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EUROPE


Doug DeVos has had a fair haul of silverware from the TP52 Super Series – only right as he helped to create the circuit in the first place!


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Dawn Riley is best known for the Whitbread and the Cup; however, we think her success as Oakcliff Sailing CEO will be the real legacy


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Gavin Brady maintains such a low profile it’s hard to remember how prolific he has been in the highest echelons of sailboat racing


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Buddy Melges has been a giant of sailing seemingly for ever. And one of very few men to best Dennis Conner in a Star boat too


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One of the last photographs of the great Alain Colas seen at the start of the first Route du Rhum in 1978. Colas is on the trimaran Manureva he purchased from Eric Tabarly in 1970, the great man declaring himself unhappy with a multihull at sea. Colas had sailed Manureva twice around the world but now the aluminium 70-footer was 10 years old and suffering badly from corrosion – look at the mizzen mast and boom. Colas’ last contact with race HQ was at the Azores. In spite of an enormous search by the French airforce for the famous yachtsman no wreckage was found – supporting the theory that the ageing craft had simply broken apart in rough seas


and a possible vaccine will combine to make our racing practical. There is strong momentum within the fleet to get back on the water, with the events that can take place this summer all enjoying very big entries. I am sure that will overflow into next season and that we will all approach the Fastnet year with renewed energy. Our race office is flat out and a pro- visional 2021 RORC programme is already up on our website. The racing that the club has organised so far this summer


has been with a crew restricted to a maximum of six or, if lower, 2/3rds of the boat’s IRC crew number. Perhaps our decision to allow autopilots taken


last year was prescient. Smaller teams have caused head scratching for some manoeuvres but it’s also been a catalyst to reconsider the size of crew we really want to sail with. Small teams give the whole crew a more active part in racing their boat. Perhaps we will see a step change?


Steven Anderson Commodore


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ur sailing may be restricted but there is no doubt we are enjoying a glorious summer on the south coast of England. We took advantage of the sun and light winds to make a quick dash across the Channel to meet our new partners for the Rolex Fastnet Race finish in Cherbourg, with a year to


go before the 2021 start. We were soon reminded, yet again, how sailing truly is a national sport in France when we saw a large countdown timer to the race start in the town centre. One year out it was a good time to meet our partners and


discuss details regarding the finish and to see again the impressive local facilities. Covid eyes see things differently these days and the public


spaces that will be dedicated to the finish give plenty of options for many eventualities. The dedicated team in France, led by Jean-Louis Valentin, and the leaders of the four local authorities involved showed their huge enthusiasm for the event and we were left in no doubt that all the stops would be pulled out to make the next Fastnet finish something to remember. During the trip it was also great to be able to look forward


to the 2021 season and a return to offshore racing. It seems reasonable to expect that innovations in testing, treatment


BERNARD RUBINSTEIN/ALEA


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