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EUROPE
Ron Holland redefined IOR design along with his close friend Doug Peterson before leading the charge of the sailing superyachts
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Torbjörn Linderson Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot
Frederic Augendre
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler Carol Cronin
JAPAN
Giancarlo Pedote had to battle his way up the solo ranks but he finally has his hands on a good Imoca and things are looking up
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Gerardo Seeliger raced a Finn at the 1972 Munich Olympics and he races a Finn today whenever and wherever he can. Says a lot
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Charlie Enright has been busily filling in the time between round-the-world campaigns with some very fruitful IRC pot-hunting…
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Something of an APB on behalf of Police Car, a very special fractionally rigged Ed Dubois-designed Two Tonner that led the Australian Team to victory in the rough Admiral’s Cup of 1979. The latest owner of the boat was well into a full restoration before pulling the plug, and an ocean-racing legend is now up for auction. The reserve… AUS$5,000 (sad)
where she dominated Class 1 with a scoreline of 1,1,1,3,1. My commuter gateway, Portsmouth Harbour, has seen a
flurry of new boat activity recently. A ‘large package’ arrived last week at the Ineos Team UK headquarters in Camber Dock. Having read more about Team New Zealand’s stunning new boat I am looking forward to seeing the first AC75 out in the Solent. The challenges both technical and safety still seem immense; it will be fascinating to see the Ineos project develop. Across the harbour in Gosport Alex Thomson’s new Hugo
Boss splashed last month – an amazing-looking machine in its contrasting pink and black colour scheme. Never has a UK team looked in such a strong position going into the Vendée Globe; there is great support for Alex in this area where he has a public profile only previously achieved by Ellen McArthur. I’m sure Alex will continue to achieve much for our sport and bring ocean racing to a wider audience. The Transat Jacques Vabre approaches and I wish him great success. Interesting to note that the previous Hugo Boss
will be raced in the TJV by Charlie Enright and Pascal Bidégorry as a first step for Enright’s 11th Hour Ocean Race programme. It looks as though several of the existing Imocas will form the core of the Ocean Race fleet as the event moves into its next iteration. Sailing is undoubtedly in a phase of rapid change and development. Exciting times.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter
issue on the growing demand for double-handed racing and the Cherbourg Race and the RORC season’s points champion - ship highlight the popularity of the discipline. The top four boats in IRC into Cherbourg were double-handed, as were two of the top five boats in the season’s points championship. The final race in the points championship is yet to come with this month’s Rolex Middle Sea Race. Watch this space. All RORC races are sailed under our jointly owned IRC rating
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rule. In the diverse world of offshore racing this works fantas- tically well. One-design racing, at least in yachts, has declined in the UK but as the New York Yacht Club Invitational gets underway in Rhode Island, in their new fleet of Melges IC37s, I see there is an initiative to establish that fleet in the UK also. There is already a great springboard in place with the IC37 Kanreki’s ‘strong’ result racing under IRC at Cowes Week
he RORC fleet sailed into a beautiful sunset in the final domestic race of the season before a cross Channel spinnaker reach to an early finish in Cherbourg. Not a bad way to end the UK season after a challenging Fastnet and windy Cowes Week. I noted Hugh Welbourn’s comments in the last
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