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Stephen Stafford
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EUROPE
Jacques Caraës is the experienced former racer on whose shoulders rests the responsibility of being Vendée Globe race director
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
Hamish Willcox and Dave Barnes dominated the 470 class in the early ’80s before Willcox turned met-man and Olympic supercoach
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Rob Weiland Ken Read
Sam Manuard was every bit as successful at sailing Mini 6.50s as at designing them before moving to the Class40 and then Imoca
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Terry Hutchinson James Boyd
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
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Ergin Imre has tried hard to promote home-grown talent from Turkey while finding wider success in the TP52 and Dragon classes
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On the one hand you might say ‘how the mighty are fallen’ given this brutal restyling of the Joubert-Nivelt designed ocean greyhound Jean Stalaven. On the other hand at least she is still out there and sailing instead of broken up on a Caribbean beach like so many of her rivals. Now named Jet France, the 23m cat still causes excitement, recently going missing between Nouméa and Tahiti. The Pacific cruising brotherhood had responded to a massive ‘APB’ before the big cat ghosted into Tahiti, her crew of two adults and two children wondering what all the fuss was about
I have written before about the continued success of the
double-handed sector. Feedback from around the world is that there is strong interest elsewhere – which includes welcome growth in the USA where historically interest in shorthanded racing was limited to a small group of determined enthusiasts. The proposed Olympic event has stimulated some of this
interest but I am now hearing that concerns of the IOC over post-Covid costs are casting something of a shadow. This event is good for offshore sailing and deserves support. The new Offshore Double association aims to demonstrate that support; it’s free to join and will help World Sailing defend the Olympic event. The Rolex Middle Sea Race will be over by the time
this goes to print but as I write a good fleet is gathered in Valetta. I wish the race great success; it is good to see it go ahead despite the constraints of the current situation. Well done to the Royal Malta Yacht Club… and to every race organiser who has managed to get us on the water this season. It has not been easy.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter T
he Covid 19 restrictions in the UK are constantly in the headlines and fatigue has certainly set in so forgive me for dragging the topic into this piece. At the RORC we have been making more detailed plans for next season and it has been good to hear enthu- siasm and optimism for a full offshore programme
with the highlight of the Rolex Fastnet Race. I hear reports of many preparing detailed campaigns and the sense is that quite a head of steam has built up to get out there after the limited racing this year. For sure we have some concerns if restrictions are still in
place next spring but we are confident that our offshore pro- gramme will go ahead. We have some new ideas to present in due course, born from the success of the events we have been able to run this summer and autumn. The autumn weather here has been good and racing in the Solent has been strong. The days get shorter but the water is still warm. Thoughts of warm water lead to the Caribbean and our
Transatlantic and Caribbean 600 races. Both Grenada and Antigua have been working hard with their preparations and have practical measures in place that will allow them to welcome our boats. I guess it’s part of learning to live with the virus and our race office is actively planning for these events now.
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