H3000 system over some time to A+T instruments and new wind sensor. Led by IT specialist and navigator/coach Marcel Korte, the upgrade was finished last winter. Early in the 2023 season she won the Giraglia outright with Korte navigating and then finished 3rd
in
the ORC Worlds. In the Voiles de St Tropez the yacht as Nanoq, for Prince Frederik of Denmark, won her class with Will Oxley navigating. At the end of the season, Korte wrote: ‘We chose A+T for the complete refit. I found that their products are not only industry leading in performance, but incredibly robust and support numerous formats and interfaces. More than that we were particularly impressed by A+T’s outstanding service and support.’ Early in the year the magnificent
eight-year total rebuild of the 1938 Sparkman and Stephens’ yawl Baruna was eventually finished under the meticulous eye of captain Tony Morse, who is a wooden classic specialist previously running the same owner’s Skylark. This was a total rebuild (see their immaculate Instagram thread) and A+T was proud to have been selected to provide the full suite of instruments and autopilot for the project. Hugh Agnew of A+T has been helping Morse and project manager Chris Savage with commissioning and calibration as this classic gets into its stride of sailing with high level performance information. StellaMaris, ClubSwan 50, had
a great season taking the 2023 European Championship inMahon and finishing 3rd
in the overall ranking
for 2023. This yacht, navigated by Gilberto Pastorelli, has a FaRo processor and A+T displays including the BFDs on themast. After this win Pastorelli praised the technical contributors including A+T, FaRo, Expedition and Sailing Performance. A+T and FaRo have a technical collaboration which allows the FaRo processor to drive all of the rugged A+T displays directly froman Ethernet connection. This is the configuration on the ClubSwan 125 Skorpios. Highland Fling XVIII, the brand
new Gunboat 80 launched in July 2023 with a full A+T Ethernet-based instrument and pilot systems fitted and supported by UK-based Osprey Technical. Again this has the A+T processor linked over Modbus to the yacht’s PLC for exchange of information and allowing for auto depowering of the mainsail at critical heel values. The whole project was put together by captain Xavier Mecoy who had fitted A+T instruments to the previous Highland Fling XI, now renamed Django. The Gunboat 80
Top: the schooner Adix at the finish of one of the Cowes races in the Richard Mille Cup. Right: the maxi Bullitt runs A+T BFDs with a WTP3 system. They won the Middle Sea Race overall and were second across the finish line after Leopard 3, another A+T user
had its first outing in the new multihull class introduced by the IMA at this year’s Maxi Rolex Cup with navigator Andrew Cape and finished a very creditable 2nd
place even after
counting maximum points for a day they could not start. CowesWeek 2023 was windy and
in a heavy gybe Ian Atkins’ Dark N Stormymanaged to break her existing verticalmast wand. No problem, boat captain Led Pritchard picked up a new replacement from A+T with the new fast response 500 series wind sensor the same afternoon and went on to win Class 0 overall. Dark N Stormy had upgraded her old B&G systemto A+T, keeping the existing sensors and wiring. Congratulations to the owner and to Steve Hayles navigating. This win comes on top of second overall in the Round the Island 2023 and their outright win in 2022. In June there was spectacular
racing on the Solent at the RYS organised Richard Mille regatta. A+T director Hugh Agnew was calling tactics and navigating on Adix, the 65m schooner run by Paul Goss which finished class second in Cowes while Lady Anne, owned by
the same family as Adix and navigated by Nacho Postigo won the event overall. Both of these classic yachts have upgraded to A+T using the existing sensors and wiring. This meant that they had the highest level of upgrade and at the same time quick, easy and lowest cost. All these yachts are using A+T’s
new fast response wind sensor. Sam Meredith, A+T’s head of software explains that his modelling shows that the benefits of mast motion correction are tied crucially to how fast the sensor responds compared with the motion period of the yacht. On A+T systems, the user can look at the improvement in live graphing before selecting these corrections. Existing wind wands can be upgraded to A+T as parts are interchangeable. These yachts join the 500 plus
superyachts and raceboats that have fitted A+T and benefit from the quality of their engineering, attention to detail and above all fantastic 24/7 support. Bring on the 2024 season. A+T has no connection or
affiliation with B&G/Navico.
www.aandtinstruments.com
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INGRID ABERY
RICK TOMLINSON
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