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EUROPE
Andrea Lacorte has a fine record in ClubSwan 50s and the like, but his Super Series debut has raised the bar for those who follow
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery
Manuel Fluck Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot Øyvind Bordal Franck Cammas Magnus Wheatley
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Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis
Chris Museler Carol Cronin
Francesco Bruni finished a difficult Luna Rossa Cup campaign… Then to wind down he too dived into a few rounds of TP52 battles
JAPAN Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins
Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
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Rob Weiland Sam Goodchild
AMERICA’S CUP Steve Killing
Stuart Childerley has the major titles, yet his biggest win is surely his fight back from the serious injuries he suffered when out cycling
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French skipper Greg Leonard’s 2024 Sam Manuard-designed Class40 Swift at the light-air start of this year’s CIC Normandy Channel Race. It did not stay light for very long, prompting an unusually high retirement rate for a historically robust class
The North Sea Race completed a busy month, gales easing
just in time to allow the Dutch fleet to race across for the start in the Vuurschepen Race. Two new wind farms have appeared on the course since last year; I wonder how long it will be until the North Sea becomes all but unnavigable for racing yachts. As in recent years the crucial decision was which way to route
around the large Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm. Rob Craigie and I on Bellino had a cracking tussle with Diederik Forma and Martijn Graafmans on Jetpackand were delighted to win by just 53 seconds. It was particularly lovely to see 21-year-old Paddy Moriarty and his equally young crew on the classic Swan 44 Astrid complete the podium, and I commend IRC for enabling such diverse boats to have such close racing. Between races the Admiral and I travelled to Rotterdam for
the RORC centenary dinner at the Royal Maas YC. It was a wonderful celebration of Dutch racing with the RORC and lovely to meet some of the Dutch racing legends of years gone by, as well as the stars of tomorrow. I was fascinated to chat to Allard Tuitel who still had vivid memories of rescuing sailors during the 1979 Fastnet storm aboard the Dutch naval vessel Overijssel. Thank you to all who risk their lives to save others at sea.
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Chris Choules’s Sigma 38 With Alacrity, took third after being the only boat audacious enough to cheat the tide by cutting across the treacherous drying rocks of the Owers – chapeau! After several years of light airs this year’s Myth of Malham
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lived up to its billing as ideal Fastnet preparation. A brisk WSWly led to a long, bouncy beat to the Eddystone Lighthouse, after which tired crews faced a sporty run back under spinnaker in winds up to 30kt. This time it was Long Courrierwho came out on top ahead of Noel Racine’s Foggy Dew and Dan Fellows’ Orbit. Well done to all who completed a tough race… Not least the crew of one of the lowest rated boats, Verve, who finished after almost two and a half days. The De Guingand Bowl and Myth of Malham formed a two-
race series for the IRC 2h Nationals. As last year, the results were incredibly close. Congratulations to national champions Tim Goodhew and Kelvin Matthews on Cora, just ahead of Sam White and Sam North on Mzungu and Simon Bamford and Ollie Grogono on Kestrel. It’s interesting to see that several crews are choosing to mix 2h and 4h sailing this season, perhaps contributing to the ever-increasing standard of 2h racing.
e’ve had a hectic month at the RORC! The De Guingand Bowl took the fleet on a twisty course east from Cowes before a long beat back against the tide. Victory went to Chris Frost’s AMP-lifi, followed by Géry Trentesaux’s Long Courrier. One of the smallest boats,
JEAN-MARIE LIOT
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