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EUROPE
Will Ryan stepped into some big shoes at the front of Mat Belcher’s 470 in 2013 but 4 world titles in 5 years… he seems to be OK
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
Jo Richards continues to fascinate us. Dinghies to IOR to tris to Garda racers and (almost…) every one a winner along the way
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
Will Harris was the top rookie in his first Figaro Solitaire in 2016, aged just 21. This year a cruel finale spoiled his impressive return
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Andy Claughton Jack Griffin James Boyd
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
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Marc Lombard is busier than ever and across a very diverse range of designs. The current Class40 king... but this week it’s trimarans
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Jon Williams continues to dream up new ways to improve sailing efficiency – after Artemis in 2017 it’s now back to ‘monohulls’
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Please don’t tell the twatterati, but the original caption for this photo taken at the 1970 London International Boat Show of a group of happy female Firefly racers was titled ‘Firefly Totty’. Behind the Fairey-built Firefly is a racing Fairey Huntsman, but you’d all already spotted that, right?
An essential aspect of the Rolex Fastnet Race and the
majority of the classic offshore contests is that professional and Corinthian sailors compete against each other, something almost unheard of elsewhere in sport. I have always seen this as a huge strength. These great races have a wonderful history fostered by the
clubs that organise them; as sailors we must in turn support the clubs that allow us to compete in these unique events. Over the years as professional sailing has developed so
commercial race organisations have been created running many of our major events. I was struck, though, this month by the announcement of the Race Around, a new Class40 race, as the name suggests around the world, with a com- mercial race organiser. The Class40 could be described as both professional and Corinthian. My observation is that as commercial race organisers seek more opportunities the potential for divergence between professional and Corinthian competitors increases. In closing one other news piece caught my eye
this month; my congratulations to Will Hodshon and Rich Mitchell who have just sailed a 60-year old, 16ft Wayfarer dinghy non-stop 1,390nm around mainland Britain. Adventure sailing indeed. In the words of one respected friend, an achieve- ment to be admired but not emulated.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter
almost 100 starters, the Rolex Giraglia 243 entries and the AF Offshore Race in the Baltic boasting 230 boats. Drifting south of Cape Finisterre I spotted Rambler 88 on
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our AIS, fresh from her line-honours win in the Rolex Giraglia, steaming north heading for the Solent and the Rolex Fastnet Race. This year’s Fastnet has another record entry with a sig- nificant waiting list. The club is immensely proud and honoured to be the custodian of this most iconic and challenging offshore race. We are constantly working to ensure a first-class com- petitor experience and each event sees further development. This year has seen more publicity than usual with the race
start earlier than is traditional at the beginning of August, also enabling us to invite the fleet to Cowes for a pre-race crew party. We are also marking the 40th anniversary of the 1979 tragedy with a memorial service at Holy Trinity Church in Cowes.
n the midst of the northern hemisphere sailing season events are coming thick and fast with ocean racing show- ing strong participation at every level, both fully crewed and short and singlehanded. It has been great to see the RORC offshore season continue to attract increased numbers, the Transpac’s 50th anniversary edition with
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