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Samantha Davies is a very happy lady with a Vendée Globe programme funded and underway and a good Imoca 60 improving nicely
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USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
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Chris Museler
Marc Lombard is also pretty chirpy after his new Mini 6.50 and Class40 designs both scored well on their latest outings
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Russell Coutts is busy getting ready for the O’Pen Bic Worlds back at Manly Sailing Club… so what’s this talk of an AC50 series?
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Commodore’s letter
of the event is a tribute to the co-operation between Jachtclub Scheveningen, Noordzee Club, the ORC and IRC. Many column inches have been written about the differ-
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ences between the two rating systems, their relative merits and effects on yacht design. Some of this has been unpro- ductive rather than furthering the interests of sailors and sailing. The joint Hague Offshore World Championship was a practical coming together of the two systems in one event with a great deal of learning and knowledge being taken away for the future. The results showed close correlation between the two different rating systems – with some anomalies that are now being studied. Discussions are taking place on simplifying the scoring that was used in Holland to show one corrected time with one single result. Of particular note at the event was the strongly collaborative
he Hague Offshore Sailing World Championship held in July marked the first world championship for the two major international rating rules of IRC and ORC. A great deal of work was done behind the scenes over many months to allow both fleets to race together with a single result. The success
Well, Bill Clinton would have denied it… Christian Zugel’s MAT 1180 Tschüss has a typical Cowes Week experience. Compare this Mills design with the JPK 1180 Yes! on page 62. Same size, same rating system but very different takes
team approach of the joint ORC and IRC technical committee and measurers who established an effective and open relationship from the start; there is clearly momentum to build here for the future. I write immediately after being a spectator at the start of
our toughest offshore race, the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race run on a four-year cycle. As with much of our racing the Round Britain is an international affair with crew from 18 different countries taking part and attracting followers from around the world. It’s a very tough and technically chal- lenging course and as a past competitor I will be one of those keenly following the tracker… from the comfort of home. Preparations, both by the competitors and the organisers,
for a race like the RBI take place with a heavy emphasis on safety and the ability of the boat and crew to face inevitable adverse weather conditions. It is in the nature of the sport, and a component of its attraction, that while risks can be man- aged danger cannot ever be entirely eliminated. Individual boats and crews must exercise their own judgment when taking the decision to race on or to retire. We have all been reminded this year of the
dangers of yacht racing. We think of the individuals who have been lost and of their families. A poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon was sent to me that touched a chord: No game was ever worth a rap, For a rational man to play, In which no danger, no mishap, Could possibly find its way.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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INGRID ABERY
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