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1929, Rotterdam. Three-year-old Conny van Rietschoten, winner of back-to-back Whitbread Round the World Races sailing aboard his father’s gaff-rigged 12 Metre Copeja
helicopter was eventually located at the bottom of a cliff on the island in 40m of water. The long search and rescue oper- ation, hampered by strong winds, heavy seas and fast currents, succeeded in recovering the bodies of the two pilots. At the time of writing, the search continues for the two missing winch men, a massive voluntary effort supporting the official services with no fewer than 125 vessels mustered in a co-ordinated search over a huge area of northwest Ireland’s waters. Many RORC sailors know Blackrock well – it is a mark on
the Volvo Round Ireland course – and some of us have had to invoke the RNLI or the helicopter during our racing careers. In my letter of sympathy to the Irish Coastguard on your
behalf, I said how much RORC members had come to respect greatly the professionalism and dedication of its personnel and, occasionally, to rely on them for their very lives. I recalled the rescue of the 21 crew aboard Rambler 100 during the 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race. In my own case, we were obliged to avail of the Norfolk CG service for the evacuation of a severely ill crewmember in the 2016 North Sea Race – mercifully in calm conditions with a happy ending. Please remember in your thoughts the brave crew of Rescue
116 and the grieving families and friends of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy and winch men Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith. In Vicar Poppe’s prayer: ‘Watch over those who guard our coasts, Protect them from the raging seas, and Give them light and life and peace.’ Amen.
Michael Boyd Commodore
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stylish bride, Lucy, pour champagne on her bow and to hear the prayers and blessing of Reverend Andrew Poppe, the vicar of Holy Trinity Church, next door to our clubhouse. This well choreographed service included toasts to sailors, fair winds and good fortune. The final prayer was for the Coastguard. The latter invocation was an entirely apposite reminder to
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us of our reliance on the selfless service of the brave men and women who devote themselves to the safety of all seafarers. It came within 20 days of the devastating tragedy of the loss of Ireland’s Rescue Helicopter 116 and her four brave crew at Blackrock Island, County Mayo, off Ireland’s west coast in the Atlantic Sea. The accident happened in poor weather in the early hours
of 14 March as the Sikorsky S-92 was returning from service for an emergency aboard a fishing vessel well offshore. The
here can be few more uplifting days for a sailor than the launch of a new yacht in bright sunshine at the start of a fresh season. So it was in Cowes in early April with the naming of Tor McLaren’s Gallivanter, a MAT 11.80, designed by Mark Mills and built in Turkey. We were one of the lucky ones to see Tor’s
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