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The SuperFoilers came and (sadly) went, everyone else also wants to go foiling, but in spite of a steady stream of threats the 18ft skiff rolls on. This year’s biggest prize, the JJ Giltinan Trophy, was won by David McDiarmid’s Honda Marine; James Dooron, Harry Bethwaite and Trent Barnabas on Asko (above) finished fifth. Asko was one of many entries with younger members of famous sailing dynasties onboard when 25 not-inexpensive boats lined up this year. Aged 128 years, the skiffs make the Star feel positively modern
allows us a better opportunity to respond to the reliability problems we have recently experienced… although these trimarans are not easy to manage, even with two people onboard!’ Patrice Carpentier
NEW ZEALAND Tony Rae, known to the worldwide sailing community as Trae, is such a fixture of round-the-world racing that each time a new edition begins a trawl of crew lists will almost inevitably turn up his name. He has notched up more than a quarter of a million miles racing
in six round-the-world races. He has completed five circum - navigations, including victories on Steinlager 2 and NZ Endeavour. His sixth go-around was cut short when he had to stand down from the Team Vestas Wind campaign in the last edition of the Volvo Ocean Race after breaking a rib before the start of Leg 2. He has also competed in seven America’s Cups, competing in
the final Match of five of them and winning twice in 1995 and 2000. It is a sailing CV that is tough to match. Sure enough, with the recent announcement that the Volvo’s
successor, now known as The Ocean Race, will go ahead in 2021, Trae is back in the mix. With the race’s declared focus on ‘youth and diversity’, he laughs at the thought of meeting the target demographic as a competitor. He will be 60 when the race starts. ‘If I am onboard it means I have been unsuccessful in my mission. Sailing the race is not part of the plan, but I will probably do a huge amount of sailing in the lead-up to the event.’ His mission is to help 29-year-old Bianca Cook, who competed
in the previous race with Turn the Tide on Plastic, put together a New Zealand crew in the VO65 Class. On 21 March in Alicante the formal announcement that The Ocean Race would commence took place and the Cook project was one of two entries revealed, the other being a second campaign under the Turn the Tide on Plastic
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banner. Cook said she and Rae had been working together on plans for a Kiwi entry since the finish of the previous race. ‘And we already have a deep pool of New Zealand sailors to draw from as we put together the crew,’ she said. ‘We are aiming to have a full Kiwi campaign in every respect,
from the crew to the shore team to the sponsors. That is the intent. Obviously, we all know how hard sponsorship is, so if we can’t get full backing within New Zealand we would have to go offshore.’ With strong Auckland connections, including a pool of talent that,
like her, came through the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron’s much vaunted youth programme, she might be expected to look no further. ‘We are certainly fortunate to have that talent on our doorstep, but we want this to be a full national effort. We intend to go around the country to ensure we find the best of the best young Kiwis to come onboard.’ In this respect she will be following in the footsteps of Sir Peter
Blake and Grant Dalton, who both made a point of taking their boats around the country, not just to raise support but also to inspire young sailors to dream. Bianca Cook’s own sailing dreams started early. She was born the year Blake’s all-conquering Steinlager 2 was built and her father, Ian Cook, owner of composite yard Yachting Developments and current commodore of the RNZYS, was involved in the build. ‘It was a part of our family story,’ said Bianca. Those connections were reinforced when both Steinlager 2 and
the earlier Lion NZ underwent full refits at Yachting Developments. ‘I remember watching Camper and Telefónica sailing into Auckland during the 2011-12 race and thinking I really want to do that.’ Drawing Tony Rae – with his enormous background in New
Zealand’s involvement in round-the-world racing – is a coup and points to the serious intent behind this programme. ‘We are extremely lucky to have him and that he is so excited about this project,’ said Cook. ‘We are already getting huge support from
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