Contributors EDITOR Andrew Hurst
DESIGNER Stephen Stafford
SUB-EDITOR Sue Platt EUROPE
Antoine Koch is back with his buddies at Finot-Conq and already winning races. Cracking sailor too… a dangerous combination
Patrice Carpentier Carlos Pich Tim Jeffery Manuel Fluck Andy Rice
Giuliano Luzzatto Jocelyn Blériot Øyvind Bordal Franck Cammas Magnus Wheatley
USA & CARIBBEAN Dobbs Davis Peter Holmberg Cam Lewis Chris Museler Carol Cronin
Griff Rhys Jones presents quite a contrast with The Who’s Pete Townshend yet they share exactly the same passion for classic yachting
JAPAN Yoichi Yabe
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE Ivor Wilkins Blue Robinson Rob Brown Rob Kothe
Julian Bethwaite
COLUMNISTS Paul Cayard Rod Davis Rob Weiland Ken Read
Xabi Fernández… three 49er world titles, Olympic gold and silver medals, five Volvos. 2024 marks a third AC with the Ainslie team
AMERICA’S CUP Steve Killing Andy Claughton Jack Griffin
Terry Hutchinson Dave Hollom
DESIGN & HERITAGE Clare McComb Julian Everitt Nic Compton Dan Houston
TECHNICAL BRIEFINGS Kieren Flatt & Lizzie Ward
ACCOUNTS & CIRCULATION Kirstie Jenkins & Liz Beeson
Cam Lewis… conventional never, big fun always. Two Finn Gold Cups, the 1988 America’s Cup, first holder of the Jules Verne Trophy
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Commodore’s letter
opportunity to find the digital version of Seahorse in your inbox was coming. We are pleased to be able to bring this great magazine to you as a benefit of membership. If you are not already aware of its offerings, we think you will find Seahorse provides excellent information and interesting news on international performance sailing.
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2024 promises to be a very busy year not only for sailing events, but also for sailing related opportunities. By the time you are reading this, the first two events of the year will have already taken place – The Nassau Cup Ocean Race and the aforementioned Annual Meeting. Next up is the Lauderdale to Key West Race for which we are part of the Organizing Authority with Lauderdale Yacht Club. A list of other events can be found on the website.
For the Annapolis Down the Bay and the Block Island Races in May, and Newport to Bermuda in June, you may well want to take advantage of the STC Safety-At-Sea Seminar on Saturday, May 18th at SUNY Maritime College. If your certification predates 2020 and you intend to sail to Bermuda, this event will be your last chance for compliance.
Those of you who have been through a hands-on program know the importance of the practices and procedures taught. That’s why we include Junior Safety-at-Sea events and encourage our members to volunteer! Two such events already scheduled for this year: June 18th at Annapolis YC and July 19th at Larchmont YC, with others soon to be announced. Contact and information can be found at
https://stormtrysail.org/sas/ Speaking of training, the life-blood of any sailing event is management. Whether it’s event organization or the on-water race conduct, experienced and qualified volunteers are the keys to success. We have been very fortunate to have long-serving dedicated teams with significant experiences ranging from ID checkers to International Race Officers and Judges, and all things in between. If you recently updated your member profile for the 2024-25 Directory, you saw the question “Are you interested in obtaining Race Officer certification?” Pleased with the level of responses, we have coordinated with USSailing to offer online Basic Race Management Courses as another benefit of membership. Emails are being sent to the positive responders with the intent of securing 15 commitments for the first seminar scheduled for the evenings of March 4, 5, & 7. On other fronts, STC is teaming up with Chicago and New York Yacht Clubs for a forum on ORC education for 2024, and we are working with St. Francis on a Team Trophy for their Big Boat Series. And there are even more events coming in 2025!
I look forward to seeing many of you in Key West in February and Bermuda in June! Wishing you fair winds and smooth seas…
Ray Redniss Commodore
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elcome to the first Storm Trysail Club edition of Seahorse Magazine!
Those of you who attended the Annual Meeting 2024 in Marblehead, either in person or online, heard tell that this
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