IN
NUMBERS THEY SAID...total number of world
championship wins
for Glenn Ashby
following his GC32 winmedals won by
the British Sailing
Team in Medemblik,
Holland at the
International Regatta17
4
“It was a long winter. Losing sucks. It
never stops hurting. he moment it
stops hurting I should retire. But it
absolutely motivates you. We’re
fortunate we have an incredible group
of professionals, and everybody takes
their job seriously.”Quantum Racing’s Terry Hutchinson is still
dwelling on a disappointing 2017 TP
Super Series result as 2018 begins.“It has been some of
the best racing I’ve
done, the team
were pretty full
on and focussed.
Keeping the 24
hour record in
the family is
good, I guess I
challenge him to
try and take it, I’m
pretty sure the next
edition of the race
will have a pretty fast
boat so who knows...”Team AkzoNobel’s Martine Grael lays down a challenge to her
father, Torben, after she and her team beat the 24-hour record he
set in the 2008 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.“For years I was a ‘trailer-dad’ to my
children Max and Sally, and 20 years
ater racing Darts, my wife told me I
needed to get out of the garage, so she
asked Max which boat to buy and he
said a J/70.”Graham Clapp, J/70 class winner in this year’s J Cup, explains how
he decided on that particular boat.“here are however many unanswered
questions that remain. he equipment
that will be used for the three new
events is yet to be decided and there is
also some doubt over events that have
equipment under antitrust review... he
format of the new ‘Mixed One Person
Dinghy’ event is unknown and the RYA
anticipates considerable change to the
formats of some other events.”The RYA responds to World Sailing’s announcement of changes to
the events due to be sailed at the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.the new 24 hour race
record set by Team
AkzoNobel in the
Volvo Ocean RaceTense start for TP52 Series
With many years of TP52 racing under their belts and now
taking on board personel for their American Magic America’s
Cup campaign (read more on page 24), it was Quantum
Racing skippered by Dean Barker which was the outstanding
performer in the opening regatta of the TP52 Super Series in
Croatia this month.
“We’ve had great team members in the past and have always
been fortunate to have really great sailors on the boat, but the
new energy is really, really good. It’s an absolute positive
influence,” commented Quantum’s Terry Hutchinson.
The win is the first in the Super Series for Quantum since
Quantum Key West Regatta in January 2017. Victory in the final
race of the regatta for Harm Müller-Spreer’s Platoon was enough
for second; Takashi Okura’s Sled took the final podium spot.nautical miles, the
length of the longest
yacht race in Australia,
the Sydney Noumea
Yacht Race - which is
being revived for the
first time in 25 yearsINGRID ABERY; AINHOA SANCHEZ; C/O WORLD SAILING
Worlds venue gets royal tick
The new Aarhus International Sailing Centre was ocially
opened on 23 May, with keen sailors, Crown Prince Frederik
and Princess Mary of Denmark both in attendance.
The first major regatta for the new venue will be the Hempel
Sailing World Championships in July this year, where Olympic
class sailors will begin to fight for Japan 2020 selection across
all 10 Olympic boat classes. Kiteboarding will be added to the
programme for the first time. With over 1,500 participants from
one hundred nations, the regatta will be three times bigger
than the 2016 Olympic sailing regatta in Rio.
The centre itself has become only the sixth facility in the
world to be awarded Approved Centre Status by World Sailing.
Kim Andersen, president of World Sailing, said he hoped that
the centre and the event would “set new standards for how we
grow the sport”. See Y&Y’s interview with Andersen, page 18.1064
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