Contents June 2020 FEATURES
4 Keep the faith SHARON GREEN
30 Grounded Twenty years, 40 years. Just keep an eye out for those anniversaries. ROB WEILAND
Reason to be cheerful Sailing really did happen and it will happen again, as eventually will all (we bet) of the best-supported great races like the Transat Jacques Vabre, the start of which is being celebrated here in Le Havre the night before the fleet set off for Brazil last October. Once the virus struck, the sailing community were quick to jump in to assist –many well-known marine industry companies turning production over to healthcare products while clubs and other sailing organisations, including America’s Cup teams, have also been playing their part. While sailors, clubs and even whole classes have organised literally thousands of online regattas, it is worth recording the wonderful wider efforts the sailing community have been making in supporting the most vulnerable members of their local community, with clubs organising rotas of members regularly checking in on those most needing help, bringing supplies as well as taking the opportunity to provide some human contact during isolation. The online regattas have also provided many new social interactions as members who would not know each other by sight compete against each other during the virtual Wednesday evening race and later on talk nonsense together at the virtual bar! The whole thing has and at the time of writing continues to be a complete disaster for our clearly not so clever species, but it will pass and there will be plenty of sailing later this summer. This is no subject for humour but may we just acknowledge in passing that at the time of writing one of the nations that is doing best dealing with the virus is those bloody Kiwis. So – yet again – our hats are off to you…
COVER Jean-Marie Liot/Alea
36 A perfect fit When one of the world’s most successful software magnates goes TP52 racing you can only expect the electrons to draw their attention. JONAS WITT and ANDI ROBERTSON
38 Quiet genius The next subject for Seahorse’s latest series on the great yacht designers should perhaps have been the first. Our former editor JULIAN EVERITT looks at the myriad influences that ERICUS VAN DE STADT has had on the sport, many of which continue to play a part today
42More than a racing stripe When the owner of the slippery but tippy 60ft CBTF design Wild Joe decided to speed up his craft he certainly went for it. GORDON KAY
46 Into the third dimension There has been little noise around the decision to allow in autopilots for crewed offshore races. But with the latest pilots from France things are not going to be quite what many seem to think. VINCENT RIOU, FRED AUGENDRE and MATTHIEU ROBERT set out the new landscape
52 99 years young The Anderson course has long been a favourite among team-racers especially; time to catch up with the man who gave it its name. CAROL CRONIN sits down with HARRY ANDERSON for a lifetime of sailing anecdotes in an hour
58 Number One The top offshore boat in Australia… no decision there, ‘mate’. ROB KOTHE digs into the Ichi Ban secrets with WILL OXLEY and MATT ALLEN
REGULARS
6 Commodore’s letter STEVEN ANDERSON
19 Editorial ANDREW HURST
12 Update The grandest regatta ever, difficult time, pivotal time, keeping out of (big) trouble in Antigua, and staying screen-free (at least a bit, please). Plus refund policy, anyone? TERRY HUTCHINSON, JACK GRIFFIN, PETER HOLMBERG, JON EMMETT, DOBBS DAVIS
18World news The rise and rise of YOANN RICHOMME, the new COUTTS, a black eye for a proud Aussie, tougher than tough Olympic delay, plus a not-so- silly solution to scheduling dilemmas. IVOR WILKINS,PATRICE CARPENTIER, BLUE ROBINSON, DOBBS DAVIS, MAT BELCHER
28 Rod Davis –Weathering the storm Just how big are these big changes going to be?
33 ORC – Old dog new tricks Addressing one of the biggest measurement challenges of them all… ANDY CLAUGHTON
62 RORC news – Cancelled EDDIE WARDEN-OWEN
63 TechStreet 64 – Technology 74 – Design
71Seahorsebuild table
– Easy on the eye BOB DANCE 80Seahorse regatta calendar
103 Sailor of the Month Brilliant talent, brilliant achievements
Sir Thomas Lipton has some friends round for tea aboard his motor yacht Erin during the 1903 America’s Cup. Born into a working class Glasgow family the tea magnate was never fully accepted by British society in spite of being one of the greatest public benefactors of the era. He lent Erin to the war effort in 1915 but, now renamed HM Armed Yacht Aegusa, she was sunk by a mine in the Mediterranean with the loss of six lives
SIR THOMAS LIPTON COLLECTION/ALAMY
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