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Kevin Ellway is unique in challenging the hegemony of the Mach2 Moth. The catch… a 3-year wait for one of his Exocet designs
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Latest from DSS developers Infiniti Yachts and their Swiss build-partner QuantBoats, the Quant 23 takes DSS a step further with full lift foils that retract laterally. The hull shape is similar to International Moth scow designs of the 1980s
wish the owner and crew well and Ino a speedy recovery. Our weekend’s racing coincided with the early stages of the bicentennnial celebrations of the Royal Yacht Squadron. We were happy to offer our Cowes clubhouse as a complementary dinner venue to the members and guests of our venerable neigh- bour and some of us were lucky to take part in the spectacular Fleet Review of members’ yachts by HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Europe’s fellow sailing royals. This was an opportunity for the men to wear traditional dress of white trousers, reefer jackets and yachting caps with white covers. We looked wonderful! And it is true that girls like to see men in uniform. Thank you, Anita, Donna, Janet, Olivia and Sarah for the morning morale boost – we can still blush occasionally. RORC’s own fairly relaxed dress code is under review…
As if our inshore and offshore racing has not been enough, our Fastnet preparation lectures in London included a superb presentation on the 2009-2010 Clipper Round the World race by winning skipper Brendan Hall. Brendan’s book on the race, Team Spirit, sold out on the night and is a primer on team management – 80 per cent of the key to long-distance racing success, according to our young speaker. Back at sea, we are now well into our high season, anticipating the arrival in Cowes of the 41 boats doing the Transatlantic Race 2015 and preparing for Cowes Week and the Rolex Fastnet Race. A summer to savour in our 90th year…
Michael Boyd Commodore
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ummer finally reached the south coast of England in early June as a fleet of 89 yachts completed the De Guingand Bowl race to Cherbourg, arriving there in warm sunshine to a fine welcome from the Yacht Club de Cherbourg. The special French JPK 10.80 Courrier du Leon, skippered by Géry Trentesaux, confirmed her 2015 form, again winning IRC Class 3 and overall honours. She has set a high standard for the season and currently leads our 289 entrants overall. Felicitations! A clever course took the fleet east on a run from Ryde to Rampion Met Mast, then south around the Isle of Wight and west to Needles Fairway buoy followed by a 60-mile fetch to the embrace of Cherbourg’s fine harbour. The key tactical decision was the call to tack for the Needles in a strong west-going tide. It was also good to see many of the fleet stop to enjoy French hospitality; rather inconsiderately we interrupted their steak frites to hold a short champagne ceremony for the winners. Meanwhile, in Cowes, our inshore race team ran the programme for the Tiny Mitchell Trophy, commemorating the larger-than-life figure who founded the Royal Corinthian YC. This event was marked by the sad collision and rapid sinking of Ino, the Corby 36 owned by James Neville. Happily all seven crew were rescued promptly and Ino was later brought to shore. We
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