EuroSail News #4910 - 1 September
In This Issue
• Beautiful Opening Day of J/70 Europeans in Denmark
• Macaire Fighting To Recover While Leader Quiroga Strikes Out at 100 miles to go
• New 2022 Harken Catalog: Flying off the Presses, Yet Already Here
• Edinburgh Cup
• Shirley Robertson talks to Glenn Ashby
• Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award: The time has come...
• Zhik 29er Worlds
• Hall & Constable's Fireball Lights Up The Tiger
• Industry News
• Featured Charter: Noisy Oyster
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Blue Note - JPK 1080
• • Grand Soleil 56
• • Dazcat 1295
• The Last Word: Elizabeth Holmes
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Beautiful Opening Day of J/70 Europeans in Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark: Hard to ask for better conditions as the Royal Danish Yacht Club kicks off the 2021 J7/0 European Championship in Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear skies, sun and Northwesterly breeze of 5-8 knots delivered near perfect conditions for the 98 boats competing for the European title. Today's three qualifier races were fully relished by all sailors after what seems like an eternal Corona break from international sailing. The boats sailed a round robin split in two fleets, competing on a Southern and Northerly course outside Skovshoved Harbour, north of the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Each grouping completed three races, resulting in a tie at the top of the leaderboard (6 points) between Claudia Rossi of Italy and Denis Cherevatenko of Russia. Jose Maria Torcida Seghers of Spain and James Peters of Great Britain are also tied on points at 10 for the next two places. The qualifying series concludes Thursday, and the final series runs Thursday through Saturday for the Gold and Silver fleets.
Photos are available via the Royal Danish Yachtclub Facebook page or International J/70 Class Facebook page
Macaire Fighting To Recover While Leader Quiroga Strikes Out at 100 miles to go
Xavier Macaire (Groupe SNEF), the French skipper who last Thursday conclusively won the marathon first stage into Lorient was this afternoon battling to get back on terms with the leading peloton of the 52nd La Solitaire du Figaro's Stage 2, 490 miles from Lorient to the Channel port of Fécamp.
Macaire appears to have seen the 47 minutes 15 seconds advantage that he started the leg with evaporate when he last night had to dive over the side of his Figaro Beneteau 3 to release a fish pit from his keel. The incident occurred just before 2230hrs when he was tacking upwind in 20knots of NE'ly breeze some eight miles NW of Roscoff.
Lying in fifth at the time, Macaire was 1.3 miles behind Stage 2's leader Pierre Quiroga (Skipper MACIF 2019). When he had unsnarled himself he had lost a couple of miles but most importantly was no longer in contact or in phase with the leading pack.
As the 34 boat fleet's leaders were beating towards the notorious Raz Blanchard - the Alderney Race - the 28 year old Mediterranean skipper from Montpellier Quiroga has steadily increased his margin to be over four miles ahead of second placed Tom Laperche (CMB Bretagne Performance).
As he sought to recover miles Macaire has broken away, sailing six miles to the north, offshore of the main group – looking for the wind to back (rotate anti-clockwise) earlier as forecast as he tries to make good his losses.
An ex-French Olympic squad Laser then 470 sailor turned match racer, then turned offshore soloist who has been five years with the very successful Skipper MACIF program, Quiroga finished ninth on this race last year and fifth overall on the French Elite Offshore Championship but he is still looking for his first La Solitare du Figaro stage win.
New 2022 Harken Catalog: Flying off the Presses, Yet Already Here
Brand New Online Version Is Live Now
The 2022 Harken Catalog is printed and heading for a Harken retailer near you. Thick. Glossy. Pictures. Video. Juicy charts. 292 pages. For some of us, sliding that catalog into a bag of boat show literature is an annual fall ritual. There's no tool more effective for selecting the right Harken equipment to get faster.
One thing to keep in mind: The catalog comes off press this time each year. Harken doesn't stop making new stuff. So the day you get your brand new print version it's already slipping out of date.
We fixed that. There's a new Harken Catalog you can open right now. You'll find it at the bottom of the homepage of Harken.com. Or you can download 2022 right now. It gets updated all year long.
The online Harken Catalog looks just like the print catalog. You can flip pages. You can scan the codes and get to the video. You can call your foredeck guy and immediately get on the same page. It IS the Harken catalog. There are, however, two small differences:
1. It's always up to date.
2. It will never give you a paper cut.
Open Your Catalog: bit.ly/Harken2022Catalog
Edinburgh Cup
Monday saw the start of the 2021 Edinburgh Cup, the 72nd edition of the British Dragon Nationals. This year's event is hosted by Granton Harbour's Royal Forth Yacht Club who previously held the Edinburgh Cup in 1997. Between 1964 and 1997 Royal Forth sailors won the Edinburgh Cup a memorable seven times.
Granton Harbour greeted the Dragon sailors with a gentle Easterly breeze on day one of the Edinburgh Cup 2021. Racing was unable to get underway on time as the wind had not filled in as predicted across the Firth of Forth and the morning was spent under AP.
A post-lunch increase in wind offered some optimism and soon the fleet was heading to the racing area for the start of race one.
All 16 Dragons sailed away from a clean start with GBR 761 Jerboa taking the clear air at the pin end of the start line to inch ahead of the fleet. The team of four, led by Gavia Wilkinson-Cox kept to the left of the course from the start as the fleet split going up the first beat. Part of Gavia's four-person team is 18 year old, Royal Forth Yacht Club sailor, Kate Angier. Stepping in at the last minute to join the team, this is Kate's first Edinburgh Cup and the youngest sailor at the event.
The final downwind gate was an opportunity for several Dragons to make up ground before the hook to the finish. One such Dragon was Gery Trentesaux's four-up team onboard Bande a Part we sailed well to claim third overall.
Edinburgh Cup Race One Results - Top Ten
1. GBR 761 Jerboa
2. GBR 810 Badger
3. FRA 428 Bande a Part
4. GBR 633 Fei-Lin's Flirtation
5. GBR 731 Kestra - 1st Corinthian Winner
6. GBR 192 Bluebottle
7. GBR 515 Basilisk
8. GBR 764 Najad
9. GBR 763 Bertie
10. GBR 818 Harry
Day Two is scheduled for racing to start at 1055 on Wednesday.
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Shirley Robertson talks to multiple America's Cup winner and foiling multi hull pioneer Glenn Ashby
This month's edition of the podcast sees Shirley Robertson talk to one of the modern America's Cup era's most influential sailors as she interviews Australian Glenn Ashby. An integral part of Emirates Team New Zealand, Ashby has just won his third America's Cup, and talked to Robertson after celebrating the team's successful defence in March 2021.
Like many of Robertson's guests, Ashby reveals that his early life in sailing saw him working in a sail loft, having left school at the age of sixteen, but by then he had already made a name for himself out on the water. Growing up sailing on a lake in Bendigo, Victoria, the first time Ashby sailed on the sea was at eleven years old, in a regatta that saw him become junior state champion. From there, only a potential career racing motorbikes was going to stop the young Ashby becoming a professional sailor - motor sport lost the battle, for the teenage Ashby, Europe was calling...:
Robertson's interview with Ashby is a fascinating discussion, looking behind the scenes of some of the modern era's most talked about Cup moments, from trying to keep the foils of the AC72 a secret pre San Francisco to redemption in Bermuda and the foiling monohulls of AC36, all told first hand from one of the modern day sailing's genuine pioneers.
This edition of the podcast is in two parts and is available to listen to via the podcast page of Shirley's own website, at shirleyrobertson.com/podcast or via most popular podcast outlets, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcast and aCast. The podcast is produced and written by Tim Butt - for further enquires, please contact .
Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award: The time has come...
It's that time of the year again! Professional sailing photographers from all over the world are invited to submit their best image for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award.
Photos submitted must have been taken between 7 October 2020 and 5 October 2021.
The 20 best images chosen by the international jury will be exhibited, while the public will be invited to vote for their favourite images. The awards ceremony will take place at an event to be announced later in the autumn.
Spain bathes in gold, silver and bronze at the Zhik 29er Worlds Cup in Valencia
Mateo and Simon Codoner took gold twice: Overall and SUB17, while Martina Lodos and Martina Díaz-Salguero do it in SUB17 females. Quicorras Urios and Filippo Benetti, silver and Paula and Isabel Laiseca bronze in Overall.
Spain achieved 2 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze, with two clubs as the main protagonists: RCN Valencia and RNC Gran Canaria standing at the top of the podium. 193 sailors from 24 countries competed over six days.
A last day full of emotion, given the tightness of the provisional general rankings with small differences between those who took the medals, in the case of Quicorras Urios and Filippo Benetti (RCN Valencia) who yesterday were off the podium and today they took the silver.
The Codoner brothers, current champions of Spain, have known how to defend with head and serenity the minimum advantage with which they faced this last day. It was enough for them to ensure, but without risking at the start and not getting into any battle and with partial 4-5 they have left over to be world champions with 53 points.
Spain, as a country, has been awarded the Nations Cup title, which recognizes the results at the global level of all national representatives who have participated in the World Cup.
Final Top Ten
1. Mateo Codoner / Simon Codoner, ESP, 53 points
2. Quicorras Urios Salinas / Filippo Binetti Pozzi, ESP, 61
3. Jens-Christian Dehn-Toftehoj / Jens-Philip Dehn-Toftehoj, DEN, 65
4. Ian Nyenhuis / Noah Nyenhuis, USA, 87
5. Hugo Revil / Karl Devaux, FRA, 100
6. Claudia Quaranta / Carlo Vittoli, ITA, 101
7. Simon Karlemo / Lasse Lindel, FIN, 102
8. Anton Schmid / Peter Joslin, USA, 104
9. Keo Devaux / Enael Rio, FRA, 105
10. Alvaro Alonso Ortega / Guillermo Castellano Vicente, ESP, 110
Hall & Constable's Fireball Lights Up The Tiger
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Dave Hall and Paul Constable were popular winners of the John Merricks Tiger Trophy, sailing their Fireball to victory at Rutland Water Sailing Club last weekend. Hall and Constable have been racing side by side for more than 30 years, and they are the only sailors to have competed in all 21 editions of the Tiger Trophy.
As the concluding event of a long-extended Selden Sailjuice Winter Series, 51 boats came to race over the weekend, and it could have been at least 60 entries if a few more RSC sailors had not pulled out from being exhausted from the "Holiday Week" that took place at RSC up to the Friday before the event. In total there were 25 classes competing, with seven different classes finishing in the top 10 and 15 different classes in the top 20, a solid vindication of the fairness of the Great Lakes Handicap numbers.
Unlike the often extreme winds that sailors encounter at a typical winter Tiger, the conditions were very benign. Breeze was mostly from 8-12 knots gusting to about 15 at times. Occasionally it dropped to about 6-7 knots, but there was always a nice breeze to keep moving. However the shifts did play tricks on the sailors (and the race team) with some shifts of 15-25 degrees to the right or left of the predominant north-easterly direction.
Hall and Constable were always in the hunt but were pushed hard by a number of other sailors. In the Saturday fleet races, the RS Vareo of Luke Fisher notched up two wins to Hall's single win. But the Tony Everard Trophy for Saturday series does not allow a discard and Hall and Constable were more consistent, beating Fisher with 8 points to the Vareo's 11 points. In Sunday's pursuit race on a 3 nautical mile race track, the 2000 of Simon Horsfield and Natalie Johnson led until Dave and Paul passed them with less than a minute to the finish of the 2 hours and 30 minute race.
The Prize list for the Tiger Trophy is long and generous, and here's a small selection of the other category winners:
- Ellie Craig in her Aero 7 just pipped Carys Attewell in her Laser Radial from Rutland for the Ladies Prize
- The Youth (U19) and Junior (U16) prizes were both won by 420 sailors: Joe Warwicker/Hugo Valentine for the Youth Tiger and 13 year old Harry George/Ralph Crowthorne for the Junior Tiger.
- The Shere Khan trophy was won by Mike Webster in the Phantom (Dave and Paul would have won this too, but it is not awarded to the overall winner of the event)
- With SailRacer providing tracking for the event, the RS800 of Chris and Bryony Dodd produced the fastest sustained speed of 12.5 knots, with the 3000 of Dylan Beatty fastest on handicap corrected speed.
Industry News
New for this year's Southampton International Boat Show, is a dedicated Classic and Day Boat Zone, with a myriad of craft all in one place, from new day boat designs to restored classics.
Among the displays will be a Cornish Crabber Shrimper 21, a classic design yacht featuring modern technology with an electric pod drive motor from ePropulsion and a carbon mast. Also on show will be the restored 1946 Osbourne Day Cruiser from Dennett Boat Builders, alongside Star Yachts' brand-new Bristol 6m open launch, a retro styled wooden yacht with an integral swim platform.
Combining the look of a traditional yacht with high-performance sailing, Swallow Yachts will display its BayCruiser 23 and BayRaider Expedition.
The craft incorporate a water ballast system and carbon masts, making them lighter on the water and enabling them to be trailer sailed.
For those who enjoy watching traditional woodworking skills, Willow Bay Boats will be demonstrating their craftsmanship by building a clinker dinghy on their stand during the show.
This year will also see several boat-owners' groups and associations at the show, including the Atalanta, Legend, Nicholson 32, Hunter, Westerly and the Old Gaffers Association, which will display a modern gaffer – the Gaffling – a 13ft 13in modern interpretation of a gaff rig from designer Andrew Wolstenholme.
There will also be the chance to have a go on the water onboard some historic and restored craft including the 1919 Tall Ship Morgenster and the round the world 72ft racing yacht, Global Challenger.
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Ports of Jersey will begin major works to refurbish St Helier Marina next month.
The project will see the removal and replacement of the aged guide piles and pontoons that have now reached the end of their serviceable life. Up to £3.5m is being invested in the project, which has an overall completion date of May 2022.
On behalf of Ports of Jersey, the Island's Harbour Master, Captain Bill Sadler, explained: "It's inevitable that with such a large project there will be some disruption and impact on our boat owners in this marina, but the overall benefits once completed we believe will far outweigh this temporary disruption."
He added that following a consultation period, it was concluded that the existing layout of St Helier was the preferred most ergonomic option and widely supported by stakeholders.
St Helier Marina currently provides 60% permanent moorings (202) with the remaining 40% allocated to visitor moorings. This is the first major refurbishment of the marina pontoons although its tidal gate was replaced in 2017 and there have been some minor improvements over the years.
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With just two years until the start of the Ocean Globe Race, many commentators now realise it is not only a grand adventure and challenging Race, but it represents the newest development in Offshore sailing in the last decade. To race around the world in traditional and historic yachts, without technology, on the classic clipper ship route via Cape Horn, steps back in time to an age where ordinary sailors and yacht owners could act out dreams.
Who would ever have imagined this could happen again? Well, it is and sailors and yacht owners are grasping that opportunity with real passion. There are five or six times more crew looking for yachts, than all 24 current OGR entrants could hold. This dream is alive in sailors everywhere.
OGR Chairman Don McIntyre would like to invite you, either in person, or via Facebook LIVE, to our next OGR Press Conference on Sept 10th (exactly two years from the start) at the Southampton Show.
If you're coming, you can use this code EPTOPYERSXMKHE to register for discount tickets. (Ticket Booking HERE, Offer price: £19.00 , per Any One Day flexible entry ticket - saving up to £12.50 on gate purchases. )
OGR will have a presence at the show, Exhibiting in Ocean Hall 2...stand J158... from the 10th to the 19th Sept. Please come and meet the team.
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The RYA is delighted to welcome Barton Marine as an official supplier to RYA OnBoard (OB), the national grassroots programme making it more accessible for youngsters to try sailing and windsurfing.
Barton Marine have been making and dispatching world-class blocks for 80 years and are supporting OnBoard by providing eight 'mega' stand up paddle boards (SUPs) for young sailors to enjoy at OB festivals and events across the UK.
Run by the RYA, OnBoard is a grass roots programme which introduces sailing and windsurfing to young people aged 8 to 18, through schools, youth groups and training centres. The low cost sessions are designed to promote equal access to sailing for young people from all social and economic backgrounds, whilst encouraging their character development.
Since 2005, OnBoard has introduced more than 900,000 children to sailing and windsurfing in the UK, converting some 70,000 of them into regular participants.
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In a re-run of what happened at the last minute to the Southampton and Cannes shows last year, Finnboat, the organisers of the Helsinki Floating Boat Show, has had to cancel its exhibition which was due to have opened next week due to new restrictions announced yesterday by the regional administrative authorities.
While not banning the event altogether, the regional agency involved imposed conditions in response to worries surrounding the current spread of the Covid Delta variant which made the show unworkable from Finnboat's point of view.
With record boat sales so far in Finland the show had been eagerly awaited by the industry, so this late cancellation comes as a big disappointment and continues the run of cancelled shows which has also characterised the market in the rest of Scandinavia this year.
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