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Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
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EUROPE
Andy Claughton appeared to transition seamlessly from managing the world’s best known testing facility to America’s Cup designer
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Rob Weiland
Torbjörn Linderson Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot
Frederic Augendre
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler
Jacques Caraës spent many years competing successfully in the world’s biggest ocean races… now he’s busy organising them
Terry Hutchinson JAPAN
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe Rob Mundle
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis Ken Read
Luis Saenz is another of the many successful and influential America’s Cup figures who does his best work beneath the radar
AC TECHNICAL Steve Killing
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin James Boyd
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
ACCOUNTS AND CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Wendy Gregory
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Juan Villa could chill out after Mapfre’s punishing Volvo finale with a drier – as well as speedier – trip to Hobart on Wild Oats
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Jean-Luc Van Den Heede taught maths before he was a sailing legend; so no problem with the Golden Globe’s celestial navigation
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Main contractor De Havilland Aviation, launch date 1968. First sea trials: max steady speed of 63kt+. Outstanding dynamic stability and able to maintain 40kt in 5m seas. The helmsman must also be qualified as an aircraft pilot. With an aluminium hull and dual gas turbine (foiling) and diesel (Archimedes) propulsion HMCS Bras d’Or was part of a brilliant and fast-advancing Canadian foiling project… that was canned in 1971 by PM Pierre Trudeau. Plus ça change
This year’s Rolex Fastnet Race will, uniquely, start before
Cowes Week, enabling us to organise a crew party on the Thursday evening before the Saturday start to the race. We hope to welcome as many boats as possible to Cowes. The 2019 race is also the 40th anniversary of the 1979 tragedy which will be marked by a church service on Friday 2 August. Every Fastnet entry has of course to qualify by completing
sufficient racing miles with the boat and crew while meeting the rigorous requirements of the Offshore Special Regulations. These regulations are regularly updated and the club makes a major contribution to that process each year. Our inspectors will be visiting many of the Fastnet crews to assist with under- standing and complying with these requirements. From the vantage point of January the forthcoming northern
hemisphere season is starting to look closer. However, I think we have some winter weather coming and Antigua for the Caribbean 600 seems a particularly attractive proposition right now. Again we are expecting a strong entry for this modern classic. Again the shoreside social is an integral part of the event. Competitors following Scuttlebutt may also feel the need to visit the sailors’ bar of the year, Cloggy’s in Falmouth Harbour... Why not?
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter
Royal Ocean Racing Club, both UK and international, entering the Fastnet Race within seven days of registration opening are now given priority and comprise about two-thirds of the confirmed fleet. This means many otherwise well-organised non-members entering on the first day missed out on an imme- diate place and are on the actively managed waiting list. The question of the restriction in entries is often discussed
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as the club remains keen to keep developing the race and maximise participation without compromising on the quality of the contest and the competitors’ experience. The principal constraint, of course, is finding enough berthing in Plymouth to allow the fleet to be properly managed and the competitors to have reasonable access to the race village. We continue to work closely with the city of Plymouth to make the 2019 edition as special as ever.
conic, the world’s biggest and most successful offshore race, challenging, varied, international, bucket list, what does the Rolex Fastnet Race mean to each of the competitors? Registration for the 2019 edition opened in January and, as you will read elsewhere in Seahorse, sold out in 4 minutes and 37 seconds. Members of the
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