Contributors EDITOR
Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Jo Aleh is not the first 470 champion to pay a heavy price for years of dieting. How great that after a long break the magic is back…
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
Federico Nardi if asked about his legacy can ape Sir Christopher Wren with ‘look around you’… at any major classic yacht regatta
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
Carl Ryves has a sound claim as Australia’s most iconic living racer – his influence over the decades now being beyond measure
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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Jean-Pierre Dick had a long but sadly never fully consummated relationship with the Vendée Globe… Now a different fire burns
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Unsettling… we have always wondered what the reason was for the angle of heel on Nat Herreshoff’s 1903 America’s Cup winner Reliance in this famous shot, given that the biggest Cup yacht of all time is flying no sail. And this really is the genuine original photo… Not Photoshop, not unless it was an ‘early’ version. James Burton took one other similar shot that day too – again only sky can be seen aloft. Kinda spooky, no?
15kt+ as we approached the finish. A very satisfying overall win and valuable points in the season championship. I have been lucky to spend time with our international
partners including a stay at the sumptuous 42nd Street Head- quarters of the New York Yacht Club. There I met previous RORC Rear-Commodore Ed Cesare, who is now Commodore of the Storm Trysail Club, to discuss how our clubs can com- bine forces on events like the Caribbean 600. I also spoke to Chris Otorowski, Commodore of the American Cruising Club, organisers of the Newport Bermuda classic; I look forward to attending their centenary celebrations in Newport this autumn. Closer to home we invited our French partners from UNCL,
including new president and old friend and rival Géry Trente- saux to London for strategy discussions on our successful IRC Joint Venture. The current IRC structure was agreed before the pandemic so we are keen to find better ways to co-operate, promoting the rule and better handling new developments. We are also focused on making sure we are
supporting the longer blue riband offshore races where IRC continues to predominate – an example being our own Chris Stone, recently appointed race director for the next Middle Sea Race.
James Neville Commodore
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e had a cracking start to the domestic season with excellent conditions for the Easter Challenge and Cervantes Trophy. In fact, the club in Cowes has been buzzing at the weekends with our various events and never more so than at our Easter regatta
and the daily coaching debriefs run by Andrew ‘Dog’ Palfrey, who brings his unique brand of Australian enthusiasm and straight talking to his work. Every session was packed. The Cervantes race was an early start with a direct dash
to Le Havre. The scene was set with 50 boats (half of them doublehanded) on the startline in bright sunlight and a shifty easterly. The forecast was for the wind to die behind us as we headed south making early progress critical. The exit of the Solent was challenging in a very fluky wind
but with the tide underneath us it was quick. On Ino we were soon able to stretch our legs with our blast reacher/jib/staysail combination enabling us to hold a high and fast angle across the Channel and avoid getting washed west by the tide. This meant we approached the French coast in a great position to make the most of the accelerating breeze and regularly hit
JAMES BURTON/ALAMY
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