In This Issue
• Star South American Championship
• Sunsets, Islands And Miles Won
• Sailmaker Vacancy
• 2022 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Set to GO!
• What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine
• Evolution rather than revolution will define new protocol
• Yacht Racing Forum
• 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships
• Euan Ross
• Featured Charter: SW 72 Far Wind
• Featured Brokerage:
• • Ker 39 - "Erivale"
• • Beneteau 57 ARION
• • Infiniti 52R
• The Last Word: Norman Borlaug

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Robert Scheidt and Ubiratan Matos win the 2021 Star South American Championship
The Star South American Championship was decided today, Monday 15th, a Brazilian national holiday, at the Yacht Club de Ilhabela, on the northern coast of São Paulo. After eight balanced races, the win came in the last race for the duo Robert Scheidt and Ubiratan Matos. They have been faster than their main opponents, Jorge Zarif and Arthur Lopes, since the beginning of the competition, and beat them by only two points. The bronze medal went to Juninho de Jesus and Guilherme de Almeida.

The two-time Olympic champion Robert Scheidt raced with Ubiratan Matos for the first time, and the championship marked his return to the class after more than two years away.

Final results (8 races and 1 discard)

1 - Robert Scheidt | Ubiratan Matos (Banco do Brasil) - 11 pp
2 - Jorge Zarif | Arthur Lopes (Regatta) - 13 pp
3 - Mario de Jesus | Guilherme de Almeida (Vida Bandida) - 20 pp
4 - Pedro Lodovici | Samuel Gonçalves (Dom) - 26 pp
5 - Admar Gonzaga | Ronald Seifert (Maricota) - 31 pp
6 - Daniel De La Torre (ARG) | Maurício Bueno (Enrique) - 42 pp
7 - Robert Rittscher | Marcelo Valland (Born Free) - 47 pp
8 - Antonio Moreira | Arcelio Moreira (Cule) - 50 pp
9 - Marco Szili | Pedro Trouche (Viva la Vida) - 55 pp
10 - Fabiano Vivacqua | Caio Gerassi (Balada) - 68 pp

Full results

2021sa.starchampionships.org

Sunsets, Islands And Miles Won
The Ultimes are escaping the Doldrums, the Ocean Fifty will face them next. The monohulls, meanwhile, are enjoying the African breeze and positive vibes.

Ultime: time for some speed

Lead boat Maxi Edmond de Rothschild has emerged from the Doldrums having entered them on Saturday night. As you'd expect the chasing pack have cut the lead to 160 miles but Cammas and Caudrelier have now accelerated and will build back a big advantage on the rest who remain mired in the Doldrums. The leaders now have their sights on Trindade and Martim Vaz, the Brazilian islands that are the Ultime's next waypoint, 1200 miles further south.

Amongst the chasing three boats are the new-builds Banque Populaire XI and SVR - Lazartigue. Kevin Escoffier has vowed he won't give up, "There is still a lot of work to be done, we are barely half way through the race. There's still a long, tight reach to the mark, then a downwind reach to get back up, and finally a long downwind leg to Martinique. The road is long, I think the race will be less strategic than on the descent of the Atlantic, more of a speed race if there are no reliability problems with the boats. He is delighted with the performance of Armel Le Cléac'h's trimaran, which was only launched earlier this year, "Managing to sail such boats soon after their launch proves that they are easy boats. And they still have a lot of potential for development.

Imoca: sticking with Africa

For the moment, the 60-footers are sticking to the African coast. They are approaching Cape Verde and, unlike the multihulls who went before them, they all seem to be choosing a route to the east of the archipelago. No one is attempting the open sea, everyone is playing the regatta card, taking advantage of the better conditions (more wind, more pressure) coming from the thermal breeze created by the Sahara desert. Within the leading group of 6, it is once again Apivia, the most westerly, who is leading the way.

www.transatjacquesvabre.org

Sailmaker vacancy
Ullman Sails St. Maarten is a full service loft on the island of St. Maarten (Dutch side) in the Caribbean, offering services that include sail repairs & alterations, new sails & all types of canvas products.

We are currently looking for a qualified sail maker for our upcoming season from November 2021 to May 2022.

The applicant would be responsible for all types of sail repairs & alterations, removing & re-installing sails. The fitting of new sails & U-Stack covers. Experience in canvas work would be a plus.

The successful applicant must-
1) Be a qualified sailmaker capable of high quality repairs & alterations to all types of sails, ranging from board sails to superyachts.v 2) To be able to work independently or as part of a team
3) Possess a positive attitude.
4) Ideally be active in racing /cruising.

Employment would be full time for the above dates with the possibility of a longer contract.

Please send resume to
Rob Gilders
Ullman Sails St. Maarten

Tel. +1 721 544 5231

2022 BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Set to GO!
Tortola, British Virgin Islands: Warm turquoise water, trade winds, stunning island scenery…if this sounds like the panacea needed after a few years of being stuck at home, join us for a week of fabulous racing and remarkable camaraderie - March 29-April 3, 2022. It's game on and we're ready to race!

Longtime sponsor Nanny Cay Resort and Marina will again be the host of the 2022 event which will be 100% focused on world-class racing, delivering the top-notch experience to which sailors and regatta followers have become accustomed over 49 editions of this beloved regatta.

With a modified format, the Sailing Festival will begin on Wednesday, March 30th, with the Scrub Island Invitational Regatta, a fun race taking the fleet to the eastern islands, such as Virgin Gorda, before arriving at our host for the day, Scrub Island Resort and Marina where sailors can enjoy an afternoon of festivities, food, and music at the resort.

The racing will continue the next morning with a race towards the BVI western island group for an afternoon of camaraderie and…more fun. This new format allows for an abundance of informal racing, a view of the different islands of the BVI, and acts as a warm-up to the 49th BVI Spring Regatta which will kick off on Friday April 1st with the Mount Gay Race Day.

Multi-class starts using the BVI's array of stunning islands as marks will provide excellent challenges as well as spectacular racing throughout the Sir Francis Drake Channel and the Caribbean Sea. Post-race gatherings will be at Nanny Cay's Peg Legs and Beach Bar.

Regatta organizers want to hear from you and are available to answer any of your questions or concerns - please email us at:

For more information go to: www.bvispringregatta.org

Seahorse December 2021
What's in the Latest Edition Of Seahorse Magazine

Update
The New York Yacht Club throws out all its toys, but now appears to want them all back... how being shrewd as much as (fabulously) wealthy can get you into the America's Cup game and a new Transpac-winning sail configuration. Plus when is a Duckling a Dinky?!? Malcolm Parker, Terry Hutchinson, Jack Griffin And Robin Bromley-Martin

Opportunity knocks?
Getting them onboard and then keeping them there. Rob Weiland takes an across the board look at the question of access

Pause for thought
Robert Laine is sure that the current Imoca foiling solution is structurally unsustainable but posits that there is an affordable way to improve matters that still falls within current class rules

Intuitively gifted
For a generally quiet man Laurie Davidson made a very big impact. Helping us understand why are Brett Bakewell-White, Ivor Wilkins, Russell Coutts and Tom Schnackenburg

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Evolution rather than revolution will define new protocol
Expect evolution rather than revolution when the new protocol for the next America's Cup is released on Wednesday.

Having missed the deadline to announce the venue for the 37th edition of the famous regatta, defender Team New Zealand and Sir Ben Ainslie's challenger of record Britannia, won't want to miss the deadline for the release of the key document they have been thrashing out for the last eight months.

It's a vital piece of paperwork that lays down the rules and parameters and comes with the competition well positioned for a much-needed period of consolidation.

After years of design switches that included ushering in the foiling era to sport's oldest trophy, there is an agreement to remain with the radical AC75 monohulls for the next two editions.

Duncan Johnstone's full editorial in Stuff.co.nz

Yacht Racing Forum to be held in Malta on November 21-22, 2022
The annual conference will once again bring together the key players in the yacht racing industry for two days of networking, conferences, debates and parties.

The Yacht Racing Forum will be back next year, on November 20-21 in Malta. After two consecutive cancellations due to the Covid pandemic, members of the yacht racing community and sailing industry from all over the world can look forward to an exceptional edition.

YRF 2022 will once again reassemble the most influential designers, boat builders, engineers and technical providers within the Design & Technology Symposium.

In parallell, event managers, pro sailors, sponsorship experts, MarCom gurus, media and, in short, all those involved in one way or another in competitive sailing will discuss the evolution of the discipline and the challenges of the moment; they will discover the latest methods and be able to follow the advice of the best experts in the field.

The Yacht Racing Forum will be hosted by Yachting Malta. It will take place in a beautiful and convenient location, and benefit from the local weather, enjoyed by all in the heart of November.

Registration is open. To benefit from our Early Bird discount, valid until March 30, please visit: www.yachtracingforum.com/forum/

* The Yacht Racing Forum at METS

We will be visiting METS-Amsterdam next week, meeting our partners and potential speakers. Feel free to contact us to set up a meeting: / +41 79 332 11 76

49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 World Championships
Oman Sail is preparing to welcome a 148-strong fleet representing 29 countries when the 2021 49er, 49erFX and Nacra the World Championships gets underway in Mussanah on 16 November. Being held in Asia for the first time in event history, the regatta is the one of the first global sailing event after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and for some participants the start of the campaign to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games.

The championship will run from 16 - 21 November 2021 at the Barcelo Mussanah Resort, adding to Oman's reputation as a world class host and premier sailing nation. The fleet includes Olympians, promising young sailors, high-performance doubles sailors and members of Oman's national team, all looking to start their 2024 Olympic campaign in good form.

Amongst the Nacra 17 fleet are 2019 World Champions, Maelle Frascari and Vittorio Bissaro (ITA) and 2021 silver medallists John Gimson and Anna Burnet (GBR). The 49erFX class will see gold medallists Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (BRA) and European champions Emma Siewers and Odile van Aanholt (NED) taking part, whereas in 49er class, Olympians Lukasz Przybytek and Pawel Kolodzinski (POL), Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl (AUT), and former world number 1 James Peters and Fynn Sterritt (GBR) will be competing.

www.omansail.com

Euan Ross
Regretfully we have to announce the death of one of our members Euan Ross. Although based in Hampshire Euan's roots were in Kilmun and he was a regular visitor to the Club sailing his Piper OD Ailsa. His book" The Piper Calls the Tune" released at the time of the Piper Class 50th Anniversary was a great read and delved into many peoples thoughts and memories. This led to regular contributions to Classic Boat magazine and to his 2nd book "Highland Cowes" an even more in depth and compelling read of the local sailing scene. His wit and conversation around the Club events will be missed and our thoughts are with his family at this sad time. Sail On Euan... -- Holy Loch Sailing Club

www.hlsc.co.uk/news.php

Euan Ross was born in Dunoon and spent his childhood on the north shore of the Holy Loch, where his family still retains a house. Euan was one of the last 'colonial' officers sent overseas by Her Majesty's Crown Agents to manage the rump of our empire. Subsequently, he became an international development consultant trespassing through many and diverse fields of expertise. He has been a life governor of the RNLI and a life member of the RYA since 1982. He was a member of the Association of Yachting Historians, an associate of the British National Yachting Archive, a member of the Holy Loch Sailing Club and an honorary life member of the Piper Class Association. Euan raced sailboards, dinghies, catamarans, and most types of yacht, from sports-boats to maxis, with immense pleasure and occasional success. Euan was shortlisted for 'Boater of the Year 2021' by Classic Boat Magazine, the UK's premier magazine in the field of yachting heritage.

Euan was a frequent contributor to this newsletter and will be missed. Your humble narrator is honored to have two signed copies of his books in his library, gifts from Euan.

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The Last Word
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