Contributors EDITOR
Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Brett Van Munster has been integral to reinventing the 18-foot skiff as a semi one-design but which still offers unrivalled spectacle
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
Simon Fry (Stirfry’s name, btw) began with a string of J/24 titles before becoming one of the most decorated sail trimmers on the planet
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Rob Weiland Ken Read
Arthur Ransome is best known for Swallows and Amazons but that came only after being caught up in the Russian revolution…
AC TECHNICAL Steve Killing
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin
Terry Hutchinson James Boyd
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We stand corrected… We admit to not being fully convinced when social media darling Clarisse Cremér was handed the backing of Banque Populaire for the Vendée Globe. Many other skippers would (almost) literally kill for a chance which came with previous race winner (and after winning the 2020 Figaro, now undisputed offshore god) Armel Le Cléac’h as mentor. However, Cremér finished a strong fourth in the long stage of the Défi Azimut on a boat that is not on the pace of the latest foilers and so we are happy to eat our words. We wish her and her amazing sponsor the very best this winter
The IRC Nationals attracted the Fast40 and Performance
40 Solent fleets. Relatively tight rating bands for both groups kept racing close with IRC levelling the playing field. It has been interesting to reflect again on how a rating rule can enable racing between very different boats. IRC does a good job for us and works well across our offshore season. IRC provides simplicity but of course as a single number
rating won’t give a good result, for example, on a breezy reaching race between planing and non-planing yachts. A rating solution to this can be imagined but begs many other questions (are we trying to reward sailing, routeing, local knowl- edge?) and practical implementation is currently impossible; that would need some truly big data from the racecourse. As differences between designs get more pronounced perhaps it is time to consider running more racing by type and not only by rating band. I hope all northern hemisphere readers got some sailing this season.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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ur race team have worked hard to get us out on the club’s home waters this summer. They have been rewarded by the success of the Summer Series, IRC Nationals and Double Handed Nationals. It is good to have been out on the water. Double-handed racing has been popular and
very competitive – and it is the only division we have been able to run overnight racing for under Covid restrictions. The current regulations here have boosted the already strong interest in the discipline. Another boost is of course the Olympic mixed offshore class and prospective competitors for that have been part of the fleet over the summer. I have reports that double-handed is in resurgence elsewhere, including the US east coast, for similar reasons. The mix of Corinthian and professional competitors is a
strength of our racing and has brought a lot to the experience with successes for both camps in the double-handed division. Our hope is that the Olympic initiative will continue to be good for sailing and initial feelings seem to be that double-handed offshore sailing will be strengthened not weakened. While there will be standard equipment for the Olympics our races under IRC – with shorthanded crews still eligible for all major trophies – bring an entirely different character to the racing.
CHRISTOPHE FAVREAU
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