In This Issue
• Easter Chocolates for Ino XXX & Aries
• Alive
• The easier the better - B&G
• Mussanah Open Championship
• Storm Trysail Club will host half-day virtual Safety-at-Sea Session April 10th
• Ray Davies on 36th America's Cup victory
• Yachting's greener future discussed at Monaco
• 2021 Classic Boat Awards
• UK Law To Protect Sailing In Polar Regions
• From the Vendee Globe to industry; what technology transfers?
• Using Sailboats and Yachts as Tools for Therapy
• Letters to the Editor
• Featured Charter: Andrasta - i39-OS
• Featured Brokerage:
• • EVA - William Fife III Gaff Cutter
• • Swan 115-003 Highland Fling 15
• • Knierim FC53 - NICA
• The Last Word: Voltaire

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Easter Chocolates for Ino XXX & Aries
RORC Commodore James Neville, racing HH42 Ino XXX took line honours and the overall win after IRC time correction. Photo by Paul Wyeth. Click on image to enlarge.

The Royal Ocean Racing Club 2021 season got underway on Easter Saturday with an inshore race in the Solent of approximately 38 nautical miles, the first of three races in the 2021 RORC Spring Series. The top three boats included the fastest and slowest rated boats under IRC as well as the top Two-Handed team. RORC Commodore James Neville, racing HH42 Ino XXX took line honours and the overall win after IRC time correction. Kelvin Rawlings racing Sun Fast 3300 Aries, Two-Handed with Stuart Childerley, was runner up by just six seconds on corrected time from Sam Laidlaw's Quarter Tonner BLT. Ed Bell's JPK 1180 Dawn Treader was just 44 seconds off the podium.

Starting downwind from the Royal Squadron Line, the fleet split evenly between the island and mainland shores. Sailplane, Tigris, Stormwave and Just So got away well close to the Squadron Platform. A north easterly breeze of 13 knots built during the course of the race, gusting up to 20 knots. After a slack tide at the start, the incoming tide produced ever-increasing, classic Solent chop. With eight legs at every point of sail, the RORC Race Team set a course that tested boat handling, as well as tactical skills.

Aries was the winner of the IRC Two-Handed Class, James Harayda's Sun Fast 3300 Gentoo, racing with Dee Caffari was runner-up and Rob Craigie's Sunfast 3600 Bellino, racing with Deb Fish was third.

The RORC Spring Series continues with the second race, scheduled to start on Saturday 10th April. The Notice of Race requires that all crew shall comply with current Covid-19 guidelines, and with respect to social distancing at all times. -- Louay Habib

Full Results

www.rorc.org

Alive
The Solent came back to life this weekend with the Junior Offshore Group, one of Britain's greatest best-kept-secret sailing clubs, arranging its season opener - The Lonely Tower Race - amidst ongoing Covid restrictions that are slowly easing in the UK as the vaccine roll-out continues apace. And what a glorious sight it was, beautifully captured by Rick Tomlinson. Seeing the Solent filled with racing boats once again is something to behold and something that we must never take for granted.

Starting just down the Green from the Royal Yacht Squadron, the JOG's startline is from a starting box at the end of a garden set back from the beach and it's a quintessentially British institution that was established in 1950 to give smaller boats a taste of 'offshore' sailing. The club runs a highly active season (www.jog.org.uk) around the Solent and English Channel and in more straitened times, has a brilliant social scene. It's a club for those who know what good looks like - run by racers, for racers, it is possibly the most inclusive of all clubs in the UK - everyone is welcome.

And it's highly competitive IRC racing. Lockdown hasn't stopped the progression of IRC and there was some beautifully well-sorted out machinery on display with some expensive sail wardrobes getting an airing in just about perfect conditions. -- Magnus Wheatley

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www.jog.org.uk

The easier the better - B&G
And the latest Nemesis data display system from B&G is as easy to operate as it is to read... (and in all conditions)

Mast-mounted instrument displays that are touch-screen and customisable; the appeal of B&G's new product Nemesis is easy to see from any angle. In the age of touchscreen phones and tablets, it seems such an obvious idea yet Nemesis is the first product in the marine market to boast these finger-sensitive capabilities. No more having to go down below to pore through a myriad of data at the nav station - you can swipe through different screens of your choosing directly from the mast display. Or if you prefer, you can swipe through Nemesis screens via your Apple Watch.

Development of Nemesis started in February 2020 - and took only eight months from development to market despite taking place in the year that was defined by the arrival of Covid-19.

Full article in the April Issue of Seahorse

Mussanah Open Championship
Following a successful track-record in hosting international sailing events, the Sultanate of Oman has garnered worldwide attention as one of the world's most exciting event hosts and emerging tourist hotspot. The eyes of the sailing community will turn to Oman during the Mussanah Open Championship 2021, which will also act as the Final Olympic qualification for Asian and African nations.

49er Class: Top three after 9 races, 1 discard
1. Ganapathy Kelapanda Chengappa / Varun Ashok Thakkar, IND, 26 points
2. Benjamin Talbot Daniel / Alex Burger, RSA, 35
3. Hong Wei / Chao Xiang, CHN, 36

49erFX Class: Top three after 9 races, 1 discard
1. Molly Highfield / Sandy Wing Chi Choi, HKG, 15
2. Chen Shasha / Ye Jin, CHN, 16
3. Kamonchanok Klahan / Nichapa Waiwai, THA, 22

Laser Radial Class: Top three after 6 races, 1 discard
1. Nethra Kumanan, IND, 7
2. Emma Charlotte Jeanne Savelon, NED, 12
3. Ramya Saravanan, IND, 20

RS:X Men Class
1. Natthapong Phonoppharat, THA, 8
2. Yancy Kaibigan, PHI, 17
3. Navin Singsart, THA, 31

RS:X Women Class
1. Charizanne Napa, PHI, 9
2. Amanda Ng Ling Kai, SGP, 11
3. Ishwariya Ganesh, IND, 20

Full results

www.omansail.com/mussanah-open-championship

Storm Trysail Club will host half-day virtual Safety-at-Sea Session April 10th
In its continuing mission to improve Safety at Sea education Storm Trysail has organized a 4-hour Zoom session on important Safety at Sea topics.

The Session will include modules on:

- Leadership and Seamanship
- Heavy Weather Sailing
- Weather Safety
- Damage Control
- Crew Overboard

The Zoom is Saturday, April 10 and will last from 1000 - 1430 Eastern (0900 - 1330 Central) - $50 ($25 for Storm Trysail Members).

Learn more about the topics, presenters, and register for this innovative and informative session on our website.

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Ray Davies on 36th America's Cup victory
Justin Chisholm's guest on the fifth and final episode of the Yacht Racing Podcast EXTRA for March 2021 is New Zealand sailor Ray Davies - a key member of the Emirates Team New Zealand syndicate that earlier this month successfully defended the America's Cup on their home waters off Auckland, New Zealand.

As well as having been instrumental in introducing the original concept of a foiling monohull that so successfully evolved into the astonishing AC75s that the teams raced in the 36th America's Cup, Davies was also in charge of the Team New Zealand sailing programme - including driving the team's chase boat in mock match races to help hone Peter Burling's pre-start tactics.

During the over an hour long interview the pair discuss:

- How the AC75 concept first saw the light of day and how it subsequently evolved into a high-performance match racing boat
- the various design paths taken by the four teams with their two AC75st
- how the AC75 rule might evolve now for the next edition of the America's Cup and beyondt
- the importance of attracting more teams to future editions of the America's Cup

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Yachting's greener future discussed at Monaco
The future of yachting was the focus of the Yacht Club de Monaco during the Principality's recent Monaco Ocean Week.

Targeting best practices for protecting the marine environment, the six-day event was a collaboration among the Prince Albert II Foundation, the Monaco Oceanographic Institute and the Monaco Scientific Centre.

'New Energy Sources and Carbon Emissions: Looking Forward' was the theme of The Yacht Club de Monaco which therefore held its 10th 'La Belle Classe Superyachts Environmental Symposium' as the transport sector moves toward carbon neutrality by 2050, according to coverage by the Monaco Tribune.

"Hydrogen, batteries, solar, wind, hydro-electricity, we are putting all of these technologies to the test in extreme conditions to see whether they could be used on a large scale," explained Victorien Erussad, president, captain and founder of 'Energy Explorer', a catamaran powered solely by renewable energies that uses hydrogen as a means to store energy.

Other alternatives include biofuel, natural gas, algo-fuel, and bioethanol as well as thermal engines.

The most momentum worldwide, thus far, seems to be in electric batteries and hydrogen, with the latter looked at as the best for a faster transition to new fuel. -- Tony Esposito

www.ibinews.com

2021 Classic Boat Awards
The Classic Boat Awards will be presented by Classic Boat group editor Rob Peake, with special guest Harold Cudmore.

We are delighted to welcome guest speaker Barney Sandeman, of the Sandeman Yacht Company.

Classic Boat editor Steffan Meyric Hughes and the magazine's columnist Tom Cunliffe will both present awards.

The ceremony will also feature the MD of Classic Marine and Suffolk Yacht Harbour Jonathan Dyke, the Commodore of the Gstaad Yacht Club, Manrico Iachia, restoration expert and historian Enrico Zaccagni of Zacboats, naval architect Jack Gifford and the skipper of the US schooner When and If, Seth Salzmann.

This year's digital ceremony will reveal the year's best yacht and motoryacht restorations, the best boats built in a traditional style, the best modern classics, as well as the recipients of the Classic Boater of the Year Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Classic Boat Awards will be broadcast at 4pm UK time on Thursday, 15 April.

Please feel free to share this invitation with others who might like to tune in.

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UK Law To Protect Sailing In Polar Regions
Consultation on putting international rules designed to protect polar regions and those that sail on them into UK law has begun.

The rules, known as the Polar Code, cover safety-related requirements including ship design, construction and equipment as well as the protection of the eco-systems of the polar regions.

The Code has been developed by the International Maritime Organisation with input from the UK.

The MCA points out operators should already be working to it, but putting it into law is part of the organisation's ongoing commitment to cleaner seas and protection of the environment.

The consultation on the proposals will run until mid-May.

www.boatingbusiness.com

From the Vendee Globe to industry; what technology transfers?
Over the years, the IMOCAs have become veritable technology laboratories. Autopilots, optical fiber, satellite communication systems or even security, progress is everywhere and continues to inspire more and more businesses in the maritime sector. The innovations developed for offshore racing are performance driven and developed across a large market ranging from yachting to the merchant navy. Focus on these technology transfers.

Among the boats returning from the Vendee Globe, some teams are focusing on repairs while others are making a series of modifications to improve performance. The new technologies used on IMOCAs are numerous and avant-garde in the maritime environment. The transfers between these advances validated at the prototype scale and the consumer industry tend to develop more and more.

From the construction to the proper functioning of an IMOCA, today the process is very fast. The last few years attest to this, since we have been able to see the construction of latest generation boats starting only a year and a half before the start of the solo round-the-world race. "Today is March 2021 and new generation IMOCAs will sail for the Route du Rhum next year," explains Sebastien Gueho, technical director of GSea Design, a structural design and calculation company. "In ocean racing, we have different innovation timescales than in the conventional industry. The developments made here allow us to progress enormously because the timing of the races imposes this speed," he concludes.

imoca.org

Using Sailboats and Yachts as Tools for Therapy
Two organizations, one in the US and the other in Europe, are taking the therapy name and applying it to boating, but in a much more literal sense. Targeting very different audiences, the groups share a similar goal of using boats and the water as informal therapeutic tools to make their clients' lives easier and more enjoyable.

"We got started in 2013 working with another military-adoptive sports program," says Cory Kapes, program manager of Warrior Sailing, which teaches veterans how to sail.

The program initially started by working with paraplegic sailing groups, eventually offering two or three events each year. But now Warrior Sailing has multiple certification programs in different parts of the country, taught by expert sailors, including former America's Cup skippers and transatlantic racers.

Experiential Yachting takes a very different approach to therapy on the water. Founder Maria Alekseenko, who started a yacht-therapy program in 2016, focuses on individuals or families who want specific therapeutic modalities on either a chartered yacht or an owner's personal vessel. The Monaco-based firm offers a tailored 3- to 7-day experience with the aim of improving the quality of life for people living with serious diseases. "Being at sea in general is far more meaningful to humans than just cruising from one destination to another," Alekseenko told Robb Report. "The rolling motion of waves has a positive effect on our bodies, both physically and mentally."

Full article in The Robb Report

Featured Charter
Andrasta - i39-OS

British built and designed specifically for longer offshore events, providing a safe yet exciting ride for the eight crew.

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Contact
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Call: +44 (0) 20 3920 6261
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Featured Brokerage
1906 William Fife III Gaff Cutter - 'EVA'. 375000 EUR. Located in France

With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that some of William Fife III's best designs were those built speculatively as ‘stock boats’; perhaps because they were purely what he thought was right, with no outside influence from a commissioning owner or the requirement to fit a rating rule.

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Sandeman Yacht Company Ltd
22 Market Place
Poole
BH15 1NF

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Swan 115-003 Highland Fling 15. 7,950,000 VAT Paid. Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Highland Fling 15 is Germán Frers design along with the demanding requirements of a highly experienced, serial Swan yacht owner.

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Nautor's Swan Brokerage - Thomas Perry

Tel. +377 97 97 95 07
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2008 Knierim FC53 - NICA. 1500000 EUR. Located in Whangaparaoa, Auckland - New Zealand.

This Knierim FC53 is the ultimate offshore cruising yacht for the experienced sailor. Full carbon build and in excellent condition, she is now ready for the next sailor to achieve 270+ mile days in complete comfort.

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The Last Word
I always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: "O Lord, make our enemies quite ridiculous!" God granted it. -- Voltaire

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