelboats. The Youth Sailing Scheme teaches the same skills but is adapted to suit the

Photo: Paul Wyeth/RYA

younger sailor’s needs.

If yachting is more your thing, the Sail Cruising Scheme will teach you both practical skills and shore based skills helping you to get the most out of your yachting.

The National Sailing Scheme is designed to help you enjoy whichever aspect of the sport that appeals to you. All the courses can be taken in a dinghy, small keelboat or multihull so you can have tuition in whatever type of boat you wish. Courses can be completed in just two days. Most are flexible and often available as evening or half-day sessions.

You can enter the Sail Cruising Scheme at any stage according to your knowledge and experience – you don’t have to start at the beginning.

The scheme consists of four main courses. Start Yachting is an introduction to yacht sailing for complete beginners. Competent Crew is a more extensive introduction for beginners, aimed at those wanting to be active crew members rather than passengers. Day Skipper has two elements, the shore based and the practical course, aimed at aspiring skippers. Coastal Skipper

Photo: Paul Wyeth/RYA

again has two elements, shore based and practical, covering advanced skippering techniques for people with considerable knowledge of sailing and navigation.

From here on it’s all about experience. Having gained your Coastal Skipper, you should have the knowledge to pass the Yachtmaster® exam or even Yachtmaster Ocean.

It is just about getting the miles under your belt.

So there you have it, a comprehensive range of courses covering all aspects of boating. Add in the plethora shorebased courses, covering a whole range of subjects from Diesel Engine Maintenance, right through to Sea Survival, and you have the most comprehensive range of courses

available to the modern boater.

With the boating season already upon us, now is the time to get back out on the water and start honing your skills. An RYA course is the place starting point.

For full details on all of our courses, go to www.rya.org.uk, or contact the RYA direct on 02380 604100.

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COMPETITION

BIG GIVEAWAY! WIN one of 50 tickets to this year’s PSP Southampton Boat Show!

PSP, the first ever title sponsor of the PSP Southampton Boat Show is offering 50 lucky readers of All at Sea the opportunity to win tickets to the UK’s marine event of the year. And one lucky winner will also win a pair of VIP tickets to the spectacular PSP party!

2009 is the second year that PSP has given its backing to this prestigious event, viewing the sponsorship as practical support and a way of giving something back to the marine industry.

One of the fastest-growing names in worldwide boat transportation, PSP is based in Hampshire, the heart of the marine industry. From here, the family-run business runs a network of agents and offices, shipping boats and goods all over the world.

In addition to worldwide boat transportation, PSP handles freight forwarding, international express couriers and export packing.

How to enter To enter, click onto to www.psap.co.uk, click through to the PSP Southampton Boat Show page and answer the question. 50 people will each win a ticket to the PSP Southampton Boat Show, with an invitation to visit the PSP stand at the show as a special guest, where they will enjoy a glass of fizz and meet the PSP team. It’s a great day out!

Extra special prize!

One lucky winner will be sent two VIP tickets for the PSP Southampton Boat Show party which will be held on Monday, 14 September, during Boat Show Week. Always a popular and spectacular event, tickets to the party are like gold dust. This year’s party is set to be bigger and better than ever, featuring special effects and fantastic live music.

In addition PSP will give all 50 winners a very generous 10 per cent off any courier delivery or freight delivery if you book during the month of September.

Question: For which famous round the world yacht race, which starts during the PSP Southampton Boat Show, on 13 September, is PSP the official logistics supplier?

Managing Director of PSP, Frank Dixie, with Sir Robin Knox Johnson (PSP is the official logistics partner for the Clipper 09/10 Round the World Yacht Race)

PSP moves Red Funnel’s Red Jets 1 and 2 to the Caspian Sea.

Visit www.psap.co.uk for further details. Competition runs until Thursday 20th August 2009.

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34 sailing yachts

P12929/06

P12600/06

1991 British Hunter 27 OOD

£23,500

P12576/06

1965 Warsash One Design

£5,000

P12310/06

1989 British Hunter 27 OOD

£19,750

P12085/06

1969 Snapdragon 24

£6,500

1980 Colvic 26 Sailor

£11,000

Ticks all the boxes. Excellent example of this fast, sure footed racer / cruiser whose performance turns heads. Owner has continually renewed and upgraded producing a boat to be proud of. Interior ticks all the boxes. (South)

Safe offshore cruiser. Fully equipped for coastal or cross channel cruising. (Channel Isles)

Fast cruiser. Very clean example of this fast cruiser with lots of updated gear inc. Roller Genoa & furler forward hatch GPS DSC-VHF standing & running rigging cradle stackpack~lazyjacks ready for the season (North West)

In good condition Yanmar 1gm diesel engine, furling Genoa, cruising chute. Stainless steel cooker with oven. Interior in excellent condition ready to sail away. (South)

Bilge keel; 1992 18HP Yanmar 20 diesel; re-epoxied 1996; Raymarine colour plotter; new DSC radio; autohelm; Plastimo twin burner & grill 2002; Size 16 self-tailing sheet winches 2006; new heads pump; 90 ft anchor chain 2008. All good condition; two owners from new ...

(South West)

Tel: 07096 690773

Tel: 07096 692183

Tel: 07096 692173

Tel: 07096 690703

Tel: 01237 470393

sailing dinghies

P12018/06

P11814/06

1971 Marcon Marine Trident 24

£5,850

P11705/06

1984 Cobra 1050

£27,950

P11408/06

1972 Galion 22

£2,450

P12533/06

1983 Bilge Keel Moody 27

£20,000

RS Feva XL

£1,795

Triple keel, 4 berth. Good survey 2008. Yanmar diesel, recent service.

Features rig to lower/raise mast single-handed, for inland waterways.

Ready to go, possible mooring - Southampton. (South)

One owner from new. One owner from new. Professionally fitted out to owners design. All teak interior. 36hp ‘Buhk’ engine. Wheel steering. Recent ‘out of water’, survey for insurance. VAT receipts available. Consider exchange for small bilge keeler. (South)

Ideal family starter yacht. Is a very well built sailing yacht with 4 berths, 7/8 rig, 2 sets of sails, a frame, Volvo diesel, just antifouled.

Handles well whether inland or coastal. Sadly must be sold. (East Anglia)

Lovely family owned cruiser. Currently based at Gosport. She is well equipped for cruising and besides her Volvo MD7 17.5 hp engine she has a full cockpit tent and autohelm. The sale also includes a dinghy and outboard. (South)

RS Feva XL at a reasonable price. Grey Hull Sail number 662, includes Main, Jib, Genniker, Trolly, Cover. Some minor damage (from trolly) on Port side (official RS repair kit included) sails well, 2nd in Club racing. Should be £2000 but say £1795 lying at Bexhill Sailing Club, East Sussex (photo not actual boat). (South East)

Tel: 07814 198267

Tel: 07096 692061

Tel: 07096 690642

Tel: 07096 690585

Tel: 07096 692152

CLASSIC SAIL BOATS

CLASSIC POWER BOATS

cruisers - over 35’

P11961/06

P11721/06

2007 Laser Stratos

£7,350

P11820/06

2008 character boats Post Boat

£9,950

1990 Blondecell Giles 38

P12875/06

P11776/06

£79,500

1972 Hatteras Yacht Fisherman $190,000

EX NAVAL PINNACE

£45,000

In excellent condition, inc. Tohatsu s/s 4hp new 2007. On combi trailer, top & bottom covers, trapeeze (unused). Outboard bracket.

Mainsail / jib / asymmetric spinnaker (unused) Ready to go for season. (South)

Superb Day Sailer. New in January 2008 in as new condition. Spray hood, cover, bilge pump, oars, warps, fenders, galv trailor, lighting board, spare wheel, wheel clamp, outboard well suits Yamaha 2.5 four stroke. (South East)

Long-keel, cruising yacht Comfortable, fast, cutter-rigged, cruising yacht; extensive refit 2008; in commission and ready to go. Phone or email for CD with full details and lots of pics. (South)

A boat and a house on a private island The boat was customized for scuba diving, with tank racks and new entrance in the water.perfect for liveaboard or charters!! Hatteras Yacht Fisherman was launched in December 1972. At 58.4ft long with a beam of 15.10ft and a displacement of 34 tons, this is one serious offshore fisher that offers a tremendous amount of space onboard. (Honduras)

Much admired classic Converted 1967/1971, new decks in 2000, similar to Nelson. Spare diesels (v.economical), fully equipped.

Registered vessel. (South East)

Tel: 07096 692091

Tel: 07096 690648

Tel: 07096 692063

Tel: 00504 323 47137

Tel: 01252 317955

RIBS

dinghies / inflatables

OUTBOARDS

Cruisers - UNDER 35’

P11867/06

P11681/06

2003 Sealine S28

£69,950

P12114/06

1989 Sea Ray 300 Sedan Bridge

£34,995

P12684/06

Avon RR Lite 260

£1,500

P12723/06

2000 Compass Inflatable

£POA

TOHATSU 5HP SAIL 2 STROKE

£745

With only 170 hours on her twin volvo diesels, this Sealine S28 has been well cared for and is in excellent condition throughout. Very well equiped including VHF, GPS, CD/radio, electric windlass, twin hob cooker, oven with grill, twin fridges (one in cockpit), wet bar, and transom shower.

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News in brief Racer rescued

THERE was no time for a breather for Selsey lifeboat crew on 15 May. They had just towed a small yacht to safety when a 70-foot racing yacht called for help too, in Force 8-9 conditions. The yacht had lost all power and was drifting in a gale eight miles south of Selsey, with eight crew on board. After a rough passage to the casualty, the lifeboat crew passed a towline and set a course for Portsmouth. Progress was slow until in the shelter of the Solent.

Welsh rose

THE volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew at Porthcawl welcomed the new B class Atlantic 85 lifeboat Rose of the Shires. She is a new, modern inshore lifeboat, larger and faster than her predecessor, the Atlantic 75. The £160,000 vessel was funded by an appeal in Northamptonshire, backed by local people and RNLI branches.

Drop me a line

FORTH Coastguard paged Eyemouth RNLI lifeboat crew at 4pm on Tuesday 19 May after the 11-metre fishing boat, Boy Andrew reported that it had suffered engine trouble. The lifeboat was quickly on scene, four miles from Eyemouth and passed over a tow line. It pulled the prawn trawler with two people on board back to Eyemouth. The crew and casualty reached the shore safely an hour after the initial call out.

Swedish drama in ‘horrific’ seas A SWEDISH couple rescued from mountainous seas in gale force conditions say they owe their lives to Dunbar’s RNLI lifeboat crew.

Jonas and Ingrid Akerblom were 37 miles north east of Dunbar on Friday 15 May when they put out a distress call as their yacht was battered by ten metre high waves.

The Dunbar lifeboat’s speed was restricted to just 15 knots as it fought huge seas to reach the stricken vessel.

It took the lifeboat crew three hours to reach the scene.

Dunbar lifeboat Coxswain Fairbairn said the conditions were the worst he had experienced at sea. “It was clear the yacht could not be towed. The only option for us was to get alongside and take them off – but the seas were horrific and the wind was increasing whilst we were there,” he said.

The yacht did not have any sails up and was lying broadside on to the breaking seas, forcing the lifeboat to turn across the waves too. One the first attempt to get alongside a huge wave crashed over the lifeboat, turning it on to its side.

Coxswain Fairbairn added: “As we came back up again I could see a gap in the waves and went straight back round getting alongside the yacht.

As we passed, one of the lifeboat crew, Stuart Pirrie, reached out and grabbed the woman and hauled her over our guard rails into the safety of the lifeboat.

“I went back round again and this time Stuart managed to snatch the skipper in the same manner.”

The lifeboat then ran before the sea back to Torness, at times reaching a speed of 32 knots as it surfed down the giant waves.

Yacht skipper Jonas Akerblom, aged 46, a musical instrument maker from Gothenburg said: “It was not a hard decision when we were told we had to leave the boat. But it was very sad as it took us six years to build it and we did not know if we would see it again.”

His wife, 50-year-old tram driver Ingrid added: “We could both have died out there, that is quite clear.

It was very frightening and we are extremely grateful to the lifeboat crew for rescuing us.”

Photo: RNLI / Arbroath

The lifeboat crew had a whip round back at Dunbar and paid for the Swedish pair to stay in a hotel. Their yacht was later spotted heading towards rocks near Arbroath Harbour. It was recovered – relatively undamaged – by Arbroath lifeboat crew (pictured).

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0447 1200 SA 1739

5.4 2.2 5.5

HW 1.9

5.8 2.0

29

0525 1217 SA 1756

5.2 2.5 5.1

+45mins

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2.6 5.1 2.6 5.1

0225 0811 M 1506 2101

2.5 5.3 2.3 5.4

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