Boats of many shapes and sizes will sail together at the Brixham
Heritage Regatta on 26-27 May, with the weekend promising
conviviality along the free Heritage pontoon, a traditional fi sh pie
supper on the Saturday and sea shanties at Brixham Yacht Club.
Local and Cornish luggers will participate alongside Brixham
trawlers, smaller working boats and classic yachts with Bermudan
rigs, as well as some trailer-sailers and beautiful dinghies.
The sailing takes place within Torbay, off ering a variety of
conditions in a reassuring environment, and this year the Junk
Rig Association will also be joining the Parade of Sail which starts
at 11.30am on Sunday. For info see brixhamheritageregatta.uk.
T/S Pelican of London sailed into the French port of Brest on
13 April, after completing a six-month, transatlantic educational
voyage with a trainee crew of 30 young people.
Pelican is an ocean-going sail-training ship owned and
operated by the charity Adventure Under Sail (AUS) which
says young people discover abilities, values, responsibility and
passion through adventure, challenge and the unexpected.
AUS describes Pelican as "part clipper, part pirate ship, and
the essence of bluewater sailing. A tall ship, but as handy as they
come with a corsair rig."
BRIXHAM
SW classics season kicks off
TRANSATLANTIC
Young pirates cross Atlantic
The world’s best known sailing regatta is embracing GRP classics
with a new racing class at Lendy Cowes Week for GRP production
boats designed and fi rst built before 31 December 1974.
Racing will take place under the IRC rating system and the
organisers are even off ering to help owners without an IRC rating
to secure one cheaply through the Royal Ocean Racing Club.
(Contact [email protected])
The decision to introduce the new class came about following
a conversation Lendy Cowes regatta director Laurence Mead had
with well known Cowes yacht designer John Corby on the rapid
evolution of yacht design after 1974. The pair agreed there are
many boats that were superseded by the fl at-bottomed designs
of Ron Holland, Doug Peterson and their contemporaries, and that
those earlier boats – and their owners – might enjoy a chance to
race in one of the world's largest regattas.
"We're really excited to introduce this new class to Lendy Cowes
Week,” said Laurence Mead.
“Boats that would ideally fi t into this class are designs from
Swan, Sparkman & Stephens, Van der Stadt, Peter Norlin, Bowman,
Nicholson, Dick Carter, – the list goes on!
“This is not a class for fully tricked-up older boats and, while there
is no restriction on sails, the objective is to off er high quality racing
to like-minded owners, so a full set of the latest carbon sails is not
in the plan.
“We are looking forward to a generation of boats, which may no
longer have a natural home for racing, joining Cowes Week in 2019."
ISLE OF WIGHT
GRP ‘Classic' class
announced for Cowes Week
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