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Dawn Riley is often, and not unkindly, called one of sailing’s great unstoppable forces. Once Dawn sets her mind on something, well…
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
James Lyne is far from your typical sailing coach; Quantum’s TP52 success is just the tip of a very deep and extremely wide iceberg
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
Charlotte Yven is among a wonderful new generation of women offshore racers. The next Vendée will be flush with female talent…
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin
Terry Hutchinson Dave Hollom
DESIGN & HERITAGE Clare McComb Julian Everitt Nic Compton Dan Houston
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
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Toby Marris is a rare thing in Seahorse… an important figure in the sport who really did begin his career aboard the square riggers
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Alexis Loison has won so many Fastnet trophies that some of the engraving just reads ‘as above’. Plus that longed-for Figaro victory…
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What a great shot… two legends of previous Vendée Globes, Isabelle Autissier (left) and Catherine Chabaud (right), flank Justine Mettraux – one of the outstanding performers of the 2024/25 edition finishing eighth in the toughest fleet ever. The Swiss skipper has a new Verdier-design in build for VG 2028
Foad to nickname his crew of schoolfriends competing in the French Nationals ‘the babies’… until he saw how fast they could sail. In Italy two pairs from RORC’s Griffin programme, Barbara Guth
and Louis Hockings-Cooke and Sweta Shervegar and Cam Sword, took first and second places in the Eurosaf Double Mixed Offshore European Championships. Our thanks to Riccardo Simoneschi’s Nastro Rosa for providing this wonderful opportunity. Off the water, our Admiral and Vice Commodore hosted splendid
centenary dinners in Plymouth and at the NRV in Hamburg. I had the honour of travelling to Monaco to present the Admiral’s Cup to the Yacht Club de Monaco and its president, HRH Prince Albert II. The club has a wonderfully wide-ranging love of all things maritime – from the classic yachts and motor vessels of Monaco Classic Week to their foiling Imoca entry Malizia-Seaexplorer. Few sailing events are as tough as La Solitaire du
Figaro Paprec and I was delighted to see overall victory go to Alexis Loison after his (latest!) overall victory in the Rolex Fastnet Race earlier this summer. Rookie Oliver Hill won the Viva trophy for the first non-French skipper. Meanwhile, our trea- surer is going to great lengths to avoid committee meetings, having just set off on the 6,100nm second leg of the Globe 40. Good luck, Richard!
Deb Fish Commodore
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RORC Commodore
Fujitsu British Soldier. On Bellino we had a fantastic tussle with the young sailors on sistership Griffin, finishing just one second apart. RORC’s Cowes clubhouse was buzzing that evening with tired and happy crews. It was a pleasure to return to Cowes a few days later to meet
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the crews from five continents competing in the Offshore Double- handed World Championships. I was surprised how much effort (close to 1,000 hours) Foad Zahedi’s team at Cap Regatta had put into equalising the Sunfast 30s. Last year a British crew travelled to Lorient, the home of French offshore sailing, and won the worlds; this year the French team of Théa Khelif and Thomas André restored French honour by winning in the Solent. Just 10 seconds separated Brits Zeb Fellows and Willow Bland in second from the Uruguayan team of Domi Knuppel and Fede Waksman in third. At just 18 Zeb was the youngest competitor in the event, causing
hectic September at the RORC started with a women’s training weekend, during which 31 female sailors were coached and inspired by some of the best in the business. Many went on to crew in the Salcombe Gin Centenary pursuit race the following weekend, won by the first boat to cross the line –
MARK LLOYD/ALEA
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