Contributors EDITOR Andrew Hurst
DESIGNER Stephen Stafford
Adam May was one of Iain Percy’s very first hires at Artemis – a natural choice as May has been in foiling Moth world from the start
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt EUROPE
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery Rob Weiland
Torbjörn Linderson Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot Jochen Rieker
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis Terry Hutchinson Cam Lewis Peter Holmberg
Malcolm Page made a nimble switch ashore after winning two gold medals on the water and is now busy rebuilding Team USA
JAPAN
Yoichi Yabe Ken Toyosaki
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Mundle Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Michel Kermarec was a stalwart of the French ocean racing scene before becoming immersed in foil design – also with Artemis
AMERICA’S CUP Ken Read
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin Steve Killing James Boyd
ACCOUNTS AND CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Wendy Gregory
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Victor Kovalenko finally persuaded Mrs Kovalenko to allow him one more go at adding to Australia’s Olympic tally in Japan…
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Jonathan McKee is a very diverse sailor – Mini 6.50s to top grand prix tactician. Plus a last-minute Olympic gold that started it all off…
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Some sport: my uncle – in the crew above – had incredible stories from his days in the Résistance, which he joined at 15. The boat was my grandfather’s pride and joy, bought unfinished from an English gentleman who had ordered her and lost interest (or run out of budget!) – Jocelyn Blériot
endearment) was happy to see her beloved disappear for a day or more. Nowadays, it seems few sailors can commit to a lengthy campaign without competing family, work or hen party obligations on inconvenient days. Even where the com- mitment is made, honouring it may become problematic (sorry, Giles). One solution of a racing friend is the clause in his post- nup that precludes his attendance at weddings on race days. The fun may often be just beginning when untested crew come aboard – the ocean in a confined setting being one of the world’s great tests of character. Personal habits, pet peeves and differences of opinion can surface. That gregarious man at the crew-match bar may be an unstoppable chatterbox. There is an unconfirmed report of a yacht in the 2015 Rolex Fastnet Race that felt obliged to retire to the Scillies when relations among fellow crew members became intolerable. And this on the way out in light conditions. We will address the amateur/professional mélange in due course… it undoubtedly deserves its own column. The most colourful crew companion? Our (unnamed, pro- fessional) mate on the 2006 Round Ireland Race aboard Jonathan Goring’s J/133, Jeronimo. On a quiet night off Rathlin Island, he initiated an unusual game to list menu items using baby ingredients! It sounds like a pastime from a high security prison and, knowing him, could well be. But don’t knock it before you try it (the game I mean). Despite its bizarre theme, we are still chuckling about the winning entry… Sprogs’ Legs.
Michael Boyd Commodore
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Commodore’s letter
e continue our campaign planning theme this month. Having covered the subject of money last month, we turn to the other occa- sionally vexed question… human beings. Crew selection, management and retention on an amateur racing yacht constitute no ordi- nary HR challenge. During the 2016 season we combined forces with Nick Jones to campaign his and Suzi’s First 44.7, Lisa, and ‘our’ JPK 10.80, Audrey, chartered for the summer (missing you, girl...). We were blessed to have several wonderful fun sailors throughout but, by the end of the season, surprised to discover that, for our 20 crew positions, we had had 75 people on the cumulative list of crew. Some had helped with deliveries and others came for single events where we lent Audreyto friends. Even so, this was a meaty number over five months and we weren’t always fully crewed. The length of the list reflected, in part, the wide searches to fill empty slots. Along the way, seven nationalities were involved and the age
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range was from 17 to late-60s. All this is to illustrate the chal- lenge of finding good, reliable, regular and compatible crew... The longer in the tooth yearn for the good old days when
one of the few alternatives to yacht racing was black and white TV, only a bird would tweet and ‘her indoors’ (English term of
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