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Incomparable… January SeahorseSailor of the Month Richie Wilson finished 13th in his latest Vendée Globe His voyage… was diligently tracked on a daily basis by children and older students across no fewer than 79 different countries… That is… more than 968,000 were receiving his weekly reports With in excess of… a million engaging in total with the US skipper Most… American sailors have never heard of Richie Wilson Richie Wilson… is 66 And… an asthma sufferer You voted well… A reception… at the New York YC in Manhattan would be timely? Inconsolable… almost certainly not But the ‘yacht’ A… that rather blotted our pages last month That’s… 142m or US$450million to you Was arrested… in Gibraltar amid claims of unpaid bills No… comment Another… former SeahorseSailor of the Month, Ian Walker pulled off surely one of his most prized results by winning the 2017 John Merricks Tiger Trophy sailing an RS400 with Keith Bedborough A scoreline… of 2,1,2 in a 130-boat fleet An... appropriately classy result Flavio Briatore’s… rather tacky Billionaire Club is in Sardinia The 35th… America’s Cup is in Bermuda Just… saying Oh, lawd… the staff have turned red So how’s… tractor production, girls and boys? The flip… side One of the… best things about the Bermuda America’s Cup Selection… for the O’pen Bic Trophy run with the Cup is underway 35-40… O’pen skippers are expected from 20-odd countries And most… of their expenses will be covered Nice one… Sir Russell Classy… Watch out, world… the GBR World Class sailing programme has scored US$35+ million for the 2020 Olympic cycle A small… increase on the 2016 budget Points in Rio… clearly mean prizes And… there are now two good posts going on the same piece of turf The racing… manager of the RYA, John Derbyshire, is joining Olympic guru Stephen ‘Sparky’ Spark in seeking pastures new In Kiwi too… funding for elite sailing is up to NZL$15million Not quite the same… but a big step up after excellent results in Rio Not such… good news for younger Kiwi talent Plans… for a NZ high-performance centre are on hold yet again Some… 85,000 hours went into Oracle’s ‘one design’ Cup boat L’autre professeur… Stephen Hawking’s time-travellers’ party (sic) The invites… went out the following day Still… no one turned up (we kid you not) Obvious initiative… J/Boats… are running a survey asking their huge customer base to create their own ideal yacht That’s why… J/Boats almost always get it right 1,500… J/70s can’t be wrong Others… have tried Full… all 84 slots have been filled for the 2017 Mini Transat True story… 1992 America’s Cup winner Bill Koch has completed his full-scale, ‘fully crewed’ cowboy town up in them ‘thar’ hills… Boys… and toys First blood… Australian skipper Shane Freeman, 61, has lost his boat after being dismasted en route to the start of the Golden Globe Bored already… Alex Thomson announced his 2020 Vendée Globe entry less than four weeks after getting home Expect… Olympians Carolijn Brouwer and Marie Riou to be onboard when Dongfengstarts the Volvo race in October Two biggies… this month, sadly As we… said goodbye to the queen of post-war yachting photography Eileen Ramsay at the age of 101 And to… passionate sailor and supporter of everything to do with sailing, Meaghan van Liew passed away far too early aged 46 A sad time… Please now… take a look at
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SEAHORSE 11
VENDÉE GLOBE 2016 - 2017
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