endeavours before he was taken far too young. Graham quickly moved into the One Ton Cup and Admiral’s Cup
classes, attracting top crews in boats named Indulgenceand Phoenix. On different occasions he captained the British Admiral’s Cup Team, won the event and had the top individual boat. He raced in the Sydney to Hobart and Southern Cross Series in Australia, One Ton Cup in Newport, Rhode Island and all around Europe. Graham loved to race as a crew member taking the role of Team
Boss. He delegated the racing to the crew but we all knew we would face a thorough questioning afterwards which kept us focused. All Graham’s programmes were impeccably organised, wonderfully pre- sented and enormous fun reflecting his personality and joy for life. His early association with Peter Morton led to well thought-out cam- paigns with top designers, boatbuilders, sailmakers and so on. In 1985 Admiral Sir Ian Easton KCB DSC had convinced the Royal
Thames YC that it was unconscionable that Britain might not challenge for the 1987 America’s Cup so they supported his effort. Graham believed this too and offered his support. He ‘walked the walk’ and delivered a two-boat challenge that kept Britain and the RTYC at the heart of world sailing. He invited Princess Diana to name Crusader and hosted her and
(now) King Charles at a celebratory ball. Always the perfect host, Graham established Crusade YC as the social centre in Fremantle for the Cup. After further offshore success Graham started to look for new
challenges and found in classic racing his happiest and most satisfying moments afloat. He bought the Herreshoff-designed 52ft Rowdy, a 1916 NY40 bermudan cutter, and after working his magic raced her regularly in the western Med over nearly a decade – with results unlikely to be equalled. He then bought a sistership, Chinook, a gaff cutter, and raced her almost as successfully, again enjoying the combination of racing and socialising in a very friendly fleet. Graham was one of the few people who impacts those around him
in a positive way. He drew people to him with his charisma and sense of fun. ‘Fun and frivolity’ was his mantra but always with excellent
organisation and drive. A giant of the era. Farewell, old friend. – Harold Cudmore
FOILS! – Jack Griffin We’ve heard predictions that the new AC75s will be closer in performance than the first generation used in 2021. Will that be true? The foils will once again have a huge effect on performance. At least three major factors will affect foil design and development,
and all three are new for the 2024 America’s Cup. The foils will be over 100kg lighter. They will have 50cm more wingspan. And, perhaps most importantly, they have to function in the often confused seas of Barcelona. Teams are allowed to build three new foil wings and five new foil
flaps. Those are totals, not quantities for each side, port and star- board – and 20% of the mass of each foil wing and of each foil flap may be modified. For the foil wings all three new wings must have the same initial
design – ‘Version A’. For all three the same ‘immutable portion’ must remain unchanged when making modifications. For the five foil flaps two different ‘Version A’ designs are allowed; the ‘immutable portion’ of each Version A must again remain unchanged when making modifications. Building the foil wings and flaps and modifying them during ongoing
development will be a complicated logistical challenge. The foil arms are once again supplied equipment, and largely unchanged since 2021. Hydraulic and electrical connections to the foil wing and flaps will run inside the supplied leading-edge foil arm fairing. Optical fibres can be run through the fairing or in small grooves in the foil arm itself. Each combined foil arm, wing, flap and control system assembly
will weigh approximately 800kg. Within this assembly the load-bearing part of the foil wing is machined from high-strength steel and will probably constitute the immutable 80% of the mass of the wing. Lead and other materials will make up the other 20% of the foil wing’s mass. In some ways the restrictions on modifications make
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