Contributors EDITOR
Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Kirsten Neuschäfer… and what a breath of fresh air this South African skipper brings to ocean racing with her Golden Globe success
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 Yoichi Yabe
Don McIntyre checked the course himself in the solo BOC Challenge before creating a plethora of more accessible oceanic contests
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Rob Weiland Ken Read
AMERICA’S CUP Steve Killing
Andy Claughton Jack Griffin
John Winning is well known as the passionate 18-foot skiff racer – yet his role in this class’s long history is the bigger story
Terry Hutchinson James Boyd
DESIGN & HERITAGE Clare McComb Julian Everitt Nic Compton Iain McAllister
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
ACCOUNTS & CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Liz Beeson
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Ian Lipinski…a superstar in the Minis who carried success into the Class40. A new boat is imminent and rival nerves are jingling…
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The 2022 Manuard Mini foiler Nicomatic was raced in the Mini-en-Mai by solo novice Caroline Boule who, faced with a full storm in Biscay, wisely chose discretion over valour… as did 51 of the 97 entries. Boule bravely admitted before the start that for a solo debut a simpler boat and a softer forecast ‘would be nice!’ Boule normally races two-handed with foiler expert Benoit Marie… together they are a formidable package
Fastnet year, is looking a very different prospect. For the Myth of Malham we are expecting a fleet of over 150 boats with some serious competition in Class Zero including Peter Morton’s Maxi 72 Notorious, Eric De Turckheim’s Teasing Machineand, just in from Australia, Chris Sheehan’s PAC52 Warrior Won. There will also be some serious contenders in IRC2, possibly the toughest class, and we can expect to see Bellinoand Diablo continuing their battle for Double Handed Honours following an incredibly tight finish to the Cervantes race. Plans for the Fastnet are progressing well and with nearly
500 boats expected we are looking forward to welcoming a good number of overseas teams. The US crews have been doing particularly well in our races of late, with the VO70 Pyewacket 70winning the Caribbean 600 this year. Two other US boats to watch out for at the finish in Cherbourg will be two previous Caribbean 600 winners – the Cookson 50 Privateer and that Pac 52 Warrior Won. They will be joined in Super Zero by the nimble canting- keel Juan K maxi Lucky (ex-Rambler 88). Finally, for those considering a winter trip
across the Atlantic, the Notices of Race for both our Transatlantic Race and Caribbean 600 have been released. Two great bucket-list adventures.
James Neville Commodore
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he RORC domestic season started with the Cervantes Trophy in early May. The Dutch Ker 43 Baraka took line honours in just over 13 hours but she was beaten overall on corrected time by the enduringly successful French J/133 Pintia, owned by club member Gilles Fournier. We are four races
into the season and so far no British winner – with three to the French to date. Still there is a long way to go. I missed out on the traditional dash across the Channel to
Le Havre as we were launching my new Carkeek 45, Ino Noir, the culmination of weeks of frenetic activity attending to all the details required to set up a modern race yacht. Day one was all about testing the systems and dock-tuning the mast, but with all going to plan we were able to get out for a brief first sail in 15kt of breeze. A key check was to take the rig up to full forestay tension while the builders were still with us onboard checking for trouble… So far everything is looking good but the real test comes on the racecourse. We now have a full agenda to get prepared for the Fastnet.
We will be spending much of the rest of the month on cali- bration and sail trials. Our first aim is to be ready for the Myth of Malham, a race we won last year. But this year, being a
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