In This Issue
• Battle To The End on Biscay
• World Sailing approve Committee and Commission appointments until 2024
• Club Secretary - Sea View Yacht Club
• Shanghai, Dubai, Goodbye?
• Peter de Savary backs Ineos Team UK to beat Team New Zealand for Auld Mug
• UK National Swallow Class
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Dubai - Muscat Race
• Industry News
• Featured Brokerage:
• • V&B MAYENNE Imoca 60
• • Starkel Star 64
• • NEEL 47 - Trimaran
• The Last Word: Shel Silverstein

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Battle To The End on Biscay
After the finishes on Saturday, Jeremie Beyou in 13th and Romain Attanasio in 14th arriving in Les Sables d'Olonne's channel at either end of the day, six more skippers are due to finish this week, among them France's Arnaud Boissieres and Stephane Le Diraison, Switzerland's Alan Roura, Japan's Kojiro Shiraishi, Great Britain's Pip Hare and Spain's Didac Costa.

The next estimated arrival times)

Wednesday 10th February between 2pm and midnight

- Arnaud Boissieres (La Mie Câline - Artisans Artipole)
- Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG MORI - Global One)

Thursday, 11 February between midnight and 2 p.m

- Alan Roura (La Fabrique)
- Stephane le Diraison (Time For Oceans)
- Pipe Hare (Medallia)

Friday 12th February

- Didac Costa (One Planet One Ocean)

After returning to sea Isabelle Joschke (MACSF) and Sam Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) who are out of the race are two hundred miles apart progressing off the Brasilian coast.

www.vendeeglobe.org

World Sailing approve Committee and Commission appointments until 2024
World Sailing's Council, the ultimate decision-making body of World Sailing, have approved the appointments to the Committees and Commissions for 2021 - 2024.

Members of World Sailing's Committees and Commissions are experts in their fields and include internationally renowned sailors, officials, coaches and administrators. Working within their terms of reference, they provide pivotal and expert guidance to World Sailing in the interests and the wellbeing of the sport worldwide.

World Sailing's Member National Authorities nominated hundreds of capable volunteers from around the globe. The Board of Directors carried out an in-depth review of their CV's bearing in mind a new set of new key principles they devised such as: relevant experience and expertise, good female representation, strong geographical split, focus on emerging nations and new members to introduce fresh thinking.

The World Sailing's Board of Directors then put forward a list of Committee and Commission members to Council for ratification, which was unanimously approved.

David Graham, World Sailing Chief Executive Officer, commented, "World Sailing's MNA's put forward a very high-calibre list of nominations for the 2021 - 2024 quadrennium and the Board of Directors spent countless hours conducting a detailed review, where each nominee was scrutinised for their suitability to their nominated Committee or Commission.

Appointed Chairs and Vice-Chairs by Committee / Commission are:

Coaches Commission
Chair - Nadine Stegenwalner (GER)
Vice-Chair - Aiko Saito (JPN)

Constitution Committee
Chair - David Tillett (AUS)
Vice-Chair - Sarah Treseder (GBR)

Development and Regions Committee
Chair - Pinar Coskuner Genc (TUR)
Vice-Chair - Irina Perez Leroux (DOM)

Equipment Committee
Chair - Jurgen Cluytmans (BEL)
Vice-Chair - Cedric Fraboulet (FRA)

Equipment Rules Sub-committee
Chair - Dimitris Dimou (GRE)
Vice-Chair - William Abbott (CAN)

Ethics Commission
Chair - Graham McKenzie (NZL)
Vice-Chair - Charlie Manzoni (HKG)

Events Committee
Chair - John Derbyshire (GBR)
Vice-Chair - Sofia Tedin (ARG)

International Judges Sub-committee
Chair - Andrus Poksi (EST)
Vice-Chair - Gonzalo Heredia (ARG)

International Measurers Sub-committee
Chair - Aileen Loo (SGP)
Vice-Chair - Alistair Deaves (NZL)

International Umpires Sub-committee
Chair - Chris Lindsay (IRL)
Vice-Chair - Natalia Chubenko (RUS)

Match Racing Sub-committee
Chair - Michael Röllick (FIN)
Vice-Chair - Yana Dobzhitskaya (RUS)

Medical Commission
Chair - Benedict Tan (SGP)
Vice-Chair - Nebojsa Nikolic (CRO)

Oceanic and Offshore Committee
Chair - Matt Allen (AUS)
Vice-Chair - Corinne Migraine (FRA)

Para World Sailing Committee
Chair - Betsy Alison (USA)
Vice-Chair - David Staley (AUS)

Race Management Sub-committee
Chair - Ewa Jodlowska (POL)
Vice-Chair - David Brookes (AUS)

Race Officials Committee
Chair - Ricardo Navarro (BRA)
Vice-Chair - Nino Shmueli (ISR)

Racing Rules Committee
Chair - Ana Sanchez del Campo (ESP)
Vice-Chair - Richard Slater (AUS)

Regional Games Sub-committee
Chair - Beatriz Gonzalez Luna (MEX)
Vice-Chair - Qu Chun (CHN)

Special Regulations Sub-committee
Chair - Sally Honey (USA)
Vice-Chair - James Dadd (GBR)

Team Racing Sub-committee
Chair - Fiona Kidd (CAN)
Vice-Chair - Michael O'Connor (IRL)

Youth Events Sub-committee
Chair - Charles Glover (GBR)
Vice-Chair - Pei Ming Chung (SGP)

The Committees and Commissions will serve through to the 2024 Annual Conference.

www.sailing.org

Club Secretary - Sea View Yacht Club
Salary - Competitive

We are a Yacht Club on the Isle of Wight. While our 1,700 members include the first woman to captain a boat in the Whitbread around the world race and an Olympic multi-gold winner, the majority are sailing families.

We are looking for a senior executive to lead all business activities within the club including budget management, managing the team, operations management (including Food & Beverage), social and sailing activities.

We have a range activities including:
- A vibrant members’ summer season
- An extensive suite of members’ training courses as an RYA Accredited Sail Training Academy
- A quality racing program
- An exciting sailing program for Isle of Wight Schools
- A thriving chartering business

On the water we enjoy both racing and sailing our:
- Fleet of over 200 privately owned Sea View One Design dinghies (this class, founded in 1931, is the largest locally built one-design dinghy class anywhere in the world)
- Large fleet of Club owned sailing dinghies including Optimists, Teras, Picos, Toppers, Lasers, Fevas, Visions, Buzzes and Dart 16 Catamarans
- Fleet of Club owned, unique racing keel boats - the Seaview Mermaids

The Candidate will have:
- A strong leadership style: The ability to lead from the front, and work as part of a small full time team with our Director of Sailing and House Management
- Great communication skills: To communicate effectively with Members, Flag Officers, Charterers, staff, suppliers, and the local community
- A proven track record in operational management skills including:
- - Financial management from developing budgets to delivering results
- - Some food and beverage experience
- - HR awareness and people management experience
- - Understanding of and ability to deliver a modern and effective office environment including technology solutions and streamlined processes
- - Ensuring compliance with all current Health & Safety and environmental regulations

An enthusiasm for the sea is highly desirable, but individual sailing experience is not essential.

This is a permanent full-time position based in Seaview on the Isle of Wight. You will need to live on the Isle of Wight for this position.

To apply, please send a CV by email to Commodore John Edwards together with a short covering letter that explains why you are interested and why you believe you will stand out from other applicants. Please provide details of your current position and renumeration.

Applications to be made by 12 February 2021.

Shanghai, Dubai, Goodbye?
You really don't need to be Inspector Jacques Clouseau (the French spelling), to join the dots on where this is all heading and the absolute key to everything is out there in plain sight, every day sailing around the Hauraki Gulf - the AC75 class. Let me start with that.

What we have racing today is a development class of boats. They look spectacular and other-worldly - just what the Cup needs. But if the class continued into another cycle, which it surely must, the next generation of these boats will make the current ones look like combine harvesters. The generation on will be slicker, sharper, better detailed and work better. That's evolution. That's what development classes do. Compare an International Moth of Rohan Veal's era to Paul Goodison's of today and it's a different boat. Completely different.

But the key is that this boat concept can sail anywhere in the world. If the Defenders, whoever that may be, decided to chase the money and opt for Abu Dhabi or Qingdao then no problem with designing the boats to suit the conditions. What we've seen in Auckland when the boats go displacement in light winds, is utterly boring. But if the mean wind was 5-8 knots, the boats would de designed for those conditions and be more refined than a Stradivarius violin. They would be epic yachts that would probably disintegrate in 18 knots of breeze but in the lower wind ranges would still be capable of punching out eye-watering speeds. In short, this design is versatile. And it's exciting.

So now we have a class of boat that can race anywhere in the world, the options are wide open for the Defending yacht club to select whatever venue is commercially the best option.

Magnus Wheatley's full daily grenade in Rule69blog.com

Peter de Savary backs Ineos Team UK to beat Team New Zealand for Auld Mug
A former America's Cup challenger and multi-millionaire businessman predicts Ineos Team UK will not only defeat Luna Rossa in the upcoming Prada Cup final - but that Sir Ben Ainslie's syndicate will go one step further and beat Team New Zealand for the Auld Mug.

In an interview with The Times, 76-year-old entrepreneur and former America's Cup sailor Peter de Savary says Team UK's remarkable comeback after a disastrous World Series in December is proof that they can break Britain's 170-year drought.

Ainslie and Co failed to win a single race - and stay on their foils in the lighter breeze - in December's four-day regatta before sweeping all before them in the Prada Cup round robin to book a spot in the final against the Italians.

The best-of-13 race Prada Cup final starts on Saturday, with the winner advancing to next month's America's Cup match against defender Team New Zealand.

If I were a betting man, I would not put my money on New Zealand; I would put a lot of money on Ben Ainslie," De Savary told The Times.

"I was obviously concerned for Ben when I saw the performance before Christmas, but I was in no doubt he would put things right and of course he has done that.

www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/

UK National Swallow Class
The National Swallow Class is on the move this year with an exciting new website showcasing the class and plans afoot to lend out the few boats not currently active to prospective newcomers. With a new builder about to be appointed and a team planning to sponsor new boats the future for the class is rosy.

The Swallow is a wonderfully responsive boat to sail and Itchenor Sailing Club, in the outstandingly beautiful Chichester Harbour, is a delightful place to race them. With the new website at www.swallowclass.org the rest of the world will be able to discover what racing one of these modern classics is all about.

Some parts of the new site will be useful to newcomers, whilst others will act as the first point of contact for our regulars to gather information before a day's sailing. The new Crew-Search facility will allow crews to get in contact with those looking for crew and will be a great benefit to the class.

The Itchenor Swallow Fleet has always been lucky in that most of the boats race regularly but looking to the future, like all classes, it is necessary to keep bringing newcomers in. There are a few underused boats in race order and ready to go that the class plans to make available to potential newcomers to use for a midsummer programme. Details are still being finalised and will be announced later this month.

www.swallowclass.org

Seahorse February 2021
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

ORC - A tough job
More people are spending more money and are making (much) more effort to race big multihulls competitively so it’s only right that the scoring too should be more accurate. Dobbs Davis

RORC news - Due process
Eddie Warden-Owen

Seahorse build table - Pocket rocket
Thirty-foot, potential for homebuilding, fast as a scalded cat and foxy to boot. Kevin Dibley

An ingenious mind
C Raymond Hunt - famous for his racing powerboats but, as Tom Price says, prodigious too in creating fast and innovative sailboats

IMA - Reset time
Andrew Mcirvine

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Dubai - Muscat Race
DATE: Friday 26th February 2021
COURSE: Dubai, UAE - Muscat, Oman
DISTANCE (nm): 360

Organised by the United Arab Emirates Sailing and Rowing Federation.

The course will be from Dubai to Muscat and the sailing area is the waters of the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman

The 29th edition of this competitive 360-mile race takes the fleet along the coast of the UAE before rounding the remote Musandam peninsula and then down the coast of Oman. The race starts against the dramatic urban backdrop of the Dubai skyscraper skyline, before competitors proceed to pass the Ras al-Khaimah and through the Strait of Hormuz where the fleet can enjoy the spectacular sight of the mountains of Musandam before exiting the Gulf of Arabia into the Indian Ocean. With the possibility of electrical storms and changeable tropical conditions this is a challenging adventure for every competitor.

www.rorc.org

Industry News
Allianz Benelux and the Watersportverbond have agreed a partnership for 8 years. Allianz supports the Watersportverbond in its mission to offer Dutch people to go on the water safely, successfully and with pleasure, now and in the future.

In addition, Allianz become title partner of the Dutch Sailing Team in Olympic classes. The broad partnership in water sports is in line with the goal of Allianz - "We secure your future". It also complements Allianz's global partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Allianz has been supporting the International Paralympic Committee since 2006 and launched the global partnership of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the period 2021-2028 on January 11, 2021. With this too, Allianz wants to work on a better and inclusive world through sports on the basis of the Olympic and Paralympic vision.

The synergy between the three partners with regard to the above objectives is expressed in the motto of the partnership: "The Future is Water". The Watersportverbond, Allianz and TIG Sports believe in the power of water and the power of sport and are joining forces towards the future. Top sport, recreational sport, events, education, sustainability and innovation are the most important themes.

Sjoerd Laarberg, CEO of Allianz Netherlands: "We look forward to working together with the Watersportverbond and TIG Sports. Their ambition to make water sports accessible to everyone in clean water fits perfectly with our aim to contribute to a carefree and sustainable future. Not only for our customers, employees and business partners, but also for everyone who cares about water sports, from young to old and from young talent to top athlete."

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Add Sail Windjammer to the list of cruise companies that are shutting down for good due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The one-ship firm, which operated a historic, nearly-100-year-old sailing vessel called Mandalay, has posted a notice on its website and social media pages saying it's out of business.

"We cannot see a path forward for our operation," the company said in the notice. "COVID-19 has been a devastation to our business that we don't see a way to recover from."

In the notice, Sail Windjammer noted that Mandalay - a large, three-masted schooner that can hold up to 72 passengers - recently suffered damage that needed repair, adding to the company's financial burdens.

"We gathered all repair and maintenance estimates, costs and our financial position to evaluate how we could move forward financially," the company said. "We have tried everything possible to figure out how to continue this past week."

Sail Windjammer added that "not qualifying for any small business loans along with 10 months of no income has crippled our operations."

Like many cruise companies, Sail Windjammer hadn't operated any departures since March 2020 due to the pandemic.

thepointsguy.com

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To help clarify some confusion created by a recent announcement from Sparcraft South Africa regarding their intention to expand into the United States, Sparcraft America confirms its continuing design, manufacturing, sales and distribution capabilities in the US market. Wichard Groupe, parent company of Sparcraft America, has a large investment in manufacturing facilities in the US and continues to maintain their reputation as a premium supplier to the marine industry.

According to VP of Sales and Marketing for Wichard America, Kevin Coughlin, "Sparcraft America is coming off a successful year and we remain committed to supplying and servicing all our existing customers. We are not in any way related to Sparcraft South Africa who recently announced their intent to export to the American market.

For over 100 years, Wichard has created top-quality stainless-steel products from its French headquarters. Wichard Group now also includes Profurl, Sparcraft, Facnor, Lorima and Peguet brands, which are represented across North America through its US headquarters in Charlotte, NC.

www.wichardamerica.com

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Crocus Expo, the organisers of the 14th Moscow Boat Show, today confirmed that this year's show should take place in the Crocus Centre from 4-7 March as planned.

The show regularly attracts over 300 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors.

Meanwhile, the ABF exhibition company in Prague is waiting to make an updated announcement next week about its boat show due to be held from 12-14 March but did not sound very hopeful when contacted by IBI today.

www.ibinews.com

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Ocean Safety have made a key new appointment at its Plymouth office. The specialists in the worldwide supply, distribution, service and hire of marine safety equipment have promoted Max Wilson to South West Area Commercial Account Manager.

Max will support the company's customers within the shipping, commercial fishing, superyacht, ferry and shipbuilding sectors in the South West England and South Wales regions. He will be working closely with customers in the area, continuing to provide Ocean Safety's high level of customer support and consultancy to tailor bespoke safety specifications and fulfil personalised solutions.

He will also be responsible for growing sales of safety equipment. Inventories include man overboard recovery equipment, liferafts and lifejackets, as well as lifesaving equipment for dockside areas.

www.oceansafety.com

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Extensively updated and refitted, professionally maintained from her current owner, great example to the successful Starkel 64 semi-custom mini-series. STELLA MARIS is now under just her second ownership since new.

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