In This Issue
• O'Leary Insurance Group Sovereign's Cup
• Swan Sardinia Challenge
• Reduce your impact on the environment with Hundested
• Arabesque
• De Guingand Bowl Race Preview
• For Me It's Marlow
• Race Name Change
• Sailmaker vacancy
• Superyacht Cup Palma swings into action
• E.ON Sponsors the 43rd Three Peaks Yacht Race
• Featured Charter: SW105 Wolfhound
• Featured Brokerage:
• • IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss - Carrington Boats
• • JPK 10.30
• • 1983 Newport Offshore Shipyard Frers 59 Alloy Custom
• The Last Word: George Harrison
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O'Leary Insurance Group Sovereign's Cup
Light winds and rain soon gave way to ideal racing conditions for the opening day of the O'Leary Insurance Group Sovereign's Cup at Kinsale Yacht Club today. The 62-strong fleet competed on courses ranged from Cork Harbour to the Old Head of Kinsale at the start of the four day regatta.
On the Coastal Course, the 17-strong division that features some of the biggest yachts in the event started racing with a short sprint to the O'Leary Insurance Group buoy before a long leg back to the Daunt Rock off Robert's Cove at Cork Harbour.
Although Conor Doyle's Freya from the host club was the clear 'on the water' winner for the day, on IRC corrected time it was Bob Rendell's Samatom from Howth YC that took first place just ahead of Conor Phelan's Jump Juice from the Royal Cork YC.
Howth boats occupy the top two places under the IRC system in Class 1 where Pat Kelly's veteran team from Rush lead the field after two windward/leeward courses led to a fourth and a race win. A second and a seventh for clubmates Outrageous needed the tiebreak to separate them on points from Brian Jones' JellyBaby from the RCYC with a sixth and a third for the day.
All three top places in Class 1 are held by J109 designs that account for no fewer than ten of the 14 entries in this division.
With longer distances to sail for visitors in the smaller classes, divisions two and three are almost all held by Cork entries. Kieran Collins on Coracle IV from the RCYC leads David Kelly's King One from Howth by a single point after two races.
Swan Sardinia Challenge
Today saw the first day of racing at the Swan Sardinia Challenge, organized by the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda in collaboration with Nautor's Swan and ClubSwan Racing. In the lead of the various Classes racing are: ClubSwan 50 Earlybird, G-Spot leads the ClubSwan 36es, Koyre - Spirit of Nerina leads the ClubSwan 42s while Fever is currently first in the Swan 45 Class.
The first race in the Swan Sardinia Challenge got underway in breeze at 6-8 knots.
Conditions were difficult to call, especially for tacticians, who had to find a way through holes and wind shifts that let some teams make spectacular recoveries. An example is Fra Martina's third place. Sailed by the Pavesio brothers with 'Checco' Bruni and 'Rufo' Bressani also aboard, they managed to fight up from the back of the ClubSwan 36 fleet and finish just two places behind Giangiacomo Serena di Lapigio's G-Spot, sailing with tactician Michele Paoletti. Second place in this Class for Andrea Lacorte's Vitamina with Alberto Bolzan tactician.
Racing was close in the ClubSwan 50 Class too, where the German team aboard the red-hulled Earlybird, helmed by Hendrick Brandis, found good pressure and rounded the mark first, followed by the Russian team aboard Sparti, who got a good start on the pin, neck to neck with the Swedes aboard Regina 2.0. The leading teams sailed in clean air and controlled each other staying in the same positions to the end of the race.
The Swan 45 and ClubSwan 42 fleets sail together considering that the two boats have similar performance characteristics. It was a photo finish ending for the ClubSwan 42s too with Koyre, helmed by Luca Formentini in first place followed by Nadir owned by the Spaniard Vaquer Comas and Dralion owned by Pit Finis.
Quantum Sails, sponsor of the first day of racing at the Swan Sardinia Challenge gave prizes to the day's winners in Piazza Azzurra.
Racing will continue Thursday at 12:00 CEST with a Mistral breeze at 13 to 20 knots predicted in the late afternoon.
Reduce your impact on the environment with Hundested
Hundested Propeller is committed to product evolution and developing systems that increase efficiency and reduce our impact on the environment. Power regeneration is the buzz word as sailors look for ways to reduce their impact on their playground - the oceans and the environment. This is not a new phenomenon, and Hundested Propellers know of several yachts back in the 1970s and 80s with a dynamo connected to their propeller shaft with a belt to regenerate power. Today the theory is the same with yachts using the latest propeller design technology to produce power when under sail in enough wind to generate sufficient hull speeds.
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How does it work? The process works when under sail with the Hundested CPP in a position that generates power as the water flows past and rotates the propeller to create and store that power on board for use when required. The Hundested CPP enables the hybrid gearbox to revert power from the propellers, into the gearbox and onto the generator. The sailing boat use the stored energy which is then controlled via the electrical switchboard onboard.
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Arabesque
Mapping the ebbs and newsflows of the America's Cup is a lifetime's work. It fascinates and intrigues. It's an 'absorbing interest' to take the words of the late, great, much-missed Bob Fisher and oh, how he would have loved this particular unfolding story.
So, as expressed here, Valencia's audacious bid to be host is, it turns out, about as cold as the summer in San Francisco. The harsh light of reality, that unforgiving lens, reveals that they are still paying for the last Cup as confirmed by the seen-all-this-nonsense-before City Mayor and reported by the peerless Duncan Johnstone, Sports Editor of Stuff - the best researched AC source in New Zealand.
I did warn you. Valencia was always going to be an outside bet at best and Origin Sports Group, charged with sifting through the detritus to find a golden venue nugget (or several for a world series), are no mugs.
Far more realistic is the Middle East and I am starting to hear the rhythmic, melodic sounds of Ouds, Nays, and Qanuns getting louder as they beckon the Auld Mug to their dusty shores. Interestingly but almost certainly a bellwether of precisely nothing, is that traffic has increased here on Rule69 by over 4000% in the past week from the desert kingdoms and random messages from glamorous-sounding individuals with names I almost certainly can't pronounce without prompt and have never met, reach me saying that open cheque-books are being waived. Let's go with it. In this climate, Saudi riyals are rather attractive to the Cup teams - and one in particular that has been magnificently supported indirectly by the Investment Corporation of Dubai for years.
Magnus Wheatley's full editorial in Rule69Blog
De Guingand Bowl Race Preview
Saturday 26th June 2021
Start RYS Line, Cowes 08:00 BST
110-160nm around marks
The Royal Ocean Racing Club Season's Points Championship continues with the De Guingand Bowl Race, which will start on Saturday June 26th from the RYS Line, Cowes. The course will be 110-160 nautical miles around marks with a finish in the Solent or adjacent waters. 75 boats have entered the sixth race of the RORC Season's Points Championship, racing under IRC and Class40 Rules.
Favourites for Line Honours include David Collins Botin IRC 52 Tala, VME Racing's CM60 Venomous, skippered by James Gair, and Ed Fishwick's GP42 Redshift. Class40s in action include Marc Lepesqueux's Sensation, sailed by Eric Bredeka with and all French team and Greg Leonard's all-American Kite, which will be crewed by the Leonard family.
Yachts taking part in the De Guingand Bowl Race will start to gather off Cowes Parade from around 0700 on Saturday 26th June. The full entry list and AIS tracking link can be found at yb.tl/dgbr2021 and also via smartphones with the YB App. Results will be available with live updates at www.rorc.org -- Louay Habib
For Me It's Marlow
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Race Name Change
The RWYC Lonely Rock Race is already synonymous with the 608 miles original Fastnet racecourse starting from Ryde and Finishing in Plymouth.
In just 10 days a new race will start and finish in Plymouth. Previously known as the Plymouth Lonely Rock Race, this new race will round the Eddystone Lighthouse to Starboard and then round the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse to Port. The distance of the race is 500 miles. Therefore, to avoid confusion, the Royal Western Yacht Club has decided to rename this new challenge from the off.
The new race will be known as the 'Plymouth Fastnet 500' race, signifying the course in its briefest form.
Sailmaker vacancy
Ullman Sails St. Maarten is a full service loft on the island of St. Maarten (Dutch side) in the Caribbean, offering services that include sail repairs & alterations, new sails & all types of canvas products.
We are currently looking for a qualified sail maker for our upcoming season from November 2021 to May 2022.
The applicant would be responsible for all types of sail repairs & alterations, removing & re-installing sails. The fitting of new sails & U-Stack covers. Experience in canvas work would be a plus.
The successful applicant must-
1) Be a qualified sailmaker capable of high quality repairs & alterations to all types of sails, ranging from board sails to superyachts.v 2) To be able to work independently or as part of a team
3) Possess a positive attitude.
4) Ideally be active in racing /cruising.
Employment would be full time for the above dates with the possibility of a longer contract.
Please send resume to
Rob Gilders
Ullman Sails St. Maarten
Tel. +1 721 544 5231
Superyacht Cup Palma swings into action
Photos by SailingEnergy/Superyacht Cup. Click on image to enlarge.
The 25th anniversary gathering has successfully adapted itself to the local pandemic requirements, with permitted shoreside activities now centred around the iconic Real Club Náutico De Palma in the heart of Mallorca's capital.
Meanwhile the heartbeat of the event remains unaffected, with a striking fleet of nine superyachts lined up for three days of thrilling racing in the unrivalled sailing conditions out on the Bay of Palma.
Divided into two classes the fleet consists of a mix of returning previous entries, and first-timers keen to experience the unique atmosphere and competitive but friendly racing at the home of Mediterranean superyacht sailing.
In Class A the sleek 34m Nilaya from Baltic Yachts - one of the Friends of SYC - is joined by another equally competitive returnee the 33m Missy. They will be up against two SYC debutantes, both Frers designs from Nautor's Swan - the powerful 35m Shamanna and well-campaigned 24m Umiko, a stunning example of the Swan 80 performance cruising brand.
Another first-timer, the 43m Ravenger (ex-Sea Eagle), is keen to join the action in Class B. There she will face the light and manoeuvrable 35m sloop Baiurdo VI and a trio of 46m returnees: the Perini Navi world cruiser Aquarius, the largest yacht at the SYC; Scorpione of London, another Baltic example making the step up from the Corinthian class in 2018; and Ganesha, built - like Missy - by Vitters Shipyard, an SYC Silver Partner.
Racing starts on Thursday with the Pantaenius Race Day, supported by the marine insurer, another SYC Silver Partner, and continues on Friday with New Zealand Race Day, so named after SYC's long-standing Destination Partner who will be distributing goody bags to all the entries and have the extraordinary Manta5 hydrofoil bike available for test drives at the Real Club Náutico De Palma.
Matters on the water will conclude with the final race on Saturday, which will be followed by the prize-giving at RCNP.
www.thesuperyachtcup.com/en/home
E.ON Sponsors the 43rd Three Peaks Yacht Race
The Barmouth to Fort William Three Peaks Yacht Race has announced that energy company E.ON will be the new race sponsor for 2021.
The event will start from Barmouth on Saturday June 19th, when 16 teams of sailors and mountain runners will set out for Fort William. The sailors will navigate through the difficult waters of the West Coast, passing through 9 tidal gates and by numerous islands and headlands. They will drop their runners ashore at Caernarfon, Whitehaven and finally Corpach, and from there the runners must run to the summits of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis, and back. (In the Lake District they also cycle part of the route.)
In total, teams must sail 389 sea miles, cycle 40 miles, and run 55 miles with 16,500 feet of climbing, all within 3 to 4 days, and with little or no rest on the way. If the wind drops they will have to row as well.
The competitors range in age from 23 to 77, and include sailors and runners with international honours.
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