The Fabulous 40s by PPL Limited

The Fabulous 40s

The Fabulous 40s A history of the Farr 40 Class 1996 - 2011

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“The Farr 40 is a unique class. Unique in being One Design with the approved owner steering; unique in providing the thrill of exceptionally close world-class racing and unparalleled comradeship in spectacular locations around the world.”

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World championship locations

Copenhagen Cowes San Francisco (2)

Chicago (2012) Newport (2)

Miami (2)

St-Tropez TBC(2013) Porto Cervo (2)

Nassau

Casa de Campo

Sydney (2)

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This first edition published in 2011 ©2011 South Atlantic Publishing and Farr 40 Class Association South Atlantic Publishing. The Studio, Booker’s Yard, The Street, Walberton, Arundel, West Sussex. BN18 0PF, England www.southatlanticpublishing.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission of the Publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bob Fisher The Fabulous 40s Farr 40 Class Association ISBN 978-0-9531044-2-0 hbk 1. The Fabulous 40s, Rolex Farr 40 Class, etc 1. Title Designed by Greg Filip and Kayleigh Reynolds/PPL Typeset Centennial LT Std by PPL Illustrations by Farr Yacht Design and Greg Filip/PPL Printed and bound by Printo Trento S.R.L, Italy

Contents

Contents Foreword................................................................................................................... 11 Concept and Genesis................................................................................................. 12 Designer’s description of the Farr 40........................................................................ 16 Construction.............................................................................................................. 19 Farr 40 One-Design Specifications............................................................................ 24 Stagg’s leap of faith................................................................................................... 33 World Championships.......................................................................................................... 44 The Trophy................................................................................................................ 46 1998 Miami............................................................................................................................. 49 1999 San Francisco............................................................................................................... 52 2000 Newport............................................................................................................ 59 2001 Cowes................................................................................................................ 64 2002 Nassau ............................................................................................................. 73 2003 Porto Cervo....................................................................................................... 82 2004 San Francisco................................................................................................... 94 2005 Sydney ........................................................................................................... 109 2006 Newport.......................................................................................................... 124 2007 Copenhagen.................................................................................................... 135 2008 Miami............................................................................................................. 146 2009 Porto Cervo . .................................................................................................. 159 2010 Casa de Campo .............................................................................................. 171 2011 Sydney . .......................................................................................................... 185 2010 European Championship................................................................................ 196 2010 North American Championship...................................................................... 206 2011 Australian Championship............................................................................... 212 Canada’s Cup........................................................................................................... 216 The tacticians have their say.................................................................................. 218 FARR 40 One Design - Register............................................................................... 228 Roll of Honour......................................................................................................... 234 Acknowledgments................................................................................................... 240

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The fierce loyalty to the Class is reflected in the yachtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design - fast, responsive, user-friendly, honest for competition - and in the personalities of its owners entrepreneurial, competitive, value-driven, fun-loving, challenge seekers on land and sea. A winning combination for the last 15 years!

Mascalzone Latino - Vincenzo Onorato just ahead of Barking Mad- Jim Richardson both 3 time World Champions

Mascalzone Latino - Vincenzo Onorato, just ahead of Barking Mad - Jim Richardson, both three times world champions 9

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F o r e w o rd

Foreword I invite you to step inside this book and experience the visual

of four professionals and usually five or six non-paid sailors

thrill of the Farr 40 Class and its distinctive place on the platform

depending on overall weight of the total crew.

of world-class, one-design sailing. The fierce loyalty to this Class is reflected in the yacht’s design - fast, responsive, user-

As the old saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. Because all

friendly, honed for competition- and in the personalities of its

the boats are identical and play by the same rules, a truly level

owners - entrepreneurial, competitive, value-driven, fun-loving,

playing field exists. There is no question that a steady hand at the

challenge seekers on land and sea. A winning combination

helm is key. The exhilaration for the owner/driver and tactician

for the last 15 years!

is the challenge of making responses as to sea, wind, weather, and strategic positioning with only inches to spare between your

The Farr 40 found its beginning in 1997, in Bristol, Rhode

boat and that of a competitor.

Island. Its designer, Bruce Farr, is a master craftsman if ever there was one. Ruskin, the 19th century British author noted

Right from the start, the association of owners kept true to its

that “men who cannot enter into the mind of the sea, cannot

bottom line – to make sailing fun. To do so required managing the

for the same reasons enter into the mind of ships.” Bruce Farr

Class like a business with forward planning, meticulous controls

John Calvert-Jones, former Class

was able to do both and then to design a boat that kept the sea

over measurement and sound financial controls. Geoff Stagg has

President, 2000 Farr 40 World

in mind without diminishing the sleek beauty and practicality

helped to hold a firm hand on the tiller of Class management for

Champion. and first Life Member

of his design.

which all of us are indebted.

of the Class

The boat’s international appeal was immediate. The first ten

Who wouldn’t want to join a class that prides itself on

boats were delivered to five different countries. The Class remains

sportsmanship and comradeship and finding venues around

robustly international with 152 boats now from 19 countries

the world with good weather, a challenging course, delightfully

worldwide. Why its international success? “It’s awesome to

enticing locations, and a sponsor of international repute. Rolex

sail,” noted Judge Betsy Alison as she awarded the Boat of the

has been the principal Farr 40 sponsor since 2001. There are a

Year prize in 1998 to the Farr 40. All who have sailed in this

lucky few of us who are proud recipients of a first-place finish

Class agree that the boat takes the sea in its stride. It is fast,

Rolex watch – a watch that operates as smoothly as does the

very fast, with marvellous responsiveness and manoeuvrability

Farr 40 under full sail. Rolex has lent its name and many of

and high structural integrity.

its photographs to this publication. For all its generosity and support, we as a Class, are most grateful.

There are few if any Classes which specify that the owner, an amateur helmsman, must have his/her hand on the helm. The

John Calvert-Jones

Farr 40 sets the bar and distinguishes itself in this regard. Amateur can imply a newcomer to the Class or someone with finely tuned knowledge of the boat as well as years of tested sailing experience and know-how to lead an experienced team

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Concept and Genesis The question of just how the Farr 40 came into being could only be answered by the designer, Bruce Farr. He describes it as an evolution from previous forays in the one-design arena. “It came on the back of the success of the Mumm 36, which was designed under IMS and later became a one-design. After that came the Mumm 30, which was a step into what I consider, a purer boat that needed very little attention when it came to considering handicapping.” The next step in this evolutionary process, in which both Geoff Stagg and Barry Carroll were involved, was the Corel 45, of which the designer said, “It was another boat that was trying to be both a one-design and a successful handicap boat, but we tackled both simultaneously, rather than bolting on the one-design to an IMS boat.” Only after the Corel 45 was on the water did the process of the 40-footer begin to take shape. Farr International had previously bypassed the 40-foot zone because there were so many other boats of this size in the market. Bruce had promoted the idea to Geoff, and while they both considered other ideas of slightly lesser overall length, or even slightly bigger, reason kept pointing to 40. In Britain, Peter Morton was interested in a boat close to this size and had been talking to the Annapolis offices of both Bruce and Geoff.

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Two time World Championship Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori at speed

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The experience of Bruce, Geoff and Barry in this business was sufficient for them to have the confidence to proceed and to do it without the need for it to be influenced by IMS. “We believed,” said Bruce, “that we should just design the boat we wanted and we did not need to have a successful IMS boat to achieve a critical mass. So, the decision was made to do it with only a passing view of IMS and we looked at Channel Handicap too for a potential place within those handicap systems.” The principal concern was that it should be ‘a good honest boat.’ That decision went hand in hand with another – that it should be an owner/driver boat. The latter decision was made early in the concept, and so, in Bruce’s words: “We had to have a boat that was reasonably easy to handle, but at the same time quite high performance. That meant we had a nice shaped boat, reasonable beam so that it had some stability, deep vcg keel, quite big rig and with Geoff’s insistence perhaps, a little bigger rig than we would have chosen because that was always Geoff’s mantra – ‘add sail, add sail area’. Then we developed these ideas through the latter part of 1996 and the final lines were drawn in November that year.” A group of individual investors (principals, interested individuals and prospective owners) was formed to support the building and the initial development of the marketing, and the team began to market aggressively what was agreed to be a good boat. Bruce added: “There was some serendipity in the thing. The 40 foot size turned out to be good because it was a manageable size for a lot of owners, and straightforward to sail in mechanical terms. One of the key decisions was going with the runner-less rig so the boat could be more or less bullet proof between a rig which did not rely on runners and a carbon mast. It was at a time when everybody’s boat had runners and skinny masts, and racing a boat was a pretty expensive exercise – you went through a lot of stuff.”

Top: Kokomo - Lang Walker Right: Endorphin at speed- Erik Wulff

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Designer of the Farr 40

It is light displacement but not ultra-light and it has good horsepower upwind even though it is not of super sophisticated construction. One of the key issues was to control costs to make it viable for a whole range of people. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a full-on carbon structure since that limits how light you can make the boat. It is powerful enough upwind and light enough to plane downwind, but it is not a downwind specialist ultra-light displacement boat. All round attributes are probably key. It has a big enough sail plan to be a good lively boat, even with short footed headsails. Geoff pushed hard to make sure the boat had enough sail area to be fast in light airs, which broadens the horizons on where it can be sailed and be fun. In terms of the hull shape, it is a good wholesome hull shape. It is not extreme. It is not too big in the back. There is a nice degree of fineness in the bow so it gets through chop nicely. It is a boat that will do well in all conditions, enough freeboard to keep peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feet out of the water, and be able to tackle big sea. Probably the most important factor when it was designed was that it was not compromised for a rating rule or measurement system. Because of that, it is a nice boat that has stood the test of time.

Designer - Bruce Farr

D e s ig n e r o f t h e Farr

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Construction

Barry Carroll, who was an essential ingredient in the mix that produced the Farr 40, describes the genesis from the very beginning: “My involvement with the Farr 40 goes back to a US Sailing IMS meeting in Texas in the early 90’s. Tink Chambers was there representing Farr International, and I was there for my company, Carroll Marine. We got to talking about race boats naturally, and that always leads to the ‘next boat’. Carroll saw a market in the mid 30ft range, and so too did Farr. That led to the development of the Farr IMS 36 which became the Mumm 36. To meet Farr Yacht Design’s demanding design and engineering standards, the boat had to be built with the materials and techniques one would normally associate with a custom oneoff. That meant epoxy/vacuum bag/ foam core construction/oven post cure, and extremely tight weight control. At that time, there were no other production boats being built with those techniques or to those standards. “The straws that stirred the drink were Geoff Stagg, Tink Chambers, and the team at Farr International. In the first place, they, along with Russ Bowler and his team at Farr Yacht Design, worked hard with our team in specifying materials and techniques to build ‘production boats’ to custom boat tolerances. Geoff gave us some very clear goals: build it light, build it strong, build it to a consistent standard. “The result of the first collaboration among the design group, set the bench mark for the modern offshore one-design. That same

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troika established not just the build techniques, but the class management system that maintained and controlled those onedesign standards against ever increasing outside pressure. The more successful a class is, the higher the international profile, the more pressure there is from competitors to find an edge. “The Mumm 30 was next and came with many new facets, some of which drew severe criticism. Virtually every sailmaker and expert we spoke to said the boat would never work without overlapping jibs – not enough sail area for light air, and no runners so you couldn’t control the sail area you had. The boat Bruce drew was flat-out gorgeous, and we had a lot of early interest. The only problem was that when we were in our last pre-production design meeting, I got cold feet. So many people had called and told us that a runnerless, non-overlapping jib boat would never work, that I was reluctant to commit Carroll to the project. During that last meeting Bruce calmly pointed out two Mascalzone Latino – Vincenzo Onorato

things: first, swept spreader, runnerless rigs were nothing new. With good design and mast engineering they were simple and easy to use. They just weren’t fashionable at the time. Second and most importantly, the power from a boat comes from sail area, not jib overlap. A boat with non-overlapping jibs can have as much or more sail area as a boat with a 150% LP jib: just go taller with the rig. He went on to explain that increased aspect ratio and leading edge provided more drive per given area: that in fact we would be surprised at how effective the Mumm 30 sail plan would be. He was so calm, cogent, and assured that we all agreed to give it a go. The Mumm 30 was a resounding success, and it has led the way to the modern race boat rig. It was a triumph of good design and engineering over fashion, and cold feet! “The development model was well established. We wanted the international one-design control that we had developed in the Mumm 36. The Mumm 30 had conclusively demonstrated Farr’s vision for fast easily handled modern rigs; so the new 40 would have a similar rig, sail plan, and super clean deck plan. It would be built with proven techniques and efficiency and be half the price of an equivalent ILC-40. Modern, fast, extremely

Barking Mad – Jim Richardson crosses Plenty – Alex Roepers

competitive, great value for money, and solid proven marketing

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and Class management were the attributes of the Farr 40. In retrospect, its success was almost inevitable. “Our in-house engineers and builders developed a great relationship with Russ Bowler’s team. Over the projects, Carroll learned a lot about race boat engineering, and Russ’ team learned a bit about blending high end construction with efficiency and cost effective techniques. It was a cross pollination of ideas, and it was fun and productive. “As a builder and engineer, one of the most interesting parts of the Farr 40 story was the evolution of the one-design rule. There was a technical side: what needed to be controlled? How strictly it would be controlled: what were acceptable tolerances versus actual changes in performance? What would be the cost to control tolerances: the smaller the tolerance the greater the cost, and at some point the cost / benefit doesn’t make sense. How to measure and maintain tolerances? That means not just in the shop when we can measure and weigh individual components before assembly, but how do we check the completed boats after years in service? And finally how do we do it within a strict budget and without upsetting Class members? “Finally, as we closed in on a possible solution to an issue we would ask ourselves, ‘OK how do we get around that rule if we wanted to cheat?’ Someone would suggest a way around the rule and the rest would work on it until we closed that door. I think we came up with some pretty clever solutions to the technical questions that have led to the strength of the Farr 40 Class. “That led to the most important aspect of the Farr 40 Class success: the management and leadership of Geoff Stagg and his team, first at Farr International and then at Stagg Yachts. Geoff had to be a combination cheerleader, snake oil salesman, technical guru, holiday camp counsellor, judge, jury and sometimes executioner. “The owners of Farr 40s are typically over-achievers who are Struntje Light – Wolfgang Schaefer

not used to people telling them ‘NO!’ No matter how polite, how

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Farr 40 One-Design Specifications

Design: Farr Yacht Design LOA

40.72 ft

12.41 m

LWL

35.27 ft

10.75 m

Beam

13.22 ft

4.03 m

Draft

8.53 ft

2.60 m

10,902 lbs

4,945 kg

4,960 lbs

2,250 kg

1,266 ft/lb

175 kg/m

Displacement Ballast RMC

Farr O n e - d e s ig n s p e cificati o n

Sail Area

1,109 sq/ft

102.8 sq/m

16.20 m

53.15 ft

4.71 m

15.45 ft

16.70 m

54.79 ft

5.90 m

19.36 ft

ISP:

18.30 m

60.04 ft

SPL:

5.20 m

17.06 ft

Construction: Epoxy/E-glass/foam/balsa composite, Wet Pre-preg, post cured in oven. Keel: Cast iron fin, lead bulb, epoxy coated. 25

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Nanoq - Crown Prince Frederik

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“The owners of Farr 40s are typically over-achievers who are not used to people telling them ‘NO!.’ No matter how polite, how diplomatic, telling an owner that his boat or crew conflict with Class rules was never easy. The Class exists for the benefits of its members, the owners.

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diplomatic, telling an owner that his boat or crew conflict with

Island. He had his techniques and they had to be incorporated in

left Actur – Vasyl Guryev

class rules was never easy. The Class exists for the benefits of

the laminates and the way we put it together. The boat had to be

right Flash Gordon – Helmut Jahn

its members, the owners. That principle, more than any other

economical in order that it would work in the market place, so we

has kept the Farr 40 Class in the forefront of international

had to look at economical ways of producing it, while at the same

sailing for so long.

time providing consistency in the production. So, there was a good exchange between Barry and our guys on the construction

“The Farr 40 is oven-baked, not like the Pillsbury Doughboy, but

systems and we looked at some fairly basic items.

cured to perfection in an accurately controlled environment to create the most rigid and torsionally stiff hull possible.”

“For example, the aluminium frame that holds the keel on, seemed to be a good solution because it gave consistent stiffness

Russell Bowler, the structural engineering partner in Farr

to all the boats. It is a fairly robust arrangement so the boats

Yacht Design, was critical to the decision-making process

could be transported on trailers, dropped every now and then,

when the design was first mooted. The construction and its

and occasionally hit the bottom, and survive those fairly well. It

ramifications were his bailiwick; his responsibility was deciding

is a more consistent way of producing a large number of boats, as

the main criteria employed in putting together the specification

well as a more consistent way of getting extreme stiffness in that

for the boat.

area of the hull. So that, combined with a straightforward interior framework and sandwich laminate, met the bill all around and

Bowler remembered: “It was worked out in discussion with Barry

gave us a laminate that could be produced consistently and

Carroll who had developed certain ways of building boats in Rhode

relatively economically.”

opposite Calvi – Alberto Alberini

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Fiamma â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Alessandro Barnaba 30

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structures, it is a fairly conservative design, but not overly so, because in the early years, these boats still had to go out and compete well under IMS and whatever club racing was going on at the time, until fleets became established.” Farr 40s are all designed and built to ABS standards, and as they never go out into the broad oceans, they are relatively low stressed boats in terms of panels and panel sizing. So, close margins are not run on those. The keel and the mast step are both tied by an aluminium frame, which provides enormous reserves of strength. It is possible when designing a one-design class that weight can be placed in these areas without a performance penalty relative to the rest of the Class. As Bowler remarked: “It is not like trying to design to a rule where you are trying to compete with someone else and shifting weight to beneficial locations within the framework of the rating rules.” At the back of the minds of the team responsible for the Farr Easy Tiger 11 - Chris Way and Ian Burns

Because consistency is really the keynote to the potential success

40 was a philosophy of protecting the owners from themselves

of a one-design, it was important that rules for the Class had to

– avoiding the sailors that would devise schemes to make the

be in place during the conception. The rules for the Mumm 36

boats quicker that were expensive and therefore contrary to

had already been developed, and while these worked fairly well,

Class policy.

the group had some fresh ideas from that experience and these were incorporated into the Farr 40 rules.

In Bowler’s view, this was a major factor and could be achieved in the way that the boat was built and the rule structure, and said:

Consistency of manufacturing was seen to be of paramount

“I think the success of the Farr 40 is largely due to the success

importance and Bowler recalls: “We had a maxim that you are

of that philosophy, although they still find ways of putting more

going to have to be able to drive one of these out of the factory

rig tension than the other guy, but there is not a lot you can do to

on a Friday night and be competitive on the Saturday morning,

hot up your Farr 40.”

as opposed to a lot of other one-design classes where you have to buy the boat, take the keel off, fair it and re-arrange this and

One benefit in having what is provided and allowing little else, is

that. So there were tolerances placed on the positioning, size and

that the Farr 40 is not a throw-away boat – they were designed to

weight of things.

remain competitive for many years – they do not get old and soft. The design and construction has dispelled that myth. Treated

It was fairly tight, particularly at that time in the production

well, they will remain competitive and the designers believe they

industry, but it was all done with one goal in mind of trying

have probably done themselves, the builders and the marketers

to get these boats to be purchasable and raceable. In terms of

out of follow-up business!

Close action - Mascalzone Latino - Vincezo Onorato sandwiched between Barking Mad - Jim Richardson and Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

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Stagg’s leap of faith The leading progenitor of the Farr 40 Class was undoubtedly Geoff Stagg. He was the marketing force with the original ideas and ability to corral the talents to take the project from conceptual stage to reality. Fifteen years later, he recalled the key issues. “The real issue was progressing what we had done before. We developed the Mumm 30 and we were looking at the next product to do. Of course, the Mumm 36 was really the start of all our onedesign class developments. Then we did the Mumm 30 and after that we were looking at a bigger boat. Peter Morton came up with the suggestion of a 38-footer, but we all thought that 40 feet was the magic size. We finally settled on 40, and along similar lines with what we had been doing with the Mumm 30. “First we settled the boat and then used a progression of the Mumm 30 rules – later adding a clause that would limit steering to an owner/driver to counter an unhealthy trend that began with some owners getting very good group 1 helmsmen to drive their boats. That was not what we created the Class for. “I said to Barry Carroll that this was going to be for owner/drivers only and we set up a committee to review the eligibility of each

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Geoff Stagg, the leading progenitor

because they had accepted prize money at a previous regatta,

within the Class.

in another Class. One of them was Alexis Michas. He had won a spinnaker at a Mumm 36 regatta two years before we built the 40, and ISAF had coded him under group 2. We had built some flexibility within the rule to allow the committee to decide borderline cases. It has given me incredible satisfaction to see these owners develop and become outstanding sailors. Look at Dutchman, Peter de Ridder. He went out and won the Transpac 52 Class after spending four years in the Farr 40 Class. These guys are good! “Putting the boat together from the very start was interesting in all interpretations of the word. We had three people with very strong opinions – Bruce, Barry and myself. I had a clear idea of what I wanted. I got that without having anything to do with the design of the boat. I worked on the concept and where we wanted to place the boat in the market. This often goes way back. I remember going down to New Zealand in the 1990s and sailing with Kim McDell on a new trainer boat owner. It was starting to get ugly until we ‘grandfathered’ the

he had built in Thailand called the Platu, (it subsequently

previous boats - maybe four or five. The result was incredible.

became the Beneteau 25).

We sold 35 boats in less than two weeks. Suddenly, there was a Class in which true owners, who had to go through an eligibility

“I took it out on Auckland Harbour for the Wednesday night

committee to get that stance, driving their own boats.

race. It was a cool kind of a boat, but not a training boat. She was difficult to steer downwind, and having a cast iron keel, did

“We turned down several high profile owners who did not meet

not have a lot of stability. Nor did it have a carbon rig. But she

the requirements of the owner/driver rule. The rule dictated that

had a really gorgeous shape. I bought one and brought it back to

the owner/driver could not have competed in the Admiral’s Cup,

the States, and it became the genesis for the Mumm 30 Class. I

America’s Cup, Olympic Games, or any ISAF World Championship

took all of what I perceived to be the negatives: lack of stability;

within the last eight years as a helmsman. It was all based

a rudder that was too small and not enough sail area, and

around the US Sailing of Group 1 sailors, which is now the ISAF

developed the concept of the Class from there. Now, the biggest

Group 1 code, so we were the first Class to pick up and run with

discussions always zero around sail area, stability and whether

that code. It has gone through a few generations since, but the

the rudder is big enough.

whole concept is great. I know there was a lot of dissent at the time, because I am under group 3 of that programme, and have

“Designers are all driven by their programmes for the IOR,

a bit of an issue with that, but you can’t have your cake and your

IMS and CHS; programmes that work in a perfect world. That

ice cream at the same time.

is, for example: ‘What size should the rudder be?’ Well, the test is whether an average helmsman coming to the top mark can

“We made two exceptions to people being group 2 helmsmen

bear away - something you could not do in the Platu if it was

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Groovederchi – John Demourkas

blowing hard. With an owner at the helm you have to have a

Safety was also paramount in their thinking behind the

forgiving boat that will dip under the stern of another boat with

development of the Farr 40, because of the sailors who would

the main still full on, without stalling out. Will it go any slower?

be buying and racing them, but that had been the case in earlier

It does not matter when it is a one-design boat, but technically, a

classes with which Geoff had been associated.

larger rudder will add only a miniscule amount like a quarter of a second a mile. Normally, designers like Bruce are looking for

“This whole development began with the Mumm 36. At the time I

everything they can get to have a second off here or there, but

didn’t know what a one-design big boat was – I just fell into it. The

I was calling for a more forgiving, controllable design. I didn’t

RORC appointed me to be on the 1993 Admiral’s Cup Selection

want keels to fall off for the sake of 5 kilos. Strict one-design

Committee. John Dare was both Commodore and Chairman of

boats have got to be bullet proof.

the Committee and at the first meeting in London, said, ‘This is what we are going to do. We must pick three boats that we can

“We had an issue about specifying carbon rigs. Barry was

all agree on, that will maximise the number of countries that

convinced that boats with non-overlapping jibs would be dogs.

can come. One of these boats will be a 36 foot one-design and

Two decades ago non-overlapping headsails were unheard of on

it will be called the Mumm 36.’ ‘What is a one-design?,’ I asked

a big boat, so we put a lot of sail area into the rig to get over the

myself.

misconception that the boat would be slow in light air, and then made sure it had truckloads of stability to be a good boat in a

“At the same time Tink Chambers and Barry Carroll had been

breeze too. The Mumm 30, 36 and the Farr 40 are great boats.

working on the lines of the Farr 36. It was an IMS boat when

Bruce listened and did a marvellous job.”

IMS was in its better days – fast, had stability and sail area. I

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Kokomo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lang Walker

Twins – Erik Maris Stagg ’ s l e ap o f fait h

We have a + 100 kg weight tolerance and shoot for the middle. A builder will ballast a boat up to make the minimum weight, and that is it. After a year we re-weigh them, and they find ‘Wow - we can get rid of a few kgs’, Boats always get heavier; they always get all sorts of extras poured on them.

Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

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thought: ‘if we are quick about it, we can turn this boat into a one-design. It was before they took the IMS Rule back to where IOR had been at the end – slow, distorted pigs, with the bilges full of lead. Except for small amounts of corrector weights used to meet the very strict hull weight limit, there was not an ounce of internal lead ballast in the 36. It was an incredible boat.’ “Two items needed review: strengthening the rig and enlarging the rudder. It was good for top-end guys but not the average punter. If you did not have an excellent main trimmer on board you were at a huge disadvantage. If you left the leeward runner on with a few turns around the winch and you dumped the main and the boat heeled, you were in trouble. So, getting the rig, stability and rudder right was the biggest part I played in the development. We were pushing the boats out into an area where Bruce Farr really wasn’t that comfortable because the computers and the programmes were telling him ‘No.’ ‘That is too much sail area, that is too much stability. You don’t need that much rudder because design was so dominated by the science

Kokomo – Lang Walker

of the rule at the time.’ “When we did all these boats I made sure Bruce was 100% focused on doing the lines and all that stuff. He is a genius. When you get him committed to do something there is nobody better. To this day, the diversity of what he has done is mind boggling really. “They were really fascinating days. Barry Carroll did an awesome job setting up the Farr 40 production and taking it to a new level. Even today, people are still struggling to get an all-epoxy, cored vacuum bagged boat to such strength – and one-design to such tight tolerances. Our job is such that when the owner leaves the dock for the day he can feel that his boat is the same as the other boats. It is up to him, his boys, his sail programme and all the other variables - but not the boat. “We have a + 100 kg tolerance and shoot for the middle. A builder will ballast a boat up to make the minimum weight, and that is it. After a year, we re-weigh them, and they find ‘Wow - we can Backbone - Thomas Kiær

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get rid of a few kgs’. Boats always get heavier; they always get all sorts of extras poured into them. “There were always differences of opinion but everything was open to discussion. It always got resolved and I think because we had such a varying range of skills and mind sets it just worked. Bruce Farr always asked incredibly penetrating questions, until we agreed on what we wanted him to deliver. That is another amazing talent he has. Russell Bowler worked with Barry on the engineering, and Jim Andersen, Russ, Barry and I developed the rules. We had these written before the first boat hit the water, so there was no catch up. Everybody knew what they were getting into. “It’s an owners’ class - that’s what really sets this class apart.” says Peter ‘Luigi’ Reggio, the Farr 40 Principal Race Officer since 2002. “ Its strength is in having the rules established before owners bought the boat. They did not form a class and then decide what the rules were going to be. People bought the boats knowing what they were getting into. The rules were there and the boats were kept as even as possible. The owners love that part of it.” The Farr 40 class was instrumental in paving the way for more acceptable racing for the owners. Experience showed that an offset mark was necessary at the end of the windward leg in order to avoid collisions. Insurance companies were threatening other classes but none had the initiative to implement this move. The same was true of a ‘gate’ instead of a single leeward mark to avoid the procession from this point. For the benefit of the owners, the class moved to extend the ‘overlap’ at marks from a two to a three-boat length circle, three years before the idea became accepted by ISAF. It also dispensed with flag signals, insisting instead that every competitor listen on an open radio circuit for instructions. On-the-water judging was introduced with the jury members blowing a whistle when an infringement was spotted. The jury would expect penalty Twins – Erik Maris

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turns to be taken or a protest to be lodged. A 720o penalty turn was mandatory for infringements within the three-boat circle and 360° turns for all others. The final blow to the ‘establishment’ came with the banning of jackets and ties on all official boats including that of the Race Committee. “This was to be an owners class, not one run by blazered officials - that was another first.” Says Geoff Stagg. “Getting the rule right was number one,” Adds Stagg. “In 2005 I tried to put masthead spinnakers on the boats but got shot down by a number of owners. We have been very good about retaining the one-design nature of the boat and not doing anything too stupid or radical. But when we finally went to masthead spinnakers, the first time they tried it, they all loved it. In fact, the Farr 40 had always had a masthead spinnaker halyard built in. The fractional spinnaker was the only sacrifice we made to IMS. It was very last minute because in the beginning, we had nowhere to race other than under IMS, which crucified sail area, and forced us to opt for the smaller sail. I finally got the masthead kite through in 2007 and it transformed the boat. It still looks remarkably modern for a decade-old design.” “None of the owners has complained. In fact all of the guys who were making noises initially, have since come up to me and said, ‘You are right. You are right. The boat is so much nicer.’ What they could not understand was that the masthead spinnakers make the boat easier to gybe especially in strong conditions. That is because the boat is up on a plane going fast, with less load on everything, and is less prone to stop/start or load up. They are out there carrying these mastheads in 35 knots, even though it is mandatory to carry a fractional 0.85 ounce on the boat.” “I don’t know what Bruce Farr and Russell Bowler think, but I believe they have got a lot of satisfaction from what we all did together. Bruce gets the majority of the credit because his name is on the boat, but it was very much a total team effort.” The Barking Mad that Jim Richardson chartered for Hamilton and Hayman Island Race Week 200o 40

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Estate Master – Lisa & Martin Hill – dips Mascalzone Latino – Vincento Onorato and Good Feeling – Eduardo Ramos 41

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When we finally went to masthead spinnakers, the first time they tried it, they all loved it!

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Mascalzone Latino Stagg-â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Vincenzo s l e ap o fOnorato fait h Mascalzone Latino â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Vincenzo Onorato, a 3-time world champion 3 time World Champion at speed

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The Trophy The World Cup is the trophy for the winner of the World Championship. It began life as the International Cup, the trophy for the season-long series of the IOR 50-foot Class until the mid1990s. It was in the possession of Wictor Forss, one of the Class leaders and was not being used when Geoff Stagg approached him on September 21st 1998. Geoff, in his own admission, was: “desperate to get two appropriate trophies for that year’s Mumm 30 and Farr 40 One-Design World Championships.” He felt that the IOR 50 International Cup would be perfect for the Farr 40 Class, and wrote to Forss asking if he would consider deeding the International Cup to the Farr 40 Class for: “their World Championship for the life of the Class and The Farr 40 World Championship

presenting the Cup at their first event in November?”

trophy began life as the IOR 50 International Cup, that once had

Geoff ’s offer to Forss was that he retained ownership of

similar aspirations to provide

the trophy but that the Class could use it for their world

competitive inshore racing for its

championship: “for as long as it can maintain the ISAF numbers

owners.

or a period of time with which you are comfortable.” By midOctober 1998 an agreement had been reached and the trophy was deeded to the Farr 40 Class. It was agreed that the name of the trophy should become “The World Cup” and that the name of the event should be: “The Farr 40 World Championship

in Palma, Mallorca in November 1998, at the same time that the

for the World Cup.”

Class received its International status. It was first raced for in Miami a few days later.

The trophy was insured by the Class for $10,000 and an annual lease fee of $700 was paid to Wictor Forss, on

Almost five years passed before the final purchase of the trophy

agreement that should, at some later date, the Class purchase

by the Class from Wictor Forss took place. It changed hands for

the trophy, the accumulated fees would be deducted

$5,000 with the following message from the original owner:

from the purchase price.

“Congratulations to the fantastic development of the Class. It is very close to what I had once wanted to do with the 50 foot

The World Cup was presented by Forss to Paul Henderson, the

Class. The trophy is now in the right hands and the best of

President of ISAF, at the Annual General Meeting of the Federation

luck to you all. Wictor.”

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The World Championship trophy on its new base (2011)

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1998 Miami

John Kilroy in Samba Pa-Ti slipped past John Thomson’s Solution on the second beat of the first race and held off challenges from Alexis Michas’ Phish Food and Steve Garland’s Wired to take the first gun. Kilroy, despite a recall, was among the leaders at the first mark of the second race, but Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad led from Charles Tompkins in Bandit. Finding clear air, Richardson went on to win by almost three minutes from John Calvert-Jones’ Southern Star and George Andreadis in Atalanti XI. A 4th place put Kilroy in the lead overall, but a 14th in the next race took him off the top of the leaderboard. Michas

Dancers added colour to the post-race

sensed the left hand swing in the breeze before the rest and

celebrations aboard John Kilroy’s aptly

led by four boat’s length at the weather mark in the third race.

named yacht Samba Pa Ti.

Despite a spirited chase by Steve Kaminer’s Predator, Michas Within days of ISAF confirming full International status for the

hung on to win and a 3rd for Barking Mad put Richardson

Solution – John Thomson- leads

Farr 40 Class, a world championship was held off Miami. The

into the overall lead.

the fleet.

racing was held from South Beach Marina, off Government Cut and controlled with alacrity by Mike “Grizz” Thompson, whose

Consistency proved to be the keynote for overall

previous experience of dealing with the IOR-50s, made him an

success, with seven different boats winning races

instant choice. Nineteen boats competed in eight races over windward/leeward courses with two-mile legs and the scoring

during this inaugural world championship.

gave no discard – the pattern of the Class was established. From the outset the Class demanded that the owners should steer their own boats and limited the number of ‘professionals’ on board to four per boat. With the short courses, Grizz went for an offset mark at the weather end of the course and a ‘gate’ at the leeward mark as required by the class. “Training wheels for the amateur drivers,” declared one case-hardened professional, but they were essential for good racing in a fleet of one-designs. Consistency proved to be the keynote for overall success – seven different boats won races, while the eventual winner had nothing lower than 7th in the score line. Generally easterly winds of 8-15 knots that backed with the effect of the sea breeze provided the real challenge for the tacticians. The list read like a who’s who of sailors and included Grant Simmer, Ed Adams, Tom Whidden, Gary Weisman, Terry Hutchinson, Dee Smith, Robbie Haines, Jim Brady, Dave Dellenbaugh and Adrian Stead.

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In the second race that day, Bill Ziegler’s Gem, with Dee Smith calling the shots, found four wind shifts one after the other, to lead at the end of the first beat, but the downwind speed of Skip Purcell’s Alliance was too much for Gem. A 4th for Barking Mad, behind Solution, confirmed Richardson’s lead in the championship. The conditions were good enough for a third race and Steve Garland’s Wired looked set for a runaway win. But as the Class builder, Barry Carroll, crewing aboard Wired explained: “We blew ourselves away. We were ahead and to windward on the final beat and tacked away rather than going to the starboard tack lay-line. We could have pinned them outside us.” Bill Steitz’s Flyer and Edgar Cato in Hissar went past, leaving Wired 3rd. Carroll later added: “We were in an insurmountable position – and then we were surmounted!” Skip Purcell gave the fleet a starting lesson early on the next day, coming to the line at the committee boat end at full speed Wired – Steve Garland

and leaving the f leet gasping as he sailed into a two-boat lead in the first ten seconds. Wired was first to the windward mark and never headed, taking the winning gun ahead of Southern Star and Hissar. The penultimate race was held over five legs and Hissar led Southern Star at the first mark with Samba Pa Ti in 3rd place. Southern Star took over the lead on the second beat, holding on to win despite a late challenge from Kilroy. In the final race, the next day, the Australian skipper was able to repeat his success, finishing the regatta with an impressive 2,1,1 score, but the 4,7,7 of Richardson’s Barking Mad proved that his consistency was the overall telling factor. “It’s a wonderful feeling,” said Jim Richardson, “going in we felt like we could compete, but I never imagined we’d win.” At the prize giving, Geoff Stagg remarked: “The best guys won today. For the last two days the Aussies have been untouchable.” Calvert-Jones smiled wryly when he explained where things had gone wrong in typical Australian style: “On Thursday, we went walkabout!” The

Flyer – Bill Steitz and Wired –Steve Garland

10-5-11 placings that day would seem to bear out his statement.

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above: Jim Richardson top right: Barking Mad bottom right: John Calvert-Jones and Steve Garland

Stagg added: “But you have to say that the Barking Mad boys [and one girl] have sailed so consistently.” He then brought the house down by saying that the new advertising slogan for the Class was going to be: “If Jim Richardson can win the world championship, so can you!” Jim led the laughter.

Results: 1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

39 points

2. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

44 points

3. Wired Steve Garland (USA)

47 points

4. Hissar Edgar Cato (USA)

49 points

5. Solution John Thomson (USA)

59 points

6. Alliance Skip Purcell (USA)

62 points

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1999 San Francisco

Carrying a Chad logo from more than 50 years earlier on the stern, as did his father on his Kialoas, John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti won the world championship after a down-to-the-wire finish in a nine-race series on the Berkeley Circle area of San Francisco Bay, beating Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino by a single point by edging home a length clear of him in the final race. Jim Richardson, the defending champion, was 3rd. Jim Richardson started as he left off in Miami a year earlier, posting a 1st and 2nd in the two 10-mile races, but that put him only one point clear of Kilroy – those roles were reversed in Miami at the end of the first day. Kilroy remembered that: “We kidded Jim about how it was then, and maybe the same will happen this year.”

We kidded Jim about how it was then, and maybe the

Butch Tompkins in Bandit led Richardson for one round in 10-

same will happen this year.”

he went to the front to win by 32 seconds with Samba Pa Ti

12 knots of breeze, but on the second beat of the opening race, 3rd. The wind was up to 15-18 for the second race and Kilroy timed his start to perfection, just to windward of Barking Mad. In turn, Richardson had Doug Mongeon in Flyer affecting him to leeward – “We felt like the ham in a sandwich,” said the Barking Mad skipper. He had to wait for John Calvert-Jones in Southern Star to tack before he could clear his wind. When he did so, Barking Mad appeared to have a speed advantage and was 2nd behind Kilroy at the weather mark, with Southern Star 3rd. With the latter two boats engaged in a personal duel, Kilroy was free to extend his lead and finished a little over a minute ahead. On the second day, Richardson made his one mistake of the championship – his tactician, Adrian Stead, took the blame: “I thought there was an opportunity to gain tidally out on the right, and went that way early on the second beat, but as we came to the end of the tack, the wind went further left than it had been all day.” Vincenzo Onorato with Mascalzone Latino increased his lead on this shift to take the winner’s gun from Kilroy and Calvert-Jones.

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With the wind up to 13-16 knots for the second race of the day, Onorato made a perfect pin-end start and benefitted from the left hand shift to lead at the first mark from Barking Mad. Kilroy tried to force in on port tack, acknowledged his foul with a 360º turn and dropped back. Richardson overtook the Italian on the second beat while Tomkins’ Bandit and Walton Logan’s Blue Chip took up the chase. These positions remained unaltered to the finish, where Kilroy was 6th, so that he and Richardson were tied on 12 points after four races with Onorato on 14. The breeze was fully charged for the third race of the day and the seas had increased too. Richardson and his crew found this to their liking and were soon heading the fleet with Phillippe Kahn’s Orion and Mascalzone Latino. Orion made it to the weather mark 1st and held on downwind. At the gate, Stead called Richardson to go to the right hand buoy and head right to the now favoured side. At the top mark the second time, Barking Mad led from Mascalzone Latino and Southern Star. On the final beat Calvert-

Close at the start...

Jones went past Onorato. On the third day when Doug Mongeon’s Flyer was top scoring boat, each of the top three boats had a less-than-starring finish. It began in light airs and Mongeon emerged from the pin end and went left. Kilroy went right and the breeze shifted 32º (according to his tactician John Kostecki) to the left, dumping Samba Pa Ti – she finished 15th. Mongeon led at the first mark from Jack Woodhull’s Persephone and Tom Neill’s Nitemare. Flyer’s lead stretched and only Onorato made gains to pass Persephone on the third beat to claim 2nd place. The wind increased to 16 knots for the next race, a seven-leg course, and for the second time, Flyer nailed the pin end. At the weather mark, Flyer was well clear of the pack led by Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon. Samba Pa Ti was clear and Barking Mad came from the left, Richardson dipping Kilroy’s stern before tacking for the buoy. Onorato approached on port tack, fouling David Thomson’s Peregrine and had to make a 360º penalty turn and rejoined the race in last position.

Flash Gordon - Helmut Jahn ...still close on the second beat

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At the end of the second beat, Mascalzone Latino was 10th and Kilroy was challenging for the lead. At the finish Samba Pa Ti led Peregrine with Richardson just able to hold out Richard Marki’s Raging Bull for 3rd place while Onorato snatched 6th from Michael Condon’s Endurance. The last day was one of strategic sailing for the leaders and a change that the right hand side paid early in the first of the two races. Persephone went that way and was rewarded with the lead from Kilroy, Richardson and Calvert-Jones. Onorato, who had gone left, was 17th. Southern Star led for the whole of the second round but was overtaken by Samba Pa Ti on the final beat. Raging Bull was 3rd just ahead of Barking Mad. Mascalzone Latino’s spirited recovery was rewarded with 9th. There was 20 knots of breeze for the final race in which Onorato took the start at the committee boat and immediately tacked out to the right, while Richardson went for the pin. A John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti - the champion by 1 point...

right hand shift after ten minutes put Mascalzone Latino in the lead at the first mark followed by Samba Pa Ti. Downwind Peregrine went ahead and held her lead to the finish ahead of Kilroy who closely covered Onorato to take the championship by a single point from the Italian. Richardson was five points further away, 3rd.

Results:

...from Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino.

1. Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy (USA)

36 points

2. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

37 points

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

42 points

4. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

50 points

5. Flyer Doug Mongeon (USA)

63 points

6. Blue Chip Walter Logan (USA)

67.5 points

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Peregrine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David Thomson 55

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Samba Pa Ti â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Kilroy leads at the first mark 56

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John Kilroy Samba Pa Ti (USA) 1999 World Champion

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2000

Newport

The nor’easter continued to blow and with 35 knots on the course a two-hour postponement was necessary on the second day. After that it moderated to 12-18 knots and was noticeably shifty, mainly from the north-west. George Andreadis’ Atalanti led at the first mark and was still ahead at the end of the round, but Tony de Mulder’s Victric 5 took advantage of a major left shift on the run to move into a close 2nd place. Upwind the British boat went ahead to win from Atalanti with Dick Scruggs’ Gunsmoke 3rd. In a backing and lighter breeze, Eduardo de Sousa Ramos in Phoenix led John Calvert-Jones’ Southern Star in the early stages, but the Australian passed the Brazilian on the run. Southern Star

It was appropriate, perhaps, that Newport, RI was chosen for

held this lead tenaciously to the finish. Phoenix won the Boat of

Invicta-Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma

the third championship when 28 boats from six nations took

the Day as she had been 4th in the first race, and was the overall

and Antonio Sodo Migliori

part. The Class was growing fast with more than 100 boats now

leader after four races, by a single point from Phillippe Kahn’s

built. It didn’t, however, start in typical weather for that part of New England. Classic the nor’easter may have been but 18-25 knots with gusts even stronger, accompanied by rain squalls can hardly be described as regular in June.

I grew up racing offshore, so I am comfortable sailing in a lot of breeze,”

These suited the defending champion, John Kilroy, with Samba Pa Ti, who turned in back-to-back 1st places. “I grew up racing offshore, so I am comfortable sailing in a lot of breeze,” he commented. “I saw the forecast yesterday and I was really looking forward to today.” There were two general recalls before the fleet was away cleanly and the early leader was Massimo Mezzaroma with InvictaNerone. He was unable to hold this lead and Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino led at the first mark from Samba Pa Ti and John Thomson’s Solution. From there the only major place change was that of Kilroy passing Onorato on the final beat. Kilroy led at the first mark of the second race and managed to keep the boat on its feet as a 30 knot gust came through on the run. Further back, there were shredded spinnakers and wipe-outs. In this Jim Richardson rolled through Onorato to take 2nd place.

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Orion. The following day saw massive changes after three races were held in mixed breezes. There was nothing strange in the order at the front of the fleet in the first race of the day when Atalanti won from Barking Mad and Southern Star, but in the next it was George Hinman and David Elwell with Richard Wardiger’s Conspiracy taking the win from Tony Buckingham’s Bit of a Coup and Massimo Mezzaroma’s Invicta-Nerone. In race three, Richard Perini and his mixed Australian/American crew on Corinthian Doors managed to hit a 15º right shift early on the first beat and was never challenged. Alexis Michas’ Phish Food was next and the fast finishing Invicta-Nerone again 3rd. That placing together with her earlier 6th and 3rd places made the Italian top boat for the day, but it was Australia’s CalvertJones who moved into the overall lead with Southern Cross by 6 points. The skipper remarked, after finishes of 3,10,7:“This fleet is so good that you can only go out and try your best, because it doesn’t take much to get pushed out of the back.” What Newporters describe as a “smoky sou’wester,” greeted the fleet for the final day. Phish Food and Mark Bregman’s Total Eclipse led at the first mark, while Southern Star and Samba Pa Ti, her nearest rival for the championship, were deep in the pack, as was Mascalzone Latino. Calvert-Jones managed to pick

Total Eclipse – Mark Bregman ahead of Diana – George Carabetta

his way through by careful use of the shifts into 3rd place by the finish but had Kilroy right behind, so it was all on in the final

Results:

race and in the Australian’s words: “If you’re not off the start line

1. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

60 points

first, you’re dead.”

2. Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy (USA)

19 13

71 points

Southern Star started well and was 3rd at the first mark behind

3. Atalanti George Andreadis (GRE)

10 20

10 17 19

88 points

4. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

13 16

93 points

Richard Marki’s Raging Bull into 3rd place. The championship

5. Solution John Thomson (USA)

24 11 14

98 points

Southern Cross team. A clearly ecstatic Calvert-Jones said: “This

6. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

Orion and Barking Mad. Calvert-Jones covered Kilroy, four places further back, for the rest of the race, and this rivalry allowed changed hands with the defending champion runner-up to the regatta has been very tough as we have more boats and more

3 DSQ 3

15 19 20

99 points

competition than ever before. Our team was fantastic, and Grant Simmer did a superb job of getting us around the course.”

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Voodoo - Hank McHale leads A Bit Of A Coup - Tony Buckingham

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Southern Star – John Calvert-Jones leads Samba Pa Ti – John Kilroy

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John Calvert-Jones Southern Star (Aus) 2000 World Champion

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2001 Cowes

In 2001, a major force was added to the Farr 40 class when

eastern Solent. The gap was even bigger, 22 points, to the 3rd

the world renowned watchmaking company, Rolex, realised the

placed Philip Tolhurst.

potential of the highly impressive one-design and its international racing programme. Adding Farr 40 racing to its yachting portfolio

Bertarelli had Russell Coutts, Simon Daubney, Warwick Fleury and

proved to be an outstanding benefit to both parties.

Curtiss Blewett in his crew and said of them: “I just put the bow straight and Simon and Warwick steer the boat for me.” His win

This took the Farr 40 class to a new dimension of public interest.

came hard on the heels of his other world championship victory

Rolex has been associated with yacht racing at the highest level

on these waters – he had also triumphed with the 12-Metre, South

since the 1950s and each event displays improved perception as a

Australia in the championship held during the America’s Cup

result. The charisma of the Farr 40 international championships

Jubilee Regatta, during which he navigated while Coutts steered.

immediately improved.

“The 40s win is better than the 12s,’ he said, “because I was steering and had more to do with the winning.”

Rarely is the world championship a one-sided contest, but in September at Cowes, Ernesto Bertarelli and some of his Alinghi

Racing was under the auspices of the Royal Yacht Squadron over

America’s Cup crew defeated the defending champion, John

windward/leeward courses with legs between 1.5 and 2 miles

Calvert-Jones by 15 points in the nine-race series held in the

in predominantly westerly breezes. Nine races were scheduled, and a re-scheduling took place after the second day when winds

I just put the bow straight and Simon and Warwick steer the boat for me.

rose above the limit for racing after only one race had been held. This led to three races being run on each of the last two days. A 3-minute silence was held by competitors in the 21 yachts and many others visiting the West Cowes Marina that day, as a mark of respect for the thousands to have perished in the attack on the World Trade Centre the previous day. To win three times in the series might be thought of as an impossible task in this Class, but Bertarelli managed to do that, and added two 2nd places, two 5ths, a 6th and a 7th to average a 3rd place throughout. John Calvert-Jones, the defending champion, who in a fleet of 28 the previous year had averaged only slightly better than 7th, had an average of 5th as runner up and 3rd placed Philip Tolhurst averaged 7.5. The first race, in 16-24 knots of breeze, saw Jim Richardson with Barking Mad win from Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone and John Coumantaros’ Bambakou. In the second race, Tony Buckingham’s Bit of a Coup led Aleph steered by Hughes Lepic throughout. Buckingham said that his win was due to tactician Michael Coxon’s choice of headsail, a code 4 with a shorter luff. “It was well done Cocko,” he said.

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There was more wind on the second day with the breeze reaching 27 knots over the three-round course that saw several boats lead at various marks. At the windward mark the second time, Buckingham’s Bit of a Coup was up with the angels, but when trying to slip around the buoy on port tack, fouled Alinghi. After taking the penalty turns, Buckingham, like Browning’s thrush, ‘never could recapture that first fine careless rapture.’ At the third weather mark, Alinghi was ahead of Warlord and Barking Mad, and there were no further place changes to the finish. That put Alinghi on top of the points table, a point clear of Barking Mad. On the third day there were three short races. After one lap, Tony de Mulder’s Victric 5 led from Southern Star, but on the next beat, Coutts found the right lanes for Bertarelli to move ahead of this pair and retained the position to the finish in the lightest wind of the series. The next race saw Mark Heeley’s GBR-25 win from David Palmer’s Bit of a Fling with Alinghi 3rd. The breeze continued to fluctuate for the third race of the day, but that proved to be to Richardson’s liking and he won from Oscar Strugstad’s Dawn Raid

for 3rd. The 2nd place was more than enough to give Bertarelli

2XL passes astern of the starboard

and Southern Star.

the championship, while Southern Star’s win was a consolation for

tacker...unlike Zzanzero with Forza.

Calvert-Jones. With the wind up to 18-20 knots, three races were possible on the final day. Alinghi won the first from Victric 5 and Nerone. In the next

A week earlier, the warm-up event, the European Championship,

race there was a serious collision close to the windward mark for

went to Oscar Strugstad’s Dawn Raid by ten points from Barking

the second time, when Renato Mazzeschi’s Zanzero, coming in on

Mad with Tolhurst’s Warlord VII 3rd.

port tack, ducked two boats on starboard but had not noticed Mark Timbrell’s Forza, also on starboard. There was indecision aboard the Italian boat and with the mainsheet hard in, Mazzeschi was unable to duck Forza and his bow hit the British boat 3 feet in front

Results: 1. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

30 points

2. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

45 points

3. Warlord VII Philip Tolhurst (GBR)

67 points

4. Victric Tony de Mulder (GBR)

75 points

5. GBR25 Mark Heeley (GBR)

78 points

6. Aleph Hughes Lepic (GBR)

87 points

of her chainplates. Bowman, Stuart Miller, had his foot crushed and was thrown into the water by the impact. One man from each of the boats dived into the water to help the painfully injured man, who was transferred to a fast motorboat and taken to hospital for emergency surgery. Forza was in grave danger of sinking as the gash on her port side ran from the waterline almost to the centre of the deck. GBR-25 won this race from Victric 5. The final race, over five legs, was held in 20 knots of wind and Southern Star won from Alinghi with GBR-25 making late ground

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Ernesto Bertarelli Alinghi (SUI) 2001 World Champion

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2002 Nassau

After two races, Defiant led Nerone by two points from Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone, the Farr 40 European champion, who won the day’s second race and earlier the Mees-Pierson Bahamian championship, in which Defiant finished 2nd. It appeared at first that the second day’s racing was going to be another good one for Terry McLaughlin’s team aboard Defiant, but the evening proved tough in the protest room. Defiant had won the first and third of three races but the two victories were threatened by two protests involving incidents at the start. In race three, the Race Committee protested Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon for fouling

The choice of venue for the 2002 championship was not made as

the anchor line of the committee boat. A resulting chain of protests

a direct result of the name, but Paradise Island in the Bahamas

worked back to Defiant, the source of the problem. In race one,

could deliver more than that for sailors, and it did for the 25-boat

Crocodile Rock, owned by Alex Geremia and Scott Harris protested

fleet that used the Atlantis Resort as a headquarters. The Class

Defiant for barging at the start. Both protests went against Defiant

management, together with the Storm Trysail Club, organised

and she was disqualified from both races.

Solution – John Thomson leads

the racing in near-perfect conditions.

We lost two places ... and another on the last leg, but It opened with a straightforward race that rewarded speed off the starting line. Canadian Terry McLaughlin led the intense fleet by

I’ll take the 4th we ended up with.

20 seconds at the first windward mark and was still holding the same lead after two laps around an eight-mile course. His Defiant beat Giovanni Arrivabene and Raffaele Mincione’s Bottadiculo by that margin on the line, with Eivind Astrup’s Norwegian Steam finishing 3rd. The second race appeared to be going Defiant’s way too, with McLaughlin leading at the first two marks. Then a rainstorm, which packed 20-knot breezes, rolled in like a freight train to disrupt his performance. “We weren’t really set up for it,” said McLaughlin, who was the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year in Canada. “We lost two places in it and another on the last leg, but I’ll take the 4th we ended up with.” In driving rain, the fleet sailed on its ear to a windward mark that could barely be seen. The last downwind leg of the course was exhilarating for many, and disastrous for others, as huge waves created surfing conditions. While some broached, two boats shredded spinnakers in this mini-maelstrom.

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satisfied with Le Renard’s two other finishes of the day. “In both those races, we were much deeper at times and much better at other.” The day’s second race was won by Vincenzo Onorato’s Breeze. He came straight to this championship after

“It’s anybody’s ball

being eliminated from the America’s Cup challenger races in

game. That’s what

New Zealand. Breeze rose in the standings to 13th. After three light-air races on the third day, Le Renard remained the leader, with 52 points over Antonio Sodo

makes it so much fun in this Class.”

Migliori’s Nerone. Owen Kratz’ Joss was the day’s best performer with the lowest combination of places from a 1-95 scoreline. The team had been sailing together for 14 years, but only started Farr 40 racing at the beginning of the season when Kratz bought his boat. He moved from 14th to 5th in the overall standings. “I think it had to do with our learning curve, in that we finally found Deneen Demourkas steers Groovederchi

“It was unfortunate,” said McLaughlin about the jury’s decision. “Of course I think we were correct in each case, but we either didn’t have the right witnesses or didn’t present our case well enough. In hindsight, I wouldn’t have done anything different on the race course.” “The fleet is very aggressive,” said Crocodile Rock’s tactician Robbie Haines, an Olympic Gold medallist, “consistency and staying out of trouble is the key here.” With finish positions of 12-10-2, Crocodile Rock rose from 9th to 3rd overall in the ideal 20-25 knot breezes. Also making huge gains was Steve Phillips’ Le Renard, when he posted finishes of 1-7-9 to move up from 8th to 1st overall. “As much as everyone wanted to win today, you just have to say that a 2nd is fine,” said tactician Mark Reynolds, before the protest results were known. He explained that Le Renard had been winning the first race on the water until the last quarter of the last downwind leg. It was then that Defiant passed them. “I’ve learned from experience that in this Class, you just need to be in the top 10 every race.” Under that premise, Reynolds, a Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and three-time Olympic medallist, was

Nitemare – Tom Neill

Sled - Takashi Okura

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Samba Pa Ti - John Kilroy and Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

Solution - John Thomson leads fleet into a squall line

Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori lead fleet

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Katanga - Robin Patterson crosses Kokomo - Lang Walker

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our boat speed in light air at this regatta,” explained Kratz, who

Barking Mad - Jim Richardson

gave credit to John Kolius for calling “brilliant” tactics.

behind Pegasus - Phillippe Kahn and Crocodile Rock - Alex Geremia

Two other new race winners emerged as well: John Coumantaros’

and Scott Harris

Bambakou, and the regatta’s only woman skipper Deneen Demourkas with Groovederci. Demourkas passed the leader of the third race, Crocodile Rock, on the last leg to claim her victory and add it to a 13th and a 2nd. It moved her to 4th place overall behind Crocodile Rock. “It’s anybody’s ball game,” said Demourkas, who was within striking distance of the top three. “That’s what makes it so much fun in this Class.” A 1st and an 8th in the last two races was more than enough for Steve Phillips to win the championship with Le Renard. Phillips turned in single-digit finishes in all but one of ten races, which proved the key to his success. “It was our strategy to stay in the top ten in every race,” said Phillips, “because the teams here are tremendous and it’s very competitive, we took a 17th in the first race, but after that we sailed consistently and stayed out of trouble.” Phillips, who had also won the Farr 40 East Coast championship, credited his tactician Mark Reynolds, with keeping everyone on track to victory. “I’d hate to play poker with that guy, he stays so cool,” said Phillips, “he doesn’t let us get in difficult situations.”

Results: 1. Le Renard Steve Phillips (USA) 2. Crocodile Rock Alex Geremia and Scott Harris (USA) 3. Grooverderci Deneen and John Demourkas (USA) 4. Samba Pa Ti John Kilroy (USA) 5. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Migliori (ITA) 6. Pegasus Philippe Kahn (USA)

61 points

Phillips finished with 61 points overall and a 22-point lead over 2nd placed Deneen Demourkas’ Groovederci. She and would-be

19 16

83 points

3rd place finisher Crocodile Rock, skippered by Scott Harris, were over early at the start of the second race, and in their battle to earn respectable positions, encountered problems at a

83 points

congested mark. Both boats were protested by Nerone. Crocodile

13 14

88 points

result, John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti moved to 3rd, with Nerone also

Rock lost the battle in the jury room to fall from 3rd to 5th. As a gaining a position to finish 4th. 11

11 10

3 Dsq 91 points But for the two protests against Terry McLaughlin’s Defiant on

92 points

the second day, the Canadian skipper would have been an easy winner, but this is a tough fleet in which rule observance is high.

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Steve Phillips Le Renard (USA) 2002 World Champion

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2003 Porto Cervo

Porto Cervo can provide perfect sailing conditions and for the first day of the championship, that was readily evident to the 37 competing owners and crews. It was also a great day for the defending champion, Steve Phillips and the crew of Le Renard. They led the fleet at the end of the day after two races. There was a 45 minute delay to the first start to allow time for the committee boat to anchor in the strong wind. Once underway on the 2-mile windward/leeward course, the leaders came from the right side to the first mark, led by John Coumantaros’ Bambakou, with a healthy four-boat length advantage. By the time the fleet had reached the leeward gate, Coumantaros, assisted by tactician Chris Larson, had opened a 30-second lead, something that was hard to break on a stable fresh day. These fresh conditions brought broaches, loss of control when gybing, spinnaker blowouts and even missed approaches at the

Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and

lay-lines. The next two boats, Crocodile Rock and Struntje Light,

Antonio Sodo Migliori

both managing to stay clear at the front of the pack. Alexandra

Bambakou – John Coumantaros

Geremia’s Crocodile Rock made a late, high speed charge to the finish but just missed out on taking the winning gun. Then came the pack, and as with every contested mark rounding, a different set of pretenders emerged. Some exploited opportunities to surge forwards, while others dropped back after

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making boat-handling mistakes and this shook up the order of the next 34 places. The skipper to extract himself best from this was Phillips, steering Le Renard who clawed his way back to 4th place. In the second race, the fleet was spread evenly along the long start line. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad made the best start from the committee boat end. Just to weather and slightly behind was the morning’s winner, Bambakou. This pair set the pace for the first lap of the course, with Coumantaros making all the running, demonstrating enough extra boat speed to draw level by the second weather mark. A slight boat-handling error by the Bamabakou crew resulted in what had been planned as a close port tack dip astern of Barking Mad with a stalled rudder and an emergency tack to leeward of the leader. Having committed a foul in the process, Bambakou exonerated herself with a 3600 penalty turn. That kind of mistake costs places and as a result, five boats sailed past. One of the boats to slip through and eventually pass the leader too, was Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone which added a win to a 13th place in the first race. Another was Phillips’ ever present Le

which had won the first race, were both recalled for premature

Rrose La Vie - Riccardo Bonadeo leads

Renard, finishing 3rd, to post the best results of the day.

starts. The fleet was spread much more evenly along the line

the fleet at the top mark

this time although once again, the left seemed to be popular, The second day was blessed with ideal sailing conditions. Three

with Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad rounding the first mark in

full races in 19-23 knot winds were possible and the action was

the lead. The first run favoured those who found and worked the

again as tight as it can get in yacht racing. For the third race, legs

puffs best, with most boats getting up to planing speed in the

of 2.2 miles were set and while the course was further offshore

stronger gusts. Michael Illbruck’s Nela moved into the lead and

than the previous day, the left was still favoured.

proved impossible to catch for the rest of the race. The chasing pack was led again by Mezzaroma’s Nerone, being guided around

The start saw the fleet bunched at the pin end with Nerone

a consistent day by tactician Vasco Vascotto. Nerone picked up

moving out from the middle of the bunch half way up the beat to

another 2nd place and moved into the lead overall.

round the mark in the lead, followed closely by Steve and Fred Howes’ Warpath. These two dominated the front of the fleet for

Race five started into a building breeze, topping 24 knots in the

the rest of the race battling all the way down the last run with

gusts at the top of the course. Most of the fleet opted for their

final honours went to Warpath.

small No 4 jibs. Michael Illbruck placed his Nela at the leeward end of the line for a perfect pin-end start, and kept the extreme

The second race of the day started almost as soon as the last

left hand side of the fleet for most of the beat. Two thirds of the

boat had finished and Ernesto Bertarrelli’s Alinghi and Warpath

way up the leg, Kostecki called the tack that saw the German

Opposite: Cacharaza - Marcus Vivian

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boat slip across the bows of three starboard tackers, the closest

to have swung back to the German boat, but a last minute surf

being John Calvert-Jones Southern Star, to round the weather

saw the boats cross the line overlapped with the American just

mark with a four boat length lead.

ahead. Nerone with three top 4 places on the day consolidated her overall lead.

Barking Mad had started well in the middle of the line and after a long leg up the left hand side of the course, rounded in 2nd

With 25 knots blowing across the course by late morning and

place behind Illbruck. These two then sailed away into their own

more forecast for the afternoon, the fleet was sent to a more

private match race, swapping the lead on the first run and before

sheltered part of the Costa Smeralda coastline for the third day’s

choosing the opposite sides at the leeward gate for the second

racing. The course, with 1.9-mile legs, was set inside Caprera

upwind leg. Illbruck again chose the left, Terry Hutchinson

Island with shoal water on one side and the physical extremities

guiding Richardson on Barking Mad, felt the right was going to

of the landlocked bay on the other. The best option seemed to be

finally come good. Sailing away to the right for several minutes,

on the right hand side of the course, due to the shelter offered

Barking Mad dropped back on to starboard to stay in touch with

from the current by the Southern tip of Caprera Island. The same

Illbruck. At the end, the long awaited right hand shift of just a

piece of land also meant a tack back onto starboard below the

few degrees came good, allowing Barking Mad to round the last

final weather mark lay-line, so the beat was indeed complex.

mark 1st but with a much diminished advantage. The final run in the strongest winds of the day when the seas were running a one

There was congestion at the committee boat end and Nerone

Atalanti 11- George Andreadis ducks

metre swell, was a thriller. Both boats planing and surfing down

misjudged the approach and was blocked to weather of the line

Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and

the waves were locked in a battle to see who would make the

at the gun, eventually crossing the start last. The left hand side

Antonio Sodo Migliori

first mistake. Just yards before the finish, the advantage seemed

looked best, but half way up the leg those who had chosen the right side started to feel the benefits of the sheltered current. Starting last proved to be far from fatal, for Nerone moved swiftly through the fleet and back into contention. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad, consistently a leader at the first mark throughout this regatta, rounded the top mark in the lead again. Next came Crocodile Rock and Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi. The run was fast with flat water and strong gusts propelling the fleet straight downwind, gybing was difficult for some and many broached out one way or the other. By the first leeward gate, Tony DeMulder’s Victric VII had passed Alinghi and then opted for the starboard hand leeward mark, leaving Barking Mad and Crocodile Rock to head for the right hand side of the course for the second weather leg. By now the top ten had broken away from the following pack, At the last weather mark, and with the wind building all the time, Crocodile Rock and Barking Mad were effectively

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overlapped, with Barking Mad to weather. Jim Richardson

The port tack lay-line near the weather mark is always a

with a bit more speed on the spreader leg, rolled up beside the

dangerous place to be. Now firmly in the pack on the approach

leader who then luffed to keep the him behind. Victric VII, just

to the top mark, Barking Mad on port, just crossed the bow of

behind the two, used the opportunity to drive in to leeward and

Crocodile Rock before throwing in a hasty tack to windward.

hoist the spinnaker before the others. The three-way race for

Crocodile Rock promptly came upright in the wind shadow, the

the lead lasted all the way down the high speed run, the boats

crew on the weather rail could just watch as the mainsheet

reaching speeds of 18 knots at times in the puffs. Calling the

trimmer on Barking Mad eased the sheet to accelerate, letting

moment for the final gybe was key and boat-handling decided

the boom run along the side of the leeward boat, removing all

the outcome. At the finish Crocodile Rock had escaped from

the stanchions and lifelines to the mast. Co-owner Alex Geremia,

Barking Mad’s clutches and was concentrating on Victric VII,

the last crew member in the line sitting out to windward, also

which by now was up to 2nd.

collected the boom in her face. Crocodile Rock retired, Barking Mad flew an ‘I’ flag accepting a 20% penalty, but the incident was

Three races were run on the last day of the event, and

to cost Richardson dearly. When he ended up in the protest room

Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s team

later, the subsequent disqualification lost him any remaining

on Nerone, which included tactician Vasco Vascotto, had

chances of winning the championship.

effectively won the regatta with a race to spare after posting a 2nd and a 1st in the first two races. Wind conditions were

Back at the front of the fleet, Onorato’s Breeze led all the way

again near the top of the range although sunshine and

down the run and opted for the port rounding of the gate and

warm waters meant that spectacular action and enjoyment

the right hand side of the second beat. Breeze lost one place

Hasso Plattner at the helm of

was again to the fore.

on the second beat to Eivind Astrup’s Norwegian Steam before

Morning Glory

Starting an hour earlier than originally scheduled to get three races in, the 37-boat fleet opted mostly for the left hand side of the course, although the first two boats at the top mark, Crocodile Rock and Michael Illbruck’s Nela found the right to be the side to be on, rounding the first mark in the top two slots, with Nerone following in 3rd place. The order remained the same for the next lap until Mezzaroma’s boat again found overdrive on the last run to collect a handy 2nd place. At the second start, Barking Mad won the start at the committee boat end and stormed off upwind. The points leader Nerone starting further down the line, and Mark Heeley’s GBR-25 all came together near the starboard tack layline for a long stretch to the mark on port. With Heeley to windward and Nerone to leeward, Barking Mad was eventually squeezed back into the pack, the former two rounding the mark in good order behind Vincenzo Onorato’s Breeze and Michael Illbruck’s consistent Nela.

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Nela – Michael Illbruck

the second weather mark and then lost another four when the

Results: 1. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and

spinnaker sheet became disconnected from the sail in the set. 4

1 18

51 points

2. Nela Michael Illbruck (GER)

19 16 18 1

74 points

3. Bambakou John Coumantaros (USA)

6 12 8 26 9 17 6

92 points

By now the battle was for 2nd place overall with Nerone having

8 24

99.5 points

only to finish outside the last three to collect overall honours.

4. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) 5. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS) 6. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA) 7. Morning Glory Hasso Plattner (GER)

Mezzaroma’s Nerone, along with Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje

Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

10.5 12 7 15 13 6 17 34 9

5 13 11 1

100 points

14.5 2 14 4

3 10 11 38

101.5 points

13 20 3

3 17 8 22 9

102 points

Light, pounced at this point and moved through to finish 1st and 2nd with Nela 3rd.

Nela, with John Kostecki calling the shots, had started the regatta slowly but had nothing but a string of single digit results from the second day. Ultimately it was John Coumantaris’ Bambakou that collected 3rd overall, followed by Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi in 4th.

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Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori Nerone (ITA) 2003 World Champions

right: Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori right: Massimo with a temporary Mezzaroma trophy & Antonio after the Sodo WorldMigliori Cup hadwith beena held temporary hostagetrophy in Customs after the World Cup had been held hostage in Customs

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2004

San Francisco

After five years, the Farr 40s were back on San Francisco Bay

right side near the committee boat. We tacked over immediately

for the world championship and on the opening day, produced

and had a good run out to the right. We had a small wind shift at

a leader of the 31-boat fleet without professional crew, two-boat

the end, so we overstood, but it was worth it. Then downwind, we

programme or even a coach boat.

were catching the wind shifts and jibing on them well.”

Norwegian Steam led after two races. In the first race Marco

Finishing 45 seconds after Norwegian Steam was TWT and

Rodolfi’s TWT rounded the weather mark 1st ahead of Peter de

Takashi Okura’s Sled. Mean Machine was close behind until

Ridder’s Mean Machine and Eivind Astrup’s Norwegian Steam, but

colliding with TWT at the weather mark. “We were coming

at the leeward mark Norwegian Steam slipped ahead, a position

alongside TWT and tried to pass them at the top mark by forcing

she clung to for the remaining three legs of the race. “We were

them a little past it,” recounted Mean Machine’s tactician Ray

lucky in our choice of where we went on the course. We did more

Davies, “The current was sweeping us up and when we tacked,

right than wrong,” explained Astrup, “At the start we were on the

we had overlaid the mark and had to come back down. We were having trouble getting the bow down and we hit TWT.”

We were lucky in our choice of where we went on the course. We did more right than wrong.

Acknowledging their mistake the team performed a 720º penalty turn, losing four places. By the start of race two the westerly sea breeze had filled in and was blowing 20 knots. Mean Machine had one of the best starts, in the middle of the line. “There was a lot of sag in the line and we had nearly a boat length on everyone around us,” explained Davies. They continued to the left, the only occasion today when this tactic paid, and rounded the top mark 1st ahead of two Class favourites – Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad and defending World Champions Antonio Sodo Migliori and Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone. Mean Machine extended her lead on the run to approximately 200 yards ahead of all competitors as the boats flew downwind in 25 knots of wind and an increasingly choppy sea. From here de Ridder was untouchable, finishing one minute ahead of Barking Mad. The second race was one of mixed fortunes for the Norwegian Steam team. After a poor start and picking the wrong side of the first run, the team was down to around 25th place. They then staged a remarkable recovery, getting to the right side of the course on the second run, then hitting the left side aggressively on the final beat to the finish 5th and take the overall lead. The second day was one of sun, big breeze and a short lumpy

Riot – Marc Ewing

sea on San Francisco Bay, conditions that were to prove ideal

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Peregrine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; David Thompson leads Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio 95 Sodo Migliori, and Struntje Light - Wolfgang Schaeffer to the top mark

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for Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad. Richardson and his crew set the tone by winning the first of three races and become the only boat after two days to have a score line comprising single-digit results. The first race began in lighter conditions with the sea breeze kicking in and building during the afternoon to more than 25 knots. Massimo Mezzaroma and Alberto Sodo Miglori’s Nerone finished 2nd followed by Mean Machine 3rd. Peter Stoneberg’s Shadow won the second race. “It was a perfect race,” said tactician Peter Isler, “The right was favoured and we were fast. We started in the upper third of the line, punched on all the boats around us, and upped the speed. It was a classic good start, our first of the regatta. We pushed for two minutes and tacked over and I said to the boys ‘we could win this race.’ Then it all fell into place.” Richard Perini’s Evolution, then brand new, won the third race. “We got a great start at the pin end and were able to tack across pretty much straight after the start,” described tactician Hamish Pepper. “We had a good lead right from the beginning. We jumped out at the start and had a good lane across, then the breeze shifted to the left and gave us a nice 50-yard lead at the top mark. They don’t often come like that, but when they do, it is fantastic.” Three more solid results in the third day’s racing put Jim Richardson‘s Barking Mad team into a nearly unbeatable position going into the final day of the championship. With scores of 8-7-5, Richardson‘s team had 38 points, leading Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone by 35 points. Barking Mad almost lost her comfortable lead at the start of the second race when she was forced out to the left-hand side of the course. When he tacked back, Richardson lost further ground by ducking several right-of-way boats coming through on starboard “We got around the buoy in 26th place while Nerone was 3rd.” said Richardson. “We gybed right around the offset mark and caught a great puff, so we gained probably 10-12 places on the run.”

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– Tom Neill ahead of Flash Gordon – Helmut Jahn

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Barking Mad followed this with a better second beat and another good run to finish 7th to Nerone’s 11th. “We saw the potential to lose a lot of our lead to Nerone in that race, but the crew worked really, really hard. We were sweating bullets trying to make the boat go faster and make every manoeuvre as good as we could,” added Richardson. Despite a slow start in this regatta, Onorato’s team had the day’s best results, with a 2-1-6. ‘A good day at the office,’ as tactician Adrian Stead put it. In the first race Mascalzone Latino started at the pin end and prospered from a shift and the tide up the left side. At the top mark they led but were being chased hard by Chuck Parish’s Slingshot and Steve Phillips’s Le Renard. While Slingshot pulled ahead to win the race, Onorato’s team hung in by winning a final dash to the finish line against Le Renard and was 2nd. Mascalzone Latino won the second race. She rounded the weather mark in the top group and made gains on the run. “The key is to get away fast at the top mark and put some distance on the fleet,” said Stead. “It takes so little to be at the back in this fleet. We learned some pretty harsh lessons at the Pre-Worlds when we wrapped ourselves around the windward mark twice. So we did some work on short tacks – ducking and stuff like that – and it has all helped.”

Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

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On John and Deneen Demourkas’ Groovederci, Deneen drove to victory in the day’s final race. “We started where we wanted to, at the committee boat, and immediately tacked right,” she said. “It was the time of day to do that and we just kept going. At the weather mark, Heartbreaker was to leeward of us and came up underneath us.” Groovederci overtook Heartbreaker on the run to take the lead, holding this until the end of the long final beat to the finish. The fourth day’s racing began with a shock for Jim Richardson when Barking Mad was involved in a right-of-way incident with Norwegian Steam at the end of the first beat. Tactician Terry Hutchinson took the wrap: “I screwed up on what I was thinking.” Despite this setback that dropped Barking Mad into the middle of the fleet, Richardson was able to recover to 7th in a race won by Stuart and Mary Gwen Townsend’s Virago from Scott Harris and Alex Geremia’s Crocodile Rock with John Kilroy’s Samba Pa Ti 3rd. In the second race, Barking Mad was 5th round the first mark. On the long final beat, with the San Francisco Bay fog shrouding the race course, the team lost the charge to be 1st to the finish line by just 5-seconds. This did not matter to Richardson. “It was close going up that last leg,” he said, “but it doesn‘t matter whether you win by one point or one hundred.” Richardson and his Barking Mad team became the first team in the history of the Class to win the coveted world championship title for a second time. “I’m very proud,” said a beaming Richardson, clutching a glass of champagne minutes after his boat reached the dock. “We’ve been working at this since the first Worlds I won in 1998. It is hard to win this regatta and everything came together perfectly for us. I had a teacher at school who said ‘you learn from doing and being done.’ We’ve been done enough that we’ve started to learn some things from our competitors and figured out ways to improve and it all worked out.” With 47 points total and an exceptional single digit scoreline – counting a 9th place in the first race was their worst finish –

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Slingshot – Chuck Parrish

the Barking Mad crew finished 40 points ahead of the defending world champions Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone. Samba Pa Ti, top boat on the final day with a 3-1 score, was one of the favourites before the championship, but early results in this regatta were disappointing, including five uncharacteristic finishes in the 20s. “We spent the week trying to get the tune of the boat right,” explained tactician Paul Cayard. “We used a brand new mainsail and it wasn’t what we thought it was, so it took us a while to get things sorted out.”

Results: 1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

47 points

10 11 22

87 points

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11 11

103 points

4. Le Renard Steve Phillips (USA)

17 10

104 points

5. TWT Marco Rodolfi (ITA)

16 20 23

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109 points

6. Slingshot Chuck Parrish (USA)

110 points

2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA) 3. Warpath Steve and Fred Howe (USA)

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Jim Richardson Barking Mad (USA) 2004 World Champion

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2005 Sydney

Lying 2nd after two races was Richard Perini’s Evolution. Perini held his nerve to finish 2nd in the opening race, but was shut out at the committee boat end in the next, though still found a lane out to the favoured right hand side, which pulled him back into the competition to finish a useful 7th. That morning, Paul Cayard’s advice for his skipper on Steve and Fred Howe’s Warpath was: “Don’t hit any boats, don’t hit any marks, and don’t get any alphabet.” By alphabet he meant to avoid notching up any of those nasty three-letter acronyms on

A move Down-under had a degree of inevitability about it – the

the scoreboard, such as the dreaded DSQ for disqualification.

fleet on Australia’s east coast had grown considerably after

Steve Howe duly listened to his tactician’s advice and steered

building of the Farr 40s had been established in Malaysia.

Warpath to scores of 10-3, and place the boat 3rd overall. Cayard

Appropriately, the Australian entry Ichi Ban skippered by Matt

was a recent signing for the Warpath team, and Howe praised

Allen, tore up the race course outside Sydney Heads to win both

him for his calm approach. “I’ve sailed with different tacticians

Shockwave – Neville Crichton

races on the first day and post a perfect score at the front of the 28-boat fleet. Having displayed awesome speed in the Rolex Farr 40 Pre-Worlds

Don’t hit any boats, don’t hit any marks...and don’t get any alphabet.

the previous week, Allen decided to stay with his tried and tested mainsail in preference to hoisting the brand new replacement. “From last week we knew that our upwind speed had taken a step forward, so we went with an old main and new jibs,” he said. Tactician Roger Hickman said they had a hunch that the right side of the course might pay off in the building north-easterly breeze. “We worked the committee boat end at the start and went to the right in both races. The weather off Sydney Heads does sometimes do the same thing twice, and we thought going right could be a good move.” Ichi Ban took the first race, a two-lap, eight-mile windward/ leeward course, in comfortable fashion. The second finish – when the wind had lifted to 16 knots – was a real nail biter as the leader went gybe for gybe with Marco Rodolfi’s TWT. An error with the spinnaker pole on TWT prevented her crew from having the kite pulling properly out of the final gybe, and Ichi Ban won by half a pulpit’s length. “But half a pulpit’s all you need isn’t it?” commented Allen.

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and everyone brings something different, but he is very thorough, organised, and conservative. He doesn’t want to take high risks, and it seems to work.” Some other highly fancied boats would have done well to heed Cayard’s simple but effective advice. Reigning world champion, Barking Mad had to take a 720º penalty at the start of the second race, and Jim Richardson and his team did well to recover to 14th. However, this score combined with a first race 8th, did not represent the start to his title defence that Richardson would have wanted. World Champion from 2003, Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone, also fell foul of a 720º penalty after infringing Evolution at the leeward gate. Lying 2nd at the time, the penalty spins saw Nerone plummet down the rankings, and the best they could salvage was 11th place, followed by a more respectable 8th in the next. Tactician Vasco Vascotto commented: “It is important to remember that there is not only Barking Mad and Nerone on the water. It’s also important to stay away from trouble, and we got in trouble.”

Twins – Erik Maris

Perini’s Evolution won the one race on a windy second day, and moved into the overall lead. Perini started at the pin end, hooked into a 10º left-hand shift in the building southerly breeze, and rounded the windward mark 1st ahead of Hasso Plattner’s Morning Glory. The wind built rapidly from 13 to 26 knots an hour later. Evolution turned on the afterburners and shot away to a 30-second victory over Neville Crichton’s Team Shockwave, which in turn was 47 seconds ahead of Morning Glory. With the wind building up to over 30 knots, racing for the day was abandoned. Vincenzo Onorato of Mascalzone Latino, described the day as “the best race of the year”, after recovering from a restart to score 4th, just 9 seconds behind Morning Glory. Despite the high winds, this really was a race that demanded both brawn and brains. There were plenty of passing opportunities, and plenty of good decisions to be made – as well as the fundamental need to keep the mast pointing towards the sky, and the keel beneath the waves. Marco Rodolfi’s TWT shot up the rankings with victories in two out of three races on the third day,

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putting her just one point behind Evolution. TWT revelled in the light eight-knot southerly of the first race to lead by 1 minute 40 seconds at the top mark and extend this to a winning margin of 2 minutes 33 seconds by the finish, an enormous lead in such a tightly-fought Class. Tactician Tiziano Nava explained the winning strategy: “We sailed up the course before the race and found more wind on the right. I also expected a shift to come from the right, so we started at the committee boat end. All the fleet went to the left hand side of the course, and it felt a little too risky where we were. But when we tacked, we said: ‘Believe, believe, come on, come on.’ We tacked on 170º but soon we were on 180-185º, so it was good for us.” Brighton Star put in an excellent performance to finish 2nd, 11 seconds ahead of Team Shockwave, with British substitute helmsman Mark Heeley taking the wheel for the day while owner Neville Crichton was ashore. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad put her defence of the world title in severe jeopardy by being the only premature starter in this race. She turned back to restart, and did her usual amazing recovery job to pull back to 14th by the finish. The wind lightened for the next race; Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly took up the running in the 6-7 knots of shifting southerly breeze that wafted across the course. However, on the second beat, TWT hooked further into a line of breeze towards the Sydney shore and overhauled Joe Fly. The final run was tense as the two engaged in a gybing duel that left the result in doubt until the last few metres before the finish. TWT came in to the finish on starboard on a hot angle, and gybed around the mark to take the winner’s gun. In the end, Maspero was fortunate to get Joe Fly across the line ahead of the rapidly closing Warpath. Barking Mad climbed from 13th at the first mark to 4th at the finish. The fleet got away cleanly for the third race. Morning Glory and TWT were forced to tack away from a second-row start, but worst hit was Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino, Emotional Hooligan – Marcus Blackmore leads Norwegian Steam - Ivan Astrup and Mascalzone Latino - Vincenzo Onorato

which was last after the first lap.

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If the world championship was awarded on how many boats If the world championship was awarded on how many boats you could pass, then Barking Mad would have won because you could pass, then Barking Mad would have won because her ability to climb through the fleet was immense. But being her ability to climb through the fleet was immense. But being over early in one race and other errors, prevented a strong over early in one race and other errors, prevented a strong defence of the title. defence of the title.

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Bobbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Girl John Melville

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve sailed with different tacticians and everyone brings something different. But he is very thorough, organised and conservative... It seems to work.

Kokomo - Lang Walker

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Nerone - Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

Brighton Star - David Gotze, chasing Barking Mad - Jim Richardson

Solution - John Thomson attacks Fiamma - Alessandro Barnaba

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At the front of the fleet, 2000 world champion John CalvertJones was showing some of his old form with Southern Star, sailing unchallenged to a victory of 1 minute 11 seconds ahead of Marcus Blackmore’s Emotional Hooligan and Evolution for an all-Australian podium. Richard Perini’s Evolution reclaimed top of the leaderboard at the end of the day. Richard Perini’s Evolution won the championship by a hair’s breadth from Neville Crichton’s Shockwave. Both teams finished equal on 66 points, but it was Evolution’s race win in the windy conditions of the second day that gave her overall victory. TWT’s 6th place in the final race lifted her to 3rd, a further point behind. Three races were possible in light and fickle conditions. Evolution extended her lead from the previous day of just 1 point to a much healthier 12 points going into the last race, thanks to scores of 9-2. The championship seemed all but secured for Perini, but the wind had reached its most unpredictable for the finale. Evolution did not have a great first beat, and rounded the windward mark 15th, ten places behind Shockwave and three behind TWT. It was expected that Perini would pull through the fleet and close out the regatta, and it certainly appeared so by the leeward gate, with Evolution pulling up to 13th, just two behind TWT and seven behind Shockwave. Neville Crichton’s boat did herself no favours by yielding four places on the final beat to round in 10th place, with TWT among those to have overtaken her. But Evolution was having a terrible time in the conditions, falling to 19th. She still led the championship at this stage but could not afford any more mistakes. During the final run she slipped again to 21st and scraped across the line just 7 seconds ahead of Panther. Seven seconds later and Perini would have finished 3rd overall. So close was the championship that Perini said it was a good 10 minutes after the finish before he knew that he had won. “We like keeping the crowds in suspense,” he said, but admitted he hadn’t enjoyed the last race one bit. Tactician Hamish Pepper

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said: “Evolution didn’t spark up like she usually does. The stress levels were pretty high, and we were just trying to figure out what we needed to do down that last run.” The Barking Mad crew earned themselves a consolation prize by winning the final race by almost 2 minutes, but Richardson’s team was deeply disappointed with the 6th place overall. Tactician Terry Hutchinson said: “I think we sailed better here than we did in San Francisco. If the world championship was awarded on how many boats you could pass, then Barking Mad would have won because her ability to climb through the fleet was immense. But being over early in one race and other errors prevented a strong defence of the title.”

“The Farr 40 Girls”- Kim Woodhouse, Sam Crichton & Renee Mehl

Results:

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1. Evolution Richard Perini (AUS)

2,7,1,1,6,3,9,,21 66 points

2. Team Shockwave Neville Crichton (AUS)

4,17,2,3,15,6,4,6,9 66 points

3. TWT Marco Rodolfi (ITA)

14,2,9,1,1,8,16,10,6 67 points

4. Warpath Steve and Fred Howe (USA)

10,3,21,10,3,7,6,1,11 72 points

5. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

6,11,4,8,9,8,3,4,12 75 points

6. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

8,14,13,14,4,5,13,8,1 80 points

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2006

Newport

Newport, Rhode Island and a light south-easterly breeze was the scene for Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon to fire on all cylinders while other leading lights stalled out during a tricky opening day for the 38-boat f leet. The formula for Flash Gordon’s success included Helmut steering upwind then handing over to his son Evan, downwind. In the first race of the day, Flash Gordon started at the pin end of the line along with leading contenders like the 2004 world champion, Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad, winner of the previous week’s pre-worlds. Barking Mad tacked away to protect the middle of the course, while Flash Gordon stayed on starboard tack to round the first mark narrowly ahead of Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino. At the leeward gate, Onorato had drawn level

Kim Woodhouse, Class cheerleader

with the leader and opted for the right-hand side while Flash

since 2002

Gordon went left. This call paid off and Flash Gordon led for the

“It was a dream day, we did exactly what we wanted to do. We wanted to find a good spot on the line and get off the line cleanly.

Nanoq – Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

rest of the race, taking the win ahead of Mascalzone Latino and Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone, the 2003 world champions. The breeze had built to 13 knots for the second race. Flash Gordon started near the committee boat this time, a strategy that paid handsome dividends by the time she and Wolfgang Stolz’s Opus One had turned the top mark. Behind them a battle ensued for the next few places, with Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi, which continued to pick off boats around the course, and surfed past Erik Maris’ Twins to finish 3rd. Helmut Jahn on board Flash Gordon was delighted: “It was a dream day, we did exactly what we wanted to do. We wanted to find a good spot on the line, and get off the line cleanly, which we did. We’ve been working on this for eight years”. Light and shifting winds brought massive changes to the leader board on the second day. Mascalzone Latino put together the best scores with a 4th in the first race and a 2nd in the next, to earn the Boat of the Day title, sponsored by New England Boatworks,

Cannonball - Dario Ferrari

Hall Spars, and New England Ropes. Those placings put Vincenzo Onorato’s team at the top of the scoreboard, four points ahead

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of Richardson’s Barking Mad crew. Flash Gordon by contrast, suffered a difficult day after a series of bad starts, although Helmut Jahn’s two victories the previous day were sufficient to keep them 3rd overall. Russell Coutts, the tactician aboard Mascalzone Latino, highlighted the thin line between success and failure in this 38-boat fleet. “Today we had some breaks, some good starts, and if you can get off the line cleanly, it puts you in the top 15.” he said adding, “But from there it’s a battle. We didn’t make any big mistakes, compared to yesterday when I didn’t manage that second race very well. I allowed ourselves to get pinned out to the left and we rounded fourth last. In a fleet this size you just can’t afford that.” The first race of the day saw Alex Michas’ Phish Food gain a welltimed start at the pin end and a good streak of wind on the left side of the course to lead at the first mark. Phish Food had not looked like a contender, but went on to score a very comfortable victory over Dario Ferrari’s Cannonball. In the second race of the Mascalzone Latino – Vincenzo Onorato

day, Mascalzone Latino led around the first mark but allowed Eivind Astrup’s Norwegian Steam to slip by later in the race. It wasn’t a spectacular day for Vincenzo Onorato’s team on Mascalzone Latino, but their lead in the championship increased nevertheless. “The first race was very good, scoring a 3rd,” commented mainsheet trimmer Adrian Stead, “The second and third races we were mid-line and going right – when the left was paying – so they were recovery races. We also did a pretty awesome recovery on the first beat to come back from 27th to 11th, although we later dropped back 15th. There were plenty of snakes and ladders out there, and we did OK, probably 4th best boat of the day, to extend our lead on Barking Mad.” Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad clung on to second overall with scores of 7-24-6. Like Barking Mad, Mascalzone Latino also retained her place on the leader board but behind them, all sorts of place changing went on. The biggest beneficiary from the tricky light air conditions was Dario Ferrari’s Cannonball which posted a credible 5-5-3 scoreline to leap 11 places up

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the rankings to 4th. Ferrari bubbled with excitement: “I have

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just decided to give up sailing, because after today I will never repeat anything like that again,” he said adding; “This proves what a fantastic Class the Farr 40 is. It shows that anyone can win in this fleet.” The third day brought forward three further winners: the first by 2002 World Champion Steve Phillips’ Le Renard, the next by Wolfgang Stolz’s Opus One, while the final race went to HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark’s Nanoq. Peter de Ridder’s Mean Machine also looked set for a great recovery from a poor start to the regatta, after posting 4-2 in the first two races . He also made a great start at the committee boat end in the final race, but a good start is not always a guarantee to a good result, especially after a wind shift swung the balance of play across to the opposite side of the course. While De Ridder struggled to better 31st place, Alinghi bounced back with skipper Ernesto Bertarelli notching up 2,13,8 to sit equal 3rd with Opus Piranha – David Voss

One and Cannonball. “We had a very good first day, a bad second day, and a very good third day,” said Bertarelli. “Now we need to have a very good fourth day.” In the end, it didn’t go Bertarelli’s way. Instead the stronger winds favoured Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino team who turned in a masterful performance to finally win the Rolex Farr 40 world championship title. “It was not easy,” admitted Onorato: “The most difficult thing in this kind of racing is how we handle ourselves, because sometimes it is hard to stay confident. I have tried to win this for many years, and finally I have succeeded.” In the first race, Eivind Astrup’s Norwegian Steam sailed to her second win of the week, although the greater threat to Onorato’s overnight lead was Opus One, with Wolfgang Stolz snatching 3rd compared with Mascalzone’s 6th. In the next race, Evolution came to the fore with defending champion, Richard Perini, finally showing some of the form that earned him the world title in Sydney the previous year, only to then lose the lead in the last minute to Steve and Fred Howe’s Warpath.

Mean Machine – Peter de Ridder

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The greater interest however, was watching championship leader Mascalzone Latino incur a 720º penalty at the first windward mark. Onorato’s championship hopes could well have disappeared right there, but the determined skipper took 12 places on the next downwind leg to recovered to 13th by the end of the race. Meanwhile Opus One sailed another solid race and Stolz’s 7th place moved him to within three points of Mascalzone Latino. Unruffled by the penalty, Onorato said the key to winning the week was to remain “cool and concentrated”. He praised tactician Russell Coutts for keeping the crew calm and focussed: “Even if things went wrong, I was not upset. Before the last race, Russell told me, ‘This is the time to win a race.’ I said, ‘Can we?’ And he said, ‘Of course!’ And he was right.” In the final race, Mascalzone Latino struck out from the middle of the start line in clear air to dominate from start to finish. Having scored 13-9 in the previous races, Jim Richardson on Barking Mad was also in contention for 2nd place at least after rounding the first mark behind Onorato, but things changed dramatically on the run back to the finish for this local Newport sailor. As the wind softened and shifted right, the boats that gybed early profited most from the sudden change in conditions. Richardson’s team dropped from 2nd to 12th, leaving Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban to slip home 6th and steal 2nd overall. Allen was delighted. “We’re ecstatic; it’s a great result. Vincenzo, Russell and the Mascalzone

Flash Gordon – Helmut Jahn

Latino guys did a great job and never really opened the door for anyone. They sailed a great regatta and deserved to win. “That final leg was indicative of our whole regatta,” said Barking Mad tactician Terry Hutchinson, “obviously there was a shift and I missed it. We sailed into a light spot, and the fleet sailed by. We didn’t quite have it today or during the whole regatta, but it just makes you appreciate how hard winning is.” Barking Mad finished third overall, one better than Opus One, which just missed out on the podium. Wolfgang Stolz commented: “The last run was a bitter disappointment, dropping 15 places, after running out of breeze. But we’re very pleased to have got a top 10 result.”

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Results: 1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

2,26,4,2,3,15,15,6,13,1 87 points

2. Ichi Ban Matt Allen (AUS)

4,22,17,4,6,7,20,10,5,6 101 points

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

10,14,6,8,7,23,6,13,9,12 108 points

4. Opus One Wolfgang Stolz (GER)

20,2,3,26,13,1,14,3,7,24 113 points

5. Warpath Steve and Fred Howe (USA)

17,11,10,23,30,4,5,20,1,4 125 points

6. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

5,3,30,18,2,13,8,12,14,23 128 points

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2007

Copenhagen

knots faded to 8 knots for the second race and then became so light and fluky that the third race was postponed with the fitful breeze threatening to drop further. Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino became the overall leader at the end of the second day, after posting a 12th and then a win. It proved that even the leaders were finding it difficult. Tactician Adrian Stead summed up their day: “The first race was pretty tricky and our start wasn’t that brilliant. We went around the top mark in about 15th place, didn’t have a very good run and probably dropped back to about 19th. On the second run we got ourselves from 20th at the top mark to 12th at the finish and

It was once again the turn of Europe for a world championship

could see that every boat we got past made a lot of difference to

and Copenhagen accepted the challenge with the race village at

the overall result.”

the newly finished Royal Danish Yacht Club, home for 36 boats from 13 countries. Jim Richardson won the pre-Worlds regatta.

Copenhagen’s famous statue.

I’m glad we were here to sail for a while before the Worlds – this Class is so tough!

The championship opened with a tough day on the Oresund Strait with a shifting north-westerly breeze, but two Italian teams emerged from the three races with the best scores. Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone, posting 3-6-1, finished the day with a single point advantage over defending champion Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino. For Mezzaroma it was quite tricky, dealing with the shifts. He said: “I’m glad we were here to sail for a while before the Worlds – this Class is so tough.” That was evidenced by only three boats keeping a double-figure result from their scores – Wolfgang Stoltz’s Opus One finished three points behind the leader. Olympic gold medallist, Tom King from Australia admitted: “It was a question of holding one’s nerve and being patient.” Tactician on Ivan Wheen’s Sputnik, King helped his skipper to results of 5-30-3, he added: “There were always opportunities, even when you were back in the f leet, to get back to the front again.” Three races were scheduled for the next day as well but the weather had other ideas. The south-westerly breeze of 12-14

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But Mascalzone Latino’s crew turned it around in the second race, Stead said, “I thought the left was pretty strong on the first beat and we went for it and it paid off.” He added: “Alinghi sailed brilliantly today. I think we were 4th boat on the day [on points] and our goal has always been to be in the top five. Halfway through the regatta and I see that we’ve just got a small head start.” On the third day, it was cold and rainy, but as a compensation there was some good breeze, sufficient for three races to be held, even though two starts had to be postponed to enable the race committee to alter the course to suit the shifting wind. Once more, there was a different winner for each of the races. Consistency being the keynote for ultimate success, it was the performance of Onorato and his crew on Mascalzone Latino that was to prove outstanding. Posting results of 3-5-5, the winner in 2006 had a total of 37 points from the eight races and was 24 points clear of his nearest rival, Jim Richardson with Barking Mad, on 61 points. Richardson had a score of 14-6-2 for the day and led 3rd placed Alinghi on 75 points. The Swiss team effectively lessened their chances for 1st place when they were over early in the last race of the day and had to return to restart.

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Infinity – John Thomson

I feel wonderful. Mascalzone Latino 1st. Alinghi 2nd. It’s my dream. Next dream is to do that in the America’s Cup maybe.

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Norwegian Steam – Eivind Astrup

Opus 1 – Wolfgang Stolz

Two races were planned for the last day, but as with the best laid

and defending the Worlds is just a matter of luck maybe.”

plans, it needed great patience on the part of the race committee to run even one. Three hours of delay elapsed before the ninth race

He continued, “The secret was just to be relaxed. It is just a sail

began. It was all worthwhile for the locals, for HRH Crown Prince

race and you must stay relaxed all the time. When things are

Frederik of Denmark won the race from Wolfgang Stoltz’s Opus One,

happy you must not be so happy. When things are wrong you

followed by John Thomson’s Infinity in 3rd. With Alinghi 7th and

must not be so unhappy. This is the secret to be successful. I have

Mascalzone Latino 10th, the first two places were settled and even

wonderful people on board. This world championship does not

a 26th for Barking Mad didn’t keep Richardson off the podium.

belong to me but to them. Because I have this wonderful crew, we won, and with this wonderful crew we will win again. I sincerely

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Onorato became the first skipper to achieve back-to-back

mean that.” Alinghi sailed a great regatta – only an OCS in the

championship victories in the Class with a 35 point lead over

eighth race took them out of contention for the overall title —

Alinghi. Barking Mad finished a further five points behind.

especially good, given the team hasn’t been in the Farr 40 Class

The winner, after being dunked at the dockside, said: “I feel

for a while. Ernesto is keen to continue in the Class and said to

wonderful. Mascalzone Latino 1st, Alinghi 2nd. It’s my dream.

me that he had plans to ship the boat to the US to race in Key

Next dream is to do that in the America’s Cup maybe. Winning

West Race Week and the next Worlds in Miami.”

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Results: 1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA) 2. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

2,2,7,12,1,3,5,5,10 47 points

18,5,4,2,5,5,2,34,7 82 points

3. Barking Mad

7,16,5,1,10,14,6,2,26

Jim Richardson (USA)

87 points

4. Sputnik Ivan Wheen

5,30,2,5,6,10,1,19,13

(AUS)

91 points

5. Opus One

4,3,6,16,28,32,7,3,2

Wolfgang Stolz (GER)

101 points

6. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

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Vincenzo Onorato Mascalzone Latino (ITA) 2007 World Champion

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2008 Miami

Vincenzo Onorato scored his third successive world championship in the turquoise waters off Miami. His impact on the Farr 40 Class had not been dulled and his victory was the reward of consistency despite an almost crippling setback before racing even started. At the finish it was close and needed the successful outcome of a protest against his closest rival, Giovanni Maspero, to decide the issue. On the day before the championship, Onorato lost the services of his long-term aide and tactician, Adrian Stead, who was rushed home for the early birth of his first child. It was a blow to the whole crew, which regarded Stead as a very special ingredient within the Mascalzone Latino team. That evening Onorato declared, “My championship is over.”

That evening Onorato declared. ‘My championship is over... Many of his 32 competitors were wishing his prediction would be correct.

Groovederci – John Demourkas crosses Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

Many of his 32 competitors were wishing his prediction would be correct, but Onorato was to prove himself wrong. He secured the services of Morgan Larson as a one day replacement for Stead, while John Kostecki re-arranged his life at short notice to attend the championship. For a while the Italian must have wondered whether his eventual choice was correct – Larson left with the Latin Rascals leading on points and Kostecki’s first race saw the team score its lowest result – a 14th. Maspero and his Joe Fly team had been quite prepared to gloss over a foul committed by a good natured Danish competitor at the start of an earlier race when Joe Fly had barged in at the committee boat. But a second protest, brought by Mascalzone Latino, as a third party against Joe Fly for fouling Richardson’s Barking Mad on the approach to the first windward mark of the penultimate race, drew a fierce retort from Maspero, who threatened to not only withdraw from the championship, but the Class if vested interests caused him to lose the protest. The problem, as far as the Italian was concerned, were the BMW Oracle Racing connections between the jury and the Mascalzone Latino crew. In an open letter to the Race Committee, Maspero stated: “Everyone knows that Tom Ehman, chairman of

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the adjudicatory committee, works for the American BMW Oracle

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team. Likewise Richard Slater, another member of the 2008 Farr 40 Worlds jury. Another judge present, Henry Menin, worked for the Oracle Team in 2000. And John Kostecki, Mascalzone Latino’s tactician in Miami, the person who formally lodged and argued the case against Joe Fly, is also an employee of BMW Oracle Racing. The close links between Mascalzone Latino and BMW Oracle Racing are common knowledge.” Maspero was grasping at straws and went into threatening mode: “The conflict of interest is too blatant. This situation led us to reject the Jury’s decision, whether or not an appeal is possible. And it leads me to undertake whatever action I can, in the interests of the Joe Fly team obviously, but above all for everyone who invests in this sport, so that everyone may enjoy equal rights, safeguards and dignity.” History was not on Maspero’s side. When members of the Alinghi team complained about Ehman chairing the International Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori leads the fleet

Jury at the 2007 world championship in Copenhagen, the matter was referred to ISAF, which cleared Ehman of any conflict of interest. Maspero’s final dart thrown at the committee was a press release issued two days after the championship had finished, stating: “We are convinced that judgements and rankings in this sport should come from the water and not an adjudicators’ room.” suggesting that the way in which the sport has been run for over a hundred years was incorrect and implied that the right-of-way rules meant nothing. Filibustering aside, the rest of the fleet enjoyed some of the best racing ever in the 11 year history of the Class. Robert Hughes’ Heartbreaker won the first race from Takashi Okura’s Sled, followed by the defending champion Mascalzone Latino. The second race went to Joe Fly from Atalanti steered by George Andreadis’ son, Stratis, with Peter de Ridder’s Mean Machine 3rd. Mascalzone Latino won the third race of the day from traditional Italian rival, Massimo Mezzaroma and his Nerone crew, with former champion, Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad 3rd. It was

Ramrod – Rod Jabin crosses Infinity – John Thomson

enough to transport Onorato to the top of the points table.

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Mascalzone Latino - Vincenzo Onorato powers upwind

Morning Glory leads Alinghi - Ernesto Bertarelli

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With the northerly breeze forecast to veer, there was considerable thought about the course on the second day and after a slight delay, Wolfgang Stolz’ Opus One led from start to finish and won by 3 minutes 15 seconds ahead of Barking Mad, Rob Jabin’s Ramrod and Martin and Lisa Hill’s Estate Master. Significantly Mascalzone Latino and Joe Fly were back in 14th and 15th. A wind shift at the start of the fifth race had the whole fleet fighting for position on the right hand side of the course. Mascalzone Latino gained most and led around the first mark from Hasso Plattner’s Morning Glory and Henrik Jansen’s Silver Bullet. Once they were heading downwind Silver Bullet flashed past the leader, and Nerone also gained eleven places to round the bottom gate 3rd. At the finish, Nerone won from Silver Bullet with the Latin Rascals 3rd. The sixth race was notable for the flashy starting tactics displayed by the Mean Machine crew. Skipper Peter de Ridder with Ray Davies calling the shots, found a gap at the committee boat end Fiamma – Alessandro Barnaba

of the line, hit it at speed, tacked immediately into clear air on port tack and was never headed. It was left to the rest to fight out the lesser places. Joe Fly was 2nd ahead of Ole van der Heide’s Asterisk with Onorato 5th behind Erik Maris’ Twins. Mascalzone Latino finished the day top boat, one point ahead of Joe Fly and one more from Barking Mad. Day three witnessed two general recalls and then a Z flag start (penalising any early starters 10%, or three points). This caught out Twins – the only premature starter – which was unable to recover and finished last. Estate Master led around the windward mark but was passed by Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon on the second windward leg. Jahn however could not sustain the pressure and fell back to 3rd at the finish behind the Australian yacht and Barking Mad. Joe Fly was 5th and Mascalzone Latino 6th, narrowing the championship lead to just two points. The second race of the day again witnessed a general recall under a Z flag. The second start saw two boats penalised - one of them being Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi which led throughout the race.

Goombay Smash – William Douglass

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Kokomo â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lang Walker

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Mean Machine - Peter de Ridder

Calvi – Carlo Alberini

Latino, which reduced the championship leader’s advantage to a single point. The penultimate race saw the protest incident that led to Giovanni Maspero’s undoing and overshadowed Ramrod’s start-to-finish win ahead of Mean Machine and Crown Prince Results:

Frederik’s Nanoq. The bitter feelings between the two rival Italian

1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

3,12,1,14,3,5,6,3,7,9 63 points

2. Joe Fly Giovanni Maspero (ITA)

9,1,8,15,6,2,5,2,34(DSQ),5 87 points

3. Mean Machine Peter de Ridder (MON)

24,3,9,9,14,1,14,9,2,17 102 points

4. Nanoq Crown Prince Frederik (DEN)

13,15,16,20,17,9,4,13scp,3,4 114 points

5. Calvi Network Carlo Alberni (ITA)

6,9,12,33,26,14,7,7,4,2 120 points

6. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

8,14,6,6,7,20,9,4scp,32,15 121 points

teams could easily have overflowed into the final race, especially as only one point divided them at the top of the championship standings. But to the credit of both Mascalzone Latino and Joe Fly crews, neither tried to initiate a private duel. In the end, Wolfgang Stolz’ Opus One took up the front running on the first downwind leg and held off all opponents to become the only boat to win two races. Joe Fly’s 5th would have been enough to win the championship had she not been disqualified in

*Scp indicates an added scoring penalty.

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the previous race, and the World Cup went instead to arch-rival Mascalzone Latino which finished 9th to win the championship for a record 3rd time in succession.

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Estate Master â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lisa and Martin Hill

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Vincenzo Onorato Mascalzone Latino (ITA) 2008 World Champion

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Porto Cervo

Mascalzone Latino had overtaken Joe Fly and Maspero’s team then fell further back, crossing the finish line 4th behind Alessandro Barnaba’s Fiamma. The breeze then dropped to 16 knots for the second race. At the first windward mark. Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone, with Vasco Vascotto calling tactics, led the fleet ahead of Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible and Lang Walker’s Kokomo. Nerone and Enfant Terrible held their positions through the leeward gate but Goombay Smash moved up to 3rd, then overtook Enfant Terrible during the second windward leg to finish 2nd behind Nerone.

Gianfranco Alberini - A good friend to the Class.

The winds developed into a true Mistral for the start of the Porto Cervo laid on one of the feasts for which it is famous in

third race. Transfusion took the lead ahead of Helmut Jahn’s

the sailing world. For the opening day. Jim Richardson’s Barking

Flash Gordon and Barking Mad from the start. Flash Gordon

Mad had a narrow three-point lead over Vincenzo Onorato’s

took over from Transfusion during the downwind leg and they

Mascalzone Latino and Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly. These first

were followed into the gate by Mascalzone Latino. Transfusion

three races were held in 16-22 knot westerly winds and were all won by boats that had started well.

This is the first time we’ve competed against the big

Maspero and his Joe Fly team were competing in their first

boys of the Class.

regatta of the season and their performance after the previous championship proved a show of force. But, the crew with the biggest grins at the end of that first day were worn by the Australians on Transfusion. Skipper Guido Belgiorno-Nettis was suitably impressed. “It was a wonderful day with tremendous conditions. We made a few mistakes in the first couple of races where we didn’t quite clear the start as we would like, but we’re also here to figure out how it all works. This is the first time we’ve competed against the big boys of the Class.” Doug Douglass, owner of Goombay Smash, had to admit that a bad start was responsible for a fall from grace in the third race. He commented: “We were fast both upwind and down, but in the last race didn’t find our lanes as nicely as the previous two. It really helped to get a clear lane off a good start.” In the first race Barking Mad led Joe Fly and Mascalzone Latino round the first windward mark. By the second windward mark Kokomo – Lang Walker 15 9

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then clawed back her lead on the final windward leg ahead of Mascalzone Latino and Flash Gordon. Onorato commented: “We had the kind of conditions we like today. The Mascalzone Latino team does well in brisk winds. We took 2nd place overall today but there is still a lot of racing left in this championship. I think we have made an error. We didn’t go to sail on the Australian circuit where the winds are strong and constant, so we haven’t fully completed our training for strong wind conditions.” Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad, Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly and Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone held their nerve best during the second heavy weather day of racing and led the fleet. Neither race got away cleanly. The first required two attempts, the second three. In the first, two boats still had it wrong second time round despite the threat of a Z Flag – which adds an irredeemable three-point scoring penalty for boats over early. In the second, eleven more sailed the course under the shadow of the penalty

Good Fellas – Ettore Morace

flag. Those away cleanly had a relatively easy day. Both Barking Mad and Joe Fly led races from start to finish, Joe Fly having the better day, posting a 4th, but Barking Mad had a 6th in the second race, and remained 1st overall. If those three were the movers, the shakers were Transfusion for one, with a scoreline of 3-20, and Mascalzone Latino did only slightly better, with 17 points, pulled down by a Z flag penalty in the second race. Another potential front-runner, Alessandro Barnaba’s Fiamma totalled 34 points, which put a severe dent in her championship challenge. Positions only began to solidify during the third day of racing when Barking Mad had a 6 point lead over Nerone with Joe Fly a further 10 points adrift. Defending champion, Mascalzone Latino appeared to be out of contention altogether but bounced back with a win in the first race. It proved a false dawn, for two 13th places later, any aspirations the Italians had of retaining their championship were dashed. Barking Mad’s 6th kept her at the front of the fleet, but Nerone had closed the gap.

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Hooligan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Edward Broadway

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Nerone opened with a 2nd, then won the next race, but in the building south-westerly breeze undid the thread by being over too soon at the start of the third. In that race, Marco Rodolfi’s TWT finally showed her true potential, passing Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon on the final leg to win. Jim Richardson’s crew on Barking Mad pushed hard to limit the potential loss to Nerone. Sitting behind Goombay Smash and Flash Gordon at the first leeward rounding, Richardson and his tactician Terry Hutchinson worked some special magic to pass first Doug Douglass, and then slip in front of Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon at the second windward mark. Those two precious places meant the difference between Barking Mad leading overall at the end of the race or seeing her position eroded still further. The third race of the day proved even more critical. Vascotto looked to seize the initiative on Nerone appearing to hit the line perfectly and at speed. But a few seconds later, Nerone was heading back to restart - one of two boats to have been caught over the line early by ever-vigilant race officials. With the f leet heading left, Nerone went right. At the first windward mark she was 19th and it looked game-over when Barking Mad rounded 3rd, a position she never gave up. At the finish Nerone recovered to 8th, but from Jim Richardson’s viewpoint, the two-time world champion could not have been better placed going into the last day. Richardson chose his words carefully: “I think we are sailing very well. We are sailing conservatively, not taking chances, sometimes starting at the wrong end of the line to avoid getting congested or pushed over the line.” On the last day, two races were sailed in winds gusting up to the mid-20s. Nerone put down a marker by winning the first race of the day and set up a winner-takes-all final race. Mascalzone Latino won the race, but significantly, Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad crossed the line ahead of Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone to secure the title for a third time – the first time an American boat had won outside of home waters.

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Nerone went out all guns blazing by taking the left side of the course and, popping out from the pin-end of the line to steal the left hand advantage up the first beat and lead Giovanni Maspero’s Joe Fly and Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon to the finish. Barking Mad, opted for the centre and rounded the top mark mid-fleet. Undaunted, Richardson’s crew dug deep to pull themselves back up to 6th at the finish and retain a tenuous 1 point lead going into the final race. The significance of this was not lost on the 2nd placed Nerone skipper: “Whoever come home in front in the next race will win the championship. It rarely happens that after nine races with 250 points to win or lose, that just 1 point would divide us. It is very exciting.” At the start, Nerone headed left once more but on Barking Mad, the lure of the left was not as strong. This was a conservative crew after all. According to Richardson: “We just looked at each other immediately before the start and said. ‘This is why we’re here. We’re here for an opportunity to win the regatta on the last

Mangusta Risk – Andrea Canavesio

race.’ What more could you want?” After, Richardson confessed to some troubled thoughts: “I never doubted my team’s capability, but leading wire-to-wire adds extra pressure with each successive race. In 1999, we led going into the last race and ended up 3rd, so that was in the back of my mind. But I felt pretty comfortable that we were going to be able to have a good start and get around the course in good shape. We knew we had our hands full, and just had to sail well.” At the end of the first beat, Barking Mad found herself in 2nd place, hot on the heels of Alessandro Barnaba’s Fiamma and overtook the Italian boat at the offset mark with a textbook spinnaker hoist. Counting back to Nerone, it was evident that the left had not paid. All Barking Mad had to do was to keep in front. “They gained on us on the second beat, but we were safe down at the bottom mark” recalled Hutchinson, adding : “From that point it was about minimising damage and sailing a good clean race to the finish.”

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For Richardson, it was a dream come true, “We’re very, very happy. Coming to Italy and winning this world championship in Porto Cervo is an amazing feeling for us. There were so many good teams out there, particularly the Italians, and to be able to win in their home waters is a great thrill for us. We tried to stay calm all week. It’s easy to get too wound up. Our basic philosophy throughout the regatta was not to take chances, or risks. When necessary we ducked boats rather than try to force an issue. Our point score is a tribute to how well we sailed the boat. Our worst race was a 6th and that is pretty good.” Vincenzo Onorato, the outgoing, three-time world champion, laughingly remarked that his last race that year was also the first race of his 2010 campaign. “This was a wonderful story for the Class.” he added.

Vantas Cube – Martin Strobel

Results: 1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA) 2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma (ITA) 3. Joe Fly Giovanni Maspero (ITA) 4. Mascalzone Latino Vincezo Onorato (ITA)

1,6,4,1,6,6,3,3,6,2 38 points

5,1,13,2,4,2,1,8,1,8 45 points

4,5,5,4,1,19,2,6,2,5 53 points

2,10,2,9,8,1,13,13,7,1 66 points

5. Flash Gordon

20,4,3,11,11,20,4,2,3,3

Helmut Jahn (USA)

81 points

6. Plenty

12,13,19,13,10,4,15,5,4,7

Alex Roepers (USA)

102 points

Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori

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Jim Richardson Barking Mad (USA) 2009 World Champion

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Casa de Campo

The breeze increased slightly to 12 knots for the second race, and the fleet became tightly packed at the pin end of the start line. Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone was very close to being over early, and clearly thought they were, for her crew turned the boat around, sailed back and re-crossed the start line even though there was no recall. So it was all the more impressive when Nerone clawed back from last place to finish 5th. Vasco Vascotto, Nerone’s frustrated tactician said, “When we came back (to restart) we gave a big present to everyone. We had an opportunity to do better. The 4 points we lost today - I hope it is enough for the competitors!” Transfusion won the second race too, after moving up from 3rd at the first mark to lead at the start of the final run to the finish. By

Australians Martin and Lisa Hill sailing Estate Master won the

the third race however, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ luck had run out,

five-race pre-Worlds at the Casa de Campo resort in La Romana,

along with the wind which dropped back to 6-8 knots. Instead, Doug

Dominican Republic. They had spent a full week acclimatising after

Douglass’ Goombay Smash led from the pin, followed by Estate

their long trip to the Caribbean venue. Hill was clearly enthused

Master, Transfusion and Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje Light on her

about his team’s pre-Worlds victory but cautioned, “There’s always

hip. It was only on the final leg that Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad

a voodoo about winning the pre-Worlds. It’s bad luck, but then

came into the equation. Richardson said: “The wind had lightened

I’m not into superstitions, and have got to take any international

up a bit, and people were getting cranky, having been out in the

regatta that I can. It is lovely – the wind, the sunshine, and just

heat all day. I thought our crew did a really good job of sailing in

being in the Caribbean – it’s just fantastic here.”

those conditions. Everyone kept their focus.”

Such enthusiasm was in stark contrast to attitudes elsewhere in the world, for the economic recession led to a depleted entry of just ten boats from four nations. The first race was delayed by two hours while Race Officer Peter Reggio allowed a light south-south-westerly breeze to fill in – a wise move when temperatures were approaching 350C. Transfusion skippered by Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, led the pack from the pin end. He admitted later, “We decided we wanted to go conservative at the start – we found ourselves a nice little lane. Then we just kept out of trouble, though Tom Slingsby, our tactician, must have felt it was just worth staying were we were, for we didn’t do many tacks and we got to the top mark 1st. From there we kept that gap all the way to the finish in very light, very challenging conditions…It was very exhausting.”

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Barking Mad was 2nd around the first mark and chose to round the leeward gate while Goombay Smash and Nerone both opted for the right hand side. Heading downwind to the finish, Barking Mad started to reel in Goombay Smash. Richardson recalled, “It’s hard to defend downwind in light air, and we got inside of them with a bit more pressure and sat on their air.” The finish looked too close to call until just before they crossed. Barking Mad found a touch more wind to cross the finish line by a short head. Activities on the water were wiped out by a lack of wind on the second day, and it was not much better on the third. It appeared that Vasco Vascotto, Nerone’s tactician, might hold the answer to the outcome in the palm of his hand. Even when Nerone appeared slow on the first beat, Vascotto pulled out all the stops to take the Italian boat from 8th to 2nd in the day’s opening race. In the next, Nerone went one better, winning convincingly from

Goombay Smash - Doug Douglass

Goombay Smash, having had the good fortune of watching from the back of the fleet when a massive wind shift forced the first start to be abandoned. After they re-started, everything went Nerone’s way. 4th at the first mark, and with Transfusion buried, the Italians even overcame a sail handling error at the bottom mark that cost them dearly. Vascotto explained: “Today was one of the most wonderful days of the past few seasons. We had two 1sts, one 2nd and a 7th. These are conditions that we like a lot. We found passing lanes, we were ‘in phase’ with the shifts. Now, only two points divide us from Transfusion. Tomorrow will be tough, but it will be tough for Transfusion too.” Not many tacticians could match that good fortune. Two-time Olympic silver medallist Ian Walker, the tactician on Doug Douglass’ Goombay Smash, was close to putting a gun to his head after counting 7th and 10th places, but ending the day with two podium places helped considerably. “It was not physically tough out there” he said, “but it was mentally very hard. In the first two races we were dreadful, just getting on the wrong side of some huge shifts. There was a little bit more wind in the last two races, it was a bit more regular, we sailed well and were rewarded with two 2nds.”

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Transfusion was last at the Pre-Worlds, so heading into the final day with a slender lead was a massive surprise bonus. No one was taking anything for granted. Slingsby headed for early bed: “I’m not doing anything special tonight. Just sleep. The more sleep the better! It could be an early start, so I’m just going to rest up and hopefully the team will too.” With three races needed to complete the series, Race Officer Peter Reggio brought forward the first signal to 10:00. Happily the wind was on his side. The Australians had a two-point cushion at the start of the day, but Belgiorno-Nettis knew it was not enough to feel comfortable. He had to stay in front of Nerone. The Italians, however, had proved wily foxes, capable of sniffing out an advantage from the most improbable situations, and did so at the bottom mark rounding during the day’s first race. Transfusion, running 2nd to the eventual winner, Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon, rounded the right hand gate mark and tacked almost immediately. Nerone,

Fiamma – Alessandro Barnaba

charging down under spinnaker with the crew’s minds firmly on a clean spinnaker drop, found themselves completely out of position. Nerone fouled her Australian rival and was forced to take a penalty turn. They did so, and limited the damage to 1 point by the end of the race. With the wind still swinging as it increased in strength, the next race was all about keeping in phase with the shifts. Vasco Vascotto managed to keep Nerone on the right track and did a better job than Transfusion. The difference between the 1st and 5th places they scored respectively, turned the balance in favour of the Italians for the first time in the championship. Nerone now led by a single point and the tactics from there on could not have been simpler. As the breeze continued to build at the start of the last race, the Italians went straight into match race mode. Transfusion slipped their initial cover, gaining a good start at the committee boat end, but the two seemed bound to each other around the marks. The Australians had an additional problem; they needed another boat between them and Nerone, and for a time it appeared that Enfant

Enfante Terrible - Alberto Rossi

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Varied conditions in the Dominican Republic provided very challenging conditions... It was exhausting!

The need for a spreader mark becomes obvious

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further away in the lead. As the breeze continued to increase, tension

Alberto Signorini

mounted on the final downwind leg. Transfusion threw in a couple of gybes, hoping to induce Nerone into a broach, but it was all to no avail. Nerone rolled over the Aussies and won the championship by a 2 point margin. The final day was Jim Richardson’s. Barking Mad chalked up a 2-31 score-line to take 3rd overall. After losing the 2009 championship in the final race, Massimo Mezzarona was ecstatic. “This world championship win has a lot of meaning for us because Antonio Sodo Migliori, my co-owner and helmsman, had a very bad accident. We’ve done this for him and Simon, who’s been sailing with us for ten years. These two are injured at home, so it was very important for us to get this result.” Results: 1. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Alberto Signorini (ITA)

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2-5-5-2-1-1-7-4-1-2, 30 points

2. Transfusion

11-1-3-3-2-6-5-3-5-3,

Guido Belgiorno-Nettis (AUS))

32 points

3. Barking Mad

4 - 3 -1-10 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 8 - 2 - 3 -1,

Jim Richardson (USA)

38 points

4. Estate Master

7-2-10-8-4-9-1-5-2-7,

Lisa and Martin Hill (AUS)

52.5 points

5. Fiamma

5-7-6-1-7-1-10-6-6-4-6,

Alessandro Barnaba (ITA)

58points

6. Enfant Terrible

6 -10 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 7 - 8 - 4 ,

Alberto Rossi (ITA)

58 points

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crew that they had bonded so well over that time, that he admits that even if he were given the opportunity: “I would not want to replace any of the amateurs on board with professionals“. That was no faint praise. Guido Belgiorno-Nettis was displaying consistency in Transfusion with a couple of 4th places. He had finished 2nd to Nerone at the previous world championship and now was in the same relative position to the Italians and a point ahead of Estate Master. There was the most wind of the day for the third race and Nerone was called over early and had to go back. This left Estate Master and Transfusion to duke it out with Wolfgang and Angela Schaefer’s Struntje Light. The Hills took the winning gun, but

The racing in the 2011 world championship, held off Sydney, could

Transfusion’s 2nd place put her on level points with Estate Master.

not have been closer. While three boats shone on the opening day, it

By recovering to 10th, Nerone was 3rd overall at the end of the

came down to a battle between two of them for the outright honour.

first day. Belgiorno-Nettis, who had swapped Slingsby for John

That battle continued right through to the tenth and final race

Kostecki as tactician, must have been happy with his choice. The

Enigma - David Gotze and Michael

when just 2 points separated them, and with no other challenger

Olympian, who had won this championship twice before as well

Cranitch battle Struntje Light - Wolfgang

for the title, the outcome remained in doubt until the finishing line

as the America’s Cup and the Volvo Ocean Race, is well known for

Schaeffer

was crossed. The die, however, was cast on the opening day in a north-easterly airstream that increased from 8 to 15 knots – a pattern that was to be maintained throughout the championship – with a reasonable swell off the Heads. From the outset, PRO, Peter ‘Luigi’ Reggio, kept the 20-strong class in order, tolerating no unnecessary premature starting, preferring to identify the individuals at fault. The defending champions, Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori’s Nerone with Vasco Vascotto as tactician, made it readily apparent that they were not going to relinquish the title easily. While Lisa and Martin Hill’s Estate Master, guided by the threetime Laser world champion, Tom Slingsby, took the first race, Nerone was hard on their heels. Then Nerone stamped her authority on the fleet in the second race with a win to lead the series when Estate Master slipped to 8th. Vascotto, who has been with this team for several years, said of the

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his strategic consistency.‘Luigi’ delayed the start of the second day’s racing to allow the sea breeze to fill in and began race four with 10 knots from the north-east. An unlikely Vascotto call saw Nerone starting at the pin end. It proved her undoing since she finished 10th, a position that was subsequently improved by two places when two boats that had finished in front of her were disqualified on protest. Transfusion led all the way round to win from Helmut and Evan Jahn in Flash Gordon with Struntje Light 3rd, but the German boat was one of those disqualified for an incident at the weather mark first time round. The next two races proved a triumph for the defending champion, when Nerone led all the way round from Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad with Andrew Hunn and Lloyd Clark’s Voodoo Chile 3rd. Transfusion, after being 3rd for the first round, slipped to 7th at the finish. The sixth race caused some grief for ‘Luigi.’ The second general recall brought the radio comment from him: “Come on guys, that’s as bad as I’ve ever seen you!” This brought the fleet to heel and it was away cleanly the next

Flash Gordon - Helmut and Evan Jahn cross Transfusion - Guido Belgiorno-Nettis

time. Active management of the race course is essential in ‘Luigi’s’ view, “I have to be on top of the boats, watching their angles. The race boats will tell me of a wind shift long before the mark boats.” With the wind swinging from 070° to 035° during the afternoon, more than once his team was forced into action, shortening course lengths and resetting marks. Nerone led from the committee boat end of the line all the way around the course to win from Voodoo Chile and Barking Mad, but a 4th for Transfusion was sufficient to keep Belgiorno-Nettis at the front, just 1 point ahead of the Italians. Estate Master had slipped slightly – 11 points further behind in 3rd place overall. The championship was developing in a characteristic manner. Conditions were much the same on the next day and first off Belgiomo-Nettis made it clear that he wanted to win. Transfusion led for the first round of race seven but allowed three boats to slip in front before the finish. That finish could not have been closer when Dougie Douglass’s Goombay Smash shaded out

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Struntje Light by the thickness of her spinnaker on the line with Lang Walker’s Kokomo 3rd just ahead of Transfusion, which was able to retain the overall lead from 6th placed Nerone. The wind was almost due north for the 2nd race of the day and reached 15 knots. It was tailor-made for Nerone, who led all the way around from Barking Mad. Flash Gordon claimed 3rd just ahead of Marcus Blackmore with Holligan, in turn one place ahead of Transfusion. At the end of the day Nerone led by 1 point from Transfusion and then there was a 20 point gap to Flash Gordon. At the top, it was a reversal of the previous year when Transfusion led by 2 points from Nerone, and this must have been in the back of both skippers’ minds as they began the final day. When they finished the ninth race 1st and 2nd, Nerone led by 2 points with only the final race to come. And what a race that proved to be. Nerone, abandoning her usual committee boat end start, was Plenty – Alex Roepers leads Struntje Light - Wolfgang Schaefer

blanketed in mid-line, and despite a 1.8 mile windward leg, this appeared to seal her fate. Jim Richardson took Barking Mad into the early lead, hotly pursued by Transfusion, Flash Gordon and Estate Master. Nerone was 8th around the windward mark. The two leaders held their positions on the run while Nerone slipped to 10th after taking an early gybe. The last windward leg was shortened to 1.6 miles. At the weather mark, Barking Mad held a 15 second lead over Transfusion, while Nerone had climbed to 7th. Could the Italians do enough to retain their title? A 4th would have been enough to level the points and for them to win on countback. Places were changing all the time and it looked at one stage as though the mission impossible might be made possible. But Transfusion held on to 2nd place behind Barking Mad and then the Transfusion crew looked back to the finish line to see Goombay Smash, Estate Master and Voodoo Chile cross before Nerone. Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and his crew leapt into the air in

Edake – Jeff Carter crosses Voodoo Chile – Andrew Hunn and Lloyd Clarke

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realisation of their objective – reversing last year’s result and

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becoming the world champions for the first time. The skipper admitted: “It is a big achievement, it’s still sinking in. I joined the

Results: 1. Transfusion Guido Belgiorno-Nettis (AUS) 4

35 points

37 points

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62 points

64 points

last year, which is good for the class.”

5. Estate Master Lisa and Martin Hill (AUS) 1

10 12 12

70 points

The 2012 World Championship will be held in Chicago.

6. Goombay Smash William Douglass (USA) 9

17 10 11 16

82 points

class in 2007 and in the first year we decided to have a shot at the Worlds. It’s been a three year programme and it came down to the last race. We certainly peaked at the right time.” Though noticeably disappointed, Vasco Vascotto, Nerone’s tactician was gracious in defeat: “Transfusion was the best boat of the week. The way they recovered in the first race, for us, that was the clear signal that they were still alive. It’s the reverse of

2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA) 3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA) 4. Flash Gordon Helmut and Evan Jahn (USA)

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2010 European Championship Day one of the 2010 Farr 40 European Championship at Porto Rotondo saw the ten yachts compete in two windward-leeward races in light and tricky conditions. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad with Hamish Pepper on tactics, led the overall classification at the end of the day with as many as eight more races to be run. Behind Richardson was Plenty owned by Alex Roepers with Chris Larson calling tactics on equal points with Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone. After a long wait, the first race started in 7 knots of east southeasterly breeze. Plenty dominated from the start and was followed Vivian Rodriguez a good friend

round the windward mark and the leeward gate by Nerone, the

to the class

2010 Farr 40 World Champion, with Vasco Vascotto calling tactics.

The changing winds handed the lead to Barking Mad on the second beat.

Charisma – Nico Poons leads the fleet from the middle of the start line...

On the second upwind leg both Plenty and Barking Mad chose the left side and by the first mark Barking Mad had climbed through to 2nd place ahead of Nerone. These three held their positions to the finish. By the start of the second race, the prevailing Mistral was blowing off the coast at approximately 12 knots. Once again, Plenty was hot off the mark, led Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje Light, Barking Mad and Andrea Canavesio’s Mangusta Risk. Nerone and Fiamma were over the line early at the start and the resulting penalty left them well back in the fleet. On the second beat, the changing winds handed the lead to Barking Mad, and Richardson’s crew rounded just ahead of Mangusta Risk and Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible, with Plenty slipping back to 6th. Mangusta Risk took the lead on the final downwind leg but in the fight to the finish, Barking Mad managed to slip across the line inches ahead of her Italian rival. Enfant Terrible, with Pietro D’Alì calling tactics, took 3rd and Nerone ... and looks to have a head start on the rest of the fleet

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Jim Richardson was understandably pleased with the day’s work: “It was very shifty, but we did a pretty good job of being in the right place on the course. It worked out pretty well.” Talking about the second race Richardson added: “We rounded the leeward gate 4th with Plenty leading Struntje Light and Mangusta Risk, which then went to the left hand side of the course, and we went right, Mangusta came back on us and ran neck and neck with us all the way to the line.” Italy’s Nerone, owned by Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo-Migliori with America’s Cup veteran Vasco Vascotto calling tactics, led the standings after five races, followed by Barking Mad and Plenty. During the next three races, each approximately 6 miles long, the fleet saw winds increase from 10 knots at the start of racing to Fiamma – Alessandro Barnaba leads at the top mark

22 knots with gusts of 26 for the final legs of the third race. The winning guns went to Nico Poons’ Charisma, Struntje Light and Alessandro Barnaba’s Fiamma. The third race of the series proved a hard-fought duel between Nerone and Charisma which finally stole the lead on the second upwind leg. Struntje Light finished 3rd. The Mistral picked up to 18 knots for the start of the fourth race. Nerone won the pin end but the Italians found themselves over early and were quickly relegated to the back of the fleet once her crew had completed their penalty turn. Remarkably, they recovered to round the windward mark in 3rd place behind Struntje Light and Charisma, positions they maintained to the finish. Helped by Kiwi sailors Ray Davies and Tony Rae, Alessandro Barnaba’s Fiamma shone through in the third race of the day as she stormed round the course well clear of the rest of the pack. Plenty, with Chris Larson on tactics, moved up to 2nd place on the first downwind run, leaving Struntje Light, Charisma, Barking Mad and Nerone tightly packed behind to fight out 3rd,

Nerone – Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori.

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Vascotto was quietly confident about the next two days racing: “Unfortunately we start early in at least one race a day! We are sailing well though and are now leading by 3 points so we recover well each time. I am very happy with the performance of the crew and though Barking Mad, Plenty, Struntje Light and Charisma are also sailing well, we are happy with what we are doing.” Two windward-leeward races were held on the fourth and final day, which brought the fleet to its full quota of ten races. Sirocco winds of 15 - 18 knots, sunshine and a rising swell provided ideal conditions. The battle for top spot was now between Nerone and Barking Mad, and with the Italians scoring two bullets with Barking Mad right on their tails, decided the issue. Antonio Sodo Migliori was clearly pleased with Nerone’s performance: “We are more than happy. We set out to be cautious, just wanting to stay close to Barking Mad, but it was one of those days when things go well. We were fast and we found ourselves in front each time and we held on to that.” Vasco Vascotto, Nerone’s tactician, explained how this victory was one of the team’s most significant to date and marked the return of their injured co-owner and helmsman Sodo Migliori, following a helicopter crash earlier in the year: “This was a very important regatta for us because it was our first with Antonio back at the helm. It was a miracle that he is still with us and participating in the European championship was a motivation of his over the past months.”

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Monick – David Brae-Holm “The whole week was great,” he continued. “Today was particular because we had to make sure we kept that 4 point lead. It was not easy because you have to control your opponent and concentrate on sailing well. I chose the pin end in the first race, which was a mistake, I realized we were being pushed into a corner but we kept our cool and went round the back of everyone to get back in the middle of the course. It was our best move of the day. Once we got in front of Barking Mad, we just had to stay there. In the second race everything went right for us and we were lucky.” “Nerone sailed a very good regatta,” agreed Jim Richardson. “We have been battling against them for ten years. Sometimes we get them and sometimes they get us. We had a pretty good regatta here, we sailed well although a couple of moments could have gone better. Our hats are off to Nerone. They did better. Vasco and Antonio and the Nerone crew have been sailing together for a very long time and they’re very good. Struntje Light also did a good job coming 3rd - there was a full on battle for 3rd place that came down to the very end.”

Results: 1. Nerone

3,4,2,3,3,5,1,3,1,1

Massimo Mezzaroma (ITA)

26 points

2. Barking Mad

2,1,4,7,4,2,7,1,2,2

Jim Richardson (USA)

32 points

3. Struntje Light

8,5,3,1,7,1,5,2,6,3

Wolfgang Schaefer (GER)

41 points

4. Plenty

1,6,5,4,2,4,4,6,4,7

Alex Roepers (USA)

43 points

5. Charisma

6,8,1,2,5,7,2,8,3,5

Nico Poons (MON)

47 points

6. Fiamma

5,7,7,9,1,6,3,4,7,6

Alessandro Barnaba (ITA)

55 points

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2010 North American Championship Rod Jabin and the crew of Ramrod dominated the 2010 Rolex Farr 40 North American Championship, taking the first two races at Annapolis from the defending champion Helmut Jahn with Flash Gordon. In the third race, Jahn reversed the order and raised the hopes of the other seven competitors for the next two days. With Chris Larson in charge of tactics, Jabin destroyed those hopes conclusively, winning all three races the next day and the two on the final day to post 9 points from the eight races. “It’s pretty remarkable to have won; we’ve never done so consistently well,” said Jabin, who had owned Ramrod since 2005, and had won the recent Annapolis NOOD Regatta. “We had a solid crew; the rig was good, the sails were just right,” he added, pointing out that his crew has been together “for some time,” with Larson joining earlier in the year.

Endorphin – Erik Wulff

Yellow Jacket – Larry Bulman and Jeff Scholz

Nightshift - Kevin McNeil

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While the first two days of racing challenged teams with 18-25 knot winds on Friday, increasing to 20-30 on Saturday, Sunday served up a more moderate 10-15 knots of breeze. Ramrod showed slick crew work throughout, sometimes making winning look easy by leading at all marks. At other times, however, it wasn’t so straightforward. “In both races on Sunday, we got pushed back pretty hard by Flash Gordon,” said Jabin. “We were lucky to sneak out from under them and be able to weave our way back through the fleet. Then it was like a big rubber band; we’d go forward and come back, forward and come back, and whoever got the last shift won.” Kevin McNeil’s Nightshift also demonstrated good crew rapport, resulting in two strong 2nd place finishes on day two, as well as a 3rd in a photo-finish with Flash Gordon, to end the championship 3rd overall. Results: 1. Ramrod

1.1,2,1,1,1,1,1

Rod Jabin (USA)

9 points

2. Flash Gordon

2,2,1,3,4,2,2,4

Helmut Jahn (USA)

14 points

3. Nightshift

4,5,3,2,2,3,3,6

Kevin McNeil (NZL)

16 points

Bellerophon - Rick and Skip Sinclair crossing Yellow Jacket - Larry Bulmam and Jeff Scholz

Rod Jabin and his winning Ramrod team

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2011 Australian Championship World champions Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori sailing Nerone, stamped their authority on the 2011 Australian Championship and announced their intention for the World Championship that followed, by winning with a 7 point margin from former world champion, Jim Richardson. Mezzaroma was absent, but the crew dedicated the victory to their joint skipper. “We are a little sad with no Massimo,” said tactician Vasco Vascotto, “but last year we sailed without Antonio and hopefully we will all sail together soon.” The Nerone scoreline of 6,1,6,1,1,1,6,3 was one of brilliant consistency across a range of wind speeds on the offshore courses. The final race was shortened when the already light wind showed signs of disappearing altogether. Wolfgang Schaefer won the Corinthian division with the always wellsailed Struntje Light, repeating the performance of the German team

Barking Mad closing on the windward mark - Jim Richardson

in the earlier Summer Sprint series. “It was a tough competition and some of the best sailing in the world,” said Schaefer. The opening day saw a southerly breeze that peaked at 17 knots, over a course set on the Macquarrie Circle off Sydney’s South Head, and ended with two boats tied on points after three races for the 20 boats. Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad and Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Transfusion had each scored 9 points, but Richardson, who won the opening race from Belgiorno-Nettis, led after the countback. Antonio Sodo Migliori and Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone was a further 4 points further back; they had won the second race from Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon, while Brett Neil’s White Cloud won the 3rd from Transfusion. The second day was a total triumph for the Italians who scored three bullets. It couldn’t have been better. No one could come near

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to matching the Nerone performance and the world champions took over the lead. “It was a perfect day today. We wish we could have a day like this at the Worlds,” remarked Nerone crewman, Massimo Bortoletto. There was a consistent 20-25 knot north-easterly breeze on the Manly Circle, north of the Heads and Nerone reversed the points situation with Barking Mad to lead by 4 points after six races. Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon moved to 3rd after Transfusion fell off the pace and trailed the leader by 19 points in fourth place. It had been planned to sail the two final races inside Sydney Harbour but PRO, Peter ‘Luigi Reggio decreed otherwise. “We could not guarantee a fair race inside. The breeze was too unstable.” he admitted. Lisa and Martin Hill’s Estate Master clawed her way back onto the podium in 3rd place after a 1st place in the morning behind Nerone and Barking Mad, which gave the Hills the Australian Farr 40 Circuit victory. “It was again down to the wire with Transfusion,” said Hill, “racing with

Estate Master - Lisa and Martin Hill crosses Sputnik - Ivan Wheen

the regulars and welcoming old faces back to the class.”

Results:

1. Transfusion Guido Belgiorno-Nettis (AUS)

35 points

2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

37 points

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

62 points

4. Flash Gordon, Helmut Jahn (USA)

64 points

5. Estate Master Lisa and Martin Hill (AUS)

70 points

6. Goombay Smash William Douglass (USA)

82 points Nerone - Massimor Mezzaroma and Antonio Sodo Migliori lead Goombay Smash - William Douglass around the bottom mark

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Canada’s Cup Raced between America and Canada by clubs situated on the Great

defender, Robert Hughes of Bayview YC with Team Saturn, took the

Lakes, this great event dates back to 1896 when a challenge was

series 7-5 and returned the Cup to Canada in grand style.

issued by the Lincoln Park YC of Chicago to Canadian yacht clubs. The first match, won by the appropriately named Beaver from

The same two skippers met again two years later and McLaughlin

the Royal Canadian YC, was held off Toledo. Subsequently the

retained the Cup with a similar scoreline. The next defence, by

trophy became known as the Canada’s Cup, and was presented

Krisajic, saw challenger Robert Hughes from the Bayview YC

to the Royal Canadian YC as a perpetual challenge for friendly

squeak the decision in the 9-race series. The Cup was back with

competition between yacht clubs of the two nations bordering the

the United States for the 12th time.

Great Lakes. After another three-year break, the Cup was defended by Don Competition has been both fierce and friendly for more than a

Wilson’s Convexity from the Chicago Match Race Centre YC

century, and since 2001, has been sailed in Farr 40 Class boats.

against Grant Hood’s Vincere from the Port Credit YC. Wilson had

It has necessitated slight alterations to the class rules with regard, particularly, to the owner/driver situation, which is not appropriate for the event, but the limit of four professional crew is retained. The Farr 40 has proved to be the perfect vehicle for match racing, producing a series of incredibly tight finishes. Maximum excitement has been maintained and many of the races have finished with the two boats overlapped on the finish line with only seconds separating them. The classic was in 2007 when Bob Hughes’ Heatbreaker for the USA was level with Alek Krisajic’s Honour at 4-4, and finished their deciding race with less than half a boat’s length separating them as they crossed the line overlapped. Winning deltas of less than 10 seconds have been common on the four occasions (40 races) when the Farr 40s have been employed. When the first Farr 40 Canada’s Cup was held, the RCYC had the distinct advantage of having Terry McLaughlin, one of the most experienced match racing skippers in the world, to lead the team in the best-of-13 match. McLaughlin, sailing Defiant against the

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established the Match Race Centre YC very close to where the original challenger, Lincoln Park YC, is situated on the Chicago shore. It was a well-planned regatta, with races set with target times of 60-75 minutes using four windward/leeward round courses. Day one on the 2010 event was all Wilson’s. The 11-18 knot northwesterly provided a lumpy sea that best suited the home team and the United States posted a 3-0 score. Despite the scoreline, the racing was close with plenty of match racing action. The next day, Grant Hood swung back into the battle, winning the 1st race, but Wilson took the next. The last race of the day was Canada’s. Having won the start, they controlled the opponent to make the score 4-2. More lumpy seas on the final day gave the defenders the initiative, despite the challenger proving the faster downwind. Wilson maintained control to the finish where only half a boat’s length of clear water separated the two for the United States to win by 5-2. Macatawa Bay YC will host the 23rd defence in 2011.

Year Defender 2001

2003

Convexity – Don Wilson (USA) leads Vincere – Grant Hood (CAN)

Yachts

Helmsman

Club

Team Saturn

Robert Hughes

Bayview YC

Challenger

Defiant

Terry McLaughlin

Royal Canadian YC

Defender

Defiant

Terry McLaughlin

Royal Canadian YC

Challenger

Heartbreaker

Bob Hughes

Bayview YC

Defender

Honour

Alek Krisajic

Royal Canadian YC

2007

Series

Best of 13

Best of 9 Challenger

Heartbreaker

Bob Hughes

Defender

Convexity

Don Wilson

2010 Challenger

Vincere

Grant Hood

Bayview YC

Winning Yacht Defiant (7-5) Defiant (7-5)

Heartbreaker (5-4)

Country

Canada

United States

Chicago Match Race Center YC Race Center YC Port Credit

Best of 9

Convexity (5-4)

United States

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The tacticians have their say Terry Hutchinson has seen many aspects of yacht racing in the widest variety of boat from the America’s Cup to J24s, and was winner of the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award in the United States in 2008. In that year, when he contributed to many other winning yachts, he was only able to record an 8th aboard Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad at the world championship. He was, however, able to help Barking Mad redress the balance in 2009 in Porto Cervo. After that win, Hutchinson was cheerfully able to comment on the Class and some items of special interest. He began with whether he had found the championship any different to what he might have anticipated. “It wasn’t really much different than expected. Three Italian boats, Nerone, Mascalzone, and Joe Fly were all very well prepared and fast. Probably the biggest surprises were the fact that TWT and Calvi were not at the front since they were very fast in Capri. We did have slightly different conditions though, so maybe that had something to do with it. Other teams that showed a lot were Americans Alex Roepers’ Plenty and Helmut Jahn’s Flash Gordon. Both came on strong at the end. “Our strength was that Barking Mad was able to stay in the top 6 for all ten races; only Joe Fly, which was 3rd, came close to that consistency, although they had a 19th. We believe we know what the main factors we possessed to help us avoid any

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Struntje Light - Wolfgang Schaefer, Twins - Erik Maris, Transfusion bow 16 - Guido Belgiorno-Nettis and Estate Manager - Martin and Lisa Hill in close mark rounding

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big score that would ruin our regatta – it was boat speed. We

“The Farr 40 Class is healthy. The 2011 world championship saw

were bloody quick and inevitably in the situations that were

20 boats and 5 countries represented in an economic environment

Kokomo - Lang Walker and

tough to hang, our boat speed carried us. I always banged on

that nobody was very positive about. To me that speaks volumes

Goombay Smash - Doug Douglass

about being as smart as we are fast, and this was one of those

about the Class, the owners, and the competition.

regattas. Next was the fact we started well, conservatively away from traffic.

“One of the reasons for this is the stability of the Class, its rules and the owners’ determination to see that these are adhered to. It

A lot of times we were giving up line bias to guarantee we could

is all very streamlined. Occasionally there are little measurement

go straight off the line. But again, that goes back to the fact that

items like a shackle here and there, but for the most part

we were confident in our speed. The final point would be that our

everybody knows the rules and complies. A lot of it comes from

teamwork was as consistent as the result. Inevitably it takes all

the fact that the Class management does good work at keeping

the pieces to be in place and the team to be rock solid.

everybody honest. You cannot underestimate the importance of

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Adrian Stead (standing) - the

that with any class, and the fact that the Farr 40 is going strong

The Class uses its own system of rule observance by umpires, of

thinking man’s tactician.

is a good indication of the owners association and leadership

which Hutchinson approves. “The on-the-water umpire system is

from Stagg Yachts.

in place not to access penalties, but to let the competitors know when the judges have witnessed a foul or situation.

“The Class has always had one crew weigh-in prior to each event. For us on Barking Mad, we chose to sail with ten, which

By blowing a whistle it lets competitors know that the judges

inevitably means a smaller team, but an extra set of hands in

have seen something and that somebody should do a penalty.

a lot of the manoeuvres can be more beneficial. Inevitably the

It can be fairly busy at these event because the race track is

need for smaller people means that we choose to have women

often left-hand biased. That inevitably leads to 85% of the fleet

with us on the boat. Linda Lindquist-Bishop and Derby Anderson

coming into the top mark on port tack. However, all in all, it is

have been with the team for a while and we are very fortunate

a good system since it avoids late nights in the protest room for

to have them.”

all involved.”

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Goombay Smash - William Douglass close with Enfant Terrible - Alberto Rossi, chasing Kokomo - Lang Walker

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Barking Mad tactician look ahead

Adrian Stead, with three world championship victories to his

That’s why, when you look at the most successful partnerships in

credit, is the most successful tactician the Class has known and

the Farr 40 Class, the tacticians and their owners end up being

he was keen to outline what crucial talents were of importance

very good friends. You need to understand the person you are

for a tactician in the Farr 40 Class. “Not only are you a tactician

advising – what makes him tick. I know Vincenzo knows what

in the Farr 40 Class, you are also the owner’s coach and mentor.

makes me tick, so that he gets the best out of me.

The primary reason why the owners are in the Class is to have some fun and great racing.

“Not only that, but we have to interact well with the other nine or ten people on the boat. So, there’s a lot on top of the normal

“From Vincenzo’s perspective, he lives for it. It’s his release

tactician’s job. You can’t take anything for granted; you are the

from work. It’s about getting owners out on to the race track and

tactician, coach, and team motivator. You have to get the best

helping them to be as successful as possible. We also have our own

out of some very good amateurs, as well as the professionals on

job, trying to get good starts and judging the wind shifts right.

board. It’s a challenging but very good role. If you get it right,

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the satisfaction is almost better than sailing on an all-pro-team.

always loved sailing in a breeze and we very quickly turned that

In the Farr 40 Class we are trying to juggle between getting the

on its head. We called it ‘hooligans’, which was effectively how

best out of your owner’s abilities and getting the balance right

we sailed the boat; and ‘ballerinas’ in the light. When racing was

between having fun - and improving the whole time.”

cancelled because it was too heavy, we would still go out and blast around, just to show people that we could. We enjoyed it.

Stead believes that it is all a question of balance in the relationship with the owner, the crew and the tactician that

“When Russell Coutts came to sail with us in 2006, he made

makes the difference. He says: “When you look back at the most

a real inroad in terms of Vincenzo’s confidence. Indeed, in

successful teams, the majority of the crew has been together from

September 2005 when we knew that Russell was coming with us

the beginning. Take Gerry Mitchell and myself. The first time

the next year, we won our first regatta. That and the addition of

we sailed together was with Jim Richardson at Block Island in

Tim Burnell to the crew, made a huge difference.”

1998, when fresh off the Volvo Ocean Race yacht Silk Cut. That relationship has continued through Barking Mad and Victric, and

“When a crew reacts symbiotically, the actual sailing becomes

for the last four or five years on Mascalzone Latino. The Italians

less difficult, but there is also an overriding need for careful

in the crew have been there for years, Matteo Savelli, for example,

planning. “The prime thing is where you want to go up the beat

has improved and matured as we’ve sailed with him, and now you

and to place the boat on the start line to be able to do that. Farr

see him as a potential team manager of an America’s Cup team.

40 scoring is such that there is no discard; every mistake and everything that you do right counts in the end.

There’s more to the relationship if it is to function correctly. “The whole thing begins well before the start of the regatta

“So it comes down to how much you want to win the start, or

– it’s having a good rapport with the team, so that when you

win an end versus getting a clean start, and letting crew-work

are sailing the boat, you are already ticking together.” says

and boat speed work itself out around the course. Also, when

Stead, adding. “What is most important is getting comfortable

courses are set with PROs of the calibre of Peter ‘Luigi’ Reggio,

with the conditions. On race day, we try to get out and develop

who understand whether it is going to pay to the left or right up

a real feel for going upwind and downwind, so that the owner

the first beat, they set the line at a skew so that there are options

is happy with it.

all the way along the line. It is great, but more often than not all the usual suspects are still crowded together at the top mark,

“The daily preparation – a lot of it is about instilling confidence in

even after 2.2 miles.

the whole team, not just the helmsman. With Mascalzone Latino that came with time in the boat and having the confidence.

“Keeping clean is ultra-important and tacticians and crews

Winning the first regatta was the hardest one because after that

are mature enough not to put our owners in tricky positions.

we had the confidence to believe we could win. It was achievable.

Instead, we sail to our strengths and not port tack the fleet every

So, in terms of our pre-start, it’s a case of sailing around, getting

start. There is always a balance, and if you have a bad first beat,

used to the conditions, and trying to paint a picture of what you

the guys who knuckle down and know how to sail up through

are going to do up the course.

the fleet will come through and get themselves into a regatta winning result.”

Some people like different conditions; some like strong winds, others prefer lighter breezes. On Mascalzone Latino back in 2003,

Terry Hutchinson is adamant that while boat speed is vitally

sailing in strong winds was not the team’s strong point, but I have

important, extra boat speed is never easy to obtain in a one-

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Offset mark in action, an idea pioneered by the Farr 40 Class

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design Class. Adrian agrees with Terry: “Yes, definitely. The best thing about a one-design Class is that it highlights how successful your team is in terms of creating speed and sail development. You might have the best sails, but if the mainsheet trimmer does not have that relationship with the helmsman that encourages him to get 100% out of the boat in terms of speed, then you are not going to be at the front. “The most successful people are not the newcomers to the Class, they are people who have spent time understanding how to get the best out of the boat in all conditions. For example, the Nerone guys have been racing together since 2000; Both Vincenzo and Jim have been there since 1998. When you look back at them and realise that Jim has now probably done 75 regattas in the Class, that’s an awful lot of experience, sailing the same boat over the last seven or eight years with the majority of the same guys. that experience counts. It gives you that extra 10 feet when approaching the weather mark and carries you a little higher up the ladder. “It’s all those little things that mount up and bring out an amazing team dynamic that gets the best out of the boat. You are sailing with four pros and six amateurs, the success of the amateurs is what gets you the results. Vasco Vascotto watches carefully for the helmsman of Nerone

“Speed is always good. The only venue we have sailed at where speed was probably the least important was at the Worlds in

Peter de Ridder for example, was an owner/driver of Farr 40,

Denmark. There, it was very shifty and there were opportunities

then went to the TP52 circuit and won it. So this is the level they

where you could have got away with not being too quick.”

have reached now, the Farr 40 Class.”

Vasco Vascotto, another of the championship winning tacticians,

He was magnanimous about his involvement with a successful

believes that unlike the professional circuit, it is only fair to

team: “It is down to the team. This is a group that is ten years

give the guys who pay the money the chance to play with their

together. Every single person knows exactly what to do on the

boats, “This kind of guy has the opportunity to sail with the

boat. Here we have four professional sailors on board, but even if

professional sailor. They train a lot, they are not just sailing. We

I have the opportunity to sail with the ten professionals sailors, I

do Sundays of training all day. We did in the past, speed tests. We

do not think I will change my crew with anybody, because, right

did everything that we are doing normally with the professional

now, all these guys are doing exactly what professional guys can

guys. I do not want to say that they are professional, but they are

do. This is the reason why we are competitive - ten years in this

good enough to beat professional guys. Can you imagine that,

class. So it is a matter of a good crew all together.”

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Southern Star - John Calvert-Jones & Damien King caught in a close-quarter duel with Kokomo - Lang Walker

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Farr 40 One Design - Register HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

CURRENT OWNER

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

Built By Carroll Marine 40001

Steve Garland

Tosh Neminsky

Ohana

USA - West Coast

40002

Ken Bruneflod

Hurrycane 3

Sweden

40003

Lorenzo Galmes

Andrea Canvesio

Mangusta Risk

Italy

40004

John Thomson

William Francis

Solution

USA - Great Lakes

40005

Phillip Tollhurst

Mauro Puddu

Cacharaza

Italy

40006

George Carabetta

Leif Sigmond & Marcus Thymian

Norboy

USA - Great Lakes

40007

Yuji Narumi

Nishida Ryutaro

Ninja XI

Japan

40008

Steve Kaminer

On Deck Racing

Predator

USVI

40009

Irvine Laidlaw

United States Naval Academy

Seawolf

USA - East Coast

40010

Edgar Cato

John Leman

Bobby’s Girl

Australia

40011

Doug Taylor

Zoltan Katinski

White Knight

USA - West Coast

40012

Jim Richardson

Grant Larsen

Wolfpack

Norway

40013

228

NOT BUILT

40014

Bill Ziegler

US Coast Guard Academy

Gem

USA - East Coast

40015

Bill Steitz

Frederic Scheer

Farr Niente

USA - West Coast

40016

Butch Tompkins

On Deck Racing

Bandit

USA - Virgin Islands

40017

Graham Walker

Per Arne Nilsen

Happy Happy

Norway

40018

Shigeyuki Suzuki

Swing XI

Japan

40019

Josephine Emery

Hughie Lewis

Eurocentral

Australia

40020

John Calvert-Jones

Eric Moog

Dynamo

Canada

40021

Walt Logan

Matthew Short

Short Shipped

Australia

40022

Skip Purcell

Gürsel Ozturk, Ayhan Karaca, Taner Halacoglu

7 Bela

Turkey

40023

Eric Sissener

Michel Tiberini

Hagakure

France

40024

John Kilroy

Lumijarvi/Linnovaara

Siragusawa

Finland

Farr

O n e D e s ig n - R e gi s t e r

HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

CURRENT OWNER

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

40025

Peter Tong

Jeff Carter

Revolution Edake

Australia

40026

Tony Buckingham

Rob Goddard

FarrFalina

40027

Alexis Michas

Arnd Frohne

Glorious Dream

Germany

40028

Mario Ikeda

Yoshio Jimbo

Mario Express

Japan

40029

Vincenzo Onorato

Erik Wulff

Endorphin

USA - East Coast

40030

Mark Healy

Tom Parker

Stressless

USA - West Coast

40031

Borys Jaymowycz

Christian Gremion

French Kiss

Mexico

40032

Mark Bregman

Larry Bullman & Jeff Scholz

Yellow Jacket

USA - East Coast

40033

Jack Woodhull

Wes Huston

Wooly Bully

USA - West Coast

40034

John Ryan

On Deck Racing

Swordflounder

USA - Virgin Islands

40035

George Andreadis

Startis Andreadis

Atalanti XI

Greece

40036

Dickie Scruggs

Stuart Townsend

Virago

USA - Great Lakes

40037

Brian Jackman

Dirk Freeland

Skain Dhu

USA - West Coast

40038

Steve Mash

Chris Whitford

Hot Lips

USA - Great Lakes

40039

Mike Condon

Kinoshita

Javelin

Japan

40040

Stuart Brotz

Suzan Zinth

Albablu

Germany

40041

Richard Grunsten

Chuck Brewer

Heartbeat

USA - West Coast

40042

John DeLaura

Henrik Jansen

Silver Bullet

Denmark

40043

Warren Levins

Gary Beer

Sundance

USA - East Coast

40044

Helmut Jahn

Steve Ellis

Splash Gordon

Australia

40045

Tom Neill

Rob Ruhlman

Spaceman Spiff

USA - Great Lakes

40046

Kevin Boyle

Tony Pohl

Twisted

USA - West Coast

40047

Richard Marki

Jeff Janov

Dark Star

USA - West Coast

40048

Philip Dowd

Inferno

USA - Great Lakes

40049

Kouichi Agatsuma

Dottoressa

Japan

40050

Alan Field

Ray Godwin

Temptress

USA - West Coast

40051

Eduardo Ramos

Jacob L'Orsa

Farrig

Norway

40052

Oscar Strugstad

Mark Cloutier

Shazzam

Canada

40053

Rennie Miller

Johann-Philipp Reith

Hobbytry

Germany

40054

Stuart Greenfield & David Murrin

Ergin Imre

Provezza 5

Turkey

40055

John Calvert - Jones

Bero Vranic

Damaco

Croatia

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T h e Fa b u l o u s 4 0 s

230

HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

CURRENT OWNER

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

40056

Hasan Besneli

Ergin Imre

Provezza 6

Turkey

40057

Deneen Demourkas

Steve Murphy

JoAnn

USA - West Coast

40058

Hank McHale

Alek Krstajic

Honour

Canada

40059

Eduardo Ramos

JP Delmotte

Sarastro

France

40060

Rick Woodworth

Joe Carter & Dennis Rosene

Radical Departure III

USA - West Coast

40061

Peter Wright & Todd Cozzens

McLaughlin & Phelan

Defiant

Canada

40062

Philippe Kahn

David Harris

Psycho Circus

Hong Kong

40063

Dave Carrel

Anthony Lobb

PT 73

Australia

40064

Antonio Sodo Migliori/Massimo Mezzaroma

Ebbe Elmer Nielsen

Magic Mazda

Denmark

40065

Anthony Demulder

Martin & Lisa Hill

Estate Master

Australia

40066

Jim Johnson

Rick & Skip Sinclair

Bellerophon

USA - East Coast

40067

NOT BUILT

40068

Zarko Draganic & Hank Lammens

Pieralberto Setti

Shear Terror

Italy

40069

Robert Shaw

Joaquin Brockman

40070

Hasso Plattner

40071

John Oswald

Carlo Alberini, Renato Morsiani, Francesco Picaretta

Calvi

Italy

40072

Dario Ferrari

On Deck Racing

Madina

USA Virgin Islands

40073

Chris Doscher

Royal Danish Yacht Club

APM

Denmark

40074

Tom Hill

Stephen Boyes

Wired

Australia

40075

Jim Richardson

David Brae-Holm

Monick

Denmark

40076

Phil Schoeller

Kevin McNeil

Nightshift

USA - East Coast

40077

Vincenzo Onorato

Howard Lambourne

Lambourdini

Australia

40078

Mark Heely

Vasyl Gureyev

Arctur

Ukraine

40079

Mary Coleman

Astra

USA - West Coast

40080

Alberto Signorini

Rolf Auf der Maur

Kajsa II

Switzerland

40081

John Coumantaros

Matt Allen & Walter Lewin

Bandit

Australia

40082

Tony Buckingham

H2O Charters

Creative Play 2

40083

Don Hughes

40084

Takashi Okura

Mark Cloutier

Abracadabra

Canada

40085

Phillip Tollhurst

Ed Broadway

Hooligan

40086

Bruno Tronchetti Provera

Pieralberto Setti

Shear Terror

Italy

Mexico Destroyed

Destroyed

Farr

HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

CURRENT OWNER

40087

O n e D e s ig n - R e gi s t e r

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

NOT BUILT

40088

Renato Mazzeschi

Martin Stroebel

Vanitas Cube

Switzerland

40089

Hughes Lepic

Aleph

France

40090

Bill Helming

John Chuang

Shout

USA - East Coast

40091

Mark Timbrell

Alberto Rossi

Enfant Terrible

Italy

40092

Bob Hughes/Wally Tsuha

Bob Hughes

Heart Breaker

USA - Great Lakes

40093

Michael Illbruck

Royal Danish Yacht Club

MMM

Denmark

40094

Robin Patterson

Katanga

Caribbean

40095

Owen Kratz

Oak Cliff Sailing Center

Nimbus Black

USA - East Coast

40096

John Kilroy

Charles Swingland

Dark Side

40097

NOT BUILT

40098

George Andreadis

Atalanti

Greece

40099

Takashi Okura

Preben Ostberg/Bud Dailey/ /Todd Olds

Tsunami

USA - East Coast

40100

Vincenzo Onorato

Mascalzone Latino

Italy

40101

Hasso Plattner

Donald Wilson

Convexity

USA - Great Lakes

Armando Pierdomenico

MP30+10

Italy

40102

Antonio Sodo Migliori/Massimo Mezzaroma

40103

Arrivabene/Bocchini

Magnus Goertz

Jolly

Sweden

40104

John Coumantaros

Helmut Jahn

Flash Gordon

USA - Great Lakes

40105

Peter de Ridder

David Voss

Piranha

USA - West Coast

40106

Fred & Steve Howe

Oscar Krinsky

Chayah

USA - West Coast

40107

Fred & Steve Howe

Sverre Valeur

Team Bergen

Denmark

40108

Giovanni Maspero

Joe Fly

Italy

40109

NOT BUILT

40110

NOT BUILT

40111

NOT BUILT

40112

NOT BUILT Built By USWatercraft

40113

John Kilroy

Grant Hood

Vincere

Canada

40114

Richard Perini

Guido Bellgiorno-Nettis

Transfusion

Australia

40115

Jim Richardson

Barking Mad

USA - East Coast

40116

Wolfgang Stolz

Guido Bellgiorno-Nettis

Transfusion

Australia

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T h e Fa b u l o u s 4 0 s

HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

40117

NOT BUILT

40118

Vincenzo Onorato

CURRENT OWNER

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

Vincenzo Onorato

Mascalzone Latino

Italy

Nerone

Italy

40119

NOT BUILT Antonio Sodo Migliori & Massimo

Antonio Sodo Migliori & Massimo

Mezzaroma

40121

Lang Walker

Kokomo

Australia

40122

Alessandro Barnaba

Fiamma

Italy

40123

Eduardo Ramos

Bermardo Minkow

Flojito y Cooperando

Mexico

40124

HRH Prince Frederik

Nanoq

Denmark

40125

Erik Maris

Jeff Carter

Twin Edake

Australia

40126

Hasso Plattner

Morning Glory

Germany

40127

Matt Allen

John Demourkas

Groovederci

USA - West Coast

40128

Vasyl Gureyev

Arctur

Ukraine

40129

Lang Walker

Kokomo

Australia

40130

Peter de Ridder

Wolfgang Schaefer

Struntje Light

Germany

40131

William Douglass

Goombay Smash

USA - East Coast

40132

Dario Ferrari

Ergin Imre

Provezza 7

Turkey

40133

Alex Roepers

Plenty

USA - East Coast

40134

Fred & Steve Howe

Nico Poons

Charisma

Belgium

40135

John Thomson

Doug DeVos

Heritage

USA - Great Lakes

40136

Ole van der Hyde

Hasip Gencer

Uno-Asterisk

Turkey

40137

Michele & Gianluca Perris

Alberto Rossi

Enfant Terrible

Italy

40120

40138

NOT BUILT

40139

Vincenzo Onorato

Maurizio Guglielmo

Irina

Italy

40140

Helmut Jahn

Flash Gordon

USA - Great Lakes

Ex Young Australia

Australia

Built By McConaghy Boats

232

40201

Lawrence Shannon

Lucas & Kent Down

40202

Richard Perini

Bruce Staples

40203

John Calvert-Jones

Rod Jabin

Ramrod

USA - East Coast

40204

Warren Wiekmann

Leroy Brown

Australia

40205

Marcus Blackmore

Michael Cranitch & David Gotze

Enigma

Australia

Ex Corinthian Doors (Ex Norwegian Steam)

Australia

Farr

O n e D e s ig n - R e gi s t e r

HULL #

ORIGINAL OWNER

CURRENT OWNER

CURRENT BOAT NAME

COUNTRY/REGION

40206

Richard Perini

Ivan Wheen

Sputnik

Australia

40207

Brian Northcote

Oak Cliff Sailing Center

Nimbus Blue

USA - East Coast

40208

Michael Quinn

Chris Way

Easy Tiger II

Australia

40209

Shane Tyrell

Noel Murphy

Ex Terra Nova then Southern Star

Australia

40210

Steve Ellis

Brett Neill

White Cloud

New Zealand

Built By DK Yachts 40211

Lang Walker

Doug Coulter

Komodo

Australia

40212

Kevin Miller

Ed Psaltis

AFR Midnight Rambler

Australia

40214

David Urry

Wayne Banks Smith

War Games

Australia

40215

Dennis McDonald

Rob Robertson

Craklin Rosie

Australia

40216

Rob Skinner

Ivan Resnekov

Impi

Australia

40217

Phil Coombs

Russell McCart

Night Nurse

Australia

40218

Ivan Wheen

Michael Cooper

Prince of Wales

Australia

40219

Lang Walker

Andrew Hunn & Lloyd Clark

Voodoo Chile

Australia

40220

Philippe Kahn

Phil Arnall

Anger Management

Australia

40221

Wolfgang Schaefer

Alberto Franchi

FarrMarmo

Italy

40223

Steve O'Rourke

Panther

Australia

40224

Schle Wood

Ismet Ozbakir - Istanbul Sailing Academy

Zall

Turkey

40213

40222

Region (19 Countries)

# of Boats

America/Canada/Mexico

Australia/New Zealand/Japan

Italy

Europe Excl Italy

Destroyed

In build

Total built

152

Boat Number by Builder Carroll Marine

104

USWatercraft

DK Yachts

McConaghy Boats

Total

152

Total built

152

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Roll of Honour 1998 World Championship

2001 World Championship

2004 World Championship 1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

1. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

1. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

2. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

2. Southern Star J Calvert-Jones (AUS)

3. Wired Steve Garland (USA)

3. Warlord VII, Philip Tolhurst (GBR)

3. Warpath Steve & Fred Howe (USA)

4, Hissar Edgar Cato (USA)

4. Victric, Tony de Mulder (GBR)

4. Le Renard Steve Phillips (USA)

5. Solution John Thomson (USA)

5. GBR25, Mark Heeley (GBR)

5. TWT Marco Rodolfi (ITA)

6. Alliance Skip Purcell (USA)

6. Aleph, Hughes Lepic (GBR)

6. Slingshot Chuck Parrish (USA)

2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

1999 World Championship

2002 World Championship

2005 World Championship

1. Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy (USA)

1. Le Renard Steve Phillips (USA)

1. Evolution Richard Perini (AUS)

2. Mascalzone Latino V. Onorato (ITA)

2. Crocodile Rock Alex Geremia & Scott Harris (USA)

2. Team Shockwave Neville Crichton (AUS)

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

3. Grooverderci Deneen & John Demourkas (USA)

3. TWT Marco Rodolfi (ITA)

4. Southern Star J Calvert-Jones (AUS)

4. Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy (USA)

4. Warpath Steve and Fred Howe (USA)

5. Flyer Doug Mongeon (USA)

5. Nerone, M Mezzaroma & A Migliori (ITA)

5. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

6. Blue Chip Walter Logan (USA)

6. Pegasus Philippe Kahn (USA)

6. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

2000 World Championship

2003 World Championship

2006 World Championship

1. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

1. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

2. Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy (USA)

2. Nela Michael Illbruck (GER)

2. Ichi Ban Matt Allen (AUS)

3. Atalanti George Andreadis (GRE)

3. Bambakou John Coumantaros (USA)

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

4. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

4. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

4. Opus One Wolfgang Stolz (GER)

5. Solution John Thomson (USA)

5. Southern Star John Calvert-Jones (AUS)

5. Warpath Steve & Fred Howe (USA)

6. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

6. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

6. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI)

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2007 World Championship

2010 World Championship

2011 World Championship

1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA)

1. Nerone Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Alberto Signorini (ITA)

1. Transfusion Guido Belgiorno-Nettis (AUS)

2. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

2. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA)

3. Struntje Light Wolfgang Schaefer (GER)

3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA)

4. Plenty Alex Roepers (USA)

4. Flash Gordon Helmut & Evan Jahn (USA)

5. Charisma Nico Poons (MON)

5. Estate Master Lisa & Martin Hill (AUS)

6. Fiamma Alessandro Barnaba (ITA)

6. Goombay Smash William Douglass (USA)

2. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) 3. Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA) 4. Sputnik Ivan Wheen (AUS) 5. Opus One Wolfgang Stolz (GER) 6. Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA) 2008 World Championship 1. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA) 2. Joe Fly Giovanni Maspero (ITA) 3. Mean Machine Peter de Ridder (MON) 4. Nanoq Crown Prince Frederik (DEN) 5. Calvi Network Carlo Alberni (ITA) 6. Alinghi Ernesto Bertarelli (SUI) 2009 World Championship 1, Barking Mad Jim Richardson (USA) 2, Nerone Massimo Mezzaroma & Antonio Sodo Migliori (ITA) 3. Joe Fly Giovanni Maspero (ITA) 4. Mascalzone Latino Vincenzo Onorato (ITA) 5. Flash Gordon Helmut Jahn (USA) 6. Plenty Alex Roepers (USA)

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There was some serendipity in the thing. The 40 foot size turned out to be manageable for a lot of owners, and straightforward to sail in mechanical terms. One of the key decisions was going with the runner-less rig so the boat could be more or less bullet proof.

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Acknowledgments

Presidents Roll of Honour

Irvine Laidlaw, MON, Oui Fling 1997 - 1998 Steve Garland, USA, Wired 1998 - 1999 John Calvert-Jones, AUS, Southern Star 1999 - 2002 Jim Richardson, USA, Barking Mad 2002 - 2011 Martin Hill, AUS, Estate Master 2011 -

Life Members John Calvert-Jones, AUS, Southern Star 2008 Jim Richardson, USA, Barking Mad 2011 The Farr 40 class would like to acknowledge the assistance of all those who have made this book possible: The four stakeholders: John Calvert-Jones, Jim Richardson, Lang Walker and Vincenzo Onorato. Rolex for their long-standing support of the Class and supply of photographs in this book. Bob Fisher for the words and editorial contribution. Geoff Stagg for his motivation, diligence and attention to detail. Barry Pickthall and his team at PPL for picture research, design and illustrations. The photographers: Kurt Arrigo/Rolex: 2, 13, 146, 18, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 47, 148, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227 Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex: 8/9, 10, 15, 17, 20, 22, 38, 44, 46, 59, 73, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 133, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 196, 238/239 Farr Yacht Design: 16, 24/25 Bob Fisher/ PPL: 11, 34, 48, 49, 50, 51 Daniel Forster/PPL: 14, 20, 21, 28, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 72 Daniel Forster/Rolex: 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 122, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 144, 145, 150,151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 204, 206, 206, 207, 208, 238/239 Andrea Francolini/DPPI: 210, 211, 213 Dallas Kilponen: 186, 212, 214 Kos Picture Source: 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71 Ian Mainsbridge/PPL: 40 Francesco Nonnoi: 194, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202 Isao Toyama: 214, 215 Onne Van Der Wal: 74, 75, 76. 77. 79 240