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Get your diaries out as boat shows are coming back this year with the hugely popular Southampton Boat Show returning in September and MDL Marinas announcing four PAGE events, including the brand new Green Tech Boat Show in Plymouth. Not forgetting 24 next month’s virtual RYA Dinghy Show, plus many more shows, regattas and boating NEW COLUMN STARTS! festivals to come… SEE PAGE 3 CRUISING MATTERS BY THE CA

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A c l A ssic e n v i ron m e n t for t r A di t ion A l boAts Birdham Pool is the oldest marina in the UK and our haven for classic and traditional boats. Even its location, just four miles from the historic county town of Chichester, nestled in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, reflects the pace and elegance of a bygone age. s t o r A g e , r e pA i r A n d m A i n t e n A n c e Looking after traditional boats is what we’re exceptionally good at. Our 30 tonne hoist and transport, dry storage ashore and a boat yard of modern

and traditional skills offered by our tenant artisans means we’re geared for storage, repair and maintenance of all watercraft.

To complete the experience, we have five-star customer facilities, café and great transport links complementing the enviable one-hour access to the Solent and sheltered inland location.

Birdham is owned by Castle Marinas, a group of 10 coastal and inland marinas each with its own unique character. We are, and always will be large enough to cope yet small enough to care.

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MDL Marinas has shown its confidence in the power of regional marine shows by announcing four boat shows.

Tim Mayer, MDL’s sales and marketing director, said: “The enthusiasm and feedback from past regional boat shows, and the positive response to the planned events, indicates an appetite from both exhibitors and visitors for smaller, more buyer focused events.”

The popular South Coast Boat Show (7 - 9 May) and Ocean Village Boat Show (10 - 19 September) will both be held at MDL’s flagship Ocean Village Marina in Southampton.

Guided by Raymarine, the South Coast Boat Show will feature many of the marine industry’s most exciting global power and sail brands. A must for serious buyers, exhibitors already confirmed include Jeanneau, Fountaine Pajot catamarans, Halberg Rassy and Grand Inflatable Boats.

Undeterred by the disappointment of its last minute cancellation last year, the Ocean Village Boat Show will showcase an extensive line-up of motorboats, RIBs and sailing yachts, featuring something for anyone looking to purchase a new craft ready for the 2022 season.

Following the success of the first Thames Valley Boat Show in 2019, the show will be returning to MDL’s Penton Hook Marina in Surrey over 9 - 11 April. The event will present more than 20 new boat brands including Sealine, Jeanneau power, Fairline, Cranchi,

Glastron and Orkney Day Boats.

Furthermore, new to the MDL boat show line-up in 2021 is the Green Tech Boat Show, to be held at Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth from 19 - 20 June.

Tim said: “Through our new Green Tech Boat Show we want to bring together the marine community’s innovators and changemakers, who are working towards a greener future for boating, and present their products on a public stage.”

“This show is specifically for boat owners wishing to make the switch to greener options, and prospective owners who would like to start their boating journey in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

“With 70 landside stands and 30 on water berths available, this strong platform will allow the marine industry to demonstrate how it can contribute to combating climate change, while still enabling people to enjoy time out on the water and the benefits that brings.”

At all four shows, boat viewings will be by pre-booked appointments only. For landbased exhibits, tickets will be available in advance. MDL Marinas is working closely with the relevant local authorities to ensure that the events will be Covid-secure and in line with the government guidelines. www.mdlmarinas.co.uk/boat-shows Turn to page 36 for more marina news including a new environmental initiative from MDL Marinas.

“This show is specifically for boat owners wishing to make the switch to greener options, and prospective owners who would like to start their boating journey in the most environmentally friendly way possible.”

SOUTHAMPTON IS BACK! British Marine, organiser of the Southampton International Boat Show, has confirmed that the 52nd edition of the UK’s largest watersports festival will take place from 10 - 19 September, celebrating everything that is great about being out on the water.

Packed full of boats and equipment, the show will see the return of Europe’s largest purpose-built marina, which will feature a huge range of new sailing and powerboats alongside over 450 marine brands. More than 600 boats from around the world will be exhibiting, making it the event for serious boat buyers to attend.

Fun for the whole family, from paddleboarding to cruising out in the Solent, there will be a range of on-the-water experiences. For those who prefer to stay on dry land, there will be live demonstrations and

talks, where special guest speakers will be sharing everything from the latest product innovations to adventures at sea.

Providing the idyllic place to soak up the atmosphere, listen to live music and socialise with friends and family again, on-site restaurants and bars will provide culinary delights to satisfy every taste.

Lesley Robinson, CEO of British Marine, said: “It is a great pleasure to announce that

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Virtual Dinghy Show

The virtual RYA Dinghy Show, 27 – 28 February, features a line-up of world class talks for dinghy racers and cruisers, plus interactive coaching sessions for all abilities with some of the industry’s biggest names.

Visitors can also explore the exhibition halls and connect with boat builders, sailing clubs, classes and holiday companies and more. Despite being virtual, exhibitors will be able to showcase their products, offer exclusive discounts and communicate with visitors at their stands.

RYA shows and promotions manager Celia Edgington said: “Of course, nothing will replace the atmosphere of a physical event, however we are excited to be able to

offer a Dinghy Show that is free of charge to visitors and completely accessible to people across the globe.”

“Our time on the water is more precious than ever, and we are now in the process of booking some exciting speakers to share their expert advice, top tips and even adventure tales. The show will be available from all devices and has no limit on the number of times you log in, so sailing fans can enjoy the talks and coaching sessions that interest them most and connect with exhibitors from wherever they are.”

Register at: www.dinghyshow.org.uk Read this month’s Shootin’ The Breeze with Celia Edgington on page 31.

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Let me start by saying a very happy new year from everyone at All at Sea. Although times are still tough, there is much to be positive about and look forward to in 2021.

So, we are kicking off this year by welcoming in a fantastic new column from the Cruising Association on page 24. Running every other month, it will be packed with news and views from the CA. This month’s topics include, of course, Brexit, along with upcoming events and tips for greener cruising.

Staying on the subject of green boating there’s a fascinating feature about an eco-conscious superyacht on page 30 and exciting news on page 3 about a new green boat show from MDL. Talking of shows, although it is chilly outside at the moment, the good news is that spring – and with it boat shows - is not far away. The days are getting longer and bulbs are starting to push their way up, bringing with them an array of glorious colours.

What are your 2021 cruising plans? Have you booked to sail in Europe, or perhaps even further afield? Whether you are travelling abroad or staying in the UK, it is good to have something to look forward to in these time.

The number of people choosing to stay in the UK for their holidays will be high this year, as it was last year. For some it will be an understandable concern about booking a foreign getaway, for others it will be the simple fact that there are many great places to holiday right here.

With so many choosing a staycation this year we asked Universal Yachting to look at this growing trend and offer some advice for chartering a yacht in the UK (pg 28).

Wherever you choose to go, the common trend we keep hearing is not to leave it too late to book if you want the best choice because bookings are being made earlier than ever at the moment.

While you are on your holidays, or just out for a day sail, remember to get snapping for our Photo of the Month competition. Turn to page 22 to see the round-up of the best photos of 2020. We need you to vote for your favourite, with the overall

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winner receiving a YAM 200T inflatable.

Last month we brought you the shortlist for Sailor of the Decade - Dee Caffari, Sir Robin KnoxJohnston, Sir Ben Ainslie, Jon Holt and Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson. All are incredibly deserving – in very different ways - but we were delighted to learn that the award was given to Jon Holt, founder of the Scaramouche Sailing Trust, which has done so much for improving diversity in sailing and providing opportunities to young sailors from all backgrounds.

We ran an in-depth look at the story of Scaramouche in September, which you can read online using All at Sea’s back issues page (www.allatsea.co.uk).

Congratulations Jon – very well deserved! Read the full story of his win on page 5.

Lastly, an up-date on INEOS TEAM UK’s progress now that the America’s Cup is finally underway in New Zealand. There were whispers, ahead of December’s World Series, that the British team’s AC75 – the most extreme design – was going to struggle against the others.

Sadly for British fans, who have waited so long to watch INEOS TEAM UK compete, the rumours proved to be correct. Britannia was simply unable to keep pace with the other teams and failed to win a single race. Even worse, the British team were generally some way behind their competitors.

The analysis will have already begun - they had technical issues and several penalties - but surely the truth is the boat simply was not good enough.

No doubt the lack of World Series events meant they were unable to compare the speed of Britannia against the others, but the other teams were in the same position...

Over on page 27 we preview the next round – the Prada Cup Challenger Selection Series, which starts later this month. Good luck to Sir Ben and the rest of the British team!

We will bring you the latest INEOS TEAM UK news in our weekly newsletter. You can sign up to receive it at www.allatsea.co.uk. Plus you will be the first to hear when the new issue is out, catch up with the latest news and more.

THIS MONTH JANUARY 2021

POWER TALK ................................. 16

PHOTO OF THE YEAR .................. 22

Simon Everett brings another roundup of marine engine news including dolphin-inspired propulsion.

After receiving a huge number of your brilliant photos, we have the finalists of All at Sea’s Photo of the Month competition. Vote for your favourite photo today.

FOILED? .......................................... 17 David Henshall gives his straight talking perspective on the effectiveness, and future, of state-of-the-art foilers.

SHORESTYLE ................................. 18 Layer up for winter, plus we look at the Britannia capsule collection inspired by the British challenger to the 36th America’s Cup Challenge, INEOS TEAM UK.

CRUISING MATTERS .................. 24 We are delighted to bring you the first in a new bi-monthly column from the Cruising Association, packed with news and views.

‘ICE AND BIG

Here is a photo of one of the largest recorded icebergs, which is floating near the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic.

With a surface area of approximately 4,200km2, roughly the size of Somerset and longer and wider than South Georgia, and weighing hundreds of billions of tonnes, A68a is the largest section of A68, an iceberg which calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula in July 2017.

Unlike other large icebergs, A68a is considered unusually ‘thin’, with its submerged depth presumed to be no more than 200m. This means it has the potential to drift near South Georgia’s coast prior to any grounding. It has already entered the 1.24million km2 Marine Protected Area which surrounds South Georgia and the

South Sandwich Islands, sparking concerns regarding the threat it could pose to the wildlife.

Additionally, ice debris has already started to break away, caused by A68a drifting through warmer waters near the South Orkney islands.

It is feared that further crevasses/cracks have also formed, inevitably increasing the amount of floating debris.

To aide with the collation of information, an RAF A400M aircraft is to provide reconnaissance of the iceberg, providing a closer look at a level not always achievable through satellite imagery.

The sortie aims to gather data in the form of imagery stills, video footage and observations from the crew, focusing on any obvious large fissures or potential fault lines along the edge and middle of the iceberg.

SAIL AWAY .................................... 29

ALL AT SEA QUIZ........................ 34

Sailing is back in the British Virgin Islands, or stay in the UK and explore the beauty of Scotland.

Put your feet up with a cuppa and test your knowledge with the latest All at Sea quiz page.

GREEN ESCAPE ............................ 30

MARINA GUIDE ........................... 36

Feadship is creating the next generation of eco-conscious superyacht after unveiling designs for its latest project, Escape.

The latest round-up of news from around the UK’s marinas, plus your regional marina guide.

SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE ................ 31

CHANGING FACE ....................... 39

Q&A with Celia Edgington, RYA shows and promotions manager, about the RYA Dinghy Show and the year ahead.

We find out about the latest innovative way MDL Marinas is diversifying and becoming more sustainable.

IN THE DRINK.............................. 42 Bring in the new year with the delights of vodka, the number one spirit in the UK.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE ......... 26 Sailing clubs are looking to future with creativity and confidence.

KIT BAG ........................................... 19

THE PRADA CUP ........................... 27

HOT TOPIC..................................... 32

We have some great new electronics kit to start the new year, plus a PFD from Zhik.

This month the America’s Cup challengers do battle for a place in the final against Emirates Team New Zealand.

Kemp Sails’ Owain Peters returns with more great advice for sailors.

INTELLIGENT BEAUTY ................ 20

TAKING A STAYCATION............... 28

David Henshall considers the impact of the ‘intelligent’ boat on skippers.

They were popular last year, and that trend is expected to continue into 2021…

We take a closer look at cold water immersion, what to expect and what you can do to increase your chance of survival.

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MASTERCLASS ............................. 33

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Sailor of the decade YJA MS Amlin International Sailor of the Decade Jon Holt with historian and TV presenter Dan Snow.

Image: Mark Jardine

In a year that truly needs good news stories, the winner of the YJA MS Amlin International Sailor of the Decade Award has been announced as Jon Holt, founder of the Scaramouche Sailing Trust.

The aim of the award is to recognise the achievements of those who have had the greatest positive impact on sailing.

Jon Holt, the head of outdoor education at the Greig City Academy secondary school in Hornsey, London, has broken

down barriers, providing opportunities for young people from all backgrounds to sail and race successfully. He started the sailing programme at Greig City Academy back in 2014.

When there was not an obvious route into sailing, they bought an old 22ft yacht on eBay, which was rotting in a field, spending the summer making it seaworthy and then sailing and racing the yacht. Then came the ambition to be the first state

“What Jon, the staff and pupils at Greig City Academy and the Scaramouche Sailing Trust have achieved is truly remarkable.”

school to complete the Rolex Fastnet Race.

The next step towards this goal was the purchase of Scaramouche, a 45ft Admiral’s Cup yacht built in 1981, which they set to work on, made race-worthy and finished 14th in class in the 2016 Round the Island Race. They then completed the iconic Rolex Fastnet Race in 2017, placing 144th out of the 362 starters. Following this achievement Scaramouche sailor, Montel Fagan-Jordan, won the YJA Young Sailor of the Year.

The Scaramouche Sailing Trust has since gone from strength to strength, with sailors competing regularly in Etchells, 420s, competing in the Fastnet Race again in 2019, combined with the students refurbishing more yachts and dinghies.

Jon Holt has been the quiet, unassuming driving force behind the Scaramouche Sailing Trust. He has brought on board partners from within the sailing industry and beyond, giving many young sailors the chance to enjoy sailing and even find careers in the industry.

What Jon, the staff and pupils at Greig City Academy and the Scaramouche Sailing Trust have achieved is truly remarkable. He is now sharing his knowledge, experience and passion so that pupils from other schools can enjoy sailing.

Jon was among five sailors shortlisted for the award alongside Dee Caffari, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Ben Ainslie and Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson.

The award was presented to Jon in a socially distanced surprise event by the historian and TV presenter Dan Snow, who is himself a keen sailor.

On winning Jon said: “It feels absolutely extraordinary because I saw the list of who was on there, and I think that we all do different things within sailing, but they have achieved so much. It is quite a shock actually. Maybe it shows how big it is, what we are doing with sailing and the young people who we are taking out sailing at weekends.”

In response to the aim of the award being to recognise somebody who has had a positive impact on the sport and to seeing the other nominated names, Jon said: “They are all my idols within sailing, so yes, that is incredible. As time has gone on with our project, it has felt more important; we are showing people what can be done, we are showing that you can get into the sport and join the existing structures which are there - if you just dare to try. And that is what we have done.”

Clifford Webb, chairman of the Yachting Journalists’ Association, said: “It has been fascinating to see the votes arriving from our members spread around the world.

The nominations were made by the public, and the shortlist drawn up was based on the number of nominations each person received.

"Subsequently, it was the YJA members who considered the five options available to cast their single vote. Voting was close and it may surprise some that the ‘big’ names nominated were not selected, but our well-informed members made their decision one by one, until Jon emerged as the outright winner, and what an achievement it is, absolutely brilliant.”

CLOCKWISE: Sir Ben Ainslie. Image: Lloyd Images Dee Caffari. Image: Corinna Halloran Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson Sir Robin Knox-Johnston Image: Philip Toscano/PA Wire

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There is good news for Scotland’s canals with the announcement that there will be more than £19m of improvement works this winter.

The investment will include around £4m on the Caledonian Canal, which contributes £15m to the local economy.

A further £6.25m will be spent on the Union Canal to reinstate the canal and towpath at Muiravonside following August’s major breach.

Ahead of the America’s Cup INEOS TEAM UK, led by Sir Ben Ainslie, received good luck wishes from Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge in her capacity as Royal Patron of the team’s official charity, the 1851 Trust.

However, Royal support was not enough to help the team in last month’s World Series event in Auckland. In fact, in their six races the British team was unable to take any points, failing to win a single race.

After day 1 of racing, in which each of the four teams raced twice, it was New York Yacht Club American Magic that was leading the ranking after winning both their races.

Just minutes before the start of their first race, INEOS TEAM UK participation seemed in doubt as they reported technical problems, but with seconds to go they confirmed that they would compete. American Magic took the lead, which was accentuated following control problems aboard the British boat.

“It is completely locked out here, the rudder just lost grip,” said skipper Sir Ben Ainslie over the crew comms as Britannia crashed onto port following a gybe.

Control issues continued and American Magic cruised to victory five minutes ahead.

However the British team had no time to re-group. They had just minutes to ensure that their boat was ready to face Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli. The bad luck continued with a penalty

CHAMP ON BOARD

J/70 World Champion Paul Ward has joined the Cowes Week Ltd Board. The regatta, which is 196-years-old, sees around 700 entries and thousands of sailors and visitors coming to Cowes every August for a celebration of sailing, racing and the famous social scene. Regatta director Laurence Mead said: “Our objective is world-class regatta racing and Paul, who has been a long-time competitor and a great enthusiast of the regatta, will be a very welcome addition to the management team.” Cowes Week 2021 takes place 31 July to 7 August.

GRAND SOLEIL

for Britannia for breaching a safety zone before retiring with a technical failure.

“We had issues with the ‘one design’ supplied foil cant system,” explained Team Principal and skipper Ben Ainslie. “We tried to race but ultimately the battery failed. We did not have control of the boat all day.

“It is clear that the teams need to come together and fix this (the FCS). With the amount of time and energy that goes into these campaigns it is certainly frustrating to lose a day’s racing.”

There appeared to be little sympathy from ETNZ who, in a statement, said: “All teams are responsible for the installation, ongoing maintenance and operating procedures of their own systems. In Emirates Team New Zealand’s experience, if all maintenance and start up procedures are followed correctly, the system operates as designed. As far as The Defender is aware, INEOS TEAM UK’s Foil Cant System is fully operational.”

By the end of day two New York Yacht Club American Magic and Emirates Team New Zealand were tied with three wins each. Despite some close boat-on-boat action INEOS TEAM UK still had no wins – although they did at least complete the two races, both against ETNZ, although they finished 1min 32secs and 1min 42secs behind the Defenders.

Image: C. Gregory/INEOS TEAM UK

On the last day of the World Series the British faced Luna Rossa who beat them after INEOS TEAM UK struggled to stay on the foils.

Things did not improve for the Brits when, in their final race against American Magic, they were dealt a penalty for an early entry into the start box. From here there was little real engagement and the Americans went on to win by a large margin.

The World Series was followed by the Prada Christmas Race, a one-day event with no reserve days, which was the last chance for the teams to measure themselves against each other before the new year. Due to light winds, only the first semi-final between ETNZ

and INEOS TEAM UK was started, but the race exceeded the 45-minute time limit and was terminated and no winner was declared.

Racing will resume for the Challengers on 15 January in the PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series, while the Defender will need to wait until the America’s Cup Match on 6 March.

The overall World Series results make unhappy reading for the British team: ● Emirates Team New Zealand: 5 ● NYYC American Magic: 4 ● Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli: 3 ● INEOS TEAM UK: 0 Read the PRADA Cup preview on page 27.

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After several hundred boat tests, 21 finalists in the five categories for the Best of Boats Awards were selected by a boating journalist jury from all over Europe, Russia and the USA. The 17 journalists had seen and tested the international motorboat innovations throughout Europe under the special conditions of the year – according to the motto ‘Think globally, test locally’.

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Blown Away across the Atlantic Ocean Helmed by Natasha Lambert and her crew, Blown Away has crossed from the Canaries to St Lucia, a 2,700nm journey.

Supported by her family and crew, Natasha safely completed the 2020 ARC Rally in just over 18 days. So, Natasha, an award-winning sailor renowned for challenging her own ability, has now added ‘conquering the Atlantic Ocean’ to her impressive resume.

Living with Quadriplegic Athetoid Cerebral Palsy, Natasha has difficulty using her arms and legs, making sailing a little more challenging, but this award-winning young sailor does not let that stop her.

Utilising her ‘Sip-Puff’ system, designed and installed to her specially adapted boat (Blown Away) by her dad Gary, Natasha is able to sail using her breath.

For Natasha, also known locally as MissIsle (after her first boat), taking part in the ARC Rally was the latest in a long series of challenges with the aim of raising money for three charities close to her heart: her local RNLI station in Cowes, the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and a charity that Natasha ambassadors, the Missile School of Sip and Puff Sailing.

Natasha and her family have been

spurred on by hundreds of kind messages from their supporters, of which they would like to pass their thanks and appreciation.

Natasha’s mum, Mandy, said: “Thank you for all the kind donations from businesses and individuals who have helped us toward our fundraising goal.”

What is next? Natasha and her family plan to stay in the Caribbean for some time, visiting local communities and schools with the aim of teaching them how to use the Sip-Puff technology. A big part of the MissIsle’s School is to pass on their knowledge and make sailing available to everyone, no matter your ability.

You can still donate at: uk.virginmoneygiving.com/missisle Stay up-to-date following their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/missisle.iow

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A wartime bomb has been detonated by Royal Navy bomb disposal experts after being trawled up by fishermen in the Firth of Clyde.

The trawler’s seven crew were evacuated by Troon Lifeboat and Rothesay Coastguard Rescue Team while the mine, containing around 350kg of explosives and said to be in pristine condition, was detonated in a controlled explosion.

Lieutenant Commander Mark Shaw,

commanding officer of Northern Diving Group, said: “On average, across the UK, Royal Navy Clearance Divers are tasked once a day for Explosive Ordnance Disposal assistance. This highlights the remaining presence of historic ordnance.

Even small items can be unstable and present an explosive hazard; carryingout a controlled explosion is the only safe way of dealing with them and neutralising the hazard.”

NEWS SNAPS STAYING PUT

The £3.1 billion aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is staying in Portsmouth for six months after flooding destroyed electrics on board for a second time. Electrical cabinets were submerged for more than 24 hours by the flood water. The carrier was meant to travel to the US for joint training exercises with F-35 fighter jets later in the year, but this has now been cancelled. HMS Prince of Wales is still due to be operational by 2023 as scheduled. Repairs are expected to cost £3.3 million.

FAIRLINE BUILD

Following the launch of Fairline Yachts’ F//LINE 33 configurator website, phase two has been unveiled, where users receive a fully bespoke, personalised video of their configured boat in action. Miles Moorhouse, head of marketing at Fairline Yachts, said: “When we said we wanted to give our customers full control to design their perfect F// LINE 33, we meant it. Our platform enables the user to fully visualise their new boat and helps customers make informed decisions about their new F//LINE.” www.f-line.com

BOATS ON WHEELS

Boats on Wheels has been appointed

by Buckley Yacht Design as the South Coast agent for the BTC-22 6.8m lifting keel sailboat. Hein Kuiper, Boats on Wheels founder, said: “There has been a gap in the new boat market for affordable high performance trailer sailers for some years now and we think the BTC-22 makes an ideal fit.”

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NEWS SNAPS BREXIT ISSUES

The key Brexit issues affecting the sailing community have been addressed in a Brexit Special Webinar, the contents of which was researched and presented by members of the Cruising Association Regulations and Technical Services group (RATS).

The CA and RATS have now shared the webinar publicly, excluding the Q&A segment which is available exclusively to CA members. Watch the webinar at: youtu.be/8_3ZVcOUwNY (information in the webinar correct at time of recording)

COMPARISON SITE

Marine entrepreneur Bryan Davies has launched a boat insurance comparison site allowing owners to tailor their cover to meet their needs. Bryan said: This takes the hassle out of having to call up every insurer and giving their details over and over again. Essentially, it is a one-stop solution that saves the yacht owner time and ensures you have the product that suits their needs and demands the most.” compareyachtinsurance.com

SAILING SERIES

A new sailing series, Southwest Offshore Group Series, is beginning this year, and will consist of 15 southwest regional coastal and offshore races being combined to offer a southwest area championship.

The majority of the races are already established within local race calendars. Classes will be offered for full crews, half crews (half of the IRC crew number), double handed and solo sailors, monohull and multihulls. www.sogs.club

Low energy houseboat launched

TRUST RECEIVES FUNDING The Ocean Conservation Trust is one of the first environmental projects awarded a grant from the government’s £80 million Green Recovery Challenge Fund.

The Trust has received a grant of £250,000, enabling large scale seagrass restoration supporting fisheries whilst sequestering carbon.

In total 68 projects have been awarded grants between £62k and £3.8 million to kick-start a pipeline of nature-based projects while creating and retaining jobs. The projects will see trees planted - 800,000 in total - and protected landscapes and damaged habitats such as moorlands, wetlands and forests restored, alongside wider conservation work. The projects will also support environmental education and connecting people with green spaces.

Mark Parry, development officer at the Ocean Conservation Trust said: “It is hugely exciting to be awarded this funding from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund for restoration of subtidal seagrass beds. The project looks to take

an innovative and fresh approach to seagrass restoration and will demonstrate large scale restoration techniques in South Devon with the aim recovering the benefits to fisheries and adding to carbon sequestration.”

The Green Recovery Challenge Fund is a key part of the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan to kick-start nature recovery and tackle climate change. The fund is being delivered by the National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with Natural England and the Environment Agency.

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The French company Noé ® has launched its environmentally friendly houseboat on to the UK market.

The solar-panelled houseboat is a canal and maritime boat which can be adapted both to quay-side living in a big city and to travelling on canals and European rivers.

Measuring 24m and customised into seven sections - the wheelhouse, rear hold, living area, terraces, greenhouse, engine and under-deck storage - it is made of natural materials and allows you to produce the energy you need at home. Some, or all, of the fruit and vegetables consumed on board can even be grown in the Noé ® greenhouse, and the rear of the deck includes the wheelhouse and covers a garage area for a small city car. www.noe-boats.com

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“Offshore sailing is an exciting way of showcasing the sport and engaging fans worldwide with the thrill of adventure, eSport integration and sailors battling the elements.”

Staying the same from Tokyo to Paris are: Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser), Women’s One Person Dinghy (Laser Radial), Men’s Skiff (49er), Women’s Skiff (49erFX) and Mixed Multihull (Nacra 17).

But changing are: ● Men’s Two Person Dinghy (470) in Tokyo will become the Mixed Two Person Dinghy (470) in Paris ● Women’s Two Person Dinghy (470) in Tokyo will lose out to Mixed Two Person Keelboat Offshore in Paris ● Men’s One Person Dinghy Heavy (Finn) in Tokyo will lose out to Mixed Kiteboard (Formula Kite Class) in Paris ● Men’s Windsurfing (RS-X) in Tokyo will become Men’s Windsurfing (iQFoil) in Paris ● Women’s Windsurfing (RS-X) in Tokyo will become Women’s Windsurfing (iQFoil) in Paris.

DID YOU KNOW?

Sailing was introduced to the Olympics in 1900, when it was one of the first four sports in which women

competed.

Sailing into Paris

World Sailing has received confirmation from the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board about the event program and athlete quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

However, the IOC is to further review the Mixed Two Person Offshore Keelboat Event in order to properly assess the key considerations around safety and security of the athletes. The specific event proposal will be decided as soon as possible but no later than 31 May, 2021.

The sailing events are planned to be held in the Mediterranean Sea at Marseille. with an athlete quota for sailing of 330, a decrease of 20 from Tokyo 2020.

David Graham, World Sailing’s CEO,

said: “The list of Events, approved by World Sailing’s Member National Authorities, truly represents the international landscape of sailing with dinghies, keelboats, kiteboarding, skiffs and windsurfers all included. This change has been a complicated process to manage, and I take this opportunity to thank the 1000s of hours done principally by our volunteer body.

“The Mixed Kiteboarding competition will be one of the fastest events at the Games, requiring speed, precision and teamwork in short form, close knit races. In addition, the Mixed 470 will require close collaboration between male and female teammates to master the dinghy that has established so many well-known champion sailors.

SHOW MOVES TO SPRING After consultation with its partners and exhibitors, boot Düsseldorf 2021 will be held from 17 - 25 April instead of the original January dates due to the on going high infection numbers across Europe.

Messe Düsseldorf’s CEO Wolfram Diener said: “We cannot reliably gauge whether a trade fair can be implemented in January 2021. This is due to current infection rates, on going travel restrictions and existing legal provisions, which do not permit trade fairs to be held.

“Statements from numerous experts have led us to believe that it is highly probable the situation will calm down

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NEWS SNAPS OYSTER YACHT

Oyster Yachts has announced the Oyster 495, a 50ft yacht, a collaboration between Humphreys Yacht Design and Oyster’s own in-house design studio, overseen

by Oyster’s CEO and owner Richard Hadida and Oyster’s founder Richard Matthews. Easily handled by a couple or family, she is equally at home on coastal cruising trips, crossing an ocean or even circumnavigating the globe. More details to come later this month…

DRILL INCIDENT

In Canada, two crew were seriously injured during a drill when a lifeboat fell from a cargo ship. Both crew members were on the lifeboat when it fell into the water and began to sink. They were taken to hospital and were reported to be in a serious, but stable condition. A Transportation Safety Board team is investigating the incident.

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Living up to its reputation

Kevin Escoffier is transferred from Jean Le Cam’s boat to a French Navy frigate. Image: Paul-David Cottais/Marine Nationale/Defense

Sam Davies is pictured arriving in Cape Town after retiring from the race.

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The Vendée Globe is certainly not letting us down in terms of drama and excitement, reminding us why it is known as the Everest of the Seas.

We reported last month that Vendée Globe skipper Kevin Escoffier was rescued after his boat dramatically sank, but now we can bring you the full remarkable story in Kevin’s own words. The 35-year-old from Saint Malo had spent 11-and-a-half hours drifting in a liferaft before being picked up by 61-year-old five times Vendée Globe veteran Jean Le Cam. Kevin had been racing in 5m waves and 25kt plus South Westerly winds when, after burying its nose in a wave, he was forced to swiftly abandon his boat, PRB, only to watch it break in two just two minutes later.

After his rescue Kevin said: “The boat folded up on a wave at 27kt. I heard a bang, but to be honest, I did not need to hear that to know what had happened. I looked at the bow. It was at 90 degrees. In a few seconds, there was water everywhere. The stern was under water and the bow was pointing up to the sky. The boat split in half in front of the mast bulkhead. It was as if she folded up.

“The electronics were burning. Everything went off.

My only reflex was to grab my telephone to send the message and pick up the survival suit, which I never stow away. I wanted to pick up the grab bag, but I could not get to it with the water rising.

“I just had time to send a message to my team saying ‘I am sinking. I am not joking. MAYDAY’. Between the moment when I was out on deck trimming the sails and when I found myself in my survival suit, barely two minutes had passed. It all happened extremely quickly. I grabbed the liferaft at the stern.

"Close to the morning I heard a sail flapping so I got out, had my head out of the liferaft. Even with no sun we were able to see very well and I saw Jean (Le Cam) just above me. He threw me a line with a buoy at the end,

which I caught. When I was close enough I jumped and caught the back of the boat. I said ‘I am sorry to disturb your race Jean.’ We had a big hug.”

Six days later Kevin Escoffier was successfully transferred from Jean Le Cam’s IMOCA to the Nivôse, a French Navy frigate. The race jury decided that Jean will receive a time compensation when he completes the race of 16hrs 15 mins.

Of the 33 IMOCAs which began the Vendée Globe from Les Sables-D’Olonne in France on 8 November, six have now officially retired: Nico Troussel (CORUM L’Épargne), Kevin Escoffier (PRB), Alex Thomson (HUGO BOSS), Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur), Fabrice Amedeo (NEWREST ART & FENÊTRES) and Sébastien Simon (ARKEA PAPREC).

The story of Alex Thomson’s retirement was reported last month but now British skipper Sam Davies (Initiatives Coeur) is out too leaving Pip Hare (15th) and Miranda Merron (23rd) flying the flag for the UK with, at the time of writing, Yannick Bestaven leading Charlie Dalin and Thomas Ruyant.

Sam Davies hit a UFO with the collision damaging the longitudinal framing which supports the keel of Initiatives Coeur.

Sam explained: “I was sailing at speeds between 15 and 22kts and I was actually just making a hot meal. I hit something. I did not see anything. I did not know what it was. But it was as if I had run aground on a rock at the time.

“The boat speed went from 20kts to zero. The boat nosedived on the impact with the keel. I knew it was the keel. I heard a crack coming from there. I and everything else flew forwards, including my dinner which has repainted the entire inside of my boat. But luckily I have just hurt some ribs.”

Sam made her way to Cape Town, but she says she is determined to return, after making repairs with her team

and experts, to complete the race course as ‘hors course’, unclassified on the solo race which forbids any kind of outside assistance.

Sam said: “I have always said my mission is to sail around the world on this boat. For me, but also for Initiatives-Cœur, to support cardiac surgery for the kids.

If I can fix the boat and go, I am motivated to do it. I have all the pieces and I have a great team. It will probably take time, it is a big job but I am very positive to give it a go as Isabelle Autissier* did.”

After announcing his retirement from the race last month, 19 days into the solo, non-stop, unassisted roundthe-world yacht race Alex Thomson also made his way to Cape Town with irreparable rudder damage. It took the British skipper almost seven days to make the 1,800nm journey, sailing his IMOCA racing yacht with just one rudder.

Speaking in Cape Town Alex said: “I am certainly relieved to be back on dry land, but I have very mixed emotions. I am still coming to terms with what has happened, and I am obviously utterly devastated that this is how the race has ended for us. But, as I have said before, it is in our toughest moments that we find our greatest strength. Now we have to pick ourselves up and move forwards, and I have no doubt that we can do that together as a team. To everyone who has sent messages – a huge thank you.”

Also out of the race is Sébastien Simon. While in fourth place, and just after crossing the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope, Sébastien Simon’s Arkea Paprec collided with a UFO. He reported substantial damage to his starboard foil and its casing. He made his way to Cape Town to moor up near Alex Thomson and Sam Davies.

Ironically Cape Town is where the Vendée Globe started 34 years ago. In 1986, sailors in the BOC Challenge took a seat in a bar in Cape Town. Guy Bernardin, Bertie Reed and Philippe Jeantot talked of their dream to have a solo nonstop race around the world. The first Vendée Globe took place three months later.

This, the ninth edition of the iconic race, which takes place just every four years, has already seen a number of boats suffer technical failures, collisions or fall victim to the tropical storms and changing weather conditions.

The debate continues about the safety of sailors in the Vendée Globe. Already a number of skippers have reported hitting UFOs. But what is it they are hitting? There is no doubt that a great number of containers are lost in our oceans every year, but you would expect far worse damage to, for example, Sam Davies’s boat if that had

been the case. Another possibility is tree trunks which are, perhaps surprisingly, very common. Fishing gear, as reported by Alex Thomson to be the cause of his rudder damage, is another problem. In reality, whatever the cause, it is debris that should not be in our seas which is impacting events like the Vendée Globe, but more importantly can be potentially very dangerous.

Many of the competing IMOCAs were fitted with a pioneering new electronic safety aid called OSCAR. Its aim is to prevent a collision with any of the many potential threats a vessel can encounter. Its effectiveness, presumably, will be assessed when the race is complete, but Sam Davies, for example, had it on board.

Before the race Kévin Escoffier said: “We have boats that go faster and faster, which means that in the event of a collision there are more consequences. Also, our boats have become wider and wider with the foils, increasing the chances of hitting something, so if there is a system that can reduce the chances of a collision then we must have it on board.”

So far the rate of retirements – at six out of 33 – has been very small compared to historical levels, when up to 50 per cent of the fleet has failed to finish. In the last race, at the same stage, 11 boats out of the 29 starters had retired. in the race before that, 8 of the 20 starters had dropped out. So far, of the six boats that have retired only three have done so as a result of collision damage (HUGO BOSS, Initiatives-Coeur, ARKEA PAPREC). Several other boats have suffered damage as a result of collisions, but have managed to continue in reasonably competitive shape.

The other retirements have been caused by dismasting (CORUM L’Epargne), computer failure and other issues (Newrest-Art & Fenêtres) and a total boat loss in the case of PRB. Is the combination of speed and UFOs leading to the boat failures or are the designs simply not up to the pressures that nature puts on them? Is it a coincidence that the six boats that have, so far, retired are all foilers?

As the race and boat analysis continues hopefully the answers to these questions will become clearer, but in the meantime what are your thoughts?

Post a comment at the All at Sea Facebook page (www.facebook.com/allatseanewspaper) or send us an email at editor@allatsea.co.uk.

Turn to page 17 to read David Henshall’s in-depth analysis of high speed foilers. * Isabelle dismasted in the 1992 BOC Challenge but repaired to become the first woman to complete a solo round-the-world circuit.

Sam’s damaged IMOCA, Initiatives Coeur.

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Virtual Boat Show The Dusseldorf boat show may have been postponed until April, but you can still get on board the power and sail brands of your choice in January at the Ancasta Virtual Boat Show - Dusseldorf.

Opening on boot Dusseldorf’s original dates, 23 – 31 January, Ancasta’s virtual show will include the whole line-up that would have been on display in Germany, and more. Potential buyers will be able to compare and contrast the different models from an extensive range of Beneteau power and sail, Lagoon catamarans, Prestige, McConaghy Yachts, Sanlorenzo and Bluegame boats.

Giving visitors the complete exhibition experience, the virtual show will be laid out in a series of halls, as they would have been at the Dusseldorf boat show, replacing the marina setting of previous virtual boat shows.

Rising Star

Visitors can take their time viewing the yachts in detail, scrolling through image galleries or jumping on board to look around via 360-degree video tours.

Brokers will be on hand via a live chat throughout the duration of the show to answer any questions about the ranges, spec options, delivery times and to provide quotes and advice on finance. Visitors can also request a personal live walk-though of their chosen vessel.

In addition to the wide selection of boats on display, Ancasta will have an expansive brokerage section and be running a series of informative webinars.

Ancasta is able to discuss ownership solutions ranging from the traditional route to Shared Ownership, Financed Ownership and Navigare Yacht and Lifestyle Investment Programs.

No registration is necessary to visit the show, just enter via: ancasta.com/dusseldorf.

Plain Sailing To The Caribbean PlainSailing.com has been making the most of the coronavirus lockdown to upgrade their website and add to their repertoire by expanding their boat charter services into the Caribbean.

Visitors to PlainSailing.com can now find boats in the Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Grenada and get them booked in a matter of clicks.

Arguably the best sailing cruising ground in the world, the Caribbean offers sublime sailing conditions with super-reliable winds and thousands of stunning beaches, bays, caves and anchorages to explore.

Tommy Tognarelli, co-founder of PlainSailing.com, said “We are so excited about adding the Caribbean as a sailing destination. It is literally an unbelievable place to sail - the sun is

SEVENTEEN-year-old Harry Newton, a member of Whitstable Yacht Club and Westbere Frostbite Sailing Association, is the winner of the Barton Rising Star Competition and will become a Barton Marine brand ambassador in 2021.

Harry has been sailing Toppers since he was nine and, after joining Kent Sailing School Association in 2016, has taken part in many race series including the Traveller, National and World Topper championships.

Upon returning from the Worlds Harry began racing in the UKLA Laser Series with a goal of achieving a place on the national squad.

As well as his racing accomplishments, Harry has a host of RYA qualifications and is planning to carry out Dinghy Instructor training with the cadets and scouts over the next year.

Alongside the title, Harry will have access to Barton equipment to kit out his Laser, Barton branded clothing and accessories, a GoPro camera to record his experiences out on the water and a Barton mentorship to help him achieve his personal goals and objectives.

always shining, the sea is always warm (and full of tropical fish), the beaches are always beautiful and the locals are all welcoming, so I am sure our customers will absolutely love it out there.

“2020 has been a year to forget for most of us, but booking a sailing holiday in the most idyllic part of the world for 2021 is the perfect antidote to all that doom and gloom.

“The season runs from October until July. Charter fees are roughly comparable to prices you will find in southern Europe – but obviously the flights are a bit longer, and a bit more expensive – but worth it!“ www.PlainSailing.com You can read more sailing holiday news and ideas on page 29.

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NEWS SNAPS

YACHTS GO BIG

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FURLING MAST

The Global Order Book, BOAT International’s annual survey of the superyacht industry, has revealed that there are more superyachts measuring 100m or more in build than ever before, and that the number of ‘explorer’ yachts in build has also risen to a new high.

Globally, there are 23 projects in the 100m-plus category scheduled for delivery between now and 2025. The Bremen-based shipyard Lürssen is top of the leaderboard, with seven projects, two of which are scheduled for delivery this year.

The biggest project in build, however, is research superyacht REV Ocean, which at 182.9m will become the biggest yacht in the world when it is delivered in 2022.

REV Ocean is being built by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Røkke to facilitate ocean research, and its amazing features include a ‘moon pool’ through which a submarine will descend to study the deep.

Seldén Mast has unveiled its first carbon furling mast, a lighter weight furling rig designed to enhance the performance of cruising yachts in the 48ft – 75ft range. Designed for and installed on a new HallbergRassey 50, the first of Seldén’s new mast range has an electric drive and hydraulic outhaul, ensuring ease of sail handling as well as increased performance. With the mast section being 39 per cent lighter than its aluminium counterpart, upwind performance is improved and pitching reduced.

GREEN GUIDE

A new practical guide to anchoring and mooring best practice has been published by The Green Blue, the joint environmental awareness programme between the RYA and British Marine. The guidance, The Green Guide to Anchoring and Moorings, has been launched to help raise awareness of the importance of seagrass and maerl habitats and to actively inspire the boating community to adopt best practice when on the water to minimise any impact on these protected marine habitats. The guide is free to download on The Green Blue’s website. www.thegreenblue.org.uk

RACING RULES

Updated every four years by World Sailing, the Racing Rules of Sailing are compulsory for racing sailors around the globe. So, make sure you are ready for the 2021 - 2024 changes with three RYA rules books.

The new editions are available from the RYA shop. RYA members receive a 15 per cent discount on all RYA publications. www.rya.org.uk/shop / www.rya.org.uk/go/racingbooks

BATTLE SHIP BOOK

FAMOUS BOAT RACE MOVED

Explorer yachts – tough boats built for destinations such as Antarctica or the South Pacific – have had another good year. Adventurous owners are demanding more autonomy, range and capability from their boats, with the result that there are now 64 explorers in build globally, an alltime high.

However, it is not all good news. Covid-19 has had an inevitable impact on the superyacht industry. According to BOAT International’s research, 159 of the 821 yachts counted as ‘in build’ in the survey are delayed – a consequence of logistical challenges caused by the pandemic.

Delayed projects are nothing new – each year the GOB includes boats whose deliveries have slipped to the following year’s count, but the sheer number this time is significant – double that of an average year. www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro

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The 75th Women’s and the 166th Men’s Boat Race will take place, behind closed doors, on 4 April.

However, this year’s event will be at Ely, Cambridgeshire, reflecting the challenge of planning a high-profile amateur event around continuing restrictions as well as uncertainty regarding the safety and navigation of Hammersmith Bridge.

Since August, the bridge, which opened in 1887, has been closed to pedestrians.

Boats have also been prevented from passing underneath after cracks in the structure worsened during a heatwave. It had already been closed to traffic since April

2019 because of the problems and must undergo significant repairs.

Dr George Gilbert, chair of BRCL’s Race and Operations Committee, said: “We would like to thank the BBC for their continued support.

We are all looking forward to bringing the 75th Women’s and the 166th Men’s Boat Race to sports fans on BBC 1. In the more intimate setting of the Great Ouse, there are exciting new possibilities for safely filming the event and we will be bringing you closer to the action, on and off the water.”

The 2020 races were both cancelled because of the global pandemic. www.theboatrace.org

British Classic Week Published this month is The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski, which looks at the World War II German battleship that sparred with the Royal Navy from 1939 - 1943.

The Scharnhorst was the lead ship of one of the most active classes of German capital ships, but she eventually sank in the Battle of the North Cape.

SCOTTISH SUPPORT

A Covid support package worth £2.5m has been announced by the Scottish government for the marine, boating and outdoor tourism sector.

Sail Scotland and Wild Scotland will provide grants to businesses through the high expenditure period of recommissioning vessels, visitor moorings and visitor pontoons for the upcoming season. They will also support land-based activity and adventure providers. Sail Scotland continues to seek further support from government.

Protecting Studland Bay The RYA has responded to a call for evidence from the government over management plans for Studland Bay in Dorset.

The site was given the status of Marine Conservation Zone in 2019 because of its seagrass beds and resident Long-snouted Seahorses. Due to its location and sheltered conditions, Studland Bay is a popular anchorage for recreational boaters and many of the businesses in the area rely on its welcoming reputation for income.

There have been several proposed protective measures put forward by the Marine Management Organisation, which cover anchoring, mooring and general use of the zoned areas. The measures range from an increase in environmental monitoring to a complete ban of all watersports, sailing and boating activity. The MMO will use the information received during a recent consultation to finalise their assessment on the formal marine non-licensable activity management proposals for the site.

Following a virtual consultation with local RYA affiliated clubs and recognised training centres in the Dorset area, the RYA submitted their recommendations for the introduction of voluntary protective measures. These would include a joint management and engagement approach that would give autonomy to boat owners and enable them to understand and promote protection amongst their peer group.

RYA planning officer, Richard Hill, said: “On behalf of our members, we have recommended that any protective measures that are introduced should be voluntary and should sit alongside a clear programme of user engagement and promotion.

"Sensitive areas must also be clearly outlined for users on both navigational maps and in the water. The RYA would be happy to engage further with the MMO and contribute to a suitable management plan that addresses their conservation concerns at Studland Bay.”

British Classic Week has announced a partnership with the Tall Ships Youth Trust.

As the regatta’s official charity partner for 2021, the Tall Ships Youth Trust will be integrated into all aspects of the week, from sailing to socialising and fundraising.

Organised by the British Classic Yacht Club, the 19th edition of British Classic Week will take place in Cowes from 17 – 24 July and will welcome classic yachts from across the UK, Europe and further afield. The regatta comprises a six-race series alongside a busy social programme.

The UK’s oldest and largest sail training charity, the Tall Ships Youth Trust, enables young people to fulfil their life potential through adventures at sea. By bringing together crews from different social backgrounds and taking them on residential sailing voyages, the Tall Ships Youth Trust supports young people aged 12 - 25.

Commodore of BCYC, Jonathan Dyke, said: “Young people need our support more than ever right now and as such we are working on ways to fully integrate the charity into British Classic Week. Fundraising will play a key part, complemented by raising awareness. We also hope to get some young people out on the water to give them firsthand experience of a world-class regatta.”

Entry for the 2021 British Classic Week opens in April. The racing will be organised by the Royal Yacht Squadron and will include a schedule of varied courses, including the popular NAB Tower race. Criteria for entry is IRC classic yachts of 24ft and over or modern classic, Spirit of Tradition yachts.

Founded in 2001, the BCYC will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2021 and the club will mark the occasion during British Classic Week. www.britishclassicweek.co.uk

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Raising funds for restoration

CHANGING LIVES

Tollgate Primary School in Newham, East London, is on course to inspire the next generation of sailors through RYA OnBoard, the national grassroots programme making it more accessible for youngsters to try sailing and windsurfing.

Emma O’Connor, headteacher at Tollgate, said: “Some of the kids have never been on a boat even though they live near the docks. When they start they are nervous, some do not want to go and they are not sure how to react, but in the end it is a different story. They love it, they are more confident, more ready to learn and they want to go again.”

Last year, a landmark study published

by UCL’s Institute of Education evidenced that being part of OnBoard does not just benefit young people’s physical

The Scottish Maritime Museum has been running a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for vital repairs to, what is believed to be, the oldest floating Clyde-built vessel in the UK. The 1872 cargo coaster MV Kyles is a rare and nationally important survivor from the 19th century, a transformational period on the River Clyde when shipyards embraced the possibilities of steam power to become one of the most important shipbuilding centres in the world.

Kyles, which is moored on Irvine Harbourside at the Scottish Maritime Museum’s main site, reaches a 150 year milestone in 2022. However, a long, hard working life, including being adapted for different roles across the UK by 24 different owners, has taken a huge toll. Essential repairs are needed if this historic vessel is to remain part of Scotland’s living maritime heritage for decades to come.

The Scottish Maritime Museum hoped to raise £15,000 through the Keep the Kyles

Afloat campaign on Crowdfunder. Overall it raised £39,835. The project received an unexpected boost in mid-December when billionaire John Paul DeJoria gave a £15,000 donation. Funds raised will allow the team to repaint Kyles inside and out and restore the cabins to how they would have looked whilst it was a working vessel. The Scottish Maritime Museum will also be able to create a vibrant new interpretation for Kyles to engage visitors and schoolchildren.

Matthew Bellhouse Moran, curator at the Scottish Maritime Museum, said: “Kyles has survived such a long and hard working life by being continually adapted for different uses. It was a cargo coaster, fishing tender, sand dredger and even a sludge tanker over the course of more than 100 years, before being retired to the Scottish Maritime Museum in 1984. A mark of the magic of Kyles is that, unusually for a vessel, it has retained the same name despite such a long and varied working life.” www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org

well-being, but it also develops character attributes including communication, independence and determination.

Emma said: “Our standardised scores went up in maths and English.

We noticed not only a difference with the academic side of things but also an improvement in their behaviour, self-confidence, team building skills and their cooperation. It was measurable in all areas.”

Back in September, the Department for Education published revised activity lists for GCSE, AS and A-level PE. The new activities, including sailing and windsurfing, are now able to be taught and will be assessed in 2021 for AS-level and 2022 for GCSE and A-level. www.rya.org.uk/onboard

NEWS SNAPS COVID BREACH

A man has been jailed for four weeks for breaching Covid-19 laws after crossing the Irish Sea from Scotland to the Isle of Man on a jet ski. Dale McLaughlan, who had never driven a jet ski before, made the four-and-ahalf-hour trip because he wanted to see his girlfriend, but non-residents are banned from entering the island without special permission.

FOILING PEACOQ

From the French company Foily comes the 14ft Peacoq, a sailing dinghy with foils. Peacoq is a double handed dinghy meant for sailing fans of every age and will ‘take off’ in the spring. www.peacoq.fr

SAILGP VENUES

SailGP has announced two new venues that will be added to the European leg of the global championship’s second season in 2021. In two firsts for the league, SailGP will visit Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera on 11 – 12 September, ahead of the first-ever Spain Grand Prix | Andalusia in Cádiz on 9 – 10 October. The two new venues form part of an expanded season that is planned to feature nine events, with seven so far announced.

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The Armada Fleet Image: Ocean Infinity

Sonardyne technology will be supporting the world’s largest and most environmentally sustainable fleet of oceangoing, multi-role robotic vessels, which is being launched by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity.

Sonardyne systems will provide the first wave of Ocean Infinity’s new Armada fleet with key sensor technologies for underwater platform navigation, tracking, control and communications, as well as ensuring uninterrupted surface navigation, even when GNSS services are degraded or denied.

The Armada fleet will mark a major technological advance, providing sustainable services to all corners of industry from offshore energy, to logistics and transport. The innovative, low-emission robotic fleet, that can be launched from any shoreline, was unveiled in February and will initially see 17 state-ofthe-art uncrewed vessels added to Ocean Infinity’s existing robotics fleet.

The vessels will be able to perform offshore

data acquisition and intervention in both shallow and deep water operating regions.

Initially, all of the first tranche of Ocean Infinity’s Armada vessels will be fitted with Sonardyne’s Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine system augmented by the company’s Marine Robotics Pack. This combination provides remote all-in-one tracking, communications and control capability for underwater deployed robotics so that even more operations can be done from shore.

These robotic vessels will also be fitted with Sonardyne’s SPRINT-Nav hybrid navigation instrument, to provide continuous, uninterrupted navigational aiding, even if GNSS service is impaired due to their remote location or nearby infrastructure.

Ocean Infinity expects the first Armada vessel to be delivered this year and, along with the remainder of the fleet, will be controlled and operated via satellite communication from onshore control facilities in Austin, Texas and Southampton.

Croydon Sailing Club has been awarded funding to help provide sailing opportunities to youngsters living in deprived areas near the club

TACKLING INEQUALITIES

Grants of up to £10,000 will be awarded to 17 Sailability and OnBoard venues throughout England for projects that aim to tackle inequalities in sport and help reduce the negative impact of Covid-19.

The £150,000 of National Lottery Funding was awarded to the RYA from the Sport England Tackling Inequalities Fund, which benefits organisations running projects that engage with lower socioeconomic groups, ethnically diverse communities, disabled people and people with long term health conditions.

For example, in the Liverpool City

Region, which has one of the highest levels of deprivation in the country, Crosby Lakeside Adventure Centre is using the funding to offer highly subsidised windsurfing and Sailability sessions to help make the sport more accessible to a wider audience.

The funding is also giving the centre the potential to offer opportunities for young adults to train to be instructors in exchange for voluntary work once qualified.

Simon Pendlebury, development manager at the centre, said: “Windsurfing has been in a steady decline for a number of years.

Without more investment in the sport there is a risk that it could fade away completely.

Projects like this will hopefully engage with a new cohort of budding windsurfers and allow more people the opportunity to experience the thrill windsurfing provides.”

Another venue awarded funding is Croydon Sailing Club with a project in conjunction with Croydon Youth and Schools Sailing Association providing sailing opportunities through Scout groups for youngsters living in deprived areas surrounding the club. www.rya.org.uk

Racing Tour Resumes

National Sailing Centre at Cowes 1970

The first event of the 2021 GC32 Racing Tour will be held in Port Camargue. Image: Sailing Energy / GC32 Racing Tour

Celebrating 50 years of training

The RYA has launched a digital timeline and video marking key moments in the 50 year history of its world-famous training schemes.

The first RYA courses were introduced in 1970 to provide clubs and sailing schools with a national training programme and standardised method of learning to sail with qualified instructors, inspections and safety requirements.

Now, 50 years on, more than 270,000 people undertake some form of RYA training each year, with courses encompassing everything from personal watercraft to the inland waterways.

Richard Falk, RYA director of training and qualifications, said: “The timeline celebrates key moments in the very broad and diverse history of the RYA’s training schemes, starting with the launch of the National Sailing Scheme back in 1970. This year, the RYA has been encouraging members, instructors and students to share their RYA training stories, showcasing the real impact it has had on the lives of so many.”

RYA instructor and 2020 Vendée Globe competitor, Pip Hare, is one of many who has been involved with the campaign and said: “Learning, and later teaching, as part

of the RYA training scheme gave me the skills and confidence to feel comfortable, first as a crew, then a skipper. It gave me the platform I needed to start on the path to international offshore racing.”

“The first steps into sailing are always the hardest to take and so whenever someone asks me how to get involved, I tell them to find a sailing school and book on to a course.”

Visit www.rya.org.uk/go/50years to view the timeline, watch the video and find out more about the last 50 years of RYA training. www.rya.org.uk/training

After the last season was written off due to the pandemic, the GC32 Racing Tour will bounce back this year with another five event circuit, including a World Championship, for its ultra-high performance one design foiling catamarans.

Up to 10 international teams from afar afield as Australia and the USA are due to compete, including several new teams.

As usual the GC32 Racing Tour will visit venues chosen to offer competitors the best chance of solid breeze and flat water, the optimum conditions for foiling. Yet the 2021 venues also offer diversity ranging from

alpine lakes to Mediterranean bays and even the Atlantic. The 2021 GC32 Racing Tour will begin in France at Port Camargue au Grau du Roi with the GC32 Occitanie Cup. n 21 - 25 April GC32 Occitanie Cup / Port Camargue, France n 26 - 30 May GC32 Riva Cup / Riva del Garda, Italy n 30 June - 4 July GC32 Lagos Cup / Lagos, Portugal n 15 - 19 September GC32 World Championship / Villasimius, Italy n 27 - 31 October or 3 - 7 November GC32 Season Finale / Venue TBC

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CLASSIC RESTORATION

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Stuart Sawyer’s classic powerboat, a Fairey Swordsman 40 ‘Freebird’, was placed in the hands of Mylor Yacht Harbour’s for transformation from neglected and broken to prime condition.

Talking about his 1960s marine icon, Stuart said: “I love that Fairey represents the best of British classic design, for both sailing and motor craft. Their commitment to performance and seakeeping remains timeless even today, with Sir Richard Fairey founding the firm around his passion for aviation and boats in the 1940s and his son producing the first motor cruisers in the 1960s as a fan of offshore racing.”

Mylor’s owner, Roger Graffy, said it was exactly the kind of project they wanted to be involved in: “As a child of the ‘60s I have always loved these boats and it was daunting, but also a welcome challenge, to have one coming for such major works.”

A survey confirmed the vessel was suffering from lack of use, care and maintenance, but sea trials exposed major issues with the engines and the dawning that they would need to be replaced.

Over four months Mylor’s engineering manager, Nathan Percival, worked closely alongside Stuart, while lead engineer Chris Powell headed up all the

engineering works which included sourcing the new Caterpillar C7.1 engines and the difficult task of fitting them into the vessel.

“The biggest challenge was fitting a modern version of the original Caterpillar engines into a slim classic design,” said Chris.

Attention to detail and authenticity was key. With the main dashboard and cockpit control panels rusted and missing buttons, Mylor managed to find the original supplier and arranged for new panels to be cut and powder coated to maintain the original look and feel.

While the Mylor Marine Team focused on the engines and electrics, Stuart asked local tradesmen Tim Seaman from Formation Marine and carpenter Rob Holdroff to work on the exterior repairs and interior fit-out respectively, completely restoring the external lockers, teak decks, topsides, structure and mast and fitting out all interior lockers, berths, galley, hull fittings and heads.

Stuart said: “The restoration of Freebird was great to watch unfold: it was a real bonus having such a connected Cornish team who genuinely wanted to work on her.”

On her re-launch Roger declared her boathandling to be an “absolute dream”. www.mylor.com

Double handed offshore series The RYA has welcomed the creation of a new sailing series aimed at promoting and growing shorthanded offshore sailing in the UK. The UK Double Handed Offshore Series will be a standalone series debuting this year made up of six existing races including flagship events such as the Rolex Fastnet Race and Round the Island Race.

The RORC-backed series is the brainchild of round-the-world sailor Henry Bomby, who raced in the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race and has also competed on the singlehanded Figaro circuit.

It will be open to double handed teams sailing boats with an IRC rating between 0.990 and 1.055 TCC, and has already attracted big names

such as two-time Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson and Dee Caffari.

Henry said: “With so many great races already, the vision of the series is to cherry pick the best double handed races on offer each year into one season long series. We also hope to grow the community with regular training sessions.”

Ian Walker, RYA director of racing and winner of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, added: “The launch of this series is particularly timely given mixed offshore keelboat’s potential inclusion in the 2024 Olympics.”

Eight teams are currently signed up to compete in the UK Double Handed Offshore Series. www.doublehandedoffshore.com

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POWER TALK

Simon Everett is the man in the know when it comes to what is being launched and the latest technologies emerging in marine engines. Get the inside scoop right here…

ELECTRIC PROPULSION VESSEL CONTROL SYSTEM The future is coming faster than we might think. Another year is behind us and more advancements have been made, despite nature doing its best to bring the world to a halt.

The Dutch have never been ones to just lie down and take what is dealt to them, and as a result they have always been at the forefront of innovation, especially where anything to do with water is concerned; with half the country below sea level, a watery environment is guaranteed.

Vetus have produced a viable electric motor that is a credible replacement for a diesel repowering option, or as an original fitment to a new build. The E-Line, as it is designated, promises the advantages of a motorboat, manoeuvrability and ease-of-use, with the peace and tranquillity of a sailing boat, virtually silent and vibration free running.

Of course, this is nothing new, even though it is ‘news’. The Victorians had electric boats, but they gave them up for the internal combustion engine, so the wheel has effectively gone full circle.

Last month I told you about Yanmar being used in wakesport boats. This month I bring you news of the all new Vessel Control System, VC20, which integrates with the entire line of common rail diesel engines, transmissions, controls and displays.

The VC20 can handle single, of course, twin and even triple engine rigs. It can also handle all inputs including joystick control and the Vetus bow thruster range. The beauty of the design of the VC20 is its simplified construction using fewer

The E-Line offers easy to fit, plug-and-play, compact, efficient 48v motors in 5Kw, 7.5Kw and 10Kw options. Each uses the V-CAN bus system that meets all current emissions standards and is a complete package that includes shore power input through to the propeller in a matched system.

The state-of-the-art, smart, water cooled 48V controller has been developed specifically for electric boating requirements and allows the battery bank to be charged through a 24V battery charger.

To give an idea of the horsepower equivalents, the E-Line 50 motor is like an 11hp engine and is suitable for displacement boats up to about 7m or 3 tonnes, while the E-Line 75 takes the place of a 16hp engine for 9m or 5 tonnes. The top-ofthe-range E-Line 100 is like a 22hp engine for boats in the 11m or 7 tonne range.

The E-Line range is compact and designed to fit existing mounting and propeller shaft arrangements to make repowering or fitting to a new build as convenient as possible.

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DOLPHIN INSPIRATION Those readers who are aware of my background will know that I was a long-time sea kayaker.

Within that field Hobie came up with a revolutionary, manual propulsion system using a pedal cycle input to drive underwater fins that were inspired by penguins’ flippers.

In fact, the Hobie drive system was a mechanical mimicry of how a penguin swims with such grace and efficiency. Taking the natural science of

propulsion further and for use with craft larger than a kayak, a Swedish company, Dolprop, has used similar thinking to develop a drive based on the tail fluke of a dolphin, imaginatively called Dolprop.

The inventor, one Thomas Jemt, says the Dolprop copies the movement of the dolphin’s tail for incredible performance - certainly dolphins can swim very fast for what seems like little effort.

Thomas claims the fluke technology provides safe, efficient, quiet and practical propulsion with better performance than a conventional propeller with less chance of fouling or harming marine life.

Development is still ongoing with funding already having been procured. People scoffed at the Hobie penguin flipper idea at first, but now they have achieved cult status. Watch this space.

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ALL AT SEA JANUARY 2021 Alex Thomson, on board HUGO BOSS, one of the pre-race favourites, retired from the Vendée Globe with rudder damage caused by fishing gear.

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hanks to the reach of global communications, not just the sailing community, the wider world audience held their breath as an amazing sea story down in the Southern Ocean unfolded.

The conditions would have sent 99.9 per cent of us scurrying for a safe haven, as strong winds, huge seas and the very remoteness of the location left us fearing the worst for Kevin Escoffier, alone in a one man liferaft, after his Vendée Globe yacht PRB had broken up and sunk within minutes. Thankfully we could all soon breath again when, in a wonderful display of seamanship, Jean le Cam searched for and then spotted him, before finally plucking him to safety.

Had this been a one-off occurrence, then the dramatic events in this year’s race would have been an outstanding story, but sadly it is just the latest in a long string of incidents, and the 2020 race has yet to reach the halfway point.

This then begs the question “is this all the fault of the foilers?” as it has been these latest state-of-the-art flying machines that seem to have been

Kevin Escoffier’s yacht PRB dramatically sunk in the Vendée Globe.

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struggling the most. It is certainly easy to point the finger at the amazing latest generation of offshore boats, as the basic laws of physics demand that for a boat to ‘fly’ it has to be both extremely light and incredibly powerful.

The designers of boats, such as HUGO BOSS, have managed to achieve this by creating a breed of boat intended for a demanding round-the-world race that has a power (as expressed in sail area) to weight ratio that is more extreme than that of a dinghy which is intended for a quick blast around a racecourse within sight of the beach.

For the boats competing in the Vendée Globe, going quickly is no longer enough, for to be in the race means going quickly, 24/7 for two to three months… non-stop.

Whilst not diminishing the task the latest sailors have set themselves, the latest developments in autopilots are now so advanced that they do not just keep the boat sailing, but keep it racing flat out.

This, though, is surely nothing more than the path of progress, and although the robustness of the boats this time around may have been questionable, come the next running of the race, in 2024, the likelihood is that these problems will have been addressed. That path of progress is continuous, so by then the boats will have evolved further, though there is unlikely to be yet another leap forward in performance, suggesting that ‘once foiling is fixed’ there will be a period of stability when designs develop through evolution rather than revolution.

Path of progress

Sinking sponsors

To show just how far and fast things have changed, it is just 15 years since Ellen MacArthur broke the circumnavigation record in her trimaran B&Q/Castorama, and in the video clips that she broadcast the exhaustion was clear in her face, as she had not slept for more than 20 minutes at a stretch since setting out.

Of greater concern will be the ability for any prospective helms to attract the commitment of headline sponsors prepared to sink increasing large sums of money into projects only to see them… sink!

After all, sponsors are in the game for the promotion of brand image and however heart rending the hard luck stories may be successful brands need success, and even in countries like France, where the offshore shorthanded sailors are feted like superstars, the harsh reality is that races like the Vendée Globe are all about money. And not just any money, but our money, for it is our exposure to the sponsors’ products that ultimately drives this whole process.

Sadly, this then drives the thinking that it is that global audience that have themselves become a part of the problem as we have come to expect, with a vicarious anticipation, the thrills and the drama that comes from extreme sailing (or any other activity) that is right on the limit of what is humanly possible.

In the old days, media exposure used to be measured in ‘column inches of print’, today the metric is in the hit count to

SPECIAL REPORT In light of the dramatic incidents that have occurred in the Vendée Globe, David Henshall gives his straight talking perspective on the effectiveness, and future, of state-of-the-art foilers. the various websites, but they all tell the same message; our levels of engagement with the race rocket upwards during moments such as that recent dramatic rescue attempt.

Just as with the old days of F1 racing, no one actually watched just to see a smash, but when there had been one, somehow everybody seemed to have watched it.

The problem for the high-octane foiling superstars is, at the same time that the boats are going faster and for longer, the seas are becoming ever more dangerous.

to do) as some may be kept just afloat by their contents. Hitting a waterlogged container at the speeds that the foilers are now running at is akin to driving the boat straight onto the rocks, with the danger that the results could well be the same.

No one, least of all in the media, want to be negative about the stunning spectacle that the latest generation of boats can deliver to our content hungry customers, and foiling is just too fast and looks too much like fun to be ignored. Yet how we can make it safe for the sailors, successful

“For the boats competing in the Vendée Globe, going quickly is no longer enough, for to be in the race means going quickly, 24/7 for two to three months… non-stop.”

Spotting UFOs

Discarded fishing gear has always been a problem, for offshore racers and cruisers alike, as even if it does not jam up rudders and steering gear, no one wants to have to go ‘over the side’ when a thousand miles from shore in an attempt to cut the boat free! For the foilers, hitting anything, even old fishing nets, at 25 knots plus can quickly become a serious incident.

However, old fishing nets are a small issue when compared to the everincreasing dangers of UFOs – unseen floating objects - with lost shipping containers becoming a major risk factor.

In the same week of the Vendée Globe rescue, pictures emerged of a super-sized container ship that had been hit by a storm, which had resulted in the loss of dozens of containers overboard. Never mind that some of them were carrying hazardous cargoes, not all of the lost units will have sunk (as they are designed

for the sponsors and something that we will continue to watch in big numbers will remain an un-answered question, probably past 2024 and on to the next Vendée Globe after that!

Vendée Globe Who’s out of the race?

At the time of writing there are six retirements with 27 still racing. Is it a coincidence that all six who are out are foilers? They are: •Fabrice Amedeo NEWREST ART & FENÊTRES •Sam Davies INITIATIVES-COEUR •Sébastien Simon ARKEA PAPREC •Alex Thomson HUGO BOSS •Kevin Escoffier PRB •Nicolas Troussel CORUM L’EPARGNE All images: Andrew Wiseman

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BRITANNIA COLLECTION Belstaff is the official on-shore outfitting partner for the British challenger to the 36th America’s Cup Challenge, INEOS TEAM UK. Named after the team’s first race boat, the Britannia collection is trans-seasonal, stylish and easy to wear. The 23-piece capsule collection includes the Portsmouth Jacket in a military-inspired design in water repellent cotton nylon. The Windbreaker is a lightweight packable technical nylon jacket, designed to keep the weather at bay without weighing you down. A range of branded t-shirts and sweats add a casual element to the capsule, while accessories include caps and a merino wool scarf. Like the collection, all accessories take the official team colours. www.belstaff.co.uk

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From chargemetrix comes a boat monitoring device and platform.

The device allows simple plug and play battery, location, shore power, bilge and alarm monitoring. Importantly, the integrated SIM allows for connectivity anywhere and on any network. chargemetrix will ensure you are connected to your boat for £3.99 per month.

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B&G® has launched its premium multi-station black box marine radio system - the V100 VHF series, designed for larger boats with integrated systems. These systems are expandable and customisable to suit any boat and any on water communication need. With a hidden processor unit and wireless handset options with charging stations, the system provides a clean installation and offers users the freedom of a handheld VHF anywhere on board. The V100-B VHF model also features a Class-B AIS receiver and transmitter, allowing users to see and be seen by other vessels with AIS. B&G V100 Packaged System with Handset and Speaker: €899 B&G V100-B Packaged System with Handset, Speaker and GPS-500: €1,499 www.b&g.com

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Solent based dinghy sailor David Henshall is a well known writer and speaker on topics covering the rich heritage of all aspects of leisure boating.

Intelligent Beauty David Henshall considers the benefits of the ‘intelligent’ boat for today’s skippers.

Yachtsense™ is a digital control system affording complete command and control of a boat’s electrical systems

for new build premium boats, it has been the trend in the development of everything from VHF, GPS and on board radar that these advantageous technologies quickly start to cascade their way down to wider use in the mainstream of boats.

Just a decade ago, talk of a development such as this would have probably been dismissed as little more than a gimmick but now, as our boats become increasingly sophisticated, this looks set to be a path that boat management will be increasingly following.

Coming alongside

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ne of the ongoing themes across many of my diary pieces is that the relentless march of technology has been able to take out first the guess work, then the hard work, from the tricky business of knowing where you are when you are afloat.

It is easy to think of navigation as something that only really applies when out of sight of land, but actually it is the inverse that is true: the closer you are to the ‘hard bits’ the greater the need to know exactly where you are.

As we saw last month, the latest GPS ‘fixes’ can give us that information accurate to a matter of metres, removing any doubt as to where we are, but that same adoption of new technologies

is now offering the helm so much more in the way of control over the ‘management’ of his boat.

With the first generation of popular powerboats, as typified by the glorious Fairey Huntress and Huntsman lines, there would be a fuel gauge, rev counter and oil pressure. However, the boats of today include a wonderful array of instruments that can tell us so much more, from hydraulic pressures, generator outputs and turbo boost, with all of this being displayed in different formats that can end up being counterproductive for the user on the helm.

The old adage is that the best skippers ‘keep their heads up’, focusing on where they are going rather than what their boat is doing.

Making Yachtsense

Help, though, is now at hand, with some innovative new developments from marine electronics company Raymarine.

Their new YachtSense package has the ability to take a number of disparate feeds and display them on a single, easy-to-follow screen. Although initially targeted at the upper end of the market

However, why have one good idea when you can have two, and Raymarine are certainly ‘on a roll’ right now, as their other development could be a key factor in reducing a high stress moment for the boat helm, the dreaded ‘coming alongside’.

At the same time that leisure boat designers have been developing higher volume hulls, the pressures on space within the confines of a marina make berthing a tricky matter even in kindly conditions and even for the smaller boats.

As you go up the scale to the larger powerboats with flybridges or high-sided multihulls, the lack of visibility can make gauging the distance from the pontoon a problem: are you six feet – or six inches clear? Add in strong, gusty winds (worse if they are from an unhelpful direction) and then the swirling tides that are so often a part of our coastal waters and you have a situation that can easily result in a bump – hopefully only against the marine pontoon. The surprise is that there are not more instances of what the motor trade call ‘car parking rash’!

Even for the most careful (or skillful) helms who get their docking right ten times out of ten, there is still the problem of making the manoeuvre ‘stick’ by getting the lines on to the pontoon so that the boat is safely secure. The bigger

the boat, the more this becomes an issue, as by the time the helm has left the wheel and walked to the side of the boat, everything may have changed and not necessarily for the better.

This may not be an issue for a boat that is fully crewed, but for the short-handed helm, maybe with just a partner to assist, docking a confi ned In the end the nations of northernin Europe would space needs practice, some good luck come together to defeat the Barbary Pirate menace, with the conditions and, and when an Anglo-Dutch fleetquite shelledoften, Algiers external help. thousands of slaves would finally be released.

This scenario was made clear just the Image: Everett Collection/Shutterstock other day by a reader who mentioned that he wanted to upgrade his boat, but as his circumstances often forced him to go out alone he did not think he would be able to manage the coming alongside on his own.

Docksense assistance

This brings us to the second development from Raymarine, which will go under the name of DockSense.

In short, it can be best described as ‘parking assist – for boats’ as it has the ability to take control of engines and bow/stern thrusters to hold the boat in position.

A series of cameras strategically positioned around the boat feed into a control unit that will not only hold the boat but position it, allowing the helm/ crew time to make an orderly transition from being free moving to being warped up. Once DockSense is activated, it can even override a mistaken move on throttles or helm that would have resulted in a ‘hard docking’, thus removing another old sailorly saying of ‘changing the rudder at the right time prevents a change of the skipper at the wrong time’!

Boats have always been beautiful but now, with these latest developments, they have that added and highly desirable quality of intelligence. There will be those who look askance at these new capabilities, preferring to retain the old ‘sailor’s eye’ way of doing and there is nothing wrong in that view.

However, if the ‘intelligent’ boat allows boat owners to make more of their craft then YachtSense, DockSense and whatever will be coming next should be welcomed, as far from detracting from the pleasure of being afloat, when used correctly they could even enhance the experience.

“Boats have always been beautiful but now, with these latest developments, they have that added and highly desirable quality of intelligence.”

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MARCH

March’s winner was Michael Lomas who took this fantastic photo of the Needles in the mist.

APRIL

This photo was taken at Gunwharf Quays Marina where Mark Collins managed to capture the stunning sunset on a balmy mid-week evening as the sun dipped behind his Pilot Cutter yacht.

This photo sums up so much of what we love about sailing. Thanks to John Sproat for submitting this stunning picture, which was taken on the Clyde.

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THE BEST OF 2020!

This month we are asking you to vote for your favourite reader photo of 2020. Here are the best images featured over the past year.

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“A seagull following our yacht in Poole Bay.” Thanks to Carolyn Hallatt.

JUNE

This winning photograph from June of Warrior at rest was sent in by Dave Pearce.

JULY

We love the colours in this early morning shot in the Demi de Pas South of Jersey.

Sent in by Bob Goode.

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AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

Our September winner was Steve Viney, who sent in this beautiful photo of Newtown Creek, Isle Of Wight.

NOVEMBER

En-route to Weymouth from Gosport, here is a photo of Barry Sapwell wearing a Pudsey hat in support of Children in Need.

OCTOBER

This stunning Beaulieu sunset shot was taken by Daron Kennaway.

DECEMBER

October’s winning photo shows the boat lift in action at Hythe Marina Village. This photo was sent in by Timo Galeon.

HOW TO VOTE Send your vote for your favourite photo to editor@allatsea.co.uk or vote online at the All at Sea Facebook page: www.facebook.com/allatseanewspaper The winner will receive a YAM 200T inflatable worth £599.

To be in with a chance of winning Best Photo of 2021 send in your photos, with a caption, to editor@allatsea.co.uk.

Our final monthly winners of 2020 were Bekki and Gordon Olliver. This Persian Chincilla is chilling out on Bekki and Gordon’s Nautitech Open 40 Catamaran. She is actually one of five cats the couple take on board!

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CRUISING MATTERS The latest news and views from the Cruising Association.

The CA was founded in 1908 specifically to meet the needs of cruising sailors and provides services, information, help and advice to thousands of members worldwide. For more information visit www.theca.org.uk.

BREXIT – THE PERFECT STORM?

We are hearing from a variety of cruising yacht owners that they feel they are getting a raw deal as a result of Brexit-related decisions being made by the UK government.

Many have retired and since bought a boat and have been living aboard and sailing in EU and UK waters for a good part of their year. However, Brexit is producing some big challenges. For example: ● The Schengen 90-in-180 day tourist visa rule Many cruising sailors are going to be badly affected by the 90 day rule. It is particularly galling that the UK will grant EU citizens and many other nationalities tourist visas for 180 days in 360 to visit Britain. The UK government refuses to negotiate a reciprocal agreement with the EU - why? ● Withdrawal of European Health Insurance Card Travel insurance for a retired couple for a 90-day stay in Europe involving sailing is very difficult to find and extremely expensive with pre-existing medical conditions

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usually not covered. You could end up paying huge premiums and still having to find thousands of pounds in medical fees if struck down with a serious illness. Being under-insured is a frightening prospect and the huge recurring cost of inadequate insurance means many older people will give up cruising in Europe. ● The VAT situation Some boats have a value that can be of the same order of magnitude as their owner’s house. Many have been purchased new, abroad, with VAT paid at that EU country’s rate. HMRC has recently reinterpreted the law so that if these boats have not been located in the UK up to now they will lose their UK VAT-paid status on 31 December 2020. VAT will have to be paid again when the boats are brought into the UK. The cost of the UK VAT will make this impossible for many owners. So people will be stuck with keeping boats in the EU, where they can only use them for up to 90 days during the sailing season because of the 90/180 day rule.

Is the party over for retired UK yacht owners in the EU? Here is Isa Lei anchored in Carla Benarris, Ibiza. Image: David Whitehead

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CA SECTION NEWS

The CA’s Suffolk Section, run by Simon and Georgette Harrison as Joint Section Secretaries, has remained very active throughout lockdown.

They have adapted their winter talks lineup from presenting to a room-full followed by a lively dinner at the Royal Harwich YC to

embracing Zoom, adding in some socialising using breakout rooms.

There are two interesting talks in the schedule this month. Access to these talks is free and available for CA Members, Crewing Service Members and RHYC Members. Taking place on 9 and 21 January the talks are:

9 January at 19:30: Unmanned Vessels, MASS, and the IMO by Andrew Higgs: An autonomous sailing vessel has already circumnavigated Antarctica, finding its own way back to New Zealand. Andrew Higgs, one of the Younger Brethren of Trinity House and a marine lawyer, will explain how the world of shipping is changing with increasing automation and the

introduction of Marine Autonomous Surface Ships.

21 January at 13:30: Surveying Harwich Harbour

by Meredith Scanlon: Meredith, the surveyor for Harwich Harbour Authority, will explain how they have surveyed the sea floor beneath our familiar sailing waters and how the survey methods have changed in our lifetime.

Will this become a rarer sight on our horizons? Image: Simon Harrison

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CLUBS LOOK TO THE FUTURE A different world with new opportunities.

Hopefully 2021 will see the return of scenes like this one at Earlswood Lakes Sailing Club

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ailing clubs are looking to the future with a renewed sense of resilience and enthusiasm after demonstrating an impressive ability to adapt and innovate during the Coronavirus pandemic.

At a packed RYA Dinghy Show at the start of the year, 8,000 sailing enthusiasts flocked to Alexandra Palace in London to get their season started, checking out clubs and classes and the latest kit, full of expectation for the year ahead.

Just two weeks later Britain went into its first ever national lockdown.

Clubs had been looking forward to a full programme of open days, training courses, racing and socials. Instead, they were forced to find new ways to engage their members.

Supported by the RYA through everchanging Covid-19 rules, clubs and their members embraced #SailFromHome online activities, then #ReturnToBoating when watersports were allowed to resume, with new risk assessments and socially distanced formats.

Following the latest post-lockdown green light for grassroots sports, clubs are now determined to keep inspiring their members over winter and, equipped with fresh ideas from tackling the challenging months of 2020, are looking to the future with creativity and confidence.

Community spirit

Like many clubs, Stokes Bay SC on the Solent is using new ways of communicating with its members, after introducing eSailing and an extensive online programme during the first lockdown, when members seized the opportunity to keep the community spirit of the club alive.

Club secretary Karen Falcon explains: “As soon as we went into lockdown, we worked hard to recreate the boat park banter of our sailing club and provide different engagement opportunities for members. Each week we ran a photo competition and virtual racing as well as hosting a quiz and sharing interviews.”

The club was then among the first to see its members back on the water in summer when restrictions eased, with informal sailing the first to return and members also enjoying kayaking, paddleboarding and windsurfing in a family-friendly, albeit socially distanced, atmosphere.

Club members and their not-in-school children had the time to rediscover the fun of simply being on the water, and Karen says when club racing was able to resume, that too was busy: “We had lots of members sailing every day when lockdown ended, and during those lovely summer days we had record turnouts.

Club racing was very popular and we found that people stayed around for the day rather than rushing off to something else... because there was little to rush off to!”

The club’s virtual programme has provided a resource for the future and its online quizzes and interviews, although now less frequent, continue to engage members alongside the sailing.

Club racing is scheduled for every Sunday over the winter, Covid permitting, and there are discussions taking place as to how the sailing programme should be planned to maintain the high number of boats on the water.

“We have been lucky to maintain a relatively equal membership to previous years,” says Karen. “We lost six weeks of club activity and then got the club open

“Covid has accelerated club development and we learnt a lot in 2020 that we can take into 2021.” and running - duties, racing, galley, bar, small open meetings and a scaled back junior programme, minus the changing rooms - so we were able to resume an almost normal service within the Covid guidelines. We are grateful that so many members were able to make the most of their membership this year and spend a lot of time on the water with their family and friends.”

Winning over winter

Although the end of the second lockdown in England and circuit breakers elsewhere have coincided with clubs having to restart activities again while heading towards the depths of winter, there remains an eagerness to make the most of whatever time on the water is possible, alongside the added bonus of many clubs continuing their online activities for members.

Many are planning online talks, including a look at the new Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-24, while others are looking to compete in the RYA eSailing Winter Club Championship.

Susie Moore, RYA South regional development officer, says a key focus for clubs will be to continue engaging members over the colder months, whether they are stuck at home or sailing, or taking a break until spring: “Members have gone through a long period where they have been unable to engage with their club how they would normally, so we need to work harder to keep them.

“It is about encouraging a blend of what we did over lockdown with the

physical element of the sport as well. Not everybody wants to be on the water at this time of year, but there may also be more people who want to sail through winter because they have not been able to get out over summer as much as they would have liked. We are encouraging clubs to talk to their members to find out who wants to get on the water and what for, whether that is club racing or to continue informal sailing, so they can enable that to happen.

“There are a lot of lessons from lockdown and the pandemic that can be applied over winter, such as the benefits of remote online access and having a diversity of activities. Covid has accelerated club development and we learnt a lot in 2020 that we can take into 2021.

“When we came out of lockdown the first time there was a massive enthusiasm for boating and that is still there and will happen again next year, while over winter it will be busier than it has ever been. People see the value in what they have got now and so when the opportunity arises, people are wanting to go for it.”

New opportunities

With the theme of ‘a different world with new opportunities’, the online RYA Affiliated Clubs Conference in November saw more than 1,000 dedicated committee members and volunteers from 400 clubs logging on to share ideas and gain insights for the coming year.

Highlights included looking at the positives to have emerged from the

pandemic, which clubs can now take forward for the future. New ways of communicating, for example, not only engaged members at home but had benefits for the day-to-day practicalities of running clubs, including efficient online race briefings for regattas and super-accessible virtual AGMs achieving record levels of participation, giving clubs a great mandate for any decisions made.

On the water, there was a renewed appreciation of the wellbeing provided by watersports, with a resurgence of casual sailing and windsurfing. Clubs experimented with new and successful racing formats. Paddleboarding and open water swimming meanwhile proved complementary to the sport and clubs providing a variety of activities fared best during the pandemic.

Following a year when a lack of open days and the reduced availability of RYA training courses made it difficult to encourage new people into the sport with some venues more restricted than others - clubs will be encouraged to keep developing what they offer while at the same time reaching out to new audiences to strengthen and diversify their membership.

Gareth Brookes, RYA regional development officer manager, believes that with high profile events like the America’s Cup and the Olympics shining a spotlight on sailing in 2021, it will be a great year for getting even more people on the water: “We have still got this uncertainly and inconsistency across the UK and it is far from an easy time. However, we have got an awful lot to look forward to and plan for in 2021 and beyond. There is going to be a real appetite for family friendly outdoor local activities and there is an opportunity for clubs to be right at the heart of that and at the heart of their local communities.”

The RYA will be working hard to continue providing support via its network of regional development officers, as clubs continue their individual journeys through winter and into the year ahead.

You can look out for the RYA’s #KeepOnBoating campaign on social media and keep up-to-date with all the latest guidance on the RYA Return to Boating hub.

The RYA covers all forms of boating, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, windsurfing, inland cruising and narrowboats and personal watercraft.

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The Prada Cup This month sees the America’s Cup challengers do battle to win the chance to take on the Defender, Emirates Team New Zealand, in the 36th America’s Cup Match.

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ecember saw the America’s Cup teams face each other on the water for the first time in the World Series event in Auckland, New Zealand.

The results of the regatta determined the pairings for this month’s PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series.

However, it is back to the drawing board for the British team, INEOS TEAM UK, after the World Series. Following a number of technical issues and penalties they failed to perform and finished the six race series with no wins and therefore no points.

Topping the leaderboard were the Defenders, Emirates Team New Zealand on four points, closely followed by American Magic on four and Luna Rossa on three.

The Prada Christmas Race, which followed the World Series, was called off due to light winds.

With the World Series event behind them, the teams will now focus on the PRADA Cup. Organised by the Challenger

of Record, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team, the PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series will be held in January and February in Auckland to determine which of the three Challenger teams will take on the Defender ETNZ in the 36th America’s Cup Match. So, to win the America’s Cup you first have to win the PRADA Cup. In the Cup, there will be four Round Robins of three races each, a seven race Semi-Final and, finally, a 13 race Final between the top two teams. Each win gets the team one point.

The highest ranked Challenger at the end of the Round Robins automatically qualifies for the PRADA Cup Final. The other two teams will have to compete in a seven race Semi-Final with the first team to achieve four points qualifying for the Final.

As well as winning the chance to race against ETNZ, the winner of the Final, the first team to get seven points, will receive the PRADA Cup. www.americascup.com/en/prada-cup

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THE VENUE

RACING SCHEDULE

There is a choice of five race courses offering a range of options to cater to different wind directions and conditions. The actual course the teams will sail will be decided each racing day by the Race Management. ● The racing schedule for the PRADA Cup has two races per day with a tentative race time window estimated between 1600 - 1800. ● Over set days between 15 - 24 January the Round Robins will take place, to be followed by the Semi-Finals from 29 January - 2 February. ● The Prada Cup Final, to ultimately determine the Challenger to face ETNZ, will be raced from 13 - 22 February. ● The 36th America’s Cup Match, between ETNZ and the winner of the Prada Cup Final, is scheduled for 6 – 15 March.

THE TEAMS

Auckland is one of only a handful of global locations that have hosted an America’s Cup Match in the past 30 years, having been the host city to the 2000 and 2003 America’s Cup. Since the victory of ETNZ in 2017 the team, the government and Auckland Council have been working to transform the city’s waterfront, to become the hub of America’s Cup action for the event in 2021, with the plan to leave a long-term legacy for Aucklanders and visitors including creating new open spaces overlooking the harbour.

The shared vision is for the 36th America’s Cup to be an inclusive event, with a waterfront that will allow an experience accessible for everyone, connecting people to boats, bases and events, in a village spread across the waterfront from the Eastern Viaduct to North Wharf and Wynyard Point (within Covid restrictions).

WATCH IT ALL

Whilst newspapers were in print when the first America’s Cup was won, that first race took place 69 years before the invention of broadcast radio, 74 years before broadcast TV was demonstrated and 154 years before YouTube.

However, thanks to today’s technology, fans around the world will be able to watch via all forms of media.

Grant Dalton, CEO of ETNZ, explained: “Our objective was to make this America’s Cup the most inclusive and accessible in its 170 year history. A big part of this is making the broadcast as widely available as possible via national free-to-air networks, supplemented by major pay channels and on our website and digital platforms.”

In the UK the America’s Cup has partnered with BBC and Sky UK & Ireland.

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Image: Emirates Team New Zealand

Image: Luna Rossa

Emirates Team New Zealand (Defenders) Winners: 1995 – 2000 - 2017 Race Boat: Te Rehutai Skipper: Glenn Ashby

Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team (Challenger of Record) Winners: N/A Race Boat: Luna Rossa Skipper: Max Sirena

Image: Will Ricketson

New York Yacht Club American Magic Winners: 25 times!

Race Boat: Patriot Skipper: Terry Hutchinson

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INEOS TEAM UK Winners: N/A Race Boat: Britannia II Skipper: Sir Ben Ainslie

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STAYCATION!

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Chris Warwick, Principal at Universal Yachting on the River Hamble, considers the continuing popularity of staycations in the UK in 2021, and has advice for chartering a yacht.

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ast summer we witnessed huge interest in getting on the water to explore the UK’s coast. As we head into 2021, it is a good time to contemplate and plan how to spend our holidays and leisure time.

We have every reason to be optimistic, too, despite the pandemic. People are looking for alternative things to do and there are plenty of opportunities to get out and enjoy your leisure time safely.

Whilst, inevitably, the effects of Covid-19 will remain with us for some time, the experiences of 2020 mean the industry is far better prepared for this year.

Businesses have learnt how to operate within the guidelines and as the situation changes we know how to react and adapt.

If your ambition is a holiday on the water, here is how our experiences of 2020 can help you make the most of your 2021.

Chartering a yacht

Bare boat chartering is quite simply a term for boat hire, not dissimilar to hiring a car, and a ‘bare boat’ simply means you are in charge. Most organisations will ask you to show evidence of your sailing experience and any sailing qualifications you may hold.

If the idea of a holiday afloat appeals, yet you are new to chartering or do not have much sailing experience, there are two ways to get started.

Take a skippered charter for a couple of days: this involves hiring a yacht with a qualified skipper to experience what is involved and get the feel for whether sailing will suit you and your family.

Learn as a family: under the current regulations (and when not in lockdown), as a family you can start sailing with a qualified instructor on board and work through the RYA competent crew and day skipper courses. Learning as a family builds everyone’s confidence and with some practice and a good sea school, you

will be able to progress to taking a boat out without the instructor.

ready for every eventuality and have a fantastic time.

Get ahead of the demand

Solent staycation

When restrictions were lifted last summer everyone rushed to book their UK staycation, and many companies experienced a huge increase in demand for their boats. As this left some disappointed, our advice is to book up early rather than waiting until the last minute.

With the on-going pandemic effects, we expect to see more people continuing to holiday in the UK, so 2021 looks set to be even busier than 2020.

Always check the booking policy of the charter company.

Most will offer flexible terms and, in the event of any Covid related issues, just confirm you will be able to move your booking to another date, if necessary.

It was interesting hearing how many people felt they had re-discovered the Solent and were reminded how much it has to offer.

There is plenty of fun to be had sailing around the Solent, whether visiting historic attractions, exploring the natural harbours or just taking in the views.

For an extended adventure, head down to the Jurassic coast and the West Country, nip across to France or explore the Channel Islands (regulations permitting!).

Remember not to put yourself under too much time pressure. Not everyone may want to be sailing daily, and avoid over stretching yourself and then pushing hard to return to the charter base on time.

“Plan ahead and do not leave booking marinas until the last minute, as it will get busy, especially in the summer.”

Size of yacht

Work out with your charter company which is the most suitable yacht for your sailing plans. UK chartering is different from locations like the Mediterranean, where typically people try and hire the biggest yacht they can afford. However, manoeuvring a large yacht in a tightly packed marina with a strong current is somewhat different, so consider what you feel most comfortable with.

Your itinerary

Of course, the UK cannot offer the same sunny weather guarantees as the Mediterranean, although it generally has far better sailing winds and, recently, fine spring weather too. With a little planning and imagination you can be

Take advice

If you are unfamiliar with the area, ask the charter company to share their local knowledge and guide you through what is realistic, the best spots to visit and options you may not have considered.

The more advice you can get during your preparations will undoubtedly result in everyone having a better time.

Book your berths

One of the key learnings from this pandemic year is that many Solent marinas may have visitor berth limits. Plan ahead and do not leave booking marinas until the last minute, as it will get busy, especially in the summer.

How prepared are you?

In 2020 we booked charters with many people who ordinarily sail in the Med, whether on flotilla or bareboat. Whilst no one had any significant difficulties, for some, sailing in UK waters certainly came as a surprise. If tidal sailing is unfamiliar to you, or you want to refresh some skills,

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it is worth considering some form of course before your main holiday. Whether it is an RYA course or bespoke coaching, with your family or on your own, if you want to get the most out of your main summer holiday then a few days training in advance is a great start. www.universalyachting.com

UK Charter Tips

1. Assess your crew’s capabilities and confidence as well as your own 2. How many hours sailing a day do you / your crew want to do?

3. Understand your crew’s holiday ambitions and be prepared to compromise 4. Avoid pushing yourselves too far; this is a holiday and you all want to relax and have fun 5. Be flexible and plan for the weather – take games, books, podcasts and films for down time

6. Enjoy some quiet moments - there are some delightful anchorages 7. For a different experience and an adventure take a few nights at anchor away from the familiar marinas 8. Mix things up for the family and have some shore-based days – walk, hire bikes or simply swim and have a beach day 9. Bring a paddleboard with you or hire one from your charter company 10. Spend time exploring each destination and visit some of the local sites All images: Andrew Wiseman

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SAIL AWAY

on your dream holiday this year with the latest news and offers

BVI Opens for Travellers

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Set Sail in Scotland

Who needs to head to Europe when we have great cruising grounds right here. Scotland, for example, has so much to offer the visiting sailor with varied seascapes, islands, lochs, wildlife, shoreside castles and much more.

These, together with a growing number of local facilities and businesses looking to welcome you, make sailing in Scotland even more enjoyable and memorable.

Sail Scotland’s Official Guide will introduce you to the country’s world-class sailing waters with sailing holiday companies, charters and sailing schools, marinas, harbours and more. There are also lots of ideas to help you get the best possible experience in Scotland – both on and off the water. The brochure can be downloaded at www.sailscotland.co.uk

The British Virgin Islands reopened for tourism in December, and The Moorings is welcoming guests back for charters departing from its base in Tortola.

These idyllic islands are perfect for those seeking deserted white sandy beaches and turquoise waters, teeming with tropical wildlife and fascinating sea creatures.

Whether it is an all-inclusive luxury crewed charter, skippered or bareboat sailing yacht charter or a stylish powerboat charter, The Moorings’ holiday planners can help customers find their perfect 5-star BVI holiday experience.

Prices for a one-week sailing holiday departing from Tortola in February start from £3,755 for a Moorings 38.1, two-cabin monohull. The Moorings’ holiday planners can arrange flights and transfers and guests can rest assured as all flight-inclusive holiday packages are financially protected by ATOL.

In addition, to give travellers peace of mind, The Moorings has updated its booking terms and conditions to offer flexible rebooking terms.

The charter company also has a comprehensive set of health and safety measures and protocols.

Kate Staniforth, UK senior marketing manager for The Moorings, said: “We hope by adapting our business to offer flexible booking options, our guests will feel comfortable and confident in travelling with us. Whether it is a luxurious crewed yacht charter or a bareboat adventure, we are excited to welcome our clients back to the BVIs, and we hope they will enjoy chartering our award-winning fleet of spacious catamarans and classic monohulls, with experiences that are fun, exciting and safe.”

At the time of writing, travellers wishing to travel to the British Virgin Islands are required to apply through the government’s online portal, BVI Gateway, to gain authorisation.

0330 332 1524 / www.moorings.co.uk

Sailors Back in the BVI Sunsail is welcoming sailors back for charters around the British Virgin Islands.

Whether it is a bareboat or skippered charter, Sunsail’s team of holiday planners are happy to help customers find their perfect BVI sailing holiday. With steady trade winds, calm waters and more than 60 uncrowded, uncommercialised and unspoilt islands to discover, it is easy to see why the BVI is known as one of the best sailing destinations in the world.

A one-week bareboat charter, for example, in February on board a two-cabin Sunsail 38 based on two passengers costs from £3,343.

To give travellers peace of mind in uncertain times, Sunsail has updated its booking terms and conditions to offer flexible rebooking terms. The company has also introduced health and safety measures and protocols, which endeavour to give guests peace of mind so they can travel with confidence and make the most of their time on the water.

Check out Sunsail’s 2021 digital brochure featuring 20 destinations and a fleet of more than 500 yachts. The brochure includes interactive features, 360 degree yacht tours and expandable deck plans.

0330 332 1182 / www.sunsail.co.uk

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Stunning Islands Your Travel Buddies Turkey is a unique destination that welcomed about 40 million tourists in 2019. The country inspires visitors with its history, nature and gastronomy that reflect the diversity of civilizations for centuries. Located at the crossroads of cultures, Turkey has a distinctive understanding of art and fashion, while its dynamic shopping and entertainment life also attract visitors from all over the world.

With a choice of stunning islands to visit, here are just a couple to consider for your 2021 Turkish travels.

Kalem Island: One of the most beautiful locations, Kalem Island is an ideal destination for a summer holiday. With its clear,

shallow and pristine waters, the island is a popular spot among holidaymakers with a nearly 40km long beach and deep blue sea.

Orak Island: Bodrum is one of the first places to come to mind when thinking of the best holiday destinations in Turkey. One of the biggest islands on Gökova, Orak Island (pictured) is situated immediately across the Kargacık Bay, which is 16km away from Bodrum city center.

This magnificent island is also frequented by a host of sea creatures particularly by the caretta carettas (loggerhead sea turtles), which makes it a perfect choice for diving and snorkeling enthusiasts. www.goturkey.com

The British love to take off on adventures with buddies, share accommodation and explore together. In fact, UK tour operators turn over around £11 billion a year in group travel. In comparison, in the USA it is only £5.5 billion, which is low considering its far higher population.

However, a trend is clearly emerging: more and more people are searching for individual travel fun in smaller groups of three to five people. Before the pandemic the number of fellow UK travellers was usually eight to nine.

Coronavirus has reinforced the downward trend and is a catalyst for platforms offering user-generated trips, such as JoinMyTrip where you can choose your dream trip from destinations around the globe.

JoinMyTrip founder Niels Mueller-Wickop said: “Our portal can map the wishes and interests of the users one to one. Every pot finds its lid, and if not, I can only encourage people to take the initiative themselves and get involved and create a trip of their own. www.joinmytrip.com

FURTHER INFORMATION

Sailing into 2021

Sailing Holidays has been in touch to let us know that a full sailing programme is planned for 2021 to their normal destinations, and some early summer dates are already busy due to deferred 2020 holidays.

They are recycling their 2020 brochure so, if you have one, the programme will be the same or similar, or you can request a brochure at the Sailing Holidays website. www.sailingholidays.com

IMPORTANT The outbreak of COVID-19 continues to evolve. Please check FCO travel advice pages for the latest travel information: www. gov.uk/foreigntravel-advice.

n Nautilus Yachting: www.nautilusyachting.com n Nisos Yacht Charter: www.nisosyachtcharter.com n Seafarer: www.seafarersailing.co.uk n BVI Charters: www.bviyachtcharters.com n Ocean Elements: www.ocean-elements.co.uk n The Moorings: www.moorings.co.uk n Mauri Pro: www.mauripro.com n Dream Yacht Charter: www.dreamyachtcharter.co.uk n Sunsail: www.sunsail.co.uk n Mallorca Yacht Charter: www.mallorcayachtcharter.eu n Tall Ships Adventures: tallships.org n Naleia Yachting: www.naleiayachting.com

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GREEN ESCAPE ALL AT SEA JANUARY 2021

Custom superyacht builder, Feadship is creating the next generation of eco-conscious superyacht after unveiling designs for its latest project, Escape.

There is a private submarine and myCopter – a personal drone helicopter – for passengers to discretely explore their surroundings by sea and sky

There is even a garden on board to help promote a healthy ambience

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The atrium will be a communal space for family and friends to gather around the moon pool. All Images: Feadship

nce built, Escape will offer the next level of luxury through a variety of unique and cutting edge features designed to fully embrace the notion of freedom, whilst creating a greener footprint. Not just a concept, but a project ready to be built, Escape hopes to lead the way in showcasing what is possible in superyacht design.

The stylish and sleek exterior will introduce passengers to a world of surprises once on board, from a moon pool giving a 360 degree view of the underwater world, to a greenhouse where owners can grow their own herbs and vegetables. Meanwhile, a private submarine and myCopter - a personal drone helicopter - will enable passengers to ‘secretly’ escape and explore their surroundings by sea and sky.

At the epicentre, the atrium will be a communal space for family and friends to gather around the moon pool. Filled with sea water, the moon pool doubles as a secret submarine landing zone, as well as a swimming pool where passengers can enjoy inter-deck splashes via the giant slide, or take the panoramic glass elevator into the sea to marvel at the surrounding ocean fish tank.

Green innovations

The garden and greenhouse will create a healthy on board ambience and space to fully switch off, complemented by a state-of-the-art wellness area featuring a spa, sauna and massage room.

With a number of green innovations, a stand out feature will be the 700 square metres of solar panelling, which will be a first for a yacht of this size. Plus, a number of other technologies have been designed to enable fuel consumption savings of up to an impressive 35 per cent, whilst providing excellent manoeuvrability at full speed and silent electric cruising.

Sustainable technologies will also include hybrid propulsion, plus an enthalpy wheel to pre-cool the AC intake with exhaust air, as well as reheat AC air with waste heat from the generators.

Achievable concept

Commenting on the new concept, Feadship’s marketing and brand director, Farouk Nefzi said: “Working with world class designers on this project we have created new, sustainable technology which we hope can be shared across the industry as we continue to build a greener footprint.

“Whilst there are many remarkable yacht concepts, very few are realistically achievable. We are therefore extremely proud to say that the designs for Escape are actually possible to create, and ready to be built today, offering a first-of-itskind experience.”

Watch a video about the Feadship Escape Project at the All at Sea Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ allatseanewspaper www.feadship.nl/designs/escape Based in the Netherlands, Feadship is renowned for its pioneering and world leading designs, breaking the boundaries across technological advancement, architectural craftsmanship, engineering and one-of-a-kind achievements.

“We have created new, sustainable technology which we hope can be shared across the industry as we continue to build a greener footprint.”

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Shootin’ the Breeze We catch up with Celia Edgington, RYA Shows and Promotions Manager.

What do you like best about your role?

I am lucky to be able to meet so many different people who enjoy all types of boating. It is a privilege to build relationships and work with others who also share a love and passion for being on the water.

It must be a busy time with the RYA Dinghy Show coming up in February.

Why was the decision made in September to make it a virtual show, five months before the event?

Yes, it is all hands-on deck to create the virtual Dinghy Show from planning an exciting speaker line-up and inviting the exhibitors to book their virtual booths.

We took the decision to go virtual in September due to the uncertainty around the restrictions imposed on large scale events at the time.

There is still no set date for indoor events to reopen, so we are pleased we made the decision when we did. We had more than 100 exhibitors who had registered their interest in the 2021 show, so we held a webinar consulting them, which helped us make the decision.

What can people expect from the virtual show and how will it work?

Thanks for taking the time to chat to us. Have you always been interested in boating?

Yes, I have sailed from the age of 11, starting in a Mirror dinghy and then various other dinghies including a Topper, Fireball, Buzz and RS800. I have spent more time recently windsurfing and cruising around Chichester Harbour with friends and family in my Topper Cruz.

How long have you worked at the RYA, and were you already in the industry?

I have worked on various projects with the RYA for the last 17 years and took on my current role as RYA Shows and Promotional Manager in 2017, which includes managing the RYA Dinghy Show. I have worked for Tacktick (wireless instruments) in the past and previously my background was relocating businesses in London.

Of course nothing will replace the unique buzz of the physical show, but the virtual Dinghy Show promises a packed schedule of live talks and coaching sessions for dinghy racers and cruisers. There will also be the chance to visit the exhibitors and make the most of those exclusive show offers and competitions.

We are really excited to be able to offer a Dinghy Show that is free of charge to visitors and more accessible than ever to people around the world.

Registration is open, and all you have to do is join us over the weekend of 27 - 28 February from any device, from wherever you are.

The RYA Dinghy Show was supposed to be at a new venue - Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. Why was the decision made to move away from Alexandra Palace? Will it be at Farnborough in 2022?

Yes, we will be holding a show at Farnborough in 2022, and we are really excited about the new opportunities that this will bring. We loved Ally Pally but we had to listen to our exhibitors and visitors and, after 25 years at the venue, it was time for a change. This was due to a mixture of reasons, but specifically the infrastructure and facilities at Alexandra Palace started to impact the nature of the event and the accessibility by all visitors.

What other RYA events are you involved in? How have they been impacted by the pandemic?

Over the last two years, we have been developing our eSailing programme working with World Sailing and Virtual Regatta. We have put on events for affiliated clubs, classes and individuals that have proved to be incredibly popular, and especially during times we have been kept off the water. We have also launched the RYA eSailing Winter Club Championship for clubs to run over the winter months.

The RYA have a presence at regional and national boat shows and events that could not take place last year. With the news of the vaccine, we hope shows and events can get back on track at some stage this year. We are hoping to attend some of the regional shows and, of course, the Southampton International Boat Show in September.

The events industry has been hit hard

by Covid-19. Do you think enough has been done to support this sector?

We know it has been very tough. Feedback from the event companies we work with has been that whilst the furlough scheme has helped many of them, the lack of targeted financial support and the uncertainty of a ‘Go Date’ has seriously impacted the sector. Hopefully, we are looking towards a mor positive 2021.

Register for your free ticket to the virtual RYA Dinghy Show, 27 – 28 February (www.rya.org.uk/dinghy-show) and follow all the latest news on social media. It will be a fantastic time to prepare for the season ahead. Also, remember to support our Team GB sailors out in Tokyo at the Olympic Games in the summer!

This year’s dinghy show is going virtual, and it is free!

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HOT TOPIC

We discuss important topics with marine industry experts who share their opinions and top tips to help you get the most from your boating.

Cunningham on

AN UNDERUSED TOOL FOR CHANGING SAIL SHAPE

Owain Peters has been competitively sailing his whole life, and working with Kemp Sails for more than 15 years.

Setting up At the start of the day halyard tension is set by hoisting with a slack mainsheet, kicker and outhaul until the horizontal crow’s feet just disappear at the slides. Development of a vertical crease parallel to the luff indicates too much tension.

As the apparent wind increases, the draft of the mainsail gets dragged aft and this reduces aerodynamic effectiveness.

Increasing luff tension for stronger winds maintains the proper draft position by pulling this forwards again, and if the mast is capable of bending on demand, more tension is required as backstay is applied too.

While sailing, side loads generated on sail slides in the mast slot, the weight of the sail and the wind in it, plus any turns in the halyard all add significant friction; even if adjusting the halyard is possible it inevitably applies more tension to the upper part of the sail.

Though little recognised these days, Briggs Swift Cunningham II’s schooner, Brilliant, was the first vessel to receive his improved downhaul system in the early 1950s. Perhaps this innovation went some way to helping him when he skippered Columbia in 1958 in the first post-war America’s Cup against the UK’s Sceptre – he won every race…

The Cunningham – and as sailors love an in-joke, this is the ‘Crafty Pig’ – offers a powerful tool for fine tuning luff tension, usually on the mainsail but amongst some racing classes and locales it is seen on headsails too. Most modern mainsails come with a reinforced cringle already fitted on the luff just above the tack; if not it is a relatively simple job for your sailmaker to add one. A line reeved through fixed at one end (near the gooseneck or mast base) with a tackle on the other provides purchase at an immediate 2:1 advantage.

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Mastering the swine Moving control to the Cunningham offers significant benefits: the direction of pull means the weight of the sail is not being fought and so friction on the slides is minimised, plus the effect tends to tighten the lower luff - just where the bulk of the shape tends to change first.

Unless you have radial or ‘load path’ sails where this is less of an issue, with a powerful purchase it is easy to overdo it and stress woven fabric across the bias (diagonally across the weave), which can permanently alter the sail shape: a little caution pays dividends here.

It is also easy to forget that you have pulled the luff on: since wind velocity is apparent, it will need easing as the boat bears away as well as if the wind drops generally: I have also seen at least one catastrophic tear across a luff due to a backstay getting eased too quickly!

All in all, though, it is a great tool for optimising your sail shape, and well worth becoming familiar with. www.kempsails.com

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COLD SHOCK AND HYPOTHERMIA The HELP position, as illustrated in the RYA Sea Survival Handbook

With water temperatures continuing to fall, Craig Burton, RYA training resource manager, takes a closer look at cold water immersion, what to expect and what you can do to increase your chance of survival should you find yourself in the water…

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British Government report, published in 1977, identified that 55 per cent of open water deaths occurred within 3m of safety, and 47 per cent within just 2m of safety. It was clear something much quicker than hypothermia was incapacitating these casualties, and the various stages of the body’s reaction to cold water immersion were identified.

We have known about these stages for some time, but it is no less dangerous. There are, however, a few simple things you can do to prepare yourself should the worst happen. Here, we revisit the basics.

Cold shock

Cold shock, or cold water shock, is • Breathing becomes quicker – the physiological reaction when a hyperventilation. person enters cold water. The sudden • This over-breathing can cause lowering of skin temperature produces dizziness and confusion in the first involuntary responses which take effect few minutes. almost immediately, reach their peak in • In water below 15°C an initial the first 30 seconds and last for two to involuntary gasp of air can result in three minutes: inhalation of water.

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• The ability to hold breath is greatly reduced to less than 10 seconds.

• In choppy water where waves wash over the face frequently, this rapid breathing and reduced ability to hold your breath greatly increases the risk of water inhalation and drowning.

• The blood vessels near the surface of the skin constrict to reduce flow and prevent heat loss, leading to increased blood pressure as the heart pumps against the constrictions. Any exertion at this point can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke.

It is easy to see how these responses could cause panic. Remember, the rapid breathing will settle down in a minute or two. It is best to focus on protecting your airway and NOT undertaking the swim to perceived safety until your heart rate and breathing settles.

An appropriate personal floatation device for the activity (lifejacket or buoyancy aid) will assist in keeping you afloat and able to protect your airway in the first few minutes.

The RYA website has detailed advice about choosing an appropriate PFD, but in general terms a buoyancy aid should be worn in activities where it is expected that you will enter the water as a typical part of the activity. For example, dinghy sailing.

Loss of co-ordination and dexterity

As the cold water begins to cool your muscles, dexterity is reduced. This takes place between three and 30 minutes.

In this time, you may lose your ability to operate a distress beacon, such as a MOB alert.

Your ability to swim will also gradually become more impaired.

Deploying or activating equipment should be done as soon as possible, particularly if in open water.

If you have an MOB beacon or strobe light, activate it now. Do not wait until your hands are too cold.

If you have a lifejacket with a spray hood, deploy it now to protect your airways.

Hypothermia leading to unconsciousness

From 30 minutes onwards genuine hypothermia becomes a reality.

Uncontrollable shivering will stop as the body continues to cool. Without rescue this may ultimately lead to unconsciousness and loss of life.

Having appropriate clothing will help, and you should also minimise your surface area by adopting the HELP position (Heat Escape Lessening Posture). This will reduce loss of body heat. Avoid excess activity, such as swimming, as it will increase your rate of cooling.

Be prepared

The RYA Sea Survival Handbook is the official supporting text for the RYA Sea Survival course. It covers everything from understanding weather to calling for help, as well as the importance of the correct safety equipment and how and when to use it. Visit the RYA website for more information about the book and the course. www.rya.org.uk

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SOUTH WEST

PREMIER MARINAS FALMOUTH North Parade, Falmouth, Cornwall. TR11 2TD T: 01326 316620 E: falmouth@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

PORT PENDENNIS MARINA Manager: Mark Webster Challenger Quay, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3YL T: 01326 211211 E: marina@portpendennis.com W: www.portpendennis.com MYLOR YACHT HARBOUR Manager/contact: Culum Matheson Mylor Yacht Harbour, Mylor Churchtown, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 5UF T: 01326 372 121 E: marina@mylor.com W: www.mylor.com FALMOUTH HAVEN Contact: Barry Buist 44 Arwenack Street, Falmouth TR11 3JQ T: 01326 310990 E: welcome@falmouthhaven.co.uk W: www.falmouthhaven.co.uk MAYFLOWER MARINA Manager: Charles Bush Mayflower Marina, Richmond Walk, Plymouth, Devon PL1 4LS. T: 01752 556633 E: info@mayflowermarina.co.uk W: www.mayflowermarina.co.uk PLYMOUTH YACHT HAVEN Manager: Steve Kitchen Shaw Way, Mount Batten, Devon, PL9 9XH T: 01752 404231 E: plymouth@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com YACHT HAVEN QUAY, PLYMOUTH Manager: Will Rahder Breakwater Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7FE T: 01752 481190 E: boatyard@yachthavenquay.com W: www.yachthavens.com MDL QUEEN ANNE’S BATTERY Manager: Chris Price Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth Devon. PL4 0LP T: 01752 671142 E: qab@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.queenannesbattery.co.uk SUTTON HARBOUR MARINA Marina Manager: Mark Brimacombe The Jetty, Sutton Harbour, Plymouth PL4 0DW T: 01752 204702 E: marina@sutton-harbour.co.uk W: www.suttonharbourmarina.com KING POINT MARINA Marina Manager: Mark Brimacombe Brunel Way, Milbay, Plymouth PL1 3EF T: 01752 424297 E: marina@kingpointmarina.co.uk W: www.kingpointmarina.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS NOSS ON DART Manager: Andy Osman Bridge Road, Kingswear, Dartmouth Devon , TQ6 0EA T: 01803 839087 E: noss@premiermarinas.com MDL DARTSIDE QUAY Manager: Alex Warner Galmpton Creek, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. TQ5 0EH T: 01803 845445 W: www.dartsidequay.co.uk

Dredging Operations MDL BRIXHAM MARINA Manager: Martyn Sherratt Berry Head Road, Devon. TQ5 9BW T: 01803 882929 E: brixham@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.brixhammarina.co.uk MDL TORQUAY MARINA Manager: Mike Smith Torquay, Devon , TQ2 5EQ T: 01803 200210 E: torquaymarina@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.torquaymarina.co.uk WEYMOUTH MARINA Manager: Alistair Clarke Commercial Road, Weymouth Dorset. DT4 8NA T: 01305 767576 F: 01305 767575 E: berths@weymouthmarina.co.uk W: www.weymouthmarina.co.uk WEYMOUTH HARBOUR Manager/contact - Jamie Joyce 13 Custom House Quay, Weymouth T: 01305 838423 E: weymouthharbour@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk W: www.weymouth-harbour.co.uk PORTLAND MARINA Manager: Paul Swain Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset. DT5 1DX T: 01305 866190 E: berths@portlandmarina.co.uk W: www.portlandmarina.co.uk LAKE YARD MARINA Manager/contact - Jenny Burrows Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. BH15 4DT T - 01202 674531 E: office@lakeyard.com W: www.lakeyard.com POOLE QUAY BOAT HAVEN Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ T/F: 01202 649488 E: info@poolequayboathaven.co.uk W: www.poolequayboathaven.co.uk PORT OF POOLE MARINA Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ T/F: 01202 649 488 E: info@poolequayboathaven.co.uk W: www.poolequayboathaven.co.uk SALTERNS MARINA LTD Manager: Robert Golden 40 Salterns Way, Lilliput, Poole, Dorset. BH14 8JR T: 01202 709971 F: 01202 700398 E: reception@salterns.co.uk W: www.salterns.co.uk

MDL COBB’S QUAY MARINA Manager: Frank Gelder Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset.

BH15 4EL T: 01202 674299 E: cobbsquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.cobbsquaymarina.co.uk

The dredging programme at Gosport Marina has come to an end – approximately 25,000m3 of dredge material was removed.

Buried treasures discovered during the dredge included a marina trolley and

several anchors with chains. The marina team also used the time to remove two sections of the floating breakwater and replace the chains and sinkers that keep the break water in place. www.premiermarinas.com

MDL SHAMROCK QUAY Manager: Barry Radband William Street, Northam, Southampton Hampshire.

SO14 5QL T: 023 8022 9461 E: shamrockquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.shamrockquay.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS SWANWICK Manager: Graham Bristowe Swanwick (on the Hamble) Southampton, Hants. SO31 1ZL T: 01489 884081 E: swanwick@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

LYMINGTON YACHT HAVEN Manager: Rupert Wagstaff Kings Saltern Road Lymington, Hampshire SO41 3QD T: 01590 677071 E: lymington@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com BUCKLER’S HARD YACHT HARBOUR Harbour Master: Wendy Stowe Harbour Master’s Office Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour Beaulieu Hampshire SO42 7XB T: 01590 616200 E: harbour.office@beaulieu.co.uk W: www.beaulieuriver.co.uk HAVEN QUAY, LYMINGTON Manager: Ali Neal Mill Lane, Lymington Hampshire, SO41 9AZ T: 01590 677072 E: havenquay@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com DEACONS MARINA Manager/Contact name: Rachael Foster Bursledon Bridge, Southampton SO31 8AZ T 023 80 402253 E:berths@deaconsmarina.co.uk W: www.deaconsmarina.co.uk MDL HYTHE MARINA VILLAGE Manager: David Lewis The Lock Building, Shamrock Way Hythe, Southampton, Hampshire.

SO45 6DY T: 023 8020 7073 E: hythe@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.hythemarinavillage.co.uk MDL OCEAN VILLAGE MARINA Manager: Andrew Millar Marina Office, 2 Channel Way Southampton, Hampshire.

SO14 3TG T: 023 8022 9385 E: oceanvillage@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.oceanvillagemarina.co.uk

MDL SAXON WHARF Manager: Andrew Millar Lower York Street, Northam, Southampton.

SO14 5QF T: 023 8033 9490 E: saxonwharf@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.saxonwharf.co.uk MDL HAMBLE POINT MARINA Manager: Debbie Burns School Lane, Hamble, Southampton Hampshire. SO31 4NB T: 023 8045 2464 E: hamblepoint@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.hamblepointmarina.co.uk MDL PORT HAMBLE MARINA Manager: Bertie Marsh Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton Hampshire. SO31 4QD T: 023 8045 274,1 E: porthamble@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.porthamblemarina.co.uk MDL MERCURY YACHT HARBOUR Manager: Martin Bowman Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.

SO31 4HQ T: 023 8045 5994 E: mercury@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.mercuryyachtharbour.co.uk

TOWN QUAY MARINA Manager: Brian Akerman Management Office Town Quay, Southampton, SO14 2AQ T: 02380 234397 E: bakerman@abports.co.uk W: www.townquay.com HAMBLE YACHT SERVICES Port Hamble, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire,SO31 4NN T: 02380 201501 E: info@hysgroup.co.uk www.hysgroup.co.uk UNIVERSAL MARINA Crableck Lane, Sarisbury Green Southampton, SO31 7ZN T: 01489 574272 W: www.universalmarina.co.uk HASLAR MARINA Manager: Ben Lippiett Haslar Road, Gosport, Hampshire. PO12 1NU T: 023 9260 1201 F: 023 9260 2201 E: berths@haslarmarina.co.uk W: www.haslarmarina.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS GOSPORT Manager: Jonathan Walcroft Mumby Road , Gosport, Hampshire. PO12 1AH T: 023 9252 4811 F: 023 9258 9541 E: gosport@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

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Best Adriatic Marina Porto Montenegro, in the Bay of Kotor, has been awarded Best Adriatic Marina at the Superyacht Business Awards 2020. The awards celebrates the highest levels of excellence in four different categories: Superyacht Marinas, Provisioning Companies,

Insurance Companies and Superyacht Agents. Porto Montenegro’s long term partner and yachting agent company, A+ Yachting was also honoured in the Superyacht Business Awards with the accolade Best Superyacht Agents in the Adriatic.

Plymouth Expands Plymouth’s King Point Marina has increased its leisure berthing capacity by almost 25 per cent by creating 24 additional berths.

The contemporary marina based in Millbay, Plymouth’s newly established Coastal Quarter near the city centre, is owned and operated

by Sutton Harbour Group, which also operates the 5 Gold Anchor Sutton Harbour Marina located in the historic heart of the city.

King Point Marina is based within the naturally sheltered basin at Millbay built by famed engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1857, which provides strong protection for vessels along with direct sailing access to Plymouth Sound.

The reconfiguration enabled additional berths to be created for vessels of between 9m and 10.5m. This complements the reconfiguration at King Point’s sister marina in Sutton Harbour completed last February, which created 15 additional larger size berths designed to accommodate vessels of up to 14m in response to increased demand from larger boat owners.

Mark Brimacombe, marina manager, said: “We are seeing growing levels of interest in berthing in Plymouth, Britain’s Ocean City, at both our marinas in Sutton Harbour and at King Point in Millbay, especially following the increased demand for domestic tourism and a greater interest in boating as it is seen as a Covid-safe leisure activity.

“Many new customers who bought a boat to enjoy a UK staycation instead of holidaying abroad have requested berths for their new vessel, and many other customers have brought their boats back to the UK from elsewhere, so we have reconfigured space at King Point Marina to create additional berthing spaces for leisure yachts.”

Annual, seasonal and visitor berthing packages at King Point Marina are available, with discounted berthing packages available for new customers, and prices start from £420 per metre. kingpointmarina.co.uk

Award for Falmouth Marina The team at Falmouth Marina were delighted to be awarded Marina of the Year at the British Yachting Awards 2020. It is an accolade based upon votes and feedback from customers, making it an extra special achievement to round off the year.

Marina manager, Mark Evans said: “We are incredibly delighted and proud to receive this title. We love what we do here and that is reflected in the service we provide to our tenants, customers and visitors.

“The feedback we get is that our customers appreciate the friendly, ROYAL CLARENCE MARINA The Bridgehead, Weevil Lane, Gosport, Hampshire.

PO12 1AX T: 023 9252 3523 F: 023 9252 3523 E: info@royalclarencemarina.org W: www.royalclarencemarina.org PREMIER MARINAS PORT SOLENT Manager: Mark Phillp South Lockside, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO6 4TJ T: 023 9221 0765 F: 023 9232 4241 E: portsolent@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS SOUTHSEA Fort Cumberland Road Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO4 9RJ T: 023 9282 2719 F: 023 9282 2220 E: southsea@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com GUNWHARF QUAYS MARINA Manager: Carl Jarmaine Gunwharf Quays Marina Office Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 3TZ T: 02392 836732 E: gwqmarina@incentive-fm.com W: www.gunwharf-quays.com/marina

ISLE OF WIGHT COWES YACHT HAVEN Manager: Katy Ednay Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes, PO31 7BD T: 01983 299975 F: 01983 200332 E: berthing@cowesyachthaven.com W: www.cowesyachthaven.com VHF: Channel 80

personal service we provide, along with our first-rate facilities and the amazing waters of the Fal and surrounding areas. We were up against some worthy competitors and it was a delight to just be nominated.”

Each winner was decided by a public vote – and more than 31,000 votes came in from around the world.

The team at Falmouth Marina would like to extend their gratitude to customers who took the time to vote for them – they look forward to displaying the award in their reception very soon.

EAST COWES MARINA Manager: Mike Townshend Britannia Way, East Cowes Isle of Wight. PO32 6UB T: 01983 293983 F: 01983 299276 E: berths@eastcowesmarina.co.uk W: www.eastcowesmarina.co.uk COWES HARBOUR SHEPARDS MARINA Manager: Jock Rafferty Medina Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7HT T: 01983 297821 E: shepards.chc@cowes.co.uk W: cowesharbourshepardsmarina.co.uk ISLAND HARBOUR MARINA Manager: Danie Erasmus Mill Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LA T: 01983 539994 E: info@island-harbour.co.uk W:www.island-harbour.co.uk BEMBRIDGE HARBOUR Manager/Contact - Gordon Wight The Duver, St Helens, PO33 1YB T: 01983 872828 E : mail@bembridgeharbour.co.uk W: www.bembridgeharbour.co.uk

SOUTH EAST

MDL NORTHNEY MARINA Manager: Claire Kennedy Northney Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH T: 023 9246 6321 E: northney@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.northneymarina.co.uk MDL SPARKES MARINA Manager: Claire Kennedy 38 Wittering Road, Hayling Island Hampshire. PO11 9SR T: 023 9246 3572 E: sparkes@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.sparkesmarina.co.uk BIRDHAM POOL MARINA Birdham, Chichester, W Sussex. PO20 7BG T: 01243 512310 E: info@birdhampool.co.uk W: www.birdhampool.co.uk

PREMIER MARINAS CHICHESTER Manager: Paul Cook Birdham (Chichester Harbour) West Sussex. PO20 7EJ T: 01243 512731 E: chichester@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME LITTLEHAMPTON MARINA Berthing Manager: Darren Humphries Ferry Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DS T: 01903 713553 F: 01903 732264 E: sales@littlehamptonmarina.co.uk W: www.littlehamptonmarina.co.uk LITTLEHAMPTON YACHT CLUB (LYC) Rope House, Rope Walk Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 5DH Office: Fiona Boyce: 01903 713 996 Berthing Master: Bill Kellett T: 01903 732 926 F: 01903 725 911 E: fiona@littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk W: www.littlehamptonyachtclub.co.uk PREMIER MARINAS BRIGHTON Manager: Mike Hatch West Jetty, Brighton, East Sussex. BN2 5UP T: 01273 819919 F: 01273 675082 E: brighton@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS EASTBOURNE Manager: Dan Heckford Sovereign Harbour, North Lockside, Pacific Drive, Eastbourne. BN23 5BJ T: 01323 470099 F: 01323 470077 sovereignharbour@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME NEWHAVEN MARINA Manager/Contact: Russell Levett Address: Newhaven Marina, The Yacht Harbour, Fort Road, Newhaven, BN9 9BY T: +44 (0)1273 513 881 E: info@newhavenmarina.co.uk W: www.newhavenmarina.co.uk

FDS U.K. Ltd offer marina operators, a range of self operational lightweight & portable dredging systems for various marina applications & where access is a problem, to include, silt clearance from marina berths, under pontoons, berthing areas, docks & walkways, locks, sills & dock gates. Wide range of self operational equipment to suit most marina applications for the removal of Fines, Silt, Sand, Gravel, Shingle, Shale & General debris. All self operated dredging systems are supplied as stand alone packages, for both crane or manual operation. Road transportable environmentally friendly units available for both long & short term rentals, to suit your application. Please contact our office with your requirements.

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MDL CHATHAM MARITIME MARINA Manager: Emma Crompton The Lock Building, Leviathan Way Chatham Maritime, Kent. ME4 4LP T: 01634 899200 E: chatham@mdlmarinas.co.uk www.chathammaritimemarina.co.uk MEDWAY YACHT CLUB Contact: Sue Bannister Lower Upnor, Rochester, ME2 4XB T: 01634 718399 W: www.medwayyachtclub.com PORT OF DOVER MARINA Manager: Chris Windsor Address - Dover Marina, Crosswall Quay, Union Street, Dover, Kent, CT179BN T +44 (0) 1304 241 663 E marina@doverport.co.uk W www.doverport.co.uk/marina

SURREY

MDL PENTON HOOK MARINA Manager: Andrew Smith Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey. KT16 8PY T: 01932 568681 E: pentonhook@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.pentonhookmarina.co.uk

BERKSHIRE

MDL WINDSOR MARINA Manager: John Harris Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 5TZ T: 01753 853911 E: windsor@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.windsormarina.co.uk

MDL WOOLVERSTONE MARINA Manager: Kelly Sharman Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP9 1AS T: 01473 780206 E: woolverstone@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.woolverstonemarina.co.uk LOWESTOFT HAVEN MARINA Manager: Bob Beare Lowestoft Haven Marina (twin site), School Road and Hamilton Dock, Marina Office, School Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. NR33 9NB T: 01502 580300 F: 01502 581851 E: lowerstofthaven@abports.co.uk W: lowestofthavenmarina.co.uk FOX’S MARINA & BOATYARD Marina Manager: Lee Gilson Fox’s Marina, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8SA T: +44 1473 689111 E: foxs@foxsmarina.com W: www.foxsmarina.com

ESSEX

FAMBRIDGE YACHT HAVEN Manager: Danyal Adams Chelmsford, CM3 6LU T: 01621 740370 E: fambridge@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

WALES

ABERYSTWYTH MARINA Manager: Jon Booth Y Lanfa Aberystwyth, Trefechan SY23 1AS T: 01970 611422 E: aber@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

MDL BRAY MARINA Manager: John Harris Monkey Island Lane, Bray, Berkshire. SL6 2EB T: 01628 623654 E: bray@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.braymarina.co.uk

CARDIFF MARINA Manager: Andy Coles OBE Watkiss Way, Cardiff. CF11 0SY T: 02920 396078 F: 02920 345116 E: info@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

ST OLAVES MARINA Contact: Tamsin Bromley/Mary Hall Beccles Road, St Olaves, Gt. Yarmouth NR31 9HX T: 01493 488500 E: enquiries@stolavesmarina.co.uk W: www.stolavesmarina.co.uk

MILFORD MARINA Manager or contact: Melanie Durney Milford Marina, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire SA73 3AF Tel: 01646 796518 E: enquiries@milfordmarina.com W: www.milfordmarina.com

NORFOLK

PENARTH MARINA Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, F64 1TQ T: 02920 705021 E: penarthoffice@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com

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PORT DINORWIC MARINA Marina Manager: Ged Tyrer Y Felinheli Gwynedd, LL56 4JN T:01248671500/01248 670176 E: portdinorwic@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk BURRY PORT MARINA Harbour Master: Robert Hockey The Harbour Office Burry Port Carmarthenshire T:01554 835 691 E: burryport@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

N. IRELAND BANGOR MARINA Manager: Kevin Baird Bangor, Co. Down T: 02891 45329 W: www.quaymarinas.com

CARRICKFERGUS MARINA Harbour Master: Nigel Thompson 3 Quayside, CARRICKFERGUS BT38 8BJ T: 028 9336 6666 W: www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS Marinas, like all businesses, have to take notice of key consumer trends. Marina and water-based leisure provider, MDL Marinas, is rising to the challenge and diversifying its business.

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verriding themes from 2020, without doubt, include health and sustainability. For 2021 MDL Marinas has combined the two with the launch MDL Fitness, a new range of gyms where human kinetic energy is converted into electricity.

Opening in up to four of MDL’s marina locations between 2021 and 2022, the fitness centres will feature the innovative SportArt ECO-POWR™ equipment.

MDL Marinas is no stranger to having gyms on site, with Pinnacle Performance at its Hamble Point Marina and the Harbour Hotel’s gym at its flagship Ocean Village Marina, which platinum customers use for free.

With a view to encouraging greater numbers of people to use its marinas from a more generalised leisure perspective, the introduction of fitness facilities has been a topic of discussion at MDL for the last couple of years.

Taking the idea a step further and bringing the new green gyms to fruition is Tim Mayer, MDL’s sales and marketing director, who joined the company in 2018 from the health and fitness chain, Everyone Active.

“We are delighted to be launching MDL Fitness, broadening the appeal of our locations and attracting more people to our marinas,” says Tim. “By partnering with SportArt, making the new fitness centres ‘green’ and enabling people to transform their workouts into a power source, we are also continuing our pledge towards environmental improvement.”

Featuring cardio and weights areas, as well as group cycling, each gym will be run by an MDL fitness manager and have qualified personal trainers. Users of the gym will also benefit from being able to track their progress and energy production against local and global leaderboards through a specialist Wellness App. Designated parking and free WiFi will also be available to gym users.

week for a year, it will also be possible to create a CO2 emission offset* equivalent to 62lbs of coal burned, 138 miles driven in a car or 7,197 smart phones charged.

“We recognise that our core marina business is not yet carbon neutral, but MDL Fitness and our green gyms are another step to reducing our carbon footprint and achieving this,” adds Tim.

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The design of the new gyms’ premium cardio equipment is not just functional, it helps benefit the planet and provides a new layer of meaningfulness to breaking a sweat.

Although similar in appearance to other brands of gym equipment, the SportArt’s revolutionary ECO-POWR™ technology harnesses up to 74 per cent

ABOVE: The Green Tech Boat Show will take place in June at MDL’s Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth BELOW: The fitness centres will feature the innovative SportArt ECO-POWR™ equipment

of a user’s exertion and turns it into usable electricity.

The state-of-the-art fitness equipment will comprise energy efficient treadmills and fully adjustable cycles for a comfortable ride. Complementing these fitness centre staples will be cross trainers with customisable stride lengths and alternate trainers designed to provide multiple workout options in a single machine.

Energy Conversion

Putting into perspective how much electricity can be generated from the energy captured, when tested, two ECOPOWR™ bikes used for a collective total of 47 hours produced enough electricity to power a laptop for 74.8 hours or a LCD flat screen TV for 32 hours.

Carbon Footprint Reduction By simply plugging in its new ECOPOWR™ treadmills, cross trainers and bicycles into a standard outlet, MDL will be able to send the AC power generated by the gym’s members back through the gym’s power grid to offset its energy consumption and reduce its carbon footprint. Working out on an ECOPOWR™ treadmill for an hour twice a

With membership pricing being kept comparatively low, MDL’s new fitness gyms are open to all. There will be three levels of membership, giving users as much flexibility as possible and ensuring the best possible fitness experience in some of the most picturesque waterside locations in the UK. “We are investing in our marinas and diversifying our business to make it more inclusive and attractive to non-boaters, as well as those who already enjoy the on-water lifestyle,” continues Tim. “We are hoping to attract members away from other gym facilities, giving people who are passionate about working out a more sustainable alternative, making their workout feel good in more ways than one.”

Further Green Initiatives The new gyms are not the only new initiative from MDL, continuing its work towards a greener future for boating.

Brand new to its boat show line-up in 2021 is the Green Tech Boat Show.

The first boat show of its kind in the UK, the inaugural event at MDL’s Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth, 19 - 20 June, will showcase the marine industry’s green technologies. This show is specifically for boat owners wishing to make the switch to greener options and prospective owners who would like to start their boating journey in the most environmentally friendly way possible. www.mdlmarinas.co.uk/mdl-fitness

*CO2 comparisons generated by EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator. Calculations based on traditional treadmills using 567.52KWH, the Verde producing 200 WH per hour workout, 2 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

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Sorting the wheat from the chaff, vodka style

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ell, somehow we have made it to a new year.

Christmas has been navigated one way or another and we have all wished each other better times for 2021, which of course we wish you too!

Now, in January, a slower pace of social life is normal and a time for more contemplative drinking perhaps.

In the run up to Christmas, the media were full of talk about festive season spirits, but not much on vodka, which is strange because it remains the number one spirit in the UK with about 30 per cent of the spirits’ market.

Vodka’s reputation for being tasteless and smelling less on the breath makes it a favourite for cocktails, from the sophisticated martini to the more gregarious Harvey Wallbanger. Now vodka brands are developing consumer awareness of the variety of subtle tastes that derive from its differing base ingredients.

Vodka can be made from more or less anything organic and this will have an impact on the flavour and texture of the distilled spirit.

‘Grain’ as a generic is still the most used ingredient, but producers are now adding variety by mixing different grains and adding geographical qualifiers. The most common are barley, wheat, rye,

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oats and ‘spelt’, which is an ancient type of wheat from the bronze age. Potato is the next most used and grapes are gaining ground.

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Sipping different vodkas neat over an ice cube is the best way to discover the subtle flavours linked to the base ingredient and determine your vodka choice.

Here are a few examples linked to the base ingredient.

Wheat: You might not think of France as a vodka producer but Grey Goose is distilled in the Cognac region from 100 per cent French wheat. At 40 per cent abv, it is priced at about £39 for a 70cl bottle, so do not waste this premium vodka on long mixes. Use it for classic short martinis with a splash of dry vermouth and a black olive to garnish.

Barley: Adnams of Southwold distils three excellent vodkas with the grain used being the main differentiator. East Coast uses local East Anglian barley and has a hint of butterscotch in the tasting notes, 40 per cent, £25.

Rye: Adnams’ Rye Hill has a hint of pepper in the taste, 42 per cent, £27.

Oats with barley and wheat mix: Adnams’ Longshore is very crisp with a hint of toffee in the taste. Slightly stronger at 45 per cent, £31.

Spelt: Snow Leopard Vodka from Poland

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is made from spelt, the most ancient of all cereals, and handcrafted in small batches.

Fresh nose, vanilla and honey taste notes, 40 per cent, £28 from www.thedrinkshop.com.

Potato: Award-winning Chase Original Potato Vodka is distilled and bottled on the Herefordshire farm where the potatoes are grown, using King Edward’s, Lady Claire and Lady Rosetta varieties, 40 per cent, £37 at Waitrose.

Grape: Cîroc Snap Frost vodka is made in France from Mauzac and Ugni Blanc grapes. Gluten free, slightly sweet and citrus taste notes, 37.5 per cent. £31 online from www.31dover.com, £39 in supermarkets.

Mixed unspecified grain: We cannot finish this list without a mention for Smirnoff, sold in 130 countries, the biggest selling brand. worldwide.

Originally Russian but it is now made in several countries including the UK. A blend of different grains and charcoal filtered, it is about £16 for a 70cl bottle, 37.5 per cent UK standard strength. Perfect for the classic Bloody Mary cocktail.

There are many more to choose from, and many brand extensions adding fruits to the recipe. Checking the base ingredient will add to the pleasure of the drinking experience and hopefully be a pleasant diversion from whatever January throws at us.

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