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EUROPE
Tony Langley found huge success in the sadly not always fashionable field of engineering – not that it bothers him all that much
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Torbjörn Linderson Andy Rice
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Frederic Augendre
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis
Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler Carol Cronin
JAPAN
Alex Thomson starts his 5th Vendée with absolutely everything needed to end France’s hegemony of the event. Now go for it, boyo!
Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
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Rob Weiland Ken Read
Jérémie Beyou was third in the last VG racing an ageing 6-year-old Imoca. Now he has both a new ship and time on the water
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Kōtare is the first of the new AC9F foilers designed and built by Yachting Developments that will be used for the Youth America’s Cup starting in China in November with the final in Auckland next year. Crews for the new event must consist of two men and two women aged 18-24. Fifteen teams have now entered the event which is sponsored by Team New Zealand, Royal NZ Yacht Squadron and China Sports Industry Group
also shrunk to England and the Isle of Wight; although I have been lucky enough to have continued conversations with others in the US, France, Germany and elsewhere over recent weeks my experience has been mainly restricted to UK matters. So from my limited UK perspective how have our organisa-
tions fared? Top marks to the RYA for giving timely and helpful advice without being prescriptive. Brickbats to World Sailing for perhaps inadvertently trying to prohibit those over 65 from racing: thanks to our two former commodores Andrew McIrvine and Peter Rutter for ‘suggesting’ they rethink. Thank you to the RNLI for supporting a return to sailing. It’s
a shame to see the criticism of beach lifeguards – many kept off their beaches by local councils rather than through choice. Thank you also to our harbour authorities for ensuring our
ports are open. Brickbats where they have been slow to respond to the loosening of lockdown or, worse, have bowed to small local pressure groups to curtail legal activity. What I would draw from this is the continued need
not only to support our organisations, but to not be afraid to get involved when the precious freedoms that we enjoy are unreasonably threatened. With luck when you read this our Cowes club-
house will be open and we will have been able to get some certainty into what remains of this year’s racing calendar. Fair winds in still difficult times.
Steven Anderson Commodore
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Commodore’s letter H
ow was lockdown for you? At time of writing the signs are that lockdown will ease significantly around the world and I am reflecting on how lucky we have been here on the Isle of Wight. Our concerns at the RORC or as sailors in the Solent are very much first world problems; I can only voice
our support for others who have had to deal with more serious consequences whether on the frontline, through the effects of the virus directly, or in the threat to their livelihoods. As sailors I am sure most of us have been looking forward
to getting back on the water as an antidote to worry, inactivity and a diet of constantly negative news media. The freedom of the oceans has seldom felt more attractive. The strange times we are living through have brought a new
perspective on many things. As governments have sought to combat the effects of the pandemic our freedoms have been necessarily curtailed to a greater or lesser extent. Global horizons have shrunk back to national boundaries and each nation has pursued its own strategies. The organisations we come into contact with as sailors have had an equally diverse range of responses. My horizon has
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