Yachting Monthly - July 2018

The 19 Golden Globe Race skippers

are making their final preparations,

just weeks before the start of the

race on 1 July.

The three British entrants – Susie

Goodall, Ertan Beskardes and Robin

Davie – are all in varying degrees of

readiness.

After relaunching her Rustler

36, Goodall has now completed

her 10-mile jury rig test during

a passage to Plymouth where

a new Selden mast was stepped

before she set sail for Southampton

for final preparations.

Beskardes is heading from Vigo

in Spain to Falmouth, where a new

set of sails will be fitted to his Rustler

36 following his shakedown sail from

Sardinia.

Meanwhile, Robin Davie has just

launched his Rustler 36 and will be

spending the next few weeks test

sailing out in the Bay of Biscay. He

Plans are underway to extend

Haslar Marina in Gosport.

The redevelopment, which

is currently going through the

planning process, will include

50 new deep-water berths

for larger yachts and

new wavebreak

pontoons to

provide more

sheltered berthing.

The proposal

also includes a new

team base for Alex

Thomson Racing,

a new clubhouse and a powerboat

centre, with an upgraded public

slipway and a specialist repair and

service centre.

Marina owners Dean & Reddyhoff

Major redevelopment for Haslar Marina

Countdown to the Golden Globe Race

Susie Goodall

is making final

preparations in

Southampton

Haslar could be getting

50 new deep-water berths

said the plans

are in response

to customer

demand and the shift in boating

habits towards bigger yachts and

powerboats.

The redevelopment is expected

to create 50 new on-site jobs.

heading to Les Sables d’Olonne for

the start.

They must complete their jury rig

trials and meet the minimum 8,000-

mile general sailing and 2,000-mile

solo qualifications before they start

the race.

has been excused making the jury rig

test, having sailed more than 2,

miles under jury rig during the 1994

BOC Challenge.

All the competitors will be making

their way to Falmouth for the Suhaili

Parade of Sail on 14 June before

SIBLINGS WIN YJA AWARD

Monique Vennis-Ozanne, 15, and her 13-year-old

brother Ollie won the Yachting Journalists’ Association’s

Blogger of the Year competition for their video of the

2017 Ovington Junior Inland Sailing Championship.

HELPING HAND FROM NCI

The National Coastwatch Institution stations at Froward

Point, Prawle Point and Rame Head have produced

a ‘station summary’ card giving details of all the services

they offer. http://www.nci-frowardpoint.org.uk.

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36 th America’s Cup as part of INEOS

Team GB following a £110 million

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