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Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
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EUROPE
Juan Kouyoumdjian has never ceased surprising us with new ideas – but is just as adept operating within the confines of a class rule
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Manuel Fluck Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot
Frederic Augendre
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler Carol Cronin
JAPAN Yoichi Yabe
Ed Wright at 45 is surely the new grand old man of the Finn fleet. Plenty are older but none of them just won a second Gold Cup
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
Francesco Bruni…no spring chicken either, but again always super-fast be it AC75, RC44 or that much loved foiling Moth
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Pascal Conq joined Jean Marie Finot during the heady days of consecutive Vendée Globe wins… now the pair are back in earnest
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The Flying Dutchman prototype on trials in the Netherlands in 1951. The boat ‘planed easily’ and ‘showed little tendency to fall over’. Excellent news, so now let’s add the biggest genoa ever seen on a planing dinghy, a big chute and let’s get rid of the permanent backstays while we’re at it. But the success of Conrad Gulcher’s sweet lines is already apparent in that flat wake. Only the appearance of the 49er in 1995 ended the FD’s status as the only boat capable of continuous planing upwind
in 30kt+ before rounding the bottom of the island to finish just after 1300. Four hours, 30 minutes to do 50 miles set a new IRC record in a 42ft monohull that is likely to stand for a while. It is rare in our sport for all the stars to align, when you realise you are on the right boat, on the right day with the right crew, and that is what happened on Ino XXX that day. The 600 was a classic big-boat race with Roy Disney’s
Pyewacket setting the early running and never seriously threat- ened thereafter. Her nearest challengers were the VO70 I Love Poland and later an in-form team on the much smaller Teasing Machinewho in the end finished just two hours behind Disney’s modified VO70. A fantastic time was had by all and a big thank you to our hosts at the AYC and all of the volunteers who help make such a well-organised and friendly event. At the end of the week I said a sad goodbye as Ino set off
for pastures new. She really is a wonderful yacht that has taught me a lot and as a crew we have got the very best out of her. Rumours that I shed a tear as I waved her off the dock are of course greatly exaggerated. We all now head back to the relative calm of the UK domestic season and to await the launch of Ino Noir. Until then it will be an odd feeling to watch the racing from Cowes esplanade.
James Neville Commodore
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nce again the annual RORC de-camp to Antigua did not disappoint. I always look forward to two weeks in the Caribbean in February (I am human, after all); fantastic weather, great parties, top com- petition and the chance to catch up with owners and crews from 70 boats from around the world.
This year’s innovation, the RORC Nelson’s Cup series, was
a resounding success with terrific courses outside English Harbour which enabled us to tune up prior to the 600-miler itself. I had had pre-event concerns about the format, and the expectation that people would commit to an inshore regatta immediately before a gruelling offshore race. But at the prize- giving after the two days of inshore racing all doubts were dispelled with full agreement that it had been time well spent. The highlight for us on Ino XXX was the Antigua 360 – a
50nm race around the island. We set off at the pin end getting a wonderful lift off the cliffs that enabled us to stay in contact with our bigger rivals up the beat. Once we rounded Green Island with it blowing 30kt the call came for the A6… before a rapid French Teasing Machineblew past us with full spinnaker – not to be outdone, we quickly swapped to the A4. We surfed across the top of the island averaging over 20kt
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