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Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Rob Humphreys’ design office has travelled far since those first rapid Half Tonners. Explorer vessels, superyachts, you name it…
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Manuel Fluck Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot Øyvind Bordal Franck Cammas Magnus Wheatley
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler Carol Cronin
Miranda Merron will slot in fine as the new Globe 40 race director. She has been there and done it all, with a first-class nose for sailor BS
JAPAN Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Rob Weiland Sam Goodchild
AMERICA’S CUP Steve Killing
Marc Guillemot has been in the thick of it, from that first transat record in 1984 with Patrick Morvan to the latest Ocean 50 trimarans
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin
Terry Hutchinson Dave Hollom
DESIGN & HERITAGE Clare McComb Julian Everitt Nic Compton Dan Houston
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
ACCOUNTS & CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Liz Beeson
Paul Bieker…AC-winning designer/engineer, prolific innovator in every type of craft, world championship winning Int14s. Enough…
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Tom Whidden… so many achievements. Let’s just say that when Whidden spoke, even Dennis Conner in his pomp listened attentively…
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Not quite on the scale of their 2021 innovation of twin-helms, but we doubt Luna Rossa will be the only AC75 team to be giving their sailors some fire-hose protection this summer…
Nationals and delivered a nail-biting conclusion. Father and son Dan and Zeb Fellows (the latter just 17) took third place in Orbitwith scores of 3,2. Tim Goodhew and Kelvin Matthews in Coraand Rob Craigie and I in Bellinoeach scored 1,4; Bellino was declared the national champion by virtue of a better result in the last race. While revelling in the quality of two-handed racing I and col-
leagues on the RORC committee are considering what more we can do to encourage fully crewed racing, a vital pathway into our sport. And there are plenty of talented young crew available. Engine trouble caused us to miss a windy Cowes-Dinard but
gave me the opportunity to watch the start from the Royal Yacht Squadron. I was impressed by the professionalism of the RORC and RYS staff and their team of dedicated volunteers, and I hope that Giles Fournier and the crew of Pintiaheard the round of applause from the platform as they port-tacked the fleet! Congratulations to Tom Kneen and his young team on
Sunriseon their victory and to the young pairing of Josh Dawson (25) and Ollie Hill (23) who borrowed Simon Toms’ Sun Fast 3300 Zephyr and drove it like they stole it to win the first leg of the IRC two-handed Europeans. Looking ahead, we have 22 entries from five
continents for the Double-Handed World Offshore Championship in Lorient in September, sailed in Sun Fast 30 One Designs. Meanwhile, entries for the Admiral’s Cup are open and the first teams have entered – exciting times!
Deb Fish Commodore
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crewed sistership Black Sheep, with strong tides and variable winds turning every headland into an opportunity to gain or lose a couple of miles. The sting in the tail for us smaller boats was a beat back down the Irish Sea, with winds gusting to 35-40kt. Victory under IRC went to Eric de Turckheim’s Teasing Machine, and there were close battles throughout the fleet. Wicklow Sailing Club was a fantastic host, as was the Royal Irish Yacht Club for larger boats based in Dún Laoghaire. After watching the start of the Newport Bermuda Race in
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Wicklow I was saddened to hear that two boats were abandoned during the race due to water ingress, the J/121 Allianceand the Swedish Yachts 41 Gunga Din, both crews rescued by fellow competitors. The incidents serve to remind us that we must never take safety for granted, yet our sub-committees would wel- come greater transparency concerning structural failures at sea. The Morgan Cup to Dartmouth, won by Scarlet Oyster, was also the second and final race in the GBR IRC Two-Handed
fter sailing almost 1,500nm in the past month I write this column pleasantly tired. The highlight was the SSE Renewables Round Ireland Race, 700nm starting and finishing in Wicklow, which never fails to deliver a challenge. We enjoyed fantastically close racing, particularly with fully
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