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EUROPE
Kevin Escoffier definitely has a good friend in fellow Imoca racer Jean Le Cam who pulled off the amazing rescue of his stricken rival
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
Manuel Fluck… Ultimate Frisbee coach, key member of the Seahorse J/80 team – and very handy with the most advanced aero tools
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis
Rob Weiland Ken Read
Jean Le Cam’s popularity keeps growing, as clearly do his skills. But his VG rescue outshines even his performance in this race
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Owner Bob Price and David Munge, author of It’s all in the mind (page 54) racing two-handed in their 18ft plywood design in 1960, the same year the pair won the Illingworth Rose Bowl, the annual championship for the Junior Offshore Group (JOG). ‘The boat rated 16ft,’ says Munge. ‘She was by far the smallest and lowest-rating boat racing under the JOG rules at the time. Double-handed sailing is not new!!’
that developing. Whatever the media frenzy the news on vaccines is very positive; combined with the rapidly improving testing capabilities this has also led to a great deal of optimism among race organisers. We at the RORC certainly have a high level of confidence in being able to run a full season. It must be inevitable that there will be restrictions around
Easter and the early part of the season but we will, I am sure, see an enthusiastic return to our offshore racing. Our com- petitors are optimistic with many Fastnet campaigns underway. Get on your marks for the opening of entries; we have increased the number of available places but interest is strong. The 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race is of course going to finish
in Cherbourg for the first time. We are very excited about the new destination and I am looking forward to taking part. In recent weeks there has been much correspondence in the media with views expressed both for and against the change. As reported there has now been a RORC EGM where members aired their views and endorsed the committee’s authority. This is my last column, next month you will hear
from my successor who will lead the club through the next three years. Thank you for reading this far and best wishes for your sailing in 2021.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter L
ooking back at 2020 the RORC Caribbean 600 was a highlight but it also marked the beginning of our realisation that Covid was going to have far-reaching effects. When we started the race things didn’t seem too serious, by the time we finished that had all changed. Of course lockdown in the UK soon
followed in March and ultimately we cancelled all of the planned RORC offshore races for the rest of the season. During lockdown some imagination and determination from
our race office gave us the Time Over Distance interview series which remains available on the RORC website. Not just a lock- down fix, it is good for winter evenings as well. Later, with some relaxation of the rules in England, in consultation with the RYA and with the medical advice of two past commodores, we were able to agree a framework to get boats back on the racecourse. The first event on 1 August was the very successful Race the Wight quickly followed by a summer series of day races. The summer seems a long time ago from the perspec- tive of cold winter evenings but we were well served by a prac- tical and sensible approach by the RYA and the work of our own race office determined to get us back on the water. Now we look forward to the 2021 season and I have certainly been asked a number of questions about how the RORC sees
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