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In This Issue
• A fast start with a long, interesting leg ahead from Alicante to Genova
• Double Dutch delight on final day of Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Ylliam XII Comptoir Immobilier, winner of the 82nd Bol d'Or Mirabaud
• 25-Knot Finish To Bol D'or Mirabaud
• The Ocean Race Europe - Leg 2
• Sunrise dances to victory in the Morgan Cup
• Skeleton Key and Cavalino Win Around-the-Island Race at 167th Annual Regatta
• John Winning - One Of 'The Big Three'
• How the demand for offshore race training has exploded
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Vismara Marine V62 Mills
• • Soto 65 - Camiranga
• • BoatThree
• The Last Word: Karl R. Popper

A fast start with a long, interesting leg ahead from Alicante to Genova
The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe got underway today in Alicante, Spain where the 12-boat international fleet of yachts representing nine countries and crewed by sailors from around the world set off into the Mediterranean bound for Genova, Italy.

In contrast to the predominantly breezy conditions the crews experienced on the first two legs the weather forecast for leg three calls for light winds throughout the 600-nautical mile (nm) / 1,100-kilometre (km) passage to Genova.

The points spread among the top three teams in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes could not be closer as the fleet left Alicante for the final offshore stage on the new professional yachting event.

In the seven-boat VO65 class Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team (POR) and AkzoNobel Ocean Racing (NED) are in first and second, tied on 11 points, with Sailing Team Poland (POL) in third, just one point behind.

Remarkably, the scores in the five-boat IMOCA 60 class are even tighter, with the top three teams - LinkedOut (FRA), Offshore Team Germany (GER) and 11th Hour Racing Team (USA) - all sitting on nine points.

The course for leg three took the fleet away from the start line off the Alicante city front, first upwind to the Alicante exit mark where the yachts bore away towards mark two, located off the nearby Tabarca Island. From there the crews are now free to choose their own fastest routes north through the Mediterranean to Genova.

The Ocean Race Europe - Overall leaderboard (after Leg 2)

IMOCA
1. LinkedOut -- 9 points
2. Offshore Team Germany -- 9 points
3. 11th Hour Racing Team -- 9 points
4. CORUM L' Epargne -- 6 points
5. Bureau Vallee -- 3 points

VO65
1. Mirpuri Foundation Racing Team -- 11 points
2. AkzoNobel Ocean Racing -- 11 points
3. Sailing Poland -- 10 points
4. The Austrian Ocean Race Project -- 9 points
5. Team Childhood I -- 8 points
6. AmberSail-2 -- 7 points
7. Viva Mexico -- 5 points

www.theoceanrace.com

Double Dutch delight on final day of Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta
Both of the Tokyo 2020-bound Dutch teams in the 49er and 49erFX classes clinched gold on the last day of racing at the Hempel World Cup Series - Allianz Regatta, in Medemblik, the Netherlands.

On home waters, Bart Lambriex & Pim van Vugt took top spot on a tiebreak in the 49er, while Annemiek Bekkering & Annette Duetz wrapped up a convincing victory in the 49erFX.

In stark contrast to yesterday, the wind reverted back to the light and tricky breeze seen earlier this week, with just 6-7 knots out on the course. There was a delay of around three hours to the scheduled start times for both fleets.

Sailors outside the top ten in the 49er and 49erFX classes sailed one more fleet race today, to determine the final standings.

View the results in full here.

After ten days of racing, today's Medal Races concluded a successful first Hempel World Cup Series event since January 2020.

The next event in this year's series is set to be announced in the coming weeks.

With the Sailing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games set to start on 25 July, qualified athletes will now be focusing their full attention on their final preparations.

Follow news and updates from the Games via World Sailing's Tokyo 2020 website.

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

Missing piece - Part III
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Pent up demand
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Ylliam XII Comptoir Immobilier, winner of the 82nd Bol d'Or Mirabaud
Ylliam XII Comptoir Immobilier, the winner of the 82nd edition of the Bol d'Or Mirabaud, needed 12 hours 49 minutes and 27 seconds to finally hear the liberating gunshot off the Societe Nautique de Geneve.

The TF35 won by 19 seconds over Zen Too, helmed by Fred Le Peutrec, and 25 seconds over Artexplora, helmed by Loick Peyron. Alinghi crossed the line 9 seconds later, Realteam 14 seconds later and Spindrift another 6 seconds later.

In the monohulls category, Raffica won after 14 h 07 23'' of racing. The Hungarian Libera dominated the second part of the race, ahead of the Luthi 1080 Katana and Thomas Jundt's QFX, which made a remarkable start in light air.

More than fifteen kilometres separate these three boats from the chasing pack, the usual Psaros 40 and 33, Taillevent etc.

http://www.boldormirabaud.ch/bom/ch/fr-ch/index.cfm

25-Knot Finish To Bol D'or Mirabaud
The first half of the 120km race was slow, in a whispy 4 knots of breeze. Led by Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi the teams hugged the shore on the approach to Yvoire. It was here that Alinghi was able to make a break, find enough wind to get up on her foils, and extend away from the fleet as they passed Morges.

A wind hole off Lausanne, however, cut Alinghi's lead shore and compressed the fleet as they approached the race's midway point. Coming from behind Team SAILFEVER, helmed by owner Frédéric Jousset with Loick Peyron calling tactic, saw the mistake made by the boats at a standstill in front and played the mid-lake advantage well to take the lead at the turning point in Bouveret.

Team SAILFEVER's lead, however, was again short-lived as the TF35 fleet immediately caught up and on the return to Geneva, there was no decisive breakaway.

After 13 hours of painfully slow progress in light wind conditions that only momentarily peaked above 6 knots, the entire race came down to a five-boat sprint for the finish line, as the forecasted north-easterly gradient wind finally kicked in after dark, and the TF35s took off at 25knots.

TF35 Bol D'or Mirabaud Results:
1. Ylliam XII - Comptoir Immobilier
2. Zen TOO
3. Team SAILFEVER
4. Alinghi
5. Realteam Sailing
6. Spindrift
7. Zoulou

TF35 TROPHY ANNUAL RANKING:
(After five events, discards shown in bold)

1. Realteam Sailing 2 1 1 7 - 4
2. Alinghi 1 2 2 2 - 5
3. Spindrift 3 3 4 6 - 10
4. Ylliam XII - Comptoir Immobilier 5 5 5 1 - 11
5. Zoulou 7 4 3 4 - 11
6. Team SAILFEVER 4 6 6 3 - 13
7. Zen TOO 6 7 7 5 - 18

tf35.org

The Ocean Race Europe - Leg 2
It was a belter of a leg. With a forecast for 30kts on the nose and wind against tide, the Gibraltar Strait provided a sharp focus for the leg from Cascais to Alicante. There was plenty to be concerned about ahead of Leg 2 of The Ocean Race Europe, but when they got to the infamous Strait it was worse! Then, once through the real stress started when the breeze switched off.

This was a leg where sleep was hard to come by while stress was in plentiful supply.

From the back to the front and back to the back, fortunes rose and fell with the rhythm and frequency of a roller coaster. Little surprise that when crews arrived in Alicante they looked shot. PlanetSail was there to hear at first hand what Leg 2 had been like.

www.planetsail.org

Sunrise dances to victory in the Morgan Cup
RYS Line, Cowes to Dartmouth, Devon (110nm)

The third race of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Season's Points Championship was an overnight race to Dartmouth, Devon. The impressive RORC fleet got away on a spinnaker run, exiting the Solent to the east before turning upwind to race in the English Channel to finish at Dartmouth, Devon. After one of the hottest days of the year, the overnight race was held in the comfort of a warm south westerly breeze. However, dense fog greeted the fleet as they tacked around the southside of the Isle of Wight. By morning on Day Two, with the race leaders closing in on the finish, high pressure arrived over the racecourse. The teams that could maintain their optimum velocity reaped the rewards.

Tom Kneen's JPK 1180 Sunrise scored the best corrected time under IRC to win the Morgan Cup. Michael O'Donnell's J/121 Darkwood was the winner of IRC One and placed second overall. Ed Bell's JPK 1180 Dawn Treader was third overall. Former RORC Commodore, Andrew McIrvine's Ker 39 La Réponse was fourth overall, just over a minute off the podium after IRC time correction.

Results link: http://www.rorc.org/racing/race-results/2021-results

The next event for the Royal Ocean Racing Club will be inshore. The IRC National Championship will be held in the Solent 18-20 June. The RORC Season's Points Championship continues offshore, with the De Guingand Bowl, starting from the RYS Line on Saturday 26 June.

www.rorc.org

Skeleton Key and Cavalino Win Around-the-Island Race at 167th Annual Regatta
It can't simply be coincidence that the boat that took overall ORC honors in today's tricky Around the Island Race at the 167th Annual Regatta is named Skeleton Key. Peter Wagner's J/111 was true to its name today, opening one metaphorical locked door after another during a spirited lap of Conanicut Island until it found itself in rarified air, sailing a mile ahead of the 140-boat fleet with just the Maxi72 Bella Mente for company.

The two boats started the 19-mile race 48 minutes apart, but as they crossed tacks with just a few miles remaining in the race, the overall ORC crown hung in the balance. Hap Fauth's 72-foot Bella Mente, sailing with many members from the American Magic America's Cup crew, would scoot away to win line honors, completing the course in 1:49:03. But the 36-foot Skeleton Key, from San Francisco, took the big prize of the day, first place in ORC E and first place in ORC overall, with John Cooper's 43-foot Cool Breeze in second (first in ORC B) and Bella Mente in third (first in ORC A).

Around-the-Island Race Results

Rolex Cup Team Results

John Winning - One Of 'The Big Three'
John, Jay Harrison and Grant Pollitt on Flora-MMM in the 1980s. Click on image for photo gallery.

There have been many champion competitors, builders, designers and administrators involved with the 129-year-old sport of 18 footers racing, but three men with the foresight, positive thinking and financial wisdom to promote the 18s to the masses, stand out as the real champions of the sport. Mark Foy, James J Giltinan and John Winning.

John 'Woody' Winning was the third of 'the big three', a JJ Giltinan world and Australian 18ft Skiff champion, a man with a great respect for the history of the 18 footers and the people who have given so much to the sport along the way, and manager of a very successful whitegoods family business.

Since taking over the role of President of the League in 2004, John's DNA can be found on every area of the sport, and he is responsible for its present stability and growth.

He has been a central part of the League's successful racing program for the full 17 year term of his presidency, and together with his family's initiatives, and financial support, has been a significant part of the League's success.

John and his wife Kerrie, together with the late Bob Killick, were the original trio who had the vision of presenting 18ft Skiff Racing to the world, and funded their idea. The result is that every 18ft skiff race on Sydney Harbour is now a livestream production from the race track to the world.

The Winning Group, the family business name, has also been the major financial backer for each JJ Giltinan Championship since 2007.

Former Australian 18 Footer champion and class historian, John 'Steamer' Stanley has nothing but the highest praise for the man they call 'Woody': "John Winning puts far more back into the sport than he takes out of it. He is extremely generous with his time and money, and is always prepared to help fellow sailors or anyone who needs it." -- Frank Quealey, Australian 18 Footers League Ltd.

www.18footers.com.au/sailing/john-winning-one-of-the-big-three/

How the demand for offshore race training has exploded
In the context of a real boom for most ocean racing fleets in France and even seemingly despite the health crisis, the demand for high level offshore race training is growing sharply, to the point that many centres are approaching full capacity. Tip & Shaft looks at the structures of France.

A pioneer in this arena, the France Finistère offshore racing centre at Port-la-Forêt was launched in 1990 by Christian Le Pape and Loic Ponceau, occupies a special place in the landscape of training centres. Firstly this is because it is the only one able to claim the official status of "offshore racing centre" as actually awarded by the Ministry of Sports; second, because it is resolutely focused on sporting excellence.

"The logic of the centre is the high level," confirms Christian Le Pape long time director until May 31. To get into the "Mecca" of Port-la-Forêt, it is necessary to be among the official lists of high level athletes and to be under 25 years old. This year, the cluster has, according to its new director Jeanne Grégoire, 47 members, including 27 project managers (14 in Figaro, 10 in Imoca, 3 in Ultim), it pays four permanent staff, but also the three skippers (Tom Laperche, Gaston Morvan, Elodie Bonafous) and the preparateur (Goulven Le Clech) of the division on the Brittany-CMB offshore racing excellence.

Its first counterpart came in 2003 with the birth of the Mediterranean Training Center (CEM) in La Grande Motte. "After his victory in the Solitaire, Kito de Pavant and also sailors like Gilles Chiorri, Marc Emig, Laurent Pellecuer, expressed the desire to train in the Figaro 2 in the Mediterranean. At that time it was Port-la-Forêt or nothing," recalls Camille El Bèze, one of the four employees of the structure, responsible for communication and administration. "Then, the Skipper Hérault talent identification and support progamme was set up in 2011. At its peak we must have had 8-10 Figaros when we hosted the Artemis Offshore Academy, through which sailors like Sam Goodchild and Jack Boutell emerged."

Full article in Tip & Shaft

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