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Stop the press… between speaking to Jocelyn Blériot for this issue and us closing the last pages the wily François Gabart sold his Ultim Macif 1 to skipper Yves le Blevec and Team Actual Insanity… we cannot tell you about a brand new 60ft foiling offshore cruiser-racer that has just been ordered… Nor… its 100ft flying cousin from another designer (yes, we do) Laughing… his socks off... The famous…British Broadcasting Corporation The one… that sends five million ‘journalists’ to cover local hockey Breaks a story… ‘robotic motorboat successfully completes a two-week Arctic research voyage’ Excuse us… our own Silicon Valley autonomous sailing pioneer Richard Jenkins (Saildrone) has had sophisticated sailing craft doing the same thing for years and all without a drop of fossil fuel Promoting… a powerboat but overlooking a wind-powered solution That’s… the BBC Environment Department for you (sic) Whingefest… in this issue we’ll leave the World Sailing thread to others better qualified but we did just lurve the planned World Sailing Virtual AGM being one of ‘our prudent cost-saving measures’ Oh, OK then… we lurved even more a personal message from El Presidente (who has been investigated on several counts by the WS Ethics Committee) moaning about people being horrid about him While… explaining that three of seven members of the Ethics Committee had resigned (leaving insufficient members for a quorum) Mixed feelings… the Royal Western YC Lonely Rock Race, created as a response to the next Fastnet Race finish being removed to Cherbourg, attracted a fleet of just 14 boats (three retired) A brave… initiative prompted by dubious logic? Lonely lonely rock race… has a ring to it Better to have tried… etc etc (maybe – ed ) Will be missed… the co-owners of Westerly Marine in California, Lynn Bowser and Steve Lee, have confirmed that after 50 years of delivering fast beautiful yachts they are moving out of boatbuilding Trivial pursuits… many of the Maxi72s keep a spare engine in the container as the ultra-lightweight motors carried break down ‘a lot’ Reassuring… when motoring clear of that nasty lee shore… Whatever lights… your candle Centimetre… by centimetre… We are now… hearing back from individuals and organisations supporting our boat recycling initiative… Including… the intelligent French initiative ‘Aper’ funded by some of the largest French boatbuilders Farewell… to the lovely, kind, hard-working and oh-so-funny Elsa Green, co-founder with the late Bill Green and Ian King of the composite yacht builder that carried their name at the front of fleets for more than 25 years. Mischievous glint did not touch the sides And apologia… to Moth and SailGP star Scott Babbage who is of course Australian not American Not sure… who we had offended the most there All right… cobber (different cobber)… Having fought off… the latest efforts of the multihull lobby to enter the Sydney Hobart, the CYCA is now battling the two-handers… They’ve allowed them in… which is good (obvs) But… because of their use of autopilots they are currently ineligible for the big overall prize All this… just as RORC (presciently) opens up the use of pilots for fully crewed yachts Come on… Aussies, time to play catch up And… about those multihulls? Not safe... ask Francis Joyon and his amis? Virtually... not there? Amid... the many unfortunate show cancellations this year the ‘Virtual London Boat Show’ has been postponed One to follow… the facts are finally emerging about how hard some of the gatekeepers worked to prevent Larry Ellison and Ernesto Bertarelli thrashing out a sensible solution to the Deed of Gift fiasco PS… the Europeans come out better Low orbit… was accidentally achieved by Team NZ’s test mule Te Kahu in the Hauraki Gulf when someone pressed the wrong button Charlie Barr… never had that particular problem Jeepers creepers… are there some bargains to be had at…
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