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OYSTER YACHTS BACK TO BUILDING

MANUFACTURING has recommenced at Oyster’s plant in Wroxham, Norwich just a few months after the business was rescued from administration by businessman Richard Hadida.

It marks the beginning of Oyster Yacht’s next chapter following its sale to the entrepreneur. Work has started on an Oyster 675 yacht.

This is the first of two yachts the company has contracts for, with several more orders expected to be signed in the coming weeks as the company looks to complete projects which had been paused during the administration process.

50 skilled yacht builders have been hired, all of whom have previously worked for Oyster and so share the company’s heritage. The business will continue to scale up its hiring push as more order contracts are signed.

Since acquiring Oyster, Richard and the management team have been working to re-establish relationships with both existing and former clients, suppliers and, of course, employees.

The boat builder successfully relaunched the Oyster World Rally on 23 April, another key milestone for the company, with 17 yachts set to leave

Vanuatu in the Pacific islands, setting sail for the Whit-Sundays in Australia.

Richard Hadida, CEO, said: “It brings me real pleasure to announce that the production of Oyster yachts has recommenced in Wroxham. Whilst we are moving into a new chapter for the business, we always knew that staying true to the company’s roots was vital.

“I am incredibly proud that we have been able to hire previous employees of the business, as it is their expertise and craftmanship which will ensure we maintain the mark of quality Oyster yachts are known for.

“As both CEO and a member of the Oyster family, I am delighted that we can now begin to fulfil existing client orders which were interrupted by the administration process, as well as look to the future with genuine confidence as we accept new contracts and return to fullscale production.” www.oysteryachts.com

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NEWS SNAPS ECO-SOUTHAMPTON

Britain’s biggest festival of boating is back for its 50th anniversary.

This year TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show will be turning the tide on plastics. As well as promising to be the most eco-friendly Southampton Boat Show yet, expect to see groundbreaking technology from the National Oceanography Centre, exploring the wonders which lie beneath the waves and meet leading environmental and wildlife experts. By buying your ticket now, you could save more than 30 per cent. 14 – 23 September. www.southamptonboatshow.com

SUPER SOLENT

It has been reported in the Daily Echo that trade worth £77.5 billion pounds passes through ports in the Solent. The report from Maritime UK and the Solent LEP also revealed that economic output from the Solent maritime sector has grown 14 per cent over a five-year period. David Dingle CBE, chairman of Maritime UK and Carnival UK, said: “The Solent plays a unique role in facilitating UK global trade and the importance of the sector will only grow post-Brexit.”

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BAVARIA IN TROUBLE

BAVARIA Yachts has filed to enter self-administration. It is believed new financial backing is being sought after its US backers withdrew their support.

It is understood the administration will apply to the German boatbuilder’s monohulls but that multihull brand Nautitech, based in France and acquired by Bavaria three years’ ago, will continue to operate as normal.

The company, which builds around 4,000 yachts a year, is expected to continue to build and deliver its current orders.

Bavaria started building boats 40 years’ ago in Giebelstadt in southern Germany and was the first to introduce a modern assembly line production system to boatbuilding. The company’s motorboats were launched in 2000.

Bavaria has been through various owners. In 2007 buyout firm Bain Capital bought the company for €1.3bn and then handed over two years later to debt investors Oaktree and Anchorage in a debt-for-equity transaction.

The two specialists wrote off 90 per cent of Bavaria’s €960m debts.

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SIR Alec Rose’s famous round-theworld yacht Lively Lady will be sailing in this year’s Hamble Classics Regatta on 15 - 16 September at the Royal Southern Yacht Club.

Now under the stewardship of Alan Priddy, Lively Lady is back in commission after a complete refit and will be celebrating her 1968 homecoming to Portsmouth on 8 July this year, 50 years after thousands gathered to welcome her and Alec home.

Lively Lady’s 354-day singlehanded voyage, with stops in Melbourne, Australia and a repair stop at Bluff Harbour, New Zealand, was a year after that of Sir Francis Chichester aboard Gipsy Moth IV, while Sir Robin KnoxJohnston completed his epic nonstop circumnavigation in Suhaili a year later. Sir Robin and Suhaili were the special guests at the inaugural Hamble Classics Regatta in 2016.

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By Jane Hyde

IT came as a shock to many, both in the industry and leisure boaters, that there will not be a London Boat Show next year. Seen by many as the start of the new boating year it will be interesting to see what British Marine come up with to support the industry in the absence of the show.

Big changes were made to this year’s event, the most notable of which was the change to five-days, but clearly it was not enough for either visitors or exhibitors. Whether this is the end of the London Boat Show for good, only time will tell.

On a more positive note, British Marine’s other major show, TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show will get the organisation’s full focus now and looks to be going from strength to strength. Only a few months away, we look forward to another busy show in September.

The Golden Globe Race finally starts from France on 1 July, but the build-up will begin this month in the UK. There have been various ups and downs since the race was announced with the host venue changing

and entrants inevitably coming and going.

Now, though, it is time to celebrate and look ahead to what should be an incredible race. Turn to page 26 to find out more about the sailors taking part and the race itself.

Another one who knows about change is Sir Ben Ainslie. Within the space of a couple of weeks we had Land Rover BAR, a name we are very familiar with, followed by the news of a new sponsorship deal and with it a new name – INEOS Team GB. Only for it to change again just a few weeks later to INEOS Team UK. You can read all about these changes on page 7, but names aside, the great news is that Sir Ben Ainslie has a huge amount of money to put into the next America’s Cup campaign. While the name change was embarrassing for the team, let us hope they can now concentrate on the important matter of building a winning boat.

There will be lots of people with racing on their minds this month as the Round the Island Race approaches. Taking place on 7 July, there is still time to enter and be a part of this huge event. On page 16 you can read about the race. If you take part send in your photos for a future issue of All at Sea. As well as photos, we also like to receive your stories, which is how we came across Woody and Irenka.

Last month we ran the first part of this family’s story, showing how it is possible to follow your dreams.

They are now living aboard their boat, and have been sharing their story. We catch up with them after a winter afloat.

Jane Hyde, Editor editor@allatsea.co.uk

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POWER NEWS....................... 14 ROUND THE ISAND.............. 16 BOATING PEOPLE .................18 SHORESTYLE ........................ 19 THE GREEN BLUE ............... 20

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MASTERCLASS.......................21 DOUGAL’S DIARY .................23 HOLIDAYS ...............................24 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE........26

LONDON CANCELLED

FROM PAGE 1… British Marine, which organises and owns the London Boat Show, has announced that the 2019 show, due to run at ExCeL London from 9 – 13 January 2019, will not take place.

This decision was made after independent research by Zing Insights showed there was insufficient support from a large proportion of the marine industry to the event with its current format, duration and location.

The research found that whilst a number of marine companies supported the change to a five-day show, finding it preferable to a 10-day show, a large number of key exhibitors were not prepared to commit to exhibiting at a five day show in January.

Visitor research also showed that consumer satisfaction of the 2018 event was below acceptable industry standards. Visitor satisfaction was centred on the content of the show and specifically on the number and diversity of sailing and powerboats exhibited.

Zing’s research findings were endorsed by British Marine’s exhibition sales staff who reported that an insufficient number of signed contracts of commitment to the 2019 show had been returned, particularly amongst boatbuilders and boat retailers. This also affected confidence from other potential exhibitors.

Sales activity and support for the London Boat Show is in contrast with British Marine’s TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show, which attracts close to 500 exhibitors and more than 106,000 visitors.

The 2018 event is significantly ahead in terms of ticket sales and exhibitor sign

ups compared to this time last year. The British Marine Boat Show team are now able to put all their focus into ensuring TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show 2018 is the most successful to date.

This event, running over 10 days from 14 – 23 September, celebrates its 50th year with a host of special events and activities taking place.

British Marine is in talks with relevant landlords to increase the footprint to meet exhibitor demands, both on the land and on the marina. New content includes additional features, alongside new displays and attractions.

“The decision to put the London Boat Show on hold is naturally very disappointing for the British marine industry,” said David Pougher, President of British Marine, “but British Marine and its Board of Directors has a responsibility to its members and we cannot commit to running a show which is clearly forecasted in its current format to be commercially unviable and will not meet customer satisfaction levels. By contrast, TheYachtMarket.com Southampton Boat Show produces a positive contribution to the industry, is well supported by exhibitors and visitors alike and is a highly successful event and we are now able to put all our energy, expertise and enthusiasm into this event.”

British Marine says making the decision to put the London Boat Show on hold now for 2019 enables the organisation to look at alternative options.

“We are very aware that many companies in the marine industry look at sales activity such as the London Boat Show in January as an excellent way to kick start the year, but times change and

we must do the same in order to offer events which are affordable, accessible, welcomed and supported by the industry and its customers, and are financially viable for all involved.

This is now the task for the British Marine team, its board, its members and valued advisors to seek new opportunities to support our industry,” concluded David Pougher. www.southamptonboatshow.com

RESPONSE FROM THE CRUISING ASSOCIATION For the CA this decision reduces the opportunity for face to face recruitment, and there are some important decisions to be made regarding the future timing of events and activities that have always coincided with the LBS, such as the Med and Baltic parties and Flag Officers’ Lunch. The closure of LBS will also come as a major blow for many East Coast companies who considered LBS as ‘their’ show.

CA General Manager Lucy Gray said: “Whatever decisions the CA Council make in response to this announcement will be made after full consultation and in the best interests of all those affected. In the meantime, we will focus our efforts and resources on the Yachtmarket.com Southampton Boat Show with a brand new stand and plenty of exciting onstand activity, membership offers and member discounts.”

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RYA ...........................................32 JAMES’ BLOG.........................33 EXPERTS’ COLUMN..............34 QUIZ PAGE..............................35 CRUISING GUIDE ..................37 MARINA FOCUS ....................42 MARINA GUIDE .................... 44 CHANGING MARINAS .........47 IN THE DRINK ....................... 50

SAILING YACHT A

Following last month’s publication of a photo of Sailing Yacht A, we asked if you had spotted her, or her powered sister, on your travels.

Thanks to Mary and Paul Tighe for sending a photo, and also to Mike Bansback, who wrote the original letter, for these photos.

Seen in the bay at Monte Carlo during the European 470’s Championships at the Yacht Club de Monaco 6 - 13 May 2017.

Image: Mary & Paul Tighe

Good to see my photo has been identified as the ‘A’. Here are a couple more. The blue lights appear to be in the hull. Images: Mike Bansback

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NEW ARRIVALS FOR PARIS 2024 IN May the World Sailing Council met in London to discuss and vote on the events that will make up the Sailing Competition of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Before the meeting it was confirmed that five of the current events would be retained: Men’s One Person Dinghy (Laser), Women’s One Person Dinghy (Laser Radial), Women’s Skiff (49erFX), Men’s Skiff (49er) and Mixed Two Person Multihull (Nacra 17).

Following debate the two events to evolve from Tokyo 2020 are Men’s Windsurfer and Women’s Windsurfer, while three new events are: Mixed OnePerson Dinghy, Mixed Two Person Dinghy and Mixed Kite.

The equipment that will be used for the three new events is yet to be decided and there is also some doubt over events that have equipment under antitrust review – namely the Laser, Laser Radial and RS:X. The format of the new Mixed One Person Dinghy event is unknown and the RYA anticipates considerable

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change to the formats of some other events – most notably both men’s and women’s windsurfing.

Ian Walker, RYA Director of Racing, said: “There is a lot for us as a National Governing Body to consider, but as a former 470 sailor who has raced three Volvo Ocean Races but also enjoys recreational kitesurfing you can see that I, like the Events Committee and Council, was very conflicted. There was never going to be a decision that kept everybody happy.

“I am confident that whatever formats and equipment are finalised this November at the World Sailing Annual Conference, it will be an outstanding regatta at Paris 2024 and our coaching team and sailors will find ways to adapt and excel.”

The message from World Sailing is very clear – sailing must be gender equal at all levels, appeal to the next generation of sailors, be event based and it must also appeal to the wider public and media. www.rya.org.uk

CA JOINS IN GOLDEN GLOBE CELEBRATIONS IN a fitting curtain-raiser to the Golden Globe Race and in celebration of the relaunch of the Cruising Association’s SouthWest Section, there is a Golden Globe Rally taking place in Plymouth from 8 - 10 June.

Organisers have scheduled a welcoming Pontoon Party for around 30 participants at Plymouth Yacht Haven on 8 June and a dinner in Plymouth Yacht Haven which the guest of honour Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Patron of the Cruising Association, is scheduled to attend on 9 June.

In addition, and in preparation for the start of the Golden Globe Race, Sir Robin will be sailing his boat Suhaili in company with the entrants to the race from Falmouth to Les Sable d’Olonne for the start on 1 July. He is predicting his arrival to fall between 17 - 20 June and has suggested that a small number of CA boats should join him, providing a friendly Armada as Suhaili sails into Les Sables.

A suitable rallying point is being arranged for the CA boats for the final

passage into Les Sables. It is anticipated that the majority of the CA boats will be members of the association’s Biscay Section and therefore their boats will already be in French waters.

The CA’s President Judith Grimwade said: “We are extremely proud to have Sir Robin as our Patron and this really is a golden opportunity for the CA and its members to be involved in a very special and historic occasion. We anticipate a good turn-out!”

Read more about the GGR on page 26.

NEWS SNAPS CAPSIZE TRAGEDY

It was reported in The Herald that a man died after the fishing boat he was in capsized in Plymouth Sound.

Emergency services were called to the scene, which was busy with people enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend. A spokesperson for the Plymouth Coastguard said: “ “A single casualty was recovered on to the beach and CPR was immediately administered by coastguard and lifeboat crew until the air ambulance landed on the beach and flew the casualty to Derriford.”

An investigation into the incident is being led by The Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Witnesses with photographs or videos are being asked to get in touch with the MIAB. maib@dft.gov.uk / 023 8023 2527

NAVAL FIRE

A fire at a Royal Navy base in Portsmouth, caused when rubbish piled against a warehouse caught fire, created a plume of smoke seen across Portsmouth. There were no injuries, but firefighters did say it could have been “much worse” if it had spread inside the building.

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CA Patron Sir Robin Knox-Johnston was the first man to sail solo non-stop around the world 1968/69. Image: Bill Rowntree/PPL

Canadian Tire Corp has signed a deal to buy Helly Hansen, maker of sportswear and workwear, for $985 million and assume $50 million of the debt of the Norwegian firm.

Helly Hansen CEO Paul Stoneham and the management team, based in Norway, are expected to continue to lead the business.

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HIGH LEVELS OF MICROPLASTIC Image: Pedro Martinez/Volvo Ocean Race

THE Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme has found the highest microplastic levels in the South China Sea during Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race from Hong Kong to Auckland.

The preliminary results found 360 particles of microplastics per cubic metre in the sample from the South China Sea, an area that feeds into the Great Pacific Ocean Gyre.

The gyre is one of five major gyres, driven by trade and westerly winds, which collect large concentrations of plastic debris. In total, this gyre is thought to weigh around seven million tons and is twice the size of Texas.

The previous highest levels of 307 particles per cubic metre were discovered in the area where the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean meet.

Microplastics are often invisible to the naked eye and can take thousands of years to degrade. By collecting information on their levels, the mission is helping scientists gain insight into the scale of plastic pollution and its impact upon marine life.

Dr. Toste Tanhua of GEOMAR Institute for Ocean Research Kiel, funded by the Cluster of Excellence Future Ocean, analysed the preliminary microplastics data at the laboratory in Kiel, Germany.

He said: “Microplastic particles are mostly coming from land and are passively distributed by currents that can be very local in extent. Since the race yachts are not continuously sampling for microplastic it can easily be that concentrations are very different for locations close to each other in areas of strong currents.”

GOVERNMENT’S PLASTIC PLEDGE THE government has pledged £200,000 to the University of Plymouth to research how sources of microplastics enter the UK’s oceans.

Scientists at the University of Plymouth will explore how tiny plastic particles from tyres, synthetic materials like polyester and fishing gear – such as nets, ropes and lines – enter our waterways and oceans, and the impact they have on marine life.

Following the government’s ban on microbeads, which is one of the toughest in the world, this research will be used to improve our scientific understanding of how microplastics from other sources enter the oceans – whether through fibres released into waste water during a washing cycle, or car tyre friction on roads creating a dust of particles that make their way into the seas through sewers.

The 11 month project will build on the research already underway – with some scientists estimating tyres contribute 270,000 tonnes of plastics per year while a single wash load of acrylic clothing could release over 700,000 microfibres into the ocean.

It will be used to guide future policy priorities.

Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey explained: “The impact of plastic pollution on our oceans is one of the greatest environmental challenges of our generation.

The UK is already leading the way in this area, but we want to go further – and faster.”

The project is being led by Professor Richard Thompson OBE, who oversaw Defra’s first research project on microplastics and their impact on the marine environment, which led to the UK’s ban on microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics and personal care products coming into force this year.

The 5p plastic bag charge has already led to nine billion fewer bags distributed. More recently, in April, there was a pledge to introduce a deposit return scheme for single use drinks containers, subject to consultation, and there are plans to end the sale of plastic straws, stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds.

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NEWS SNAPS SAILING CHAMPS

World Sailing has announced that The Hague, The Netherlands has been selected to host the 2022 Sailing World Championships. Held every four years, two years ahead of the Olympic Games, it is the largest global sailing competition that has the participation of all 10 Olympic events. This will be the principal qualification event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games; with more than 1,400 competitors racing in 1,000 boats over a two week period in August 2022.

PLASTIC BOAT

In further plastics news, the UK, working with other Commonwealth countries, will launch a research and innovation hub for experts to develop solutions to stop plastic waste from entering our oceans and find environmentally-friendly alternatives to plastic.

India, Canada and other Commonwealth nations have already signed up to be part of the new Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework – a hub where researchers will be able to connect and collaborate on the latest research and innovations to tackle marine plastics.

The Prime Minister announced that the UK would contribute £25 million to the Framework during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London.

The British Plastics Federation, which represents more than 500 UK companies, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, RPC Group Plc and engineering giant Mott MacDonald are among those who have given their support, including access to their facilities, networks and expertise.

Using plastic washed up from the ocean, Ahmed Bakari, in Lamu off the Kenyan coast, is building a boat using traditional methods. When finished, the boat will visit a number of African countries as part of an awareness campaign.

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NEW CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR SIR BEN Ben Ainslie & Jim Ratcliffe Image: INEOS Team UK

NEWS SNAPS TRADITIONAL BOATS

This summer sees the 40th Anniversary of the Thames Traditional Boat Festival, held each year two weeks after the Henley Royal Regatta. This is the largest gathering of traditional river craft in the world - from coracles to Edwardian steam launches, to 1960s film-stars’ toys. Most of the boats welcome visitors on board as the owners are not just proud of their craft but most are hoping to win coveted awards which are judged during the weekend. www.tradboatfestival.com

OFFSHORE CHAMPS

The inaugural World Sailing Offshore World Championship will be held in 2019, with this event seeking to be a powerful platform to accelerate the interest and growth of offshore one-design sailing amongst the sailing community.

The format will have double-handed mixed competition between nations, featuring 20 identical monohull boats.

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INEOS is committed to spending £110 million – the biggest ever British America’s Cup investment - to bring the Cup back to Britain FROM PAGE ONE: INEOS, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, has teamed up with Sir Ben Ainslie, the world’s most successful Olympic sailor, to launch a challenge for the 2021 America’s Cup. The Cup – affectionately known as the Auld Mug – attracts the world’s top sailors and yacht designers and is the world’s oldest sporting trophy.

As part of its investment INEOS will take over naming rights, with Ainslie’s name no longer forming part of the official team title. INEOS Team UK will see the biggest ever British investment in the America’s Cup in an unprecedented effort to bring the trophy back to Britain for the first time since the competition was established in 1851.

While the previous sponsors, Land Rover and 11th Hour Racing, have left, the new sponsors, Belstaff, Limewood and Projekt Grenadier, are part of the INEOS stable.

The management/ownership structure has also changed with Sir Keith Mills and Carphone Warehouse founder Charles Dunstone stepping aside.

Sir Ben Ainslie will lead the design and build boat programme and skipper the racing yacht as well as staying on as team principal, with Grant Simmer as CEO, Nick Holroyd as Chief Designer, Jono Macbeth as sailing team manager and Giles Scott as tactician.

INEOS Team UK will represent the Royal Yacht Squadron’s affiliated club, Royal Yacht Squadron Racing who issued the challenge

to the current holder represented by Emirates Team New Zealand.

The history of the America’s Cup started at the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1851 when 15 of its boats raced and lost to a US yacht called America, from where the cup eventually got its name.

James Sheldon, the Royal Yacht Squadron Commodore, said: “The America’s Cup is undoubtedly the most important yachting trophy in the world and we are delighted that Royal Yacht Squadron Racing is supporting INEOS Team UK in its attempt to bring it back home.”

Jim Ratcliffe, INEOS chairman, says, “The America’s Cup is one of the world’s most competitive yacht races and Britain has never won it, despite founding the competition over 150 years ago. With the team we have assembled, we believe we can get a fully competitive boat to the start line. After that it is all down to the fine art of sailing. Ben is arguably the best sailor that Britain has ever produced so we should have a fighting chance of success.

“With the resources of INEOS, the skill of Sir Ben Ainslie and his team and the experience of the Royal Yacht Squadron, I think INEOS Team UK has a great chance of success in 2021 and I am looking forward to the challenge.”

INEOS is committed to spending £110 million – the biggest ever British America’s Cup investment - to bring the Cup back to Britain. The massive injection of cash will allow Sir Ben and his team to properly fund

a two-boat challenge for the 36th America’s Cup, which will take place in New Zealand in 2021. INEOS will use its world class technologies and manufacturing knowhow to support the team in developing an internationally competitive boat.

Jim Ratcliffe, founder and chairman of INEOS and named Britain’s richest man by The Sunday Times, said: “INEOS has taken on many serious projects in the past but none more exciting than this. We have a first-class team and will do everything we can to bring this trophy back to Britain where it belongs.”

Sir Ben added: “To win the America’s Cup you need to have all the key elements in place; the funding, the sailing team, the best designers and the right strategy. For the first time we have brought all those key attributes together including key personnel, such as new CEO Grant Simmer and Nick Holroyd our Chief Designer.

“For myself – and the rest of the team – we are so determined to do this. The America’s Cup is the last sporting trophy that Britain has never won, it means a huge amount to all of us and if we can bring that Cup home to where it belongs it will be the proudest day of our lives.

“This is an amazing boost for British sport. With this significant commitment from INEOS to fully fund a two boat challenge, Britain now has its best opportunity to bring the America’s Cup back home to Britain where it belongs.” www.ineosteamuk.com

KEY DATES:

JUNE 30, 2018: Entries for Challengers close AUGUST 31, 2018: Location of the America’s Cup Match and The PRADA Cup confirmed AUGUST 31, 2018: Specific race course area confirmed DECEMBER 31, 2018: Late entries MARCH 31, 2019: Boat 1 can be launched 2ND HALF OF 2019: 2 x America’s Cup World Series Preliminary Events FEBRUARY 1, 2020: Boat 2 can be launched DURING 2020: 3 x America’s Cup World Series Preliminary Events DECEMBER 10-20, 2020: America’s Cup Christmas Race JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2021: The PRADA Cup Challenger Selection Series MARCH 2021: The America’s Cup Match NAME CHANGE: The new team was initially launched as INEOS Team GB but within weeks, after a trademark row with the British Olympic Association, it was changed to INEOS Team UK. The BOA stood firm over its trademarked Team GB name. It was reported in The Telegraph that Olympic bosses told Jim Ratcliffe, CEO of Ineos, they would never give up the trademark for free.

Following the news that Fairline Yachts is the lead sponsor of Rick Parfitt Jnr in the British GT Championship, Rick and the Fairline branded #1 Bentley visited Fairline’s Oundle HQ. The staff from Fairline were able to get up close and personal with both the driver, Rick Parfitt Jnr, and his car, the Bentley Continental GT3. www.fairline.com/motorsport

WINNING RUN

The Grants Manager of national maritime charity, the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, raised more than £1,400 for the organisation, having completed the London Marathon.

Sami Raeburn finished the course in the hottest marathon on record in five hours and 12 minutes, comfortably surpassing her £1,000 fundraising target in the process.

HALL OF FAME

The 2018 America’s Cup Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, co-hosted by Prada - the current Challenger of Record - will be held on 31 August at the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. The Class of 2018 inductees are Syd Fischer (AUS), Ken McAlpine (AUS), John Marshall (USA), and Doug Peterson (USA). The Sir Richard Sutton Medal for behaviour consistent with the America’s Cup Deed of Gift will also be dedicated and awarded posthumously to its namesake, the 1885 Royal Yacht Squadron challenger whose act of sportsmanship was rewarded with an honorary New York Yacht Club membership. Current plans call for the Auld Mug itself to be present for this Black Tie affair.

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CHEEKI RAFIKI VERDICT Image: Tim Wright

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TEAM DARES TO WIN ONE of the closest races so far in the Clipper 2017-18 Round the World Yacht Race has ended in a surprise win for Dare To Lead, after the team pulled off an eleventh hour victory in Race 10 from Seattle to Panama.

This is the first win and third podium for Dare To Lead.

Dirk van Daele, founder of Dare to Lead, said ‘’We have had a keen eye on the standings since the start of Race 10, with hopes of another top three finish.

“With the ever-changing conditions, we are thrilled Dale and his dark horses have done fantastically well to gain our

FOLLOWING a retrial yacht manager Doug Innes has been found not guilty on four charges of gross negligence manslaughter following the loss of the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki in 2014.

Andrew Bridge (22) from Surrey, James Male (22) from Hampshire, Steve Warren (52) and Paul Goslin (56), both from Somerset, all died when the Cheeki Rafiki capsized while returning across the Atlantic Ocean to Southampton from Antigua Sailing Week.

Douglas Innes, along with his company Stormforce Coaching, had denied all charges, but in June 2017 a jury at Winchester Crown Court found him guilty of failing to ensure the vessel was operated in a safe manner under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

However, they failed to reach a verdict on the four charges of gross negligence manslaughter and a retrial was ordered.

In sentencing for failing to operate the yacht in a safe manner, the director was given a 15-month jail term, suspended for two years and his company Stormforce Coaching Limited - which has since been put into liquidation - was fined £50,000.

Mr Innes had been accused of failing to have the yacht properly checked ahead of its voyage and to ensure that its certification was in date for the intended trip. During the voyage, Mr Innes received an urgent email from Andrew Bridge on board Cheeki Rafiki saying there were problems and water was coming in. He received a second message a little later saying the situation had got worse.

Mr Innes returned home, called the UK Coastguard at Falmouth and emailed the crew suggesting they check the bolts of the keel. The court heard that a number of bolts had failed before the yacht had left the UK in October 2013 en route to Antigua. It was the failure of those bolts that eventually caused the keel to detach from the yacht when she was in mid-Atlantic, more than 700 miles from Nova Scotia in Canada, leading to a catastrophic capsize.

An extensive search and rescue by the US and Canadian Coast Guards was launched for the crew after two personal locator beacons were set off. The US Coastguard was criticised for calling off its search after two days but after

inaugural first place finish. Well done and on to the next!’’

Panama is the eleventh of 13 stops on the 40,000nm Clipper Race, which began in Liverpool in August 2017. After Stopovers in New York and Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the race will return to Liverpool’s historic Albert Dock for the Race Finish on 28 July. www.clipperroundtheworld.com

protests from family and friends and intervention by the British government, the search was re-started.

The yacht was eventually found by a container ship on 17 May, two days after Mr Bridge’s urgent email had been received by Mr Innes. No bodies have ever been found. The life raft was found still attached by swimmers from the USS Oscar Austin on 25 May. Neil Cunningham, who was the lead investigator for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, said: “A three-year investigation has come to an end, it has sent a clear message out about the responsibility of those who oversee yachts to make sure they are well maintained and seaworthy.

“Four families had their lives completely devastated when James, Andrew, Steve and Paul were lost at sea. We have made sure right from the start that we have worked with the families and kept them in touch with how the investigation has been going.

Our thoughts are still with them through what has been and still is a terribly difficult time.”

Sir Alan Massey, CEO of the MCA, said: “Mr Innes was today acquitted on the gross negligence manslaughter charges by a jury and we respect that decision.

However, he had been previously convicted for failing to operate the Cheeki Rafiki in a safe manner under the terms of the Merchant Shipping Act. “The sea can be an extremely hostile place. Make sure your vessel is safe, in strict accordance with its certification, and make sure it is properly maintained and fit to be at sea. You could otherwise find yourself facing serious charges in court.”

Outside Winchester court a spokesperson for the four families said: “We have lost our loved ones and our lives have been changed forever. Nothing was ever going to bring Andy, James, Paul and Steve back. They will never be forgotten.

“It is clear from the jury’s comments that there is a need to tighten up marine guidance so that the regulations cannot be misinterpreted. This will help to make our seas a safer place…a fitting legacy for our four men.”

NEWS SNAPS SEAFOOD FESTIVAL

Portsmouth Seafood Festival returns to Gunwharf Quays this summer following the success of 2017’s inaugural event. This free weekend event, which takes place on 30 June and 1 July, celebrates the city’s seafood and ancient fishing heritage. The event will promote and raise awareness around The Final Straw Solent Campaign, which aims to reduce the use of single-use plastics along the Solent, and The Big Fish project. www. portsmouthseafoodfestival.co.uk

F1 TO YACHTS

Eddie Jordan, better known for his involvement with Formula One Grand Prix racing, has been appointed to the board of Oyster Yachts by Richard Hadida, who is a sailing companion of Eddie’s. Hadida bought the boating business after it went into administration earlier this year. It is thought the company has an order book of around €100m with more than 20 yachts being built at the moment.

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CRUISE BERTH

Poole Harbour will be welcoming thousands of cruise ship passengers to the south coast this summer with the completion of South Quay.

The development has enabled the port to accommodate bigger ships, carrying more than 1,000 passengers. Completion of the £10m South Quay project concludes Poole Harbour Commissioner’s seven-year expansion.

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Traffic police discovered an abandoned small boat on the side of the A11 near Snetterton. An officer said: “If we have that much rain in Snetterton we might be using it as our new form of patrol vehicle.”

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Sailing clubs will also be able to continue to raise funds through Bart’s Bash to support the Andrew Simpson Foundation. Funds raised directly for the ASF will enable the foundation to continue increasing participation and improving young people’s lives through sailing.

This year marks the fifth anniversary of Bart’s Bash, the global event organised by the Andrew Simpson Foundation. The event was set up to honour Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson’s legacy, to unite and connect the sailing community,

encourage participation at sailing clubs, introduce new people to the sport and give people the excitement of entering a global sailing event.

Iain Percy OBE, Foundation Trustee, said: “We are all very excited about the opportunity to provide sailing with a global fundraising platform through the annual Bart’s Bash event. We see this as a great opportunity for all participating Bart’s Bash sailing clubs to directly raise funds to benefit their local sailing projects as well as continuing to support the foundation in achieving its aims. Five years on, we could not be prouder of what we have achieved to date, and I know Bart would be proud too.”

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SUNSEEKER FOUNDER RETIRES IT is the end of an era at Sunseeker as John Braithwaite will be retiring after 53 successful years. He founded the boat maker with brother Robert in the 1960s.

John’s retirement was timed to coincide with his 70th birthday celebrations in May. John has made an enormous contribution to the marine business since starting his career in 1964 at Friars Cliff Marine, which became Poole Powerboats in 1969 when it moved into Poole and subsequently Sunseeker International in 1985.

Along with his brother, Robert, John has dedicated much of his life to the brand and steadfastly guided the in-house design team over the last five decades.

John was instrumental in the

THE SPINNAKER DROP Image: Stefan and Sara Venter / Upix Photography

THIS summer, Emirates Spinnaker Tower will launch a brand new adrenaline experience .

‘The Drop’ will give participants the feeling of freefall as they leap from a platform 25m above sea level - but they will be jumping safe in the knowledge that a harness, rigging and giant crash mat will ensure they have a safe landing.

Tony Sammut, General Manager of Emirates Spinnaker Tower, explained: “Thrill seekers will have the opportunity to leap from a specially installed platform which stands about twice the height of an Olympic diving board. Not to be confused with a bungee jump, I would liken it more to the kind of jump that a stunt person might do in a Hollywood movie. The cable attaches to the participant’s harness at their chest. As they leap out from the platform towards the harbour, their jump is guided to a giant crash mat at the base of the tower.

The Drop is open to children as young as 11 years and will launch on 21 June. Tickets cost £18 for adults and £15 for children (11 - 15 years) which includes general admission to Emirates Spinnaker Tower.

Minimum and maximum weight restrictions apply. spinnakertower.co.uk

development of many revolutionary models, like the iconic Superhawk, the Predator 108 and, more recently, their fastest selling model, the Manhattan 52.

As the company’s longest serving executive, John has also been a valuable source of inspiration and guidance for the current Sunseeker executive team.

Phil Popham, Chief Executive Officer at Sunseeker International, said: “There is no doubt that John is, and will remain, one of our industry icons.

“What he has achieved is truly momentous. John has always remained true to building the very best in pleasure craft, utilising the latest technologies and delivering every customer’s dream.” www.sunseeker.com

NEWS SNAPS PIRATE’S SIGNAL

A toy boat originally launched by two boys from Peterhead last May is thought to still be at sea after a signal was received. There had been fears that the Playmobil pirate ship’s batteries had run out. It is thought Adventure has travelled more than 3,000 miles so far; the ship carries a message asking anyone who finds it to launch the boat back into the sea.

LIFEGUARDS BACK

L-R: Charlotte, Jennifer, Jennifer (Skipper), Holly Image: RNLI Nigel Millard

LONDON LADIES TO RACE EIGHT thrill seeking women, aged between 30 - 55, will be among the boats competing in one of Britain’s largest participation sporting events of 2018, the Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay on 7 July.

The crew of ladies, who are primarily from the London area, originally met in 2015 when they all decided to take on varying stages of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 15/16; in total they racked up nearly 200,000nm between

them. One of the women is Jennifer Burgis, who has decided to put herself to the test again by entering a boat in the Round the Island Race and skippering it herself for the first time.

When asked what she was most excited about for her first Round the Island Race she said: “I am most looking forward to being on that start line. Only then will it be real.” www.roundtheisland.org.uk Read All at Sea’s preview on page 16.

RNLI lifeguards made a welcome return to Weymouth beach in May as patrols for the 2018 summer season got underway. Alice Higgins, Lifeguard Supervisor, said: “We urge beachgoers to head to an RNLI lifeguarded beach and to swim and bodyboard in the supervised area marked out by the red and yellow flags. Try and stay within your depth and follow the lifeguard’s advice. If you get into trouble, stick your hand in the air and shout for help. If you see someone else in trouble, tell a lifeguard, or if you cannot see a lifeguard, call 999 or 112 and ask for the Coastguard.”

To find your nearest lifeguarded beach visit rnli.org.

LIVING AFLOAT

The Canal & River Trust have been granted planning permission for 16 residential moorings in Millwall Outer Dock, providing new homes for those wishing to live on the water. Living afloat is very popular in London with residential moorings often oversubscribed. Work on the pontoons will start in the summer with the work likely to be finished in the autumn.

POOLE HARBOUR BOAT SHOW

SELDEN BOTTLES IT

This year Seldén Mast Ltd will be supporting more dinghy classes and sailors than ever before and at the same time will be assisting in the fight against single use plastic bottles. With a view to being able to support more individual class events this year, Seldén has opted to provide reusable branded water bottles to entrants. The water bottles are available to any class that uses a Seldén rig and is holding a class event in the UK during 2018. www.seldénmast.com

FOILING TRAINING THE fourth annual Poole Harbour Boat Show in association with Sunseeker will return from 8 – 10 June.

The three-day extravaganza, which is free to visit, will transform Poole Quay bringing together celebrity-style yachts, motor cruisers, tall ships, marine equipment, watersports gear and clothing. With Try a Boat taster sessions and on-water demonstrations, as well as a programme of free family entertainment, the weekend will have something for everyone.

“Open access attracts not only enthusiasts but also those that are new to the marketplace, keen to find out how to sail, and to learn which boats and watersports suit their lifestyle in a relaxed and approachable format,” said Kerrie Gray, manager of Poole Quay Boat Haven.

The Ocean Brothers will officially open this year’s show. The two brothers, from Lymington, completed an epic 3,000-mile, unsupported row across the Atlantic. They spent 53 days at sea to raise money to fund

skin cancer research in memory of their father and step-father Peter Massey, who passed away after battling skin cancer for 16 years. To complete the opening day festivities, visitors will once again be able to enjoy the popular firework display, which will start at dusk.

Bryan Jones, Marketing Manager at Sunseeker International, said: “Being Dorset-based we are delighted to be part of the biggest free boat show in the south.

Not only will we have our award-winning

Manhattan 66 on display, it will be a great opportunity for prospective new employees to meet our recruitment team and find out about what apprenticeships and career options we have available.

“After last year’s record attendances, we are expecting to see even higher numbers of boat enthusiasts descending on Poole Quay for the show and the Sunseeker Sessions stage will be a real focal point on the quayside.” pooleharbourboatshow.co.uk

The RYA has announced two SailFoil training dates – with courses held at the Andrew Simpson Watersport Centre in Italy. These two opportunities are open to instructors who want to learn how to foil or progress their skills in a dinghy and teach the new pilot RYA Foiling Scheme. The courses are in June and will be offered on a firstcome first-served basis. jo@aswc.it

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DOWN TO THE FINAL SECONDS THE Spanish team MAPFRE stunned the Volvo Ocean Race fleet by stealing a win in Leg 8, with a shocking come-from-behind victory into a foggy Newport, Rhode Island.

One day before the finish, with just 300 miles to go, MAPFRE was in fifth place. As the final morning dawned, and with the fleet ghosting towards the finish line in extremely light and shifty winds, Xabi Fernández’s team was among the leading quartet, battling in slow motion with Team Brunel, Dongfeng Race Team and Vestas 11th Hour Racing.

Even when the leaders were just 500m from the finish line, MAPFRE was still trailing Team Brunel as the pair emerged from the fog within sight of the spectators.

But on approach to the final turning mark, MAPFRE picked up a zephyr of wind to sneak past Brunel. The margin after nearly

Image: Jesus Renedo/Volvo Ocean Race

PORTSMOUTH REGATTA TAKES TO THE SOLENT

THE Portsmouth Regatta 2018 takes place over 9 - 10 June in the Eastern Solent with the Andrew Simpson Foundation the official Regatta Charity.

Richard Percy, CEO of the Foundation, said: “We are honoured for the Andrew Simpson Foundation to have been selected as the charity of the Portsmouth regatta. Over the past four years, we have supported a number of inspiring projects in Portsmouth with an aim to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people in the local area. Through our recent partnership with the Portsmouth Sail

16 days of racing was just one minute and one second.

Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel, who had been leading for most of the last week after the equator crossing, took a well-deserved second place finish.

The win by MAPFRE meant the team regained the overall lead from Dongfeng.

Fifth across the line was team AkzoNobel, who passed Turn the Tide on Plastic just moments before the finish. A sixth place finish was disappointing for Dee Caffari’s Turn the Tide on Plastic, who led for several days early in the leg, and were in the fight with the leading group right up until the last hours, when they slipped back on the final approach. Leg 9, from Newport to Cardiff, began on 20 May. www.volvooceanrace.com

TWO MEDALS IN FRANCE

NEWS SNAPS NO RED DIESEL FINES

Following the sustained efforts of the Cruising Association, including meeting the Belgian Ambassador and lobbying via the CA’s Honorary Local Representatives in addition to its other contacts in Belgium, the Belgian Finance Office has confirmed to the CA that there will now be no fines or penalties for UK vessels visiting Belgium which have UK marine red diesel in their tanks.

However, 100 per cent fuel duty must still be paid on all red diesel which is purchased before a trip to Belgium. The full advice details are contained in the note from the CA’s Regulations and Technical Services Group which can be seen at www.theca.org.uk/rats/red_diesel_ use_in_belgium Read more from the CA on page 37.

SUPER TRITON

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The UK’s classic Riva specialist, Ventura, will be exhibiting a customised vintage Riva at this year’s Masterpiece Art & Design Fair, which takes place in the grounds of London’s Chelsea Hospital from 28 June - 4 July. The boat on show is a 1961 Super Tritone, uniquely customised by the Riva yard in Italy. www.venturaeurope.com

Training Trust and by opening a sailing and watersports facility on Easton Road, we hope we can continue to have a positive impact, and help raise the aspirations of the young people of Portsmouth.”

The J/109 Class will compete in the regatta for the first time this year. They will race as part of the Black Group fleet joining IRC Yachts competing for the Solent IRC series, Cruiser Class Yachts and the Sunsail Match 40 fleet who will be competing for the professional services regatta and the Gill race series. www.portsmouthregatta.org

BORROW A BOAT

Boat charter platform Borrow a Boat has announced the launch of its new app which enables customers to search for boats near to them.

Travellers will be able borrow one of the 17,000+ boats in more than 60 countries with the click of a button. www.borrowaboat.com

MEMBER DISCOUNTS RYA members can now enjoy a 10 per cent saving on Rockall Covers products and services, from covers and sun shades, to privacy screens and outdoor furniture. As well its range of products Rockall Covers also offer a full range of support solutions including installation and break-down, repairs, valeting and storage. www.rya.org.uk/go/Rockallcovers

WORKPLACE CHALLENGE

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FANCY going sailing with your workmates?

This summer, sailing is part of the national Workplace Challenge which aims to promote sport, physical activity and healthy living across the UK’s workplaces.

For the sailing challenge, you can sign up for a six week evening ‘learn to sail’ course with your colleagues at a participating

local sailing venue and then put your new skills to the test in the Workplace Sailing Challenge Regatta where teams will battle it out to be crowned the Champion Workplace.

The Workplace Sailing Challenge starts from 4 June and costs £99 to take part. www.rya.org.uk/wpsc

HANNAH Mills and Eilidh McIntyre doubled the British Sailing Team’s medal tally at the World Cup Series in Hyeres, France in the final race of the week-long Olympic classes regatta. The pair claimed a silver medal.

Hannah and Eilidh began the women’s 470 medal race finale safe in the knowledge that they had second place sown up, but wanting to steal gold from France’s Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz.

Rio 2016 gold medallist Mills and crew McIntyre crossed the line in eighth position, two places ahead of their rivals, but it was not enough to usurp Lecointre and Retornaz from the top spot. “I feel good,” said Hannah. “It was a really

exciting race. It was nice to have the confidence of having the silver medal and being able to attack, attack, attack.

But we were frustrated we could not quite pull it off.”

Their success in Hyeres brings their tally to one gold and four silvers as they build toward a tilt at the world championships in Aarhus, Denmark, in August.

The silver medal adds to the silver the British Sailing Team won on the penultimate day by Ben Saxton and Nicola Boniface in the Nacra 17.

World Cup Series Hyeres was the third and final round of the international series. The final takes place in Marseille from 3 - 10 June. www.rya.org.uk

Boatsetter.com has acquired Smart Charter Ibiza, based on the holiday hotspot island of Ibiza. It is the company’s first international acquisition and adds a large fleet of top-end vessels in Ibiza, Formentera and Mallorca to its offerings.

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CLEAN-UP MONEY FOR HOLYHEAD A marina which was hit by Storm Emma in March is being offered £100,000 by the Welsh Government towards clean-up costs.

In the gales 80 boats were damaged, with several sinking, and the resulting pollution is believed to have affected miles of Anglesey’s coastline.

Visiting Holyhead Marina, First Minister Carwyn Jones said £30,000 would go towards the clean-up, and £70,000 will be made available to help businesses struggling as a result of the damage.

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NEWS SNAPS INDUSTRY GATHERS

At the annual MAA Press Lunch more than 100 industry guests from a number of marine sectors, along with members of the press, were entertained by speakers including RYA Director of Racing Ian Walker and interim Managing Director of British Marine David Pougher.

Talking about the cancellation of the London Boat Show, David Pougher said: “You have my assurance that we will do everything to showcase our products and create shop windows to promote the industry.” www.marineadagency.com

Carwyn Jones said: “The taxpayer cannot pay for what insurance should be paying for. But what we can do is make sure there is money available to promote the businesses that use the marina and to help them retain and gain business.”

According to the Welsh government an estimated 40 tonnes of polystyrene and 3,000 litres of oil have already been recovered from the marina and neighbouring beaches.

Read more marina news on page 44.

COWES FEVER

STEAMSHIP BACK AT WORK

TOTALLY WATERSPORTS

SOUTHAMPTON’S heritage steamship SS Shieldhall has returned looking spick and span following her biennial visit to dry dock in Falmouth. Her first cruises of the 2018 season started over 26 - 27 May. Shieldhall has had a fresh link of paint applied to her hull and anchors, and routine maintenance work undertaken including anti-fouling, the installation of new foremast lights and the checking

of the port propeller shaft, and now has a clean bill of health. Shieldhall’s return comes after the announcement of her National Historic Ships 2018 Regional Flagship status – the Shieldhall becoming the first ship to hold the distinction of holding either the National or Regional Flagship status on two occasions.

Tickets for the programme can be purchased at www.ss-shieldhall.co.uk.

VISITORS to the National Watersports Festival this June will be able to experience dinghy sailing and windsurfing with taster sessions running throughout the weekend supported by the RYA. NWF returns to Rutland Water in the Midlands on 8 - 10 June, celebrating ‘everything watersports’ with stand-up paddleboarding, kayaking and diving all on offer along with sailing and windsurfing. There will also be racing, demos, live music, local food plus camping available on site.

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NWF Organiser Allan Cross said: “The main aims of The National Watersports Festival are to encourage like-minded watersports enthusiasts of all abilities and ages to have a great time on and off the water in a friendly and safe festival environment.”

The family friendly sailing and windsurfing taster sessions are open to anyone over the age of eight and no experience is necessary. Book taster sessions at the festival website. nationalwatersportsfestival.com

Fever-Tree has renewed its position as Official Mixers Sponsors of Lendy Cowes Week for two-years. Saskia Meyer, Marketing Director at FeverTree, said: “We are excited to be returning to Lendy Cowes Week for a fifth year, bringing our Fever-Tree bar to the Yacht Haven and hosting the Fever-Tree Crew Cap Party for the first time at Shepard’s Marina.” Lendy Cowes Week: 4 - 11 August. www.lendycowesweek.co.uk

NEW SPORTJET

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POWERING AHEAD SIMON EVERETT ROUNDS UP THIS MONTH’S ENGINE NEWS. efficiency technology applied to the big engines filtering down through the ranks, to the point where truly portable engines such as the Suzuki DF15 have electronic fuel injection incorporated running off the engine’s own generator, no battery needed.

It is not just the fuelling either, but the sound deadening, air inlet system, compactness and above all, lightness.

The weight of the engine is fundamental to its portability and is an overriding decision factor, whether for use as an auxiliary or as the power source for a dinghy.

It is interesting to see the manufacturers in a ‘race to the bottom’, to have the lightest, most portable unit, while at the same time still vaunting their big power units.

SUMMER SAVINGS!

SUMMER is here and you cannot help but notice the increase in the number of people having fun using smaller boats, especially SIBs (Soft Inflatable Boats), the most popular of which have a shaped keel and firm deck.

This upsurge in the popularity of getting afloat in an affordable, portable package has meant the outboard emphasis has been flipped from the big, powerful flagship models to those at the bottom end of the spectrum.

Whilst a sub-20hp outboard may not have the glitz and glamour associated with a 300hp leviathan, it is this end of the market where the volume is and as such is probably more important. Over the last year or so we have seen the fuel

Everyone loves a deal and those fine people at Honda have put together some summer incentives to keep their customers satisfied. With the sudden interest in using small inflatable or conventional dinghies for fun in the sun, powered by a low horsepower outboard motor these summer savings are perfectly timed.

From now until the end of September people purchasing a Honda outboard will benefit not only from the unmatched six-year engine warranty, but also from a slightly fatter wallet. The savings are incremental according to the size of outboard bought, from £50 for the 2.3, 4 and 5hp models through to £600 for a BF60, which is a healthy discount.

In addition to the engine discount, Honda have extended their generosity to the inflatable tender range as well.

For people thinking of buying a small inflatable, for whatever reason, the discount offered on an engine and boat package is quite substantial as they are cumulative and as much as £750 is up for grabs, which kind of negates the saving you might make buying used.

The discount applies to any model of Honwave, but is dependant upon the engine bought with it. For those purchasing a boat and a 2.3, 4, 5 or 6hp outboard an extra £75 is offered. There is £100 for buyers of the 8hp or 10hp models and £150 if you go for either of the BF15 or BF20 motors.

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ROUND THE ISLAND RACE Put simply it is a one-day yacht race around the Isle of Wight, but it is so much more than that. The Round the Island Race attracts competitors from around the world racing for that nish line at Cowes

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f you want to take part in an iconic yacht race the annual Round the Island Race has got to be right up there with the best of them. Around 16,000 sailors take part every year, from all corners of the planet, to follow the 50nm course round the Isle of Wight.

The race is a popular challenge for sailors of all experience levels and abilities, attracting classic yachts like the elegant J Class Velsheda as well as stateof-the-art, record-breaking greyhounds.

Olympic gold medallists have tried their luck, whilst grand old ladies of the sea, like Suhaili, Gipsy Moth IV and Lively Lady have given more modern designs a run for their money over the years.

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THANKS TO THE MAJOR

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Organised by the Island Sailing Club, the original idea came from member Major Cyril Windeler. It was in 1930 that the Major suggested a handicap race around the Isle of Wight catering for smaller boats in the category five to 25 tons.

A year later the first race took place with a small number, in comparison to today, of boats competing. Of the 25 entrants it was Peter Brett who won the top trophy, the Gold Roman Bowl.

The man who started it all had to wait a few more years for his first victory as it was 1939 before Major Windeler finally won his trophy, sailing an auxiliary cutter Kalliste designed by Jack Giles.

The Major was unable to defend his title the following year as the war saw a ban on private, leisure sailing. However, the Round the Island Race resumed in 1946 under Major Sir Philip Hunloke as Commodore.

Here is Ben Fogal in last year’s race.

Image: Paul Wyeth

The popularity of the race continued to grow so that by 1950 there were 105 entries. By the mid 1980s this had reached 1,309 with a decade peak in 1989 of 1,813, the year the Island Sailing Club celebrated its centenary. 10 years ago, though, this was beaten again with a record 1,875 entries.

FAMOUS NAMES

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RACE FOR CHARITY

Charity fundraising has always been a part of the race. Many charitable causes benefit, including the official race charity, The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, which has raised around ÂŁ267k from their involvement.

This has enabled an additional 472 young people to join the Trust for a four-day trip and 119 young people in recovery from cancer to be able to sail in the race. www. ellenmacarthurcancertrust.org

There is a long list of well-known names who have competed in the Round the Island Race.

Prime Minister Edward Heath won the race four times; three of them in consecutive years in the early 1970s.

In 2013 Sir Ben Ainslie helmed his AC45 catamaran to post the first sub-threehour race with a time of two hours, 52 minutes and 15 seconds. This record was beaten three years later and then again in 2017.

Other big names from the world of sailing who have taken part include Sir Keith Mills, Dee Caffari and Dame Ellen MacArthur, but many others have also taken part from actor Jeremy Irons and adventurer Ben Fogal to man of the moment Prince Harry.

This year some of the big names to look out for include Sir Ben Ainslie on Gladiator, Ellen MacArthur sailing with the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and Natasha Lambert in her sip and puff boat Mini Transat, Miss Isle Too.

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RACE DAY

Starting on the famous Royal Yacht Squadron line in Cowes, the fleet races westabout to The Needles, round St Catherine’s Point and Bembridge Ledge buoy, and back into the Solent to the finish line at Cowes.

More than 1,400 boats will be taking part on the day. Leading the fleet away at 0630 will be the Open 60s, IRC Class 0, Class40 and the Clipper Yachts. Starts then continue every 10 minutes until 0810, when the final group of ISCRS boats cross the start line and begin the first leg of their 50nm course around the Isle of Wight.

New additions for the 2018 race are the Diam 24 multihull sportsboats and the super-fast HP30s, both of whom have their own classes for the first time. They will be joining the fleet of racing and cruising monohulls, multihulls, Gaffers, classics and dayboats taking on one of the world’s best-loved sailing challenges – a unique day of fun, excitement, team-spirit and achievement.

Sailors are advised, before reaching the finish, to know which of the two finish lines is theirs and that the sail number is visible to the team on the central committee boat. It is important to clear the line as soon as possible and make the end-of-race declaration by text, or ashore at either the Island Sailing Club in West Cowes or at East Cowes Marina.

The race results are published immediately they become available and can be seen on the website or via screens at the Island Sailing Club and the Race Village in Cowes Yacht Haven.

As well as the kudos of finishing this great race, nearly 200 prizes will be awarded, with boats of every shape and size competing to win individual class and overall trophies.

The race often runs true to Cyril Windeler’s original aspirations, with small boats, perhaps finishing well into the evening, carrying off the top prizes.

The majority of boats will take many hours to complete the race, but there are always records to be broken. The course records stand at 3h 43m 50s for a monohull boat, set by Mike Slade on ICAP Leopard in 2013, and 2h 22m 23s for a multihull boat, set by Ned Collier Wakefield on Concise 10 in 2017 (Ned will be racing again this year).

Lots of chances to win with nearly 200 prizes awarded. Image: Paul Wyeth

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This will be published by QHM Portsmouth just prior to the race and a link will be available on the race website. They also publish a Safety Booklet which gives good general guidance.

Competitors will not want to be caught out by sudden changes in the weather, and so make sure you have an up-to-date forecast. Catch broadcasts by BBC Radio Solent (96.1FM), BBC Radio 4 (92.9FM) and Solent Coastguard (VHF Channel 16).

In addition, Raymarine provide a live weather briefing for all skippers in the Island Sailing Club at 1800 on 6 July.

WHERE TO WATCH

The bulk of the fleet returns to Cowes during the afternoon and well into the evening on a light airs day. Family, friends and fans of the race can watch the race from many vantage points on the mainland and Isle of Wight.

Island points include, of course, Cowes, and The Needles, but also Sconce Point, St Catherine’s Point, Ventnor and Ryde Pier.

Details about how to get to these, and other viewing areas, can be found at the race website.

Suggested mainland vantage points are Hurst Point and Gilkicker Point.

As usual, friends, family and sailing fans at home will not be missing out on the action, with GPS tracking, live TV coverage and regular social media updates keeping everyone up-to-date with progress on the race track. www.roundtheisland.org.uk sec@islandsc.org.uk (General) rir@islandsc.org.uk (Entries) Image: Paul Wyeth

TIME TO ENTER

All types of boats, from cruiser to maxi yacht, enter the race. Entries for the this year’s Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay opened on 28 December, with many competitors taking advantage of the post-Christmas holiday period to make their entry.

“It is truly iconic and a must do for all sailors. The Isle of Wight is a stunning place and to sail around it with 1,600 other boats is very special and quite the spectacle.” Sir Ben Ainslie

IT IS YOUR RACE

For some sailors, this is their one race of the year and many use the event as a first taste of yacht racing.

Race organisers want to highlight that Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay is not just aimed at elite sailors and are keen to promote wider participation from sailors of all generations and experience levels. As a result, this year’s edition of the race brings with it the new #ItsYourRace campaign, encouraging competitors to create their own ‘race within the race’.

Using the tracker, competitors can select individual boats to follow and race against, increasing the competitive element within the fleet.

So, marinas, clubs, friends and families are all encouraged to create their own ‘race within the race’ under the new #ItsYourRace campaign, which will be running alongside the long-standing message of the race, #RaceForAll. Dave Atkinson, Commodore of the Island Sailing Club, said: “The Island Sailing Club is very proud of its flagship event and want to ensure all competitors make full use of the services on offer to them.

We are very excited to build on the new #ItsYourRace campaign and continue to thank our family of Race Partners for making all this possible. We very much look forward to seeing everyone on the start line on 7 July for another great Round the Island Race.”

Race organisers point out that entrants should read the Local Notice to Mariners

Remember!

The Racing Rules apply between all yachts racing, but you do not have priority over boats that are not racing.

First over the line at six minutes past midnight was race regular Neil Collings with an entry for his Etap 30i Second Wind.

Like many in the ISCRS division, this is Neil’s only race of the year and an occasion that he and his family crew look forward to.

As well as individual entries, the race also features team competitions for boats from affiliated yacht clubs. Just three boats are needed to form a club team and enter for one of the team trophies. The entry fee is £30 per team and each club can enter more than one team.

You can enter online, but if this is impossible, telephone the office and they will put a hard copy in the post. Before you fill in the entry form, read the online entry information and the Notice of Race which tells you all about the race and which types of boat are eligible to enter.

The standard entry period runs until 23 June and late entry until 4 July. Fees range from £112 to £444 depending on boat size and when you enter. Competitors can enter the race at rtir.me/entries.

FUTURE DATES

This year’s event was moved to 7 July in order to avoid a clash with the Isle of Wight Music Festival. n 29 June, 2019 n 30 May, 2020 n 3 July, 2021 n 25 June, 2022

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It is everyone’s responsibility to be satisfied that their boat is suitable and seaworthy to race, not just in the Solent but also in the open waters south of the island and in the full range of weather conditions.

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BOATING PEOPLE Q&A WITH ANDREW RAYNER WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE ROUND THE ISLAND RACE.

How did you first get into sailing?

At school. During the winter months we used to build and maintain a small fleet of dinghies as part of our Design and Technology lessons and learn to sail them on the Medina in the summer.

Mostly they stayed upright - although not always for an entire lesson…

What is your role with the Round the Island Race in association with Cloudy Bay and what does it consist of?

I am responsible for all the technology that underpins the event as well as our live TV production, so I basically sail a desk for the entire race weekend. Alongside me are a team of 40 dedicated individuals who do the real work and

put in some very long hours to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

On race day itself, much of our time is dedicated to processing the many thousands of finishing times, declarations, protest, penalties, retirements and (occasional) disqualifications to produce a continuously updated live results feed for everyone taking part and those watching at home.

The team works through the night to finalise the results and produce the final prize-giving list for the 180 trophies and other prizes in the race, so that at 5am on Sunday morning the ISC team can start preparing for the prize-giving ceremony at midday.

Other parts of the team look after the tracking system, which keeps tabs on nearly 2,000 tracking devices on boats and support craft and provides live updates on the progress of the race to organisers and those watching at home. They also keep the website updated with regular news releases and images from the racetrack.

While all of that is going on, our live TV production crew are covering all of the action from the start and finish lines, as well as regular updates from key points on the racetrack such as The Needles, St Catherine’s and Ryde. Bringing back live pictures from remote locations and weaving them into a four-hour live show that is entirely at the mercy of the weather is a complicated – and somewhat fraught – operation.

Of course, all of these elements take a significant amount of planning and preparation.

Everything has to work on race day; there are no second chances. That means that, for some members of the team, the race really is a yearround operation. That includes my role on the race Steering Group, advising on technical, media and marketing issues and generally helping make sure the race continues to be popular and relevant to our sailing audience.

How long have you been involved with the race?

It has been 44 years. My dad ran the results team in the early days. I was still at school and the Honeywell computer that calculated the results occupied a huge warehouse in Ohio, USA. Today we have more computing power on the phone in our pocket, and final results that used to take all night to calculate are now churned out in less than a second.

What is new about the race this year?

Each year, we try to introduce some new aspects to the race that keep it fresh and current while maintaining the heritage and tradition that is so important to many. The focus this year is on the smaller communities of regular sailors who are not necessarily expecting to win a big trophy but who nevertheless want to have some skin in the game.

The TV production crew capture some of the key race moments

Off the water there is a team hard at work behind the scenes

To support this, we are introducing a #ItsYourRace initiative which is all about individuals and groups creating their own races within the overall race. It might be four or five people from the same club, or a bunch of people who berth at the same marina.

It could be a dozen people who have the same type of boat, or two people from the same country.

Whatever the connection, the idea is to help people not only feel part of something huge but also, on a smaller scale, to enjoy some friendly and perhaps more relevant competition within the race.

Why do you think Round the Island Race has become such an iconic event?

Scale, heritage, spectacle, inclusiveness, colour, drama.

For many, it is the sense of adventure and achievement in leaving the waters of the Solent, taking a boat out past the Needles and racing it all of the way around the island. For others, it is the amazing spectacle and comradery of sailing in company with thousands of others, from occasional sailors to world champions in everything from 25’ Folkboats to 100’ multihulls.

And for some, of course, it is the chance of winning an incredibly prestigious trophy or breaking a circumnavigation record. It is a captivating mix of attributes with a hugely broad appeal. There is nothing like it in this country, and few events to rival it anywhere in the world.

Have you read All at Sea’s Round the Island Race preview on page 16? www. roundtheisland.org.uk #raceforall #ItsYourRace

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THE GREEN BLUE

This has led to the development of a variety of informative guides such as The Green Guide to Coastal Boating and The Green Wildlife Guide for Boaters, which cover a variety of top tips to help boaters prevent pollution and enjoy marine wildlife whilst minimising disturbance.

There are also resources available to RYA instructors to help pass on environmental best practice to their students during courses. These include The Green Blue’s Coastal Instructor Pocket Cards and Sustainable Boating Activity Cards.

Support has also been provided by The Green Blue to boating associations, clubs, centres and businesses in identifying ways they can raise awareness of MPAs and best practice amongst members, visitors and customers through their website, newsletters, member talks and The Green Blue’s informative posters and guides.

PROTECTING OUR WATERS The Green Blue’s new educational awareness campaign has got off to a ing start Kate ortnam, reen Blue Outreach O cer

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he Green Blue’s new educational awareness campaign started in September 2017 with a focus on raising awareness of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas amongst the recreational boating community. It works to provide support and advice in adopting best practice to minimise any impacts that boating activities might have on marine wildlife and habitats.

Designated to protect habitats and species from damage, MPA is a generic term and includes different types of legal protection such as Marine Conservation Zones, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Special Protection Areas.

Seeing marine wildlife is always a thrill and the developing network of MPAs around the UK features an amazing array of creatures. Many areas have been protected for some time and remain accessible to boaters, such as Skomer Island with its rich marine life and seabird colonies, first protected in 1990.

GREATER UNDERSTANDING

MPAs exist around most of the UK’s coastal waters, so it is important that the recreational boating sector seeks to have more

understanding of the species and habitats protected in the areas we undertake our boating activities. Through knowledge of wildlife behaviour and the areas where marine birds and mammal species breed, feed and rest, boaters will become more aware of how to minimise disturbance when out on the water.

Disturbance can be caused by noise, proximity, wake and erratic movements and many species are protected by legislation that makes deliberate disturbance an offence. To help safeguard our marine waters and the wildlife we share our boating environment with, follow these simple top tips:  Find out more about the area you are boating in. Contact the local harbour authority or Wildlife Trust for local advice and marine codes. They can offer a wealth of information about species you might see and any local protections you need to be aware of.  Think about speed; always be steady, predictable, quiet and cautious around marine wildlife. This applies whether you spot something in the distance, whether something pops on the port side or whether your passage takes you by seals hauled out on rocks or colonies of roosting birds on the cliffs.

GREEN FACILITIES You can spot bottlenose dolphins off UK waters where you can see them swimming and playing in bays and river estuaries.

Minke whales are most often found travelling in the northern Atlantic and southern Antarctic oceans

WORKING TOGETHER

To help raise awareness of our MPAs and the best practice we can all adopt, The Green Blue has been working closely with recreational boating stakeholders, wildlife organisations, government bodies and management partnerships.

Many boating venues and events are striving to ensure they have the facilities in place to enable their members to be more environmentally sustainable.

Simple measures can make a huge difference, such as providing recycling bins, avoiding single use plastics, ensuring there is a spill kit available to clean up accidental oil or fuel spills and providing and encouraging the use of antifoul ground sheets to capture paint drips and scrapings to dispose of in hazardous waste bins. Also, planning race courses that are away from more environmentally sensitive areas and setting up a washdown area where boats, trailers and equipment can be washed to remove harmful invasive plant and animal species.

Kate Fortnam, The Green Blue Campaign Manager, said: “Recreational boaters are passionate about the environment they live, work and spend most of their leisure time in. We are keen to show and build upon the positive steps clubs, centres, marinas and other businesses and organisations are already taking to minimise any impacts they may have on their marine environment – and to help them to build upon this to work towards making boating even more sustainable.”

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TAKING NOTICE OF SAFETY With the launch of the 2018 Safety Advisory Notice a number of key topics have been highlighted.

The Advisory Notice advises that liferafts must be stowed correctly if they are to work properly.

yourself, have a plan, keep in touch and know your limits. Together they underpin the national governing body’s ethos of self-reliance and responsibility for safety on board.

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Reviewing the Notice annually enables the RYA Safety Advisory Group to examine safety concerns that have emerged throughout the year and consolidate any lessons learnt.

The newly published fifth edition focuses on six key topics for boaters to think about:  The correct stowing of liferafts  Preventing lateral loading on safety line hooks  DIY boat electrics  Fire prevention and fire-fighting equipment  Fishing gear entanglements  The importance of seeing and being seen at night.

SAFETY ADVICE TO mark the start of Boat Fire Safety Week, the RYA has launched its 2018 Safety Advisory Notice – featuring six key topics to help boaters think in practical terms about their safety afloat.

Compiled for the recreational boating community and first launched in 2014, the RYA Safety Advisory Notice offers a simple digest of critical safety issues including those that have arisen from incidents and tragic accidents in the past year.

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Boaters can find out more about fire-prevention at the RYA’s Safe Boating hub www.rya.org.uk/ go/safety

The safety guide gets underway with a reminder that liferafts must be capable of being launched quickly and easily; it stresses the importance of stowing the liferaft correctly, so that it will work properly.

Building on the reminder in last year’s Safety Advisory Notice of the importance of clipping on intelligently, the next topic advises boaters to prevent lateral loading on safety line hooks.

The method used to anchor the end of the safety line to a vessel should be arranged to ensure that the hook cannot become entangled with deck fittings or other equipment.

Fishing gear entanglements is one of the six key topics covered in this year’s Safety Advisory Notice

A common problem that the RYA has come across in older boats is 12V DC electrical systems that have been juryrigged by the owner, or an electrician who is not experienced in the marine environment. Although 12V DC systems that are common on recreational craft are not going to create an electrocution hazard, the 2018 Safety Advisory Notice is reminding boaters that there are dangers that may catch out an amateur DIYer. The launch of this latest edition coincided with Boat Fire Safety Week, which ran from 28 May to 3 June. As part of the national Fire Kills and Boat Safety Scheme initiative, a number of Fire and Rescue Services across the country visited boaters to offer free safety advice and to offer free smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors to people who live or work on the water.

SAFE BOATING HUB

In addition to highlighting the importance of fire prevention in the advisory notice, the RYA provides a considerable amount of advice on fire prevention and fire-fighting equipment on its Safe Boating hub at www.rya.org. uk/go/safety.

Snagging something around your prop, keel or rudder can cause problems ranging from the tiresome to the terrible.

The RYA is urging boaters to avoid compounding the situation by jumping in to try and clear it, unless conditions are suitable and you are confident in your abilities.

The final topic for 2018’s safety update focuses on navigation lights. These will tell a look-out what you are doing and which way you are travelling so that the steering and sailing rules can be correctly applied.

If your navigation lights are unclear then others will not know what your intentions are. If they cannot be seen then others may not know you are there, particularly if you do not show up on radar.

RYA Cruising Manager, Stuart Carruthers, said: “We first launched the Safety Advisory Notice at the London Boat Show in 2014. The purpose was then and is now to raise awareness of particular safety issues, to help to prevent avoidable accidents and in doing so ultimately to protect lives.”

Visit the RYA online safety hub at www. rya.org.uk/go/safety for your free copy of the 2018 Safety Advisory Notice, plus the previous four editions.

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TIME TO COVER UP

It is not only your boat that needs to be cared for; making sure your cover is looked after too will keep it doing its job for many years to come.

boats are stored with the boom connected at the gooseneck whilst others fit flush across the decks, which certainly allows a snugger fit for when towing.

For those sailors who are interested in ‘doing the circuit’, trailing their boats to do open events and championships around the country (and abroad) an elasticated undercover that provides further protection for the hull itself must be seen as a worthwhile investment. After a long journey to a championship, having the first task being to remove a layer of road grime from the undersides of the hull is not the best thing in the way of event preparation.

CARE FOR COVERS Having purchased a good quality, well fitted cover it is also worth spending a little time taking care of it. Most covers these days come with a take off point mid-way between the mast and transom; hook the main halyard on to this and use it to help raise the cover a little, causing the rain to run off rather than pooling in one corner.

It is not just the weather that the cover is faced with but tree sap, bird droppings and, in some areas, airborne pollution. A regular hose

Part of the team at Banks Sails in Park Gate are tasked with making boat covers both large and small

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.

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ery few would describe our summers as predictable, but the responses once the sun does finally decide to shine carry a certain inevitability. These days we are encouraged to follow the Australian mantra of “slip, slap, slop”, as in, slip on a shirt, slap on a hat and slop on sunscreen, which is all very well for the sailors but what about all the sailing dinghies that are sat out in the sun all day?

Even in temperate climes such as our own, the sun can be fierce enough to effectively cook both a wooden and surprisingly - a GRP hull causing the sort of damage that a dinghy dermatologist would despair at.

THE ELEMENTS Add to this the fact that dinghy sailing is increasingly an all year around activity, so the impact of the weather is not restricted to the golden rays of the sun.

It may (hopefully) be a glorious hot and sunny day now, but not so long ago, boats would have been sat in the dinghy park in sub-zero temperatures under a thick coating of snow and before that, they were being battered by a deluge of wind and rain.

Yet amazingly, when even a small dinghy today can represent a significant financial outlay, boat owners still tend to take their boat covers for granted, seemingly working on the assumption that they are maintenance free and will go on forever.

Yet the weather is blind to the damage it can do, be that to the sailor, the boat… or the cover. Maybe we should take pity on the poor old boat cover, as

for most of them, they are taken off for a few hours at the weekend and maybe a mid-week evening in the summer, but then sit there for the rest of the time providing year-round weather protection and a certain degree of security for the loose items that are left in the cockpit (which in the case of good quality foils can also be of high value).

COVER CHOICES A better way to look at things nowadays is to see your dinghy cover as a protection of your investment in the boat from everything that can get thrown at it. Of course, there are covers… and then there are covers and not all are right for every boat.

Serving the lower end of the market, it is possible to buy in a cover from the Far East that can look like a bargain, only for it to quickly fall foul of the worst (and best) of the elements to rapidly look rather tatty. Luckily, the UK sailing scene is rich in both sailmakers who also make covers and specialist suppliers, allowing sailors the luxury of a great deal of choice.

The selection can be driven in part by the nature of the boat that is to be covered; for an all-GRP dinghy, a PVC cover should suffice. The standard colour for these is a royal blue, though other colours are also available with silver grey being a popular alternative.

Moving further up the value chain are covers made from a cotton and polyester cloth, which are particularly important if the boat was made using wooden construction, for the weave in the cloth allows the cover to ‘breath’.

The fit is also important, as some

It is supposed to be a boat cover, not a paddling pool! A little bit of care helps your cover protect your boat

“See your dinghy cover as a protection of your investment in the boat” down, sweeping away any collected leaves and other debris, along with draining away any collected water is a great way of ensuring that your cover will give you the best possible service for a long period of time, as a well looked after one can be kept serviceable for a decade or more.

Sadly, the thread in the stitching and any Velcro used will probably lack the UV protection qualities of the main material, but with care and ensuring that any repairs needed - such as re-stitching a seam - are carefully carried out, your cover should serve your dingh, and therefore you, for many years to come.

Sun, snow and a total lack of regular maintenance and the results are terminal. There is now nothing in the way of protection from the elements or security for the gear inside

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BOATING HOLIDAYS EVERY MONTH WE BRING YOU A SELECTION OF SUPER OFFERS

GREEK TOP 5

Wondering where to sail in Greece this summer? As an incredibly popular destination for sailors there is a huge choice, but here are five top places as recommended by Nautilus Yachting.

Ionian – Popular with newcomers and families the Ionian offers lighter winds and shorter passages.

Athens – Now is the time to take a wonderful sailing holiday in the Saronic Gulf with its many islands and reliable winds.

Skiathos – For those looking for islands and harbours off the beaten track this area offers great sailing opportunities for more experienced crews.

Corfu – Known as the Jewel of the Ionian, this well-known island is the gateway to an idyllic sailing holiday in the Northern Ionian.

Aegean – With lots of wind and long passages, this region brings more experienced sailors looking for a greater challenge. www.nautilusyachting.com

PLAIN SAILING

If you are thinking of holidaying in Croatia this year PlainSailing. com has yachts and catamarans ready to sail from Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, Kastela, Trogir, Biograd, Jezera and Pula.

The Croatian sailing season is from May to September, although yachts and catamarans are available all year round. The summer brings a reliable wind which will see you filling your sails and making good way up and down the coast.

The vast majority of the country is coastal, which means there is plenty to keep you busy even if you just stuck to the mainland. Of course, Croatia is also made

up of 1,700 islands to explore, including a number in marine nature and wildlife parks like the Kornati.  June - Dubrovnik Bavaria 42 (2005) - plainsailing.com/ yachts/bavaria-42/876 €1,416 + 240 end cleaning (20 per cent off bareboat price)  July - Split Hanse 345 (2016) - plainsailing.com/ yachts/hanse-345/598 €2,366 + 120 end cleaning (5 per cent off bareboat price)  August - Zadar Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 (2018) - plainsailing. com/yachts/beneteauoceanis-38-1/1461 €2,442 + 120 end cleaning (21 per cent off bareboat price) plainsailing.com

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STAY AND SAIL GOING SOLO

In a survey conducted by cruise agent ROL Cruise and World of Cruising magazine, 76 per cent of respondents said they had taken a holiday on their own.

The survey of 1,891 people across all age ranges revealed that a third are frequent solo travellers, having taken a holiday alone 10 or more times.

Cruising featured heavily in the list of holidays taken by those travelling solo. Two-thirds of those who had holidayed alone had cruised as a solo traveller with 70 per cent of respondents citing excursions as the most likely place to meet like-minded travellers. www.rolcruise.co.uk

Discover the best of both worlds this summer…

Try a beach club holiday in your first week; then take to the seas on an Ocean Elements yacht to cruise the beautiful Ionian Islands for your second week. A fantastic ‘twin centre’ holiday packed with variety, and perfect for families.

Week one is all about unwinding in the Beach Club hotel in Vassiliki where you can enjoy a variety of watersports as well as lots of shore-based activities. The kids and teen club mean the kids can go wild and you have some well-deserved ‘me time’.

Then week two, it is all aboard as you take to the seas on your own yacht. You can choose between joining a sociable flotilla cruise where

every route is planned for you or go bareboat sailing around the islands.

To charter a boat in Greece you will need to have at least a Day Skipper or ICC qualification.

You can take your Day Skipper and ICC with them or you can hire a skipper.

(Yacht hire prices cover June to September)  Bavaria Cruiser 36 Brightstar: £1,290 - £1,985  Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 379 Fearless: £1,334 - £2,048  Bavaria Cruiser 40 ‘Alba Magica: £1,246 - £1,960 There is also a discount of £200 off your second week, and a £100 discount on barefoot boat bookings. To book: 0844 770 4070 www.oceanelements.com

CROATIAN CHARTERS

EMERALD WATERWAYS

Emerald Waterways is moving into ocean cruising with a brand-new yacht and sailing itinerary along Croatia’s dramatic Dalmatian coast in the Adriatic Sea. Launching in 2019, the 5-star MV Adriatic Princess II has been designed to specifically navigate the Dalmatian coast and its many small ports.

The eight day The Islands of Dalmatia cruise will sail the yacht-friendly waters between

Trogir and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Guests will take in some of the most spectacular destinations along the Adriatic coast and learn about the unique topography of this region, comprised of thousands of offshore islands and coastlines dotted with limestone mountains and ancients cities and towns.

Emerald Waterways will be offering 22 departures from April to October 2019.

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NCP & mare is a Croatian charter company running 70 sailing boats, catamarans and powerboats, as bareboat or crewed charters.

RYA members can now benefit from a 20 per cent discount on their holiday bookings.

NCP & mare is located in the middle of the Adriatic coast at D-Marina Mandalina in Sibenik, just 45 minutes away from two international airports, Split and Zadar, and between two national parks, the Kornati archipelago and the river Krka waterfalls.

Pasko Klisovic, Director, NCP & mare, said: “We are surrounded by numerous islands, providing a unique experience for sailing and cruising whether it is a sailing trip to Vis, Hvar, Korčula and Dubrovnik in the south or Kornati and even Istria or Brijuni islands in the north. The two beautiful national parks - Krka and Kornati – are also both accessible by the sea, and only a few hours away, giving you plenty of choice for a truly unforgettable charter holiday experience.” www.rya.org.uk/go/ncpmare

FURTHER INFORMATION

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GOLDEN GLOBE RACE

Sailing 30,000 miles non-stop, 19 sailors will soon be taking on an epic sailing challenge, the Golden Globe Race.

2018 RACE COMPETITORS

NAME Abhilash Tomy AGE 39 COUNTRY India BOAT Thuriya, ERIC Suhaili replica Masthead ketch

NAME Istvan Kopar AGE 65 COUNTRY USA BOAT Puffin, Tradewind 35 Cutter

NAME Philippe Peche AGE 57 COUNTRY France BOAT PRB, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

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The 2018 Golden Globe solo non-stop round the world race will start from Les Sables d’Olonne France on 1st July 2018 and the yachts will return to the same port in March/April 2019. Image: GGR/PPL RIGHT: The restoration of Sir Robin KnoxJohnston’s winning 32ft ketch rigged yacht Suhaili. Image: Barry Pickthall/PPL

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he start of the Golden Globe Race marks 50 years since Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s historic world first solo non-stop circumnavigation in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Yacht Race in 1968/9. Nine started that race including Frenchman Bernard Moitessier, but there was only one finisher – Robin Knox-Johnston and his traditional 32ft yacht Suhaili.

As the organisers say: “The original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race is the ancestor of all shorthanded racing around the world. The BOC challenge, The Vendee Globe, The Barcelona World race and others all came from this.”

The 2018 race has attracted sailors from around the world to compete in similar type yachts. However there are strict entry requirements, which include completing 8,000 sailing miles and 2,000 miles solo.

Although the number of competitors allowed to enter is 30, the number provisionally registered is 19, and despite many professional sailors and adventurers in the line-up there are also non-professionals. However, they all have a great deal of previous short and single-handed sailing experience in common, one having logged five solo circumnavigations.

In terms of kit, all entrants use only the same type, or similar equipment and technology, that was carried on board Robin’s race winning yacht Suhaili.

THE ORIGINAL RACE

In the 1968/69 race the start was fluid with the competitors able to set sail from any northern European port over a four-month period from 1 June, 1968. The winner, and recipient of a £5,000 cheque, was the first to return to their start point with the fastest elapsed time.

Robin Knox-Johnston, on board Suhaili, set sail from Falmouth on 14 June. French yachtsman Bernard

SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON

NAME Antoine Cousot AGE 46 COUNTRY France BOAT Métier Intérim, Biscay 36 Masthead ketch

Moitessier started 79 days later in his 40ft steel ketch Joshua.

It is the story of Robin’s fight to stay ahead of his French rival that is one of the enduring memories of the 1968/9 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.

Robin’s lead was just 17 days by Cape Horn with many believing Bernard Moitessier would take the lead during the final leg back up the Atlantic. However, we will never know if he would have been successful as Moitessier turned east to make a second circumnavigation of the Southern Ocean.

The Frenchman delivered a message fired by catapult at a ship anchored off Cape Town saying that he had decided not to finish the race, but to continue on a second circuit “To save my soul”.

Robin Knox-Johnston went on to be the only finisher out of the nine starters.

As the only finisher he was awarded both

NAME Mark John Sinclair AGE 59 COUNTRY Australia BOAT Coconut, Lello 34 Masthead sloop

NAME Robin Davie AGE 66 COUNTRY UK BOAT C’est La Vie, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

uk NAME Are Wiig AGE 58 COUNTRY Norway BOAT Olleanna, OE32 masthead cutter

ABOVE: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston at the helm of Suhaili, competing in her first regatta in 2016 after undergoing a three year restoration.

Image: Barry Pickthall/PPL Robin Knox-Johnston aboard his 32ft 5in yacht Suhaili. Pictured here returning to Falmouth on 22 April 1969 to complete the 30,123 mile voyage in 313 days.

uk NAME Ertan Beskardes AGE 56 COUNTRY UK BOAT Lazy Otter, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

NAME Francesco Cappelletti AGE 39 COUNTRY Italy BOAT 007, Endurance 35 Masthead ketch

the Golden Globe trophy and the £5,000 prize for fastest time. n Robin Knox-Johnston (winner) n Bernard Moitessier (continued sailing) n John Ridgway (retired from race in Brazil) n Chay Blyth (retired South Africa) n Loïck Fougeron (retired, Saint Helena) n Bill King (retired South Afirca) n Alex Carozzo (retired Portugal) n Nigel Tetley (boat sank, rescued) n Donald Crowhurst (commited suicide)

NAME Loic Lepage AGE 62 COUNTRY France BOAT Laaland, Nicholson 32 Mk X Masthead sloop

NAME Gregor McGuckin AGE 31 COUNTRY Ireland BOAT Mary Luck, Biscay 36 Masthead ketch

NAME Kevin Farebrother AGE 50 COUNTRY Australia BOAT Sagarmatha, Tradewind 35 Masthead sloop

NAME Igor Zaretskiy AGE 66 COUNTRY Russia BOAT Esmeralda, Endurance 35 Masthead ketch

NAME Tapio Lehtinen AGE 60 COUNTRY Finland BOAT Asteria, Gaia 36 Masthead sloop

NAME Jean-Luc Van Den Heede AGE 72 COUNTRY France BOAT Matmut, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

NAME Mark Slats AGE 41 COUNTRY Netherlands BOAT Maverick, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

2018 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE

It was back in April 2015 that we were given the first details about the 2018 race. In just seven days they had 16 confirmed letters of intent from sailors.

A great deal has happened in the intervening three years including skippers coming and going and a change not only in the start venue but the start

NAME Susie Goodall AGE 28 COUNTRY UK BOAT DHL Starlight, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop

NAME Nabil Amra AGE 42 COUNTRY Palestine BOAT Elle May, Biscay 36 Masthead ketch

NAME Uku Randmaa AGE 55 COUNTRY Estonia BOAT One and All, Rustler 36 Masthead sloop IMAGE CREDITS: Nabil Amra. Image: Team Palestine/GGR/PPL • Jean-Luc Van Den Heede. Image: Christophe Favreau/Matmut/PPL • Are Wiig.

Image: PPL Photo Agency • Loic Lepage. Image: PPL Photo Agency • Philippe Péché. Image: Yvan Zedda/ GGR/PPL • Uku Randmaa. Image: Uku Radmaa/GGR/PPL Antoine Cousot. Image: Antoine Cousot/GGR/PPL • Mark Sinclair.

Image: Mark Sinclair/GGR/PPL • Ertan Beskardes. Image: Ertan Beskardes/ GGR/PPL • Susie Goodall. Image: Maverick Sport/GGR/PPL • Gregor McGuckin. Image: Gregor McGuckin/ GGR/PPL • Mark Slats. Image: Mark Slats/PPL • Igor Zaretskiy. Image: Rasim Poloskin/GGR/PPL • Francesco Cappelletti. Image: Christophe Favreau/ GGR/PPL • Kevin Farebrother. Image: PPL Photo Agency • Abhilash Tomy.

Image: Abhilash Tomy/PPL/GGR • Tapio Lehtinen. Image: Tapio Lehtinen/PPL/ GGR • Istvan Kopar. Image: Istvan Kopar /Golden Globe Race/PPL • Robin Davie. Image: Robin Davie/PPL/GGR

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THE MERCY

starring Colin Firth as Donald Crowhurst In February Sir Robin Knox-Johnston shared the Red Carpet with Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz at the world premiere of the film Mercy, based on the true story of the attempt by amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to complete the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and his subsequent attempts to cover up his failure.

Sir Robin said of this portrayal of the Crowhurst tragedy set during the 1968/9 race: “I was blown over by the film. I know I knew the story inside out, but the way they had written up the drama, whilst keeping to the facts was really good and the acting was brilliant. Yes the story is inevitably sad, but I thought the producers handled it very well and were sympathetic to the Crowhurst family.”

Later, Sir Robin had the opportunity to sit round a table with Mercy Director James Marsh, Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz to discuss the film and the original Sunday Times Golden Globe Race.

While the Mercy film looked at the love tragedy between Donald Crowhurst and his wife Clare, another 2018 release, Crowhurst, focused more on Donald’s nightmare voyage and ultimate suicide.

Donald Crowhurst’s trimaran Teignmouth Electron having being found abandoned in mid-Atlantic after the solo skipper had misled the world into believing that he had successfully circumnavigated the globe during the Golden Globe Race in 1968. Image: PPL

The GGR boats will join hundreds of UK and French boats with a sail-past salute to Sir Robin in a parade of sail around Falmouth Harbour on 14 June.

Joshua’s place alongside Suhaili at the head of the Parade of Sail will be taken up by Gipsy Moth IV. The Parade of Sail will pass close to Trefusis Point, Pendennis Point, St Mawes Castle and Carricknath Point, to provide the public and those afloat a clear view.

The Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail is the climax to a week of celebrations including a dinner at Plymouth Yacht Haven which the guest of honour, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, is scheduled to attend on 9 June.

The finale of the UK celebrations sees the SITRaN Challenge race from Falmouth to Les Sables d’Olonne starting after the Parade of Sail.

The competitors must navigate using sextant, paper charts and a wind-up chronometer.

Image: Mark Sinclair/GGR/PPL

country. Initially the race village and start was to be in Falmouth with Plymouth also an option, then in April 2017 Plymouth was confirmed as the start venue for the race.

By that October, though, it was all change and the race had moved to Les Sables d’Olonne in France with a new start date of 1 July after a two-year search for sponsorship across the UK was unsuccessful.

Les Sables d’Olonne, which also hosts the start and finish of the four-yearly Vendee Globe solo non-stop round the world race in Open 60 class yachts, is planning a two-week celebration ahead of the start.

Of the change from the UK to France Don McIntyre, the race chairman, said: “We thank Plymouth City Council and the Royal Western Yacht Club for all their support, but with less than a year to the start, it became clear that the uncertainties surrounding BREXIT has greatly restricted financial opportunities.

We are very pleased to be partnering with Les Sables d’Olonne to host the start and finish of the Golden Globe Race and look forward to a great event.”

The race will begin on 1 July, but the entrants will have up to five days to start, after which they will be deemed to have withdrawn. The competitors will race an east-about circumnavigation starting and finishing in Les Sables-d’Olonne.

The rules are quite simple. It is a 30,000 mile solo circumnavigation in which the sailors may seek shelter and anchor to make repairs, but they can receive no help and may not enter a port.

However, should anyone stop (two stops means disqualification) or break the seal on their portable chartplotter, they may continue as part of the Chichester Class. As a result they will not be eligible for any official Golden Globe trophies or completion plaques.

Don McIntyre the Race Chairman explained: “Skippers are barred from carrying any electronics and must

Donald Crowhurst’s trimaran Teignmouth Electron being offloaded from the RMY Pacardy, after being found abandoned in the mid-Atlantic. Image: PPL

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navigate using sextant, paper charts and a wind-up chronometer.”

Every sailor will be given a standard Race Pack: n A stand-alone satellite tracking system (the skippers cannot see) for web Traditional navigation equipment to be used by skippers in the GGR just as it was 50 years before for Robin Knox-Johnston and Bernard Moitessier.

Image: Barry Pickthall/PPL/GGR

tracking updates. n A two-way satellite short text paging unit (to race headquarters only) for twice daily 100-character text reports. n Two handheld satellite phones (for important calls to race headquarters only) for once a week safety check in only. n A sealed box with a portable GPS chart plotter (for emergency use only).

Sailors are restricted to a choice of 22 yachts with specific factors taken into account including being designed prior to 1988 and having a minimum series of 20 yachts built from one mould and of fibre reinforced plastic construction.

All finishers will receive a Golden Globe plaque, and those finishing before 1500hrs on 22 April 2019 will also receive a Suhaili trophy and a refund of their entry fee.

The official prize giving and dinner will be held on 22 April 2019, to mark 50 years to the day that Sir Robin Knox-Johnston completed his voyage. The Golden Globe perpetual trophy and up to £75,000 (tbc) will be distributed to the winners.

The British celebrations ahead of the French start promise to be well supported with fleets of yachts from France, Netherlands and other parts of the UK joining in. Included is a group of yachts representing the Cruising Association, for whom Sir Robin Knox-Johnston is Patron.

“We are expecting around 30 yachts to gather at Plymouth Yacht Haven over 8 - 10 June and some will then escort Suhaili and her crew on the final stage of her voyage to Falmouth on 11 June,” said Trevor Taylor, the CA’s southwest area secretary.

Sir Robin, with his yacht Suhaili, will be joined by two other history-making yachts, Sir Francis Chichester’s Gipsy Moth IV (the first to complete a solo one-stop circumnavigation in 1966/7 which led to the Sunday Times race) and Sir Alec Rose’s Lively Lady (which followed Chichester’s route in 1967/8) and the 19-strong GGR fleet, which will be based at Falmouth Haven Marina from 11 - 14 June.

Absent from the historic yachts scheduled to attend is Joshua, the yacht that Bernard Moitessier sailed in the original race. Now a national treasure, her movements are strictly controlled and government officials have not given permission for her to sail outside of French waters.

Joshua will not be present at the British celebrations, but will be at Les Sables d’Olonne

Les Sables d’LOnne - the French port in the Vendee region will host the start and finish of the 2018 Golden Globe Race. Image: Alexandre Lamoureux/Les Sables d’LOnne/GGR

LES SABLES D’OLONNE

The GGR fleet will arrive in Les Sables d’Olonne at the finish of the SITraN Challenge charity race from Falmouth on 16 June when the GGR Race Village will open to the public through to the start on 1 July.

The yachts will be in the central marina and open for public display for two weeks from June 16 when the Race Village opens.

Also on public display will be four iconic solo circumnavigation yachts: Suhaili, Joshua, and the two yachts that pioneered this solo circumnavigation record with one-stop, Sir Francis Chichester’s Gipsy Moth IV and Lively Lady.

There will be a range of activities and entertainment as well as access to the pontoons throughout the race village opening times. Learn to navigate with the stars and instruments of the past, attend conferences, interviews and demonstrations, participate in workshops and boat baptisms, and enjoy the conviviality of the Bar Guinguette during evening concerts.

On 1 July the GGR yachts will start leaving the dock at 09:45 and the race will commence at noon from a line marked by Suhaili at one end and Joshua at the other. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston will fire the starting canon. goldengloberace.com

Gipsy Moth IV moored against the harbour wall at St Mawes. St Mawes Sailing Club will host a reception for Sir Robin Knox-Johnston during the 2018 Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail festivities. Image: St Mawes Sailing Club/PPL

2022 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE

Although the 2018 race has not yet started, entries for the 2022 Golden Globe Race open on 22 August, 2018.

The current 22 production yacht designs including Suhaili replicas approved for the 2018 GGR will make up the Suhaili Class. This will have a maximum of 20 entries.

The new Joshua Class will be restricted to 10 entries, all built under licence to the same strict One-design rules.

This sets up for a classic re-run of the original battle with the Suhaili class yachts being chased down by the Joshua one-design fleet.

IMPORTANT DATES

8 – 10 June: Yachts gather at Plymouth Yacht Haven 11 - 14 June: Vessels arrive in Falmouth Harbour. Suhaili, Gipsy Moth IV, Lively Lady and 2018 Golden Globe Race fleet open for public viewing at Falmouth Haven Marina 14 June: Suhaili 50 Falmouth Parade of Sail.

14 June: Start of the SITRaN Challenge charity race for the 2018 Golden Globe Race fleet from Falmouth to Les Sables d’Olonne, France 16 June: Les Sables d’Olonne, France – Race Village opens 1 July: Golden Globe Race start

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BRING ME THAT HORIZON ast month we followed Irenka and

ood ’s stor as the began a new life a oat, and here we catch up with the famil si months into their ad enture

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any years ago, I read a cult classic by Luke Rhinehart called The Dice Man. The protagonist, feeling bored and unfulfilled in life, starts making decisions based on the roll of a dice. A cruising lifestyle can seem a bit like that.

Feeling bored and unfulfilled in life you save, sell up and sail away to live a dream of adventure and travel. However, this is inextricably linked to the vagaries of weather, mechanical breakdown and the bureaucratic and political whims of your host country.

More recently I read another longforgotten bedtime story to my kids, Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr Seuss.

It is about the journey of life and its challenges. The protagonist has several adventures before eventually becoming stuck at a point in time and place known as The Waiting Place.

Our current ‘waiting place’ is Lefkada Island in Greece.

Through the palm trees, I can see the snow on the hilltops of the mainland.

Nobody sails far in winter. Well almost nobody. There are still a minority of hardcore cruisers who brave the gales, frost, hailstones and torrential downpours at sea.

The less intrepid head for harbours, docks or marinas, warm their flip flops on diesel heaters, turn their backs on the horizon for a while to crack on with repairs and dealing with unusual skin ailments.

WINTER JOBS

Admittedly, living on a boat in the middle of winter with three kids is not everyone’s cup of tea. However it has given us the opportunity to take stock and hone essential skills before we continue on our way. This includes homeschooling, boat maintenance and video editing.

Video editing might not be on most cruisers’ essential skills list, but what began as a fun way to share our travels with relatives, friends and other cruising families, has grown into a YouTube subscriber base of more than 1,000 way beyond our original intention.

Homeschooling has probably been the major challenge. No amount of forum based research prepares anyone for that weird parental/teacher duplexity. There is no headmaster or classroom assistant to turn to when the seaweed hits the prop.

But each encounter is a potential learning experience; everyone we meet has some story, skill or pearl of wisdom to share. From the retired school teachers moored next to us who proffer scholastic counselling over the laundry on the foredeck, to the guitar tutor who travels down from the hills to hold free music workshops for the wintering liveaboards - they all form part of our crowdsourced educational programme.

SHARING KNOWLEDGE

But it is not the pedagogic snippets that offer the true learning experiences though. The pan national liveaboard

Woody and Irenka enjoying a winter stroll on a nearby beach

and winch covers. They also teach the young guns in the group a thing or two about spinning a good yarn.

Across the dock is a diesel engineer who is helping us coax our generator back into life. Moored next to him, a guy who works for a big tech firm in Seattle via video conferencing from his luxury catamaran.

We share play dates with another couple who are also sailing with their kids, one who has downs syndrome and is predisposed to hiding apples on your boat. We found a few secreted in the retractable bow thruster mechanism after the last play date.

WORLDWIDE TEAM

community is made up of a diverse range of multi-talented folk. People who have not only dreamed their dream but have moved mountains to make their dream a reality.

In an online world where a victim narrative seems to be the cryptocurrency of choice, they are a uniquely diverse, self-sufficient and selfreliant bunch with a can-do attitude who literally cross oceans to help one another.

Down the dock was a guy in his 70s who recently slipped his lines for New Zealand. Across the way is another guy (a war veteran) with only one arm and The family have already met all kinds of people, all with their own fascinating story to tell

no legs, fixing up his boat with specially adapted prosthetics. We met a guy who paddled a kayak from Oslo to Athens to raise awareness of silent heroes and another who sailed up the Nile in a small Wayfarer just for the hell of it. Some come aboard to strum a guitar and tell us their life stories and we have even been inspired to create some ‘vlogumentaries’ on these extraordinary folk.

There is the knit and natter group - a bunch of elderly ladies with more sailing miles under their barnacled hulls than you can shake a boat hook at, who meet up weekly to share the local goss and swap knitting patterns for woolly hats

I suppose the biggest lesson to come out of our first six months afloat is this; family and crew are a team. We are part of a worldwide community of individuals who have made stepping outside their comfort zone a lifestyle choice.

There is no better place than a sailing vessel to learn team work and compromise and there is no worse place to harbour prejudice or envy. Division of labour defies traditional gender roles, determination and wisdom win out over sex, age and disability. Boat kids are exposed to this on a daily basis - they do not need social media to tell them how to think or define their world.

As the days begin to lengthen, the maintenance jobs get ticked off and the skin rashes begin to heal, it is time to dust off the charts, loosen the warps and demand as the idiosyncratic Jack Sparrow did – “Bring me that horizon”.

It is not all home schooling - the children have time for lots of fun afloat

Woody and Irenka are currently in Greece living aboard their 1997 53’ Amel Super Maramu - SV Haddock - with their three children, Rowan 11, Darroch 8 and Yewan 5. This year they plan to sail the Mediterranean before heading across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and beyond. Their YouTube channel - Mother Ship Adrift - was listed in the top 20 best sailing channels on the Internet by feedspot.com.

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BETTER BOATING

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he RYA’s purpose is simple: to promote and protect safe, successful and rewarding British boating.

A safe mindset and the ability to learn from others are vital to achieve this. The RYA recognises that realistically danger can never be eliminated completely. Nevertheless, the national governing body continues to promote safety lessons learned following incidents and to supplement personal knowledge, skills and experience by building on the RYA ethos of self-reliance and responsibility for safety on board.

The RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour rescue service in the UK and Ireland. Its crews and lifeguards have saved more than 142,200 lives since 1824, but they are more than a rescue service.

They influence, supervise and educate people too. Using data to highlight the issues then working closely with the RYA and other influential partners, they work to change behaviours to keep more people enjoying boating for longer.

BETTER BOATING

It is a striking fact that the majority of watersport activities are safe, but it is clear that occasions which should have been a fun, rewarding and enjoyable day out have quite unexpectedly ended in tragic circumstances.

That is why the RYA and RNLI joined forces to develop the Better Boating booklet, outlining key safety considerations for anyone getting afloat. Available online and as a printed booklet, Better Boating features a host of safety topics – from the importance of planning to the requirement for safety equipment such as lifejackets, personal communication devices and kill cords.

“We take pride in our ethos of selfreliance and responsibility for safety afloat,” explained RYA Cruising Manager Stuart Carruthers. “We are equally proud to have worked alongside the RNLI on the Better Boating booklet in support of our key safety messages: look after yourself, have a plan, keep in touch and know your limits.

“In reality, the vast majority of watersports are safe and fun – that is how it should be, but it is also clear that accidents can and do happen. We

are confident that everyone who reads Better Boating will be encouraged to think about their own attitudes to safety and about their own abilities.”

Safe behaviour and established good practice ultimately protect life and equipment – they are vital for the enjoyment of leisure boating at every level.

Here you will find a few of the tips and safety reminders that are featured in Better Boating.

TRAINING

Be honest with yourself about your knowledge and ability. Many accidents at sea happen because people try to do too much before they are ready or underestimate the risks involved.

Every year, more than 250,000 people complete RYA training courses. They range from absolute beginners to those looking to extend their knowledge for sailing dinghies, windsurfing, powerboats, personal watercraft, inland waterways and sail or motor cruising.

They can prepare you for anything, from taking your first trip out of the marina to living on board, and from cruising along the coast to venturing further offshore. To develop your skills, learn how to stay safe and achieve your sailing goals, find the right course at rya.org.uk/go/training.

PREPARATION AND PLANNING

Even the simplest and shortest of journeys require some planning. It is a legal obligation under SOLAS to plan your passage – it helps you avoid dangerous situations, gather the information you need and think about an alternative plan should things change.

“There are many factors that may determine what you can enjoy safely on any given day. Your boating may be constrained, for example, by you and your knowledge, the suitability of the boat, the ability of your crew, available equipment or the weather. The key is to identify your limits and work within them or take the appropriate action to overcome them before setting out,” added Stuart.

Making a plan does not need to be complicated. The amount of planning you should do depends on the type of boat you have and the sort of trip you will be taking. Think about where you want to go and how you will get there safely. Then you will be able to figure out your route and check if there are any

hazards or navigational risks that you should avoid.

Before you go, check the weather forecast from a range of sources and get regular updates if you are planning to be out for a while. Boats equipped with a DSC VHF radio can monitor coastguard maritime safety information broadcasts for updates while at sea, that same DSC VHF is also a great way to call for help should you require it.

Remember, the weather forecast is only an indication of what is likely to happen. Also check the anticipated currents and tidal predictions for your trip and make sure they fit with what you are planning to do.

Make sure that everyone on board knows where the safety equipment is stowed and how to use it. Talk them through your plan, as well as your contingency plans should something go wrong – including who should take over if you are injured or taken ill. Check that they know how to start the engine and how to send a mayday call, and make them aware of any on board hazards.

SHARE YOUR PLAN

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Contacting the Coastguard in the event of distress was equally problematic.

For that reason, the Better Boating booklet urges readers to use RYA SafeTrx. The app is free to download and there is no charge to use it. RYA SafeTrx records your details, ETA and tracks your trip. The app will automatically alert a nominated contact if the trip goes overdue and your sail plan will be available to the Coastguard if search and rescue has to be activated.

As an absolute minimum, you should always make sure someone ashore knows where you are going and when you plan to be back before going afloat.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP

Always let someone on shore know your plan and make sure they know what to do if they become concerned for your safety.

Telling someone what you are doing used to be a challenge for any small boat user, canoer, kayaker, wind or kite surfers.

Better Boating is just one example of collaborative working between the two delivery partners.

Stuart explained: “We have also recently given permission for the RNLI to place orders directly for the RYA’s Think! Kill Cord stickers for use on their boarding boats and for their Community Safety volunteers to distribute in the wider boating community.

“We will continue to work closely with our delivery partners and other UK agencies responsible for safety on the water and with the marine trade to progress our policy of information and education – which we believe is a powerful tool in fostering safe attitudes and behaviour on the water.”

Download your free copy of Better Boating at rya.org.uk/go/safety or RNLI.org/boating.

Want to support the RYA’s safety campaigns? Join today and support the RYA in protecting your boating rights and freedoms.

023 8060 4159 / member.services@rya. org.uk / www.rya.org.uk/go/join For more information about the RNLI’s prevention work visit rnli.org/safety and find out how you can support the RNLI at rnli.org/support-us.

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I will probably end up with one of the best J105’s around; she will be pretty much all-new when we are finished, the only original hull-fittings being the steering wheel and the keel.

PERSONAL TRAINING

With the boat a work in progress, I am focusing on what I can do to get prepared and that is sorting out my shoulder and getting my level of fitness up again.

I am not as experienced a racing sailor as many of the other solo racers I race against, so I figure that if I get as fit as possible then my agility and stamina will win me places where I fall down on harder-won sailing experience.

Experience, and of course, good navigation wins you races but physical stamina also helps - especially when doing tough endurance races overnight, or over many nights.

Having a great physio helping me with my shoulder - Tighe works for the Australian Olympic sailing team - has really helped me see the benefit of fitness for sailing. So at the moment my physio has me running 10 – 15km a week and doing some pedalling on static cycle-trainers as my shoulder will not allow much else.

Next month: I hope to see the work nearing completion and hopefully I can shake her down on a kind of ‘maiden voyage’ across the North Sea to her new home in the Hamble.

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Each month, All at Sea invites a leading marine industry expert to share their opinion together with their top tips to help you get the most from your boating.

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MAKING UPWIND CRUISING MORE FUN level. Use your peripheral vision to watch upwind for waves. Steer a course to ‘scallop’ over the waves: luff slightly, up and over, bear away down the back.

This prevents slamming and stopping, will be a smoother ride and you will point higher. More fun!

HALYARD TENSION Avoid using too much halyard tension, which pulls the sail-shape forward creating a rounded luff and flattening the sail. Ease halyards until creases appear, then just tension out the creases. This creates a fine entry and higher pointing angles. As the breeze increases you will likely need more halyard tension.

JEREMY WHITE, LOFT MANAGER AT ELVSTROM SAILS UK, OFFERS SOME TIPS TO BRING THE BEST OUT OF YOUR BOAT UPWIND, AND MAKE FOR A PLEASURABLE SAIL TOO. CRUISING upwind fills some sailors with doom and gloom. And, we often see cruising boats motoring upwind, sails flapping, bashing into the waves, which cannot be fun.

TELL-TALES To sail properly you need headsail telltales. Ignore the electronics, watch the tell-tales and steer to keep both flying

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GENOA/JIB CAR TRACK POSITION Control the headsail shape with the track position. Set too far aft will flatten the bottom of the headsail, spilling air out of the top. Set too far forward chokes the leech, closing the ‘slot’ with the mainsail, stopping the air flow. It is the same effect as towing a bucket.

Sail a constant angle up-wind and adjust the cars until all three sets of tell-tales react at the same time. Sit to leeward to check sail shape. The leech should follow the line of the main (when trimmed properly). Moving the tracks aft as the wind increases will

open the leech and prevent stalling if the main is eased. Move them forwards when it drops.

GENOA SIZE Non-over-lapping headsails should be led inside the shrouds for the best sheeting and pointing angles. Jibs which sheet outside the shrouds, create a wider angle of attack to the wind meaning poorer pointing.

HEADSTAY TENSION A slack headstay is useful in light winds.

However, in 8+ knots the luff of the genoa will fall sideways creating a deep sail entry and flapping headstay, which is not efficient. Pulling on the backstay can tighten the headstay and provide better pointing, but will also bend the mast and depower the mainsail. So, more headstay tension with more wind.

MAINSAIL The mainsail leech is the main ‘power’ tool for speed and pointing. This provides the little ‘bite’ in the rudder. Pull the mainsheet in hard and watch the top batten tell-tale. Ease the mainsheet until the tell-tale appears from behind the mainsail and starts flying. This gives the correct sail twist for the prevailing wind conditions. Over sheet it and the sails stalls and you slip sideways. Under sheeting creates too much twist meaning

the leech is too open; this de-powers the mainsail so it loses drive forwards and pointing height.

VANG/KICKER We often see yachts with the vang pulled on hard, causing an over-tight mainsail leech. Upwind, just ‘snug’ the vang up, taking out the slack but ensuring it is not tight. Only start to pull it on when it is windy enough that you are easing the traveller or mainsheet in gusts.

KEEL AND RUDDER A clean hull and rudder makes your boat much more efficient.

We often see a yacht sailing beside a boat which is pointing higher; then the crew of the slower boat wind the sheets in tight and try steering higher.

However, boat speed drops as the sails are now stalled; the keel stalls as there is no water flowing across it and the boat drifts sideways.

Our motto at Elvstrom Sails is “always engage with your boat!” Be alert to what it is telling you. Ease the sails two inches, bear off five degrees, wait for the boat speed to build and then you can point where you like. www.elvstromsails.co.uk

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TAKING IT EASY Gordon Knight takes us on a slow, but delightful, short cut to the Med taking in the French inland waterways. of the canal, using large metal mooring pegs, and sleep undisturbed by anything except the hooting of owls and the occasional plop of water vole or coypu (the latter a flourishing escapee from the pet trade). As for other wildlife, herons are as ubiquitous as blackbirds and kingfishers in some stretches as frequent as blue tits. Buzzards, kites and even ospreys are common sights.

The couple moored at Château de Digoine

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W

e savoured the aroma of our fresh coffee as the rising Sunday morning sun fell on the last of the troop of joggers slowly overtaking us - a portly and alarmingly red-faced French lady of indeterminate age.

No, we were not lounging on the terrace of a sun-dappled café rustique but chugging along the Canal du Loing in the heart of the French countryside in our motor yacht Cheyenne of Lymington.

That is the thing about canal cruising.

With a typical speed limit of eight kms/ hour (little over four knots), it is definitely life to be savoured in the slow lane.

We had previously sailed our venerable Oyster 435 Athene of Lymington ‘round the outside’ across Biscay and through the Straits of Gibraltar to the Med. At 1.83m draft she was just too deep for the canals, so it had always been our dream to drift through the centre of France to see what we had missed.

French inland waterways are the proverbial breath of fresh air.

There are a few small marinas, with modest charges of around €10 - 15 a night, but most overnight mooring is at municipal quays or pontoons (called haltes fluviales), often with water and electricity and sometimes completely free. Yes, municipalities compete for business and often seek to lure boats, like cars, to local businesses with free parking.

Some enterprising locals even set out their stalls at locks, tempting you with local wines, farmhouse cheeses or fresh baguettes and muffins as you negotiate the lock.

As there are now few resident lock keepers on the canals, most of their cottages are rented out and often turned into smallholdings offering anything from home-made honey to fresh duck eggs.

For complete peace and quiet, it is usually possible to tie up on the banks

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The Canal du Loing becomes the Canal de Briare, which is picture here

At Rogny you will see the flight of seven, no longer used, locks

Arriving from the Seine, the canal begins at the stunning town of Moret-surLoing. Immortalised by the Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley, the views he painted are still recognisable today. In fact, the Nazis did everyone a favour as they fled the town in 1944 by blowing up the ugly mills on the bridge approach to the town, revealing its mediaeval towers and walls in full perspective.

From there the Canal du Loing winds south through the town of Montargis, with its delightful medieval fishermen’s quarter, where it morphs into the Canal de Briare. It then continues past the town of Rogny with its remarkable flight of seven locks (now disused) to the formerly important trading town of Briare, itself on the banks of the River Loire.

Until 1896 boats had to undertake the tricky and sometimes dangerous crossing of the Loire, but in that year the remarkable 662m long pont canal or aqueduct of Briare was opened, carrying traffic across the river and into the Canal Latéral à la Loire. Travelling across is a strange experience, surveying fishermen and (in summer) bathers on the riverbank 50m under one’s keel.

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A little further on, the village of Châtillon-sur-Loire merits a stop, with its remarkable street murals and huddled, half-timbered 17th century houses.

For many canal travellers, however, the highlight of this section is the hilltop town of Sancerre, home of some of the finest white wines in France - a long and sweaty uphill slog but worth it for the views and the dégustation.

Towards its southern end, the canal

leads through the huge double locks of La Guétin (long mooring lines of at least 15m needed), back across another long pont canal spanning the Loire and on to Digoin at the start of the Canal du Centre.

This canal was built primarily to serve the industries of coal mining and ceramic production around Montceau-les-Mines and Blanzy, but also for shipping wines from the vineyards of Santenay and Rully.

The town of Paray-le-Monial near the beginning of the canal contains a remarkable 12th century basilica, which is now an important centre of pilgrimage.

Two hours further on is the idyllic setting of the Château de Digoine, where you can moor up on the bank and visit the imposing 18th century château with its wonderful gardens.

If a special birthday or anniversary looms, it is possible to check in at the B&B in the château or dine a stone’s throw from the mooring at the highlyrated Auberge de Digoine.

The final stop for most travellers, before locking down into the River Saône through a fearsome 11m deep lock at Chalon-sur-Saône, is the celebrated wine town of Santenay, where a guided visit at the Château de Santenay offers an insight into the mysteries and traditions of Côte de Beaune wine production.

It was here, boat nestled against the bank, glass of Burgundy in hand and swallows chattering on our bow rail, that we waved lazily at another group of joggers out for an evening jaunt along the towpath. They must have been doing at least 12 kms/hour. Ridiculous. Much too fast a pace…

Gordon Knight cruises the French canals each year with his everpatient wife Soophy in their 12m Dutch steel motor yacht Cheyenne of Lymington. A joint secretary of the European Inland Waterways Section of the Cruising Association, he produces a series of guides to the French canals for the Association (free to members) on which this article is based.

MED SHORTCUT

The route - up the River Seine through Paris and via the canal system into the Rivers Saône and Rhône emerging into the Med at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône - is one taken by dozens of yachts every year as a shortcut to the Med. With the mast out, any yacht drawing less than 1.8m can contemplate the route (though catamarans can find it a squeeze in the locks).

The canal part, which encompasses the Canals du Loing, , Latéral à la Loire and du Centre, passes through some of the most beautiful countryside in Europe, alongside the Loire and through such tempting wine-producing districts as Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé and Santenay in the Côte de Beaune.

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Paul Swain, Portland Marina Berthing Manager Never seen out of shorts, even in winter, ‘Swainy’ can be found getting stuck into everything in the marina, even paperwork (sometimes). Paul is married to Hannah, everyone’s favourite exberthing master from Haslar, and they are now bringing up little Matilda as a Westerly aficionado.

Other facilities include: n Fuel - petrol and diesel are available from the fuel dock. 3p per litre discount for Dean & Reddyhoff annual berth holders n Gas - bottle exchange is available from Apollo Marine in the building next to the pub n Pump-out - black water holding tank pump out is on T pontoon n Marine services on-site including Apollo Marine chandlery and rigging n Dive services - fresh water wash-off on A pontoon, bottle refills available from Skin Deep Diving

n Sea schools and training n CCTV and access code gates n 50 tonne/22m boat lift n Water and electricity (metered) n Tow services Portland Yacht Club is all about sociable, boat-minded people having fun together, both ashore and on the water. PYC welcomes members with walks, talks, lunches, beach BBQs and more. Go to portlandyc.co.uk for membership and general information.

BERTHING & STORAGE

The maximum LOA is 30m and in total there are more than 400 annual and visitor berths. There is also a drystack facility where there is space for 120 motorboats up to 10m. They can be berthed ashore with unlimited launches.

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ACCESS

Protected by its own breakwater, the marina is located inside Portland Harbour. Approach by sea and use the northern harbour entrance. Check the traffic lights, and if needed call Portland Harbour Radio on VHF Ch74.

Inside the harbour follow the recommended north ship channel to the marina. Call Portland Marina on VHF Ch80 for a berth allocation. Visitor berths are on R, S and T pontoons.

CRUISING

The picture-perfect Jurassic coast of Dorset is famous all over the world for its beauty and diversity, boasting many anchorages and bays to discover. Renowned anchorages east along the Jurassic Coast include the stunning horseshoe of Lulworth Cove and the more open bays at Chapman’s Pool and Worbarrow Bay. Plan a beach BBQ or take the kids mackerel trolling.

On a day of fine weather, take the inside passage at Portland Bill for a cruise westward to Dartmouth. Spend the evening moored in the beautiful surroundings of the River Dart or visit the iconic seaside town of Salcombe in Devon.

An amble around in Weymouth Bay is another lovely way to spend an afternoon,

The Isle of Portland is connected to the rest of Dorset by the narrow causeway formed by Chesil beach. The Isle itself is a rugged lump of Jurassic limestone, quarried for centuries to build much of London, as well as more humble local cottages.

The cliffs and old quarries are now mostly Sites of Special Scientific Interest, and home to a wide range of flora and fauna, including rare butterflies.

Make sure you look out for the rare lavender that is flourishing near the marina office.

The views from Portland down into Weymouth Bay and along the Jurassic Coast are well worth the effort of climbing the hill, but you can also take the bus.

Chesil Beach stretches 18 miles from the Isle of Portland to West Bay, past the Fleet Lagoon and Abbotsbury Swannery. It has claimed many lives through shipwreck, smuggling and misadventure, but now it is perfect for fishing, picnics and exploring.

White Portland stone was extensively quarried for some of the best buildings and monuments in Britain (including lots of Portland Marina). Kingbarrow Quarry is now a nature reserve and Tout Quarry is a sculpture park - both are worth visiting.

The stone is dotted with fossils, and the best place to learn about these is at Portland Museum, which is also full of shipwreck and smuggling facts.

The marina office is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is totally accessible by land and sea, so you can come and go as you please.

To Portland via road: Portland Marina is only 10 miles from the A35 with links across the south and west. The M5 is 55 miles away, while Bristol and the M4 are 80 miles away. From Dorchester, take the A354 and follow the signs to Portland. At the causeway, turn left to the National Sailing Centre and Portland Marina.

admiring the white cliffs of Purbeck and the rolling green hills of Dorset. A water bus service runs in the summer between Weymouth and Portland Marina – ask in the marina office for details.

Perfect for weekend breaks, the marina is also conveniently situated for crossing the Channel to the vibrant port of Cherbourg, or the picturesque fishing port of St Vaast.

LOCAL EATERIES

You need not walk far from the boat, as there are great eating options on-site and close by.

For breakfasts, lunches and cakes, pop into Taylor’s Mess Deck Café and gallery (01305 983782). For a pub-brasserie menu that caters to all, try The Boat That Rocks

(01305 823000). Cross the causeway to the famous Crab House Café (01305 788867) and try their home-grown oysters and specials. For more relaxed beachside eating, pop by Billy Winters bar and diner (no need to book), offering pulled beef buns, wood-fired pizza, seafood specials, coffees, cakes and more.

The Cove House Inn has fabulous views across Lyme Bay and offers local fish and fresh pub food alongside a wide selection of ales and cider. At the other end of the Isle of Portland Bill is the Lobster Pot (01305 820242) known for cream teas, fresh crab and crispy chips.

Ask the team for recommendations in Weymouth, just a short bus, boat or bike ride away.

 Climb Chesil Beach for uninterrupted views west  Take in the sunset at the Cove House Inn  Find fossils and wild flowers in the old quarries  Watch the broiling Portland Race from the Bill  Wreck diving and sea angling  Try paddleboarding, canoeing and windsurfing all within walking distance  Visit Henry VIII’s Portland castle  Stretch your legs on the island walk  Take the bus or ferry to Weymouth town

PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS

“Alan and I have been berthing with D&R for nearly 20 years. Firstly at Weymouth, then at Portland. We find the service and staff are second to none.

Portland is ideal for cruising either east, west or a short trip across the Channel. We would never consider keeping our boat anywhere else. It is a family orientated marina with something to please everyone.” Alan & Pat Clifton, Jean Clair, Nicholson 38

“Previously I have done most of my sailing in the Bristol Channel and, although a pretty place, the sailing options were limited and facilities not great. Portland has excellent facilities with friendly staff combined with an easy tide, day sails and overnight trips between the Solent and West Country; there are lots of choices plus of course France and the Channel Islands.” Mike Bridgwater, Keinvor, Rorqual 44

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SOUTH COAST

SOUTH WEST

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

MDL BRIXHAM MARINA Manager: Andrew Millar Berry Head Road, Devon. TQ5 9BW T: 01803 882929 E: brixham@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.brixhammarina.co.uk

KING POINT MARINA Marina Manager - Mark Brimacombe Brunel Way, Millbay, Plymouth, PL1 3EF T : 01752 424 297 E : marina@kingpointmarina.co.uk W: www.kingpointmarina.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

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

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

PLYMOUTH YACHT HAVEN Manager: Steve Kitchen Shaw Way, Mount Batten Plymouth, Devon, PL9 9XH T: 01752 404231 E: plymouth@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

WEYMOUTH HARBOUR Manager/contact - Keith Howorth 13 Custom House Quay, Weymouth Tel - 01305 838423 E: weymouthharbour@dorset.gov.uk W - www.weymouth-harbour.co.uk

YACHT HAVEN QUAY, PLYMOUTH Manager: Will Rahder Breakwater Road, Plymouth, Devon, PL9 7FE T: 01752 481190 E: boatyard@yachthavenquay.com W: www.yachthavens.com

PORTLAND MARINA Manager: Paul Swain Osprey Quay, Portland, Dorset. DT5 1DX T: 01305 866190 E: berths@portlandmarina.co.uk W: www.portlandmarina.co.uk

MDL QUEEN ANNE’S BATTERY Manager: Chris Price Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth Devon. PL4 0LP T: 01752 671142 E: qab@mdlmarinas.co.uk www.queenannesbattery.co.uk

LAKE YARD MARINA Manager/contact - Mr Robin Culpan Lake Yard Marina, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset. BH15 4DT T - 01202 6745313 E: office@lakeyard.com W -www.lakeyard.co.uk

THE MARINA AT SUTTON HARBOUR 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, Millbay, 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: Andrew Millar Galmpton Creek, Galmpton, Brixham, Devon. TQ5 0EH T: 01803 845445 W: www.dartsidequay.co.uk

POOLE QUAY BOAT HAVEN Manager: Kerrie Gray Poole Quay Boat Haven, Poole Town Quay, Poole, Dorset. BH15 1HJ Tel/Fax: 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 Tel/Fax: 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: David Wilson Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset.

BH15 4EL T: 01202 674299 E: cobbsquay@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.cobbsquaymarina.co.uk 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: river@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: Matthew Leigh 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: Debbie Burns Marina Office, 2 Channel Way Southampton, Hampshire.

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

JAZZ ON THE QUAY ON 16 June you can look forward to Bembridge Harbour’s first event of the season, Jazz on the Quay with a new line-up for this year.

The Jim Thorn Quartet, specialising in modern jazz from the 1940s to 60s, will start the evening off at 5.30pm, followed

by Toca Bonito’s own blend of Salsa and Latin Jazz, featuring Afro Caribbean rhythms and vocals, and the energy of a jazz horn section.

The Water Horse Bar will be on hand to quench thirsts and Angel in the Kitchen will be serving up their delicious traditional and vegetarian paellas.

The event is in support of The Sophie Rolf Trust - KissyPuppy.

Tickets are available at bembridgeharbour.co.uk. (adults £6 children £3).

MDL SHAMROCK QUAY Manager: Jonathan Walcroft William Street, Northam, Southampton Hampshire.

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

PREMIER MARINAS SWANWICK Swanwick (on the Hamble) Southampton, Hants. SO31 1ZL T: 01489 884081 F: 01489 579073 E: swanwick@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com New dry stack for boats up to 11 metres

MDL SAXON WHARF Manager: Jonathan Walcroft Lower York Street, Northam,Southampton.

SO14 5QF T: 023 8033 9490 E: saxonwharf@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.saxonwharf.co.uk

TOWN QUAY MARINA Manager: Lex Bancroft Management Office Town Quay, Southampton.

SO14 2AQ T: 02380 234397 F: 02380 235302 E: lbancroft@abports.co.uk W: www.townquay.com

MDL HAMBLE POINT MARINA Manager: Nic Parton 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: Nic Parton 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: Nic Parton Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire.

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

HAMBLE YACHT SERVICES Port Hamble, Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 4NN T: 02380 201501 E: info@hysgroup.co.uk www.hysgroup.co.uk Permanent and visitors’ berths 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 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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SUPPORTING JUNIOR SAILORS BERTHS WITH A VIEW JUNIOR sailors in the Royal Lymington Yacht Club’s Wednesday Junior Sailing programme have now benefitted from more than £300,000 of donations from long-term supporters Lymington Yacht Haven.

The Wednesday Junior Sailing programme began in 1984 when a group of parents and yacht club members began organising sailing lessons for their children.

Today, up to 100 local children per week are taking to the water and the club boasts several Olympians who came through the scheme including Pippa Wilson, Nick Thompson and Nick Rogers.

Lymington Yacht Haven has been supporting the club’s junior programme for more than 20 years, with 2018’s donations taking their overall support over £300,000.

Their contributions have allowed the yacht club to buy and maintain a fleet of modern dinghies and safety RIBs, as well as paying for qualified instructors to run the weekly sessions.

Commenting on the long-term partnership, Yacht Havens Ltd Chairman Dirk Kalis said: “This junior sailing programme has consistently provided local children with the invaluable opportunity to get on the water and discover the joy of sailing. Sailing is at the heart of Lymington as a town, so it is wonderful that local school children have the chance to experience the sport from a young age. As the main supporter of this programme, it has been our privilege to see so many sailors take to water year-after-year, with many becoming talented sailors and, in some cases, even Olympic champions!”

BIRDHAM Pool Marina, part of the Castle Marinas Group, has just completed 28 new finger berths to the north west side of the marina.

Fully serviced, with secure access, these new berths have spectacular views over Chichester harbour and all the way to Goodwood Racecourse.

They have capacity for craft up to 10m length and 1.7m draft, and as finger berths offer greater accessibility compared to Birdham’s traditional moorings.

Royal Lymington Yacht Club Commodore and WJS volunteer Roger Garlick, said: “The Royal Lymington Yacht Club is extremely proud of its community sailing project, which for the last 34 years has offered a fantastic opportunity for children of all abilities from local schools to learn to sail, race, row and develop leadership, teamwork skills and confidence in a fun, safe environment run by volunteers. This has only been made possible by the amazing continuing financial support from the Lymington Yacht Haven for over 20 years.”

WATERFRONT STORAGE OPPORTUNITY

AN opportunity has arisen at the Cowes Harbour Commission owned Kingston Wharf site in East Cowes, for the rental of 1.5 acres of prime waterfront storage land with all-tide deep-water access and wharfage.

Harbour Master Capt. Stuart McIntosh, said: “The Commission is very keen to see the Kingston Wharf site continued to be used as a traditional cargo wharf or for marine based employment, to the benefit of Cowes Harbour and the island as a whole.

“We are therefore seeking a new tenant that can benefit from utilising

Birdham Pool has undergone a major transformation over the past two years, including the renovation of the old marina office building into four residential cottages, introduction of a new crane and boat mover, new work units, marina offices, decking area and summer house.

The work culminates this summer with these berths and new five star facilities.

01243 512310 / info@birdhampool.co.uk / www.castlemarinas.co.uk/marinas/ birdham-pool

the wharfage and the potential opportunity of the land and all-tide wharf access.“ Kingston Wharf lies on the eastern bank of the River Medina, in East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

The wharf was last used for the import and processing of aggregate and the existing planning permission is for this use. The Local Planning Authority has indicated that they would view favourably applications for a change of use to alternative marine based employment uses and/or development. www.cowesharbourcommision.co.uk

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

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

PREMIER MARINAS CHICHESTER Birdham (Chichester Harbour) West Sussex. PO20 7EJ T: 01243 512731 E: chichester@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com SMALL BOATS WELCOME

PREMIER MARINAS PORT SOLENT South Lockside, Port Solent, Portsmouth, Hampshire. PO6 4TJ T: 023 9221 0765 F: 023 9232 4241 E: portsolent@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com

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

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

ISLAND HARBOUR MARINA Manager: Darren Cooke Mill Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2LA T: 01983 539994 E: info@island-harbour. co.uk W :www.island-harbour.co.uk

LITTLEHAMPTON MARINA Berthing Manager: Darren Humphries Ferry Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DS T: 01903 713553 F: 01903 732264 E: sales@littlehamptonmarina.co.uk www.littlehamptonmarina.co.uk

GUNWHARF QUAYS MARINA Manager: Carl Jarmaine Marina Manager Gunwharf Quays Marina office.

Gunwharf Quays.

Portsmouth.

Hampshire PO1 3TZ T: 02392 836732 E: marina@gunwharf-quays.com W: www.gunwharf-quays.com

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

WATCHET HARBOUR MARINA Manager: Iain Lambert 10 The Esplanade, Watchet, Somerset, TA23 0AJ T: 01984 631264 E: Iain@watchetharbour.co.uk W: www.Watchetharbour.co.uk

ISLE OF WIGHT

COWES YACHT HAVEN Manager: Ben Ferris Vectis Yard, High Street, Cowes, PO31 7BD T: (0)1983 299975 F: (0)1983 200332 E: berthing@cowesyachthaven.com W: www.cowesyachthaven.com VHF: Channel 80

SOUTH EAST

MDL NORTHNEY MARINA Manager: Colin Jefferies Northney Road, Hayling Island, PO11 0NH T: 023 9246 6321 E: northney@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.northneymarina.co.uk MDL SPARKES MARINA Manager: Colin Jefferies 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

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 West Jetty, Brighton, East Sussex.

BN2 5UP T: 01273 819919 F: 01273 675082 E: brighton@premiermarinas.com W: www.premiermarinas.com PREMIER MARINAS EASTBOURNE 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

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KENT

GILLINGHAM MARINA 173 Pier Road, Gillingham, Kent. ME7 1UB T: 01634 280022 E: berthing@gillingham-marina.co.uk W: www.gillingham-marina.co.uk MDL CHATHAM MARITIME MARINA Manager: Alastair Hand The Lock Building, Leviathan Way Chatham Maritime, Kent. ME4 4LP T: 01634 899200 E: chatham@mdlmarinas.co.uk www.chathammaritimemarina.co.uk 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: Simon Plummer Staines Road, Chertsey, Surrey. KT16 8PY T: 01932 568681 E: pentonhook@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.pentonhookmarina.co.uk

BERKSHIRE

MDL WINDSOR MARINA Manager: Simon Plummer Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 5TZ T: 01753 853911 E: windsor@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.windsormarina.co.uk MDL BRAY MARINA Manager: Simon Plummer Monkey Island Lane, Bray, Berkshire. SL6 2EB T: 01628 623654 E: bray@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.braymarina.co.uk

NORFOLK

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

SUFFOLK

MDL WOOLVERSTONE MARINA Manager: Kelly Sharman Woolverstone, Ipswich, Suffolk.

IP9 1AS T: 01473 780206 E: woolverstone@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.woolverstonemarina.co.uk FOX’S MARINA & BOATYARD Marina Manager: John Jonas Fox’s Marina, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8SA T: +44 1473 689111 E: foxs@foxsmarina.com W: www.foxsmarina.com

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 CONWY MARINA Conwy, LL32 8EP T: 01492 593000 E: Conwy@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com DEGANWY MARINA Manager – Jon Roberts Deganwy, Conwy, LL31 9DJ T: 01492 576888 E: Deganwy@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com

ESSEX

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

LONDON

CHELSEA HARBOUR MARINA Harbour Master: Colin Bullock Chelsea Harbour, London, SW10 0XF T: 07770 542783 E: harbourmaster@chelsea-harbour.co.uk W: chelseaharbourmarina.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 CARDIFF MARINA Manager: Rob Freemantle Watkiss Way, Cardiff.

CF11 0SY T: 02920 396078 F: 02920 345116 E: info@themarinegroup.co.uk W: www.themarinegroup.co.uk

PENARTH MARINA Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, F64 1TQ T: 02920 705021 E: penarthoffice@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com NEYLAND YACHT HAVEN Manager: James Cotton Brunel Quay, Pembrokeshire, SA73 1PY T: 01646 601601 E: neyland@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com PORT DINORWIC MARINA Marina Manager: James Kinsella 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: info@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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PORTISHEAD MARINA Portishead, Bristol BS20 7DF T: 01275 841941 E: portisheadquays@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com

NEWCASTLE

ROYAL QUAYS MARINA North Shields, Tyneside NE29 6DU T: 0191 2728282 W: www.quaymarinas.com

CUMBRIA

WHITEHAVEN MARINA Manager: Simone Morgan Bulwark Quay, Whitehaven , CA28 7HS T: 01946 692435 E: enquiries@whitehavenmarina.co.uk W: www.whitehavenmarina.co.uk MARYPORT MARINA Manager: Pauline Gorley Marine Road, Maryport, Cumbria, CA15 8AY T: 01900 814431 E: enquiries@maryportmarine.com W: www.maryportmarina.com

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MDL SANT CARLES MARINA Manager: Nicolas Gonzalez Ctra Poble Nou s/n, Apartat de Correus 192, 43540, Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain T: (0034) 9777 45153 T (UK): 023 8045 0227 enquiries@santcarlesmarina.com W: www.santcarlesmarina.com

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JACHTHAVEN BIESBOSCH Manager: Renate Ilmer Nieuwe Jachthaven 54924 BA, Drimmelen, NL T: +31 (0)162 682249 E: info@jachthavenbiesbosch.nl W: www.jachthavenbiesbosch.nl

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KARPAZ GATE MARINA Harbour Master: Deniz Akaltan PO Box 12, Yeni Erenköy, Iskele North Cyprus, Via Mersin 10, Turkey T: +90 533 833 7878 E: info@karpazbay.com W: www.karpazbay.com

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SCOTLAND KIP MARINA Manager: Heath Gairns The Yacht Harbour, Inverkip, PA16 0AS T: 01475 521485 W: www.kipmarina.co.uk

RHU MARINA Contact: Suzanne Bell Rhu, Helensburgh G84 8LH T: 01436 820238 E: rhumarina@quaymarinas.com W: www.quaymarinas.com LARGS YACHT HAVEN Manager: Carolyn Elder Irvine Road, Largs, Ayrshire, KA30 8EZ T: 01475 675333 E: largs@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com TROON YACHT HAVEN Manager: Stephen Bennie The Harbour, Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 6DJ T: 01292 315553 E: troon@yachthavens.com W: www.yachthavens.com

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MDL MARINA DI STABIA Customer Service: Marika Somma Via Alcide de Gasperi 313, Castellammare di Stabia, Bay of Naples, 80053 Italy T: (0039) 0818 716871 E: marinadistabia@mdlmarinas.co.uk W: www.marinadistabia.com MARINARA Front Desk: Federica Civilla Via Marinara 11, Marina di Ravenna, 48122 Italy T: (0039) 0544 531644 E: info@marinara.it W: www.marinara.it

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THE CHANGING FACE OF MARINAS E er month we bring ou news from around the coastal marinas that are nding new wa s to make their venues accessible to all.

MARINA DAY 2018

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N 2015 MDL’s marina in Sant Carles, Spain introduced an open day to attract the general public. The event was a huge success for all concerned and was quickly adopted by the rest of the marinas in Catalonia.

In 2017 the idea was taken up by the whole of Spain and is now firmly established in the annual calendar.

Given its success, MDL UK is going to add it to their event’s diary this year. They decided it was high time that their UK sites joined the party – and make this an annual, UK-wide extravaganza.

So on 9 June you are all invited to take a look inside some of the UK’s best facilities and discover a new world of activity and boating experiences.

Have you ever wondered what boating in your local area is like and wanted to meet some of the individuals that focus their leisure hours, or even their careers, around the water?

Well, now is the time to find out and it is completely free of charge to attend.

Not just the boats on the pontoons, but the other services, facilities and experiences there, plus the enjoyment that getting afloat brings.

Do not worry about formalities. Just turn up, dressed comfortably for the day and enjoy the atmosphere and experiences on offer, and all ages are welcome.

MDL is also encouraging other UK marinas to host a Marina Day on 9 June so it is worth checking to see if other marinas in your area are getting involved.

With plenty to do and try on the water, some jaw-dropping displays, food stalls, great music and perhaps the odd tipple, it is the perfect way to spend a summer’s day. There will be plenty to entertain the little ones and those who are more comfortable on dry land.

According to The Yacht Harbour Association future Marina Days will be held on the second Saturday of June. Let us hope many more marinas get behind this initiative and, like Spain, it becomes a nationwide event. www.mdlmarinas.co.uk

Chatham Maritime Marina, Kent n Elite Sailing School n Clarke & Carter Boat Sales n Gin tasting from Copper Rivet n McGuire’s Fine Foods n Pirates Cave Chandlery Hythe Marina Village, near Southampton n SWAC - free taster sessions on SUPs and keel boats n Boat demonstration by Solent Rescue n RNLI lifejacket clinic n RIB rides with A2Sea Marine n Live music by Lucy Smith n Kids face painting and music and play from Jiggy Wrigglers n Ridiculously Rich cakes and chocolates n Handmade ice cream and cones n BBQ by Hythe Sea Scouts n Landside displays by Territorial Army, Southampton Coastguard, Calshot Divers and My VIP Card Northney & Sparkes Marinas, Hayling Island n RNLI lifejacket clinics n Jet Ski Safari n Sparkes Chandlery n Mistral Hayling – SUPs

n Langstone Gig Club n Salt Shack Café for refreshments n Live music n Sweet and art stalls n Boat rides Ocean Village Marina, Southampton n Crabbing and kids play time n Bacon rolls from 10am to 12am n Afternoon cream teas from 1pm to 3pm n Members’ drinks from 4pm to 7pm n Novar lifejacket clinic and safety advice between 11am and 4pm n Rowing Regatta – watch from the walkway around Ocean Village Queen Anne’s Battery, Plymouth n City of Plymouth Lifeboat & 10m RIB between 11am and 4pm n RNLI Charity Unit and lifejacket clinic n Plymouth Coastguard n Bomb squad with detonating robots (TBC) n Try a Boat with Boat Exchange n Allspars rigging, rope sales and demonstrations n Octagon Marine Canvas Supplies n Pro Marine n Live entertainment n Food Supplied by On Site Tenants n Try a stand-up paddle board (SUP) n Sea Kayaks n Charts and books for sale

Shamrock Quay & Saxon Wharf, Southampton n Meet the team n RNLI lifejacket clinic n Bacon rolls n Refreshments including cheese and wine, tea and coffee n Kids crabbing competition n Jet RIB rides with Sabre n Kids sweet stall n Rope tying with cleat competition Torquay Marina, Devon n Flyboarding Display with Light Show n Water zorbing (bookings in advance) n RNLI Display (subject to availability) n Jet ski safaris & RIB rides n Tender racing n Best dressed boat parade n Live entertainment Woolverstone Marina, Ipswich n Rides around the marina aboard the Water Taxi Tern n Precious Marine boats on sale n Shearwater Sailing School n RNLI lifejacket clinic n Woolverstone Project n Gin tasting from Suffolk Distillery n Cream Teas aboard sailing barge Victor n Nomad Sea Kayaking n Man Overboard demonstration n Food stands n Lodge Park Tours

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One of the best ways to visit the vineyards is as part of a canal boat holiday along the Canal du Midi. There are several hire companies to choose from. One I enjoyed a few years ago was through www.leboat.co.uk. The canal winds to Toulouse through the countryside from the Étang de Thau, a sheltered lagoon behind the Mediterranean port of Sète, The wine châteaux are strung along its length.

Stop a while, take your own flagon or container with you (you can buy five or 10 litre plastic containers) and wine straight from the barrel will cost only a handful of euros per litre. There are bottled bargains to be had, too.

If French canal boating is not in your upcoming holiday plans, here are some examples I found in our supermarkets.

Enjoy a canal boat holiday and take in a vineyard or two along the way

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Fitou

A few years ago Fitou was everywhere as a cheap but hearty wine. Then it seemed to disappear. It is making a comeback now as a good value for money wine.

Mme Claude Permentier for £5.99 for a 75cl bottle at 12.5 per cent abv at Waitrose has a complex nose giving a Mediterranean herbs, red berry fruits, rich ripe plum and peppery mouth-tingle.

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WHILE quality white wines are produced in the Languedoc AOC (Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée) area, it is the red wines which dominate production, making the wider Languedoc region the most prolific of all French vineyards. The region produces most of the Vin de Pays we love and, in the process, acquired a reputation for quantity over quality. This caused the ‘wine lake’ of overproduction of 2005 which further damaged prices and quality reputation.

Since then, as is the way with the French cooperative winemaking structure driven by the AOC system, Languedoc wineries have made a coordinated effort to raise quality, rebranding the mass market red wines as Vin de France instead of Vin de Pays and using the region’s full name of Coteaux de Languedoc in marketing activity. A ‘coteaux’ means the side of a hill covered by vines, planted on the sea-facing slopes.

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One of the best but currently hard to find in the supermarkets, probably because of price.

I found an excellent example at wine specialist Laithwaites. Chateau Canat, made from just Syrah and Grenache grapes, is full bodied at 14 per cent, a beautiful wine which at £12.99 a bottle is a sipper not a quaffer.

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Saint Auriol Corbières 2016, £6.99 at Waitrose, 13.5 per cent. Made from Grenache, Syrah and Carignan grapes, the taste is dark berry fruits with a touch of lavender on the nose.

Tesco has its own Corbières at £5 a bottle, 12.5 per cent. Same fruity flavour, just a bit lighter making it a nice summer red.

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