Contributors EDITOR
Andrew Hurst DESIGNER
Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt
EUROPE
Charlie Dalin has been flat out further speeding up the best Imoca of the 2020 generation. The Route du Rhum means a lot to him
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
Stu Bannatyne is never afraid of getting wet. Eight Volvo races under his belt … winning four of them. A good man in a firefight
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
Maxime Sorel first cut his offshore teeth in the Multi 50s, then slipping into the Imocas with a solid 10th place finish in his first VG
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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Rodion Luka won a 49er silver medal for Ukraine in 2004, since then developing an impressive range of fast and innovative new yachts
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Damien Seguin is surely today’s greatest paralympic sailor – be it one-design or offshore racing. Immensely likeable… and very smart
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What an extraordinary piece of marine exploration. And what extraordinary celestial navigation by Frank Worsley when he recorded where Shackleton’s Endurance went down in 1915
future RORC will exclude any yachts and crews with Russian connections. We will play our part in sanctioning those who have benefited
from the Russian system and can put pressure on Putin to stop the war. These actions will have an effect on our sport and the wider marine industry. The owners of some of the biggest vessels in the world will be isolated and excluded and their support and funding for our sport will disappear; for this reason we do not take these decisions lightly or hastily. I am sure the consequences will be expensive but they are nothing in comparison with the suffering in Ukraine. As Ino did not make it to the Caribbean this year I was in
the unusual position of watching the race via the tracker. As promised last month I did, however, find time to make a dive to check the coral on the reef outside Falmouth Harbour. I am pleased to report significant further regrowth – perhaps helped by there having been fewer yachts of all types in the harbour over the last couple of years. Ino’s enforced sabbatical has enabled us to
complete a number of jobs to ensure we are ready for a very full season ahead. I look forward to seeing you at our opening training regatta, the Easter Challenge in Cowes, and the traditional start to our domestic offshore series with the Cervantes Trophy to Le Havre at the end of April.
James Neville Commodore
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Commodore’s letter T
he Caribbean 600 – that annual much anticipated gathering in Antigua – is a personal favourite. This year it was even more welcome... last year’s can- cellation was a bitter blow and, with every indication that the Covid pandemic is at last in retreat, 74 boats gathered in English Harbour for the 13th edi-
tion. Owners and their crews, keener than ever for some winter sun, had overcome numerous logistical challenges to get their boats there (they certainly did better than I did on that score!). The start was a fantastic spectacle as a fully powered-up
fleet headed inshore before tacking under the cliffs – the MOD70 Power Play achieving an impressive wheelie as a gust hit just before the start. The wind at this stage was generally more northerly than normal, extending the classic first beat to the east of Green Island with the boats making the most of the fresh breeze all the way to the Barbuda turning mark. The race started before the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
an event that will change, perhaps for ever, many of the things we have taken for granted. As the racing progressed and the horrific scale of the developments on the other side of the world became clearer we had to consider our position. Our initial reaction was that sport should not be mixed with
politics and that we have a critical role to build relationships that cross the international divides; it soon became clear, however, that this is not possible in this situation and so in
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