Yachts & Yachting – April 2018

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IN BRIEF

Ten Fast40+ teams

On board Doyle Sails has come on

board as a new key sponsor in the

Helly Hansen Warsash Spring Series

for 2018.

Supported Christopher Ward

Watches has announced a new

partnership with British off shore

sailor, Lizzy Foreman and her

Mini Transat campaign.

Changes The annual Round

Hayling Race is having a makeover to

transform it into the Hayling Island

Sailing Club Boardsports Festival with

greater reach and broader activities

for all ages to enjoy.

Extended Performance analysis

company, SAP has committed to

supporting the Extreme Sailing Series

until 2022.

Recognised The RS Tera Sport has

beenofficially recognised by British

Youth Sailing as a ‘recognised class’,

acknowledging its position as a key

junior class in the youth and junior

pathway structure.

Returning The London On the

Water Boat show is back for its fourth

year. The show, which takes place in

London’s St Katherine Dock will be

held from 10-12 May 2018.

Adapted The 2018 World

University Sailing Championship will

involving fleet racing for the first time

when teams take to the waters of

Cherbourg later this year.

GREAT READING

This month our sister

magazine, Sailing Today,

explores the Channel

Islands, follows in

Shackleton’s footsteps and

tests the Kraken 66 in Cape

Town. Meanwhile, Classic

Boat discovers a Canada’s

Cup competitor which has

been relaunched after

sinking in the 1960s, the

team discovers what

makes a successful regatta

and unveils their much-

anticipated annual classic

regatta guide.

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RS200 rules rethink
The RS200 class
committee has
announced some
changes to the class
rules in the hope of
stamping out reported
instances of foul play,
which anecdotally may
be on the rise in one of
the UK’s most popular
doublehanded classes.
The committee says
that sadly there have
been reports from a
number of events last
season, where the
behaviour of some
sailors fell rather short
of that which is
expected in a largely
self-policing sport.
Following discussion
at the class AGM during
the national
championships the
RS200 fl eet will be
reinstating penalties for
hitting a mark (dropped
from the class rules
some years ago) with
the aim of reducing
barging at marks.
In addition to this
step, the rather bigger
choice of having an on
the water adjudicator at
all major events has
been approved. Finally,
there will be an
arbitration process
introduced as a quick
alternative to a protest.
NewclassforCowes
Lendy Cowes Week has announced that the 2018
regatta will, for the first time, see the introduction of
a new doublehanded class.
Shorthanded racing has recently become
incredibly successful worldwide, both inshore and
offshore and the new class reflects the demand for
shorthanded sailing. Entries in this class will be for
boats with IRC ratings between 0.900 to 1.085.
Racing will be held as part of the Black Group
and courses will be about three hours long with a
range of wind angles, but fewer legs than standard
IRC classes. The class will have its own start. MARY PUDNEY; PAUL WYETH; MARK LLOYD/LLOYD IMAGES; KURT ARIGO/ROLEX
Ten teams are confi rmed for the 2018 Fast40+
season which will get underway in April.
Since the class was fi rst dreamt up three
seasons ago it has been going from strength to
strength. 2018 will see a number of returning
faces, with three of the four boats vying for the
title returning in Girls on Film, Rebellion and
Hitchhiker all back for the new season. Overall
winners of last year’s championship, Sir Keith
Mills’ Invictus will take a year out as they look to
commission a new boat for 2019.
New faces this year will include Niklas and
Catherine Zennström’s Swedish-fl agged Rán
Racing as they step away from the TP52 to
make their fi rst foray into the world of the
Fast40+ fl eet.
8 Yachts & Yachting April 2018 yachtsandyachting.co.uk